Hi my name is Alicia Redshaw and I live in Gladstone, Queensland. I am married to the most amazing man, and believe it or not we have been in love for over 19 years. We share three beautiful and talented children. I own Scrapbook Fantasies and love that my life is full of creativity and I get the opportunity to meet new people every day. 
Card Sketch Challenge – January 2012
By Alicia.R. | January 15, 2012
If you want to have a go at my Card Sketch and you want to win a voucher from Scrapbook Fantasies all you have to do is:
1. Make a card or creation using my sketch (above)
2. Upload your card or creation to the Scrapbook Fantasies Gallery (here). You can also upload it to your blog or another gallery/forum where it can be publicly viewed, but please make sure you link back to here so that others can have a go and view the submitted works as well.
3. Come back here and add your name and the link to your creation using the Inlinkz tool below. You must do this step to be eligible for the prize. (If you have trouble with this just email me and I will do my best to help) Please only link to the blog post that contains your creation, not your general blog address.
You have until midnight on 14 February 2012 (the time counter below will let you know how long you have).
I will draw one random who will receive a $15 voucher from Scrapbook Fantasies.
New Copic Colours
By Alicia.R. | January 10, 2012
Copic have released the exciting news that there will be 12 new Copic Sketch pens available in February. Scrapbook Fantasies have a great deal if you pre-order all 12, which I have already done today. Marianne Walker has a great post on her blog about the inspiration for these great new colours.
Image created by Marianne Walker – Copic USA
(http://www.ilikemarkers.blogspot.com/)
New Classes
By Alicia.R. | January 9, 2012
I had a very productive weekend finishing the sample pages for the next four weeks of Scrapbooking Classes at Scrapbook Fantasies. You can view sneak-peeks at My Classes page or the Scrapbook Fantasies Blog.
{I have fixed the incorrect dates on My Classes page}
Layout Sketch Challenge – January 2012
By Alicia.R. | January 1, 2012
If you want to have a go at my Layout Sketch and you want a chance to win a $15 voucher all you have to do is:
1. Create a layout using my sketch (above)
2. Upload your layout to the Scrapbook Fantasies Gallery (here). You can also upload it to your blog or another gallery/forum where it can be publicly viewed, but please make sure you link back to here so that others can have a go and view the submitted works as well. (Please only link to the blog post that contains your layout, not your general blog address)
3. Come back here and add your name and the link to your layout using the Inlinkz tool below. You must do this step to be eligible for the prize. (If you have trouble with this just email and I will do my best to help you)
You have until midnight on 31 January 2012 (the time counter below will let you know how long you have).
I will draw a random winner who will receive a $15 voucher from Scrapbook Fantasies.
The winner of my Layout Sketch Challenge – December 2011 is Rachel, and you can view her layout here. Congratulations Rachel!
Good luck and have fun!
A Quick Card
By Alicia.R. | December 31, 2011
This is the card I created using my December Card Sketch and a Card Kit ($2.50) purchased from Scrapbook Fantasies. All I have added is inking, a stamped sentiment, Prima flowers and some diecutting with Spellbinders in the Cuttlebug. I altered the design slightly by moving the sentiment to the base of an easel card design. The whole card took less than half an hour including inking, stamping and diecutting.
As corny as this sounds “I’ll see you all next year”. Here’s to a creative 2011 and looking forward to an even more creative 2012.
Christmas Makes
By Alicia.R. | December 31, 2011
I also forgot to share the ornaments and notebook I made for the December Card Club at Scrapbook Fantasies. Once again I won’t go into the details, and anyone needing more info is welcome to leave a message or send me an email and I will be happy to help.
Some Layouts I Forgot
By Alicia.R. | December 30, 2011
I was just going through my image folders doing a tidy-up before the new year starts on Sunday and found some layout images that I forgot to share. I won’t go into the details as I did them a couple of months ago, but anyone with questions is welcome to leave a comment or email me.
A Quick Layout
By Alicia.R. | December 30, 2011
I created this quick layout this afternoon using my December Layout Sketch and a Creative Kit ($5) purchased from Scrapbook Fantasies. All I have added is some flowers, pearl swirls and leftover lettering from a past project. Because I used a 5″x7″ photograph I couldn’t fit the journaling in the original place, so it had to replace the second photograph. I created the whole layout in just under an hour including the stamped background, inking and journaling.
I have added an image of next weeks class to My Classes page.
Card Sketch Challenge – December 2011
By Alicia.R. | December 15, 2011
If you want to have a go at my Card Sketch and you want to win a voucher from Scrapbook Fantasies all you have to do is:
1. Make a card or creation using my sketch (above)
2. Upload your card or creation to the Scrapbook Fantasies Gallery (here). You can also upload it to your blog or another gallery/forum where it can be publicly viewed, but please make sure you link back to here so that others can have a go and view the submitted works as well.
3. Come back here and add your name and the link to your creation using the Inlinkz tool below. You must do this step to be eligible for the prize. (If you have trouble with this just email me and I will do my best to help) Please only link to the blog post that contains your creation, not your general blog address.
You have until midnight on 14 January 2012 (the time counter below will let you know how long you have).
I will draw one random who will receive a $15 voucher from Scrapbook Fantasies.
What happened in November
By Alicia.R. | December 5, 2011
I thought I should put together a bit of an update on what happened in November, since I had a bit of a blogging break.
Mum had the tumour removed from her leg and a large dual skin graft left in it’s place. We then received the good news that they got all of the cancer and she is on the mend. She has her next skin cancer scan in February and until then she is happy to be cancer free.
Milton had his braces removed after nearly two and half years, and he looks fantastic. He is pleased to have them off and is wearing his retainer diligently to keep his fabulous new smile.
Milton turned 14 and received a drum kit from us as his gift. He is quite good at playing the drums and likes to show-off all the time.
Noah kept developing in leaps and bounds with some serious communication and social improvements.
Naomi-Jon enjoyed the easing of her school workload and the impending end of the school year.
Quentin spent most of the month being a Superintendent which was good for his stress levels most of the time. He did finish the month in limbo, but is now back to being a Superintendent again.
I took a break from blogging and art, and still managed to have very little time to myself outside of work.
So basically that is what we did in November along with a few end of year school activities, a couple of concerts, choir and band tours and the usual dose of Scouting.
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