Precious Moments

Precious Moments Lets Scrap Leap around the World blog hop

2012-02-29T18:00:00.000+02:00

Please note this is a sticky post and will stay here until February 29. Please scroll down for new posts.

Helloand welcome to beautiful Ballito in South Africa and stop No 12 on your whirlwind

If you came here from Sherri Priest @ http://www.sherripriest.blogspot.com/

then you are in the right place! If you did not,

Mindi Brown @ http://scrapchat-n-coffeetalk.blogspot.com/ has the hoporder to help you find your way.

Iam so excited to be {a first- time} blog host for such a fun and huge blog hop!

Here is the sketch I am showcasing for the hop

Here is my interpretation of the sketch

I am flower crazy, so for such an important event I had to find a very special flower and I did at MelStampz. It has 15 layers and I cut it from Tim Holtz distress cardstock. The paper lace is punched with a Martha Stewart punch. The butterfly is also a MS Punch.

Nowfor the fun part!

Here is the RAK I am offering!

I will send one lucky lady some of this gorgeous ribbon.

Here is how easy it is to enter for my random draw

*You must beor become a member of Let’s Scrap, which you can do by clicking here

http://letsscrap.ning.com/ .

It isfree, easy and fast! I am sure you will love it!

I know I do :)

*Becomea follower of my blog

*Leave a comment on my blog telling me you have joined

And if you would like asecond chance in the draw

*Makea card from the sketch I have posted and upload it to the gallery at Let’sScrap. Please tag it as such

2-4-12,LEAP12

Pleasenote there are no spaces and that LEAP is all capitals.

**VERY IMPORTANT**

* You must leavea comment on my blog with a link to your card on Let’s Scrap.

Thehop ends at 11:59 pm Central Standard time February 29th,which you will be able to track using the clock on the main page of Let’sScrap.

Thank you so muchfor taking the time to visit.

Your next stop will be thetalented

Jody Spiegelhoff @http://spiegelmom.blogspot.com/

If you get lostalong the way or have joined the hop in the middle,

Mindi Brown @ http://scrapchat-n-coffeetalk.blogspot.com/ isthe beginning of the hop. You don’t want to miss any of the fun!

have a scrapilicious month

Wilna

Calico's Crafts Giveaway

2012-02-24T18:20:00.002+02:00

lovecupcakecouture has got an awesome giveaway from Calicos' Crafts. Do check it out

Precious Moments - Basic Grey Weekly Challenge

2012-02-17T23:23:00.000+02:00

I was checking into some of my fav sites tonight and found this Basic Grey : Weekly Challenge and as it happens have used BG scraps for my Let's Scrap Blog Hop cards.

Top left and bottom right are from the 'kioshi' collection. Top right is from my absolute favourite 'lemonade' collection and bottom left is from the 'bittersweet' collection and last but not least this card from the 'marjolaine' collection

see ya later

Precious Moments - Cards, cards and more cards

2012-02-17T21:26:00.000+02:00

Phew...I have now made 24 of the 50 blog hop cards. I have had great fun and challenged myself to use only scraps and stash. Whether I get the remaining 25 cards done is left to be seen, but I am certainly going to try. I must still do my Let's Scrap Sketch 2-22-12 this weekend.

thanks for stopping by,

til next time have a scrapalicious weekend

A Sweethaven Summer Online Launch Party! {HUGE Giveaway!}

2012-02-12T11:55:00.000+02:00

Courtney Walsh has written this awesome book and it is set in the scrapping world. The story of Sweethaven centers around a faded scrapbook...one that's full of secrets and stories of years gone by...but today, she is celebrating with a scrapbooking giveaway... to celebrate the book launch she has the biggest giveaway i have ever seen.

Click HERE and go check out the giveaway.

I am spending my last few hours with my husband before he goes back to Joburg, then it is more card-making for me

enjoy your Sunday

Precious Moments - Lets Scrap Sketch 2-8-12

2012-02-09T19:14:00.000+02:00

I have been wanting to do a tag technique class ever since we opened Calico's and when this sketch showed up, I finally had the inspiration!!

here are some close ups. I dusted the flowers with Perfect Pearls and popped them under a heat gun.

My DH and I have been married for 28 years on Saturday, it has been an interesting journey. It has not always been plain sailing but I have never been bored.

thanks for popping in, please let me know you were here, {I need the love}

til next time

have a scrapalicious evening

PS don't forget about the blog hop, lots of card inspiration start with Mindi

and dive right in

Precious Moments - Blog hop cards

2012-02-07T21:21:00.001+02:00

I have been a pretty busy bee, here is what all the buzz is about, I am hopping in no particular order, just fitting the sketches in with my paper scraps. I am moving house soon and have decided to use only scraps to do my cards. Please take the time and pop into all blogs featured in this blog hop. You can go to Mindi, for the start of the leap. Hope you are enjoying your week.
til next time
enjoy your scrapalicious card-making
W

this card is inspired by Betty Leap 4 sketch
4-15-09,LEAP4

this card is inspired by Keely, Leap 8 sketch

10-21-09, LEAP8

this is inspired by Mindi, Leap 1 sketch

1-18-12,LEAP1

This Get well card is inspired by Elizna LEAP 2 sketch

2-5-12,LEAP2

Precious Moments - Liebster blog award

2012-02-01T19:26:00.000+02:00

After the most appalling 2 days in recent history I opened my blog today to find that the very lovely Jodi has awarded me a

Wow what an amazing honour. Thank you

The word Liebster is German meaning favorite or dearest. To me a 'favorite' is something you choose over & over again, like your favorite pair of jeans or your favorite scrapbooking tool. To be chosen as someones favorite is a true honor that I hope I can continue to live up to!

That being said, I'm now happy to:

1). Thank the person who gave the award and link back to to their blog.....check!

2). Copy and paste the award to my blog...check!

3). Reveal the 5 blogs I've chosen to award the Liebster Blog Award too, and let them know by posting on their blogs...checkity check check!

4). Hope they pay it forward by accepting and awarding it to bloggers they would like to honor.

The only 'rule' is to choose a blog with less than 200 followers...

my favourites are

Alma - http://emsigebiene.blogspot.com/

Elizna Parsons - http://www.eliznaparsons.blogspot.com/

my special internet angel Lynn - http://linnie79.blogspot.com/

Calico's - http://calicoscrafts.blogspot.com/
Eniko - http://enikodelisle.typepad.com/enikos-playhouse/

have a scrapalicious evening
Wilna

Precious Moments - This {loving} Life

2012-01-25T20:25:00.002+02:00

These photo were taken last year with my DH. He is impossible to photograph and I practically had to hogtie him to get him there. But it was worth it. We have been married for 28 years next month!! I deserve a gold medal....

Let's Scrap

Sketch 1-25-12

Scrapping Supplies required:-

Pattern Paper - Simple Stories,

the back ground - W R Macking Memories

Journal blocks - Simple stories

paper flowers

hessian rope

Chippy chalked and diamond glazed.

I have added a few more details and will post pic soon

As one of the 50 international host blogs, I am gearing up now for the upcoming Let's Scrap "Leap Around the World" February blog hop!! This fun event will start at 10:00am on February 1 and end on February 29th at 11:59pm according to the main page clock on the Let's Scrap website (your clock may vary, so check the time difference).

I would love it if you joined me in this big hop! There are several things you can do RIGHT NOW to be prepared:

Make sure you are signed up as a follower on my blog my blog Once on my blog, just look for the Let's Scrap blinkie and join. You won't regret it.
Find all those scraps of paper you have been setting aside for the last 5 years. You will need them because this blog hop is all about making CARDS!
Dust off your scrap table and put the family on notice that the kitchen is closed for the month of February! Leave some take-out menu's on the kitchen table in case they grumble

OK, a few more details. You did read correctly: there are 50 blog hosts! Once you have joined Let's Scrap, at each blog, you will get two chances to win some blog candy (aka: booty, prizes)! Do the math! You will have 100 chances to win free stuff...and good stuff, too! This is also the perfect opportunity to restock your card stash! The first chance comes when you join/follow each blog and leave a comment. The second chance comes when you use the card sketch on each blog to create a card, layout or other project based upon the card sketch appearing on each blog--they are all different! You then must post your creation in the Let's Scrap website gallery, then go back to each blog and leave a second comment linking back to your gallery post. Don't be overwhelmed...you are doing only one card at a time! Our hope is that you will visit every blog, but, remember, you have the whole month of February to do this.

Until next time, thanks for popping by

have a scrapilicious day

2012-01-20T23:10:00.000+02:00

Things are not difficult to make
What is difficult is putting ourselves in a
state of mind to make them - Constatin Brancus

Let's Welcome Scrap Africa

2012-01-19T18:55:00.000+02:00

2 Russian girls with initiative+ a couple of SA girls= Scrap Africa. Our very own sketch blog, talk about Proudly South African

Every 2 weeks on Thursdays they will publish a new challenge for you. You have 3 weeks to complete it. They alternate sketch challenges for lay-outs with theme challenges. For our theme challenges you can create any kind of scrap object - it can be a lay-out, a card or an altered object as long as you follow the requirements of the challenge.

You can combine our challenges with challenges from other blogs.

Only make sure that you do not combine similar challenges together. You also cannot take part in two challenges on our blog with the same project (our challenges will overlap and therefore you cannot for example make a lay-out using our sketch and enter it and then enter same lay-out into the theme challenge on Scrap Africa).

Our design team will choose the best entries that we will feature on Scrap Africa blog. We will also choose someone to be our guest designer for one of the challenges.

After every two challenges (a sketch and a theme challenge) we will randomly draw a winner among the participants who will receive a prize from our sponsors.

We hope that we will have a lot of scrappy fun together under African sun!

Copy the picture from this post and post it on your blog or in any other internet community. Tell you friends about Scrap Africa and our give-away. Then link your "hoot" with the linking tool at the bottom of this post and stand a chance of winning a gift pack with wonderful scrapbooking goodies to the value of R300 from the authors of Scrap Africa.

*** This give-away is only open to South African and Namibian scrappers. Only one entry per person!!!!!!!!!

http://scrapafrica.blogspot.com/

until we chat again, thank you for popping in

have a scrapilicious week

Wilna

January joys

2012-01-15T20:19:00.000+02:00

Let's Scrap Sketch 11-1-12 seemed to be the perfect LO for my holiday photos

Ever since this Simple stories paper came into Calico's

I have wanted to work with them. These are some very random pictures from our holiday in Mozambique but they evoke the moments of this trip. I have double-matted the photos and distressed both layers. Because of the beach 'shoes' DH is wearing I added the raffia to add texture. The punch is from a new range in store and perfect for the beach theme, I stuck it down then diamond glazed the design.

thanks for looking in

have a scraplicious week

Supplies List for this LO

Simple Stories Year-o-logy

Martha Stewart Punch

Shells - holiday treasures

Raffia

Diamond Glaze

Tim Holtz Distress cardstock

PS Alma was the lucky winner of my December RAK

thanks for taking the time to leave a comment

2012-01-07T20:35:00.000+02:00

Leap around the world Blog Hop

I am so excited to be part of this blog hop, to the best of my knowledge this is one of the biggest blog hops ever attempted.
We have 50, YES 50, super talented and really cool ladies hosting for this! Each hostess will be offering blog candy and 2 chances on each blog to win! That gives you 100 possible chances to win! The hop will take place from February 1 to February 29, so mark your calendars and be ready to make some cards and win some candy!!! You only get a chance to Leap Around the World every 4 years. Mindi is hosting this challenge and has been working very hard along with the Let's Scrap admins Betty and Debby. Thank you ladies for all your hard work.

thank you for stopping by
have a scrapilicious time
W

Footprints in the sand

2012-01-04T22:41:00.000+02:00

One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord. Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky.

In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand. Sometimes there were two sets of footprints, other times there was one only.

This bothered me because I noticed that during the low periods of my life, when I was suffering from anguish, sorrow or defeat, I could see only one set of footprints, so I said to the Lord,

“You promised me Lord,
that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I have noticed that during the most trying periods of my life there has only been one set of footprints in the sand. Why, when I needed you most, have you not been there for me?”

The Lord replied, “The years when you have seen only one set of footprints, my child, is when I carried you.”

Mary Stevenson, 1936

As I step into 2012, I do so with joy and expectation. Last year I had to make some really tough decisions, concerning family and career. For the first time in my life I stepped outside my parameters and walked in faith, today I reap the benefits of these positive steps. I won't be afraid any more!

Let's Scrap

12-28-11

As I have scrapped almost all my DD photos, I still had odd ones left that would not really make a LO and so the snippets concept evolved.

the photos encompass the first 10 years of her life

I always put a butterfly somewhere on her LO's

ribbon and lace... can't do an LO without them :)

Photos that had "horror of horrors" been cut up were collaged and placed under the flaps. I am not very good with journalling but do realise the importance of it, so often use definitions and on this LO even did some handwriting!

Until next time

have a scraplicious week

Christmas RAK

2011-12-18T22:25:00.000+02:00

I have struggled to get into the Christmas Spirit this year for the simple reason I can't wrap my head around the fact that though I will be with my sister and her family, my DH and DS,(I have to add we will be on a secluded beach on the Mozambique coast!!) I will not be with my daughter and my Dad. Now this is the first Christmas in my daughter's life that she is away from home, and I suppose this is a strong sign that she is not my little girl any more. The other reason is the whirlwind setting up of Calico's

which was the most amazing adventure and continues to grow every day but has left me breathless and without much time to think of other things. The store is decked out in holiday loveliness but my home sadly neglected. Even my almost 16 year old has said it is not quite the same.

I have been scrapping amongst all the craziness and this LO is inspired by the work of Gabrielle Pollacco

Her Blog is called "Such a pretty mess" and I find her work awe-inspiring.

Here is the link to the page that inspired my torn flowers

page

As you can see I have not added the second photos, will do ... some day soon

Some close-ups

Tornflowers

http://gabriellepollacco.blogspot.com/2010/03/sneak-peek-of-april-kit-from-my.html

Theseflowers were inspired by Gabriella Pollacco

Requirements:

3different pattern papers

Stamens

3Dcircles

Diamondglaze

Zots/Tombow

Distresstool

Chalks

ToMake:

1. Tear3 different size circle, if you struggle to tear then punch or cut circles anddistress

2. Partiallytear 5 times into the circle, being very careful not to tear through thecircle. Chalk edges

3. Curlthe petals using a kebab stick or toothpick.

4. Layerthe curled petals, adhere using glue or Diamond Glaze

5. Tomake centre:

· Punchsmall circle and chalk

· Placepop dot on the underneath

· Usingeither glue or a Zot crisscross stamens. Continue until all the stamens are adhered. Addanother Zot or glue turn over and place into centre of flower.

I hope I have left you with some inspiration

until next time

have a scraplicious time

Wilna

PS thanks for popping in, please leave a comment and let me know what you think. I will do a random draw when I get back from my trip and send a small RAK to one lucky person.

Close ups

2011-12-15T19:26:00.000+02:00

Christmas is in the air

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This LO was done for this week's sketch over at Let's Scrap. The photos are from last Christmas at my sister's house. This was the first Christmas we had, apart in over a decade. The Christmas tree was done origami style. The poinsettia's are scrunched cardstock.

these are a few of the cards made during a workshop I had in Calico's a few weeks ago.

hope your life is more organised than mine. I leave for Mozambique in a week's time and not bought any Christmas presents.

have a scrapalicious time
W

PS here is the link for instructions for the Christmas tree http://pixietoo.blogspot.com/2008/11/origami-tree-tutorial.html
Enjoy

A new term at Lets Scrap

2011-12-09T21:04:00.001+02:00

This is my Design team entry for the December - March term at Let's Scrap
I have used photos of the beautiful things in store at Calico's. Our vision is inspiration, imagination and creativity to heal the soul. Calico's is a dream come true for both Lisa and I.
until next time
have a scraplicious time
W

Countdown to Christmas.

2011-12-03T20:27:00.001+02:00

My final sketch for the August to November term. I have had so much fun. I am honoured and blessed to have been chosen for another term at Let's Scrap.

This term started on 1 December and I look forward to working with the very talented women.

There are a number of South African girls on the team:Elizna,Roulien,Jeaunnes, Erica

The other ladies on the team are Kay, Mindi, Sue, Susannah, Michelle, Betty Flea, and Beth . Our Admins are Betty-Anne Orr and Debbie de Wilde

I found this poem on Erica,s blog and wanted to share it with you.

STRANGERS IN THE BOX

Come, look with me inside this drawer,
In this box, I’ve often seen,
At the pictures, black and white,
Faces proud, still serene;
I wish I knew these people
These strangers in the box.
Their names and all their memories
Are lost among my socks;
I wonder what their lives were like,
How did they spend their days?
What about their special times?
I’ll never know their ways.
If only someone had taken time
To tell who, what, where and when,
These faces of my heritage
Would come to life again.
Could this become the fate
Of the picture we take today?
The faces and the memories
Someday will pass away.
Make time to save your stories;
Seize opportunity when it knocks,
Or someday you and yours could be
The strangers in this box!
~ Author unknown

I am hoping that Calico's blog will be up and running this coming week. The shop is doing so well and we are having so much fun.

until we chat again

have a scrapalicious weekend

2011-11-24T22:41:00.001+02:00

A Good Woman Recipe

A good woman is proud.
She respects herself and others, She is aware of who she is.

She neither seeks definition from the person she is with, nor does she expect them to read her mind.
She is quite capable of articulating her needs.

A good woman is hopeful. She is strong enough to make all her dreams come true. She knows love,therefore she gives love.
She recognizes that her love has great value and must be reciprocated. If her love is taken for granted, it soon disappears.

A good woman has a dash of inspiration and a dabble of endurance.
She knows that she will at times have to inspire others to reach the potential God gave them.
A good woman knows her past, understands her present and forces toward the future.
A good woman knows God.
She knows that with God the world is her playground, but without God she will just be played with.
A good woman does not live in fear of the future because of her past.
Instead, she understands that her life experiences are
merely lessons meant to bring her closer to self-knowledge
and unconditional self-love.

A Good Woman

Let's scrap Sketch 11-23-11

2011-11-24T20:56:00.001+02:00

This page started as one thing and turned into something else. Here is my take on the sketch, it symbolises the beauty my mother had and is very much a tribute to the woman she was.

I used genuine vintage buttons and the buckle on right hand flower also came from Ouma's button tin.. The pp is Bo-Bunny. The punch is Martha Stewart. Here is some close up detail

I also want to share this layout with you, my precious daughter in now living in CT and I miss her very much so this layout is for her and all those Mom's who don't get to see their DD.

The paper is Kaiser Kraft, the pattern paper roses were fussy cut and chalked. The paper flowers were designed by yours truly. I used up lots of off alpha's and either chalked, painted, sanded or covered them in paper.

Until we chat again I shall leave you with this thought

"The purpose of life is not to be happy,

but to matter, to be productive,

to be useful, to have it make some difference

that you lived at all - Leo Rosten

have a scraplicious week.

Whoohoo

2011-11-20T19:26:00.001+02:00

I feel honoured and blessed to have been chosen again for another term at

Let's Scrap.

The awesome women on this team overcame storms, tragedies, hurricanes, floods and family trauma this past four months.

Yet they fulfilled their obligations every week.

I made friends with ladies spread in all four corners of our planets.

Through this amazing technology we can chat and be involved with each other's lives, we consoled, we cheered, we supported, we gave advise when asked.

Through the creative medium of paper crafts we have shared interests.

I am not the most disciplined of people but this DT has taught me that I cannot let others down. Well done to the new DT's and welcome onboard to previous DT's.

I look forward to a very inspirational term

Beautiful memories tell our story, and wrap themselves in ribbons of the heart.
-- Flavia

have a scraplicious week

Let's Scrap Card Sketch 11-16-11

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Let's Scrap DT Challenge 121

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Pop over to Lets Scrap and check out the inspiration
til next time
W

Precious Moments: where have the past 2 months gone

2011-11-08T21:40:00.000+02:00

Precious Moments: where have the past 2 months gone: wow, I cannot believe I have not blogged in ages. So much has happened. For starters I was asked to join a new craft store which a friend ...

where have the past 2 months gone

2011-11-08T21:26:00.000+02:00

wow, I cannot believe I have not blogged in ages. So much has happened. For starters I was asked to join a new craft store which a friend wanted to open in Ballito and needless to say I jumped at the chance,
Calico's is the result of this adventure
from conception to opening, took about 9 weeks and what a roller coaster ride we had, shopping trips and paper ordering, and the choices,ribbons, bags and beads, what can I say, you will just have to come see...
Friday get keys, Saturday paint, Sunday, painting stripes and polka dots, Monday & Tuesday unpack stock, Wednesday open, Friday champagne, cookies and coffee
Phew
we had so much fun and experienced so much warmth, three very special ladies helped us pack and unpack and hang
now we look forward to planning workshops and making jewellery

Calico's is the cutest, newest craft store on the block.

Our phone number is 032 586 3464
our e-mail is calicos@telkomsa.net
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Calicos/146324448796659

I have also been a very busy girl on Let's Scrap

10-5-11

10-12-11

10-19-11

for more inspiration go on over to

http://letsscrap.ning.com/

until I chat again, pop in and have coffee with us at Calico's and keep scrapping those

precious moments

blog candy

2011-09-19T22:05:00.000+02:00

Guess what I've been working on?

If you want to takepart in the Freehand Scraps GIVEAWAY, click here.

It is once again that time of the month when I have lots ofthings I am working on but can't show you much! I have cards, layouts, alteredprojects, all waiting to be displayed, but carefully hidden until their revealdates come. In the meantime, have a look at this pic from my scrap room and tryto guess what I am working on today. I will send a small RAK to the closestguess (or draw a name from among the closest guesses if there's more than one). f you can,please share this with your friendsso they can play, too.

I will pick and announce a winner when I post my Freehand Scraps sneak peeks onSept 26.

Yes, I will be working with them again in October! I'm very happy, andI have had so much fun working with the October kit!
This Rak is from Carolina over at Let's Scrap.
I was lucky enough to win my first Rak from Maria and am looking forward to receiving it.

http://marielevite.blogspot.com/2011/08/hurricane-irene-and-rak.html

Hurricane Irene And A RAK~UPDATED WITH WINNER

The storm has come and gone. I ended up using many of my storm supplies. We lost power and had some water in the basement. I am still trying to clean up my scrap area and family room. Yes (shudder) I had some water in my scrap area. In comparison to others in our area? I am not going to complain!
The winner of the RAK is WILNA. She came the closest to guessing the number of tea light's in the basket. There were 137! and no I didn't count them. I had purchased a pack of 144 and knew how many I had taken out

Love in our family

2011-09-18T21:44:00.000+02:00

This is not the best of photos of this weeks Lets Scrap sketch but I did not get round to photographing another.

I often wonder what I have achieved in my life but, when I look at my gorgeous children I realise that I have achieved much. Achievement cannot always be measured in degrees, money or status, it is about family and friends. I discovered this week that I have many friends and people who genuinely care about me. I am making big changes in my life and the support has been amazing. The quote on my LO reads

" Love in our family flows strong and deep, leaving us memories to treasure and keep"

thanks for popping in,

have a delicious, creative week.

Wilna