Digital Darling

Just Adorable

Here we are, 12 weeks after our darling Ellie was born and already she has such a personality!  I can see that this little lady is going to be such a blessing to her parents and our family in general.  She has certainly re-ignited my creativity - I haven't scrapped for ages, now I have a reason to start again.  This layout uses word art from Word Art World, papers and elements from Chelle’sCreations and the gorgeous little bugs are from   Ziggle-Designs-by-Kami.

Thanks for looking,

Creative Inspiration

What better way to get back into my passion for digi-scrapping than to create a layout of my gorgeous grand daughter. Studying my Diploma in Graphic Designer has left me very little time to create for fun lately, don't get me wrong I am enjoying myself studying, I love the challenge of learning new things, and boy have I learnt heaps over the past year! But sometimes I need to just 'make stuff' for the hell of it.
One of those times was this morning.  Whilst blog hopping I cam across the fantastic Krista Sahlin and her amazing Sahlin Studio site. Krista's designs just called to me, and I had to immediatley download some of her fantastic product and start creating.

Using her wonderful 'I'll Love you Forever" kit I created this layout of Miss Ellie....

Hello Sweet Baby - products from Sahlin Studio.

What do you think?

Droughts and Flooding Rains.

Not as high as 2011, but still this flood created havoc.

The Bremer River in flood. 

 Colleges Park was due to be reopened after a full reconstruction
 following  the 2011 floods.  I think the  opening might be
 delayed for a while.  

The month of January has been an exhausting start to the year.  One week we were sweltering in 40 degree heat, and the next we are isolated by floods!  

Personally we have been very fortunate to have gone through the whole flood issue completely unscathed.  Our house is on the highest point in town, and we didn't have any electricity outages at all.  Sure there were some minor inconveniences but nothing that couldn't be handled.

I feel so sorry for those people who experienced evacuation, water flooding their houses and businesses, loss of electricity for extremely long periods and other challenges thrown at them by mother nature.

Sadly to say there were also a number of lives lost as well.

A very big thank you must be said to all those tireless volunteers and professionals who are out there doing there best for their community.  SES, police, fireman, ambo's, council workers, electricity workers, even down to the those who baked items and donated them at the evacuation centres around town.

Thankfully this experience was no where near as bad as the 2011 floods for the people of Ipswich and Brisbane, but emotionally it brought back those memories to a lot of people and that in itself was bad enough.  

Love is in the Air....

Isn't this Valentine Cake, from Cocoa Bean Cakes, just adorable?  I just love how Renee incorporates so much chocolate into her cakes.  Chocolate cake, with chocolate icing and even chocolate hearts... yum!!

Valentine Cake

and this is just one of the amazing cakes that Cocoa Bean Cakes has created ! Here are a few more of her absolutely gorgeous, made to order, cakes.

Vintage Rose

Merry Chocolate Christmas

Playboy Delight
Even the bunnies are chocolate!

I don't know about you, but I am sure I could find the an occasion that needs a cake!  Especially one of these yummy chocolate delights.

Download this cute Reindeer for Christmas

It seems I just can't stop designing for Christmas! Here it is, New Years Day and I have spent the last few hours drawing this little fellow playing in the snow.
Feel free to follow the link to download him for FREE.  I have supplied the image as is, as well as the little reindeer and snowman on their own for you to use on your own Christmas creations in 2013.
Nothing like getting in early is there ?

Just follow the link to download this image as either a jpg or png (with a transparent background)
Download Link

Cultiver Goes Digital !

People from all over the globe can now have the wonderdful  Cultiver- Indie arts & design experience digitally,  via the store's delightful Cultiver Christmas app available for only $0.99 at iTunes. 

The lovely ladies at Cultiver, together with  Tangible Media,  have joined together to create the first I hope of many, delightfully interactive publications.  Cultiver is an eco-ethical, handmade fashion, accessories and homewares store located here in Ipswich, Queensland - which specialises in ethically sourced, handmade products from local and Australian artisans.  

The 2012 Christmas issue,  entices readers with creative design and beautiful photography, and includes innovative and interesting interactive elements. Content includes craft tutorials, a recipe, movie review, poetry, an interview with a craftisan, a developing photographic storyline to unfold in future issues, and a blend of hidden surprises.

Are you creatively-minded, inquisitive and have a sense of humour? If so, then this is the magazine for you.

Buy it once and receive their Christmas specials for free in the coming years!

Cultiver Xmas for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store


Hop on over to iTunes and check it out.... 

Having a Hoot!!

Hi there,
I don't know about where you are at the moment, but here in sunny Brisbane, Australia it is a very hot and humid day.  Great for sitting inside, in the airconditioning and working on some new designs to share with you.
My owls from last week have now taken pride of place on these Birthday Card graphics that I have made.  Suitable for both adults and children, these owls look so cute - especially Mr Owl in his tie!!
Feel free to download these images for use on your own cards, I would love to see the results!

Select the link below the picture to be taken to the download site.

cheers
Grace.

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