Mr & Mrs Card.

I'm using my creative licence with this card. It's not a conventional wedding card at all, and it's one of those rare cards that end up looking pretty darned close to how I pictured it in my mind's eye.



This week's challenge at CAS-ual Friday is OPPOSITES ATTRACT and so I thought I'd make a card with something resembling a yin yang symbol.


Thanks for looking,

Onto my
digital scrapbooking giveaway. I gotta say, it surprises me that more people weren't interested in this contest. I've been having tons of fun with the software. I'll share a couple of things. First I made my daughter's birthday invites.


The little name tags hanging off them.... those I made with shrink paper. I love them because they're handy to tie onto the kids backpack. I tie them right onto the zipper and it's easier to open. I let my kids make their own at the beginning of the school year.

Also, the page I originally made for my daughter getting her ear's pierced.... well I wasn't really thrilled with it so I made a new one.


Getting to the point, I put the numbers in my hands and had Adam pick left or right, congrats JAN you've won the software. Sorry Amanda, I wish I could give it to both of you! Jan... watch your inbox for the code and instructions within the next few days.

Thanks,
Farrah

My Memories.

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I've been thinking about getting back into scrapbooking again for awhile now. However I really love how digital books look, all bound like a regular coffee table book, but I hadn't yet "grabbed the bull by the horns" and gotten started. So it couldn't have been better timing when I was contacted recently by a fab company called My Memories to host a review and give-away of their software here on my blog!
I've been playing around with their software for about a week now and - WOW! The possibilities are endless! They offer so many papers and embellishments (a LOT of freebies too!) and fun little extras. The program is real easy to learn and all the elements are nicely organized. It looks like I'm happily back into scrapbooking but I see many more uses for the My Memories software! Invites, and announcements, and I am now looking forward to making my own photo Christmas cards with it this year!

Thank you very much My Memories for the software!!
And the best part is that they are allowing me to give away a copy of the program to one lucky reader!!!
I'm keeping the contest open for just over 3 weeks, so it'll end on April.15th. All you have to do to be entered is
1. Add your name to the link and
2. Have a look around My Memories and leave a comment here about something you saw on their website that you liked. A paper pack, or a certain quick page etc....
Good luck!!





While the contest is open.... and no doubt for a long time afterwards :) I wanna share the pages and other things I've made using the program. Back in the day, when I used to do scrapbooking I would do a year per book. Yes I often had to buy extra pages! So I decided to start this with the same idea and the first "moment" that I wanted to capture this year (other than our holiday, I'll conquer that next) is my daughter FINALLY getting the nerve to pierce her ears. She's wanted to do it for months, been at the store twice and got too nervous, but this time she did it. I was so proud and the happiness in her was massive.



I also made a card using their digital papers and their leaf images.



One last thing. You'll find a coupon on the side here for $10 off the software price! It retails for $39.97 but make note of the special code for a $10 discount AND that code also includes $10 of additional product so it has a $20 value!!

Thanks for looking,
Farrah

A Sign of Spring.

My boy's kindergarten teacher asked the students to bring in a sign of spring next week at school. Nathan wants to go out and get a photo of a bird's nest, and that gave me the idea for this card.



I made it with 2 challenges in mind. First the latest Tuesday Trigger at Moxie Fab World.

And the PALE BLUE EASTER challenge at The Ribbon Reel.


Also -new topic, you can stop reading if you need to, I understand :)
Why did it take me so long to discover Pinterest?! Seriously! In the search bar I'll type any random object that can be remade or reused and it's endless inspiration. I put in "book" and found planters, shelves, tables, etc, ad nauseam.... all made out of books! The point I'm getting to is that I take no credit in these Scrabble coasters. I didn't come up with the idea but LOVED it when I saw it and had to make some. The name magnets I did just because I actually had all the right letters left over.





Thanks for stopping by,
Hope you had a great Easter. Mmmmm chocolate,
Farrah

Easter Wishes.

Good morning lovely bloggers. Today is the start of our next challenge at Just Tracy's. We have a colour combo this month
Green / Yellow / White.
Soft, fresh springy colours, I love it.
The winner will receive a 15 store voucher. Good luck to you all, or, as I hear so many people saying now... "may the odds be ever in your favour."
I made an Easter card.



Remember to keep an eye out for pranksters today! Usually I target hubby but I think I'll pull an April Fool's on the kids today instead :)

For these challenges -
Card Crafts Circle. EASTER
just Add Ink. EASTER
4 Crafty Chicks. EASTER
Cute Card Thursday. EASTER
Delightful Digitals. EASTER
Paper Play. EASTER

Plus, remember to add your name in my digital software for scrapbooking and card making giveaway, which you can find HERE.
Thanks,
Farrah

Sweet Easter.

So the craft show on the weekend was quite the experience. I don't know if there is something in the water up in the town where it was but a lot of odd situations. I WISH I could tell all the funny stories but I gave my card out to so many people I'm worried one of them will read about it :)
I was still snickering about it while I worked on this card. The image is Some Odd Girl and the papers were all singles that I keep in my "stack".



For these challenges -
Crafty Boots. EASTER
Exploring Cricut. EASTER
Lexi's Creations. EASTER
Cutie Pie. PINK WITH BUNNIES
My Sheri Crafts. EASTER WITH PASTELS
Dream Valley. EASTER
Platypus Creek. EASTER
Crafty Pad. BUNNIES AND/OR SKETCH

Thanks for looking,
Farrah

2nd Digital Layout.

Happy friday..... anyone else seeing/seen Hunger Games today?! I'm going after dinner, looking forward to it. I devoured the books they were so good.
I finished my next layout using my new software My Memories Suite. I started on the endless pics we have from Disney World.
Remember to add your name to the link above for a chance to win your own copy off the software!



For these challenges -
Glitter Geeks. DISNEY
Fresh Brewed Designs. LOTS OF DOTS
Paper Pretties. NEW TECHNIQUE

Thanks,
Farrah

The Good and the Bad.

Wow.... I never would have imagined that I could go nearly 5 weeks without posting. My computer has been down and it's been agony :) I have a "computer guy" that usually solves any problems I have quite efficiently but he had to give my laptop over to a specialist and I have NO IDEA what's going on with it, only that it's been 9 days and he's still "waiting for the parts." Since the problem isn't my hard drive, my husband recovered that and has connected it to a temporary computer so I now have the pics to do this post.

Ok that's the bad. The good (for me, anyways) is that I also disappeared for awhile on vacation. It was our first real family holiday so really there was only one place we all wanted to go. Disney World. The kids were sooooo excited and I was pretty thrilled too. I always wanted to go as a kid but it never happened so I enjoyed myself as much as they did! Sorry......gotta post some pics....



You'll notice my son Nathan is missing from this photo. He thought Belle was too beautiful and intimidating to pose with :)





I felt really bad though that I was unable to do my post for Just Tracy's on the 1st. So better late than never........
This months challenge is to create a card/layout/altered item that features a HAT.
You still have time to enter. The contest runs all month. The selected winner will receive $15 to spend at their online store, which is jammed full of the latest products!

I didn't have any images that I was too crazy about with a hat so I grabbed this off a free clip art site....kinda worked around a sketch I saw in PaperCrafts and came up with this card.



Also I like to say a huge thank you to JAN for the great award!!


One last thing.
I'm hosting a great digital software give-away starting in the next couple of days so I hope you'll check back then for all the details!

For these challenges -
4 Crafty Chicks. CHICKS RULE
Crafty Purple Frog. PINK AND GIRLY
Moving Along With the Times. SPECIAL LADY
Paper Pretties. THANK YOU
Love To Create. THIS ONE'S FOR THE GIRLS

Thanks for looking,
Farrah