The grey in the middle...

Hello dear bloggers, just a quick note to show you what I have been up to for the Black with Two DT.  This fortnights challenge is "black and white with stripes".  Hmmmmm black and white with stripes, sounds plain but you should see what the awesome DT has come up with: and here is mine.

I must say I am really happy with how the stamping technique turned out.  I have it hanging on the wall because the effect is best when looked at from a distance.  To be completely biased, how could I not love that layout when my beautiful princess is looking out at me.  There is still time for you to enter for the prize pack for this challenge so hop on over get some ideas and get striping!!

I am going to Perth tomorrow and will be going to a retreat in the south-west where we are being tutored by the most talented Nina Bagley!!!!!!!!!!!  I am so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think this is what I have been needing for the longest time.  Time for myself to focus, inspiration and nurturing from someone who has beauty emanating from all she does.  After that I will be flying to Camp Mojo with my beautiful soul sisters Jenny Burns and Mel Connell to meet up with all the lovely ladies from around the country to share laughs and layouts and have an experience that I am sure will help to shape the person I am from here.  And a big thanks to Anne-Marie Cox, one of the most fantastic ladies you will ever have the blessing to know for building the excitement and keeping us all focused on the end task: PPPPPAAAAAARRRRRTTTTTYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!  What this all means however is that I will not be around for a while as we will be away from home till the first week of August and while I thought I would endeavour to share along the way, I think I will take this opportunity to put myself in voluntary black out so as to fully commit myself to the goings on around me.  Thank you all for your understanding and support!
While I'm gone:

Take care of each other,
see you soon!
M xx

Baby Blues!

Baby blue would not have been one of the first choices of colour I would normally work with. Actually baby anything isn't really my usual style!! I didn't even dress my babies in baby colours, I was always more inclined to put them in really deep or vibrant colours. But never the less this fortnights challenge at BW2 is "BABY BLUE WITH HEARTS"!! And you should see the girls work!! Pop over and be inspired and get your layout up for your chance to win a great prize!!!!
So do you want to see what I did...?

I used an embossing folder and a rolling pin for the embossing around the edge of the page and then highlighted it with a treasure gold (only a blue one!).  And of course I can't go past a WOW chippy title, they always have the right thing to say!!!  The love hearts are just cut on my Big Shot.  I coloured the large chipboard hearts and title with iridescent medium tinted with paint and I spread it on thickly with a palette knife to give it some texture.  I have to say I love the simplicity of this layout, I think it describes how I feel about those three boys exactly... I just love love love them!!!!!!!!!!!!
Take care of each other, 
see you soon!
Megan B xx

Only a couple of days left!!!!!!!!

Hey girls you've only got a couple of days left to get an entry in to the Black With 2 challenge this month!! The criteria is black with gold and multiple photos!  Easy peasy!  Some great prizes are to be had for those they give it try! 
And here is my attempt:

Lots of pics and shiny gold stickers and of course a very fitting title thanks to WOW chipboard! 
I love this layout because it was such a fantastic day and these pics will forever remind me how lovely it is to be surrounded by true friends and those who share in the same passion as you!
Take care of each other,
see you soon!
M xx

Leaves you feeling dimensional!

Well, I hope everyone is in the middle of a very happy and safe Easter and I hope the Easter Bilby visits you with lots of sweet goodness tomorrow morning!!

I just thought I'd put up a couple of pics of a mirror I have done with some more WOW chipboard. I have used a a bit of chipboard fraying to make the leaves and butterflies look more dimensional and give them a bit of depth and movement. If you'd like to see the technique please drop over to the WOW DT blog and have a look, I have left detailed steps with pics!! I have tried to give you some different views here so you can get the feel for the dimension. The back ground is some lovely printed napkins!

Take care of each other,

see you soon!

Megan x

Black With Two... April 15??

Sorry Girls, I'm a bit late with this again, but better late than never! 

How striking is a black background?  I just love it, it makes everything pop!  I think it can be intimidating sometimes to try using soft colours with black but rather than over powering the gentle hues I actually think it gives a beautiful clean background that helps deepen all of your colours.  So here is my BW2 layout for this challenge...

That is my baby girl meeting my baby boy, seems like only yesterday!

This layout's criteria was black with fabric and yellow!  I truly did struggle with that because yellow is NOT my favourite colour.  But I am pretty pleased with how it come out.  I actually have had a heap of fun getting totally off track with hand dying! As I didn't have any yellow pigments AT ALL (no paint, no ink, no dye, no nothing, not even a piece of yellow paper!!!!) and with no LSS to pop into I had to be a bit creative and so I hand dyed some open weave muslin with some household products and food! It was great fun!! And I think it worked really well!  And I dyed a beautiful piece of vintage floral print fabric I had yellow as well and used it as my mats!  So come on girls get your creative caps on and get over to BW2 with a link to your entry, can't wait to see them all!

Take care of each other,

see you soon.

Megan B xx

April 1 Black with 2

I'm so sorry this didn't go out on the 1st like it was suppose to!  It loaded without pics! But I arrived home last night, so here are the pics!!

The challenge this month was BLACK WITH LAVENDER AND GLITTER!! What an awesome challenge and here is my layout:

I did the background with my Prima masks and Tsukineko glue pad and Mica D'Lights (the bestest most grown up glitter EVER!! Yum!)

I love how this layout turned out.  I am hoping to get the time to explain why I used what I did to create this layout, it completely describes my Kassidy, he is such a complicated, deep boy!  Dressing up and surprising me at the assembly just made him so happy, I love being apart of his journey!!

Hope to see all your layouts up on the Black with 2 site really soon! Don't forget there will be another challenge on the 15th of the month!  

Take care of each other,

see you soon!

Megan B xx

Yeeeehaaaaa!!

Ok, I just wanted to shout out to EVERYBODY who doesn't already know that I have been extremely lucky enough to be appointed to the Black with 2 Challenge Design Team!!!!!!!!! I feel so incredibly lucky to be working with a terrifically talented team on a terrific challenge site!  I really hope you will join in the fun and get in the running for some great prizes from our terrific sponsor, so pop over to the blog and keep up to date with the news and get on board!! Our first challenge is going out on APRIL 1, so get ready girls!!

And to celebrate, here's a layout I have done for the other fantastic design team I am spoilt enough to be involved in: WOW!!  With the chipboard I ran it through my zyron and then dusted it with Perfect Pearls! 

I have to let you in on a little trick I found out too!  I wanted to do a bit of embossing but didn't have any blue embossing powder, SO, I mixed a little Antiquities Frosted White embossing powder with Perfect Pearls Blue Smoke.  I think it worked really well, I was very happy with it!!

Take care of each other,

see you soon!

M xx