Fun with Simple Stories

I have been away for 2 weeks and then didn't scrap the week I got home.  So I am 4 weeks behind..Thats ok.  I have had this Simple Stories Good Day Sunshine collection for a couple of months.  I fell in love with it as it so me and happy and colourful... but then I found it a bit daunting to use when I got to it.. Thats why Ive left it.. But with my holiday photos... I powered though my pockets and was wrapped with the end result.  I have once again mixed up my products with embellies that compliment the papers.

Below I have finally had a bit of a dabble using this gorgeous cut out that Honey sent me.  She sent me about 50 different cutouts using her new Silhouette Cameo.  I would kill for one.  I am just a bit concerned it may be a novelty at first then get put aside.  But Im thinking not... So I will hold onto this little dream to get one for just a little longer.

How gorgeous is this paper collection... I even tried to go simple for these pages.. Just look at the carefree card... You need nothing on it... as it is divine all by its lonesome.

Bit of Heidi Swapp and Mayer Road with Frecked Fawn on this little Close to My Heart Flip Flap.

Bit of hand doodling 

Seeeeee.... simple below 

I love this flair from Flutttery Designs

Below I had a little dabble with Becky Higgins new App.  I bought most of the collections. Why?? well I have to have a try ?? Did you?  I have heard a lot of girls did just to have a play.. Good thinking Becky Higgins!!!!

My favorite ever little camera stamp from Amy Tan

I love these little wooden alphas from Studio Calico.  I could eat them all up!!!!

An old Simple Stories pocket envelope I have had for ages.. nice to put a little quote in.

Studio Calio Arrow wood veneers.. cant get enough of these.. and a cute little tab and flair from Flutterby Designs.  They change any little pocket.

I am getting into it tonight to share some more work.. I hope you have all had a great weekend.. I worked all mine away.. looking forward to a day off tomorrow then back into it for the week. Then bon voyage ... off I go up North to see my baby girl who I miss something terrible.  A week with her!!!!

Til next time.. take care and be kind.

Moonie x

My little pockets

After having 3 weeks off work and being on holidays I was busting to get myself back in my happy little space and do some pages.   I was up to date but now 4 weeks behind but I'm fine with that as I have my Project Life Retreat happening this weekend in Nambour on the Sunshine Coast. Im so excited and cant wait to meet a few girls who are driving the distance and flying interstate for it.  I cant wait to meet them.. Sian (who is an awesome PLer) and I are super excited to be finally meeting each other at the airport. Make sure you go and check out Sians delightful pages.

Friendships blossom so much online and when you finally get to meet each other... its a pretty special moment.  I have had this before with my lovely friend Tarrah McLean.. We have a lovely long lasting friendship now which is truly special.

Today Id like to share this page with you.  It has been posted on the Scrap365 website also.

Below I have documented the lovely wedding of Bradley and Anna Morcombe.  This was a very special wedding for the family after the trauma their family has been put through after 8 years of searching for the killer of Bradleys twin brother Daniel Morcombe.  He is finally behind bars.  So this special occasion was just beautiful for this family. Im so proud of these guys.  The weather was not kind to them on this day but how cute was their umbrella???

I decided to use the Teresa Collins Studio Gold cards.. the black and white ones.. this automatically dominated the colour scheme for my page. Sometimes its not how you want it.. but when you want something like my black and white for my black and white wedding photo.. you just have to work with the rest of it.  I have kept to the Black/white but added two pops of colour to liven it up.  Below I have used the gorgeous Heidi Swapp PL card from her Dreamy kit & Heidis letter thickers. I love this kit.. so my colours.

On this page I have added a little journal card which you can pull out to read.  Sometimes you run out of room for journalling so this is a good little fix.  I have done some fun stamping on the card.. and then used my handwriting on the card.  I don’t like my own hand writing but I know how important it is to do from time to time.

My good old Simple Stories… I have lots of Simple Stories in my stash. They would have to be my most favorite sticker sheets put out. I just keep using and using them.

Just remember… no matter how you are creating your photos.. you are documenting your life!! This is the most important part!

Tonight I will be finishing off printed all my photos for the retreat so I am up to date and can just scrap the weekend away. My photo editing skills re quite slow so I dont want to waste time over the weekend and do this.. I want to be able to just scrap scrap and scrap away :-)

Cant wait to share some of my weekend work next week with you all.

Take care and keep smiling.

Moonie x

Flutterby Designz with Moonie

Hi dee hi everyone.. I am so excited to be able to share my first page for Flutterby Designz today.  It didnt take me long to put this little number together as the embellies that I had to use we so much fun and easy to use.

Below I have used a cute Becky Higgins card and a SUNSHINE sticker from Simple Stories. The word magic that you can see is from the Rhonna Farrah App.  Love it.

 

Below I have used another Smiles sticker from Simple Stories Say Cheese Collection, added a few sequins and gorgeous piece of yellow HELLO washi tape my lovely friend bought back from USA for me on her current holiday.  I have used the A Beautiful Mess app on this also.

I love these little filler cards.  They are Everyday Etc cards from Flutterby Designz.  They are great when you just want to fill a spot with colour or a nice quote.  And I love these wood veneer stars.

And one of my favorites of all.. these awesome WEEK wood veneers. These little babies come in a variety pack of 6 for $4.  I get over of running out of these letters in my thickers packets.. never any E's left.. Drives me batty.  So these are just the perfect embellie for any PL page. I love them.

Make sure you go here and check out the cute little flairs like this one below in my pocket.  I love them.

 I have got my little hands on the Teresa Collins Studio Gold collection and I love it.  Nice and mellow and every embellishment looks great with it.  Once again I have used Good Day Sunshine heart stickers from Simple Stories. These sticker sheets are my old time favorite.  I can't get enough of them.

I found this cute piece of paper of Amy Tan.  Love the little doodling frame on it.  I have added a 3x4 journal card on top and then my insta weather photo I printed out. These cute little photo cut out tabs from Flutterby Designz are perfect.  I could eat them up they are so yummy.  Easy to use.. Just add a staple and waalaa you are done.

I hope you all had a great weekend.. It was a fabulous weekend here on the coast. Perfect summer weekend.. We got out on the scooters and went to a couple of beaches for a swim.  Was so good.  I love my weekend off. I can fit so much in them. And yes... the good things in life are free.  Dont ever forget that!!

I can't wait to share my next page that I have put together..

Have a fantastic rest of the week.

Love always

Moonie x

Exciting news

As most of you may have read on my FB page and my Snap it up Project Life page on FB I was just announced last night that I am now part of the Design Team @ Flutterby Designs.  Anita Ridgeway creates amazing flair buttons, wood veneers, tabs, photo cutouts, Digital Fussy cuts, everyday cards and lots more goodies.. Make sure you go over and check out them HERE if you want to do some shopping. They are full of colour and zest for life.  I got my goodies packet in the mail from Flutterby just two days ago and they are so scrumptious.  I couldn't wait to get creation with them.   I will post a photo of my work once she has over at Flutterby Designs so make sure you keep an eye on the blog and make sure you like Flutterby Designs in FB.

I feel so proud and honoured to be designing for Flutterbys and doing what I love along the way.. It makes my position totally rewarding in every way possible.

As for my photos that you may have read about that I lost while on my relaxing holiday... well I did lose them all.  11000 of them.  I did a Data Recovery which took a good 17 hours!!!  When I looked at all the images.. it had actually recovered... wait for it... 320,000 images!!!! I have NO IDEA IN THE WORLD how and why this happened... I had images I have never eve seen before.. I had images of Lorna Jane tops.. and I mean miles.. images of sneakers, just random images.  I can't go on except to tell you that I had 320,000 images I did not want.  I took the punt after spending 48 stressed to the max in our lovely caravan at the beach.. and DELETED THE WHOLE LOT and then EMPTIED MY TRASH!!!!
I knew I had most of them on my iMac @ home.  I was pretty upset I had lost my holiday photos which I loved but thought this is not a matter of life or death!!!!  When I got home and spent some time on my iMac I could see the holiday snaps slowly downloading through on Photo stream!!!!! I was so over the moon happy!!!! I was just about dancing on my table as I was seeing each one come through.  So thank God for Photo stream.  I know I have lost a few pics but all in all I am happy and I have created a new iPhoto library on my MacBook.  I have a lovely clean slate and Im now a happy camper.. But a huge innocent lesson learned.
IF YOU ARE A MAC OWNER .... PLEASE TAKE NOTE
AS I LEARNT THE HARD WAY

I was under the understanding that if you were to delete photos from your ALBUMS... They would still be in your PHOTOS below EVENTS.  IF you delete from PHOTOS they will then be deleted permanently but in your TRASH to recover if you change your mind.

BUT here is the catch that is so important that I didn't know.

YOUR WHOLE iPhotos Library also exists in FINDER under PICTURES...
SOOOOOO.... if you are like me.. when I resize or edit a photo it always gets stored in PICTURES in FINDER.. be aware when you decide to be a good chook and clean out your computer.

So there is your warning.. I just want you to be aware so you don't get caught out like I did. It can be very disheartening to say the least.
Anyway on that note... I am off to go and play with my goodies.  Can't wait to make some goodness out of them.

Go and create and be happy
Moonie x