My Happy Place!

We love to take selfies. No, who am I kidding, Everyone loves to take selfies! come on admit it!!! My daughter and I took these while we were sitting in the car resting while on a day out.

Do you like the cute girl stamp? It is from an upcoming Give A Girl A ... release - look out for it! Remember to use the code KARYN for 15% off your Give A Girl A... order when you spend over $10.

I've used my Red SMASH* folio and I've also used Dear Lizzie Lucky Charm papers, stickers & flair; Studio Calico wood veneers; Stampin' Up! speech bubble paper clip; Pebbles roller date stamp; and sequins & flower from my stash.

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Peek-a-boo at the Beach!

Do you have a teen or pre-teen daughter? Does she love to be in every photo you take? ... well, mine does - can you see her peeking in the background of both of these photos!! too funny!!

Had to be SMASH*ed of course. I was trying out some more mixed media here - swiping some gesso on the page then stamping over it, all experimental but worth a play :)

I've used my Red SMASH* folio and I've also used Studio Calico wood veneers; Amy Tangerine stickers; Bo Bunny dots stamps; Dear Lizzy roller date stamp; and a tag, bag, doilie, washi, enamel dots & twine from my stash.

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Steam Trains!

A family day for us recently was to go to the SteamFest where we could look at and ride on a steam engine.  It was a great day out and we also found a nice coffee shop with some yummy desserts! I had to take many photos (of course!) and save the tickets for SMASH*ing.

I've used one of the "Dancing in the Garden" digis from Angie Delarie. I've also used one of Angie's Vintage love camera digis.

I've also used some stamps from Give A Girl A ... (Cheese, smile, and picture perfect from the Picture Perfect set). Remember to use the code KARYN for 15% off your order when you spend over $10.

I've used my 365 SMASH* folio and Amy Tangerine stickers and alphas, October afternoon alphas, Studio Calico wood veneers and heart stickers.

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SMASH*ing in Animal Print!

My eldest daughter loves to shop (as do we all hehehe). As well as shopping she loves having photos taken of her and taking lots and lots and lots of selfies - with the poses of course! She just loved this animal print dress so I took my inspiration for these SMASH pages from the colours. 

I've used my Red SMASH* folio and misted the background using a Studio Calico mask. Then I've added brown and black paint splats, then I've used heaps of the amazing June release stamps from Give A Girl A ... ("Hello", and  a heap of the arrows and chevrons from the Hello Arrows stamp set; "shopping spree", "lets go on an adventure", "you make me smile" and "I love my life" from the Just for You stamp set; and "Currently" and "wearing" from a new Currently set to be released soon). Remember to use the code KARYN for 15% off your order when you spend over $10.

I've finished the page off with a few feathers, bow and wood veneers. I just love how this page turned out - one of my favourites!!

Have a great weekend :)

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Hair cuts!

I've really been enjoying doing some "beginners" mixed media in my SMASH* books lately. It does make the pages warp a bit and I'm still getting the hang of using paint in different ways but I'm loving the result and finding that I prefer to use less embellishments and let the background stand out.

These photos are my daughters after they both had haircuts earlier this year. Rachael even had a fringe/bang cut in!

I've used my Red SMASH* folio and I've also used Studio Calico wood veneers; Bo Bunny chicken wire stamps; and a metal tag, alphas, twine, sequins, & diecuts from my stash..

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Riding in an Ambulance!

A few weeks ago at school my daughter fell off some of the play equipment, hit her head, and hurt her back. I received that aweful phone call from the school saying "we need to call an ambulance ... is that ok". OMG ... panic. I drove straight to school and and travelled down to the city in the ambulance - once I calmed down I even managed to take some photos. Luckily Rachael just had bad bruising and had to rest for a few days, whew!!

"Dancing in the Garden" is the latest digi releases from Angie Delarie. I've used "Dancing in the dark Fairy" - Isn't she adorable! I used her like an "angel" on these pages, watching over my precious girl. I've also used one of Angie's Vintage love camera digis and a Polaroids Flying digi.

On this SMASH* page I've also used a heap of stamps from Give A Girl A ... ("Here", "There", "My Life", "Details", "This Week", "at School", & "This" from the Favourite stamp set; and the large mason jar from the upcoming Just for You stamp set). Remember to use the code KARYN for 15% off your order when you spend over $10.

I've used my 365 SMASH* folio and I've also used Amy Tangerine Sketchbook papers; Dear Lizzie roller date stamp; Studio Calico wood veneers and feather Mistables (sprayed with Heidi Swapp color shine); Stampin' Up! Dahlia adornments and whale clip; and the tag, bag, twine, doilies, sequins, buttons, flower and paperclip from my stash.

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Every Summer Has A Story!

Our family loves to go to our local Show/Fair (we call it a show here in Australia but I think it is called a fair in USA). We love to enter our vegies and craft, and we enjoy the sideshows and all the other fun things to see and do. This SMASH* page has some photos from our favourite local show this year.

On this page I've used a heap of stamps from Give A Girl A ... ("Love this moment" from Today stamp set; "Keen as mustard", Awesomeness" and "Insta moment" from Keen as Mustard stamp set). Remember to use the code KARYN for 15% off your order when you spend over $10.

I've used my 365 SMASH* folio and I've also used a Charms Creations embellishment, Dear Lizzie Neapolitan papers, Studio Calico wood veneers, KaiserCraft alphas, Martha Stewart doilie and a tag, bag, twine, & washi from my stash.

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