A Fairy Butterfly!

It was so pretty. There was some reluctance when it came time to wash it off.

But much fun was had and that is what matters!

 

And I can tell you this -

There was no complaints at bed time. Straight to sleep no problem for these two ;-)

LOL!

 

With Sprinkles of Sunshine...

 

Anna

 

Go the orange!! LOL!!

 

Materials:

 

CARDSTOCK: Bazzil - orange

PAPERS: blue paint sample card [Thank you Bunnings ;-)], vellum (to back photo)

ALPHABET: Thickers - black glitter, my own writing, 'best' word from a Kaiser Collectables pack

EMBELLISHMENTS: green string, patterned fabric, Kaiser Collectables motifs, BasicGrey die-cut shapes (frame), Dear Lizzy patterned chipboard shapes (pink arrow, camera), Kaiser stamp set (clouds), dotted stencilling

OTHER: white and black jouranl pens, stapler, sewing machine, thread, stencil, white ink pad

 

I had a little difficulty in photographing this layout - I think mainly due to its brightness. I just had a hard time getting the photo true to the colour, even in natural light the camera didn't seem to want to capture it right!! But I did finally get one that came the closest to the true look. Then it came to cropping and I realised I still need to work on lining the camera up correctly so as I can get a true square crop - none of this 'one-corner-cut-off-because-it's-crooked' business! Grrrrr!

 

Any tips anyone? What do you find is the best way in photographing your layouts?

 

Anyway, be sure to check out the Jot Blog for more deets on this challenge and feel free to get busy and participate :-D

 

And don't forget that the Project Life Journal Card Series has begun over on the Jot Blog - we are up to day 2 and you can see what the lovely Stephanie from the Jot Team has created using her stash of Project Life cards. Absolutely gorgeous work.

 And there is MUCH more to look forward to. Every day there is new work featured by a member of the Jot team that you can be inspired by. And if you like my work and wanna see what I created, maybe, say...Thursday - might be a good day to visit the Jot blog ;-) hehe!

 

Well, my readers, I do hope you are staying well. We have been suffering a dodgy flu bug lately but hopefully we are coming to the end now. Hoping hubby doesn't pick it up.

 

Enjoy your day.

Take care :-)

 

With Sprinkles of Sunshine...

 

Anna

 

We are mostly unpacked. It has been a slow process due to becoming a tad run down and battling a dodgy dose of chronic fatigue. But just to digress a little bit here - I had been seeing pictures and mentions of some recipes from a great looking e-book by Amy Crawford of The Holistic Ingredient and I bought it. I have been making (and consuming!) some of her breakfast dishes - OH MY GOODY GOODNESS - sooooo yum! And it's filling and since starting to eat using whole foods my energy has been better and I have the capability to get through the day without any lazing in the chair exhausted and helpless and in need of naps to get through. Hopefully I can keep this up. I will share more about this and my fave recipes from her book in another post :-)

 

Anyway, back to unpacking. There is still a little bit to do but the place is in a functional, living condition and we are really happy with the rental property we live in :-)

 

On the creative front...

Well, you are most likely aware that I have been busily creating for Jot Issue 2 which is OUT NOW. And it is jam packed with such goodness. And it is proving to be SUPER popular. The stats are astounding and all of us at Jot, most of all Kim Archer - the founder and creator of this fabulous publication - are gobsmacked. I am so honoured to be part of such a great team and associated with such greatness :-)

So you can check out the new issue HERE!

I will be back over the next week with some posts about my layouts in the mag with abit more detail.

But also be sure to check out the Jot blog - there is info about the challenges showcased in Issue 2 and a chance to link up any projects you have created inspired by these...also there is a step by step rundown of a layout using just journal cards. And...just today there was a post by fellow Jot team member Lauren Hender with an awesome layout she created and a very useful little tip you will most definitely find quite nifty. So head on over and be inspired :-)

 

We are already getting down and busy with creating and planning for Issue 3  - plus a few extra little projects and inspiration coming up in the mean time which will be revealed in the coming weeks so keep an eye on the Jot blog and here for more lovely, scrappy, papercrafty, memory-keeping goodness!

 

It's all so exciting!

Talk again soon.

In the meantime - take care and keep smiling :-)

 

With Sprinkles of Sunshine...

 

Anna