fun mani

Ok- I know its been FOREVER since i last posted, but so so much has happened and if I were to tell you about it you would be here for hours and incredibly bored haha so how about I just make it up to you with a super cute and quick nail art post? :)

so much more sparkly in real life but this is the best pic I could get at night
love love xox

I will return :)

Hey guys!
Just a quick note to let you know I will be back with some more posts SOON... well hopefully soon haha, I'm a little 'over-inspired' at the moment (is that even a thing? lol) and have intentions of taking on new and exciting hobbies and projects, so we will see how that goes!
love love xox

Latest Obsession

Ok so I have found a new obsession? Do you ladies remember when I made a post about how I had started doing my nails as a special 'mummy time' thing, well I think its growing into an obsession! Its such a fun art medium, its so versatile and easy to move around the house with, I cant scrap in front of the TV or in the dining room and chat to Rick because I'm one of those scrappers that doesnt know where a layout or project is going to go when I start it, so its hard to move supplies around and I'm too lazy to walk back and forth to my scrap room (let alone the clean up afterwards haha). But I can easily move around the house with a couple of nail polishes and even take them to friends and things like that.
Anyways, I did some playing around monday night and heres what I came up with, remember I'm still learning :)
What do you think?

Would you like to see more nail posts in the future?

Little Christmas Gifties 2

I also created a little notebook cover, using black cardstock and Graphic 45 paper.
I received my Steampunk Debutante paper a couple of days ago but i just cannot bring my self to cut into it!!! So I've just used Le Romantique which is still so pretty!
Hope you all have a wonderful christmas if i dont see you before then :)
love love
xox

Little Christmas Gifties

Hey there :)
I thought I would share with you a couple of little gifts I have made as Christmas presents.

The first is a door hanger, which I have covered with Basic Grey paper and then Mod Podged, the letters were created using the same technique as used in my 'Home' 12 x 12 layout.
The flowers are from Iamroses, and i just painted them with acrylic paint. Apart from the waiting for everything to dry it was a pretty quick project to put together.

ps. sorry about the sideways pic- for some reason when I upload some photos Blogger rotates them...

12 x 12 layout 'My Family is My Home'

I have been planning this layout basically since a started scrapping! The chipboard picket fence was one of my first ever purchases from an online srapbook store! I have just been waiting and gathering bits and pieces to get it done.
I had so much fun with the fence. First I painted it with Distress Crackle Paint in Antique Linen. I found it a bit too 'yellow' for this project so I gently dry brush painted some white acryic paint over the top and then sealed it all with some Glass Finish in Sepia. The Glass Finish stuff is great, its by Folkart Papier or something (im not sure theres so many names on the bottle lol) I picked it up at Lincraft for $1!!! It was in a bargain bin with some paints and I bought all the bottles I could find (6). Its basically like Glossy Accents, but its tinted and not quite as precise. Awesome for $1, thats for sure.
I really enjoyed the painting technique (if you could call it that) isnt there something so soothing about paint?
Other produst used:
My Minds Eye, Life stories
K & Company, Brianna
Black cardstock
iamroses Cherry Blossoms
'family' rhinestome word (I forget who its by, if I remember I'll update)

12 x 12 layout 'First Train Ride'

Layout number 3 for the night, 'First Train Ride'.
For this one I used a piece from Basic Grey's Wassail line, My Minds Eye Life Stories, and some lace and little aluminium roses I purchased on ebay.
The title was created using some rub ons I had stashed away. They were 'Back to School' themed tiny little alphabets and I cut them apart to create the words I needed...it was a painstaking procedure especially because I have these hideous acrylic nails at the moment, but thats another story haha.

PS. I tried to add a close up of the journalling but the upload window is being weird.