store links are up...

i've finally had a chance to add the stores where i am now selling at on here. if you click on the blinkies on the side bar you'll notice four stores there BUT the wilma4ever store's link is unavailable at this stage because the store is under some major construction.

it's quite an exciting time for me at the moment. not only have i got my stores up and running but i received a phone call the other day and landed a job here locally which i am ever thankful for.

bendigo is statistically known as the worst place in australia when it comes to jobs...they are just not there. so when you get one...keep it!!!

what's been happening in my every day to day news you ask?

well i have finalised all my stores and uploaded all my kits to all of them. that was heavy going as each store has their own guidelines with naming, packaging, zipping and uploading, thank goodness the bulk of it all is now done.

i've started on a new kit called textured and it's looking fabulous.

my grandbubba aria is 6 weeks today and is doing really well. i have yet to edit her photo shoot so i'm hoping to get a start on that in the next day or 2.

really over the long hot summer we've had and the stickiness of humidity.

i had another procedure done last friday and with that another biopsy. tomorrow i find out the prognosis because my symptoms are now out of control.

and to finish today's blog post off, here's a teaser alert of my newest kit textured...

keep smiling...

designing...

if there's one thing i've always loved is art, designing, buying, loving and selling art. i have a new store as you know and it is filling up nicely with gorgeous goodies. i am also putting together a creative team so they get to work with my goodies for free. if you'd like to join then send me a message on facebook.

so between designing, taking photo's, living a rather busy life and always on the go, i'm also rather excited about the next chapter in my life and happy to see where it may take me.

for those of you who have enjoyed my designs here are the latest :)

purchase recycled alpha here

purchase sassy metal alpha here

purchase rustic alpha here

purchase baby labels here

purchase love labels here

purchase glitter mandala's here

purchase glitter mandala's two here

purchase petite flowers here

purchase lacey lace black here

purchase lacey lace white here

purchase butterflies one here

purchase butterflies two here

so that's pretty much it for this blog post. i look forward to seeing your layouts using my designs.

keep smiling :)

no excuses...

wow, i thought i had updated a little sooner than later. ooops! anyway what's happening round the traps? hmmmmm..................

okay so i've created a few more goodies, i'm about to open an eCommerce digital download shop, i've been flat out busy and i have loved spending time with my kids and my new grand bubba and of course taking photo's.

so first thing is too upload my new kits and here they are. cherry blossom journal cards and paper pack.

and of course my recycled paper pack with journal cards to follow cause i haven't created them yet...lol

and i absolute love designing and i am hoping that my designs take off and i can keep my customers happy with what i come up with.

i'm going to trial sellfy and at this stage it is so simple and easy to set up a digital download store there...sooooo we will see how we go over the next 3 months or so....but i am extremely excited about it all.

i will also be offering freebies and i will be having a creative team call soon as well. so there's a whole lot of goodness happening and i want you all too be a huge part of that as well.

anyway i have some grand bubba photo's too edit after our photo shoot today and of course i'll be sharing...stay tuned dudes and dudettes

keep smiling,

geekgirl :)

mayhem paper pack...

just a very quick post for now so i can upload my latest paper pack and apologies as these are no longer available as freebies.

i've loved every part of designing these papers and can't wait to have them out there in digi land.

keep smiling, 

christine :)

creativity...

i've been wanting to get back into digital designing for quite a while, i was a designer for pickleberry pop back in the early days and have missed it a lot. like so many other hobbies i've taken up over the years, there are a few i'm getting back in to.

both digital and paper scrapping has started, a little mixed art media, digital designing and knitting. as much as i would love to get back into sewing...i no longer have my machines (overlocker and sewing machine), so i won't be going far with that even though i would love to make the most adorable outfits for my grand baby Aria.

in my spare time...lol, you know between running a taxi service for others and housework and hunting for a job, i've designed some gorgeous baby journal card sets as a digital download and available to print as well.

i absolutely love them and can't wait till i can pop them in a digi scrapping store and start selling.

apologies for those that have missed out as my papers and cards are no longer available for free :)

Keep smiling,

Christine :)

love is in the air...

yes it sure is! i am loving life at the moment and although i'm still job hunting, i know the right employer and the right job will come my way. a part from all that, i'm back in my happy place creating and i love it. i'm back into scrapbooking and my photography.

recently i managed a maternity photo shoot and i just loved being back on the creative side of capturing other people's special moments as a keepsake for years to come.

although i won't be doing photography on the business side of things as i've done in the past, anyone wanting a photo shoot just needs to book one in and we'll go from there.

i will continue to be a story teller and that journey will be a creative one even if the story being told is not of my own.

monday i'll be able to share some really exciting news with you and as much as it will keep you in suspense, it's well worth the wait!

okay that's it from me tonight.

be grateful...

details:

itKuPiLLi - blue elephant freebie - automobile, door, man and woman, paper 2 and 3

Holliwood - old school add on - paper 3

Holliwood - grateful - tree

courtney design - newsletter freebie - tape

kAagard - messy machine stitches

khartley - goes with everything - no3 and 4

flergs - fairytale alpha - g

font - poiret one

story telling...

i've always been a story teller, right from being that quiet and shy kid with freckles, to being that introverted teenager and then growing up and having to adult.

there is absolutely nothing wrong with being a tad geeky either!

story telling first came to me in books...many many books over the years. if the back of the book with it's description of what's inside each page doesn't turn you on...then throw the book away cause it won't be a book that tells you a story. well that's my motto and i stand by it.

i have always loved to read. i'm the kinda gal that once my head is in a good book, then that's it...nothing else gets done until the book has been read and my mind and heart has absorbed all the great bits and all the great story telling drama's...as epic as they may be or as mind blowing and numbing as the book weaves it's tale and wraps it around and tugs at your heart strings.

growing up as i did, not in a privileged way and a trouble kid...reading became my sanity, my hope, my internal peace and my great escape! it is where i hid myself deep in every page of every great book with every great story spoken, fact or fiction, i didn't care. i was hopelessly lost in reality but wonderfully lost with every word of every page of every book.

with every book i could be one character or i could be all and i loved the fact that i could bury myself within every word soaking up every single character.

so story telling for me either through my scrapbooking both digital or paper, hybrid or mixed media arts, blogging and photography is incredibly important to me. and i have missed every part of all those good and wholesome things tremendously. so 2017 is my year of getting back into all those things i love creatively. and i can't wait to show my creative flare off to all those that know me, have come to know me and cross paths one way or another.

please follow me on my journey and i promise you won't be disappointed!

dare to believe
details:
courtney designs - validation - atc freebie
joyful heart designs - i lurve grunge - paper 4
flergs - on this day - paper 2
k hartley - goes with everything - elements 2 and 9
md groot - prego - stitch
palvinka - wonderful world - cross stitch
red ivy design - a reason to smile - striped paper
font - elephant and monotype corsiva

and so it begins...

my blogging journey has started and i'm excited about all the things blog worthy for 2017. nothing says settled more then keeping up with digital scrapbooking and blogging about life and love and anything else the world decides to throw at me.

i'm also excited about my photography...where it takes me this time, i don't know but i'm happy to give it a whirl.

in the mean time...watch this space and by all means leave happy warm comments and follow me while i walk this journey.

oh and did i mention that i'm about to become a grandma...little old me and in just a few weeks. i can't wait. i'm organising the maternity shoot as i type this and putting together ideas for when bubs is born to take oodles of pics and put together some gorgeous albums and scrapbooking pages both paper and digital.

life is good...

tomorrow i head into another job interview, this one is huge and it's taken months to get to this point with the company. each stage has got me through to the next one and then the next and so on and so forth.

wish me luck!

i'll leave you with another digital layout, keeping it real...

details:

eyeinspire - paper - oh so purdy

sahlin studio - layer piece - kitschy kitchen 

sahlin studio - live laugh love tab, frame, lace and paper - a wonderful day 

sahlin studio - photo corner - so this is love 

sahlin studio - sticker alpha - sunshine

keeping it - copper black - text

welcome...

hi folk and welcome to my blog. many of you who pass by will know me and many of you won't.
i have missed so much of the true me that over the past few days i've decided it was time to rediscover what i love...family, blogging, scrapbooking (paper and digital), photography, art, mixed media, a little of that geekiness that's always been an interest and of course life.

about the person behind the blog:
my name is christine turnbull although i am also known as christine parsell (maiden name) and chris turnbull. i have 4 young gorgeous adult children, am divorced and have rather unique, quirky, versatile and eclectic skills.

here you will read personal stories, this is where i'll share my love of geeky things, my art and life itself. photo's, treasures, art, love, good days and bad, great days and ones that suck. just a typical girl in an ordinary world.

i look forward to sharing so much with you, make new found friends, keep up with old friends, and live life to it's fullest. so...come with me while we walk the many paths that are part of my journey!

you can follow me on facebook here

i'm imagining being me