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Belated Happy New Year

2012-01-22T11:05:00.001+10:30

As the title suggests I'm a little late with wishing everyone a Happy New Year. Better late than never!

I set my self a challenge to be more organised this year and so far i have failed miserably and we are only three weeks into the new year. hehehehehe!
Oh well. Such is life.
I am using an App on my new phone, Out of Milk, and it is great. It has a To do list and a shopping list as well as a Pantry list (which i don't use) but the other two i do. I put everyone's name that i had to buy presents for and what i was going to get them into the To Do list and stuck to it (all bar one which i couldn't get).
I am finally in my new scrap room (although not totally organized, YET!). Hubby bought me a new desk for Christmas and i have a new book shelf and hubby has put shelves up in the robe for me. I'm almost there and I'm LOVING it so far.

These Pics were taken as i was moving my mountain of scrap ~~crap~~ treasure into my new room.

It only took my youngest daughter to move out with her partner for me to get it. hahahaha. Thanks babe!!!

Í haven't done a lot of scrapping lately due to Christmas and life in general but i am hoping to change that back around.

I did make a bridal charm for a friend at work to give to her niece yesterday.

so after 3 weeks apart from a couple of digi LO's and a bookmark i haven't done a lot.

take care.

Thanks for taking the time to look, take care. xx

belated Merry Christmas

2011-12-27T20:09:00.000+10:30

A belated Merry Christmas everyone.

hope the jolly fella in the red suit was kind to you all.

We had family around all day and again on boxing day.

Looking forward to picking our friends up from the airport Friday night and then spending New Years with them.

Thanks for taking the time to look, take care. xx

Its over and the next lot of madness starts

2011-12-06T21:53:00.000+10:30

Well the 80 day challenge finished a few weeks ago and i came third. Laraine won (CONGRATULATIONS LARAINE) and Sim cam second (CONGRATS SIM) with Jodi and Maree coming in 4th and 5th.

It was a great challenge and got us thinking outside the box.

The last destination was New York. and back to the Steam punk theme.

We had to use the last mini challenge doll on the Lo and it had to have an architectural element

I also used my very first mini challenge (we had to use all the mini challenges at some point in the challenge) I Also made up the frame around the photo in photo shop and printed it out to use on the LO.

I was really happy how this turned out.

So a BIG thank you to all the girls on the Design Team for all the challenges and time and effort they put into organizing the challenges, not just for this competition but for all of the challenges each and every month through out the month.

So now Christmas mayhem starts. the month started with a surprise party that myself, another partner in crime and the hubby of my best friend (whose party it was) going off with out a hitch. I got to take my best girl out for the day shopping and then bring her home to a house full of family and friends. A great day and night!!

I made her a memory album but i will upload photo's of the digi LO's another night as it is time for me to hit the hay.

If i don't get to post a new post before Christmas Please everyone take care and have a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY AND SAFE NEW YEAR!!

Thanks for taking the time to look, take care. xx

Weeks 6 & 7

2011-11-08T21:46:00.000+10:30

Oops 2 of the 80 day challenges for Artistic document have come and almost gone.

this one below is Week 6's challenge. We set sail from China to San Fransisco and had to choose between boat 1(single Lo) and boat 2 (double Lo). we didn't know about the single and double LO until we sailed.
I obviously picked boat 1and the criteria was we had to use layering as our technique. we also had to use a huge (cover 3/4 of the page) photo, journal block, banner, at least four layers, decorative edge, our stamp and products or inspriation to do with T!m Holtz.

the pictures were taken up in the beautiful rhododendron gardensin Olinda in the Dandenong ranges in Victoria, Australia. as we has San Fransico as our inspiration i went with the bridges. and i loved the pic of my sister & brother-in-law kissing in front of the bridge so i used that too.

We also had a mini challenge in week 5 which was to make a cluster using game pieces and again our stamp.

this is Week 7's challenge. Nevada was the destination and our criteria was paper-rolling and cutwork. we also had to use bling, our mini challenge cluster from week 5, another cluster, 2 word title, 3 photo's, 4 PP, 5 lines of journalling and 6 circles.

and this was the out-come of my interpretation.

We have just done another mini challenge which was to make a paper doll. I think the concensus of mine was a little bit him and a little bit her.

in another two days our last destination on our 80 day journey will be announced. It has been so much fun it will be sad to see it end.

keep yuou eyes open for the next installment.

Thanks for taking the time to look, take care. xx

CC challenges for Artistic Document

2011-10-26T19:58:00.000+10:30

Well the gorgeous Design Team over at ARTISTIC DOCUMENT set som beautiful challenges on Friday night. I only managed to get two done...The Blind Scrap challenge

I did mine as a DIGI using Papers and elements from Scrap Girls Aoomba, Momento, Mulberry, Jubilant & being with you kits and also Raspberry Road Sassy lass word art and Arminas Priceless Moments. The Pic is of my daughter and her partner at her 21st birthday (3 years ago).

I can't believe they are getting the keys to their home tomorrow. So my little girl is going to be a home owner/buyer. So proud of them both.

anyway the other challenge was Toni's Big Word (or Alpha challenge). her instructiosn were.....

Right-o, you lot -- my challenge is for you to scrap a word (or a letter) for your home. It can be Christmas themed -- or not. It can be MDF or chippie or you can glue a bunch of sticks together, it doesn't matter. Just get decorating!!

So this is what i came up with

I made this for Melissa (again) as her first Christmas decoration for her new home. and i'm pretty chuffed how it turned out too.

Thanks for taking the time to look, take care. xx

Week 5 - China

2011-10-15T13:54:00.000+10:30

Its week 5 in the 80 day challenge at www.artisticdocument.com.au and this week we are in China.
The Inspiration was the Great Wall of china.
The Technique was Colour blocking I've used Kaiser's Lush range and pack your bags range.
The Criteria was:
1. compass & maps - the top centre and centre RHS blocks
2. must use red - The ribbon
3. The Stamp (the one we chose at the beginning) - I stamped it multiple times on the Top RH corner block
4. A landscape photo - this was taken in 2006 in Singapore ( the guy on the left is no longer with us and was a good work friend of my husbands)
5. a chinese/oriental element somewhere (coins, charms etc)
- LHcentre block and the two coin charms

I also used the tag that we had to make for one of the mini challenges as we have to use the mini challenges on one of our LO's.

Thanks for taking the time to look, take care. xx

Week 4 - India

2011-10-05T22:05:00.000+10:30

Hi everyone,
this week our 80 day challenge competition http://www.artisticdocument.com saw us in India. Our inspiration - Bright Colours, the Technique we had to use was Doodling (yikes)and the criteria we had to use was 1. black, white or Kraft CS + one PP (which we had to pick before we knew were we were going)
2. We had to use Tickets
3. Bling of some description
4. A group photo of 4 or more people
and
5. our chosen stamp for the comp

This was my Lo
so obviously i chose white CS
my PP (Bella! Melrose vintage paperz 'Panache') which I've used for the matting behind the photo which i coloured in, I've also used it for the flower.
tickets - i stamped using Kaisers Admit one stamp from their Pack Your Bags collection
bling - i used kaisers purple bling for the grapes
photo from a weekend away with friends
and my chosen stamp again from Pack Your Bag collection.
and I doodled the vines and leaves. and the title.
I felt a little bit overwhelmed thinking about doing this one but the girls on the DT team gave us ideas on how to start, like if you have an image in your head SKETCH IT which i did and then once i got started away I went and ended up having a blast doodling and colouring (even outside the lines hahaha)

So know i have another 5 days rest before our next destination (which will also include a mini challenge)

Thanks for taking the time to look, take care. xx

Week 2 & 3

2011-09-29T19:20:00.000+09:30

Oops forgot to update my blog for the challenge over at Artistic document
http://www.artisticdocument.com

Week two was to tak inspiration from a French Impressionist artist.
I chose Monets Water Lily pond.

I used T!M Holtz's tattered flower die to cut out all the flowers at the bottom then i machine sewed them on in a really crazy fashion. lol. We had to use strinf which i also sewed on as the bridge. We had to have a hot air balloon and our chosen stamp somewhere on the LO. Oh and we also had to use canvas. I used the canvas behind the photo and as i had blurred the edges of the photo i tried to paint the canvas as tho the phot blended into the canvas. (I am NO artist that is for sure). i sprayed glimmer mist on the white c/s background.

Week three sees us in Turkey.
BNefore we knew were we were headed we had to pick a chipboard shape. I chose rectangle. then the next day we were told were we were going. We had to use the inspiration of the Turkish tiles. the technique was embossing of the stamped variety. and the criteria was - to use our chipboard shape in a repeat pattern to form a tile effect.
had to use flourishes and at least 5 different PPS and embellies (plus we could use B&W) and our chossen stamp

Although its not Turkey (I had wanted to scrap these photo's from our Hawaiian holiday for ages so the colours were perfect.

We've also had a mini challenge this week

We had to make a tag and use our stamp once again then doodle the tag. Í am the first to admit i'm a shocking doodler so this is what i came up with.

Challenge 4 is being posted on October 1st. can't wait

Thanks for taking the time to look, take care. xx

Blog hop Challenge

2011-09-13T21:16:00.001+09:30

Ok so this month's Cyber crop for Artistic Document is happening on this Friday (16/9/11) and we are having a blog hop challenge.

Ok so my criteria is to..........

have a bird somewhere on your page

Thanks for taking the time to look, take care. xx

I'm back

2011-09-10T09:55:00.000+09:30

Wow can't believe its been over a month since i last blogged. OOPs.
Whats happened in the last month. Work, birthdays, fathers day, Operation for mum again (just a simple op, if there such a thing), my first mammogram and football and looking for furniture and a whol lot of other things.

This month saw the start of a great new competiotion over at Artistic Document (artisticdocument.com). It Around the world in 80 days. Week one finishes at midnight tonight and we started in London with a steampunk theme.We had to pick a stamp and we have to use that on each challenge through out the competition. Mine is a Kaiser clear stamp from the "Pack your bags" set. Its the Calendar wheel. We also had a mini challenge, which meant we had to make a chippie embellishment and decorate it with our stamp and then metal.

Here are the two entries for Week one.
My mini challenge entry

and my LO entry

So tomorrow see's us in another country. Where will we be? I have no idea but I'm very excited.

This will make sure i update my blog. so stayed tuned.

Thanks for taking the time to look, take care. xx

2011-07-08T21:53:00.000+09:30

So the next challenge i tackled was Chris's 1 2 3 card challenge. 1 greeting of your choice, 2 embellishments and 3 layers.
I was going to use this for my mother-in-laws birthday but it was comandeered by my eldest daughter for her girlfriends birthday on Thurdsay.
Chris makes beautiful cards and was a teeny weeny bit apprehensive about doing a challenge but i think she has done a wonderful job.

Thanks for taking the time to look, take care. xx

challenges for July

2011-07-08T21:49:00.000+09:30

This was the first challenge i have done for July.
Laraine set this Challenge for Artistic Document.
A digi. Blue & Brown, sepia photo, a frame, a flourish and a monogram letter.

i did a bit of a cheat and used 2 letters (artistic license?) The photo is of my gorgeous girls Melissa and Cherie. I used Scrapgirls Ever So Lovely & Being with you, bits from MZimms A touch of spring & Secrets of the past and CMDZ Amelie elements

Another great challenge Laraine, Laraine was our guest Designer for March.

Thanks for taking the time to look, take care. x

July is definately here

2011-07-08T21:40:00.000+09:30

this month over at artisticdocument.com.au the members are the design team. Yes we've had a reversal of positions so to speak. They like throwing us for a loop every now and then.
This is the challenge i have done for the monthly challenge. Its Kaisers recipe book stand. the challenge was to decorate something the will be used within the home. suggestions were a clock, pen/pencil holder, tissue box cover........So if you like the challenge or would like to see what the other girls have set as challenges just head over to Artistic Document.

For my example, i sanded and then base coated with dark brown paint then once that was dry i covered the pieces with crackle medium and then the final coat was white. The flower was made up of a prima printed paper flower and some Lincraft tiny roses. Then it was just a case of a bit of bling with kaisers pearl strips.

My stand now sits proudly in the corner of my kitchen.

Thanks for taking the time to look, take care. xx

2011-06-11T12:39:00.004+09:30

So we are a third of the way through June!!

Its been a month since my last post and since then i have been a Guest DT member for the month of May over at Artistic Document. So a big THANK YOU to the DT girls for asking me. I have no idea how these girls come up with challenges each month and gorgeous ones at that.

This the challenge i set for the Cyber crop. the challenge was to decorate a mannequin (3D or chippie) it had to be feminine. as the theme was women. the pic below was what i made as the sample. It is a 3D mannequin from Lincraft. I stamped some white tissue paper with a script stamp then tore up the tissue and then glued it all over the mannequin (which i painted white first). once it was all dry i added s strand of tassle, some prima flowers and feather angel wings and a butterfly i stamped on a piece of transparency.

this next pic was the monthly challenge. I think i blogged this last month. so i wont bore you again.

this next pic is of a digi Lo i did for Kym's Sketch challenge. the two gorgeous guys are my shorty husband Gary (he is taller than me)on the left and our lovley brother-in-law Lou (he is over 6 foot so we look like midgets next to him. lol). I used the Adventouriste collection from Studio Zstamf for this Lo.

And then i have just finished this Lo this morning. this is June's Guest DT challenge. We had to put our hands up if we wanted to do it a couple of weeks ago and then Sim sent us all a little parcel of goodies to use. The only thing we had to add was CS for the base.

As you can see i've done a punched border on the PP (martha stewart punch)then i distressed the edges of the photo and inked the edges. and the rest is there to see.

Well i think i have bored you enough for this blog. But before i do go I would like to say thank you to Noriel (gorgeous Sister-in-law) for my beautiful birthday card. If you want to have a look head over to scrappingirlsjourney.blogspot.com. Noriel has posted a pic of the card on her blog.

thanks for taking the time to look. take care. xxx

May

2011-05-11T19:54:00.005+09:30

Wow can you believe we are nearly half way through May already?

I'm feeling pretty excited this month as i was asked to be the Guest DT this month over at www.artisticdocument.com.au Below is the Challenge I set for the monthly challenge. The challenge is to use one photo, and from that photo use the dominant colour (mine was obviously green) and use that colour for your CS, then you have use white flourish, flowers, title, and some bling. I just have find out what the theme for the CC night is going to be and then i have that challenge to create.

The book below was just a normal note book that i covered for a girlfriend who left work last week. She loves taking notes and we had given her a lovely leather portfolio and pen but i thought i'd make her something that she could put in her handbag to use where-ever she is.

I Used Graphic45's Debutante from the Fashionista collection and the Art Nouveau pics are from Moonlight Journeys Art Nouveau Beauties sheet. They have some gorgeous sheets pics so go look at www.moonlightjourney.com and they are such a great price you can buy loads.

And since it was Mothers day last weekend i made two cards. The first one i made for my mum and the bottom one was for hubbies mum. The pictures on both and the paper and elements on the bottom one came from the Creative Cardmaking magazine issue 22. Its a great little mag for the price. as you get some gorgeous papers and toppers and elements to cut out and make beautiful cards.

My daughters and i did the Mothers day classic walk (4.5km) with a couple of friends. this the pic of me and my two gorgeous girls, Melissa on the left and Cherie on the right. We had a great time chatting and laughing as we walked. then once we had finished and caught our breaths we went to a small market in town (Adelaide) and afterwards then we took my mum for lunch. Zonked it when we got home that is for sure.Well thats all i can think ooops no thats not all. We had the Spa delivered last week. YAY!!! but can't use it yet as we have to get council approval and we have to have a pool fence put around it too. But hoping it will all be done in a couple of weeks. Will definately take pics when its all finished.

thanks for taking the time to look

Almost end of April

2011-04-27T19:57:00.002+09:30

Hi everyone, can you believe it almost the end of April. We must be having fun.
Well i have been having fun playing with my Christmas present from Hubby (photoshop elements 9) i've been purchasing a fair bit from scrapgirls.com & also peppermintcreative.com.
There are some gorgeous kits out there and i'm slowly learning how to instal and use brushes and styles for my Lo's. Here are a couple of Digi LO's i did over the looooooong Easter weekend.
the first one

"Welcome to spring i used a freebie kit (NItwit Collections) from a CD that came with the Complete Cardmaking with your PC magazine. It has 4 0r 5 other kits and 25 free romantic fonts. Well worth the money.

The second one I've used papers and elements from different ranges purchased at Scrapgirls.

So now its back to the PSE( and play around with a few more LO's
Thanks for looking.
Oh and in the next couple of days i'll up load some pic's of the page's i've received for my CJ.

2011-04-18T19:26:00.005+09:30

I have been reminded that i neglecting my blog. (Sorry Noriel) Just trying think what has happened since i last blogged.

First, this is not something i have forgotten, but my darling mum has been in and out of hospital with breast cancer. She had to have a mastectomy 2 weeks ago. I am in awe of her. She is 71 and when asked if she was ok with what was going to happen her response was "Shit happens"! She has to have hormone treatment only at this point as there are a few other little cancers that are lying dormant. She said she was glad to get home because she was putting weight on in the hospital. all the beautiful food and no exercise.

We also celebrated mum and dads 50th wedding anniversary the weekend before her op. We went to the Bombay Bicycle Club for tea. It was a great night out just family and we had a private room and we just chatted and laughed and enjoyed each others company.

I've done a bit of scrapping too. some for the monthly challenges and some for the CC challenges

so these are just a few of the Lo's i have done. Some Digi and some paper scrapping. I have also done this birdcage. I got the idea from the Magnolia Ink magazine. A lady by the name of Monique had done one (a lot prettier) using T!m Holtz's birdcage die and some of T!m's techniques. I used my own ideas on how to put it together but i must say i'm pretty happy with how its turned out.

Mad March

2011-03-05T23:13:00.006+10:30

The above title would have suited February just as well!

So what has been happening in February. Well we have had visitors for the last 5 weeks. for the first 4 weeks i had a cousin from Wales staying with us. 4 weeks is way to long when they don't want to go see other parts of the country and just want to stay around home.

We hired an apartment for three nights down at Glenelg. the only down side to that was i had to go to work during the day while hubby and cousin enjoyed the wonderful weather on the beach and playing golf and culture of a seaside town. ;o( Not going to let that happen again. lol

We also took him to the Barossa for a wine tour of sorts. I think Cherie (daughter) and I had more fun tasting all the wines. I got some gorgeous photos.

This one is taken under some vines at the Grant Burge winery. I'm thinking of having this one put on a canvas.

And

this pic was taken at Maggie Beers Pheasant farm/winery. There is a lake of sorts behind the shop/cafe and we had a walk around the outside. at the end of the jetty there lots of dragongflys flitting around and hovering over the water. I was able to snap this one using my zoom when he/she landed on this twig.

Gary & I had a break way from it all in the middle of Haydn's stay. We had organized a weekend away with friends 4-5 months ago to stay up at Hahndorf. We stayed at the Manna on the main street of Hahndorf. Quite a nice set of units. It was a lovely relaxing weekend. WE literally took all day to stroll down one side of the street and then back up. It was so nice. There was 6 couples and depending on the speed on each individual no one couple actually stuck to their partners while strolling. we all got mixed chatting and window shopping and actual shopping. We had tea at the German Arms one night and the Hahndorf inn the other. Both meals were huge and unbelieveably delicious.

I took this pic walking back to the Motel on the Saturday night. I was trying to get a nice pic of the moon but i was surprised the way the old buildings turned green in the photo.

And these beautiful people are the great friends that we went away with.

My husband worked the the gentleman on the left and the two on the right for nearly 30 years and stil works with the guy in the middle. We have been going out for tea and having our weekends for 15 - 20 of those years. the wives are just as good friends too. A few of us even go interstate together to watch our Beloved CROWs footy team play and there have also been a number of girls weekends in Melbourne.

so that leaves us the last week of February. Well that will have to wait for the next post (possibly tomorrow) as i think i have bored you enough for one post.

February already

2011-02-06T14:42:00.003+10:30

Wow i cant believe 1 week of Feb has already gone.
I finished Last weeks tag last night an here it is. Last weeks (wk5) question was "what would you write on your wall (not facebook). The criteria for this week was that we had to use buttons and bows.
This is the front with the buttons and bows

ans this is the answer. I used kaiser clear and black bling inbetween the black flower buttons

Last week i picked my cousin Haydn up from the airport. He's here from Wales for four weeks and this first week has flown by. He managed to get sunburnt even though we told him to wear a hat and sunscreen. so i took a lot of pleasure slapping the freezing cold aftersun aloe vera gel on his back.

He's down south for the weekend staying with some friends that emigrated 6 years ago. So that will help us not to get sick of one another. lol. Next week we are off to Glenelg for 3 nights. He loves Glenelg so they can roam around there or they can play golf while poor me has to go to work.

In two weeks time hubby and i are off to Hahndorf for the weekend with some friends so that will be a lovely break and then the following Wednesday my sisiter-in-law and niece are over for a week. With the final night being Micahel Buble concert. i'm soooooooo excited.

Read a really lame joke yesterday but thought i might share it with you.

What's a Shitzu? A Zoo with no animals!

Yes i can hear you groan. so on that note i will sign off.

Australia Day

2011-01-26T14:43:00.006+10:30

Well I'm sitting at home not doing a lot. (Bliss). Finished my Tag for week 4's question which is "What 3 words would others use to describe you?"

Well i asked my daughters and they came up with Special and Lovely/loving and one of the girls i work with told me i was a caring person, so i used those three words.

So here is my tag

Over at Artistic document we had our Cyber crop night on Fridayand once again the girls on the DT and their guest DT Member (my sister-in-law) excelled themselves with their challenges.

I did the Blindscrap which was set by the every lovley Megan, I used kaiser papers and some homemade flowers which i made a few months ago.

and Terri's Artistic Challenge which was making an easel card using a 10 x10cm canvas. I made mine for another girlfriend at work for her birthday.

We are going to our friends again for tea tonight so i better start getting ready.

Have a great Australia Day everyone.

TGIF

2011-01-14T21:40:00.002+10:30

Yes its the best time of the week for me. Friday night. No work for two days!
Well the only downside is the bloke over the back with his band practise EVERY friday night.
We cant even have the windows open while watching tv cos we wouldn't be able to hear it.

Another weekend is here. Hubby is working again tomorrow so i'll get the house work done, how exciting, then either scrap or do some power point for work. I think scrapping is winning out.

2 more weeks and my cousin Haydn is coming over from Wales for four weeks. I'm hoping to take 2 weeks off so i can spend some time with him and then with my sister-in-law who is coming over to do some scrapping and also to go to the Michael Buble concert on 1st March. I'm soooooooo looking forward to that. There will be myself, of course, my daughters, Noriel, Krystal, my lovely niece and my gorgeous girlfriend Vicki going together. its shaping up to be a great night.

On a more sombre note, i would like to send my thoughts and prayers to all those who are caught up in the devastating floods in QLD. Its an absolute tragedy. We are doing a collection at work for the flood appeal. So hopefully come Monday and Tuesday we will be able to collect a nice amount.

Also there is some flooding in Victoria so send your prayers for our friends that are suffering there too.

ciao for now.

Hump day over and done with

2011-01-12T22:02:00.003+10:30

Half way through another working week. YAY!!!
What have i done so far this week???? Watched 2 episodes of The Tudors, series 4 with my daughter Cherie. Played on the computer for work last night and tonight i went to weight watchers and found i'd gained 100gms. Yes i know its not a lot but i thought i had done all the right things this week. OH well tomorrow is a new day and start of a new week. I think i will have to change things around abit in what i eat. I do tend to only have cereal for breakfast. so tomorrow i will have some scrambled eggs on toast.

On Sunday week two of the 52 question challenge at ARTISTIC DOCUMENT was uploaded and the question this week was....How do i feather my nest. the criteria was we had to use something from a swap. My swap piece is the Tim Holtz bird cage and bird from our bird butterfly and bees swap which was held last year at ARTISTIC DOCUMENT

Front and back. (lighting wasn't the best)

Well thats it for tonight.
Take care everyone, especially everyone in Queensland. My thoughts and prayers are with you all.

thanks for taking the time.

First challenges for 2011

2011-01-09T13:15:00.004+10:30

You must be thinking Wow 2 posts in 2 days.
Well Hubby is at work and i'm on my own (DD1 is a sleep in the family room) so i have been doing some scrapping. Oh yes, i nearly fell off my chair when i finished the LO too.
so here are what i have done in the last to days.

The first two are the back and front of The 52 question challenge that Marie at Artistic Document is holding. Each Sunday she will be posting a question and the criteria for each tag. This first Question is What i wish for in 2011 (not a resolution). the criteria was Collage. So the first pic shows the back and my answer.

this second Pic shows the front and the question.

I used BasicGrey's Chablis form the Periphery range on the front and back and Kaiser Cle from the Le Chateau range, back and front. I also used Kaiser's key, lace and flowers on the front from the Devonshire collection embellishment pack. the flower on the back i made using T!m Holtz's Tattered flowers die and paper from an old book. spritzed them with water. scrunched them and added a kaiser brad int he middle then inked the edges in distress ink, faded jeans.

No this Lo is for the challenge set by our Guest designer Noriel. MY sister-in-law. I was so proud when it was announced that she had been chosen so i though it fir for her challenge to be the very first Lo i did for this year. Her challenge was to use only 6 inches of the paper, top, bottom, left or right, but it could only be in 6 inches. We could use as many embellishments as we wanted BUT NO flowers were allowed. she's tough! So a few girls did mention that it was a good way to use up papers with patterns down one side. I love those girls and their ideas. Well i had plenty of papers given to me last mothers day that i could use. I finally settled on this one and i loved the picture of the boys in our family. It was taken at my nephew's 30th birthday back in August 2010. It's not often that we all get together like this so photo op in the making.

Well the child (26) is awake and will no doubt want some attention before she goes out.

Thanks for Looking.

Happy New Yeatr

2011-01-08T22:27:00.002+10:30

A few days late with the wishes but as you can tell i'm not one for updating on a regular basis.
Oh well.
The Kitchen and renovations are all finished except for curtains and a new fridge. And i'm loving it!!! I've never cleaned my kitchen as well as i do this one. Yes i hear you the novelty will wear off but hubby will make the most of it while he can.
Didn't have the nicest start to December. It was the hardest for my daughter which i found very hard to cope with. She's still having times where she doesn't cope but i hope a New Year will bring new happiness for her.
Christmas came and went far to quickly. We had a lovely day with Mum and Dad coming for breakfast. We also had a niece, Rachel, (Yay i got her name right) who is from Wales and is/was in Oz on a working Visa. she is a beautiful girl, not just in looks but in personality too.
Lunch was Hubby, myself, Cherie, Melissa and her boyfriend Todd and of course Rachel. We had quite a few laughs and some had a snooze after. Then in the evening we went to our dearest friends for tea. over all a really lovely day.

Hubby spoilt me and gave me Photoshop elemtents and Premiere elements. I've had a go at doing a digi Lo but there is still a lot of practise to go. I may just do a course on Photoshop so that i don't waste his money. lol.

New years was a fun night as we went to a friends 40th birthday party. Hawaiian theme so we all had to wear lei's. mine was white fragipani's which lit up and flashed. I wore a dress which has the hibiscus all over it ( i bought it in Hawaii). Had a few wines and a few more punches (alcoholic of course)

I started back at weight watchers before christmas and have lost 2.5kilos. my aim is to get to 64kg. so 18 more to go. I didn't go over the christmas break so i was happy when i wiehged in on Wednesday night that i had stayed the same. i've been a good girl and kept track of what i have eaten each day.
Had a lovely surprise visit from my sister-in-law and her darling husband on Monday. They are over in Adelaide and staying with some friends. We caught up with them again on thursday but i can't wait till the end of February when she comes back and we go to the Michael Buble concert with our daughters and my best girlfriend Vicki.

Well i've rambled on and i hope i haven't bored you to much.

2010-11-27T17:17:00.002+10:30

Hi everyone. These are the last two Lo's i have done for this months challenges over at Artistic Document. The My girl Lo is the colour challenge. you had to use the colours in a pic as inspiration. I used the pinks whites and greens from the pic.
My girl is My gorgeous daughter Cherie celebrating her 25th birthday last year. She's come home for 12-18 months to save to build her own house.

The second one is the Sketch Lo. Both challenges are set by our gorgeous Miss Kym. This one is of my equally gorgeous youngest daughter Melissa and her boyfriend Todd. We had gone over to Melbourne to celebrate our nephews 30th birthday (which is the same day as Melissa's) and the two of them were goofing around.

2010-11-24T18:23:00.002+10:30

Hi everyone, didn't think i'd get to do this in time but........
Over at Artistic Document we are having a blog hop challenge. We all set a criteria on our blog and then go to the others to get their criteria to do a Lo. There's also a thread for the non bloggers to set criteria.

Mine is masking. use what ever medium, ink, paint, chalk.....
this is a lo did a few months back.

Have fun.

2010-10-03T22:32:00.004+10:30

Not much to report on the Reno's since my last post.

the study/scrap room is painted and my scrap desk is in and almost full again. Once the spare room is empty the DD1 will be moving back home.

All our appliances are ordered and the kitchen goes in on the 27'th of this month. picked some colours for the family room and just have to pick some tiles for the kitchen.

Haven't done a lot of scrapping this last month.but got a few of the CC challenges done at Artistic Document.

this one was for the blindscrap for the CC we have each month. This is my gorgeous sister-in-law Noriel (scrappin girl) the picture was taken last November while we were in Melbourne and we celebrated her birthday and my hubbies birthdays.

these two OTP's were for Challenges set by our DT memeber Megan a talented NZér

The "S" was one of the CC challenges and the bag was for themonthly challenge. I'd crakled the bag and had made the butterfly dress form for a swap we did a few months back and thought it tied all together fairly nicely.

Not a very interesting post tonight but i'm on my own and have no one else to talk to so you all have to suffer. lol

2010-09-15T19:50:00.004+09:30

Can't believe how time flies by so quickly. We are half way through September and i don't think i've done any scrapping. I did make two cards but forgot to take pics. One was for Fathers day and the other was for my mums birthday. better not tell you how old. We took her out to tea with my brother and his family. It was fun catching up altogether. We gave her a ticket to see the Russian Ballet perform The Nutcracker. Teased her a bit saying she was going on her own. lol. She was over the moon.

Well the Renos have started. I am sitting in an extremely empty study. There is only the desk that the computer sits on. All my scrapping and craft stuff is either in the garage or in the spare room until hubby gets to paint in here. A couple of before and during pics

The lunatic in the bottom pic is my darling daughter. Never misses a photo opportunity. lol. It looked like a bomb had gone off when i walked in the door from work. I just keep reminding myself IT IS FOR THE GREATER GOOD. not for man kind obviously buthubby wants me happy. god i love him.

Well i've rabbitted on enough for tonight. i'm off next week so hopefully i'll get a chance to scrap.

Caio for now.

2010-09-04T20:26:00.002+09:30

Well another nothe has gone by and i've remembered to putup a new post. Well the renovation work that i mention last time has begun and as far as the kitchen side of things are concerned we will be living out of boxes for the next 6 weeks. Oh well it will all be worth it. Didn't believe it Thursday night when hubby and i were cleaning til 10pm. Wont be getting my scrapping room back in order for at least two weeks so i'l be carting things in and out each night. :(

I've been able to get four LO's done last month. This first one was for one of Artistic Documents Cyber Crop challenges. (Terri's Traditional Travel). this was a trip we made with my sister and brother -in-law last November to Tocumwal for golfing. As you can see, Sis and I didn't play golf we ate instead.

this next one was for the Blindscrap challenge (which i won, Thanks Toni) the pic was of me having my Starbuck coffee in Penang. Hubby and i have started a tradition of having a starbucks coffee when we go on holidays. so far we have had one in Singapore, Sydney, Hawaii and Penang Oh and Glenelg in SA.(we stayed there for three nights for a short getaway and had a ball.)

this one was the colour challenge for our regular monthly challenges (this is Kyms Challenge) The colours were pink teal and white. The two love birds in the pic are my youngest daughter and her boyfriend at her 21st birthday.

And this one is another of Terri's challenge's. Apparantly i inspired her with what techniques and what ingredients she wanted us to use (which is basically everything i buy but never use) So Thank you Terri you made me get off my butt and put some purchases to use. lol. We had to use alcohol ink on chipboard and embossing (eg cuttle bug or big shotz), masking and journalling.

So thats all i have done this last month, not very exciting. Ohh but i did go and see The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Brilliant light hearted movie. I won a double pass to see the preview screening and took the youngest daughter with me. We had a really good laugh. make sure you go and see it.

2010-08-04T19:57:00.003+09:30

Gee time flies, still in the process of getting quotes for kitchen renos. Got quotes for heating and pergola and 1 kitchen quote. 2nd one is coming up on Saturday and then just have to wait for the next two.

I'm going Licorice Linea for the cupboards and Jurassic Marble for the bench tops and stainless steel appliances. I'll be glad when its all over and done with tho.

I've done a few LO and i was lucky enought to have the Lo i posted last time win the challenge.

This LO was for the CC Blindscrap. My two gorgeous girls last christmas.

This one is, as the title suggests, My husband. I took the photo when we were in Penang in April.

Another Christmas LO (Christmas in July) My hubby and two girls showing off some of their pressies.

And last bu not least This Lo is to celebrate our best friends 50th birthday. Again this was while we were in Penant. I not long ago bought T!m Holtz Compendium of Curiosities book and tried a few of his techniques. I got the RLOTW las week for this one. So that really made my week. Will show the birthday boy the Lo on the weekend when we catch up.

Well thats about it. Can't beleive we have started another month.

2010-07-21T19:05:00.002+09:30

Well i have been told i've been slack and i need to update my blog. Wont say who but thanks Noriel for the reminder. LOL
Well hubby and i have been organizing quotes to do some renos around the house, 3 down 6 or 7 to go. the 2 main things we want to do is New kitchen and pergola extension. Its all very exciting and tiring at the same time so heaven help me when the work actually starts.

I've done a couple of lo this month and this is the latest one. The pics are of my best girlfriennd and I while we were on holiday in Penang. The Lo was for Terri's puzzle piece challenge over at Artistic Document.

we've got another 3 weeks and we are off to Melbourne again with our besties for a footy weekend and also for our nephews 30th birthday. Can't wait to catch up with Noriel and the family again. 3 days is just not going to be long enough just wish it longer.

That all i can think of boring you with for now. thanks for having a read.

2010-06-26T19:18:00.004+09:30

Well i finally (& hopefully) have my computer back for good. took three attempts to fix it but i have now got it back on my desk and i''ve been giving it a run for its money.

I've actually done three LO's in the last week. The Mojo fairy fluttered off somewhere for well over a month and made a reappearance last week. Nothing spectacular but i'm happy with the results

I'd been wanting to do something with the pictures of the girls since i had them printed and this sketch challenge at ARTISTIC Document was perfect. I copied the pics and reduced them in size and flipped the sketch on the side so that i could use them landscape.

The tops LO is for the Cyber crop challenge set by Toni - The Game of Life. WE had to use three pics as a series and using the word LIFE. We had to use blue or pink as our main colour and as you can see i chose the blue. The Pics are from 1982 at my 18th birthday (no doing any maths thanks lol) the GAry & I on holiday in QLD in 2000 and then finally the pair of us this year in Penang.

Had a great day out with some of my cyber G/F's we went to a Coffe Cake and Create day at Seriously Scrapbooking. Firstly I picked Terri, Judi and Margie and headed off to Charolottes Web down near Marion where we met Kerryn and then did some damage to the purse there (they had a trash and treasure sale) and as far as i'm concerned all i got was treasure. lol then we had brunch at Maccas then over to Seriously Scrapbooking and did some more damage to the purse before and during
the sessions. needless to say i have come away with my head spinning with ideas and slightly (very) tired. I love catching up with these girls as they all have great ideas and a gold mine of information on diofferent techniques. We are planning another catch up in Novemeber when my darling sister-in-law is over for a week. So we will be doing more shopping and definately more chatting.
Well i think i have bored you enough so i'm signing off and going to snuggle up with hubby for the evening.

2010-06-02T17:57:00.002+09:30

Wow its been a long three weeks. I've had so much trouble with my computer so its been back to the place i purchased it from for them to do tests and then i've had to wait nearly a week for a technician from HP to come out and fix it. Finally came out today so i left work early. It was the graphics card as far as we have worked out. so fingers crossed everything will be ok. If something goes wrong again it has to go away to be looked at.

Haven't done any scrapping worht mentioning in the month of May. the mojo went walkabout. slowly getting a bit of inspiration going with a noodle box sewing kit swap over at thescrapartistwithin.forummotion.com

I did make some embellished journal tags for a swap at Artisticdocument and i have to pull my finger out and get some Royal ATC's on the go too.

2010-05-07T18:52:00.002+09:30

Her are a few more pics from our holiday. top is of the four of us at the top of Penang hill with penang in the background. From Left Gary(hubby), myself, vicki and Peter.
This one is Vicki (left) and myself enjoying a dip in the pool. I can't believe the amount of time i spent in that pool. It was just sooooo relaxing and refreshing.

And this was me feeding the monkeys on the way to the top of Penang hill. We went up in a four wheel drive as the little tram aqnd tracks are having a major revamp. The monkeys fingers were so soft. There were acouple of aggressive ones but most were well mannered.

2010-04-30T19:36:00.002+09:30

Here are a couple more pics from our holidays.
This first one is of my honey Gary (on the left) and the birthday boy, Pete enjoying a cigar to celebrate Pete's 50th birthday. Neither of them have smoked for nearly 20 - 28 years but boys being boys they had to have one. lol this one is one of the sunsets we were priveliged to view. Each night was different but just as stunning as the last.

2010-04-26T15:07:00.003+09:30

These are the latest LO's i have done for challenges over at ART. This first one is for the Week 8 Magical Musical Challenge, the theme was country. we had a list of criteria which included wire and rusting. I hand made the barbed wire behind the & and my rust was the colour (as in buttons, paint ont he post in the pic and the alpha stickers). also we had to use habadashery items, I put a needle in amongst the straw/hay at the top right of the pic, used buttons and ricrac, we had to do stamping and inkingand also use Kraft CS.

This Lo is for a monthly challenge and we had to do a scrap lift. I picked a LO one of our DT (Toni) did as a digi as it was "magical". The photo was taken in Hawaii from our Hotel balcony. Didn't use any special setting on the camera but clicked away as the yacht sailed across the ocean. We framed a selection of this pics and have them hung in our spare room.

This was Weeks 7 challenge for the MMT. Tango was week 7's theme and we had to use predominantly Red and Black, 2 photo's, two word title, 2 techniques and 2 embellishments (as many of the same as we liked). The little picture was of Hubby and myself on our wedding day and the larger pic was taken in Nov '09 while we were in Melbourne visiting my SIL and BIL. that night we were celebrating hubby's and his sisters birthdays (one day apart). That was another great holiday. I did masking and embossing for my techniques, flowers and a metal wedding cake charm for my embellies and Then Now as my title.

I can't believe we are nearly finished the Magical Musical Bus Tour. We had our last Challenge uploaded this morning and the last mini challenge was uploaded last night. The mini one was to use scraps from one of our previous challenges and decorate a note book (which is just below) and this weeks Challenge theme is "The bridal Waltz". We have to use white and cream, use textures, a three word title, a sub title and we may use tiny touches of gold, silver or black if necessary. The examples the DT have supplied are jaw droppingly beautiful.

2010-04-26T14:49:00.003+09:30

Wow. how quick does a week go! Especially when you are away on holiday! My husband and i went to Penang for 7 nights to meet up with our best friends for a 50th surprise. The birthday boy didn't know we were going to be there and his reaction was brilliant when he opened the door of their room. His reaction was "gee you two look like Gary & Sharon" hahahaha

Well we had a brilliant time. Lazing around the pool wandering up and down the markets at night, having drinks at the beach bar in the resort. Where were we staying you ask? The Shangri-La Rasa Resort and Spa. We had a view of the ocean from our room and also over looking the beautiful lush gardens below.

the top pic is of the four of us in the pool, this was about the 5th or 6th photo taken on timer.

The bottom one is the gardens from our room. It was taken at about 7.30am and was a hazy morning.

I highly recommend everyone staying at this resort. The facilities and the service from the staff is second to none. Everyone had a smile on their face and a cheery goodmorning as you passed. Wish i was still there.

2010-04-12T21:16:00.002+09:30

Hi! Well Toni showed us a link (http://avintageaffair.ning.com) and the gorgeous pair of vintage shoes that she made on the weekend, so i thought i'd give the ago to. I made this pair for a swap and they should be flying their way to New Zealand as i type. I made the flower cluster on the front and the black binding is velvet ribbon which is also on the heel (which you can't see properly, sorry). So i've signed up on their site and will see what they think.

2010-04-10T16:45:00.004+09:30

thought it was time to put up a new post.

Well Easter has been and gone and i have 5 days before i fly off to Penang with hubby and meet up with friends.

I've done a couple more challenges over art Artistic Document one of which i have won the Lo of the week. I was really wrap that it got chosen. It was Terri's Seeing Squares challenge and i had a fun afternoon doing it.

and this weeks Magical Musical Tour Challenge had the theme of The Charleston. We had to use warm colours, fringing/tassles, glitter and film strip. I title mine "In their Roaring 20's" and i made a flappers dress using some fringing, some glittery ricrac on the bottom of the main pic and the background paper is a photocopy of a advertisement reproduction from the 20's.

Again another great challenge. Some of the entries are fantastic with a few girls using pics of their grandparents in the 1920's which is fabulous. I just love looking at some of those old pics and thinking about what life would have been like back then.

2010-04-03T21:33:00.004+10:30

Easter bunny is almost here.

finished this weeks Lo for the Magical Musical Tour over at Artistic Document. This weeks theme was punk. This was my effort at Punk. I've ripped material, torn holes, distressed, pinned and inked and stamped and machine sewed the paper.

The pic was taken when we went to the ACDC concert last month.

2010-03-30T19:10:00.002+10:30

Well another day down one more closer to holidays. This is my latest LO for Toni's challenge over at Artistic Document. We had to rip, tear, distress and paper pierce. I took these pics of St Peters Cathedral in Adelaide on the night of the ACDC concert. I was waiting for hubby and the girls so i thought don't waste time shaz start taking some pics. I very nearly deleted them when i got home but soooo glad i didn't. This came together so quickly but i must say its one of my favorites at the moment. Its not a LO i would normally do and i didn't over think it. See what not thinking does for you?!?!?! lol

2010-03-27T14:21:00.003+10:30

Woo Hoo!!!!!
I am so happy today. My boulder holders got picked as the winner for the boobie mash challenge.
Toni who ran the challenge is now generously donating $10 a bra to the Jane McGrath foundation so i've added a few more dollars to the coffers too.

The Boobie Mash Challenge

2010-03-26T19:14:00.002+10:30

This is my entry into one of our Cyber crop chellenges. Toni set it as an ispration to Laraine having her mammogram. So i've added chain and beads along the underwire section butterlies on the cups and laced ribbon in the centre section with the ribbon going throught a charm bead. Toni is donating $5 for every bra pic uploaded for this challenge. It was fun doing it and DD2 requested one done with her old bras. hehehehe It was good fun adding all the bling and making something plain into something pretty.

2010-03-24T19:59:00.003+10:30

These are a couple of things i have done since the weekend. The Lo is for our Blind Scrapp challenge over at Artistic Document and the card is for one of the cyber crop challenges. Ivé used Crate Papers cottage garden range for the blind scrap lo.

2010-03-24T19:50:00.002+10:30

Wow another week has flown by. What a week too.
MY girlfriend Vicki and I left for Melbourne Friday morning. Got stuck in traffic on the way down but still got there in plenty of time only to find out our flight had been cancelled. We were put onto a 12pm flight which eventually left at 12.40pm. We got there safely had a taxi drive from hell and got dropped off at the wrong hotel. But it only got better from there. WE shopped Friday night after stopping and having a drink at my neices cafe. walked throught china town and had tea on the corner of burke and russel sts. Italian. yummy.
The next day my daughter and her friends flew over got picked up by my niece and then my sisiter-in-law arrived at the hotel and we all met up at Max Brenners for brunch. We headed back to the Hotel to get ready for our real reason for being in Melbourne. MAMMA MIA. What a fantastic stage show. we went to the matinee showing and the girls got to get one of the actors autographs after the show. Then we went back to our room for drinks and munchies before walking to Lygon st for Tea. Italian again i had a chicken dish which was scrumptious. after us oldies went back to our room again and chatted until 2.15am.
We were up and out by 10am and at the blue train for breakie then wandered throught the casino to show Vicki what it was like and then to South Wharf DFO. Then Noriel and her darling Hubby and kids drove us all back to the airport to see us off. What a weekend! Can't wait to do it again.

2010-03-16T20:51:00.003+10:30

Well day two of another week. 3 more sleeps and i'm off to Melbourne for the weekend. yay.

I've just finished my LO for The Magical Musical Tour week 3's challenge Having so much fun doing this. the first pic is a close up of one of the dragonflies i stamped and cutout of transparnecy (saw this on the Scrapbook Creations Masterclass #5 dvd). and obviously the 2nd pic is the Lo. I did it so it looks like old vinyl record.

2010-03-13T17:06:00.002+10:30

Here are my ATC's for Scraptherapy. I stamped and embossed the dandelions. The lighting today isn't the best

2010-03-13T14:02:00.002+10:30

Wow its been a week since i posted last. How slack. Work has been busy but i got these two layouts done during the early part of the week. The Celebrate one is for Terri's monthly challenge over at ART and we had to whitewash the patterned paper(mine is the shaped paper) and incorporate sewing (machine hand or fake) i hand embroidered the little red buds around the shaped paper. I also coloured the lace at the bottom of the frame (which swings loose) to try and match the curtains in the pic. I painted the frame with white acrylic and then stamped and then when it was dry i sponged on some of T!m's distress ink.

The Black and white Lo is for the MMT challenge. This weeks challenge was Classical. B & white or cream, flourishes, chandeleirs and or damask, rub-ons pearls. I love this pic of hubby and my eldest daughter but her reaction to the LO is "oh that is lovely except for that picture". KIDS! It was the last pic taken on christmas day before we headed to bed. Oh well thats her bad luck and i'm happy with them.

2010-03-07T13:55:00.002+10:30

This is my latest LO for ART. the criteria is to use the 2 pieces of CS in the same colour and another CS in the sme tones.

2010-03-04T21:11:00.002+10:30

This is my Lo for week one of the MMT at ART. The criteria was Bright colours, paint, sparkles & ruffles (paper or ribbon). Well i did bright colours, i made the ruffle dress with ribbons bling on the letters and numbers and glimmermisted the whole LO in Marshmallow. I reall loved doing this. Loooove bright colours.

2010-03-03T19:55:00.002+10:30

Its not the best pic but this is me and my family at the ACDC concert in Adelaide. We had a fantastic time. They put on a fantastic concert. would go and see them again.

2010-03-01T19:08:00.004+10:30

Wow March already. Oh well that makes it just over 3 weeks before i'm in Melbourne and 7 weeks before i'm in Penang. yay!

I won Kyms Feb challenge over in ART. This is the Lo i did. i hand cut the paper flowers out and followed the instructions from Youtube.

Well our Magical Musicla Tour has started at ARTISTIC DOCUMENT. This week (1) is Salsa. So its bright sparkly and ruffly/frilly. I have ideas just got to get it done.

Off to the AC/DC concert tomorrow with hubby and my girls. can't wait!

2010-02-26T21:17:00.002+10:30

I have a half hearted Yay its friday. working from home but at least i'm home with hubby.
This is my latest LO for Artistic Document. It is our February Colour Challenge which was Purple, Red and White. I'm really quite happy with how it has turned out. I think i'm starting to be a bit more adventurous.

2010-02-23T19:34:00.005+10:30

These are my efforts at the challenges for the Cyber Crop over at ARTISTIC DOCUMENT. Tried different techniques and hopefully they turned out ok. I quite like them.

2010-02-20T19:00:00.002+10:30

We had some exciting news the other day over at ART. We will be having a 9 week challenge, called The Magical Musical Tour. There's a weekly major challenge and mini challeges during the week to be finished in a 48 hour period. If you want to join in the fun just click on the blinkie at the top of my page and have a squizz. they are a great bunch of girls and you'll feel like family in no time. some great prizes on offer too. It starts on 1st March so only 8 days to go.
What are you waiting for go on, go have a look.

2010-02-19T22:17:00.003+10:30

Just finished a fantastic night over at Artistic Document.

It was cyber crop night and we've had a ball. 4 great challenges and the blind scrap was fun. We all had a giggle. We have an OTP wall hanging pocket to make, a card plus two delicious LO challenges too.

got most of the blind scrap happening just have to stick it down now. then i can up load it tuesday night.

Picked up an addition to my teddy family although she's not classified as a teddy. here she is

2010-02-17T19:19:00.002+10:30

This is the Lo id did for Ann's Sketch challenge in Artistic Document. Tried a few new techniques. well new to me. I was surprised how quick this came together. I used Joss paper on the open heart and distress ink. On the solid heart i glued muslin and sprayed with chocolate glimmermist. I also sprayed the flowers with marshmallow glimmermist.

2010-02-14T19:46:00.002+10:30

Happy Valentines day girls. (and guys, just incase any look at this blog)
What a day!!! spent the day with Terri & Kerryn at the papercraft roadshow. Spent WAAAAY to much but now i don't have to buy for at least a week. lol
picked up some great tips from a couple of stalls. did a couple of tags. Watched Julie from connection demonstrate and had to go back and purchase some more of her gorgeous stuff. will be playing around tomorrow night when i have my daughter over for scrapping.
Charlotte from Charlottes web did a demo for the DVD that is going to be made from all the shows around Australia. So we stopped and watched her make up a little tag book with Glynn Nicols(the comedian) sitting next to her. couldn't here a lot of it but we could see what she was generally doing so will have to have a go at doing that. very vintage
One thing that stuck in my mind today and that is i over think most of my LO's so i have to stiop thinking and just do.
Well that was my day. which was a memorable one and a very enjoyable one.

2010-02-13T20:00:00.003+10:30

This is the LO i did for Ann's Inspirational Challenge. Hope you like it Ann. Its In Memeory of Noriels and Gary's Uncle and Aunt who were two very beautiful loving people.

2010-02-13T13:48:00.001+10:30

This is the card i made for my man for tomorrow. My mum ripped the instructions out of a mag for me and i thought i'd give it ago.

excuse my meesy had writing and mush.

2010-02-13T13:37:00.002+10:30

This is my LO for a challenge set over at Artistic Document. The challenge was to do three techniques, Masking stamping and inking. Ive done the title a little bit cryptically. I've called it Timeless Love. The timeless part is that the clock has no hands. Hubby groaned when i showed him and told him the title. The Picture was taken when we went on the Melbourne tram for dinner. We went with my sister & brother-in -law. Fantastic night. i would recommend anyone to do it.

2010-02-11T21:00:00.003+10:30

these are a couple of ATC's that i made last month. The one on the right was for a swap with Raggedy Ann and the one on the left i made as a return thank you to Scrappin girl for a couple that she sent to me. I enjoy making ATC's as the are so quick to make and satisfying.

2010-02-10T20:21:00.000+10:30

Well this is my third try at getting a pic up correctly.
I would like to introduce you to Dot my kangaroo. I received her as a free gift and dressed her (i think) prettily mainly to tease my eldest daughter who thought she should be green and gold. now i know how to upload pics i'll add more as the week goes on.

2010-02-09T21:18:00.000+10:30

All i can say is thank goodness for sister-in-laws. Thanks Scrappin Girl for your help showing me how to set up my blog.

My first blog

2010-02-09T19:59:00.000+10:30

hi this is my first time as a blogger. wish me luck,