Another couple of months worth...

What a day.... Did you ever have one of those days where you feel like you didn't stop working but then when you look at what was actually done it still didn't feel like much. That was my day today. With all we have on at the moment its easy to feel like there is no end in sight and the big picture is just getting so big that one could easily loose sight of it. At the moment if i looked at everything as a whole and what we had on, i think most people would freak out, but Im learning to try and tackle just one day at a time and even just one job at a time. Things aren't as bad as you think when you break everything down to smaller things and knock them off the your list one thing at a time. So even though nothing major was accomplished today lots of little things got the big tick and it was nice to leave work knowing that some of thelittle things that have been niggling at me, have been done. When you have been a part of a team for soooo long and then you have to step in and now manage it, it certainly is a learning experience all of its own - certainly not a dull moment at the minute and not a day going by where im not learning something new. From cutting and pasting, im now learning all about the thickness and types of papers we use to the inks we use to print on them to publishing mags and all sorts of other things..... not bad for a kindergarden graduate...lol. There is a whole lot more to a pretty design on a piece of paper and getting it printed..... let me tell you.

Anyway here are another couple of canvas layouts i did for the Lucky 13 girls and the ones they did for me. Probably one of the hardest things about this challenge was actually scrapping someone elses photographs. You know they mean so much to the owners so you don't want to stuff them up but its not as easy as doing your own as you know how you were feeling at the time the photos were taken. Anyway it was a fun challenge and again one i felt privaledged to be a part of.

Page for Stephanie Page from Stephanie
Stephanie chose to do us a cover for our albums - just love it. Page for Melanie

and one she did for me.

and a
Page for Angela
and im just waiting for the postman to arrive with with one from her. Can't wait to see what she has done .

This next page is for Donna

and just love the one she did for me. Only a few more to share so be back again tomorrow for the last few.

A Year in the Life of Us - Well a couple of months

Over the next few day i am going to share some of what Lucky 13 got up to last year. 13 of us from around the globe who love our crafting joined forces to do a circle journal. Each month we would sent a different person on the list some photos of things that happened each month and we would scrap each others photographs. It certainly was an honour to be asked to be a part of this circle journal and a little daunting too with some of the girls quite well known and i must admit i hoped i was up for the challenge. It was fun and challenging and great to actually do the project on canvas somthing I hadn't attempted to do before.. I now have a great mini album of pages that these girls have created for me and a little momento of each one of them. At CHA this year we all met and exchanged our pages - finally.... a few of you may have gotten to see some of my pages before i handed them out but for those of you who didn't here they are. So inspired were we from this project that another group of us here in Geelong have started it all over again - so stay tuned...

Page for Michelle
I really enjoyed using the inks and masks on this piece. Even using rubons on canvas was a new thing for me. It was great to see them actually work and stay on.
and one for me from Michelle

Page for Jennifer
Lots of glitter and sparkle, and a new christmas range to play with (well it was new at the time)

and another for me. Guess she knows what my favourite colour is hey???

Page for Candice
More masking and glimmer mists this time. Basic Grey you gotta love this range - Origins. well i do maybe because it has a "green" feel to it and one she did for me.

Will upload a few more over the next few days.