BLOG HOP!!!

It's that time of the month again where we at Scrap whispers inspire your creativity by showing different tecniques for your scrapbooking, cards and other projects. Today tutorial comes from our very lovely, Georgina, who has shown us how to create a quick and very easy gift bow! This technique is great for using up any scraps that we all have lurking around. But this gift bow doesnt just have to go on a gift. Maybe a layout, a card, a photo frame or as a larger piece of arty home decor. I used scraps of Pink Plum collection from Crate paper. And since taking the photo I have added a a butterfly to the centre, just beacause it was sat there looking at me and I thought... Why not?! The full tutorial can be seen on the main Scrap Whispers blog. Have fun with it and don't forget to link us up with your creations so we can show you some love. Now for the fun part. Hop to the DT blogs to see their interpretations. Georgina Rosey Kelly <----- you are here Sherri Nilsa Kimberley

Enjoy!!

Turning 3

Tomorrow the Boy turns 3!! Seriously, where on earth does the time go. In just a few months he will be going to nursery and I won't know what to do with myself :) I just wanted to share a couple of photos with you from yesterday. We had an early birthday tea with some family. A few days ago I decided to make The Boy's cake. What was I thinking??? I'd never decorated a cake, ever!! So here I was messing around with some icing and they ended up in a toy story alien form (well, in a fashion). I chose Friday the 13th to start making the cake.... Really I shouldn't have to say any more. The first cake had the consistancy of melted ice cream. Inedible. The second attempt came out like a pancake. Inedible. The thrid attemjpt sunk in the middle and would not come away from the tin. Fell to pieces and was truly disgusting! I know most people would have given up but I wanted to do this for my Boy... So with a deep breath, I literally chucked all the ingreients into a bowl together, beat it with an electric whisk and 30 minutes later, out it came... PERFECT!!!! Then I had to ice it. Rolling it out took some time :s But I got there in the end. Its not perfect, its not technically right (and yes, those aliens are fab at covering up the broken, torn pieces of icing) but the Boy loved it and he, his sister and cousin's all demolished the aliens and stars in roughly 20 seconds.. though it was probably a lot less! LOL So worth 2 hours sleep for. Now, what to do for DD???

A big thank you

I just wanted to say a huge thank you to all of you who had a go at my recipe challenge. I had lots of fun coming up with elements for the recipe, and I hope you enjoyed it too! Georgina will be announcing the winner soon so make sure you check back.. It could be you!!!! I hope you enjoyed sharing NSBD with us at Scrapwhispers. xx

NSBD Recipe challenge

Hey there! So glad you have popped in! Having fun so far?? Well we have plenty more throughout the day, covering all time zones so you have lots of time to browse and play along. In the meantime I have a recipe challenge for you. On your layouts I would like to see a card or a layout/ or both if you are feeling particularly crafty ;)

5 different patterned papers

4 flowers

3 different embellishments

2 word title

1 type of stitching

Easy, right?!?! I made some knitted flowers for this layout challenge And the fourth flower is tucked behind this sweet digi stamp from Tiddly Inks "party time". And here is the layout. Food themed, of course. "Fairy cakes" is my 2 word title.

I've used a piece of paper from Crate Paper, the rest is from Echo Park, summertime 6x6. The embellishments I've used are pearls, the digi stamp, and bakers twine. I stitched just 3 sides of the cardstock.

I hope you enjoy this challenge. Don't forget to leave a comment to let me know you've been here and when you've completed your project head back over to the main blog and leave a comment with a link to your project, so we can make sure we come and leave you some love.

We will be having fun and games throughout the day on the main blog and on each of the DT blogs.

Enjoy this wonderful day and I can't wait to come visit you and seeing what you are creating this weekend. :)

Join us tomorrow

Tomorrow is National Scrapbooking day and I just wanted to remind you of all the fun and games we have lined up for you! Check out Scrap Whispers main blog tomorrow morning for the kick off challenge from Georgina!!! I'll be hosting a challenge on this blog too, so make sure you don't miss it! See you tomorrow :)

National Scrapbooking day 2011

How are you celebrating this years National Scrapbooking Day?? Well, why not join us at Scrap Whispers for fun, games and prizes! It starts on Saturday morning at 8am on the main blog! Can't wait to see you there!!!! :)