ZVA Creative design team !!!

Yes, thats right, I am so blown away, and honoured to be able to share with you all that I made the Zva Creative design team. The team looks amazing, and Im feeling very proud to be able to say that I am a part of it.

 So, I am very excited to introduce to you the 2011-2012  Zva Creative  design team

Windy Robinson – US (DT Coordinator)


Andrea Ewen – US

Sarah Gough – New Zealand

Lisa Gregory – US

Christin Grönnslett – Sweden

Lisa Johnson – US

Susan Lui – Singapore


Nicole Martel – US

Carole Maurin – France

Jolanda Meurs – Netherlands

Yukiko Ochi – Japan

Fabi Oremerod – Brazil

Tara Orr – Canada


Karen Shady – Australia

Robin Shakoor – US

Lisa Somerville – US

Please visit Zva's gallery regularly to see their incredible designs using ZVA Creative products. And stop by for our first team blog hop on November 28th!

(I've also linked each designer so you can visit their personal blogs, as I'm sure you will find much inspiration at each of them!)

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I also want to share with you a layout I did for the Bird is the word challenge.This month the word is WISH.... Heres my LO, using Kaisercrafts new '13th hour' collection.

                                         

Next up.... A giveaway.....My best friend Stacey turned 40 a few weeks ago, and to celebrate, she is having a scrappy givaway. There are 40 scrappy bits and pieces , ready for one lucky reader to win. Go HERE to find out all about it. Heres whats up for grabs :)

 

How exciting :)

Hello,

I am very excited today. I got the latest edition of "Scrapbook Magazine' sent to me by the mag company yesturday, and I am the fearured artist for issue #58. It wont be available to buy here in Australia for another 5 weeks though, as it comes from the UK. I took some photos of the mag to show you. he he !!

Here's 2 of the LO's up close. The first LO, using these gorgeous products from Prima, is a photo of my Mum and Dad on their wedding day. I ended up framing this layout, and gave it too them for their wedding anniversary in July :).

And this next one is a gorgeous photo of my second youngest, Jack. Using 'Stella and Rose', one of my favorite collections ever from My Minds Eye.

I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend. Thankyou so much for taking the time to call in, and dont forget to leave a comment in the post below,  and become a follower for a chance to win my blog givaway :)

ADDIT: Be sure to call in early next week, I have some really exciting news to share :)  

another giveaway....

Its time for another giveaway. Yay !! All you need to do is become a follower of my blog, and leave me a message on this post to be in the draw to win this...........................

I dont have any layouts to show you today, but I do have some really exciting news. I have been asked to be the guest designer for a wonderful new 'Aussie owned' flower company called Manor House Creations. Here is a little sneak of the layouts I did for them, but you will have to go to the Manor House Creations Blog to see the full layouts on the 25th of October, It will be well worth the trip, these flowers are divine.While you are there, have a look at the stunning layouts the amazing design team have created.

So, am I right, arent they the most beautiful flowers ever?

 Thanks for calling in, and dont forget to leave a comment here for your chance to win this months giveaway :)

Webster pages, love them :)

Hi there all my lovely scrapping friends :)

I have a new LO to share today. This is a design team layout I did for my LSS, 'The Imagination factory' Ive used some gorgeous Webster pages goodies. This is a photo of my daughter, when she was about 12 years old. I love the colours in this collection, and once again, my Cheery Lynn doily dies are getting a work out. I dont know how I ever survived without a sizzix machine.... I am developing quite an unhealthy addiction to dies... It may have even over taking my border punch obsession I think :) 

These cute little flowers are really simple to make. I used the Websters trim which is part of this collection, and simply adhered 2 layers to a circle I cut out of cardstock, then finished off with a chipboard button which is also part of this collection.

Well thats all for today, but please call back in towards the end of the week, when I will announcing my next scrappy giveaway :)  Oh, and Alanna ( who won the last box of goodies) should be recieving her happy mail any day now.

Have a wonderful week, or whats left of it. And  big thankyou to you all for taking the time to leave me such lovely messages xx

A winner & a DT call..

Hi there my friends.....

First up, some really exciting news..........  Pencillines is planning BIG THINGS over the next few months, its all very exciting, and because of that, are looking for 2 new design team members. If you are interested, read on............

"With big changes ahead we are looking for 2 new members to join our design team.
Please design a layout using this sketch from the book Pencil Lines the Sketch Book. Email your entries to pencillines@googlemail.com.
Deadline midnight GMT 16th October 2011"

 Today, I have a layout to show you that I did for the PENCILLINES design team.  This is an awesome sketch, provided by one of the very talented DT girls  Carina Lindholm.  I also followed the criteria for the GET PICKY challenge for October. We were asked to create a layout based on the word 'Celebrate'. This is the sketch

And here is my layout. A photo of my daughter at her 21st birthday party, which she celebrated just a few weeks ago. I just love these papers from The girls paperie, and have used them lots lately. I love the pretty grungy look they have ( Im sure theres a propper name for that look?) I had some fun messing the background paper up a little more with some splodges of tea, and some ink :).

And now, Id like to announce the winner of my first blog giveaway. Thanksyou so much for everyone who took the time to leave me a message. I wasnt quite sure how to go about drawing the winner, so i put everyones name in an icecream container, and got my 6 YO to draw the winner. And the winner is

ALANNA

 Alanna said...

Gorgeous work Karen!! I love that envelope - fantastic idea worth scraplifting! Would love to know the dimensions etc...Your advent calender is gorgeous... I would make a million of those if I could! And that LO is so bright and fun! I can't wait to scrap some Christmas photos with that one!

Congratulations Alanna, please send me an email to avenirfarms@bigpond.com with your details, so I can post it out to you :)

Please call in again in a few days time as I will be showing my next lot of goodies up for grabs. And hope everyone has a wonderful week xx