just a tad busy...

what can i say, life is busy and although i seem to do alot, there just aint that many hours in a typical day to do it all. i've caught up for the time being...well that is until tomorrow...lol

since becoming a Scrap Girl Designer, i have created exclusive kits that for the most part you won't find in any of my other stores and if you find something a tad similar it will have been added to for Scrap Girls.

and i have loved every minute of it!

except the fact that i've been quite sick for just over a week now where i could barely function. but like all good things time has helped and although i am not 100% better, i am clearer in my thoughts and able to function.

oh btw...i have a new freebie coming out with this weeks newsletter. yes!!!!!
finally i managed to create a gorgeous little freebie that i know you will all love and i may create something else to go with it for you all.

you don't really want to miss out on this gorgeous gift from me so if you've come by my blog and read down this far and perhaps you like to create online or digi scrap etc...sign up for my newsletter and you'll get this when i send it out with the next newsletter at the end of the week.

it really is as simple as that.

well guys it's late here, in fact it's the next day kinda late here so i'm shutting down and heading to bed.

until next time...look for all the positive in your life despite where you are mentally. you may have to work at it but it's there...yep...all that good and happy stuff, all that positive and loving goodness...it's there, i promise you!

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 :)

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 :)

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

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

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