Is none other than....
PURPLE
So from 9 - 12 August, THIS is THE colour to chase, show us what YOU can find in shades of purple :0)
My pic today is this....
some Prima flowers out of my stash.
Okay the hunt is on, can't wait to see what you guys can come up with :0)
All the details can be found over on the ANZ Fiskars blog, you can CLICK HERE.
Annette :0)
Don't you just love the eyes!!
This little monkey was one of Maddisons first soft toys, and still a favourite.
Today is the last day in our block of pink, that means tomorrow is a new colour, be sure to stop by and have a look at what colour we will be chasing next.
Enjoy your weekend.
Annette :0)
Good morning!!
Can you believe we are already 7 days into our colour challenge? How time flies!!
My 3rd pink pic was actually taken by my sister...
This is the cutest little house, i wish i was brave enough to paint a house that colour!!
Lots more pink can be found over on the ANZ FISKARS BLOG. Drop by and check it out.
See you tomorrow for our last day of pink and then we will be onto our 3rd colour, any guesses what colour we will to move till then?
bfn
Annette :0)
One of my favourite parts of the day is seeing this out the back door, beautiful vibrant sunsets with pink in the sky.
Look forward to seeing YOUR pink.
Details can be found over on the ANZ Fiskars Blog, and you can check out all the other pink photos, have a happy PINK day.
Annette :0)
Well our second block of colour is none other than
PINK
So you have from today, Wednesday 5th until Saturday 8th to chase the colour PINK. You can find all the details over on the Fiskars ANZ Blog.
My pink photo for today is...
..this bromelaid from around our pond, which has a gorgeous pink centre.
Happy shooting
Annette :0)
Good morning :0)
Well here we are on day 4 of our colour challenge and what a feast of red its been!!
I have to admit i have lots of red photos i've taken over the past couple of days, but i will behave and pick 1....
I was working on a project for Ngaire's top ten in scrapbook creations using paint, yesterday and well you know ;0), i just couldn't resist squeezing some extra out for a photo, after all it is RED!!
What have YOU found today?
Make sure you tune in on Wednesday to see what colour we will be chasing next over on the Fiskars ANZ Blog.
thanks for stopping by, have a FANTASTIC day everyone.
Annette :0)
Day 3 of the Fiskars colour me happy challenge and i have so many red photos i can't choose!!
I decided on this one today.
Shopping at Target the other day and these are the bags you get now - they cost 10cents and are compostable!!
I pegged it to the line so i could take a pic and for a bit of fun in Picasa 3 (a free photo editing program available on the www) i played a bit and added more saturation. The blue is the sky ( gorgeous day up here!) but i love the way the recycling symbol almost looks like it isn't on the bag, it jumps right out at you.
Have you found red today?
Okay all the details can be found RIGHT HERE, over on the Fiskars ANZ blog.
have fun :0)
A
Good morning :0)
My red photo for Fiskars Colour Me Happy Challenge is this one today.....
Recently our eldest sons girlfriend visited the V8 Racing that was held down in Townsville and she bought back this stubbie cooler for him, along with some nice new red T-shirts, lucky boy!
And my Shadow Shot Sunday for this week is the path leading into the kids little cubby which changes on a daily basis and some strong crisp shadows from under the house that i couldn't resist posting as well. For a change i took them on the sepia setting.
Be sure to drop by and visit Hey Harriet and shadow shooters from around the world.
Happy Sunday to all
Annette :0)
The colour we are chasing for the next 4 days is RED
My photo for today was found by my son Chris.
Is that not the most divine colour you have ever seen?
He bought it home from the neighbours when they were playing, knowing i was doing the "colour photo a day thingy"!
If you want to play along you can find all the details on the Fiskars Blog RIGHT HERE.
Enjoy your Saturday.
A
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Hello!
I have been busily working away on a couple of challenges for over on the Fiskars Blog for the month of August which i thought i would post on here as well in case anyone is interested in taking part.
August is the month of COLOUR and in keeping with the theme i am running a couple of challenges, you can read all about it below as it reads on Fiskars:-
Nice to see you!!
Thanks for stopping by to see what is coming up in the month of August.
Thought it best to post this today so you had a little time to get your head around it!
What better way to get through the last month of winter than with a NICE BIG HEALTHY dose of
COLOUR!!
As well as some inspiring colour goodness from our Ambassadors EVERY day for the month of August, YOU too will have the chance to get creative and show us what colour is in your little part of the world.
Why? Simply to open our eyes and appreciate the colour all around us, it makes for a happy existence :0)!
How?
CHALLENGE 1 - A COLOUR PHOTO A DAY
We will be looking at a total of 9 colours over the month. Every four days we will concentrate on one particular colour. At the beginning of each colour block i will tell you what colour you are chasing as well as posting my colour photo of the day.
What to do: Post your photo on your blog, linking it back to the Fiskars ANZ blog and then leave a comment under my post to let me know you are playing and then i can come and check it out.
At the end of each colour block i would love to use your photo to put into a collage for that particular colour, to post here on the ANZ Fiskars blog which will of course be linked back to you. Collages look FANTASTIC when they are colour coded.
Don't have a blog, no worries, just email me your photo (keep it small please :0) ) and i will include it in the collage. [email protected]
CHALLENGE 2 - SCRAP YOUR COLOUR
We want YOU to inspire US, show us how you have used your colour photos in a layout or a mini album or some other creative venture and email a photo through to [email protected] with "scrap your colour - August challenge" in the subject line. We can then upload it into our challenge album for all to admire.:0)
Now if you have some other photos that you would like to scrap using colour but they are not from the photo a day challenge, then GO FOR IT - thats fine too!
The only stipulation for this challenge is that you must use a Fiskars tool and let us know which one or ones you have used.
NOW FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO BE REALLY CHALLENGED
anyone??!!
You have to take part in the photo a day challenge and scrap them ALL. this will put you into an extra draw to win some Fiskars goodness!!
That means 31 photos girls, 1 per day!! Whos up for it? This is my goal, whos going to join me?
So we have 2 challenges with an extra incentive to complete both. Make sense?
Okay i think that just about covers it all. Any questions please don't hesitate to email me - [email protected] .
Come on don't be shy.....play and enjoy.
Saturday morning August 1st check back here to see what colour i want you to chase, and i warn you it is addictive, you will enjoy it - get the kids involved they will risk life and limb to find something in the colour you need ;0)
See you Saturday.
annette :0)
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You are welcome to join us, tomorrow i will reveal our first colour, this will be run from the Fiskars blog, but i am going to post my daily photos on here as well.
hope to see you
A :0)
Now, I thought i would let you guys in on a RAK that i have going over on the FISKARS ANZ BLOG at the moment, it ends tomorrow night, if you like making cards there is a AUSTRALIAN STAMPING AND PAPERCRAFT MAGAZINE up for grabs, just leave a comment to be in the draw!!
This is the post below as it reads on the Fiskars Blog, just click on the link to leave a comment if you wish :0) Oh and if you already have - thanks ;0)
Hi, Annette here dropping by to share some cards.
I was thrilled when Australian Cardmaking Stamping and Papercraft arrived on the doorstep and one of my cards was on the front cover :0)
Thats it on the bottom right hand corner.
It was a set i did where i used some Fiskars stamps from the "Oodles of Doodles" set.
You might remember the squiggly frame i used on some school book labels for the kids. It would also make a good journalling block don't you think?
these were the stamps used
And the team at Stamping and Papercraft always do a fabulous job of photographing and making our cards look the part!!
Now it just so happens that the next edition of Stamping and Papercraft arrived today (volume 15 no 1) and for some reason, not sure why, they have sent me 2 copies!! ;0)
So if you would like some card inspiration, leave a comment RIGHT HERE ON THE FISKARS ANZ BLOG, and i will randomly pick a winner, on .............. lets say Sunday night, and this SPECIAL EDITION - CARDMAKING FOR ANY OCCASION, will be heading your way.
thanks for stopping by.
Enjoy your day
Annette
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P.S. good luck :0)
A bit of lazy bloggin here, thought i would show you my post from the Fiskars blog the other day, i know some of you do stop by there, so you may already have seen this ;0)
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Hi!! Annette here.
I thought i would share a layout on journalling with you.
I guess we are all inspired in different ways and create in different ways and for that matter different locations.
For me this layout was inspired while i was on holidays at the beach over easter. I had very limited supplies, i hadn't even remembered to take any sort of adhesive!! I had no photos as i wasn't intending to scrap, i did however have all my clear stamps, black stazon ink, my Steadler triplus fineliner pens and some white bazzill!! I scrounged around in the cupboard and found some black electrical tape, first time i have ever used it in scrapping, but i actually did 2 layouts with it and was quite happy with the results!!
Firstly i had no idea what i was going to do, so i decided to do a heading in my own hand "journalling", and decided to just see where that took me. I then stamped over it using the little flower stamp from "heidi grace - Reagans Closet" clear stamps, then i headed off down to the beach and sat with my friend under the trees and began to colour-in and cut out.
This was my creative space, lol, how can you not enjoy the process when you are in this environment!!
Kicking back in my banana lounge, i was doing my title....
All this was happening around me....
I found it quite ironic that i didn't have 1 photo to scrap with, but the whole time i was there, i was snapping away with my camera, in between colouring in, and not moving off my bottom ;0)
Anyway, I finished and cut out the title down at the beach, and then i completed the layout that night in the caravan.
this is my "pretend" photo that i made using the Fiskars flip n'flop clear stamps. Do you suppose i was inspired by my surroundings, lol!! Black electrical tape bordered my "photo", oh and just to be clear, i do NOT get around in a yellow polka dot bikini of that size, lol!!
My bright flower power heading.
This was going to be my layout and i grabbed a leftover piece of cardstock to do a bit of journalling that i was originally going to stick on the back. For someone who struggles with the journalling part, i did okay ;0) so i decided to put it on the front and make it into a little door like this...
I just added the little tab this morning, had to wait till i got home to get some double sided tape!! I simply punched half a medium squeeze punch cirlce and drew the little scalloped edge, coloured and cut around and attached to the door.
So i hope i have inspired you to have a fun approach to journalling, just start with something and see where it takes you with no rules attached
:0) Annette
Hello!!
Last week i was busy doing up a mini album in step by step form in preparation for our "photo a day theme" over on the Fiskars Blog that looks like this...
It was designed to house 30 photos and a tad of journalling down each side.
If you would like to have a shot at making one you can find the details Here, Then here, this one, and finally this one.
I will walk you through the steps of making the album from scratch and using things that you would more than likely have in your stash. Its a great way to use up a mixture of old paper, learn a few tips and techniques along the way and then if it takes your fancy join in the Photo a Day Challenge and have somewhere to house a photo a day for a month.
I have decided to make this album for Maddison so my photos will be based around her. When Christopher found out, he got his nose out of joint a tad, so i am going to surprise him with one just about him also. I had hoped to get one done for all four of the kids, mmm you never know!!
Here are my first 2 photos for Maddisons album...
Mooi ran her first cross country race at school yesterday and came in 2nd!! This is her, hot, sweaty and happy!!
And todays photo
Moois cat Paris always manages to sneak in to her room and curl up on the end of the bed to sleep despite our best efforts to get her out of the habit!!
Thats it from me, let me know if you are going to have a go at the album or if you are going to join in with the photo a day challenge :0)
Nearly the weekend!! woo hoo!!
bfn
Annette
this......which i can share at the end of the month, don't the colours look pretty? :0)
and i have been gazing at these, love the colours...
and yes an idea is starting to form with what i can do with them;0)
This month you will find a card a day for the month of March over on the Fiskars ANZ blog, be sure to check out all the different contributions from the ambassadors, a good way to get your cards done for the year!!
I have a couple of contributions, with a few more to come you can see them HERE and HERE some cards that were published last year in Australian Cardmaking Stamping and Papercraft Magazine.
Thanks for stopping by.
Annette
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