Panning for Gold

I am certainly not one of those scrappers who finds it hard to scrap about themselves. I think it might be because I don't have kids yet, so there are a limited number of readily available subjects for me. This is a LO of me panning for gold at Sovereign Hill which is an open air museum in Golden Point, a suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Sovereign Hill depicts Ballarat's first ten years after the discovery of gold there in 1851.

 

 

So this LO was created for the fifth and final Scrapping Sleuth competition over at Scrapz.biz. It was such a fun competition, I'm sad to see it end. I used their November kit for this LO and created my first ever zipper flower! This week I went with the follow five things as my guesses for the common items: 1/ Bird, 2/ Arrow, 3/ the word fun, 4/ washi tape and 5/ a die cut. The sketch for this week:

 

 

 

Frosted Designs is also running a 12 days of Christmas competition and the challenge for day one was to include a bird in your creation, so I'll enter this one over there too.

Small and Precious

Another LO of my friend's little baby, Harvey. They received some devastating news regarding his health recently so I'm thinking of making up a little album for them. This LO made me remember how much I hate using the Mr Huey's white mist - so long to dry, can't write on it and can't use rub ons over it. :(

 

 

Inspiration for this LO was the Scrapz.biz Super Sleuth competition round 4. My five common items for this week:
1/ 'Smile' - in the journalling
2/ Hexagon shape - in the white misting
3/ Mixed alpha title (3 fonts)
4/ Clouds - washi tape top left
5/ Decorative edges (either top and bottom of the page or scallops)

 

The sketch for this week was:

 

I'm also entering this into the competition over at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge. Their theme for Decemeber is 'generations'. I was all set to do a photo of myself and my grandfather but then Harvey's cutness won out. I think most people will do older generation but I went with the new generation for my photos.

Treking

I originally planned to scrap a mini-album of our honeymoon trip to Thailand however I haven't made any progress on it for months now so have resorted to scrapping single pages instead. We did a trek through the northern mountains in the early days of the honeymoon and it was an incredible experience.

(Removed for publication consideration)

Oh, I've just realised this could also count as a monochrome LO! Don't forget that is our current theme over at Unstampabelles this month. I would really love to see some more scrapbooking LO entries over there and you have until the 30th of November to get your entry in.

This LO was inspired by the Scrapz.biz Super Sleuth #3. (I won last week and picked up a $20 gift voucher - YAY!) This week was much harder to pick the five common items. I went with 1/ Word – 'Lazy'; 2/ Sticker/rub-on with writing; 3/ Paper scraps circle; 4/ Doily and 5/ Paint splatters. You can see most of those in the close up below and 'lazy' in in my journalling.

Here is the sketch provided for this week.  The sketches at Scrapz.biz are typically very basic and I normally struggle knowing how to expand upon this. However, I think I'm getting better and it's good to be able to compare the sketch to the three DT examples as well to see how they interpret it.

You'll notice lots of chipboard on this LO too (ferns/leaves; butterflies and scroll under title). All of the chipboard has come from my favourite manufacturer, Scrapmatts. Not only do they make fantastic designs out of good quality chipboard, they are also an Australian company and some of the loveliest people. I almost always sign up for one of there classes when I go to a craft show and their kits for those classes are jam packed with goodies. They are currently running a DT call and I'm planning on putting in an entry. You've got to be in it to win it right?

Candid Shot

I have had this photo of my sister in my stash to scrap for probably at least 6 years because I thought it was beautiful but nothing really went with the colour combo. Today I remembered the Blae & Ivy collection from Kaisercraft and set to work. :)

 

 

This was created for the Scrapz.biz Super Sleuth competition #2. This time I think the five 'clues' were stitching; the word 'surprise'; twine; spotty paper and a cluster of three buttons. You can see all my elements in the detail shot below. Though the blue spots are faint on the journalling paper they are there.

 

We also had to use this sketch:

 

 

Finally, I've used the word 'Summer' in my journalling which is one of the chosen words over at Bird is the Word. I love how easy it is to incorporate this challenge blog into my layouts and I'm not sure why I dont enter there more often.

Natural Bridge

Wow, I really am scrapping a lot of photos of my mum and dad recently! Don't worry, I have different subjects in mind for the next two LOs. :) This is another page from our day exploring the national parks at Mt Tambourine. Natural Bridge is a beautiful waterfall and you can actually walk down into the cavern where the waterfalls pools. You used to be able to swim in the resulting lake but not any more. I'm thinking about going back again at night as apparently the cavern has an amazing glow worm colony living there.

 

 

This LO was inspired by the current competition over at Scrapz.biz which is Super Sleuth #1. It's quite an interesting idea for a competition: 3 DT samples are displayed at the start of the week. You have to guess which five elements are common to all three LO's and then create your own page with those elements. I'm not sure if I'm right, but I went with:
1/ 'Discover' sticker
2/ Feather
3/ White cardstock background
4/ Journal tag with journalling
5/ Banner/ pennant shape

 

ScrapFIT's Step Class #10 is to create a layered banner. The sample LO looked so great I just had to try my hand at this. I started with some calico fabric pennants, then added some washi tape, then paper pennants, then some feathers on each end and finally some bling for a finishing touch. I think that should definately cover me for a least two textures. :) I was thinking about doubling this up with their washi tape challenge too but I'm not sure if that is allowed.

Play the hand you've been dealt

 

 

This one is a bit of a self-reflective LO because sometimes it's important to capture how YOU are feeling right now. I've used about five different Kaisercraft paper ranges on this LO because I wanted to use up some scraps. Here's a detail shot of the pretty flowers:

 

 

This was created for the Scrapz.biz Do or Die competition, round 2. This was again a very challenging round for me. Rules: You are to design a layout using the cover of Live & Let Die as your inspiration. Your layout must feature something that you dream of and really want. You must include a playing card/s of some sort. Your layout must feature the word 'Big'.

 

It was the fact that I couldn't think of something I really wanted that led me down the self-reflective route. I've been inspired by the cover in that I have my title up the top and in quotation marks; I have a silhouette photo with misting/an explossion behind it; the playing cards are fanned to the sides; the border around the main LO and there is a lot of text at the bottom. The word 'big' is in my journalling.

 

I also thought this month's challenge at The Scrapbook Store (formerly Handmade by Suzanne) was close to the cover LO so I've also used it for inspiration.

 

 

 



One Fine Day

 

This is such an odds-and-ends layout. The papers are old ones, the die cut is an old one, the chipboard is old, I've got an old clothing tag and old buttons on there too. Even the photo has been sitting on my desk for a few years. It's amazing what you can find when you go through your stash sometimes. :)

 

 

So this LO was created for the latest Scrapz.biz competition, Do or Die. Challenge #1 was to make a LO inspired by the below movie poster. Your layout must have some kind of contrast clearly visible (contrast between the B&W half and colourful side). You must include a key or lock or both (blue key in my embellishment cluster). Your layout must feature the word 'day' somewhere on your layout (in my title). The poster inspired me like this: I went with the idea of splitting the page into two halves, my photo has a man's face in profile, I have my title in the bottom left and it's three words.

 

 

Once I decided the spit my LO into two halves I quickly thought of the current sketch over at ScrapFriends so I worked from that sketch too. I mirrored the design to better suit the poster layout. I originally went with paint splatters where all the black dots in the sketch is, but then when I was trying to find a button to go inside the chipboard circle I out all the leftovers on top of my layout and decided they looked good like that so kept them. :)

 

 

Finally, ScrapFIT's current warm up challenge is to not use cardstock for a background. I've used two different kinds of patterned paper here.

Go Team!

You may not know this about me, but I am a huge Gold Coast Suns supporter. I'm not sure how it happened. I grew up in Melbourne which is the home of AFL so during the football season there probably would have been a game being played each Friday, Saturday and Sunday but I only attended a handful of matches and didn't pay much attention to the games on TV either. Then Ben and I moved to the Gold Coast and suddenly I was forced to watch every Collingwood game that was televised.

 

The Gold Coast Suns are a new franchise having only joined the competition in 2011. Ben's dad gave him a season membership that year as a Christmas present. I initially didn't attend with him but felt bad that he had no one to go with so started tagging along. Metricon Stadium is a brand new stadium and they really put on a show in terms of pre and post match entertainment. I really got into being a supporter and watching the games live. So much so I did a 2011 Season recap LO.

 

 

 

Unfortunately, during the whole of the 2011 season I was unable to see a home game win at Metricon as they only won three games for the whole season. I started this 2012 season full of optimism that I would get to see a win but week after week it wasn't to be. There was improvement by the team and so very narrow loses but it was still heartbreaking. Finally, in Round 20 we managed to score a win again Greater Western Sydney and the crowd went nuts! This LO is celebrating that sweet victory. The win gave the boys so much confidence they won at home last night as well so we've managed to win three games this season too. Looking forward to what 2013 brings now!

 

This LO was inspired by Olympiad event #8 over at Scrapz.biz. Along with using the sketch below I also needed to include the following: flag/s; stickers (lots of them); something round; the word CELEBRATE or CELEBRATION. I have rotated the sketch to the left to suit my photo. I created two flags (one from a membership bumper sticker and one from washi tape). I have used quite a few stickers which is a big change for me, including some membership bumper stickers we were sent. My something round is the 'special moments' sticker. I have used a sticker in the bottom left of my photo which says 'celebrate'.

 

Smile - Enjoying Mike's 21st

** Don't forget about my giveaway! **

This is another one for the Scrapz.biz Olympiad, this time for event #5: Weightlifting. Requirements were to use numbers, something heavier than paper and the word weight. I've used numbers in my subtitle, resin cabochans which are heavier than paper and my hidden journalling talks about my sister's struggles with her weight and how that impacted on her self-confidence.

The photo is of my sister and I at our brother's 21st. The doily was made by me using a new die I have just purchased, I can see it being very popular, even if it is tedious to make sure all the holes have been punched out. Charms Creations heart seemed like a good centre for the embellishment cluster. Craft Queen ribbon was just perfect for the colour scheme and I've used some more of the washi tape I just bought. I think I might end up using the whole role within a month the way I'm going!

I'm also using this LO as my half-way inspiration for UnstampaBelles. Their challenge this month was paper flowers, you can see a close up of mine below. The white ones are Kaisercraft miniblooms and the black one I made from their individual petals with the Glimmer Mist and scrunching. There's still time to enter for this month and there is a great prize pack up for grabs. Any papercraft project with paper flowers can be entered as long as you haven't used a stamp of any kind.

Here is the sketch I based this LO on.

Game Night

Just a quick and simple one from me this morning.  I had these photos of my friends and I playing Twister during a game night for a while but my camera doesn't take good photos in low light. I decided the play around with them in Picassa and print them at half size, I think they've turned out quite well. The papers and chipboard really enhance that retro feel. :)

This was inspired by event 3 at the Scrapz.biz Olympiad which was triple jump. Requirements for this event were three photos; ruler or measuring tape and the word hop, step or jump. I've used three photos, some measuring tape is under my washi tape and the word step is in my journalling. The sketch can be found below, I've rotated it to the left for my page.

Don't forget my giveaway is open until the end of this month as well. All you need to do is leave me a comment!

Harvey

I posted some photos a little while ago of my friend's brand new baby. One of the categories for the Gold Coast Show is babies/children so I just had to do a LO of cute little Harvey! I'm actually thinking I might do one or two more so I might need to increase my stash of baby products.

Poor kid has already faced so many health problems and I've journalled about that around the edge of the outer circle. We got the good news just a few days ago though that the last tube has been taken out and he now just needs to put on weight before he can finally come home after spending the first month in hospital. His mum and dad are so relieved.

This LO was also inspired by the second event at the Scrapz.biz Olympiad. You can see the sketch below. The extra requirements were: Bullseye Design; Arrows of any size or style; the word Aim. I think the bullseye and arrows are pretty obvious. I've used the work aim in the last sentence of my journalling.

I finally caved and purchased some washi tape, got it the very day I finished this LO and thought it would be the perfect finishing touch. I got mine from Craft Queen, they have very reasonable prices. The buttons is from Ah Scrap! Papers are all Kaisercraft. Crafters Workshop mask template again.

The Start of Married Life

Firstly, a big hello and welcome to all my new followers! It seems like quite a few people were taken by my 300th blog post giveaway. I hope you also like my layouts too. :)

Yes, it's another wedding LO from me! We did get over 800 photos from our terrific photographer Daniel Sheehan so I expect to be scrapping these for a long time to come.  I like this photo where we are actually sitting in amoungst a whole bunch of fallen leaves. I finally got to use a whole strip of ribbon roses rather than just a single one!

The main inspiration for this layout is the current Lollipop Ladies challenge. #51 is strawberries and cream with layers. I think the pink/white inspiration is obvious and I've used a number of layers of paper and embelishments.

 

The pink/orange/white colour combo I used for the last Scrap Friends challenge worked so well with my wedding photos I decided to try again with their pink/cream/green theme this month. I really like the effect of the touches of green to just make the page pop.

Lastly, Scrapz.biz if having a scrapping Olympiad with 8 different sketch challenges during the length of the games. The first challenge focused on the Opening Ceremony. The extra requirements are: * Banners and/or confetti * The word START or BEGIN * Something that can be opened. I took a fair amount of liberty with the sketch but hopefully you can see how it inspired me. The banner and word 'start' should be obvious. I went with a key for my 'something that can be opened', as keys are needed for opening doors or locks.

It's All About The Shoes

It's been a while since I've done a wedding page so here is another one. These wedding shoes were such a source of stress for me. I knew I wanted purple shoes to match the colour theme of the wedding but while purple shoes were in fashion the seaon before and the season after my wedding, I couldn't find them anywhere when I needed to buy them. I needed to have closed toe shoes as I had damaged my toenails playing basketball and all I could find were strappy or peep toe shoes. Finally, to make it extra hard I wear a size 11 shoe. I ended up custom ordering them from Shoes of Prey, and they are now the most expensive pair of shoes I have ever bought. The first pair were actually too big, but the company let me send them back and they rushed me through a replacement pair which arrived two days before the wedding.

This was inspired by the shoe challenge at Punky Scraps. How cool is the inspiration picture below?

I have also entered it into the Scrapz.biz Scrap Write Now challenge SWN077 which needed brads to be used as bullet points in the journalling.

Finally, the Weekend Warm-Up at ScrapFit is is to get messy and make a LO involving splattering or dripping something. 

Remember 2011 - Mission 7

After the dramas of my last LO, I'm happy to report that I actually LOVE this one! A lot of the challenge blogs have been setting topics of either looking back at 2011 or looking forward to 2012 this month. I was hesitant to do one of these style LO's but recently remembered I enjoyed doing a re-cap for 2009 (completed in 2011 but better late than never I guess) so I decided to give it a go. 2011 really was a big year for me, so I've only been able to include details of the major highlights. There are 5 photos in the pocket and each one has some extra journalling on the back.

For those who like to be able to read journalling, here is what I've written:

I know a lot of people who were happy to see the end of 2011 but for me it was a pretty great year. Health: After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010, mum was able to stop chemo by 2011 and appears on the road to recovery. Personally, I was the fittest I’ve even been prior to my wedding but also the heaviest I’ve even been by the end of the year. Career: I started my PO2 permanent position on 3.1.11 and secured a PO3 permanent position by the end of the year, I was also the Court Advisory and Prosecutions officer for Burleigh. Scrapbooking: I started having friends over for crop sessions. I landed a spot on my first Design Team, The Lollypop Ladies. I had my first LO accepted for publication, due out in 2012. I was the most successful exhibitor in Scrapbooking at the Gold Coast Show. Activities: Ben and I spent a day kayaking to South Stradbroke Island in March. I rode Puffing Billing (in April) and went to Werribee Open Range Zoo (in December) with my mum and dad. Ben became a Gold Coast Suns member and we went to six home games together. I continued to play basketball and ten-pin bowling and started playing indoor netball with some girls from work. Wedding: I married the love of my life on 1st May. I had two hen’s parties (one on the Gold Coast and one in Melbourne). We went to Thailand for our honeymoon, which is somewhere I’ve always wanted to travel to and was my first overseas holiday. I can’t wait to see what 2012 will bring!

This one was designed for entry into a few different competitions. Firstly, Once Upon A... Sketch had their journalling criteria as "Hello 2012 or Goodbye 2011".  They were the real inspiration behind me finally completing this LO. I love the style that most of the DT and entries have for this challenge blog, they are all so detailed and full of layers. I always find myself trying the mimic that style with my entries. Of course, I also love the big focus on journalling and think I definately qualified this time. :) You need to combine the journalling criteria with Nadia's lovely sketch below: 

Second challenge entry is an easy one. Bird is the Word's chosen word for this fortnight was 'Remember', which I've used as part of my title. I've never played along at this blog before but a lot of the people I watch do so I thought it was time to try it out.

Finally, this is my last entry into the Scrapz.biz 2012 Biggest Loser competition. This was for Mission 7 which focused on Punches, Dies & Embossing Folders. Given I only have 7 punches and no dies or embossing folders it didn't take me long to tidy my collection. :) The challenge was to use those items to create your own embellishments. I've used my scalloped circle punch to create the paper pattern flowers. I've also used all four of my edge punches.

Biggest Loser 2012 Completion - 8/14!

1. Your Desk - completed.

2. Cardstock - completed.
3. Patterned Paper 1 - completed.
4. Patterned Paper 2 - completed.
5. Scraps - completed.
6. Basic Tools
7. Punches, Dies & Embossing Folders - completed.
8. Stamps, Ink Pads & Embossing Powders
9. Alphas
10. Chipboard
11. Rub-ons, Stickers and Journal Cards - completed.
12. Embellishments
13. Buttons - completed.
14. Ribbons

Greeting Cards - Mission 11

Mission 11 of Scrapz.biz Biggest Loser 2012 was focused on rub-ons, stickers and journal cards. I have a small collection of each of these and they really do need a good sorting through as I think I will be throwing some of these out simply because I can't see me ever using them. So far I'm at the stage where everything is piled on my desk though. :) The challenge was create a card or two using a bingo / journaling card, at least one sticker/ rub-on from your stash

This is an extra card I created (which I actually did first), but upon reviewing the critera I realised it didn't fit at all! :) Loving the Lil' Red Rocket journal spots at the moment, bit sad there weren't any availabale in the latest sale.

Family Portrait - Mission 13

Do you ever have one of those LO's that just doesn't work for you? This was one of them! I've battled with this LO for three days and am now admitting defeat. I wanted to scrap this family portrait from the early 1990's but just couldn't decide what colours to go with. At least the photo itself kept making me laugh while I struggled. I honestly have no idea whether we had tried to dress up for this or if we had just wandered into the studio during a normal shopping trip. I'm the one in the purple jacket in case anyone was wondering.

Anyway, this LO was created for the Show Us Your Stuff January sketch challenge. I'm not sure what I was going for with the purple ribbon flowers but they are my hand-made embellishment.

This LO is also my entry to Mission 13 of the Scrapz.biz 2012 Biggest Loser comp. Don't worry, entries have to be in by Jan 30th so you'll stop seeing entries for this comp soon enough. :) This mission was focused on buttons. I already keep my buttons nicely stored in by colour in zip-lock bags so no extra organisation was needed. The challenge was to get creative and do something a little different with your buttons on a layout. As you can see, I've decided to use mine as a frame.

Biggest Loser 2012 Progress

1. Your Desk - completed.
2. Cardstock - completed.
3. Patterned Paper 1 - completed.
4. Patterned Paper 2 - completed.
5. Scraps - completed.
6. Basic Tools
7. Punches, Dies & Embossing Folders
8. Stamps, Ink Pads & Embossing Powders
9. Alphas
10. Chipboard
11. Rub-ons
12. Embellishments
13. Buttons - completed.
14. Ribbons

Kisses - Mission 5

Another LO using a wonderful pre-wedding photo by Daniel Sheehan Photographers.  I seem to be going through a patch of making just 'pretty' LO's, rather than ones which are containing meaningful journalling.

 

This LO is an entry to two challenges. It was created for Mission 5 of the Scrapz.biz 2012 Biggest Loser challenge. Mission 5 focused on tidying up paper scraps and the challenge was to create a layout entirely from your scraps and the page must have a banner. I made my mum an album for her 50th birthday back in 2010 using the Pennyroyale range from Kaisercraft so I still have heaps of scraps left over. To prove even the large background paper was made from scraps I took a photo of the back to show how I pieced it together from scraps of 2 pages of the same pattern I had left over.

I have also made this one as an entry for Scrap Jacked. I love scraplifting LO's from this site, it's such a great way to experiment with different styles and techniques to what I normally use. The last two times I've played I used Bec's LO, today I went to Kylie Symons' beautiful LO as seen below.

D'oh! As I went to enter this LO at Scrap Jacked I discovered they need to be exclusive creations. Oh well, I'm very happy with the LO I created and I think that's better than possibly winning prizes anyway. :)

Merry Christmas LO - Mission 3

So recently I think I've been a bit depressed in that I'm coming home from work and spending 4 hours on the computer doing nothing really before heading straight to bed. Weekends were spent almost entirely on the computer and housework was piling up. I decided I need to be pro-active to change this and decided getting back into my scrapping was a good way to go. This weekend I've managed to create TWO layouts and also cleaned almost the entire house and put away the last months worth of clean clothes. Hopefully I can keep this up and get the motivation to get back into the gym as well.

On to the information about this LO. It's another one for Scrapz.biz Biggest Loser 2012, mission 3 this time. The clean up part of mission 3 was to sort out your patterned paper into 'keep' and 'give-away' piles. I couldn't bear the thought of giving away any of my paper so I skipped the clean up stage, despite really needing to put some new purchases away, and went straight to the scrapping. :) This was originally going to be for Mission 5, which is to create a LO entirely of scrap paper, but as I made the background I realised it was looking a lot like the Unleased LO I'm previously made in a class so I decided to make it my Mission 3 submission instead. Criteria for Mission 3 was to scraplift a LO of your own and use a minimum 5 patterned papers. I've used a range of Kaisercraft Christmas papers as I have a number of these from multiple years. I love the photo of my brother and sister and I, taken by myself this year.

Biggest Loser 2012 Progress
1. Your Desk - completed.
2. Cardstock - completed.
3. Patterned Paper 1 - completed.
4. Patterned Paper 2 - completed.
5. Scraps
6. Basic Tools
7. Punches, Dies & Embossing Folders
8. Stamps, Ink Pads & Embossing Powders
9. Alphas
10. Chipboard
11. Rub-ons
12. Embellishments
13. Buttons
14. Ribbons

Engagement Party LO - Mission 2

This LO has been a major headache for me. To start with, I decided to use one of the new Kaisercard cardstocks I purchased yesterday but I didn't notice when I bought it that this one had already warped. Given I then misted the background and put acrylic paint over it it's now VERY warped. It's based on a lovely sketch from Scrapz.biz but for some reason it just didn't come together for me. :( Anyway, the photos are some more from my engagement party in September 2009. Top photo is with my brother and sister, middle is the cake and bottom two are with my grandparents and Ben's grandma.

This was created for the Scrapz.biz Biggest Loser Mission 2. The focus of this mission was cardstock. I don't keep too much cardstock. I store it in two pockets of my accordian paper storage folder, ordered by colour gradient and put new purchases away quickly so I didn't need to re-organise it. The second part of the mission was to create a LO using cardstock as the base for your layout using the following sketch by Nati. Since I normally use cardstock as my base I thought this one would be easy.

I also combined the sketch with the latest challenge from Punky Scraps. I've been watching Punky Scraps for quite a while but it seems I've never managed to get around to creating a entry. This is for Challenge 39, which was to pick at least 3 suggestions from the following list by the DT:

Kerry: Since it is the month of fresh and shiny new starts I'll choose something shiny

Cheryl: in the same vein as kerry, since you might wish to turn over a new leaf in the new year, let's have something to do with books
Misty: stenciling or masking
Jolanda: Use some charms
Ashley: have some negative space
Celina: Use silver or gold
Marie: Use Stickles
Kat: bubble wrap

There is a whole heap of shiny things on this LO (title alphas, glimmer mist, star). I used some hand-cut masks for misting the stars in the background, they only show up in the light though since I misted blue-gold on the blue background and it dried lighter than I expected. There is some negative space in the top right of the page. There is gold throughout the LO. I've use red Stickles to highlight the emblishments and finally bubble wrap for the background.

Enjoy the Moment - Mission 4

Here is another completed challenge for Scrapz.biz Biggest Loser Competition. This one is for Mission 4- Patterned Paper 2. The tidy-up part of this mission was to sort out the patterned paper you had decided to keep. I already keep my paper pretty organised, with the older stuff sorted by colour and the newerstuff sorted by manufacturer. The challenge here was to scrap a layout using 4 different patterned papers to create a patchwork background using the below sketch of Sheree's as an inspiration.

I again managed to use paper scraps for the circles. I decided to distress to cover up how badly I hand cut them. :) The butterfly is from a $2 shop and the wonderful time quote is from Lil' Red Rocket. Here is the sketch we had to work from:

My Scrapz.Biz Biggest Loser Progress:

1. Your Desk - completed.
2. Cardstock
3. Patterned Paper 1
4. Patterned Paper 2 - completed
5. Scraps
6. Basic Tools
7. Punches, Dies & Embossing Folders
8. Stamps, Ink Pads & Embossing Powders
9. Alphas
10. Chipboard
11. Rub-ons
12. Embellishments
13. Buttons
14. Ribbons