scrappykate

take time to play

2009-05-14T13:25:00.000+10:00

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a crisp autumn day

2009-05-13T17:00:00.000+10:00

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from little things...

2009-04-21T23:15:00.003+10:00

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precious gift

2009-04-12T21:32:00.001+10:00

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long time no post

2009-04-12T21:15:00.004+10:00

Since my last post I have finished my term with the ScrapMatters (hybrid) creative team. It was a great experience and I thank Andrea, Britt, Heather and the other SM girls for their support and encouragement I had a blast! However being on the Hybrid CT brought with it a lot of hours 'on the job' so I was unable to continue my term on, even though it was offered.

Hybrid takes TIME!!

Since the beginning of the year I have been engrossed in my new "baby"! Project 365 that is! I am proud to say that 100 days in I am still doing it and keeping up to date. I am even scrapping each week with a two page layout!

You can see the photos each day here and the layouts are here and in my Weeds & Wildflowers gallery here.

I hope to get some more scrapping done - more regularly now. I feel like my mojo is back!
Woohoo!

Black Friday Blog Train - Stop #20

2008-11-29T01:00:00.002+11:00

Hi all! Welcome to Melbourne, Australia!

Hopefully the blog train is working well and you should have arrived here via Sya's blog.

If you're visiting me from the US today, I hope you had a great Thanksgiving yesterday and are enjoying the Black Friday sales! Be sure to go and snag 40% off most of the digi-goodies at the ScrapMatters shop today!

One of my favourite Christmas Traditions is to make a pavlova for dessert! I have been making one every year since I was a young teenager. From a very young age, I used to always help my grandmother make the traditional plum (Christmas) pudding, but now that she is beyond cooking, the dessert is left up to me :) I really love pavlova and it is something we only have once a year, so I look forward to it! I always do strawberries and cream on top! YUM! Here's a pic of my one from last year...
Now, where are the freebies I hear you ask? Well I have some cute little hybrid candle decorations (or napkin holders!) for you to create. They were made with the great new holiday kit called "comfort & joy". It is a ScrapMatters design team collaboration and is available to you for FREE over this holiday weekend with purchases over $10 in the shop! Woohoo :)

click the image above to download

... and here's how they turned out! Cute huh? They can be stretched or shrunk to suit your candle or napkin size. You can even personalise them with some names if you want!
I didn't mention it on the preview but the .png's ARE included.

Now the train is departing! Please move on to Denise's blog for your next bit of FREE holiday goodness!

Oh, and if you missed the start of the blog train, you can head back to Andrea's blog and start from the beginning!

Happy Holidays!
(scrappy)KATE

I've been slack...

2008-11-25T16:56:00.007+11:00

but there's so much coming up to make up for me being so slack! I have completed lots of projects which I still need to blog about. Maybe after this Friday, I can get caught up!

Up until a few weeks ago, I had never even heard of "Black Friday"... but is HUGE in the US and is all about having a big sale and boy - ScrapMatters is doing just that! Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving and is all about getting a bargin at the stores, sort of like our Boxing Day sales, yet more impressive! So they are doing no less at ScrapMatters, wait for it... 40% the whole store on Black Friday (THIS Friday, 28th November) and then further (not as impressive!) discounts across the weekend.

The best thing is, spend just $10 and receive the new "Comfort & Joy" holiday kit - FOR FREE!!

So be sure to pop back on Friday to jump on the blog train with me again for a sweet little hybrid holiday freebie!

Then once you're done filling your carts at the sale, make sure you drop past the forum each day to pick up another kit - FOR FREE! The newest "Daily Download" starts on Friday too and runs right up to the week before Christmas.

See you back here soon!
K :)

world card making day - mini blog train

2008-10-05T00:38:00.007+10:00

Happy World Card Making Day to all on the blog train!

ooops, I'm late, so sorry if you were waiting on me!

Hopefully you've just come from Dawn's blog and now here's my freebie for you too...

{DOWNLOAD HERE}

and here's a closer look...

Please move on to Kim's blog for the second last freebie! And if you missed the others, head back to the start at ScrapMatters

CHOO CHOO!

Have a great weekend all and make a card for some one you love! :)

a new HYBRID challenge!

2008-10-03T12:00:00.004+10:00

Check out the forum for more information and come and play!!!

I'll be sharing one hybrid card template with you per month, along with my fellow hybrid ct team members. What a great idea huh? You could have a whole collection of gorgeous homemade cards by christmas!

notes by... mum

2008-09-30T21:14:00.002+10:00

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Blog Train - Stop #9

2008-09-27T00:00:00.004+10:00

All Aboard!

So you've just been to see Stacy in Sydney? Now welcome to Melbourne, my home town! :)

Here we are my blog for stop number 9 on the ScrapMatters 1st Birthday blog train for you to pick up another bit of the "you say it's your birthday" 5x7 brag book.

What's your family birthday tradition? I never really had any special family birthday traditions growing up, which is why I decided to make a special cake for my kids' birthdays each year... here was my first effort:

Now, it's your lucky day, because I'm on the hybrid creative team, you'll get a special extra! An avery label template and .png files for three different styles of gift tags to be printed on adhesive paper.

Here it is...

{DOWNLOAD HERE}

Enjoy!

Please be mindful that this train is stopping at scrappers blogs, all across the world, so if one stop isn't quite ready yet, please be patient check back later. These freebies will be available for a while, rest assured, you wont miss out!

CHOO CHOO!

Now, it's time to move on, please head over to Sya's blog for your next freebie!

NEXT STOP:
#10 - Sya's Blueprints

Now, if you didn't hop on the train at the beginning, be sure to go back to the start and get all the other brag book pages too (and other random hybrid goodies!) before moving on...

ScrapMatters.com

Have a great weekend and be sure to pop by the ScrapMatters forums for the celebrations and sale in the shop and don't forget the great kit - "you say it's your birthday" is FREE with purchases over $10 this weekend, so go grab it!

Kate :)

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ps... the stop after Sya's is at Kim's blog

(as Sya doesn't seem to have her brag book bits up as yet!)

Happy 1st Birthday ScrapMatters!!

2008-09-25T20:52:00.003+10:00

Happy Birthday ScrapMatters... there will be so many exciting things happening over at their forum this weekend and a huge sale storewide at their shop, so be sure to check it all out!!I will be stop #9 on the freebie blog train, so be sure to pop back here after midnight (AEST) on Friday night (7am pacific/8am mountain/9am central/10am eastern US).

I will have a cute 5x7 brag book quickpage and and hybrid goodie for my readers! The kit used to make the above sneak peak and my blog train freebies will be FREE with purchases from the store over $10... how cool is that? It is a MASSIVE kit and perfect for scrapping birthdays and celebrations!

See you back here tomorrow night! :P

friends across the tasman

2008-09-23T21:38:00.000+10:00

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felix's day at the zoo

2008-09-21T21:23:00.001+10:00

How much did felix like this storybook I made him of his day at the zoo? So much, that he wanted to sleep with it. Daddy was silly enough to let him too. By the morning there were buttons all over his bed and it is in need of repair already! Ahh well! He does love it and I'm sure it was fun, pulling those buttons off! ;)

{official credits here and here}

products used with thanks to bree of scrap'it designs by breeza

A new designer!

2008-09-17T12:53:00.002+10:00

Be sure to check out the scrapmatters store on Friday for some great new products from JenLin Designs. I have seen the previews and they are super cute. I haven't had a chance to play yet, but hope to soon!

I'll be back soon with what I've been up to lately - busy busy!!

speed scrapping this week

2008-09-08T07:27:00.002+10:00

It's another one... so much fun!

which is: 6pm Pacific, 7pm Mountain, 9pm Eastern on Tuesday Night
&
11am Australian Eastern Standard time and 1pm NZ on Thursday.

who wants a gorgeous FREE kit?

2008-09-05T23:55:00.002+10:00

There's still 10 days of the daily download left to go, visit the ScrapMatters forum for a few free pieces of this gorgeous kit each day - until the 14th of September!

Elements preview

Papers preview

Go to the forums and find the daily download section under 'community'... and snag yourselves a bit of "Say it with bling" each day!

come and speed scrap!

2008-09-03T15:25:00.006+10:00

It is seriously so much fun! A great way to throw yourself in the deep end and be forced to think on your feet!

9pm EST OR 8pm Central OR 7PM Mountain OR 6pm Pacific OR for the southern hemisphere...

Thursday the 4th of September: 11am AEST OR 1pm NZ

Unfortunately, I have a long standing specialists appointment for Caspar (my baby!), so I can't join you, but have a go!

Wow-wee!!!!!!!!!!

2008-09-03T14:06:00.004+10:00

I am so excited to announce that I have been accepted on to my first digscrapping creative team, at none other than my home-away-from-home: ScrapMatters!

How fun is that? Now that I am a "Hybrid artist" I will be producing lots of great hybrid projects and templates for same, so stay tuned!

A big thanks to the girls over at ScrapMatters for choosing me for this 6 month term, it should be a blast!

sitting boy

2008-08-23T21:34:00.003+10:00

my take on this weeks tuesday template challenge at ScrapMatters...

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my first freebie to share!

2008-08-22T00:50:00.000+10:00

Welcome... if you've come to snag my first freebie, thanks for visiting! I'm new to this, but liked the LO I created for a challenge at ScrapMatters yesterday and thought I could share it with those interested in using it :)

Click on the preview to download!

I'm not to sure about my 'packaging' of the preview, but eh... that doesn't really matter for now. All that matters is, if you like it, download it and give me credit when you use it! Oh... and leave me a link here to show me what you did with it too!

Of course, everyone loves being left love, so if you like this, let me know and who knows? I might start pumping them out! ;)

.1.WeeK.2.gO.

2008-08-21T20:34:00.002+10:00

speed scrap #21 @ scrapmatters today...

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this was lots of fun. there were a few website crashing dramas due to too many of us trying to scrap at once, but it all worked out in the end! About 60 people managed to get their LO's done in time. I'm really happy with how mine turned out :)

remember

2008-08-20T22:17:00.001+10:00

this weeks 'saturday special' challenge at ScrapMatters...

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I have made the template for this layout and it will be available here (as a freebie!) in the next couple of days, so check back soon :)

new header

2008-08-20T21:18:00.003+10:00

anyone likes?!

yep, it's my handwriting and doodles... how fun huh?

tricky!

2008-08-18T09:00:00.003+10:00

another tuesday template challenge at ScrapMatters...
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tabbed journal

2008-08-07T16:30:00.003+10:00

... is my hybrid current project!

a KaiserCraft tabbed journal! I am in the middle of making the templates for this album. It's been really fun. I will hopefully finish it soon. It's my first official hybrid project and I couldn't be much more excited!

I will, of course, take progress shots along the way and will be happy to share the template with anyone interested in making one themselves.

It's going to be an album about myself and my mum called "Just the 2 of us"... a present for her birthday. Here's hoping she'll like it!

another little boy

2008-07-31T23:59:00.002+10:00

My first challenge at digichicks
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I came across the digichick site by accident. I had just joined up at DigiShopTalk and found a link to a template challenge (with a really cute template!) and although I should have gone to bed, I instead started another LO, heh.

I like this one too :) I'm starting to get the hang of this thing!

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caspar's first food

2008-07-30T21:00:00.002+10:00

This is a result of a speed scrap I participated in, it was a lot of fun and not nearly as stressful as the first few I did! It was based around using contrasting colours from the colour wheel.

I was really happy with the results too. A cute LO me thinks!

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oh happy day

2008-07-29T23:48:00.006+10:00

Tuesday template challenge #15
29 July - 4th August, 2008
Hosted by Tami @ ScrapMatters

This challenge required three things; to use britt's template, a kit I had never used before & two photos of myself! done, done and done :)

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caravan adventure

2008-06-12T00:31:00.004+10:00

"Caravan Adventure"

This was our first trip away in my in-laws caravan, it was lots of fun! Being fairly pregnant and having a toddler who was too excited to sleep most of the time proved for an interesting time away! Overall a great time was had by all :)

Saturday Special #7 - Colour Challenge

at least FOUR of the following colours needed to be used for this challenge... I ended up making my own papers and template for this challenge, so that was fun. I used 5 of the 6 :) I'm learning more all the time!

June, 2008 - Hosted by Shari of SHARIng Creations

see gallery for credits

What scrapbooking item are you?!

2008-06-12T00:24:00.005+10:00

I saw this on erika's blog, who got it from britt, so I thought I'd have a go too!

What scrapbooking item are you?!

I'm... Fibers!

Fun and crazy at times. You are a warm fuzzy kind of person. You run around getting things done but still find time for fun! You have so many diverse interests that it is often hard to pin you down to any one thing. People love your friendly attitude and carefree ways. You often brighten other people's days. But Fibers Beware - Sometimes people don't take you seriously because of your happy-go-lucky ways. Sometimes you find yourself feeling left out from decision making that could directly affect you. Even though you like to be happy and cheerful, make sure others know that you can also be serious and in tune with reality.

what are you? take the quiz

Smile... Aisling & Felix

2008-06-09T23:40:00.003+10:00

"Smile... Aisling & Felix"
my son felix and his best buddy; aisling. A pair of little gigglers who can always make me smile!

Tuesday Template Challenge @ Scrap Matters
3rd June - 9th June, 2008 - Hosted by Ellie Lash

see gallery for credits

organising your bits 'n pieces

2008-06-08T02:20:00.008+10:00

Okay, so it MAY be just after 2am in the morning... and I MAY be sick at the moment... but I'll tell you one thing. I'm nothing, if not consistent with getting a bee in my bonnet!

So this evening I have been organising ALL my digital scrapbooking stuff. It has taken HOURS. But it is soooo worthwhile. When I first started digi scrapping, I wasn't quite sure how it all worked and just kept downloading and downloading things... into the ONE folder. Who'd have thought I'd get so hooked?! (Anyone who's tried it I'd say!).

So, I have rationalised my collection, by getting rid of stuff I know I'll never use and organised everything else, as follows... (click to enlarge)

Previously it was like trying to find a needle in a haystack, so I am very excited to open picasa now and see all my lovely elements, kits, papers etc staring back at me, all nice and neat!

Is that weird??!

We have a long weekend this weekend, so now that I'm all organised, I'll hopefully get to actually scrap something! ;)

I kiss you & kiss you

2008-05-04T08:30:00.001+10:00

A scrap challenge for mothers day. The included quote had to be used...

credits:
word art: by krista pearl (scrapmatters)
paper & elements: ellie lash

magical moment

2008-05-04T08:20:00.001+10:00

Looks like I'm on a roll! This is so much fun, anyone thinking of trying it, really should!

credits:

alpha: "urban kiwi" by shabby princess

doodles: lg perspectives (scrapmatters)

our very first kiss

2008-05-03T16:21:00.003+10:00

I'm back in the real world now... I'm learning how to juggle a newborn and a toddler.

I'm finding that it's now time again for me to have some time to myself and have started doing my digital scrapbooking again. I really didn't do much to start with, bad timing with our house renovations and baby coming etc!

But I have done my first scrap challenge...

I'm really happy with it. I was able to remember how to use pse and even made my own background paper!

Credits... Alpha: "Smurfy Alpha" by Dirty Feet Designs (ScrapMatters), Doodle: "Doodle Kit" LG Perspectives (ScrapMatters), paper: me

felix 2006

2007-11-05T21:30:00.000+11:00

I am excited to share my fourth page with you all tonight. I have learnt a number of PSE tricks whilst working with this template - self taught, by trawling scrapbooking forums, which will hopefully save me lots of time and improve the look of my pages in the future.

I am really enjoying digi scrapping and I'm so pleased I have started! It's been time consuming, but I'm getting faster as I become more familiar with the programme. Half the time lies within choosing the right photos and choosing a theme for your page.

I love that I have a page with Felix's first year collated together... I'm happy with how it turned out.

Now what's next?! ;)

credits to M orginals for the quickpage, Scrap Matters for the papers & stitch elements from Kara Perrien Designs

our little signing star

2007-11-01T20:30:00.000+11:00

Like the play on words?! ;)

Well here it is, my first quickpage... it wasn't super "quick", in fact it took me all afternoon and most of this evening! I'm a bit disappointed in myself for choosing such christmassy colours, but I'm pleased as punch that I worked out how to turn the greys of the quickpage into their own paper sections (see the link at the bottom of this post for the quickpage as I received it).

Since Stefan (DH), has upgraded our computer, it is now running beautifully and doesn't struggle with any big files and having multiple programmes open at once, which is great. We also now have Photoshop Elements 6, which is a huge step up from the old version of Photoshop that I was trying to teach myself!

I was able to fudge my way around and work out how to get the stars to take on the paper I had chosen, only referring to the help section once (which didn't help that particular time!).

Now that I'm starting to get the hang of the programme and how to go about things, I'm sure there will be many more pages to follow. I have been downloading some great freebie bits and pieces from all over the internet. It's just a matter of finding time to use them! My free time during the day has been spent lately with me having a nap (I'm currently 26 weeks pregnant and toi-ed!) and the evening I usually spend with my hubby. It's just a matter of being more productive with the free time I do have, I guess.

I really enjoy doing this and hope you liked my 3rd page! I might go on a font hunt soon and find some new and interesting ones to use too :)

Be sure to go and check out pie scraps... she has used the same quickpage to do her own layout and it looks great! :) I've got a signing star and she has singing stars! Cute eh?!

credits to Lindsay Jane Designs for the quickpage & ScrapKut for the papers and elements

our wedding day

2007-10-04T23:00:00.000+10:00

This is my second attempt at a digi scrap page... not as happy with this one, as I am with the first. I guess you need to build up a collection of backgrounds and elements to combine and create your desired look.

By the way the wedding "theme" (if you could call it that) was pink and black... invites, cakes, suit/shirt/tie and flowers, so I thought the Urban Kiwi pack from shabby princess suited this well. My wedding and engagement rings are white gold and Stefan's is titanium, so I thought the chrome elements tied in well too.

I'm having fun and I'm feeling a real buzz when I do it. It's exciting and creative, I've needed to do do something like this for a while. Some ME time! I'm also getting the hang of this a lot quicker than I thought I would. I might even attempt my real life/paper scrapbooking soon. I have all the bits and pieces I need, I've just been to scared to start!

credit to shabby princess :)

my first digi scrap

2007-10-03T20:00:00.000+10:00

I'm quite pleased, considering at lunchtime I had no idea what I was doing and now look! A thousand thank you's to Kateypie for the inspiration and much needed advice xx

credit to shabby princess and kate's new scrappy blog :)