Sunshine

Sunshine is something we have not seen much of this summer. June was the wettest June recorded! How I wish I lived somewhere sunny and warm. Until that happens I have to create my own sunshine. This page is for the sunshine/luz do sol challenge on Smash Mania . I used twine so that counts for day 20 of the 30 day Smash* challenge on Smash*aholics 

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Washi tape

I love washi tape! It has to be one of the coolest products to have come out lately. I added lots of washi tape to this page for the day two challenge on the 30 day Smash* challenge on Smash*aholics. So far this is only my second page and I'm doing them in a random order but once I'm getting some Smash*ing done I don't mind :)

This is about the Rhys Darby show we went to in Dublin. He has to be one of the funniest people ever! I didn't want the night to end. We also had a lovely dinner in Azteca and hubby did some shopping in Mr. Simms sweet shop :)

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Favourite thing

Hi everyone! My new job has been taking up all my time this week so this is just a quick post as I'm back in work soon. I did this page about one of my favourite things - Garfield! I have loved Garfield since I was a kid and now my two boys love him so I just had to do a page about him. I'm linking this up to Aideen & Emily's Smash*ing July challenge and to the 30 day challenge on Smash*aholics day 3 challenge

A day book

Hi, I hope you are all having a good week!
There's a fun challenge going on over at the Smash*aholics facebook page. The challenge is to make your own Amy Tangerine style day book. I love Amy's cute books but I don't own any so I thought it would be fun to make one. I used some of my Crate Paper "cottage collection" paper and die cuts. This paper is some of my "that's too pretty to use" paper so I thought it was time to give in and finally put it to good use!

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From the kitchen

I hope you are all  having a great Sunday.
I got some smash*ing done today for Lizzie's challenge on Smash*aholics, which was to use a digi image. I used a tea cup for mine from PaperCupcakes "afternoon tea". I also used some of my favourite "regular" stamps from  Stampendous "from the Kitchen". The bingo and love stamped embellishments were from a friend.

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My boys

Football fever has begun in our house! We've just started to watch the opening ceremony of the Euro 2012 competition. It's so nice seeing Irish flags flying everywhere around town, I'm sure the rest of the country is the same :)
The first challenge for the weekend has started on the Scrap*aholics facebook page. It is to use banners, pendants or flags. I was going to do a Euro 2012 page, but I don't have any photos yet so I decided to do a page on my boys. I'm entering it into the  Frosted designs stitching challenge as there is some faux stitching on the paper I used.

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Second 24 hour challenge

The second challenge for this weekends 24 hour challenge over on Smash*aholic  is to use
*a photo
I did a page about one of our crazy cats - Bisquits!

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Smash*aholics challenge

Happy Saturday!
Smash*aholics have another weekend of 24 hour challenges again this weekend (love these challenges!). As much as I love crafting, I'm definitely the kind of person that needs motivation to actually craft and these challenges really help! I got a new red Smash* book this week! Yay!! They are available to buy in Ireland now (so no more ridiculous shipping costs!) from Cardznscraps if anyone is looking for them over here.
The first 24 hour challenge was to
*use something handmade or
*make something handmade
For mine, I made the library pocket and the yo-yo flower out of an old pair of one of the boys jeans.

Happy Smash*ing and thanks for stopping by!

Smash* challenge #2 for S*A & challenge #3 for S*M

For the second 24 hour challenge on Smash*aholics, Kellie challenged us to use
buttons
washi tape or
felt
I also found a challenge blog called Smash Mania and their challenge is to use
a photo
a tag and
a stamp (I used a journalling stamp)
So here's my page

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Smash* challenge

Hello all! The weather here the last few days has been amazing, it actually got up to 25c yesterday!
The lovely Kellie is having another weekend of 24 hour challenges (yay!!!). This page is for the first challenge:
*someone or something spaecial*
I smashed a page about my hubby. He would forget his head if it wasn't screwed on and he's always late! And he's a hottie, so I keep him around! Hehehe! So that's where my title came from! My hot mess :)
The smash goodies I bought on-line a few weeks back arrived this week so I just had to use them! I also had to take a trip to the photo shop because my printer isn't working. On the bright side I got a walk in so I guess Smash*ing is exercising my body as well as the bank account! I'm linking this up to the new and awesome Smash*aholics challenge blog :)

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Smash*ing Sunday & Challenge#3

Hello all! I'm back with another smash page, that I'm linking to Kellie's Smashing Sunday post. I'm also using it for the third challenge (I got all 3 done!) on Smash*aholics, which is to use journalling, tabs, doilies or buttons. I also used my new Angie Delarie "Angelina" stamp, that I was lucky enough to win on her blog during the week! Isn't it awesome?!!!
I think the page is a lacking a bit so I'll add to it when I figure out what to add. I think a bit more colour would be a good start?

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Smash*aholics challenge #2

This is my page for the second challenge on the Smash*aholics 24 hour challenge. The challenge was to make a page using washi tape, stickers, stamps or flowers. I actually managed to use all four! I got the idea to write on the books from someone else's page, I'm not sure where I seen it though!

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Smash Challenge

There's a fun 24 hour challenge going on, on the Smash*aholics page. The challenge is to use lace, twine, ribbon or fabric. I did a page of my hubby and I. I made the tag and the yo-yo flower, I can't believe how easy the flowers are to make! I stamped a ticket and added another few bits and pieces!

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