Craft Blogging Central monthly challenge .....

Hello Friends ,

There is a really great design challenge over @ Craft Blogging Central !!! that I wanted to tell you about the theme is "Halloween".

As you know by now I am on the DT for CBC and here is a sneak peek at what I created for this months challenge ..

Hop on over to the blog to see what I made.

The other DTs came up with some really great projects too !!

So we would really like you to join us and share your Halloween Inspired projects !!!!

 ~ C x 

Blog Buttons ....

I have been blogging for almost 4 years, during that time i have never been able to figure out how to make blog buttons and I couldn't get my head around hmtl coding !! So when It came to blog designs, buttons and graphic changes here and there,  I often paid for someone to do it for me..

However, when I started Lemon Paper designs I decided that I would grow and love my blog at my own pace. I originally purchased my blog design from Beautiful Dawn designs which i love and it fits so well with what I wanted, but now my blog is growing I want to make a few little changes here and there, like blog buttons and social icons..

So this past weekend I was determined to learn how to make a blog button, with html coding !!!

Google and pinterest were my go to places for tutorial and i found this really good tutorial  which I followed and made this blog button ..

Its not perfect and a little plain, but I made it with a code that, I could now add to my sidebar :)

I made this button this morning ..

Wondering what this button is for ???  Well starting this Saturday I will be hosting Lemon Paper Designs, 1st linky party were you will be invited to link up craft projects, recipes, tutorials anything goes ... This is something that I have decided to bring from my previous blog...

Getting back to today's post, my point is.. even though these buttons aren't perfect they are a huge milestone for me, I made them, which just goes to show with a little time and patience you can achieve almost anything ...

What do you think to the buttons ???

How confident are you changing your blog design around ??

Please share with me below, I would love to here your thoughts  

 ~ C x 

August BAP (Prima Sketch Challenge)

If you have been reading my blog over the past few months, you will know how much i love Prima Products!!

I was so happy to find that they have a monthly sketch challenge!

Its really difficult to find a UK based stockist, with a wide range of products, so the main problem i faced with this challenge was using 90% Prima products, however i did order a class kit directly from Prima last month and was able to use the papers in the layout ...

Here is the sketch.

Here is my layout inspired by this sketch ...

I love that these colours co-ordinate with the colours of the photo, which by the way is my oldest 2 girls on our family holiday earlier this year, those water guns kept them entertained for hours and hours ....

The paper is from the Leeza Gibbons "Wishes & Dreams" collection

The challenge is open until the end of August, you can read more about it here ..

good luck

Exciting news and sneak peek

If you have stopped by my blog over the last couple of days you may have noticed a new button on the top right of my page ??

I am excited to share with you that I am part of Craft Blogging Central 's Design Team !!! I still haven't stopped smiling yet... I am part of a lovely team and I am looking forward to getting to know the other ladies too..

Our first challenge is coming up this Thursday August 1st until August 28th the challenge is " Anything Goes" , we would love for YOU to join us too !!

Here is a sneak peek of my project

 

You can join the Facebook group here or visit the blog and meet the other DTs here ;)

Looking forward to seeing what you create !

 

Sketchbook 365 Challenge layout

Scrap365 is my favourite magazine , I have been wanting to take part in one of their sketchbook 365 challenges for a while..

So here is my entry for the August Sketch Challenge, which closes August 8th , so you still have time to enter too!!

Here is the sketch.

I personally love this layout..

Here is my interpretation...

I used mostly this months Studio Calico scrapbook kit (my favourite so far)..

I wanted to the colours to reflect the photo, so pink from my baby girl and the yellow/gold of the Egyptian sand..

These cork Thickers were also part of the kit and match the theme beautifully.

I included a doilie and a glassine bag.

There are some really great layouts inspired by this sketch too..

Good luck if you enter too

 

Curbing the spending ... Update

Last Thursday I posted about a personal mini challenge, curbing the online spending !

So I thought I would drop into today to give you a little update...

So far so good...

Don't get me wrong there have been times over this past week when I have be tempted to spend , especially when one of your favourite bloggers announces on twitter that she is having a de-stash of her paper/embellishments ect .... However I didn't respond

No eBay purchases , no new products for the shop, which I think I may sell some limited addition grab bags of products... So I can have some time to re-evaluate....

I have to confess though, today I couldn't resist the special offer studio calico were offering $10 off! This months Card Kit!! I think so far this has been my favourite kit, the colours, embellishments really appeal to my style..

 

But that's it no more spending

 

NSD Challange 24 - MILESTONE

This past weekend celebrated NSD ( National Scapbooking Day ). To celebrate this awesome day Two Peas in a Bucket set some Scapbooking challenges !!

 

So, not to miss out on the fun I decided to scrapbook a page for one of the challenges..

 

Challenge number 24 ! Is Scrapbook a Milestone

I couldn't find the photograph I wanted for this page :( however I did find a cute polariod of my youngest daughter having her feet measured and her first shoes..

 

This was a huge milestone for her, up until then she hated shoes and spent the first year in socks or nothing at all!!

How funny another year makes , as now she loves!! Shoes and everybody else's.

 

Linking up @ Shimelle.com

 

Happy Crafting