July with Cocoa Daisy!

I got my July kit today~“Rhubarb Pie!”...and it is gorgeous as usual!!! Here is a look at what's in it.
NB: The gallery will be going live over at Cocoa Daisy tomorrow, so make sure you head over there & see what the very talented Diva's are up to. Mine will follow early next week...so watch this space :o)

Cocoa Daisy is still running their Design Team call!  Working with Tricia & the other awesome Diva's is amazing...so if you are keen to try out, get your application in.

Cocoa Daisy is looking to add two very talented, creative and motivated scrapbook artists to join our design team, the Daisy Divas. Our design team is made up of dedicated scrapbookers with the ability to create stunning layouts and projects using products in unique and unexpected ways. We are looking for design team members who will be very present on the Cocoa Daisy site (both on the message board and in the gallery) and will actively promote the site elsewhere.

For more details, click here COCOA DAISY DT CALL

Have a super day!

Mag pages!

I have a few new pages I want to share with you from some pubs from a couple of months ago....

This one as seen in Creating Keepsakes April Issue for the Easter column.

This as seen in the Spring issue of Creating Keepsakes.

This one was my first pub in Scrapbook etc.....:o) their March issue.


TFL!!!
KJ
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June scraplift contest!

It's that time again over at Cocoa Daisy! We're looking forward to seeing you create a fantastic layout based on this SKETCH by moi!

The winner will have their page featured in next months newsletter & win a Cocoa Daisy kit. Remember that the deadline is July 10 at midnight EDT and you don't HAVE to use CD kits to participate!
Link all your entries as a response to this thread in the Cocoa Daisy forum.

Good luck ladies!

Date change!

***There is an amendment to the due date for the journaling challenge in my previous post.....sorry I don't know what I was thinking when I wrote the 10th July...hahaha! The actual date is the 25th June, so there are still a few days to get your entries in & posted in the gallery with a link in the Cocoa Daisy forum.

Thanks guys!!

Want to win something?

Hi guys, keen to win a $10 store voucher? Well to be in the running you need to take a bash at my June journaling challenge over at Cocoa Daisy. Over my morning coffee this AM, I was browsing through Ali Edwards book: Life Artist and I was really inspired by a L.O on pg 95, where she hand drew her journaling lines & then mixed the journaling up by using hand writing, and sticker word art to create her journaling.

So my challenge is just that.....Mix it all up
(and be sure to include a bunch of different treatments to make up your journaling eg: sticker words, hand writing , stamping etc etc.)





So remember to upload your page into our gallery & post a link in this thread for us to check out.
NB: The challenge deadline is the 10th July...Happy Scrappin'!!

Summer Soiree with us @ Cocoa Daisy.

Summer Soiree with us..

Walk down memory lane with Cocoa Daisy!!

This months kit over at Cocoa Daisy was challenging for me...the paper combo was interesting & really out of the box, so admittedly I wasn't sure what direction to take, that is until I started cutting & sticking.......oooh boy! I had such fun. I layered, inked, crumpled & generally had a blast with each & every L.O.

Take a look

This page is about the x4 generations of women who paved the way for our family, living in Africa as colonials.....my Great-Great granny, Great Granny (Oumsie), my Granny (Ouma) & my mom who was 2yrs old in the photographs.

This page is about my Aunty Col who in the 70's was a famous singer.

A page about me & my buddy Melody.

This one showcases just how far & long Maxi has been traveling. Since he was 7 months actually, he asked me the other day when our next trip was going to be because he would like it to be to France & Italy next hehehe! Clever tick!!


Now if you hurry there is still time to grab one & get yourself a sub....
NB: New & old kit subscribers who are 'on record' by the June 15th, will not only receive extra, exclusive journaling spots with their kits, they will also be entered in to win a whole summer of Christine's Project kits all for free. That's 3 months worth of project kits starting with the June one. EEEECK!! is that an awesome prize or what......so you'd
better hurry, time's running out guys!!

Happy scrappin'!!

Have you heard?

I have x4 pages in this issue

I have heard the coolest thing.....the guys over at Northridge media who publish Scrapbook trends, Cards, Simply Handmade, Beadtrends & their amazing range of idea books are now going to be available for online access & digital download too! and a really reasonable price too.

The best thing is that right now they have a complimentary copy of their Mini albums mag available for us download for a limited time only. It is a great way to check out the quality of the online mag & while you are there you can take a look at all the other offers available. I have downloaded my copy & I have to tell you it is amazing. All that inspiration right at my finger tips has been so great!

If you are keen to take a look click on the button below & it'll take you right to your copy of the mag. Happy browsing guys!!

Somethings going on!

Over at Cocoa Daisy we have a few special things going on this month. New & old kit subscribers who are 'on
record' by the June 15th, will not only receive extra, exclusive
journaling spots with their kits, they will also be entered in to win a whole summer of Christine's Project kits all for free.  That's 3 months worth of project kits starting with the June one. EEEECK!!  is that an awesome prize or what......so you'd better hurry, time's running out to get a subscription guys!!

And if that's not enough there is an unbelievable prize up for grabs, all you have to do is leave a comment on today's Cocoa Daisy's blog post before June 15th and be in the drawing for a $50 prize package! All you need to do is tell us your favorite way to be green and you could win! Can't wait to hear your tips!!

And another reminder that there is only 5 days left for you to get your May scraplift challenge L.O's in ...All you have to do is lift Christine's inspiring layout and win a kit
and get published in the next Daisy Talk issue!! For details click on
this pdf link here.


Good luck to those who've entered.. and for those who haven't... well, hope you'll be able to join in the fun ..
Happy scrapping guys!
Chat soon

Cocoa Daisy's ROCKIN'!

In May there were so many great creative prompts~ see here & challenges~see here over at CD, that I couldn't help myself & did a bunch on them.

This was Christine's challenge was how to draw a person's eye to the primary subject or photo on your layout. The first thing we are usually drawn to in a photograph is a person's face/eyes. Sometimes we have a great photograph were the subject's eyes just pop off the page at us, but other times we need to lead the viewer in the right direction. She found the best way to do this is by using paper strips and embellishments that will point the viewer in the right direction.



This was my take on the challenge:




Now remember the deadline for this challenge is the 10th June...the winner gets a Cocoa Daisy store voucher

This is the next challenge by Anja.....Fun with Titles, she hand stitched her's....COOL hey!!




This creative prompt was posted by Ronda.....Use your old photos.



Here is my take on it.



I used some happy snaps for this...no retouching, no colour correction...straight as they came from the photo developer. Do you know how hard it was for me using photos that I couldn't correct....I was chewing my nails as I stuck them down. I know, I need help! hahaha!

I decided to give my Heidi Swapp Invisibles from my May kit a try too, after all the fabulous tips 'n tricks the other DT girls, showed us in this link. I inked, painted & sprayed to add colour...it was such fun. After it was dry, I then cut it into a shape for variety & layered & stitched & roughened & tied. I LOVED this project!! That cool flower is from Pink Paislee!

And lastly this prompt was to create a Thank you Card to show your appreciation for someone All made with the gorgeous May Cocoa Daisy kit.



Be sure to pop on over & have a natter with us on the forum. The girls over there are a hoot!!
Chat soon.

More flowers.

My Flower post from a couple of weeks ago proved to be REALLY popular, so I thought I'd post some more that I have been using. Aren't they CUTE!

Fanciful Flower

Four colors:

Color A (lime green)
Color B (yellow)
Color C (purple)
Color D (lavender)

Instructions:

Rnd 1: With Color A, ch 5 (counts as a dc and ch-1 sp); in 5th ch from
hook work (dc, ch 1) 5 times; join in 4th ch of beg ch-5: six ch-1 sps.
Finish off Color A.

Rnd 2: Join Color B with sc in any ch-1 sp, in same sp work(hdc, 2
dc, hdc, sc): petal made; *in next ch-1 sp work petal of(sc, hdc, 2 dc,
hdc, sc); rep from * around, join with sl st in beg sc. Finish off
Color B.

Rnd 3: Working behind petals of Rnd 2, join Color C with sl st in
strands at back of center 2 dc sts of any petal; *ch 4, join with sl st
in strands at back of center 2 dc sts of next petal; rep from * around,
ending last rep with ch 4, join with sl st in beg sl st; 6 ch-4 sps.

Rnd 4: *In next ch-4 sp work petal of (sc, hdc, 4 dc, hdc, sc); rep
from * around, join with sl st in beg sc. Finish off Color C.

Rnd 5: Working behind petals of Rnd 4, join Color D with sl st in
strands at back of center 2 dc of any petal; *ch 5, sl st in strands at
back of center 2 dc of next petal; rep from * around, ending last rep
with sl st in beg sl st.

Rnd 6: *In next ch-5 sp work petal of (sc, hdc, 2 dc, 2 tr, 2 dc,
hdc, sc); rep from * around, join with sl st in beg sc. Finish off
Color D; weave in yarn ends.

Bold Bloom

Two Colors:

Color A (lime green)
Color B ( bright pink)

Stitch Guide
Cluster (CL): *YO, insert hook in
ring and draw up a lp to height of a dc, YO and draw through 2 lps; rep
from * 3 times more, YO and draw through 4 lps: CL made.

Instructions

With Color A, ch 8, join with sl st to form a ring.

Rnd 1 (right side): Ch 3; *work CL in ring, ch 3; rep from * 7
times more, join with sl st in top of first CL: 8 ch-3 sps; finish off
Color A.

Rnd 2: Join Color B with sc in any ch-3 sp between CLs; in same sp
work (hdc, 2 dc, tr, 2 dc, hdc, sc): petal made; * in next ch-3 sp
between CLs work petal of (sc,hdc, 2 dc, tr, 2 dc, hdc, sc); rep from *
around, join in beg sc: 8 petals made.

Rnd 3: Ch 2; turn piece to wrong side; *sc in back strands of next
sc to right, ch 3, sc in back strands of next tr, ch 3; rep from *
around, join: 16 ch-3 sps.

Rnd 4: Turn piece to right side; in each ch-3 sp work petal of (sc,
hdc, dc, tr, dc, hdc, sc): 16 petals made; join. Finish off, weave in
yarn ends.

Sunny Flower

Two colors:

Color A (orange)
Color B (gold)

Instructions

With Color A, ch 4.

Rnd 1: Work 11 dc in 4th ch from hook; join with sl st in top of beg ch.

Rnd 2: Ch 3 (counts as first dc of rnd), dc in joining; work 2 dc
in each st around; join with sl st in top of beg ch: 24 dc. Finish off
Color A.

Rnd 3: Join Color B with sc in any dc; *ch 20, sc in next dc; rep
from * around, ending last rep with sl st in beg sc. Finish off; weave
in yarn ends.



Excerpted from "Crochet Embellishments" by Jean Leinhauser. Copyright (c) 2007. Reprinted by permission of Leisure Arts, Inc.