Kellie Winnell

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I hope all you mum’s out there had a fabulous Mother’s Day.  I was very lucky and even got breakfast in bed cooked all by my girls!  Then we all sat around in bed, Pippa included.  Not long after that but it was all go, go with having a family BBQ lunch here and then heading out to the in-laws for dinner there.  It was a fabulous day and I felt very special.

So now I have a double dose of my Monday Instagram for you all seems as though I missed last week……

Come along and LINK up with your week…..

Before I start my usual SMASH*ing Sunday post I just want to wish all the Mum’s a VERY Happy Mother’s Day.  I was so lucky to get scrambled eggs and a coffee bought to me in bed, no help from hubby at all, so sweet.  We are about to head out for a Mother’s Day dinner with my inlaws and we had a BBQ lucnh with my mum and aunt so I am just catching a little blog time….

I am using a new digital girl coming to Angie Delarie’s esty shop tomorrow!  I actually made two pages but I used another of these cute to boot girls and she is being released next week, so you will have to wait till my next SMASH*ing Sunday post.  But for now here is my page….

Chloe is FOREVER picking flowers and leaves for me from her kindergarten, if she goes for a walk with hubby she comes home with a leaf for me or a flower and I basically try and at least keep one.  I decided to smash one of the leaves.  And the photo if you look it’s the back of Chloe and she is holding a pink flower.  We took a walk to the postal box and she bough home a handful FULL of flowers.

I am really happy with how this turned out, at start nothing was coming together and I was starting to think I might have lost my SMASH* mojo. The flat back button is NEW and coming to Freckles & Pigtails. I decided to use a BUNCH of my NEW Amy Tangerine stickers and what not.

If you are looking for my Saturated Canary and Freckles & Pigtails blog hop post that is running until the 16th click HERE….

The Twinery and DeNami Design Rubber Stamps are coming together to share amazing creations with both products, which is pretty exciting!

If you have come from Laurie Willison and her inspirational creation then you are on the right hop track.  But if not and you want to start from the start then you can do so by starting at The Twinery Blog

Here is what I created using a gorgeous sentiment stamp along with what has to be my favourite colour to date Caribbean…

I wanted to keep my card simple but BRIGHT and colourful to cheer someone up when they are feeling under the weather and the new Amy Tangerine line was perfect for this.  And the Get Well Soon sentiment stamp from Denami Design Rubber Stamps is a perfect fit and I love the font.  I also added a Freckles & Pigtails fabric yoyo and a new flat back button coming in June.

And the prize, oh this is the exciting part…..

Next on your hop is the talented Lisa Petrella

To be eligible for prizes, you have to leave a comment on all the amazing designers participating in the blog hop.

Deadline to leave comments is 11:59pm, EDT, Saturday, May 12th.

Winners will be announced on The Twinery Blog on Sunday, May 13th.

xx

Welcome to a SMASH*ing Hop hosted by Krista from Saturated Canary and ME from Freckles & Pigtails.  We are joined by some talented SMASH*ers and we have so many amazing sponsors and prizes, that we are all so excited.  This has been in the making for about a month or so and it’s been hard not to burst.

Saturated Canary is giving away a $25 voucher for her NEW store [when up and running VERY soon].  How amazing is that and is sure to get you a few images to add to your collection or start.  Freckled & Pigtails is giving away also a $25 voucher.  [Due to being ill store update was moved back].  With so many NEW and exciting things coming to store that can be used for many forms of crafts, scrapbooking, cardmaking, SMASH*ing and so much more a little something for everyone.

Freckles & Pigtails is giving away one NEW stamp set “Boy [Hearts] Girl” on all the girls in the hop.  YUP that is a total of 8 chances to win yourself a new little stamp set…

IF YOU HAVE COME FROM EMMA then you are on track.  If not you can start from the start at Carisa’s blog.

Blue Bazaar a online store here in Australia that also ships international is giving all you hoppers a 15% OFF in their store by using the code BB-BLOG. How amazing is that, and you have till the 31st of May to use it.  I know I will be!

My personal sponsor is Kimm from The Beary Scrap and she has been amazing and allowing me to give away a SMASH*ing prize.  You will get all of the following…

• A SMASH* Book OF CHOICE
• A SMASH* Pad OF CHOICE
• and a Washi Tape OF CHOICE

That right there is a bit of everything you would need to get started if your a newbie or help to stock up if your as obsessed as I am.

So time to get to my pages.  Because Krista and I are the orgainsers we both gave the girls things from our store to smash with and here is what I came up with….  I am not overly happy with it, but being sick I left it till last minute and I wont lie I not long finished it.  I am happy with it, but for the hop I wanted to do something WOW and just don’t feel like it has that wow factor if that makes sense but something that is very close to my heart.  It was my brother anniversary the other day he would had been turning 27 this year….

See I really wasn’t lying look at all the mess around the book, lol.  I used the wedding SMASH* book for this as I am not using it for that but I don’t really have a theme, but if I had to give it one it would be FAMILY….  I really love the Noctura version of the song that is slightly different from the Offspring version, but my brother would hate to know I did a page on him and NOT used Offspring, so I sort of compromised….  I did all the lyrics of Offspring…..

NEXT ON YOUR HOP LIST IS KIMM and her SMASH*ing pages.

I did mention we have many sponsors and here is a list of what you will be in the running for by hopping along to each blog.

• 2 x $10 vouchers from Freckled Fawn
• $35 voucher from Cute Tape
• $50 Prize Pack from Blue Bazaar
• Amy Tangerine 6×6 paper pad, Amy Tangerine Embellishments, Mini SMASH* book, Camera Die Cuts designed by Kimm herself and something NO ONE else will have from The Beary Scrap.

As well as the prizes that are being given away by Saturated Canary and Freckles & Pigtails.

Blog HOP LIST….

HOW to be in it for a chance to WIN?  Leave a comment ON EVERY blog in the hop.  Be sure to read all the requirements on each blog as some might be different.  And you have until MAY 16th ….  That is SO much time to get around to everyone, because you wont want to miss your chance at winning any of the amazing prizes. IF YOU HAVE TROUBLES COMMENTING ON MY BLOG PLEASE check the link HERE…. As it explains how to make it work.

xx

So you might be wondering where is my SMASH*ing Sunday, Instagram Monday, Girl Giving a Tip Tuesday, Wordless Wednesday and Read it Thursday………….. WOW that is a lot!  Or you may not give a hoot, haha.  I have not been well with a cold that was kicking my butt….  Today is the best I have felt, YAY *runs and touches wood* and so I am hoping it’s on leave and finding another victim.  So I am going to have to skip them and just give you all a double dose of instagram photos next Monday.  I will share some SMASH* during the week in fact later today for a hop I am part of AND wow do we have some giveaways from so many sponsors.

I have a BUNCH of things to now catch up on due to being sick, lacking energy and letting things pile up…………….well more than usual.  I mean as fun as I am sure it is that the girls climb “mount washmore” I can’t keep pulling it off as a clothes sculptural, people are catching on.  That and it’s getting harder to close the door and ram it all in.  OK maybe I made it out to be a tiny bit worse than it is, but it’s getting close.  Like I’m almost there, give it another day and we may not of had anything to wear at all haha.  Again a bit on the extreme side there.

Random Fact :- I thought seems as though I was just sick, I would share some light on something…… When I am sick, the world is coming to an end and there is a slight chance I might just be dying from a cold or what ever it is I have.  When I get a cold, I get what most people know it as when a male comes down with it, better known as, MAN FLU, only I’m female, I’m not sure how it works just yet.  It might be because when my hubby gets sick with anything you would never know, as he says, tough as nails, and he moves on, me on the other hand not so much.  I usually make best friends with the couch or bed, depending on how bad the said sickness is.  And what always baffles me is that when it’s something that I have to sleep through, migraine etc I sleep for what feels like a day or two and yet the next day after getting better I feel exhausted…..

So there you have another Random Fact about me, what about you?  I love reading when people comment with one of theirs so share away.

xo

So I have wanted to start something like this for a while, I think I am running out of days to schedule things for lol, but I love this lil blog of mine and if I could or more so had the time, I would blog every day, 3 times a day, I seriously would.  But then I might actually run out of things to say/blog about, I know SHOCK horror, never heard of.

You know how you either catch up in person with crafty friends [even non crafty friends] or you chat on line, facebook, skype etc and a topic comes up on something you make or do.  And you add something that you do every time to make things easier and the person/s turn and are shocked they never thought of that, they try your idea and WOW it really is easier!

This is my idea of this topic.  Mind you I am not saying I am some Einstein, I mean I don’t have grey hair and I’m female, lol.  And my tips might not always be crafty they might be a simple as something like………….. Did you know Milo and Coffee together = AHmazing!  Dang there goes one already, I might run out in a month haha!

So here is my….

Tip #1 – Now I don’t think many of you would be shocked to hear that this tip is for SMASH*ing.  What you will need?  POST IT NOTES.  Now I know I look though my SMASH* books all the time, most of the time I like looking through the new ones that I have not gotten to yet.  Don’t ask me why but I do.  And then every now and then I see a page that I have the perfect idea for, a week later when I sit to smash the idea, I have forgotten what it was.  BUT now most of my books and even the ones I am working on a FULL of post it notes!  I write the idea down, and in fact sometimes I get out my book or books and sit, just doing this, just thinking of ideas or photos that would suit and writing it on the post it note and sticking it down.  Seriously this has been such a BIG help for me.  Sometimes I even write more on the post it note, for example one I am reading now…..

• Photo of Heidi and Chloe
• Use Queen and Princess image from SC
• Doilies, yoyos and washi.

I wrote all that because in my head I can see them suiting the theme and this way when I get to that page [most likely this weekend haha] I know what I need to use, what image and what photo I had in mind.

Not a photo smasher?  That’s ok you can still do it!  Things like movie page, coffee page, top 10 page etc.  It’s a really good help to get your mojo going too.  Also if you aren’t going to start a book for a while, because your already working on one and you don’t want to move on until your finished, but you have all these ideas.  This is how you wont forget them.

I hope this tip has helped you. xx

I want to thank everyone that took party and left amazing comments and came along to follow my blog facebook.

I might keep this a little short I am not feeling the best all of a sudden as of about 15 minutes ago, a few hot flushes and now my stomach seems to be turning.  NOT that you all really needed to know that.

I used random.org and the lucky number is……. [8] which is, Kerri West.

CONGRATULATIONS Kerri!  Be sure to email me kelliewinnell@gmail.com with your mailing address and I can post it out to you this week as it’s already packed and sitting on my sideboard ready for posting.

xx