Where have I been?

Well, December was a write off with me getting Chicken Pox...then there was Christmas, and then there were school holidays and kids and mayhem.  Life was supposed to get back to normal when the kids went back to school, not sure what happened there!
On to scrappy goodness...I did manage to squeeze in a couple of projects, first up is a layout for Scraptivate:-

This was all about Noah's first piece of artwork on his first day at Kinder...my little boy was growing up.  I just love the Pink Paislee 'Old School' range of papers and embellishments.  My backing sheet of kraft has been given a few sprays of Tsuineko Walnut ink spray and also stamped.  I sprayed my favourite CorreBoard alphas (AZ13) with Tsuineko Eucalyptus spray and gave the chipboard stars (new product - Seeing Stars CH436) a good going over with ink.  The photo has been mounted on a sheet of Craft CorreBoard to give it that extra pop. 

For Feb, I created a pretty fairy piece using Graphic 45 Once Upon a Springtime papers, some yummy smooch ink, Green Tara flowers and a gorgeous charm all from Scraptivate! 

I used the Large Nadine Hanging (CH430), which I inked, stamped and clear embossed for a high gloss finish.  Mini Antique Lowercase alphas were used to create "Life", and I used "fairytale" from our Fairytales word trio.  Also used are our yummy new Large Foliage, Iron Gate Small, Triple Lamp Post Large, and Fairy 1 small.

Here are some close ups...

There we have it...scrappy bits are all caught up!

More soon...promise.

A x