I also have to share my card created with my Card Sketch for this month (here).  I have kept my card very simple with tones of teal, brown and cream.

Supplies used:
Patterned papers, rhinestone swirl, flowers, pearls, lace, corner rubon, stamp - Kaiser
Cardstock – Bazzill (French Vanilla)
Rubon words – Basic Grey
Ink – Versacolor (Pinecone), Versafine (Vintage Sepia)

So I actually spent most of the day in the car with my family, who then left me at the Showgrounds whilst they hit the markets and playgrounds.  Apparently Gympie has the best playgrounds they have seen or played on.  The kids tried to convince Quentin that they needed to buy some Ducklings at the Country Markets too.

I had a wonderful time with Lisa and the girls, and the lunch provided by the Show Society was lovely.  I feel so honoured to have been invited to do the judging, and especially once I saw the quality of the entries.  I am pleased to say that the quality of the entries was both diverse and outstanding.  Many of the nineteen classes were hard to pick winners for and the Grand Champion choice was even harder.  I would like to thank Lisa and the Scrapbooking Committee for making my day so wonderful and for inviting me to be their 2012 Judge.

This is a pic of Lisa (who owns Craft With Attitude, Gympie), the girls from the Gympie Show Scrapbooking Committee and myself.

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 (gallery page) that contains your creation, not your general blog/gallery address.

You have until midnight on 14 June 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.  Winners are announced at the Scrapbook Fantasies Blog early in the following month.

This is what my Mum created with my sketch:

This is what Candy created with my sketch:

I have used all five colours (the light grey is the silver bling, silver letters and the lightest grey journaling pen I could find) in the scheme.  From the Evidence list I have used Websters Pages Bloomers, flowers, an oversized flower (well for me anyway) and bling.  The Testimony I included was to journal about the growth of Quentin’s love for his Grandma, to include a bit more journaling than I may have ordinarily on this page, and to use the inspiration words of extreme and growth (actually growing) in my journaling.

This is my layout:

The journaling reads:  “Quentin calls his Grandma, Mar Heidke.  He loves her so very much, and that love is always growing stronger as time goes by.  It may sound extreme for a 38 year old man to love his Grandma so much, but thats LOVE.”

Supplies used:
Cardstock – Bazzill (white), Coredinations Vintage (orange)
Patterned paper – Prima (Almanac)
Textured cardstock – Core’dinations
Flowers – Prima (orange), Websters Pages (green Bloomers)
Netting – Websters Pages
Bling – Zva Creative (orange swirls), Kaiser (silver strips)
Lace – Birch Australia
Pen – American Crafts Memory Marker (grey)
Lettering – American Crafts Thickers
Template – Crafters Workshop
Texture Paste – Jo Sonja
Ink – Versacolor (pinecone), Tim Holtz Distress Ink (spiced marmalade)
Mist – Glimmermist (perfect peach, peach delight)
Printed chipboard – Basic Grey

I have also been altering notebooks for the Mothers Day Stall at School tomorrow, only a couple left to go.  I have added a flower to the covers, lined the inside and back covers and tied ribbons on the spines.  I made some similar ones last year and the year before.

Supplies used:
Kraft background – Sei Field Notes
Shield paper – Making Memories
Butterflies – Graphic 45 Kraft Reflections
Lace paper – KI Memories
Doily – WeR Memory Keepers Anthologie
Ribbon & tassels – Green Tara
Kraft doilies – Maya Road
Flowers – Hero Arts
Pearl swirl – My Minds Eye
Template – Crafters Workshop
Pins – Heidi Grace
Pearls – Kaiser (strip & single)
Lettering – American Crafts Thickers
Ink – Colorbox, Tim Holtz Distress Ink (worn lipstick)
Mist – Glimmermist
Pen – Uniball Gel
Stamp – Colop (date)

I also put together 12 new hair clips for Naomi-Jon yesterday, and repaired one that had the clip broken on it.  This is one of the only things (other than a ceiling fan) that you will see me use hot glue on, and they are so fun to put together.  I have used flowers from Prima, Green Tara, Petaloo and Manor House Creations.  I know she will love them, and a couple of them are the beautiful royal blue that matches her school uniform too.

I also wanted to share a pic of the prize I won from Scrapbooking Memories.  I posted a little while ago that I won their challenge for for Vol14 No6 (here).  Well this is the American Crafts prize pack that I won.  I am only keeping two packs of thickers, three pieces of paper and a pack of the felt details stickers for myself.  I am actually giving the rest to my Mum and Candy (my right-hand-woman) as they are one of the biggest reasons why I get to create.  Their support is something I truly value and they are two of the most creative women I know.  I couldn’t run my business, spend time with my famly and find the time to be creative without both of these special women.

This is the palette:

And this is what I created:

Supplies used:
Patterned papers – Sei
Flowers & pin - Prima
Pearls & jewels – Prima
Ribbon & lace – Green Tara
Mist – Glimmermist
Punch – EK Success
Pen – Zig Writer (navy)
Ink – Adirondack (denim)
Letters – American Crafts Thickers