My Goal

"Whatever we think about and thank about, we bring about." Dr John Demartini

I am participating in the (Inter)national Scrapbooking Month

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

My 1ste Skooldag (My 1st Day of School)


I created this LO of my DS on his first day of School. Way back then, we didn’t take many photos as digital cameras did not exist L So this is the only one I have. *spot the photo! LOL*

Thank you Enmarc Crafts for all the gorgeous goodies I have received to play with!

I dropped the box in which all my DT chippies are, so everything got mixed up and I do not have a cookin’ clue which is what month’s chippies! That’s what happens when one is so far behind L

Enmarc Crafts Products used:-

Say it with Words : My 1ste Skooldag (Jan DT Pack)
Deco Frame : Arch Window 2 (April DT Pack)
Feathered Friends : Crazy Owls (Jan DT Pack?)
Dazzles : Waterloo, African Violet (April DT Pack)

Other:
Printed Whiteboard : Fanciful Flight (Black)
Page Essential : Brick Wall
Design Element : Sign Post
Dazzles : Sunflower

A few close-ups:




TYFL :-)




Thursday, April 26, 2012

Bootjie na Kammaland (Boat to Never-Never Land)


I suppose I will catch up before the turn of the Millennium!

Here is my take on the Enmarc Crafts' DT Challenge for December 2011. Thank you Enmarc for the parcel stuffed with yummie goodies J

The photos are of my DGD1 when they visited last year. We went for lunch at Anchor’s in Walvis Bay and I could not resist this old boat with all the cheery flowers.

Items in my parcel used:
Oh my goodness, I cannot remember which chippies were in the pack! Anyways, I have used more than I was supposed to.

Pink Paislee Paper, Vintage Vogue: Dress Shop, Taffetta and Tailored Suit
Divider : Children
Solo : Flower Fountain
Plain Embellishment Set : Basic Buttons
Swirls & Flourishes : Daisy Ribbon
Bling Trim
Petal Blooms : Purple and Pink
Embelli-Mirrors : Butterflies

Other Enmarc Chippies:

3D Objects : Toys for Boys
Mini Word : Avontuur
Various Alphabet Letters
Bow Master
Half Pearls – not counting
Photo Corners : Style 1
Solo : Doodle Brackets
Dazzles : Pink Flamingo, Cherry Candy, Summer Fields, Waterlily Blush, Avocado, Tanzanite


 And a few close-ups:









Thank you for looking


Saturday, April 7, 2012

100% Fabulous Camping Adventure

This is yet another DT Challenge I did over at Enmarc Crafts' Social Network .


First of all, THANK YOU Enmarc Crafts for the gorgeous DT Pack I received for November (Ja, ja. . . Rather late than never!)

We had such a lovely camping week way back in September 2002. We camped at Ngepi which is situated on the banks of the Okavango River at the beginning of the Caprivi. The Mahangu Game Reserve is nearby and we did a few day trips there too.

My DT Pack received from Enmarc Crafts 

Patterned Papers : October Afternoon and Echo Park
Writer’s Block : The Facts – chalked with brown and sprayed with Dazzles : Eggshell
Dress-me-Up : Tag-a-Word – 100% Fa-bu-lous – Sprayed with Dazzles : Grizzly Bear and coated with Ranger Crackle Accents
La Petite Leaves – not used on this LO
Medallion : Camping
Design Element : Dead Tree – Rust Paint Effect
Dress-me-Up : Mini Word – Adventure – Sprayed with Dazzles: Ruby Red and coated with Ranger Crackle Accents
Plain Embellishment Set : Fishing – not used on this LO
Divider : Barbed Wire – Rust Paint Effect
Page Essential : Chicken Mesh – Rust Paint Effect

Other Enmarc Crafts Products used:
Plain Embellishment Set : Hinges – Rust Paint Effect
Dress-me-Up : Mini Word – Camping – Sprayed with Dazzles: Ruby Red and coated with Ranger Crackle Accents
Design Element : Acacia – Trunk – Rust Paint Effect
Plain Embellisment Set : It’s a Bird’s Life – DON’T laugh at my crow!
La Petite : 4x4
La Petite : Windmills – Sprayed with Dazzles : Grizzly Bear
La Petite : Gecko’s
Stitching Stencil No 2
Dazzles : Grizzly Bear, Eggshell, Ruby Red

Here are a few close-ups


 




I had this rust paint stuff for a couple of months and decided it’s NOW or never! At first I painted the hinges and tree trunks with brown craft paint and then with the rust paint, but I wasn’t satisfied with the outcome. I then added texture paste onto the chippies and when it was dry, I used the rust paint which then gave me a better result. The foliage of the Acacia was painted with Dewdrop Fluid Chalks



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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Prinses M se eerste lakkiepêkkit

I wanted to post this long ago, but when I wanted to, Blogger gave me so much trouble logging in and then I completely forgot :-(
For the left page of this LO, I participated in a Let’s Scrap Challenge – http://letsscrap.ning.com/ - where we had to do some Scraplifting. I saw a LO by Gabrielle Pollacco which she uploaded in October 2011 and I loved the LO so much that I simply COPIED it. My main aim was to replace as many elements possible with Enmarc chippies and then also used my stash of which some are dating back as far as BC! 
Thank you so much for the inspiration Gabriella! 



For some close-ups, please visit :http://enmarc.ning.com/
Enmarc Products used – (For The Left Page)- To see the products used for the right page, please refer to the photo of the right page only (Challenge C13) on http://enmarc.ning.com
DMU Bigger Corners : Corners 2
Page Corner : Victorian 2
Jumbo Page Essential : Retro Circles
Miniatures : Feet
Plain Embellishment Set : Victorian Keys and Keyholes
Mini Word : Prinses
Fences ‘n Things : Fancy Lattice
Miniatures : 3 Hearts
Alpha Sheet : Bold Belinda – Uppercase
Quotes & Sayings : Cardstock - Baby
Edge Stencil : Small Scallops
Stitching Template No 3
Embelli Mirror : Brackets – Used to trace a bracketed egde on the darker paper behind the photo
Dazzles : Avocado (Chippies), Caramel (Lace which I made the flower of), Wild Grape (Gauze)