And the winner for my giveaway for 2000 page views is ...

And Madeline wanted me to have a second prize as well!

Monday's Show and Tell

I recently participated in my first Mug Rug Swap at Christmas Quilting Block Swap Australia and wanted to show you what I made for my swap partner Kathy and what I received. Kathy and I had never made a mug rug before - I think we both did a wonderful job!!

I made this mug rug for Kathy

Front and back

I followed this tutorial from Patchwork Notes to make my mug rug

Mug rug I received from Kathy - even a special pocket for a teabag!

See who else has Show and Tell with Sandy at Cookies and Cream Craft today.

And don't forget about my 2000 page views giveaway which I posted on Sunday August 14 (drawn Wednesday August 24 evening - my 6 month anniversary of blogging!) Leave me a comment - I love to hear from you.

All Star Artist of the Week: Week 32, 2011

While looking at Digiridoo Scraps blog last night I nearly fell off my chair!!

I am the All Star Artist of the Week : Week 32, 2011 for my Dream Layout

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What an absolute honour to be featured at Digiridoo Scraps . This is the place to be if you are into digital scrapbooking!
I am having a great time participating in the monthly challenges for August (Art Journal, Calendar, Colour, Font, Heritage, Journalling, Quote, Scraplift, Template, Theme and a 5 day Progressive Scrap) and will share some of my layouts in another blog post soon. I also spend time checking out the gallery, leaving comments in the forums, catching up on site and designer news, and joining in scrap related talk and non scrap related talk.

I made my layout from this fabulous kit Chloe by Rhonda Sunflower Designs and it is available at Digiridoo Scraps.

Rhonda Sunflower Designs is participating in Designer Apprentice Season 2 at Digiscrap Addicts and has designed a paper pack freebie to match her Chloe kit for the Week 2 Challenge. You can get it HERE

Digital Scrapbooking - Chloe

Rhonda Sunflower Designs has just released her new Digital Scrapbooking kit Chloe at Digiridoo Scraps
It is a fun kit with lots of artsy papers and elements and can be used for art journal pages as well as traditional digital layouts.

Here are some Layouts I did with the kit:

Laugh

Dream

Beauty in Nature

Available at Digiridoo Scraps

And to sign off this blog post, here is my new linked signature that I made for the Digiridoo Scraps Forum using this fabulous kit Chloe

2000 page views

As I was looking at my blog this afternoon my total page views went from 1999 to 2000! I was thrilled!
I want to thank everyone of you for looking, commenting and following my blog. It has given me a lot of enjoyment and has been a great way to keep track of, and journal about, my creations and life.

In celebration - I think it is time for a GIVEAWAY !!!!

Cover of Journal

Inside of  Journal

This is an A5 spiral journal with a cover that I have made from Janelle Wind's "Pieces of Me" book. I made it especially with butterfly material as 'Vanessa' means butterfly.

Please leave me a comment about what things you enjoy about my blog and I will randomly draw one winner next Tuesday 24 August 2011 (Whirling Butterfly's 6 month anniversary) - Oops I mean Wednesday 24 August!!

Wednesday Without Words

Monday's Show and Tell

I have been saving this to share with you for Monday's Show and Tell with Sandy at Cookies and Cream Craft.
This is my Santa Sack I received from my swap partner Geniene

Oh my goodness - what a lot of work she has done for me! I just LOVE my Santa Sack!
I am very impressed by her stitching and her colour choice. And he certainly is a Jolly Old St Nick!

I was VERY excited when I opened my parcel! Lots of presents (2 for July and 2 for August) which I did not poke or squeeze!
Look at these beautiful butterflies (and chocolates too!) - she knows me well
I have put my presents in my Santa Sack and will add more presents from Geniene every month until Christmas. Then I can open them all!!
If you missed my earlier post about the Santa Sack I sent to Geniene - it is HERE

Have a look at Cookies and Cream Craft to see who else has some Show and Tell today.

Hip Hip Hooray for Madeline!

If you have been following my blog you will know that we have played along with Tamar (A Collection of Thoughts) and Mel (One Crafty Mumma) for the Hip Hip Hooray series (the latest one: Hip Hip Hooray for Winter was a few weeks ago)
We made a few things during that week and have a few more to make when time permits.

Last Friday (29/07) Tamar did a post about Reader's Creations on her blog and my Madeline is featured in the blog post HERE.
Madeline was quite chuffed about it! And I am a proud mumma!
Thanks Tamar - you made our day!

UFO Thursday

Sandy from Cookies and Cream Craft has asked a question today "what is your oldest UFO?"
So I scratched around my UFO box and found this one that I had forgotten I had. The pattern was written in 1996 so I think it has been in my possession since about then!! 15 years!! No way! I'm surprised the bits are still stuck on as I've hardly stitched any on.

I would be interested to know if anyone else has any 'old' UFO's sitting in their box/cupboard.
Visit Sandy at Cookies and Cream Craft to see who else has some 'old' UFO's that they are sharing today and link up so we can see yours!

Digital Scrapbooking Challenges

I participated in some, but not all, the challenges at Digiridoo Scraps in July and want to share my layouts with you.

My layout for the Calendar Challenge was featured on the Digiridoo Scraps blog post about July Monthly Challenges HERE

Calendar Challenge using Yay Baby kit (below)

Layer It Up Challenge using Oh So Pretty kit (below)

 

 

Template Challenge using Oh So Pretty kit (below)

 

Theme Challenge using Oh So Pretty kit (below)

Scrap Outside the Box Challenge using My Boys kit (below)

Font Challenge using Swimmer's Ear kit (below)

Had a great and challenging time in July - and will now start on the Digiridoo Scraps August Challenges!

And with the help of my IT constultant (16yr son) I made a linked signature for using in the forum at Digiridoo Scraps!