Pink Paislee pubs!!

Morning guys!
I trust you are having a super week so far??? I know I am *evil laugh* because the weather here today was fabulous. I am happy to say that today I had my first swim of the season, and as a notoriously cold-water-ninny, it is a serious feat for me...seriously! It is times like this that I don't regret for one instant the money we spent on installing heating panels on the garage roof to warm the pool water. Our pool was as warm as a bath (well not quite as warm maybe :o) & heavenly. Oh don't get me wrong...the big day was mine alone because the kids have been swimming for weeks. I, on the other hand am one to avoid torture where ever possible hehe!

Anyway...today I thought I catch up on sharing some pubbed pages from some months back, they happen to be mostly with Pink Paislee products too :o).

This one was in the July SB Trends...how cute is that kid???? I had fun creating my own background paper for this one.

This one was in the Sept/Oct issue of Memory Makers. Many thanks to Michelle for the digi kit I used to create the skull paper & embellishment.

This page was also for Memory Makers....this Pink Paislee paper collection was perfect for Laurens wedding pics. I love how 3D the ribbon & flower looked.

Well that's it for today...I have some super news to share but not today!!!
So watch this space.
Have a goodie!!!
KJ

More pubbed pages :o)

My last batch of pages were so well received (BTW! thanks for all your super comments everyone, I loved reading them all), so I thought that I'd post some more for you to look at.

This one was seen in the June issue of Creating Keepsakes, as well as on the cover for that month!! I have had a ton of emails since it was published asking about the robot paper I used; it is actually from Bo-Bunny. I did mail them for a store list who might still stock it, but unfortunately it is out of stock everywhere & they don't plan on re-printing it. Sorry guys.....!
But....I did some surfing & found that Bam Pop has some cute robot paper & Cosmo Cricket has cute paper too. They aren't the same as the one I used but will give a similar vibe to mine & end up just as cute.

~Click on the links above to take you to their stores.

  


This one was from the CK June Fathers day article.....those two melt my heart!!!

This is also the June CK issue....I had such fun here. I managed to fit 9 photos on a 5x7 image, leaving me a ton of extra room for journaling & embellishments.

Also June...for the Family article. Max is crazy about his uncle Steve, even though they live in the UK...when they come to SA to visit, they just carry on where they left off.


Anyway...I have to rush off. I am too lazy too cook supper tonight, so I am off to Woolies to get some steamed oriental chicken & a Butter curry.
YUM!!!!!
See ya!
KJ
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July Memory Makers L.O's

Hellooooo world! How are you all on this fine day?? I feel like I am back in the land of the living again...school went back today...I LOVE routine, it means I get some time to myself again. Time to scrap, blog & catch up on my blogging buddies. I know, I know I have been a shocker at blog hopping lately...sorry guys! I will endevour to try harder to be more regular!

I wanted to share with you, two pages I had published in the last Memory Makers magazine.

My blogging buddies Joscie & Chris also had a couple in there, pop over to their blogs & take a look at their amazing work.
Happy scrappin'!
KJ
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Pink crazi!

Happy Wednesday everyone!!

Well being Wednesday, over at the Pink Paislee blog means it's wacky……so wacky we've got, with a big paper mix up!! It was a special friend’s birthday the other day & I wanted to create something special for her in the way of a gift pack. She is such a fun loving crazy gal, so there was no question, it had to be bright & fun!

I am trying to be more ‘green’ about my scrapping these days & having a huge box of PP off cuts, I decided to use some of them up rather than just binning them. For the card, I cut myself a variety of  mini box shapes & layered them in a pile on the base card using different thicknesses of 3D puff tape. Then  tied some of them with ribbons & braid adding glitter for birthday sparkle. I suggest you use a fast drying glue like ‘mono’, sprinkle a layer of glitter lightly over the glued areas & wait for them to dry. Tap off any loose glitter….& Voila!! pretty finishes in a flash!

I left a little teeny white tag on the front of the pink parcel for me to write my buddy’s name :o)

She wanted some fancy face lotion for her present, but being a tricky shape I needed to find a suitable package design. After doing a bit of net-surfing I found a GREAT tutorial here for the perfect box. It is SUPER easy to make, even for me who tends to be ‘instruction challenged’ at the best of times :o) And it only used one piece of card stock with bits ‘n pieces for decoration.

Here is the collection of papers I used…. pleasant enchanting, enthralling fascinating, eye popping fascinating, fast track office lingo, sugar pie sweet cakes, cutie pie sweet cakes, lovey dovey sweet cakes, office lingo lunch hour, office lingo cubicle, fascinating press ons, fascinating chip die cuts , coconut pixiee stix and last but not least fascinating sticker strips.

My other project for June was a lift I did of a page published in the June CK magazine. I did them x2 versions of the same page & they selected the one in the mag, leaving me to post this one here 'Pink' at it's best wouldn't you say???

Well you 'luvlies',  I sure hope these have inspired you to try some for yourselves :o)

  

Scrapbook & Cards Spring issue!

The Scrapbook & Cards Spring issue is out!

They are such a super mag and Kerry & Catherine are so great to work with! The amazing thing about this mag is that it is available for subscription over here if you prefer a paper & ink mag to drool over but if you are OK with pixels, you can down load it for FREE here.

I was very honored to be asked to contribute to this issue & do their 'Easy, difficult, Expert column' found on page 30 & 31... I had such a blast putting it together. Inside the mag you can find as well, amazing tips n tricks from well known & very talented scrappers like:

Kim Hughes
Linda Harrison
Kimber McGray
Roxanne Jegodtka
Michelle Engel

Here is a one of my L.O's from the article but for the rest you'll have to download the mag :o)

TFL!!!

Got the cover.

Ok now that the mag is on the shelves I can share my fantastic news (*I am still pinching myself).....that my 'Robot Love' L.O got the cover of the June Creating Keepsakes. My sweet friend Martha, scanned the front page (because mine hasn't arrived yet) & mailed it to me. I was over the moon (haha! no pun intended) when I opened her mail & saw it....& I just love the final cover layout with the toy robots....it looks so cool!

Thanks CK...you guys really know how to make a gals day (birthday actually hehe!) I'm off with a good friend to swipe some plastic & spoil myself. I have a feelin' it's gonna be a good day after all!

Chat later.
KJ

Mag lovliness!

I have been itching to share these two pages with you & now that the mags have been on the shelves & they are old hat, I thought I'd pop them on my blog for you to see.

This one was for Creating Keepsakes December issue:

And this one was Creating Keepsakes January issue:

I was so thrilled to have them selected...thanks CK, you guys ROCK!

Gotta luv scrapbooking!

I love scrapbooking.....(if you haven't already realised that by now). I love everything about it, the art, photography & opportunity to be able to express myself; as well as the extended diverse community I have had the privilege of meeting & befriending.

OK, I know I am gushing & rambling on but that's what blogs are for aren't they and I am just so ridiculously happy right about now, I could pop. My hard work is paying off because I have just had another whole bunch of pages selected for publication.....x6 to be exact.

Creating Keepsakes, Scrapbook trends & Scrapbook etc (and it was my first submission to them too :o)

I feel so spoilt....like Christmas has come early! Thanks (to all the mags I just mentioned)....in my opinion you guys ROCK!

I feel a serious *Happy dance* coming on............Fa-La-La-La!

Sneak peek?

This months **Cocoa Daisy** kit is BEAUTIFUL!!! I had such fun putting my L.O's together, here is a sneak peak of the kit to wet your appetite. If you are keen to grab one, you'd better hurry...almost everything is sold out already & it was only launched last night :o)

(Pssst: See this stamp.....I designed it for the kit...cool hey!)

Here is a sneaky peak at one of my L.O's...If you want to see what the Daisy Diva's did, have a look-see **here**. The girls really pulled out all the stops, they are amazing. Some more great news is that we have a new Diva on board from this month, Ronda, from OLW. We featured her here just last month....welcome on board hun, it's great to have you!!

On a different note, I have some more FAB! scrappy news. I have just had another page picked up by Creating keepsakes mag for publication in the new year!! It has been hard work but it is proving to be worth it of late, & is definitely paying off ~heehee! I'll keep you posted about when the mag's hit the shelves.

Now be honest!!! How are you all doing with your Christmas cards? I am ashamed to say have made x1...only x1...sheeesh!! I have like a million to go. I think we must have a card fest or something...what do you think? I must give the details some thought. I'll keep you posted because I need some serious motivation to get me going. I don't want to miss the boat & not get them out on time, I'll feel terrible!! Anyone have any ideas???

I had a free moment the other day & was stoked to be able to get together with some good scrappy buddies for tea, at an appropriately named restaurant called 'High Tea', in the most gorgeous English garden setting. It was so civilized & quaint and best of all not a jungle-jim or swing set in sight, it was a 'big people's' hang out, a place for the mommies of the world to get together, feel normal & sane whilst having adult conversation :o)

I really recommend it, it was good for the soul :o)

Well that's all for now guys! I hope you are well & getting geared for the Christmas season, which is a matter of weeks away....Yikes! a tad scary wouldn't you say.
Chat soon though.
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Come on!

GUYS! comeon...don't you want to have a bash at being a guest designer for Cocoa Daisy? All you have to do is do a L.O using the sketch from my post below this one & post it into the CD gallery by tomorrow PM; then wait for the results. For the finalists there will be x3 more sketches like this one, eliminating people as we go along & the last 'man' standing is the winner!
I know all of you are fantastic scrappers...& this sketch is SUPER easy, so what's holding you back. It is a chance at a FREE Cocoa Daisy kit & guest designer slot....easy-peasy!

Do me proud, so I can say one of my buddies won it~heehee!!

Some other great news on the scrappy front, is that my buddie Joscie & I recently got some pages selected for the April issue of Memory Makers. A little while ago we joked about being published side by side in a mag together, well April '09 is the month we will see it happen. Cool hey!! (There is some more fab scrappy news to share, but that'll be for another post. So pop back, I spill the beans soon.)

Well folks...I just have to get back to lazing in the pool...tough job hey!!
Hope you are having a super weekend & remember the deadline for the CD contest is tomorrow PM. In light of this I am prepared to move MY BLOG CHALLENGE out until Tuesday PM the 25th, to give you more time.

Later 'alligator.
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Ok, so I am stoked!!

(which roughly translated means~ Flippin' excited!)

I am bursting to tell you guys that I have an AMAZING! scrappy week. I have had two more L.O selected for publication.....x1 for Memory Makers & x1 for Scrapbook Trends (my first for this mag)...I am so blown away...it is so exciting.

Wow!...OK...I feel better now.

Thanks for listening guys!
{Over & out}

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Warm & fuzzy!

Throughout life we meet people who special & impact our lives. Sweet generous people who we get to know over time & share life with. Well over the last year or so I have had the privilege of meeting such people through the phenomenal invention of cyber space & within a short period of time have gotten to know them quite well.
There has been a wonderful collage of ladies from all walks of life, each in some far off place in the world I have never been to, who have felt so inclined to extend their friendship, encouragement & support toward me.

Today I would like to acknowledge them (you all know who you are :o) & say thanks SO much. I have enjoyed sharing your lives through your blogs, chat times with me & emails & I am so glad we can call each other friends.

The other thing I would like to mention is just how generous they have all been. Not only with mails of support & encouragement but with gifts of LOVE that arrive unexpectedly in the mail. I have had an astounding last two days.....where I can honestly say I have felt completely spoilt! I know our Lord doesn't have favorites but boy I really feel like He does today.

Firstly I got a FANTASTC email from CK & one from Memory Makers saying they had selected some more of my L.O's for publication.

So it was a **HAPPY DANCE** day indeed!!!!.....I am so thrilled!!

.....then if it couldn't get any better, I received a large, heavy & interesting package in the post. It was from my honey of a friend, Paula who lives in Montgomery, IL. She floored me in a second when I opened the box....this is what was inside.

...pick your jaws off the floor...I am not kidding. It is an unbelievable mixture of the coolest papers & embellishments I have seen in a while & I cannot wait to get my scissors & glue out & start creating. You girl are ridiculous!! (in a good way).

Then the cherry on the top of a perfect day, was this beautiful card & goodies from my sweet friend Misty...who incidentally is about to pop with her 4th baba & is still so seriously productive creatively, that she puts me to shame.
Last week I admired this pretty cool card on her blog...not realizing she made it for little ole' me :o)

All I can say to you gals is THANK-YOU! THANK-YOU! THANK-YOU! you both made my day & I feel special & spoilt!

(Misty...I have to tell you...while I was typing this post, Max picked up the card you made for me & said : Mama, this card is so beautiful....is it for me??? I told him is was for me & he said: That friendly lady called Misty is very nice to you...will she make one for me too?? heehee!
See your art is even being appreciated by the mini Watson in the house :o)

Well everyone now that I have bent your ears with this post...I'll go& leave some bloggy love on all of yours.
Chat soon.
~Over & out!
XXX

So spoilt!

OK now I'm jumping for joy!! I have just gotten word that I have another 3 L.O's selected for publication by x2 different magazines.....WooHoo! I feel so spoilt.

*Happy dance time*

I'm a'shimmyin'.... I'm a'shimmyin'!

Well that's all for now guys, I just thought I'd quickly let you know, so you can do a little dance along with me from all your different parts of the globe.

Hugs*
KJ

PS: A little funny to end off with.....I am kissing Max good-bye for school when he pipes up...Mama...you must kiss me different because I really don't like lip-wet! Hahahahahaha...it really cracked me up...and the onslaught of 'yuk don't kiss me Mama' creeps closer.

Not just a tall story.

OK so it wasn't just a rumour...we did in fact go away for the weekend & I did in fact catch a couple of large sweaty bass....it was the first time in 4 years that I have gotten some serious fishing time in....& it was worth the wait.

This was the tunnel of bamboo that lead to each of our cabins....with the green glow was so hard to photograph the kiddlets without them looking like they were ill :o)

One of my bass...check out the dorky look on my face.....mild hysteria hahaha! I'm crazeee I know. My brother looking ever the part of serious fisherman, was helping remove the lure from the fish's gizzard. He swallowed it so deep you'd think he hadn't seen food in a month....NOT!! Look how fat he is (the fish, not my brother heehee!)

OK so the rule is...carefully hold them...& SMOOch, then put back. Fish slime is a bugger to get off....needless to say Tersh stayed far away from me & my ripe aroma. (Not my most flattering pic is it....had I known the paparazzi were going to be there, I'd have dollied up a bit :o)

Dawn overlooking one of the dams....flip is was cold!!

Maxi getting his fishin' groove on....he was a natural....must be in the genes.

Cas patiently waiting for a bite...she really got into it, which is unusual for a little girl crazy about fashion, accessories, shoes & the latest hip hop band.

Tersh contemplating his life with this bunch of idiotic, smelly fisher people; whilst drinking in the amazing view over the vineyards. It was a great weekend...even if short & especially great to break the monotony of home life & be out in nature.

To change the subject a bit.....I got my August CK & in it was my Juicy Fruit L.O. They have their new Beta site up & running...you should pop over & take a look. Here's the link:
It is always so cool to see things in print.

This is a digi L.O I did last night. I was so itching for a scrappy fix & had hardly any time left before I hit the sack, so I whipped this up. It is using elements from a kit created by Michelle, as well as a mishmash of bits from all over the place. Sorry, I know I am supposed to give credit to whom credit is due...but I can't for the life of me remember who all the sources are. If & when I do I will mention them at a later stage.

Well I hope this made up for my bloggy absence?? I now have to go & give my guy my undivided attention....it is his birthday after all. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Hunni...you are the best!!

Blog you soon.
KJ
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They're almost here.

My folks arrive tomorrow AM...really early...which is going to be tough for the night-owl Watson's. The alarm clocks are set, the house spotless....their room ready. We are all set for their 3 week visit...YAY!
They left SA to go back to the UK 13 months ago....so it is going to be wonderful to have them under our roof again. Max is SO excited...he spent half an hour before bedtime telling us how fast he was going to have his sleep & then wake up.....'Just like this Mama' & he closes his eyes, then whips them open 2 seconds later. He has a special relationship with his grandparents, even tho' they live continents away; thanks to the joy of skype technology. So it is going to be wonderful for them to spend some quality time with him.

Other than this exciting event, my life hasn't been very breathtakingly riveting lately. I am happy to report that I have scrapping tho'. I had a bit of a break last week to recover from the high speed scrapping I did to get my Cocoa Daisy DT stuff out and so it has been great to get back behind my scrapping table & focus on some page calls for CK. I had a blast doing them because most of the photo's I used were from our Canadian trip over December. Looking back at them made me realise just how much we LOVED it over there...*sigh* hopefully one of these days we will be able to call it home.

There is one little highlight I wanted to share with you, which came in the form of an unexpected email the other day. A mag, I have been fortunate to have been published in before, wants to publish one of my Fall L.O's for their September mag.....OMGoodness! I am so excited!! I can't say much more than that, as you know, but I will tell all a little closer to the time, OK!

Well guys thats all for now, please bear with me over the next couple of days...I will try & blog hopefully not too erratically, with juicy updates.
Gotta hit the sack early tonight...so nite-nite.
XXXXA parting pic....I vacuumed my car today & took Maxi's car chair out to do a thorough job...this is what I found behind it. About 1kg of old peanuts & raisins, pretzels & a large amount of indecipherable unknowns. Scary I tell you, scary!!!

Very cool!!

I got my May CK magazine in the mail on Friday! Guess what I found inside........MY L.O! Heeheehee! Still gets me all excited to see a L.O in print!
Thanks CK.....I feel like a 'Starre' :o)

Another TOOT!

Hi there everyone....I was so excited that I just had to share this with you.....

Please don't think I am getting all self important by sharing this....because for a humble scrapper from South Africa, getting published by overseas mag's, is quite something & it is always awesome being able to show you what I have been up to.

This L.O has been published in the current issue of Scrapbook and Cards It is a fantastic magazine & can be also downloaded in PDF format from their website.
To give credit where credit is due.....the original inspiration for this L.O came from a sketch I saw on Page maps, so do yourselves a favour & go & have a look there. You will find a wealth of inspiration for any type of L.O and everything there is available to download for easy reference.

Thanks for all your amazing support guys...you are the best ever!
KJ
XXX

Take a moment!

Had a pretty bland week of not much. No riveting outings, no large unexpected gifts in the mail, no candlelit dinners with Italian musician....just the ordinary stuff that makes up most of our lives. I have had the kids all week hanging on my eyebrows because of school break and I am ashamed to say that my years of playing office-office sans kiddlets, has had an odd way of seeming appealing once again........but only this week, I promise.
I am such a ninny aren't I....8 days into school break and already I am whining.....I think I need a 'pamper-the-girl-for-sanity's-sake' day.......naaaaa! can't see it happening hahahaha!

Ok...Ok...I have been mindlessly wabbing for long enough now, I'll get to the juicy stuff.
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........I got a mail from CK this morning. They want to publish another one of my L.O's! Yeeeeeehaaa! Now if you were in the room with me you would be privy to my customary **Happy dance of joy** .....here I go.....wiggle, jump....side step....turn, shimmy to the left, shimmy to the right, side splits!

Bwhahahahahaha! had you going there with the splits thing, didn't I? I used to be able to tho'(I danced for years) but now the only splits I can do is of the banana variety as it slides down my throat. So what started out as a mediocre week, now ends a fantastic one.

I serve a very generous God, that's for sure. I am full of 'it' & yet HE still chooses to spoil me.

Thanks DAD!
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Ra-Ra!

Just a bit of Ra-Ra! My special friend from Ohio, very kindly scanned & sent me a copy of my L.O currently in the April issue of CK! I am so chuffed! Cool hey??? Somehow it looks so different once in the actual mag! Thanks Martha for sending it to me XXXXXX