Movie Magic from Sarah G

Hi - Its my turn to post today and I wanted to share with you this LO that I did a few days ago.
The photos that I used were taken at Universal Studios in LA. This was probably my favourite park out of all the awesome parks that we visited on our trip. The tour of the sudios was totally amazing - the special effects that we were part of were stunning! The day was scorching hot and all the spray off zones were in operation. Sophie and Benji were in heaven running throught the sprinklers. They got totally drenched but were dry again within half an hour. The older kids loved the creepy characters and the shows and rides were totally awesome!
Bottom line is I have heaps of photos to scrap of this particular day, so I set to work to cross 5 off my list with this design. First I sprayed the corners of my cardstock using my crafter's workshop 'gears and wheels' mask and black dylusions spray ink. My papers are Studio Calico and the cute banner is a 'paper garland' from American Craft's 'Neopolitan' collection.
Now for the Purple Pumpkin goodies. The awesome burgundy flower, yellow doily, yellow tickets and spotty button are from the amazing Purple Pumpkin. The flower in particular deserves a special mention

I needed something to balance out the large photo at the bottom of my page and this turned out to be the perfect element. The colour was a great match match too.
Hope you all have a great weekend and find time to do a little crafting along the way!

:)))Sarah

Enjoying the School Holidays...

Nearly a week into the holidays and they are going ok....both kids and parents!!!LOL

Eldest daughter is leaving on a swim camp tomorrow and another may be going with her father to a 4WD experience. So that leaves the midget...nobody wants her...so i guess she will be quiet without her sisters annoying her. So i will be working and scrapping most of the weekend.Hopefully scrapping more..LOL

Today i wanted to share a layout with you that is based on this months White with 1 Challenge.

I think i might sound like a broken record....but its true...spotty buttons go with any themed layout.

And i love how you can get all the colours of the rainbow for buttons that are perfectly matched for a layout too.

Thanks for stopping by....

Hope everyone has a safe and fun long weekend...i know i will have a quieter weekend!!!LOL

HELLO FROM STACEY

Hi everyone, How is your weekend going?  I hope your having  lovely weather where you are, its just beautiful  here today in Yeppoon. Today i have a page to share with you, my typical style of Clean & Simple. Its a page of my son Dylan. I have just used two Purple Pumpkins vinyl cogs on this page, which went so well with two chipboard ones.

This is a page i did for my DT work over at Creative Scrappers. I used Basic Greys CLIPPINGS range.
Here is a close up,

The cogs are such a great embellishment for a boys page.

There is still a few days left to join in on this month sketch challenge.

Hope you all have a great weekend.

"Princess" by Gwen

Happy Saturday to you all!

Isn't there a lot happening at Purple Pumpkin right now!!  I hope those of you who may have missed out on Flair buttons last sale grabbed some this time around - love the new designs and WOW how gorgeous are the new flowers!!  Oh yes, and how could I forget the DT Call, I hope you are all madly working on your creations :)  It truly is an amazing team to be apart of.  :)

I'm here today to share some more of my Purple Pumpkin creations... First up a card I made for my daughter, what a feature the XL Purple Pumpkin buttons make.

Next up a bright layout... 

Purple Pumpkin feature flower and spotty buttons tops...

and see the doily peaking through and the twine..oh and the ticket to the left :)

The background for this layout was created by Caitlin at Kindy last year, I have trimmed to 12 x 12 and sewn around the edge.  I based my design for my layout around her beautiful artwork.

Thanks for popping by today,
Gwen

NEW PRODUCTS - The Shop Is FULL!

Hi everyone! Just popping in to let you know that we've filled the Purple Pumpkin Shop up with lots of new flowers and embellishments, and restocked lots of our sold out products. Check out some of our new goodies!...

You can find all this and more in the Purple Pumpkin Shop HERE.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

"Enjoy the ride" by Vicky

Hello Purple Pumpkin friends!

I loved the color combination over at the color room and I decided to give it a go!

Orange is one of my favorite colors and also perfect for my wedding photos as my bouquet had orange roses!!!

This is a lovely ID frame that can be used anywhere and the gorgeous vinyl & wooden hearts from Purple Pumpkin!!

Here is another vinyl heart and a beautiful grey/brown fabric button by PP.

These wooden PP buttons are fantastic!!!

Thank you for visiting!

 The shop is always open for anything you need--->HERE

Have a nice creative day!!!

xxx

NEW PRODUCTS - Available 21st September

Good morning! If you've been checking out our Facebook Page, you would have seen some sneak peeks of our latest products, which will be available in the Purple Pumpkin shop from 7pm this Friday, 21st of September.

We've got some new varieties of Flair Buttons (as well as restocks of our sold out lines)...

Do you like Flowers? We have a HUGE assortment of NEW FLOWERS, which will be loaded into the shop on Friday...

We've also got NEW Fabric Covered Buttons and wooden buttons too, so make sure you keep checking the Purple Pumpkin Facebook Page for the latest updates, and don't forget to check out the shop on Friday Night!

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Would you like to be part of our Design Team? You can find all the details of our DESIGN TEAM CALL HERE.

Hard at Work...

Don't we all think this most of the time!!!

Like we don't stop and are chasing our tails and not getting anywhere. With school holidays around the corner, this may change for me...as i stay home wherever possible!! Love to have a break from outside school activities and sport.

Today i would like to share a layout based on the Scrap the Girls challenge for Sept.

Kayley is up there with some of the Riverina talent for swimming...even though she tells us she "hates"it....LOL But she is just a natural in the water.Unlike her parents whom could sink after 1 lap..lol!!!

I love my spotty buttons and they are just perfect for any project.

And i love the Rounds. This one was perfect with the star...we think our daughter is a star and always tries to do her best!

Thanks for stopping by Purple Pumpkin. Have you checked out this months sketch?? THERE IS STILl plenty of time to enter.

Design Team Call!

It's that time again - time for our next DESIGN TEAM CALL! Our current design team have done a fabulous job for the last 6 months, and have created some beautiful projects. We think you'll agree that they have been AMAZING!! We'll be sad to see some of our fabulous designers go, but at the same time we're excited to see who'll apply to be part of our next Design Team!

We are looking for 3 new Design Team Members!

Do you love scrapbooking? Do you love blogging? Do you love PURPLE PUMPKIN EMBELLISHMENTS? If you answered YES, then we'd love to hear from you!

Here's what you need to do...

Email the following to purplepumpkincrafts@hotmail.com

* A brief paragraph about yourself, including your name and address, details of any design teams you are on (or have previously been on) and a link to your blog.

* 3 of your favourite layouts, cards or off the page projects, which show how you use our products.

**If you haven't had a chance to use Purple Pumpkin embellishments before, you can still apply. Make sure you check out our shop HERE to see what sort of products we offer**

Design team members will be appointed for a period of 6 months, and in that time you will receive PLENTY OF PRODUCT to work with as well as a DT Discount on all purchases during your dt term. As a design team member you will be required to

* Incorporate Purple Pumpkin embellishments on your projects where ever you can, and promote them on your blog.

* You will also be required to write 3-4 blog posts per month on the PP blog to showcase your work.

* Promote sales/giveaways etc.

* Provide a sample layout for our Monthly Sketch Challenge, and visit and comment on linked entries.

This Design Team Call is open to anyone, anywhere - International applicants are welcome to apply.

Applications need to be in by the midnight on 28th of September,and our new design team will be announced on the 1st of October.

Good Luck!

He's got the Island Spirit - Sarah G

Hi there from rainy NZ. I am going to share with you today a page that reminds me of tropical sunshine and cloudless skies (can you tell I am a summer person??).

 

I really love these photos of Benji at 2 in Fiji. I can't believe how much he has changed in barely a year. Look at those cute baby cheeks and his adorable curls :) I remember taking these photos after he got a new Fiji-style shirt. He really thought he was the bees knees!

I used a chipboard shape as a mask to spray the music notes onto the background. My papers are Amy Tangerine with a little OA (Woodland Park) in the mix.

Now for the Purple Pumpkin goodies. Check out the buttons that I arranged in a visual triangle around my page. I especially love the frog one. One of Benji's favourite memories of Fiji is of all the 'froggies' in the grass around our hotel so it was especially appropriate for this page about him.

 

 

 

The PP twine is one of my favourite products - I use it on almost every page I make. There are so many colours available that you can find one to co-ordinate with almost any colour scheme that you can dream up. Here I wound it around my buttons, used it as a tie for my tag and tied it into a bow for a bit of added interest :)

 

Oh, and don't forget to check out the Washi tape now available from PP - its another current obsession for me :) Its so versatile and adds a splash of colour to any page!

Have a great weekend everyone - and try to find some time for a little crafting.

 

 

Fun Friday! Chantal with you today...

Hello there!  Yay for Friday, hey?

Now today I'm taking a leaf out of one of the big department stores over here in Australia, David Jones' book, and putting up a Christmas layout in September!  LOL!  

Actually I noticed near the end of August all the Christmas stuff up at the above mentioned store and it actually inspired me to finally scrap this photo before this year's one gets done!  This year's been a bit like that!

So here's my layout called "Santa" and it is based on Creative Scrappers sketch #222...

I have used paint, gesso and a paper towel over my embossed cardstock for the background. :)

You can see my paper towel here in this close-up shot.  I think Santa's beard inspired me to use it... ha ha ha! ;)

I've done some fun and funky stitching on here using some red thread.  Just mixing it up a bit!  I haven't used that colour before - which is a bit weird as it's my favourite colour. :)

  

I've adhered a super cute fabric Christmas button from Purple Pumpkin's Store on the top of a cool 2 Crafty chipboard flourish that I painted to match my layout.  That gorgeous deer button is also from Purple Pumpkin's fantastic range of fabric covered buttons - you can check out the goods on offer at the moment right here right now!

I've also used a pink crochet doily on my layout cut up in such a way that I've managed to use it four times on my layout!

Firstly, I cut around the doily, to create a long line of crochet trim - which has been adhered to the bottom of the photograph.  I've cut the left-over middle circle in half and that's been tucked underneath the chipboard flourish and button.  The other half has been halved again and these two quarter circles are on the top right and bottom left of my layout - acting a little like photo corners. :)

I just love finding new ways to cut up dollies!  :D

Well that's all from me for today, thanks so much for visiting and have a great weekend!!!

Cheers,

Chantal

STACEY WITH YOU TODAY

Hi ladies, How are we all. Todays page i have to share  with you is of my youngest daughter Hayley.
She loves playing with my sunglasses, normally she wear them upside down as she doesnt like the arms around her ears, but i took a photo of her with them on the right way.

After taking a couple of photos, she snaped one of the arms off.

I love the bird button, which i got in my mixed lucky dip.

         The white doily i cut in half, then i placed the little yellow one on top.

         And the heart buttons are one of my favourite, they go with anything.

Just a reminder that you all have plenty of time left to enter our sketch comp.