another giveaway

wow how gorgeous are these buttons ? They're from Purple Pumpkin, hand made embelishments!

if you'd like to win them head over to here

and become a follower and leave a comment.

How easy is that and how cuuuttte are those little owls?!

cheers Leonie.x.

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wow what and awesome prize, go check it out
Leonie

SBT50 and other bits

Last month i did some of the challenges at SBT 50

Cyber crop. gosh it doesn't seem like a month again but it's must be because it's time for the august Cyber Crop!

I even won the opening night challenge last month for my 'contrary' LO in this post.

So i think i might give some of the challenges another shot this month. Why don't you check it out?!

Last night i did my first lo with Bons August boy kit. I think there are still some available if you want to buy one.

Sorry i can't show you my LO yet haven't photographed it yet. Save it for tomorrow;)

And now i'm off to work out how to post an 'Out for publication' thingy for a couple of LO's that have just been accepted for Scrapbooking Memories magazine. Yaayy!!!:)

Cheers Leonie

Was i silly or Clever?

Was I silly to proclaim to my kids at the end of the first masterchef series (they're obseesed by that show) that i once made a croquembuche for mine and their Dads engagement party?

Well they thought this was pretty fascinating that Mum could create something like that and they actually didn't believe me!! shocked! would i ever tell a lie to my kids? (i really did make a croquembuche for my engagement cake you know)! 

So was i even sillier to accept their dares and prove that i could make a croquembuche?

Well maybe i was because i accepted the dare and promised i would make a croquembuche .......before the end of the 2nd season of masterchef,  (don't tell anyone but i added this proviso believing they would soon forget).

Ha!!! of course they didn't forget and reminded me of my promise at least once a week during the 2nd season of the tv show.

Kids never forget a promise especially when it involves dessert!

so on the night of the big Masterchef Finale i created this super scrumptious dessert. YUMmmmmmm

I didn't have any sugared violets so I used daphne flowers from the garden as decoration (which mum tells me are poisonous, but we're all still alive and kicking, phew!).

My Daughter pointed out that that there was no butterfly (like on the tv one)

but she and the boys still gave me a 9 out of 10!!!

So was i Silly to make a rash promise to my kids?
In this case I think I was bloody clever!!!
Leonie. tfl.

july was a productive month

At the beginning of July I set myself a goal of 15 layouts, which included various challenges.

Well by the middle of July i had to revise that goal as i had already surpassed it. Yay me!

by the 31st i had a grand total of 30 LO's. almost one a day!

so here are some of the lo's i created towards the end of July

The first 3 are challenges  Bons cybercrop

The colour challenge(red black white and cream) + finger painting and something off the page (lace).  

The Scraplift Lifted from Mal Gardener (man i love her paint border)

extra yay i won a store voucher for this one.

And the sketch challenge by Charm.

This was a just because LO i did in July. Mainly because i really wanted to do something really flowery and girly

And a july kit LO from bons

august kits go on sale tonight or tomorrow here woohoo can't wait for my kit sub.

so that was july a very productive month, mmm will i do as many in August? It's the 3rd i i haven't

done any yet better get cracking!

Leonie. tfl.