Paper Issues cut it up challenge

I looove the challenges over at Paper Issues, there is always something to inspire me every time I look through their challenges!!! For this challenge, there was a great Free cut file download, which you can find here: http://paperissues.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/cut-it-up-saturday.html and it looks like this!


I haven't had my Silhouette machine all that long, so I really do need inspiration like this to get it out of the box! Here's what I did with it, using Heidi Swapp papers, chipboard stickers and ephemera, Kaisercraft word stickers and 2 Crafty chipboard. (Love the little people chippies, perfect for this layout of my Hubby and Daughter!)

 There's a couple of little extras on there, such as the cute little paperclip holding my hidden journaling. (Not sure what make these are, as they came in my Pocket letter swaps!!!)

TFL!!! :) Tania

Paper Issues March card sketch challenge!

Thanks Corri Garza, for your card sketch again this month. When I'm feeling a bit slow with the mojo, I love having this little sketch to work with and produce something a tad less involved. I love playing along with Paper Issues, they have loads of challenges to choose from each month!!! You can find the latest one's here:
Here is the sketch, (which you can play along with in their Facebook Friends & fans Community page)


And here's my card, made using up some embossed card I had laying around and some butterflies in my Kikki K sticker book. I made the watercolour background with Distress Inks and water and swished the card through the colour on my craft mat. Finished off with a few glitter dots which I found in the $2 shop, yay!!!

Paper Issues 15 Favourite layouts Blog Hop

Sharing my 15 favourite layouts/projects for 2015, as part of a Blog Hop organised by the cool gang over at Paper Issues!!! Thanks guys!!  It's a great opportunity to look back at all the projects I have accomplished!!!
so here they are:

it's great to see what I have accomplished and there are several more but they are out for publication so I can't share just yet!!! TFL!!!

Paper Issues December Sketch challenge

I just loved this simple sketch from the Paper Issues blog for December sketchy Saturday!!! Such a simple design, which is my kind of scarpping style! I love being able to scrap a layout in an afternoon, it doesn't happen very often..lol! But the gorgeous paper collection from Cocoa Vanilla Studio, also helped it all come together real quick! Here's the sketch:


And here is my layout!!! I'm on a roll with my Tasmania photos. It was a trip I took in 2008, nice to get them scrapped finally! I've used a few Kaszazz products, Heidi Swapp date stamp, Chickaniddy enamel shapes & a Flutterby Designs Flair.

Paper Issues novemer card sketch

And...it may be a back to front post, I'm posting November's Card sketch after December's, but I had fun with this sketch all the same. Here's the Paper Issues' sketch by Corri Garza... 

And here's my take on the sketch. I had some left overs for another challenge I'm working on, using a leaves embossing folder swiped with Distress inks, in different colours before running through my embossing machine. The paper flowers from Kaszazz, are coloured using Distress inks spritzed with water.Love the pineapple washi tape!! (Wish I could remember where I got it from!)