BLOG HOP - MEGS GARDEN

Welcome to the Meg’s Garden Design Team Blog Hop!

if you arrived here from  Adriana’s (http://abinspirations.blogspot.com.au)

   you are on the right way

We are circling the globe this weekend. 

We start in the Adelaide Hills at Meg’s Garden in Hahndorf,

 South Australia & then head down the hill to Adelaide to visit 

Adriana, Heather, Chantal & Denise.

 We then hop almost all the way across Australia to Ashby, 

Western Australia to Jen. 

After a long hop across the ocean to South Africa we visit Evgenia.  

Then North to Sylvie in France, Lill in Sweden, & Elena in Belarus. 

  Another log hop across another ocean to Canada where we pop in to Stephanie & Vicky.  Back downunder again to Sandrine in Queensland, Shell in Victoria, then to Victor Harbor to blog at Gayle’s in South Australia & then up the hill back to Meg’s Garden.

How many time zones was that??

Each blog hop will have an Eye Candy especially chosen by that blogger from Meg’s Garden!

These will be shown on www.megsgarden.com 

and also on that Design Team member’s blog.

 Meg’s Garden is also giving away one goodies package to one lucky winner chosen from those who survived the oceans, desert & maybe some snow!

What will it be??  Posting at the start of the blog hop.

All you have to do is become a follower of the Meg’s Garden Blog 

and “like us” on Facebook, as well as visit each participating blog, 

become of follower of those blogs and leave a comment.

The blog hop order!

Meg’s Garden – Australia – http://megsgardenblog.blogspot.com

Adriana Bolzon – Australia - http://abinspirations.blogspot.com.au/

you are here -Heather Jacob – Australia –  http://heatherartandlife.blogspot.com.au/

Chantal VanDenberg – Australia 
http://girlsjustwannascrapbook.blogspot.com.au/

Denise Boddey – Australia - http://passionscrapping.blogspot.com/

Jenny   Burns – Australia - http://burns900.blogspot.com.au

Evgenia Petzer – South Africa - http://evgeniapetzer.blogspot.com/

Sylvie Peixoto  - France - http://scrapdream.canalblog.com/

Ulrika Blomfelt - Sweden - http://www.lillblommanskapar.blogspot.com.au/

Elena Olinivech – Belarus - http://eleele-handmade.blogspot.com/

Stephanie Dinnell  - Canada - http://scrappers-heavencanada.blogspot.ca/

Vicky Alberto – Canada - http://simplypaperandcreativity.blogspot.ca

Sandrine Dawes – Australia - http://sandrinedawes10.blogspot.com.au/

Shell Carmen – Australia - http://www.anotherscrappyday.blogspot.com/

Gayle Price – Australia – http://blissandgesso.blogspot.com/

When you have visited everyone return to the 
Meg’s Garden blog 

and leave us a comment letting us know how much fun you had!

If you post about this blog hop on your own blog you will be entered into the drawing twice for an extra chance to win!

We are sure you will be inspired by our talented design team!

There are lots of goodies to win and you won’t want to miss out on one.

The blog hop is, of course, 0pen to international entries.

The hop will start on 30th November, 2012 at 5pm & you have until Monday 3^rd December, 2012 at 5pm SA time (Central Summer Time South Australia) to complete the hop.

The winner will be announced on the Meg’s Garden blog on 5th December (Meg’s birthday).

Be sure to check back on that day to see if you have won…

Have Fun!

Meg’s Garden – http://www.megsgarden.com

your next stop is with the beautiful creative 

Chantal VanDenburg  

Blog candy give-away YOU could be the lucky winner !!

Mini papers/Cardmaker pack, Musical Christmas papers.

 Each pack also includes a piece with pics of the papers in the pack.

 Ribbon, white paper flowers, and Collage papers .

HAVE FUN 

hugz from heather x

TASTING XMAS BERRIES

Recently I had this Xmas themed layout published in 

AUSTRALIAN SCRAPBOOK IDEAS - Issue 17 

on sale now .

'TASTE'

My approach to this layout

I adore this pic of my Grand daughter eating strawberries on Xmas day a few years ago.

I wanted to give a Christmas feel to the page without typical Christmas colors .

  Pink and black are my choice, and the white ink brushed around the edges of the black card and the fine fibres of muslin suggests soft snow to me.

 The circles are a graphic interpretation of the berries and the handmade flowers to me represent our table setting where I always have beautiful flowers as a centre piece .

 I definitely prefer non-traditional colors at  Christmas time. 

hope you buy this mag it is full of inspiration .

Here is another of 3 projects I created for the magazine - ISSUE 17 

hope I have inspired you in some way 

hugz from Heather x

OPEN GARDEN DELIGHT

CASE FILE #47 IS READY TO SOLVE

CSI 

'OPEN GARDEN DELIGHT '

 OUR beautiful friends Ros and Tony Hurren open their historic garden every year to raise money for charity 

Their home and garden is nested in the heart of Crafers a small town  in the Adelaide Hills South Australia. 

EVIDENCE 

Flourishes, Stripes, Frames

TESTIMONY 

The garden is pure delight. I love to stand still and hear the music as soft breezes rustle through the leaves and contented birds sing in the treetops. Wonderful for my soul.

The structure in the pic is at the top of a sunken bowling green. Yes a bowling green !!!!

Our beautiful friends Ros and Tony Hurren own a magnificent property nestled in the heart of Crafers. 

which features an historic garden named 'NARRINYERI' .

SUMMER brings with it in 'ABUNDANCE' in the garden. Subtle shadows and leaf size shadows cast a spell over me as I wander through this natural tapestry of dreams and garden treasures. 

In times gone by I can only imagine the wonder of delicious afternoon teas with scones, jam and cream .. 

and friendly competitive games of bowls ... 

Some of these words I journaled on the back of my layout .

The garden is open this weekend 24th and 25th November .

www.opengarden.org.au   

these pics above are taken by Ros Hurren
Just to give you some more snippetts of the stunning garden .

hope you have a play at solving this case 

warm hugz from Heather x

MEG'S GARDEN BLOG HOP - STAYED TUNED

Mark your calendars for the

Meg’s Garden Design Team Blog Hop!

one of the longest Blog Hops ever done – around the World.

From Wikipedia:  ‘Phileas Fogg is the main fictional character in the 1873 Jules Verne novel 

‘Around the World in Eighty Days’.

Fogg attempts to circumnavigate the late Victorian world in eighty days, or less, for a wager of £20,000 with members of London’s Reform Club.  He takes the wager and leaves with Passepartout, vowing to return by 8:45 pm on Saturday 21 December 1872. Under suspicion of robbing the Bank of England,  he is followed by a detective named Fix. Fogg has no idea about Fix's true intentions and Fix (wanting to get Fogg back to England so that he can arrest him) works with Fogg in the last half of the book.

While in India he saves a widowed princess, named Aouda from  Suttee during her husband's funeral. Passepartout rescues her and she accompanies Fogg for the rest of his journey. She and Fogg eventually fall in love and marry at the end of the book. Fix, who is really supposed to arrest Fogg, attempts to sabotage him by putting him in prison near the end of the book but he is quickly released. Fogg, who has been careful to keep track of every day in his diary, believes that he arrives home on Sunday and that he has lost his bet. However, he discovers, almost too late, that he has forgotten to adjust his timekeeping for having crossed the International Date Line and he wins his bet after all.’

Phileas Fogg had 80 days to circle the globe - we are allowing 4 days only but we have an advantage over his modes of travel – he had to catch trains, ride an elephant, an air balloon & more....

Make sure you complete the list – become a follower, like us on FB & leave a comment – at each blog.

Starts 30, November 2012 for 3 days at 5:00 p.m.

Eye Candy at each blog & a prize at the end !!

LOTS OF FUN 

EXPRESSION of COLOUR

Today is my turn over at

 GREEN TARA 

'ART'

I built this layout around one of my fave stamps 

'As long as we have memories,

YESTERDAY remains.

As long as we have hope,

TOMORROW  awaits,

As long as we have ART,

TODAY is wonderful'

I 'D LIKE  TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT  THE MEANING BEHIND THIS PAGE

As I am becoming older I feel more comfortable with who I am .

When I looked at my completed page I noticed the connecting thread of the colors ,

 art brings all parts of me together, the healer, my inner child, the warrior, my professional self,

 my nurturing side, and my passionate self.

Art to me is an expression  of color and design reflecting my inner self, my mind body and soul .

Each color has its own meaning and energy

Green/ balance

 yellow / communication

Pink/ compassion

 white /actualising

Black / strength.

I have journaled these words on the back of my layout for future reading and reflection.

  Pink Roses, pink rose buds, white flower sprays, 

deep pink and pink cherry blossoms mixed with green leaves .

Pink and green are such beautiful complimentary colors

 and these blooms showcase them perfectly 

GREEN TARA MATERIALS

White flower spray

FDVO45 Wh

Rose buds pink

FDVO25P

Rose  2cm pink

FDR006P

Cherry Blossoms 3 cm Pink

FLC22PP

Other materials used

Imaginarium designs, leaves die cut / memory box, Vintage brads/creative charms , crafters workshop mask, Vera color ink , muslin, white bazzill, basic grey paper. Hero arts stamp.

'JUST YOU' 

 This pic of Ella matched perfectly with the Turquoise blooms. I added the kraft/ brown flowers as a complimentary color, and White/ivory always finds a place in my work …

GREEN TARA MATERIALS

Rose white 3 cm

FDRO24 Wh

Rose Ivory 3 cm

FDRO24Iv

Rose Ivory 2 cm

FDROo6Iv

Rose Light Brown 2 cm

FDROO6LB

Maple leaves Gold

LAGO  4.5 cm  

Flower spray white

FDVO45 Wh

Flower spray Turquoise

PFST4

White gardenia 6cm

FDVO54 Wh

Other materials used

Kaiser paper, cardstock, Pink Paisley, basic Grey, Gesso, Creative Charms brads, Collections/ rulers, Imaginarium designs chipboard, Butterfly/heart/frame/ .Tim Holtz/ film strip,

Lace, Tea dyed muslin.

Another  layout to share with you.

This is a layout I created from a sketch 

as a GUEST DESIGNER over at Scrapfriends.

'DELIGHT' 

this delightful pic was taken by

 TARA of SIMPLY PHOTOGRAPHIC 

hope I have inspired you to have a play with these delish blooms 

there are so many to choose from in all shades and hues .

GREEN TARA 

thanks for dropping by and for taking the time to leave me some blog love 

I read and digest every word 

warm hugxz xoxox

GUEST DESIGNING

over at 

OUAS

here is what Nadia had to say .

I would also love to welcome as a Guest Designer 

the winner of the September challenges Heather Jacob,

 who already is part of the family here since she was one

 of our very first Designers here.

 Welcome Heather :) Nice to have you here even just for a short while !!

Firstly I am so honoured and delighted to be invited to guest design here at Once upon a sketch. 

My journey as part of the OUAS Design team 2011 was exciting and it is so wonderful to be back again, thanks Nadia x

Below is the spectacular sketch by Nadia .

We were given a free range with the journaling

I chose our daughter's Birthday celebration. 

 'CELEBRATE' 

 my journaling reads :

we celebrated your 38th birthday at one of your fave places,THE STAR OF GREECE.  

You are always the life of the party. Love you forever my beautiful girl xoxoxo

 GREEN TARA BLOOMS 

black roses are so striking .

materials.

Prima paper/stamp/ light bulbs, Tim Holtz rosettes diecut/ key/metal label holder /rusty hinge stain,

 Imaginarium designs Chipboard,  

Scrapmattrix chipboard, vintage brads, foliage die cut/ cottage cutz, 

gesso , crafters workshop mask .

hope I have inspired you to play over at OUAS 

it is such fun and the design team have created masterpieces .

hugz to you all xoxox

PURPLE IS CHALLENGING FOR ME !!!

case file #46 is ready to solve over at 

CSI 

Purple is always a challenge for me on a layout.

I chose to allow the green to dominate 

'CHERISH'

 THE STUNNING PHOTO WAS TAKEN BY

 TARA of SIMPLY PHOTOGRAPHIC 

pop over to see the wonder of beautiful photography. 

GREEN TARA BLOOMS 

Soft, colorful, delicate, exquisite and divine 

 oh how I adore these blooms, they make the perfect finish to any layout.

EVIDENCE

grid design, frames, shimmery brads , paint.

TESTIMONY

There is a time to be open almost unfocused, as I take in what the world is showing me. 

A time to get out of my head and take a journey where my heart leads me.

Following the openness and wonder of a child .

I am always surprised by what I learn from YOU my beautiful "grandie" Ella Jai . xoxoxoxo

Have a play with this colorful case, if you find purple difficult to play with, 

choose another color to dominate .

thanks for always leaving me such beautiful  words to read and digest .

you make my world 

big hugz 

Heather x

MY SOFT ROMANTIC STYLE PUBLISHED

AUSTRALIAN SCRAPBOOKING IDEAS 

ISSUE 17 IS OUT NOW .

SOFT AND ROMANTIC 

both  layouts are whitewashed with a kiss of caramel .

'ROSES'

 IMAGINARIUM DESIGNS CHIPBOARD

' MEMORIES' 

photo sourced from tumblr

 memories of my ballet days 

the heart is treated with texture paste and stitched to the page .

'WALL HANGING '

this plaque hangs in my small studio .

I had fun with lots and lots of layering and gesso .

THE MAGAZINE IS AVAILABLE AT MOST NEWSAGENTS

 and there is lots of info on the FB page 

AUSTRALIAN SCRAPBOOK IDEAS .

thanks for dropping by and big hugz to you all 

Heather x

GARDEN TREASURES

this week case #44 over at 

CSI 

comes with a beautiful bright and rich palette.

photo sourced from tumblr

 I had fun with the Tim Holtz Stain / Rusty Hinge . 

it flows on so smoothly .

 a small cluster of flowers 

GREEN TARA BLOOMS 

EVIDENCE

frame, Flowers, transparent element , Doily, swirls(in the fence) 

TESTIMONY

Time in the garden is food for my soul.

 For years the rose has been cultivated for its exquisite perfumed oil.

 Roses dance in the warm summer sun filling the air with an intoxicating fragrance.

The rose looks great in any vase or pot, in all situations, It complements all food and table settings. 

there are a million little things I love about our home .

 I have a perfect spot for displaying my collection of potted beauties.

hope you have a play with this case it is a fun palette. 

thanks for taking the time to leave me some blog love

big hugz to you all.

love Heather x

EMBELLISHED WITH METAL ELEMENTS

My turn over at 

MEGS GARDEN 

Today I am Showcasing an Embellished Banner 

combining Megs Garden papers with Tim Holtz metal elements.

' LOVE YOU '

Wow I just adore these papers from the Christmas collection.

Such rich, velvety colors and PERFECT for showcasing Banners . I was so excited as this banner came together .. I decided to create 2 layers and hang some Tim Holtz metal elements to create extra interest and texture . 

These colors and designs mix and match perfectly and as you can see I have created my banner by using small sections from almost every piece of the collection.  What a great way to use your scraps ..

Handy tip

Looking closely you may notice I have slightly distressed the papers on the banner 

( this is achieved by sanding lightly with a emery board )

MEGS GARDEN ITEMS USED

Musical Christmas Collection

Noel Noel

P6325

Christmas Magic

P6326

Silent Night

P6328

Christmas Pudding Stripes

P6329

Plum Pudding

P6330

T’was the night before Christmas

P6331

Musical Christmas Pac

S116

Tim Holtz Metal Foliage

th 92788

Tim Holtz Jump rings

Designs Galore

Other items used

White, pale mauve and green cardstock, Tim Holtz Die cut, Metal elements and film strip, Imaginarium designs Chipboard, Prima junkyard findings, Vintage Metal brads,Die-namics die cuts. Versa Color ink Grape . Hero Arts stamps .

I hope I have inspired you to create a banner of your own . I can guarantee it is FUN FUN FUN !!!!! HAPPY SCRAPPING!!!

Warm hugz from Heather x

CELEBRATION AND A TREASURE BOX

IMAGINARIUM DESIGNS 

Hello everyone my turn today to showcase Imaginarium designs chippies.

I created a layout using one of my fave color combos

RED /BLACK/WHITE  .

 I find these colors  so beautiful to work with for some reason.

This pic was taken on our daughter’s birthday last year while we were out celebrating .

'YOU AND ME' 

I inked the title in Versa color ink ( Red Cardinal ) and stitched it in place with the sewing machine .

The word love is inked  in Black versa color ink 

and the letter O is replaced with a small heart inked in Red Cardinal.

I  stitched the heart with white crochet cotton and  repeated this process with the small button.

My handy tip .

Lots of random stamping reduced  the starkness  from the white cardstock and I  layered the page with black and red card to continue the flow of the three colors .

Imaginarium items used

TITLE - YOU AND ME

Code #IDP0023

ALPHAS

Code #IDAC0001

SMALL BUTTONS

Code #IDS0031

BUTTERFLIES

Code# IDS0001

SWIRLS CORNERS

Code# IDC0002

BRACKETS ON OVAL FRAME

Code #IDT0011

TULIP CORNER

Code #IDC0005

SMALL HEART –No Image  

Other  materials used

Red, black and white Bazzill, Theresa Collins paper, House of Three Parisian Anthology, 

 Tim Holtz film strip, Prima stamps, Heidi Swapp ghost heart, Muslin, brads,

 Versa color ink .7 Gypsies paper , cotton string,

'TREASURE BOX '

For my second project I created a mini box containing 3 tiny concertina  books.

I inked all the chipboard in the same manner

Firstly I applied Tim Holtz Rusty Hinge , then  lightly sponged the edges with Versa Color/ Tea bag 

 IMAGINARIUM DESIGNS 

 BUTTERFLIES

Code# IDS0001

SWIRLS CORNERS

Code# IDC0002

BRACKETS ON OVAL FRAME

Code #IDT0011

TULIP CORNER

Code #IDC0005

LOVE / CHERISH 

Code #IDW00026

Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a comment..

Take care everyone and hugz to you all .