After All These Years

{June Zva Blog Hop Winners Announced}

We'd like to congratulate the FIVE June Zva Blog Hop winners! Their names will be found on the following blogs:

 Julianne

Benedicte

Windy

Camilla

Jolanda

One winner from each of the 5 blogs will receive a Zva prize package worth $30.00.

Congrats winners!

{Zva Creative June DT Blog Hop!}

Zva Creative and the Design Team welcomes you to join us this month for a blog hop that we feel is always extra special!

The Blog Hop begins at Kim Hughes' blog. She will have the complete list of all blogs that are participating in case there is a glitch along the way. If you would like to play along, just follow along the blog path.  I am linking to one of the Zva designers and that designer is linking to the next and so on. Be prepared to be inspired along the way.

Hidden on FIVE of the blogs is a Zva Creative prize package ...YAY! Winners will be randomly chosen after the hop is over, so it's important to leave a comment on as many blogs as you can along the way.

The Blog Hop starts today, June 27th and runs through midnight US Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, June 28th and the 5 winners will be announced on Wednesday, June 29th on each of the five winning blogs. The full list will be found on Kim Hughes‘s blog as well (linked above). We will do our best to notify each winner, but it's best if you can pop in to all of the blogs once again on Wednesday...plus, you never know what kind of inspirational creation that you may find there.

All you need to do is leave a comment on this Zva Blog Hop post...you do not need to leave a comment on each and every designer's blog post to qualify. The more times you leave a comment along the blog hop path though, the more chances you will have to be one of the lucky winners.

 

I have used a LARGE red rhinestone swirl that I was saving just for this layout! As usual, I have cut it apart and used half on the top of the layout and half on the bottom of the layout.
 
I've also used a couple of Zva flowers, a gorgeous strawberry pin from My Little Bit Of Whimsy and the red and white spotted doily from my Etsy store.

 

(Zva products used:  red rhinestone swirl CR-04CA-105, white flower FL-04CA-131)

The blog hop begins here: Kim Hughes

Your next stop is here:  Tanya Tahir

 

Thank you SO MUCH for joining us!

 

 

 

{Nesting In Progress}

With the realisation that baby could be here SOON, there's been a lot of nesting going on! Why is it that I feel the need to rearrange most of the house too? I should just focus on getting the baby's room finished right?

The only thing I have purchased for the new baby is a little set of onsies/bib/hat/booties for it to come home in. And since I don't know if I will need pink or blue, I bought one of each and I'll return the one I don't need!

 
 

I'm feeling inspired to scrap - but am having trouble finding the time at the moment! Between a very active 3 year old and the HUGE bump I'm carrying, I can't keep my eyes open at night!

But I do have some more layouts planned before the baby is born!

 

{Last Elle's Studio Share}

Sigh. I can't believe that my six month part of the Elle's Studio design team has come to an end! Here's my final layout that's part of the June inspiration gallery (again, terrible photography - don't know what's going on!):

 

I just love the little touch of curling the corners of a journaling tag! And that cute little My Little Bit Of Whimsy ladybird pin!

I created a scallop edge by cutting circle journaling tags in half. 

 

Want to know what my favourite journaling tags are? The Pieces of Life Note Tags. I think I'm up to my third packet of them LOL!

Oh, and of course the entire Handmade Layers line. 

I have loved being part of this design team - Elle is sooo nice, encouraging, creative and sweet. I will still continue to use the tags all the time as I truly love them! You know what? This was the third time I applied for this design team - that's how much I love them!

Thanks for looking!

 

{The Boys}

The June Inspiration gallery is live on the Elle's Studio site - you can check it out here.

I can't wait to share my projects this month! First up is a BOY layout! Excuse the bad photography - black layouts are hard to photograph!

 

I thought it was about time that my husband got a look in my scrapbooking! For this layout I went through my journaling tag stash and pulled a few that were black and white to create this little cluster:

 

And one of my book paper badges was the perfect for this layout also!

 

This month I also challenged myself to make a birthday card for my husband - it's not his birthday until July but as I'll have a brand new baby I thought it would be good to get a head start!

 

A couple of tags from the Handmade Layers range and some die cut circles from scraps and I love the result!

 

You may have noticed the gorgeous rosettes on my projects - a little die found its way home with me from the Papercrafts show a couple of weekends ago!

 
The rosettes are a breeze to make using this die! I love it!

Thanks for looking!

 
 

 

{About The Shoes}

I just had to create a scrapbook layout about these shoes! Amelia is such a girly-girl and since she was handed down these silver shoes two months ago, they have barely left her feet! She even slept in them for the first few nights!

 
I knew I had to include some serious bling on this layout! Take a look at that huge Zva Creative flourish!

 

And Zva Creative letters!

 
And of course I'm ecstatic that I have another story recorded for Amelia's album.

 

{A Love Story}

My grandparents did have an extraordinary love story! And I'm so happy with how this layout turned out - I have it proudly on display and can't stop looking at it!

 
 
Look at that gorgeous Zva pearl flourish in the soft beige colour! Of course, I've cut it up to I could have a swirl on both sides of my page.

 
 
You might be able to read the journalling in this next photo. And those little pearls scattered? They were ivory and I added some pink colour with a Copic marker.

 
 
Other goodies on my layout include Zva Creative roses, sheet music flag and badge from my shop, Scrapware chipboard doily and corner.

Thanks for looking!

 

 

{Winner & Links}

Ok, so the third trimester is wearing me out! I simply cannot keep my eyes open at night! This long weekend has been very productive for us - lots of 'nesting' going on although not the baby's room yet! Still waiting on the painting to be finished!

So I'm a couple of days late announcing the winner of my giveaway - thanks to all those who left a comment! I've been visiting and commenting on your blogs also - I love discovering new blogs! So . . . . the winner of my giveaway is:

Susanne!

And because I'm grateful that so many stick with my blog and its sporadic posting lately, I decided to randomly pick a follower to receive a prize as well! Congratulations:

nicutopia!

If you both could kindly email me at gaillindner(at)hotmail(dot)com I'll organise the postage as soon as possible!

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I've also got a few fun links to share today, in case you have time to do a little surfing!

:: Take a look at this storage caddy for your stickles etc! How cool!

:: I've seen these 'books' in Spotlight and I'm tempted to try this - very efficient storage if you don't have drawers or a lot of room.

:: And on the topic of organisation, I love how Christine Middlecamp has used this stand to keep all her brads sorted by colour! I love how you can see them through the clear glasses.

:: I love this idea for punches - using up scraps and making basic shapes more interesting!

:: A lot of great storage ideas in this scraproom. I especially love the little tins to hold large spools of twine!

:: I really want . . . probably several of these . . .  to keep my stick pins etc in order! So cute!

:: Here's a free printable quote that would look cute in a frame - great gift idea!

Thanks for visiting me today!

 

 

 

{Family History}

I discovered this treasure while looking through photo albums at my Aunty's recently. It struck a chord with me and I can't stop looking at it!

 
It's my grandparents and isn't it the sweetest photo . . . I just love the leg lift my Oma was doing! They were married for over 50 years and I'd love to write a book about all that they went through!

But what I wouldn't give now to sit down with them and ask them questions and listen to more stories. Gosh I love scrapbooking. Because that's exactly what I'm doing for my children.

This photo is next on my 'to scrap' list so lookout for a layout next week!

 

{It's A Giveaway!}

ETA: Please scroll down for new blog posts - I'll keep this at the top of my blog until Friday! There's still time to be in it!

And about time too! I've gathered a few items from my shop and I want to send them to one of my blog readers! Here's what you can win:

 
The lucky winner will receive one pack of felt rosettes (you can choose which colour scheme), one pack of petite doilies, one triple pearl pin sampler pack and a set of embellishments (mini banner, flags and badges)  in my newest design - map paper.

To be in the running, leave a comment on this post - any comment at all and it's open to anyone at all!

And the same as last time, if you are a follower of my blog, you will automatically be entered into the draw. If you are a follower and leave a comment, you will get two chances.

I'll leave this post up the top of my blog until Friday 10th June @9pm AEST when I will randomly draw the winner!

Thank you again for visiting/reading my blog, the always-nice comments and the support and orders I've received so far for my Etsy shop!

I'm catching up with some actual scrapbooking this week but I do have a few posts scheduled.