Last night I did Penny Hackney's Little Bit Of Love online class which I thoroughly enjoyed. Thanks so much Penny! I finished a gorgeous layout for the class which I am very proud of...but I can't show you the whole layout just yet. Sorry! But maybe Penny won't mind if I give you a just a couple of quick peeks...

If you didn't sign up for the class, you can still do so for access to the step-by-step class instructions. I highly recommend it...it was so much fun and my layout turned out very well! (Even if I do say so myself...lol.)

When I'm able to, I'll post the complete layout to the blog....

Last night I completed Challenge #1 during our July 08 Cybercrop here at The Scrap Witch. We had the choice of two quotes and I chose to use this one...

"Within each of us is a God-wired uniqueness, something that makes us feel more alive than breath itself. To embrace that uniqueness and pursue it is the first step to radiating light." ~ Louie Giglio

I had these pics of my DD9 (dearest daughter, aged 9) to scrap...and DD9  is certainly "wired" a bit differently to everyone else. This is part of her, and to some degree, part of her charm...but I just have to learn to think of her disability in this fashion. The quote is really a reminder to me of this.

Anyway, here it is...

I've used some papers from the Basic Grey Euphoria range, cut the heart shapes and scalloped circle with my Craft Robo cutter, and doodled quite extensively. The doodling is very imperfect...but actually...I love it! This is a huge step for someone who previously had to measure everything precisely and start a page all over again if the slightest mistake was made. I've made tons of mistakes on this page...but I'm probably the only one who knows what they are. I've also used a less than perfect photo (bottom left)...and despite it being a terrible photo, I felt it needed to be included anyway.

If you'd like to see a couple of close-ups of the doodling, you'll have to read on...

Buy 20 papers, get 10 free. I mean seriously how many scrappers could resist that? That is a very naughty offer. Shame on you Anna's Craft Cupboard!

LOL...just joking!

So yes I've been shopping again this morning and bought myself 30 patterned papers, 10 of them free. Mmmmm. A mixture of stuff...Fancy Pants, Prima, Crate Paper, Making Memories Noteworthy amongst others. All in all I've figured out that the special works out to roughly 78c (Australian) per sheet....well for me anyway. Quite a good price methinks!

For anyone interested, I believe offer is open until midnight on Sunday 13 July 2008. I got the details from here, if you'd like to check it out for yourself.

Yesterday I posted about a Surprise Challenge I was working on here at The Scrap Witch. Fifty nine buttons and fifty nine glue dots later...arggghhh...it's finished. Yay! (Let us never speak of buttons again!)

My apologies for the terrible picture...the lighting in here is very BAD tonight. I'll take a better picture tomorrow.

All fifty nine buttons and the page title cut with the Craft Robo.

I've decided to do a Surprise Challenge that the lovely Penny Hackney set for us at The Scrap Witch based on Elsie's 52 challenges. I'm loving it...but OMG the buttons are driving me batty! Why? Well I'm not really a lumpy scrapper...so I've gone and drawn the buttons in Adobe Illustrator...and I'm letting my trusty Craft Robo cut them all out.

Here's what I've done so far. Thought I'd show you the progress whilst I'm waiting for more buttons to come off the production line...come ON Robo...hurry up!!!

I only ordered it on Friday, and to my astonishment, it's already here! What am I talking about?

Have you not been listening? Basic Grey Euphoria of course....mmmmmm....get with the programme already! Oh and another little item I thought might be very droolworthy useful...

Bad picture, but you might be able to spot the Kaisercraft clear stamps there...the Flourish Journals ones. Yummy!

After dinner tonight I might actually get the chance to covet them and put them away in my stash use them!

I've been online shopping this morning and I've bought this...

I'm not sure how many of you know this, but I've owned another scrapbooking site besides The Scrap Witch for about four years now. I've kept it under my hat for the most part, and not told many people about it, so it may well come as a bit of a surprise for some of you...