Leisha's Blog

Friday, October 18

And I'm back...

Sorry to those who came vis the Ruby Rock It blog hop. I appreciate all the concerned comments. Mum is doing much better. She is home after a very extensive surgery and the long term outcome looks good.

Meanwhile, I have something special to share today. This project is something I created a long time ago. I made this as my entry for the Spellbinders Design Team. I was really pleased with it at the time, and was completely devastated to not make the team,so I have been hiding it away for a little while.

Anyway, it has since been shared on the Down Under Direct blog, so I can share it here now as well. I have used lots and lots of Spellbinders dies on this one and lots of different techniques.

Today I mailed away my submission for the Heartfelt Creations DT. Their dies are manufactured by Spellbinders, so it would be awesome to make that team.

Here are a few more shares from the blog as well. One for the boys...Circles are my favourite dies to use for boy pages.

and one of my girl...I love the detail in the new embossing folders.

Friday, October 4

Ruby Rock-It blog hop

Hello Ruby Rock-it Fans! Welcome to our blog hop, and we are having fun celebrating all things Fall and Halloween!

We are giving away this awesome prize to one of our fans, so be sure to follow along and leave comments along the way to be eligible to win!

Come and enjoy the hop with us, as our designers have been creating their hearts out, with our Kinda Krafty paperz and our Bella! Family range and embellishments!

Here's our order, in case you get lost along the way...

Linda Kretz

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Hi all, thanks for playing along with our blog hop for this month. Unfortunately a family emergency has arisen at the last moment preventing me from having a project to share, but I will definitely share it with you as soon as I possible can.

Meanwhile, you will still be able to continue along on your merry way, and with any luck win our fabulous prize pack.

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MAKE SURE YOU LEAVE A COMMENT ON EACH DESIGNER’S BLOG AND THEN ON THE RUBY ROCK-IT BLOG ONCE YOU’RE DONE HOPPING ALONG RUBY ROCK-IT TRAIL!
RUBY ROCK-IT BLOG HOP RULES-LEAVE A COMMENT ON EACH DESIGNER’S BLOG AND THEN ON THE RUBY ROCK-IT'S BLOG TO BE ENTERED TO WIN THE Ruby Rock-it PRIZE PACK. COMMENTS MUST BE POSTED BY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11TH AT 11:59PM PST TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE RANDOM DRAWING. WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE WINNER ON OUR RUBY ROCK-IT BLOG THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 14TH Ok, on your mark, get Set...GO!!!

Monday, September 30

Exciting Heartfelt news

Wow, the month has flown by yet again. Apologies for not posting more recently, but Michael and I have been away in America.

While away, I got the exciting news that I am a semi finalist for the Heartfelt Creations Design Team.

Heartfelt are a stamping and die cutting company/ their dies are actually manufactured by Spellbinders, and everyone already knows how much I love Spellbinders.Heartfelt also have some really beautiful paper collections, that really suit my style. Next I have to make some projects with some gorgeous products they have sent me, which are so perfect for my style. I can't wait to get started. You can see the whole announcement here. There are lots of other really talented people who also made it this far. Tough competition that's for sure.
Announcement: http://www.heartfeltcreations.us/blog/?blogID=271

Make sure you read the whole thing, because you can vote for your favourites and even have the chance to win a gift voucher for their awesome stuff. I hate asking people to vote, so technically I wont, but hey if you like my work, and you feel compelled to vote, then who am I to not provide you with a link lol

Vote here: http://www.heartfeltcreations.us/blog.php?blogID=271

Meanwhile, my term with Manor House Creations is now up. I am really sad about it, as I've loved being in this team, and Nerrida and Karen have been some wonderful. I love how you can make new friends through design teams. Thanks girls for everything. Here are a few of my last projects that went up on the blog while I was away.

This one made the cover of Australian Scrapbook Ideas, No 20.

MHC supplies: Country lane – raindrop, Fairy Floss – blue, Taneisha, Shades mini roses, Meadows, Wishes – serenity (vine), Rose leaves.

Here's the sweet little baby possum that Penny the Puppy rescued. It still amazes me.

Lots of pretty MHC flowers here.

MHC supplies: Romance – devoted, Eternity, Imagine -oatmeal, Teeny weenies, Rose leaves, Dahlia- lime.

Saturday, September 7

Blog hopping with Ruby Rock-It.

Hi everyone. Apologies for the delay. My little man turned 9 today, and we have just celebrated with a wonderful Star Wars party. This poor Mum is exhausted. SO, on with the hop...

Hello there to you, our faithful Ruby Rock-it Fans!

Welcome to our June blog hop! This month, we are featuring our fun, bright, and adorable for this time of year range: Bella! Boutique School Days! And after you hop along, make sure you find out the details on how you can have a chance to win this amazing PRIZE pack!

Come and hop along with us, leaving comments at each blog to enter to win an awesome Ruby Rock-it prize pack! You could win your very own collection of Ruby goodies! Here's the order of blogs in case you get lost along the way!

RRBF BLOG

>>You are here. >>>Alicia Barry

Here in Australia we are only 3/4 of the way through our school year, so instead of a BACK to school theme, I decided to make a little something for my own classroom that I have been meaning to do for ages. I have had this caddy sitting here months waiting to be re-purposed, so I have turned it into my new rewards box. Each box will hold a different mystery reward, so it will be a little lucky dip for the kids.

I think they will love the bright colours and eye catching designs. Hopefully it will help to motivate them to earn a reward, and it will sure brighten up my room.

MAKE SURE YOU LEAVE A COMMENT ON EACH DESIGNER’S BLOG AND THEN ON THE RUBY ROCK-IT BLOG ONCE YOU’RE DONE HOPPING ALONG RUBY ROCK-IT TRAIL!

RUBY ROCK-IT BLOG HOP RULES-LEAVE A COMMENT ON EACH DESIGNER’S BLOG AND THEN ON THE RUBY ROCK-IT'S BLOG TO BE ENTERED TO WIN THE Ruby Rock-it PRIZE PACK. COMMENTS MUST BE POSTED BY TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH AT 11:59PM PST TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE RANDOM DRAWING. WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE WINNER ON OUR RUBY ROCK-IT BLOG ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH!

Ok, on your mark, get Set...GO!!!

Now head on over to see Beckie with the cutest little project ( that I am so stealing). You'll love it. Be sure to start following my blog before you leave :)

Sunday, September 1

Pretty pastels

I love creating with pastel colours, especially when using pretty photos of my little girl. This one was taken on her 4th birthday while we were in New Zealand on our ski trip.

I have used Prima papers and lots of Manor House Creations flowers on this one, along with a cheval frame from MHC. I love these frames and them all the time. They are great for inking and colouring too.

MHC products: Sweeties - mixed, Lazy Dayz - marmalade, Glitz – pink card pack, Vine – white, Springtime -white, solitude.

You can see more over at the Manor House Creations blog here.

Be sure to leave a comment to let me know what you think. I feel like I am talking to myself sometimes, but that blog counter keeps going up, so I know someone is looking :)

Be sure to come back on the weekend for a fun blog hop.

Tuesday, August 27

Tags and precious memories

First up I want to say a huge thank you to everyone on all the really sweet comments on my last project. Congrats to Helen, who was our winner for the Ruby Rock-it/Scrap FX blog hop.

Today I have some shares from the ManorHouse Creations blog. First I made a set of matching tags using similar flowers in different colours. The tags have a little tent style stand on the back to help them to stand up on their own as a display. I have also used an ornate frame that I coloured with mist, and some sentiment banners.

Next up is a layout from our ski trip to New Zealand. We were so lucky to be staying right on the the lake with some snowy mountains making a really nice background for some pics of the kids, especially Amelie for her birthday.

MHC products used: Felicity layout pack, Glitz card pack, Leaves.

Thanks for looking.

Friday, August 16

Blog hopping with Ruby Rock-It/Bella! Fundamentals and Scrap FX

Welcome to a very FUN and creative next few days here as we the Ruby Rock-It designers join Scrap FX's amazing talent in a 2 day blog hop!

I am so lucky to be on a team with so many awesome partner companies. This month we are pairing up with Australian chipboard company Scrap FX (Yay for Australian companies).

Each day there are awesome sets of designers blogs to visit for great ideas and inspiration, featuring how to blend our sets of products:)

Here's today's participating designers:

Ruby Rock-it Blog

Scrap FX Blog

Adrienne Ford

You are here>>>Alicia Barry

Elisabeth Hovden Bakken

June Goh

And now let's take a peek at our prizes!!!

Our beautiful NEW Summer release: At Last papers and embellishments!

And a beautiful assortment of Scrap FX's gorgeous laser cut chipboard fun!

Scroll down for details on how you could be a winner.

Now, onto a little project I created for this hop. This started out as a plain white photo frame with the word family attached. I have used papers from My Romance with a little Arcadia thrown in, along with lots of pieces of Scrap FX chipboard, which has been gessoed, misted and embossed.

See the co-ordinating trim from Mother Nature!

Notice how the chipboard piece has a fern pattern?? Perfect for our New Zealand holiday pics.

I love the intricacy of the chipboard title.

** Visit each participating designer's blog

each day on the hop & leave a comment.

There are only a handful of blogs each day,

so it's VERY do-able!

{make sure you include your email address so we can contact you if you win}

For additional chances to win:

* Become a follower here at Ruby Rock-it

* Head over to Facebook and *LIKE* us and

leave a message telling us you came from

the blog hop

Deadline to leave comments for prizes

11:59pm EST, Monday, August 19th.

Winners will be announced on The Twinery and our blogs on Friday, August 23rd!

If you get lost along the way, you will be

able to find a complete list of participating

blogs each day here at Ruby Rock-it and over at Scrap FX!

Thanks for coming to take a look. I would love it if you would like to become a follower of my blog.

Now head over to Beckie Dreyer for another project using the same paper line and the same fern chipboard .

Thursday, August 15

Snow fun with Spellbinders for Down Under Direct.

Here's a recent share from the Down Under Direct blog. I've combined Bo Bunny papers with a few Spellbinder dies in white. Spellbinders do have snowflake dies, but I don't have them just yet, so I chose this intricate die to represent the snow theme, without being quite so literal. They have a tiny hint of sparkle added to them too.

Tuesday, August 13

A quick Manor House Creations share

This one was just up on the Manor House Creations blog.

I used lots of pretty Manor House flowers on this one, including some of the older range. The papers are from Kaisercraft.

Products used: Teeny Weenies: white, Little Sweeties: white, Capri: aqua, Glitz: blue, Eternity, Wishes: Serenity

Make sure you come back later in the week for a fun blog hop.

Friday, August 9

Some newness from Ruby Rock-It

Here's a little something I put together using the new My Romance papers from Ruby Rock-It. Even though they are designed as a wedding range, it was just too easy to pull out a few pages to use as a baby boy page. I can't believe this is Kyan. I barely even remember him looking so little.

Also this month, we had the opportunity to work with one of Becky Fleck's new sketches for her Pagemaps website. You can see it here. Here's what I came up with using My Romance as well.

Cheers
Alicia