Saturday 26 May 2007

Im so angry...

I just have to get this out of my head... so if you dont want to know dont read LOL....

I just dont understand some people.. i swear some people just dont have their own brain to think of their own things... what possesses someone to go and copy someone elses work that they have worked hard at doing and it took them ages... why copy it word for word.. seriously cant you think of your own words... im jsut so angry that a friend of mine is upset over this and i can under stand why she is....

seriously people use your head and think of your own ideas dont use other peoples....

ok im off my soap box now back to norma viewing LOL...

Friday 25 May 2007

thought i would share

So I thought it was time i came and shared some of my recent things I have been doing with everyone... oh and yes i just realised I havnt shared the fun pics from the retreat so ill start with those....





















Does this look dangerous or what ??? LOL this is the girls playing musical chairs and can i just say i was glad i was the one taking the photos LOL... Tamara, Cath, Nic and Sharon are rather dangerous and competitive LOL when it comes to musical chairs and also that the song was Hi 5 didnt help LOL...The gorgeous Sue gave out a gorgeous prize for this game... Nic ended up winning....

This is a pic of the whole group of us that went to the retreat... a small group but we had the best time ever... Kylie does an awsome job of running these retreats (even if i have to do all the dirty work LOL) so if you want an awsome weekend away go and check out Kylie's site and book in for a weekend you will not be dissapointed : Scrapgirls

Ok on to other scrapping things what else have i been doing... this page was done for a quick challenge over at Scrapworld

















this was the gorgeous mini album that Alison taught us at the retreat i ended up making it for my mum for mothers day... she really liked it which was good so thanks Alison ...

Ok what else see long time since i updated with photos....here are some pics from mothers day. Left is my sister Danielle (Hi LOL) middle is my mum and right is me... down the front blonde hair boy is my gorgeous nephew Ryan and my DD Kaitlyn...








ok well i think thats all for now... dont forget if you visit me leave me a message i love to know who has been visiting my new blog....
bye for now
xxx

Wednesday 23 May 2007

Im liking this...

yeah im finally getting the hang of blogger and im loving it... hows my blog looking everyone....

do you love my new banner thanks to the gorgeous Donna http://12x24.blogspot.com/ who paitently showed me how to make my own banner in photoshop....she is a very good teacher (she must be if she can show me how to do something in photoshop LOL)... thanks again Donna your the best and I love my new banner....
oh and if someone out there that has blogger there are 3 things i need to know

#1. How do you get rid of the stupid spanner and thingy next to my things in sidebar
#2 How do you put a link in a post but only have the name as the link???
#3 How do i get rid of the blogger thing up the top of my screen also

Ok if anyone can help me that would be great thanks

well i must be off I have the next 2 3am starts at work... but oh well.... my mojo has slowly started to come back to me i did finish off the competition pages for the LSBS comp so was happy with that....
ok be back later
ciao xxx




well i have finally decided to change over my blog to blogger...so here i am... please ignore all the previous posts here i just transfered it all over from typepad.. didnt want to lose any info that i had over there... and the best thing about blogger is its free... yeahhhh LOL have to start saving lots of money now....

ok on to other things... so in a slump with my scrapping at the moment.. i have 2 more pages left to do in the competition www.littlescrapbookshop.com.au and i really must get them done they are due this friday...so if anyone has any inspiration they want to send me feel free to LOL...

ok well im still playing around with this blog so please bare with me and dont forget to update my address if im in your friends list....
ok ill leave you with this pic of my gorgeous girl now without 2 teeth



ciao for now....xxx

update time

well i thought i better get on here and tell you all my exciting news... LOL...since its already been announced i was asked by the lovley Kellie to be apart of her new blog that she has started called Scrap The Girls... i was so honoured that she wanted my work to display on this inspirational blog so thank you so my Kellie...make sure you all go and check it out... so many talented people contributing to this blog....congrats Kellie it looks awsome so far and im looking forward to many more of my pages going up on there....

not much else happening went back to work yesterday after 2 weeks off... yeahhh not LOL now im off for the rest of the week... how stupid is that but unfortunatley i have to work all weekend so thats not good but oh well...

planning on scrapping today hopefully if i get my scrap desk cleaned....

be back later on to share pics of stuff that i have done... including mothers day stuff that i did and what i got...

bye xxxx

So funny...

LOL you girls are all so funny... but sorry i still cant spill the beans just yet... soonish i hope looking forward to it....

ok well must update everyone on the fun we had at the Scrap Girls retreat... it was so much fun....didnt sleep much but who needs sleep when you have scrapping to do LOL... got a bit done which was good...did an awsome class with Alison this gorgeous mini album box that i have made up to give to my mum for mothers day... loved it thanks alison.

i taught my altered clock class at the retreat.. all the ladies liked it which was good many diffrent versions were done which i loved seeing....

had a few dramas on the saturday but all was well i sorted them out LOL... then cath did the sweet talking LOL... but we all had a fun time... thanks to my gorgeous friend Kylie who organises the whole thing... you do an awsome job girly... love going away to these retreats even if i have to do all your dirty work for you ROFLMAO....

ok what else not much i dont think... being pretty bored latley... im back to work on monday after having 2 weeks off... but im at that stage where i think im ready to go back LOL shock horror...might be going out tonight for dinner but we will see how things go... otherwise i think i might have a scrappy night at home there is a cyber crop going on over at Crafting in Style which looks like fun so might pop in over there as well... apart from that not much happeneing... Off to kylies tomorrow to meet up with her and Tracy so that should be good... taking scrapping stuff so might get something done....

ok well im off just waiting on Kaitlyn to come home she had Grandparents day at school today so she gets a half day... home for lunch with the grandparents and great grandparents....

bye for now xxxx

something exciting ...

is happening really soon... im so excited to be asked to help out with it... its going to be a fun adventure..... will reveal more soon

be back later to update you on my weekend... just getting our computer upgraded first...

be back soon xxxx

Im off to

SCRAPGIRLS RETREAT YEAHHHHHH

I so cant wait... im all packed ready to go just have to put it all in the car in the morning... woohoo a whole weekend of scrapping and chatting with some wonderful people...im planning on doing quite a bit of scrapping and im super organised this year with all my photos etc so lets cross fingers that i get alot done...

This week has been a big scrapping week for me... i think i finally finished off 4 pages that i started probably about 2 weeks ago plus did some other work... Did Jen Halls online class last night as well (although the mini book is not finished thats my first thing im going to do on the retreat)... plus other scrappy things as well.. so an awsome productive week for me... here are some of the pages i can show you all...

this page was for this weeks scrap sketch challenge over at Scrappin Mojo this was using one of my own sketches that i designed...

this was for scrappin mojo also.. this was for this months sponsor.. we were sponsored by Scribble Scrabble this month... was thinking i wouldnt be able to use these papers but once i got going i quite liked them... i also have a boy set that im going to work on as well over the weekend.. and i need to do another girl page also....



these 2 pages are for the retreat Kylie made up some challenge packs for everyone that is attending and she asked me to do some pages to show what can be done with the kits... this is what i came up with... Im also teaching my Heidi swapp clock at the retreat.. so it should be alot of fun....

ok see i told you i had done alot of stuff... and i also have had the flu all week starting to slowly go now which is good as up where we are going for the retreat is absoultly freezing up there at night time so i dont really want it to get any worse...

ok well must go get some sleep dont think ill get much over the weekend LOL...

have a fun weekend all xxxx

More old blog posts

Well i have decided its time to start saving money and go on a serious budget... Im determined to do it this time and really start saving.. this means im on a serious scrap budget... so i was over at shop and crop the other day checking out the forum and was talking about saving money etc... the wonderful Mel was saying she sets herself a challenge that she is not allowed to buy anything until she has completed 20 pages.. So i have decided to take her up on that challenge and try to do this myself as well...So here is page number 1:

ok so im going to try and stick to this.. i will upload my pages here as well as shop and crop.. just so i can keep a track of things....

Well not much else to share with you all today.. I have finished off all my pages for this months EDM theme of Family.. loving this competition so far and im really determined to complete this fully...Well it looks like it is going to rain again today (kaitlyn has her first atheletics carnavil at school tomorrow so cross fingers it dosnt rain too much).. its so cold i wish summer was here soon...have a great day all..



Finally i scrapped.. its been like over a week now since i last scrapped and i was feeling so out of it... i had no motivation what so ever so tonight i sat down put on a movie (got off the computer LOL) and scrapped... although it wasnt a LO it was still scrapping and i totally love what i did... here it is.. my Red Rooster Mug... they are selling these in red rooster for the movie "Over the Hedge" so i went and bought 2 of them when i found out that they came apart and you could scrap them... this one is for myself using my favourite pattern papers of all time Junkitz Flowerful.. love what you can do with these papers...



Love it... ok so hopefully my mojo will stay with me know and i can scrap lots more.. Off to scrapabout Australia tomorrow night for another 8.5x11 class with Alison..cant wait lets see how many pages i can get done...

Oh this makes me 2/20 so only 18 more to go till i can go shopping...

Here are a few pics i was telling you about from our 3 hour bush walk... was sore for 2 days after that episode LOL.. never again...



well im off to bed.. only got 3 hours sleep last night so im hoping for a few more.. and im addicted to a series of books at the moment they are a series called "Stephanie Plum" they are the best books i have read in a long time.. i think there are 12 in the series so far.. and they make me laugh.. they are all about this girl Stephanie who is a bounty hunter and its all about mystery and murder and police things etc... just an unreal story line... so im up to number 6 in the series and i just have to keep on reading them.. i have also gotten my sister into reading them and so i have to keep ahead of her so she can borrrow them off me... so off i go to start on number 6...

Hope you are all having a great week.

chat soon



Finally again i have been scrapping...i have completed 4 pages which brings my total to 6/20 so only 14 to go till i can shop... here are some of my recent pages ...

this was for the shop and crop use your things that make you go HMMM page...

this page was using the purple pack that i purchased from Jen Hall (purple rain material pack)..

this was a page for the 52 challenges (elsie flannigans new book) over at scrap to the max.. you had to use journalling strips on your page...

Loving that im scrapping more again...hopefully i will keep going.. i also scrapped a canvas for a friend of mine with her wedding pics but cant show it as its her pics of her and her husband and son... i hope she likes it..

well tonight im off to work i get to destroy a McDonald's LOL.. sounds like fun hey we are getting new equipment installed tonight so we have to get rid of all the old stuff and move things around everywhere...

hope you are all well


ok here goes thanks Mel for tagging me..

Four Jobs I’ve Had:

1) Babysitting
2) working in a car shop
3) mcdonalds crew person
4) mcdonalds manager


Four Movies I Can Watch Over And Over:
1) Dirty Dancing
2) How to lose a guy in 10 days
3) Grease
4) Top Gun

Four TV Shows I Love To Watch:
1) LOST
2) McCleods Daughters
3) Home and Away
4) Bold and the beautiful

Four Important things to me:
1) My family
2) My daughter
3) happiness
4) friends

Four Tunes That Play In My Head:
1) Because of you
2) Unfaithful
3) Who Knew
4) Whats left of me

Four Favorite Food Dishes:
1) pasta
2) anything Chicken
3) Mexican food
4) McDonalds

Four Websites I Visit Daily:
1) friends Blogs
2) www.just4keeps.com
3) www.shopandcrop.com.au
4) My email.

Four Scrap company’s I like:
1) Heidi Swapp
2) Basic Grey
3) Making Memories
4) Lil Davis

Four Favorite Colors:
1) Purple
2) Brown
3) Blue
4) Pink

ok i now tag.... Kylie, Tracy and Alison have fun



Want to know what it is??? LOL I got the position of DT member for Zig Zag Scrapbooking.. I am so excited about getting this.. I just couldnt stop smiling and telling everyone LOL... this is my first time as a DT member for an online store and its just so exciting to see things that we have to do and work with all the other girls that got the position as well.. I so cant wait to see whats in store for us Im sure that it will be awsome... Thanks to the lovley Neva and hubby for choosing me to be apart of their team i feel very honored....

Ok now on to other things, I have joined in on a online monthly crop with an american online group called Scrapbook Dreamer its such a fun crop.. We have to go back to school and start at Kindergarten LOL.. they give you about 4 challenges in each grade and you have to complete at least 2 of them before going on to the next grade... So much fun... Kindergarted challenges were to go on a scavenger hunt online and find a list of 15 items (i completed that), 2 other challenges were to leave comments and messages in the forum and gallery (just about to finish that) and the other one was to complete pages (as many as you like) but they had to incorprate shapes such as circles, squares etc.. here is my first page.. going to get another one done tonight:



so im off to do another page tonight and go up a grade to grade one LOL...

ok i thought i would put a list here of scrap things that i need to complete.. Lets see how many i get done this weekend...

* Complete 3 pages August EDM pages
* Finish off kindergarten school shapes page
* Tidy up my scrap area so i can actually scrap LOL
* try and complete at least 2 challenges over at J4K
* Start the SHE album
* catch up on ABC of Me album
* finish off recipe file folder and recipes
* complete challenge over at Zig Zag

Ok probably wont get alot of these done so ill come back here to update it when i have finished off a task.. ok off to do task number 3 so i can actually scrap LOL.. I think i have my mojo tonight LOL

Have fun:)


Yeah go Erica and David.. these 2 so deserved to win this show.. absolutley loved it and watched each episode... was so excited when she won she is definatley one talented girl....

CONGRATS on the WIN.....

Okay onto other things i joined in on the top50 cyber crop last night only managed to get one page done which was pretty good for me.. and i did like the end result which again was great LOL...

isnt my girl gorgeous LOL im just a bit biased LOL... well today was just a non eventful day, i was in just one of those lazy i cant be bothered doing anything days... unfortunatley that means nothing got done what so ever and now im just really tired so im heading off to bed now...hope you all (who ever the 1000 people are, yep thats how many hits i have had here LOL, so if its you make sure you pop in and say hi) have a great week.. im off to work tomorrow night then convention for work at Star city casino yeahhh... enjoy everyone...



That this gorgeous guy Nick Lachey was on It takes Two tonight... man he is yummmm (now where can i find a guy like this LOL).. love his new song (the one playing on my blog at the moment is it)... isnt he adorable LOL...

(ok not the best pics but you get what i mean LOL)


Well thought it was about time i did a catch up on my blog... (before i get in trouble from Kylie again LOL)..

Firstly I having a great time being on the Zig Zag design team.. got my first DT pack the other day and so cant wait to scrap with them.. im setting myself a day next week to just tsit and scrap.. speaking of Zig Zag tomorrow night the 18th August we are having our first Cyber Crop.. Its going to be so much fun so i hope you all can be there.. some fantastic prizes and challenges that are going to happen.. i so cant wait counting down... so please come on over to see us...

ok other things i have done my first 2 pages forhe EDM comp for August here they are.. i was quite pleased with these pages...



love that photo of my gorgeous girl playing hide and seek from me behind a tree LOL...

ok not much else to catch up on.. Im now on 8 days off from work.. yeah a bit of a holiday im so happy as im just exhausted and need to catch up on my scrapping LOL.. Im off to Scrapabout Australia tonight for a class with Zina Wright.. im so excited about this this class looks gorgeous... im not much of a freestyle person but her work is awsome so we will see how mine turns out LOL...im just so excited to be able to be in her class even if i dont get much done LOL... well i best go and get ready for it i just checked out her blog and there is a list of what we need for the class on there... i have printed out the photo but thats about it LOL...

Hope you all have a great weekend.. my brother comes home tomorrow from being away with the australian navy for 4 months.... so DD is going to meet him when he sails in with my parents so i might get some scrapping done in the morning LOL.. then off to the eye doctors for DD as she may need glasses.. cross fingers she dosnt but hey my whole family wears then so its probably most likley that she will... oh well...

take care and have a great weekend...


then i have to go back to work... what a BUMMER LOL... have had a good 8 days off so i cant complain.. i did a lot of scrapping some that i can show you others you will have to wait until september as they are for my Sketch Kit that you can purchase from Zig Zag so make sure that you check out the september newsletter (just sign up for the shop and you get the newsletter so if you havnt done that yet go on and do it)....

but here is one page that i can show you from my august DT stuff... must go and get the others done soon...

this is using the new 3 Bugs papers.. arnt they gorgeous.. i love the bright colours that are in these papers....

Ok in the last post i told you all i was going to a class at Scrapabout Australia at Parramatta last thursday night... it was a great class.. Zina is gorgeous and such an inspiration.. well tonight i finally finished off her page that she taught us and here it is

very out there page but im quite happy with how it turned out in the end... thanks Zina (if you read this LOL)...

well not much else happening i promise to update with all the other pages that i have done when i can (after the 1st september).. but why not check out Zig Zag while you are waiting there are some awsome challenges going on over there and great prizes to be won also...

well i think thats it for now have a great weekend all...



A HUGE CONGRATS to the lovley Mel Harris and family....

ITs a GIRL.. congrats... gorgeous little Lillianlee Louise Harris was born on September 1st at 10.30pm weighing 7 pounds 10 ounces...

Congrats again Mel on becoming a mummy..


Ok thought i better update.. Just got yelled at on Kylie blog LOL.. so here im am before i go over there on wednesday and get yelled at IRL ROFLMAO...

Ok so whats been happening.. well not alot really LOL.. Im in a scrap slump again seems i cant do anything at home latley.. maybe cause I spend so much time on this computer.. Must learn to get off it LOL...

Have found an awsome new site that im loving at the moment and thats also keeping me busy LOL... such a great site heaps of challenges and its really diffrent.. everyone on there is so much fun, keeps me laughing.. they also produce an online magazine which is great every month... opps better tell you the site ScrapStreet.. go check it out.. this months street is Main Street Disney just happens to be my most favourite thing ever cause its all about Mickey Mouse....

Ok in other news LOL... went to a great day scrapping with Kylie on saturday.. the lovley Alison was there also.. It was at Sue's house she owns this great online store called Scraploot.. WOW is all i can say.. i walked into her double garage that she has and it is just so full of all the new stuff and much much more... i wish i could have lived there LOL.. spent a bit of money but hey i had saved up for that day so i was allowed to spend up big.. i managed to get 2 pages done.. one was actually a page for this month EDM so was quite happy with how it turned out...

Isnt he just the cutest, my gorgeous Nephew Ryan who just turned 2....

Ok i can also share with you my Zig Zag DT pages i did for this month here they are..

this was part of a sketch challenge for this month using the new gorgeous Urban Lily products

another sketch challenge, I did one 12x12 one 8.5x11 and a card sketch.. you can buy this kit and make them up yourself...

this was just a random page i did using the new Urban Lily papers... my little terror..

Oh also forgot to mention my gorgeous Terror got glasses... she looks so cute in them. she only needs to wear them for reading books, writing and things close up computers etc... she is doing really well with them so far so cross fingers it helps to improve her eyes the doctor said she is about 60% long sited in her left eye so this might help her in getting her words around the right way etc...will take pics of the glasses soon...

Not much else is new...im off to see if i can scrap something now... hopefully ill remember to update this blog a bit more often LOL.. sorry Kylie wont happen again LOL

take care


well i have finally been doing some scrapping.. YEAHHH go me LOL... thought i would come here and share some of them...ok we have just started the first scrappy 500 challenge over at Scrapstreet.. loved this challenge we had some advertisments to look at and get inspiration off.. i chose this gorgeous green and white one.. loved it.. hope all the challenges are like this lol.. here is my page i did for that challenge:

this is just a gorgeous pic.. My friend Kylie took this the other day of our 2 girls who both got glasses at the same time.. arnt they the most gorgeous things you have ever seen LOL.. Yeah i know im biased LOL...

OK what else went to another great class at scrapabout on wednesday night with the lovley Alison Shearer... great class i managed to get 2 pages done and was quite pleased with them both...



isnt he the cutest as well my gorgeous Nephew....

have done some other things as well.. I was involved in a scraptrain over at Scrapbook Dreamer loved the page i had to scraplift it was gorgeous.. here is my page i did



and just some that i have done...





we have had such a busy week here this week.. dont know how i found the time to do anything LOL.. Wednesday we had to Kindergarten teddy bears picnic.. that was a great day we went on a bear hunt and got to have a picnic lunch with the kids... and today is DD athletics carnival.. she wasnt too happy about that LOL.. shes not much of a sporty running kind of girl.. but she did try which im so proud of her.. she came second last in the big race and last in the sprints.. but as i said mummy is just proud of her giving it a go... love my girl... so ill share some pics of them all soon.. well im off to do a tidy up.. back to work tomorrow yuckkk...

ok have a great weekend ciao...



Yeah Holiday time for this week.. only one week but hey its going to be a jammed packed week i can tell you LOL...

Ok so what has been happening.. well not alot as usual (such a boring LIFE i lead LOL).. lots of scrapping which has been good.. Got all my EDM pages completed for September.. going really well with this comp which is quite surprising LOL.. here are my pages for september think i have posted these before but here they all are together..:







Ok what else.. Oh i made it into round 3 at Scrapstreet for the scrappy 500 challenge... this challenge we had to create a class.. wow what a challenge that was.. I ended up just teaching a class on Doodling.. was quite fun i love doodling one of my favourite things to do at the moment on my pages... will find out tomorrow if i get to go on to the next round.. fingers crossed...

I really have to stop joining in on competitions LOL but i just love the challenges and it gets me out of my scrap slump alot since i seem to be in that quite often latley... ok the other competitions i have joined in on are Scrap World they have just started their competition today called Scrap in the city.. ok next one is Chook Scraps this one is a Chook scraps Survivor (like the tv show only scrapping LOL)... you get 2 weeks to do these challenges which is great... see now you see why i am scrapping so much... here are some of my recent pages...



this was for a cyber crop challenge i did



this i made for another cyber crop challenge



this page was for the wacky wednesday colour challenge over at LSBS

ok and check this out my DD did a page for a competition.. the lovley Sue from Scrap Loot gave my girl a flower and some flower ribbon so she could scrap a page with me.. it actually didnt turn out too bad.. she ended up putting it in the scrap top 50 cyber kids challenge... was very proud of her...

How cute is that LOL...she actually did 90% if this page all by herself...

Speaking of DD its nearlly her 6th birthday (21st October).. this sunday coming up we are having her birthday party, she is so excited we are having it at home (silly me LOL) and she invited her whole class to come so far including friends and family we have 15 coming... great fun LOL so by the end of this holiday ill need another one to get over the party LOL.. it should be a great day though lots of photos... oh kylie is coming maybe she can be the photographer of the day LOL.. must ask her (or she might just read this blog and answer me LOL)...

ok must really go to bed soon my eyes are getting rather sleepy...off to get ready for my big week of things to do...have fun all...


But you just have to keep on going...oh well hopefully one day in my life might improve but for now i just live one day at a time....

ok on to brighter things LOL.. My gorgeous girl will be 6 years old tomorrow... another depressing thing in my life LOL.. i just cant get over the fact that i now have a 6 year old DD... wow never thought i would be here living like this a single mum with the most gorgeous DD ever....she is such a good girl 90% of the time LOL... she had her birthday party last weekend (as she will be at her fathers for her actual birthday).. so i hired these entertainers Kosi and Pinky to come out (she has met them before at other places and just loves them).. well i decided to make it a surprise for her.. well let me tell you i think she flew through the air when she saw them walk in the door... check out this pic of her hugging Kosi..

she just wouldnt let him go LOL.. she had a great day we had 18 kids all up from her class at school, Kylie's kids came also and my nephew... Kylie was the offical photographer (thanks heaps hon i appreciate it...) all in all a great day was had and DD got totally spoilt rotten... now to find places to put all those great presents she got..

Ok what else ohh i had a great time on holidays.. we did something nearlly everyday of the week... on the tuesday we went up to the beach at Toowoon Bay up near the Entrance.. We (Kylie and I and the kids) met up with the lovley Kell.. it was so great to finally meet you Kell we all had such a great day at the beach and the park... here is a pic of Kell and I and one of all the kids together (how hard is it to get all these kids to look at the camera at once LOL)...



such a fun day...

Oh really exciting news for me i got into the final round of the Scrappy 500 over at scrapstreet.. so excited we had to write a magazine article for it... cross fingers ill let you all know soon.. Also made it into round 2 of the other 2 competitions that i am in...so a busy week for me LOL.. ok must go and get them done now...

byeee...


Yeah there is a new blog that is starting called Scrapping the scraps... this blog is awsome all about using your scraps more often... its going to have lots of challenges and heaps of inspiration on it.. I have joined in as a contributor of this blog setting some challenges etc and inspiring you all.. so go and have a look and join in with us.. there are some awsome inspirational people on there that are contributors also... so check it out and join in the challenges they will be starting very soon...

ok well i didnt win the scrappy 500 but i had a blast joining in.. CONGRATS to all the girls that one prizes.. so here are all my pages that i did for this comp i can share them all now...
so there they all are all 5 rounds.. ok well off to bed now im going to spring clean my room and DD room tomorrow (trying to put away all her birthday presents as she got totally spoilt rotten LOL)...maybe ill even do a bit of scrapping im really in the mood at the moment LOL.. will be back with more later.. ciao


Man im not liking Optus at the moment.. They decided to do a free upgrade of our internet connection.. they told us it would be faster etc... but no its like im back on dial up again.. so slow and im so not happy... going to ring them soon...

ok what else is new.. not much LOL.. had a great weekend away with Kylie and her family down at their farm.. was nice and relaxing.. kylie and I even had a few drinks.. (kylie had more then me LOL wasnt too crash hot the next day LOL).. but it was great to just get away.. thanks kylie for inviting us down there....

ok what else... made it through to the 3rd round of both the Scrap World and Chook Scraps competition... having so much fun and the next challenges look great cant wait to get started on them soon... I have not done my EDM pages for this month... must get them done today hopefully.. before i start work at 4pm today...

Ohhhh only 4 more days till i go to a class with the gorgeous talented Elsie Flannigan from the USA.. Im so excited this will be my first big class like this.. Kylie and i are going together we are going to the paper arts festival in the morning then off to the class.. yeahhhh bring on saturday...

The first challenge is up on Scrapping the scraps go and check it out.. i did it LOL... make sure if you want to participate just post a link in the comments section for us to see it and crissy will post it up on the blog for you.. come and join in would love to see everyone over there....

well i think thats about it.. must go and get myself into scrap mode and scrap these EDM pages... have a great week all...


Just a quick post... im so excited i just cant sleep at the moment LOL.. i feel like a little kid LOL... but tomorrow is the day i get to meet Elsie Flannigan... YEAHHH so excited .(stop laughing at me Kylie LOL)...

so today i went and got my hair cut (havnt done that properly in years) and got a colour put through it also.. i was actually quite happy with how it turned out... here is a pic of my new doo...

you cant really see the colour in the pic but its a burgundy brown colour (totally not what was shown to me LOL) and it has blonde foils through it ... i had it cut shorter too with layers through it... thing is i cant put it up now for work it falls in my face LOL.. oh well lots of bobby pins may help that...

ok well im all packed for tomorrow... now to get some sleep.. have to take Kaitlyn to dancing first then pick up kylie at 11am (you better be awake girly ROFLMAO).. then we are going to paper arts to shop first then Elsie class at 2pm.... yeahhhhhh bring on tomorrow....

will share lots of pics when i get back...



ok well what a week its been...

so last saturday was the day that my good friend Kylie and I went to meet Elsie... Oh it was so much fun.. she is just adorable and i love her accent so cute and bubbbly... had a great time in her class we got to make a mini album and we even made this cute felt bag that you put the album into....it was great the album is all about Kaitlyn's 2005 year... little cute calendar pages in it... and lots of doodling....just gorgeous...

Elsie and I

Elsie, Kylie and I

Here are pics of the gorgeous book





what else.. i made it through to the next round of the Scrap World competition... this challenge was to do a page using only cardstock, buttons and on your shoes.. LOL thinnk i did pretty well with that one LOL.. will upload all pics when i finish the competition.

Well im off this weekend to the Scrap Girls retreat this weekend... Yeahh so looking forward to this.. Kylie has put in a lot of effort (and stressful days LOL)... cant wait I have lots of stuff planned to get done (but probably wont get much done)...but it will be lots of fun.. will share stories of the weekend when i get back...

ok dont forget to check out the Scrapping the Scraps blog and see the new challenge that is on there... (another thing on my to do list this weekend...)...Lusi has set a great challenge on there to alter a piece of cardstock and make a hand cut title... mmm challenging...these challenges are set every sunday so make sure you remember to check them out each week and give them a go...

ok off to finish off some things and start to get organised for the weekend....ciao for now....


Well i can now tell you all... Yeahhh I have been asked to join a Design Team over at Embellish This.. Im so excited and just cant wait to start creating for Allison... looking forward to my first DT pack...

Ok well last weekend was the Scrap Girls retreat... I had a ball.... It was so much fun.. catching up with old friends and making so many new friends as well... thanks to everyone that came with us for the weekend you all made it worth while...Thanks Kylie another great retreat that you put on for us....ok so i can show you some of the things i did (yes i actually did do some scrapping which i was quite surprised at LOL)... i ended up doing 5 pages a mini keyring album and half of Alison class album too... must go and get these finished i think....
this page is for the scrapping the scraps blog challenge set by Lusi....
this page was created from a kit that I purchased from Scrap world...

ok will take a pic of the others once i have completed them....

ok not much else to say.... here are some pics from the weekend....



oh wow you should see my scrap room at the moment... LOL its like christmas in there... i just recieved my first ever Scrap kit from One Page At A Time... this is the best kit ever... Im so glad that i took the plunge and bought it and am definatley going to be buying more of them.... they are an american based kit and they do send internationally... but its so worth it... i ended up paying $72.00 aus for this whole kit...definatley worth every cent....this is what i got in my kit:

9 sheets of american craft papers
6 sheets of bazzill
1 american craft mini markers rubons
1 sheet of mambi floral glitter stickers
1 american craft pk buttons
1 paper mache round wall/door hanger
1 american craft alpha stickers
1 bazzill square chipboard shape
1 technipue tuesday zig zag border
6 amercian craft plastic flowers
2 deluxe designs chipboard corners
1 maya road ribbon slide
2 little davis glitter chipboard shapes
6 diffrent coloured buttons
12 bazzill brads diffrent sizes
4 yards of ribbon

I also got the add on kit...in that you got

1 techinique tuesday chipboard shapes
1 americna thicker stickers
1 basic grey chipboard elements
1 basic grey romani rubons
1 pk lil davis glitter flowers
5 bazzill chipboard chips
5 bazzill blossoms
5 tickets
1 lil davis glitter buckle
2 pks of thread black and white
3 yards of assorted ribbons

here is a pic of all my things i got in it:



so much stuff in it.... cant wait to get next months it has all ki stuff for christmas in it... lots of fun play time for me LOL.

What else has been happening.. didnt make it to the last round at scrap world.. good luck to all the girls that are going through... also didnt get the shop and crop DT but oh well didnt think i had a chance anyway.. but as the saying goes you have to be in it to win it and there is no harm in trying....cant wait to get my first DT pack though for Embellish this hopefully soon... ok not much else has been happening...

5 days to go till i turn the big 30... still dreading it not quite sure why LOL... just dont want to be 30... so im actually turning 21 LOL.. i can dream cant i....

ok will leave you with a few pages i have done in the last 3 weeks.. (yep not much scrapping here for me latley hopefully tonight ill get something done going to scrap class with Alison tonight YEAHHH)....
off to have a coffee and to get scrapping.... have a great day all...



well the DT call went out today for the one page at a time site... i didnt make it on the DT but thats ok... this site is awsome.. their kits are the best as you saw on my blog yesterday LOL (just cant stop raving about them LOL)... but the fun thing was that i got an honourable mention... how cool is that... i was just so excited to see that... didnt know they were going to do that so it was fun and exciting to see my name there...



ok what else not much happened today.. i did get one of my secret santa presents completed and ready to send off tomorrow... looking forward to recieving one back... i have one more i need to get done and sent off soon.... and i need to get all my DT stuff completed as well... ok well im off to get some done tonight hopefully.. i really need to scrap... im hating these slumps i get myself into... motivation please anyone.... HELP.... maybe ill check out some challenges or things that are around.....

bye for now


Manifesto: Noun. A declaration of one's intentions.

Starting December first, I will keep a Christmas journal. In it, I will write something every
day to reflect on the holidays of my past, enjoy the holidays of the present and dream
about the holidays of my future. To some, this will be a stack of papers and trivial
scribbles, but not to me. I am taking back my Christmas, I am letting it be something I
relish and, most importantly, I am giving at least fifteen minutes every day to myself no
matter how crazy this season becomes. I hope you will share, encourage and understand
as I make something with my own hands, my own words and my own memories.

I may post some or all of my entries here. Other artists are doing this with me, and you
can see there work here. Or you may
href="http://www.shimelle .com/classes/ 105/its-beginnin g-to-look- a-lot-like">join
us.

Above all: enjoy the season. I will.

Ok ill be back later on to add some pics of what i am going on about.. in the meantime check out all the others blogs and pics...

happy december 2006

Yeahhh just wanted to come on here and post on my birthday LOL... had to share pics of the gorgeous cake my dd made me... it was beautiful... her dahma (grandma) helped her make it but she did most of the decorating... now i know why she wanted a photo of me by myself LOL... it had 30 candles on it (thats how old i turned yuckkkkk not happy LOL)... it was like a bonfire....



dosnt it look gorgeous LOL... it was yummy... thanks to my gorgeous girl....

My mum also cooked me my favourite meal a baked dinner and for desert we had my mums homemade custard with banana in it yummm o....

For my birthday i was spoilt i got a gorgeous gold braclet from mum and dad, kaitlyn bought me some kylie minouge perfume called darling with a silver star charm.. and my brother got me shapelle corby's book... we are all going out on sunday for a family lunch with my sister and her family and my grandparents... so it should be nice i cant wait...

other things i have so much to do this week.... so i thought i might write a list so i can cross it off as i go... ok here goes

# get up to date on my christmas journal for Shimelle's christmas online class
# get up to date on Kim Archers online christmas extravaganza class
# complete at least 4 pages for my DT at Embellish This
# clean and organise scraproom
# complete last secret santa for Scrap World
# complete at least one item that is in my unfinished to do metal tin

ok think that is enough for this week will see how i go with it all....

Thank you to everyone that wished me a happy birthday... it meant alot to me and made me smile all day... especially the email i got from my good friend Kylie that just cracked me up girly thank you for making me laugh as you know how much i was dreading this birthday....

thanks again ok off to rest this old weary head of mine LOL.....

ciao have a great week everyone



to share how proud I am of my gorgeous girl today... I was pulled aside this afternoon by her teacher at school... i thought oh no what has she done LOL... but it was all good... my gorgeous girl is going to recieve an honour award at the end of year assembly... im so proud of her for this achievment....we dont actually know what it is for yet that is a surprise but she got her formal letter telling us that she will be recieving one and im jsut so happy for her... she is also doing a dance and singing as well... its held in the big entertainment centre that is near us.... will be taking lots of pics to share on the day thats for sure...

ok off to make dinner and hug my girl one more time



sorry Mel I have only just seen that you tagged me LOL... better get to it... here it is:

Tag Your It

A - Available or single: Both
B - Best Friend: very close friend Kylie
C - Cake or Pie: Pie
D - Drink of choice: Coke
E - Essential Item you use everyday: my camera
F - Favorite color: purple
G - Gummy Bears or worms: gummy bears
H - Hometown: Castle Hill
I - Indulgence: scrapbooking
J - January or February: January start of a new year
K - Kids & Names: Kaitlyn
L - Life is Incomplete Without? my DD
M - Marriage Date: not married
N - Number of Siblings: 1 older sister 1 younger brother
O - Oranges or Apples: apples
P - Phobias or Fears: cockroaches
Q - Fave Quote: live one day at a time
R - Reason to Smile: my gorgeous DD who i am so proud of
S - Season: Summer
T- Tag 3 or 4 people: Kylie, Alison,Belinda
U - Unknown Fact about Me: when sleeping i have to sleep in pitch blackness
V- Vegetable You Don't Like: aspargus
W - Worst Habit: talking to fast .
X - Xrays: head, stomach, leg, ankle, knee, hand
Y - Your Fave Food: mums home cooked meals
Z - Zodiac Sign: sagitarius



thought i would do a bit of an update before christmas... well i have totally finished all my shopping and wrapped every present that i got... im all finished and im so over the shops... at least this year im not shopping on christmas eve LOL.. seems to be a habit of mine... but this year im all organised.. but i have been really slack in the card department so sorry everyone but this year there are no cards from me LOL...so to all of you that read this blog here is your card LOL... if you read this blog please let me know i love to know who is actually reading this thing im up to like 2000 of views.... LOL ok well here is your card whoever you are



MERRY CHRISTMAS 2006

ok what else... i have done a couple of pages using my first DT kit that i got from Embellish this... here they are





go check out the store... they are still having a sale on till the end of december there are some great bargains there...
ive been such a slack mum this year no santa photos... what am i doing LOL... oh well i did manage to get her dressed up for me to take photos of her for christmas and im actually quite happy with them... here is one i took

love it so cute....

ok well im off to see what i can do tonight.. getting a bit hungry and i really need to scrap but my room is a mess right now and i just cant find a thing.. i really need to organise myself better in my scrap room.. maybe that can be my goal in 2007 to be more organised ROFLMAO ... yeah right... it will last probably a week LOL... oh well lets see if i can try....

ok well im off ill be back to update after chrissy once santa has been... Merry christmas everyone....


WOW didnt the day go so fast....but it definatley was a great day... I didnt have Kaitlyn this year she actually went to her fathers which i suppose i have to get used to being a single mum.. each year we switch and this year she had to go to her dad's for christmas eve and christmas day... that means i got to see her christmas night and boxing day... but we enjoyed ourselves anyway... Kaitlyn got totally spoilt and was very please with everything that she got.. (it took her nearlly half an hour to open all her presents LOL...) but she had fun....christmas day we just hung around home just relaxing... i got to open up all my pressies in the morning from SANTA LOL.. i got totally spoilt also... this is what i got:

a sewing machine (for scrapbooking of course LOL)
season 2 of LOST
new winter PJ's
a 1kg of mint crisp
some new car seat covers
$100.00
and i got a star filter for my camera... its the best thing.. here is a pic i took of our christmas tree with it on...

how cool does that look... i took so many pics of lights LOL... and the sun one i took looks cool.. will show you that one another time... ok here are some more pics from christmas day:

Kaitlyn and I christmas Day (the top im wearing she actually chose for me also with a white singlet top underneath...from her i also got the new "Young Divas" CD....)

this is Kaitlyn with her main present from Santa.. she got a nintendo DS lite... she loves it she got a nintendogs game with it and she has actually picked it up pretty quickly so she is forever playing this game now....

Just Kaitlyn being her usual self and posing for the camera.. she definatley isnt camera shy... here she was showing off her new clothes and new croc shoes (not the real ones but she thinks they are LOL)....

Well not much else really happened... boxing day i was back at work and we were so busy.. seriously people just do not stay away from McDonald's LOL.. apprently someone told me today that one McDonald's store did $13,000.00 on christmas day... WOW thats alot of people having macca's for christmas lunch and dinner LOL... but i suppose i shouldnt complain they pay me wage every fortnight LOL....

We are off to see Happy Feet tomorrow... looking forward to it it looks so good... just bought the tickets online as i can imagine its going to be packed up at the shops tomorrow... well im off to bed to watch LOST season 2....

have a great week all....



say HELLO to me... i have put a visitors count on my blog today...found it while surfing other blogs.... but already i have had 15 people from all over the world come and visit my blog... so please if you stop bye my little blog here say hi in the comments section... i love meeting new people...and im not scary i promise (no comments from you kylie thank you LOL)....

anyway.. all is quiet in my house at the moment...kaitlyn has gone to her dad's for a week so im a little lost at the moment without her... i did however create 3 more pages for my DT postion over at Embellish This... so that wasnt too bad... and i watched i think 6 episodes of LOST season 2... now i think im off to bed... here are my pages that i did for Embellish this:



ok probably my last post here for 2006.. thank you to all that do stop by here... I hope that you all have a great New Years and that 2007 brings you much happiness... best wishes everyone for 2007....

Night....xxxx



my first page for 2007... YEAHHHH... finally some inspiration i think is coming back to me... so much stuff that i need to get done... maybe now ill be able to do it... so thanks to Little Scrapbook Shop which gave me the inspiration with their great challenges over there.. i got to complete this page.... its very simple and clean but i actually dont mind how it turned out.. (apart from the really bad scan LOL the buttons were a bit large)... oh well ok what else do i need to do....ohhh thats right catch up on sleep have had 2 early mornings this week for work so im lacking sleep so think ill head to bed pretty soon... rest of the week off from today... missing my gorgeous girl heaps only one more day and she will be home to me...yeahhh cant wait...

thank you everyone that has stopped by so far and said hi... its so nice to meet you all cant believe people from all over the world are reading my blogg LOL... must think of something exciting to write about from now on LOL...and thanks for your lovley comments on my pages also... ok back later with more scrapping stuff i hope wish me luck....

xxxx


I finally did it.. I completed a Pencil Lines sketch... was actually quite please with how this one turned out.. as you can probably guess (from my last 3 pages LOL) that im loving my new sewing machine... love it to bits and i jsut cant help but use it.....ok here is my page: this is also using the kit that i get from One page at a time loving these kits.... must take a pic of the last kit that i got from them... ill do that now....

oh yeah i also completed a sketch challenge for Little scrapbook shop. Cath makes the best sketches so easy to follow i love them... here is my page for this months sketch challenge using one of her sketches... this was also for a challenge that was set for me... i had to use at least 3 diffrent chatterbox papers, 2 heidi swapp ghost shapes at least 2 photos and letters stickers....(LOL again i used my sewing machine....LOL)

ok well im on a roll at the moment with my scrapping... am definatley going to do more while i have the mojo....ok off to clean my desk and start something else.... nothing like a scrap day to make you happy......

bye for now xxxxx



Hey all... well not much happeing around here latley... have to say hello to my sister Danielle who apparently reads this all the time "Hi Danielle" LOL.... have fun reading this LOL... i got this from Kylie's blog its a tag of sorts... copy and paste if you want to....

well im trying to clean a bit today.. only one more day of work to go till im on holiday yeahhh... going to do a bit of scrapping today i think... just got my DW calendar for 2007 pretty good this year so lots of inspiration for me...

I have joined in my first 2 competitions for 2007.. one of them is at Scraptitude i have 2 challenges to complete for this one... looks good so far... and i have also joined in the 8 week competition over at Scrap apple...so thats my scrapping so far for now... ok off to finish cleaning so i can scrap... have fun everyone....

From the list below, hightlight all the things you have done in your life.

1. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
2. Swam with dolphins
3. Climbed a mountain
4. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
5. Been inside the Great Pyramid
6. Held a tarantula
7. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
8. Said "I love you" and meant it
9. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby's diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescop
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was shit faced
42. Had amazing friend
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Posed nude in front of strangers
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an expert
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Eaten fugu (pufferfish)
89. Had a one-night stand
90. Gone to Thailand
91. Bought a house
92. Been in a combat zone
3. Buried one/both of your parents
94. Been on a cruise ship
95. Spoken more than one language fluently
96. Performed in Rocky Horror Picture Show
97. Raised children -does raising count?????
98. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Petted a stingray
110. Broken someone's heart
111. Ridden a bike
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Petted a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad and The Odyssey
135. Selected one important author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone's life

have fun everyone bye for now....



Well we have just come back home from the shops and look at what happened to my gorgeous girl today... I told her yesterday she had to go and have her hair cut ready to go back to school... so i thought yeah about 5cm off the bottom should be ok... you see she has really really long hair and she loved it... she wanted to be rapunzel and have hair like hers... well this morning when i was doing her hair she told me she wanted it all cut off.. im mean not just a bit but alot off... so off we went went and saw a movie first "flushed away" it was an ok movie nothing i would rave about... then it was off to get the hair chopped off... im still in a bit of shock how much she actually had cut off... here is how long her hair was before





ok and this is now what she look like... i actually dont mind it.. the lady at the hairdressers actually put it in a pony tail and plait before she cut it off and gave it to me to keep.... its amazing how much she actually did have cut off... here is the new Kaitlyn
she is still my gorgeous girl LOL...

ok what else is new... umm not alot lol.. not much scrapping happening here... i so need some inpsiration... help me someone please... ok well im off to do something hopefully some sort of scrapping would be nice....maybe might actually start to do a bit of orgainsing... any one got any tips on how to organise your chipboard... i have so many but they are everywhere... any help would be great

ok off to orgainse may give me the inpsiration i need LOL

bye for now xxxx

HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY EVERYONE !!!!!!!!!

Had a great day today... we went down to richmond and had a picnic on the river... awsome day so relaxing and so much fun... was rather hot so it was good to sit by the river and its shallow enough for the kids to have a swim... and thats all they did all day... i think Kaitlyn came out of the water for half and hour for lunch and that was it till we left LOL... she is getting so much more confident with her swimming now its great...got a little burnt... applied so much sunscreen on her but she still got burnt... must really go and purchase one of the rash shirts i think... even i got burnt but only on my legs... ended up going in the water myself clothes and all LOL but it was so hot it dried in minutes.... here are some pics from the day... took lots as usual...

this was taken at the start of the day before she got all wet and messed up LOL.. had to have some nice aussie day photos... she had to have a tattoo on as well we found these in the shop so she had to have them... just when i took it off tonight she has a white patch on her face where it was due to a bit on sunburn.. ohh well it should fade before school goes back next tuesday....

Her great nan and pop got her this hat.. it was the one from the newspaper last weekend.. she loved it thought it was great... was quite happy with how my photos turned out today used my larger lens and played around with the settings on my camera etc... slowly ill start to learn more things on this camera....

ok what else... went on a scrapbook shop crawl yesterday with friends Kylie and Tracy... had a great day... bought a few things that i wanted but not much... spent more time driving around i think LOL... here is what i got yesterday... but that is all from now on im on a scrap spend freeze... making myself save like crazy from now on... the only thing scrapping that i am buying monthly is my kit from OPAAT.. this is a monthly kit.. speaking of which after i got home from Tracy's yesterday my jan kit was here waiting for me.. this would have to be so far my most favourite kit yet... look at all this yummy stuff that i got yesterday... its so worth every cent that you spend on it... it was so good i even took a pic for you all to see ....

yummy isnt it LOL... ok not much scrapping happening here... hopefully tomorrow send me your scrap vibes please LOL... ok have a great weekend all....

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


Yeah some creations started flowing finally for me... got 3 things done one i cant show you its a class im going to be teaching at Scrap Girls retreat in may... its so cute so if you want to come and see come to this great retreat... its going to be an awsome weekend... and the lovley Alison will also be teaching at the same retreat so you dont want to miss out....

ok some things that i can show you... this page was using the new Pencil Lines sketch... love these sketches as i have told you before.. this one was very simple and fast to do... so here it is... look at those gorgeous blue eyes arnt they just gorgeous or am i just being biased as he is my nephew LOL... ok what else of yes i made this clock also... i have wanted to make one of these for ages, my dad got me the clock... this was my version of heidi swapps clock that she made for her class at creative escapes... loved the idea so i had to scraplift her thanks heidi...

loved it its now sitting proudly on my wall in my bedroom.... ok well off to see what else i can do... bought a new computer screen and keyboard today... man its nice screen is huge and keyboard so soft to touch and easy to type on so its all good im a happy girl today LOL bit tired though was thinking of going to go and have a nana nap i think before i have to pick up kaitlyn from her dads at 5pm... sounds good to me LOL... bye xxxxx


Well it was back to school this week for DD... Big year 1 girl now... still dont actually have a class for her yet.. very frustrating for the kids and the parents... poor kids have no idea what is going on.. the school that she goes to the numbers go up and down so much that its hard for the first couple of weeks starting a new year so all kids just go back into their old classes for that time... but they arnt dong any work why not just give them another week off... all they are doing is playing drawing etc that is it.. but oh well hopefully by next week it will be organised and she can get on with the rest of the school year... here are some pics of the first day back (had to try a collage since alison was talking about them last night they seem to be all the rage at the moment LOL).. so here is my first collage of photos attempt...

ok so that didnt turn out that bad LOL... so back to school meant back to work for me... NOT HAPPY JAN LOL... 3 early mornings in a row (yep that means 3 am wake up) so rather tired here... not much scrapping happening... hopefully ill get some done this weekend... ok well not much else to say... hope everyone is well have a great weekend all...xxx



LOL im still alive and here... wow its been a month since i last blogged naughty me as i was told last night by Kylie and Michelle (hi Michelle ) LOL... well im here for now... not going to be a long post but to just say that im here and ill be back tomorrow with my exciting news (sorry girls i told you to check it out today but its tomorrow LOL forgot the time diffrence)... so i promise that tomorrow ill be back with a huge update and pages to share with you all that i have been doing and my exciting news LOL.....

i really promise this time i will be back ok LOL... ill leave you with this pic for now and ill tell you what this is for tomorr



Well i can finally tell you all about my little secret that i have had for about a month now... I was asked by the gorgeous Becky Fleck who designer of the awsome sketches that you can use over at Page Maps... this is the best site ever for sketches and i get so much inspiration from there for my pages so i was so excited when she asked me to do a page for her for March Newsletter.... here is my page i completed for her its a double 8.5x11 .. was so happy with how it turned out... so go on over and check out her site and check out the newsletter for March....ok what else has been happening... i told you yesterday that i would update of whats been happening in my life since i didnt blog for a month naughty me LOL...

well Kaitlyn has settled really well into school she loves her teacher and has made many new friends which im quite pleased about... she has been invited to a birthday party every weekend since she has been back at school... sunday she has another one and then only one more to go LOL... you should see her at swimming lessons now wow she is just a totally diffrent child now since we started going... she even dives in from the deep end...im so glad that she is finally getting it and proud of her as she even got herself out of a bad situation last week where she paniced but she got her self to the edge without any help...

Ok onto more scrapping things... im in 2 competitions at the moment... one of them is over at Little Scrapbook Shop its the Little book of big Memories competition... Cath has some awsome prizes up for grabs also... come and join in you can join in anytime the deadline i think is in may so plenty of time to do your 12 pages... i have done 3 so far so im going good LOL... oh and speaking of Cath ... she started a blog....LSBS Blog.. go and check it out lots of info about her shop and tells you about the comp etc... great to see you blogging cath....

The second comp im in is the Scrap Idol over at Scrap Tastic... its based on the American Idol... so much fun i have made it to round 2 so far.. this challenge you have to take inspiration from a CD cover...loving the challenges... they also did a cyber crop week long to kick off the scrap idol... only managed to get 2 of the challenges done but also did some of the fun games also....here are the pages i did for the CC...

ok seems i must of deleted the covered CD that i did ill find it and post it another time... the page above was for the sketch challenge very simple and fast page... here is my first challenge page for the scrap Idol:

this challenge you had to use a song i chose the song by aerosmith "dont want to miss a thing" you also had to use 3 diffrent patterned papers and a technique of some sort...

well i think thats all that has been happening... not much happening this weekend pretty quite I think... might do a bit of tidying up around here though its a bit of a mess especially in my scrap room...I cant really think of anything else to say... hope this will keep Kylie and Michelle LOL off my back now about updating my blog no picking on me next class ok LOL... ok well best get organised and get dd from school and i might even do a bit of scrapping later on tonight me thinks LOL.... have a great weekend everyone... hopfully it wont take me another month to come back here and update you all ..... bye for now xxxx



Well yesterday Kaitlyn got a huge surprise from her grandparents... they told her they were going out yesterday at lunch time to see a lady about a cat.. i thought they were only kidding thinking they wouldnt get another one... our last cat we had put down due to getting diabetes and he was really sick the poor thing....

So much to my surprise and Kaitlyn's my mum and dad came home with another gorgeous cat...She is a scottish-fold cross ragdoll cat... so gorgeous and fluffy and soft... she is a bit timid at the moment and jsut sort of hides everywhere that she can...she is only 18 weeks old and they said it could take about a week for her to get used to the house and the people... but she is gorgoeus... we have named her Bobbin...Kaitlyn got her a collar and name tag and 3 toys to play with...she is just so cute... here are some pics of her so far....(the photos arnt that good.. im a bad photo taker inside the house....i need help LOL anyone with tips on taking good photos inside i have a canon 350D LOL)... she looks so much like our other cat just a bit darker in colour... she has the most gorgeous eyes too... she loves kaitlyn...goes straight to her all the time....

so i think there maybe heaps of cat pages coming soon LOL... another subject to scrap about...

ok what else is new.... well i have finally decided to start getting healthy and loose a few kilos... i would like to loose 10 kilos.. so i have been eating more healthy foods (yes even at work LOL) and i have been walking... i have been twice this week i only go for half an hour at a time and it sure makes you tired LOL... but im determined to stick to it and get back to my weight that i was before i had kaitlyn.... lets see if i can do it...

on the scrapping front not alot happening... found a great site for challenges etc... its an american site but the girls on there are awsome and so friendly... the site is called Scrapping Mojo go and check it out they have weekly challenges such as sketch challenges etc they are great motivation when you are in a rut....i have scrapped a few pages latley ... here are some of my recent ones that i can show you...

this was done for a sketch challenge over at scrapping mojo


this was done for a challenge over at KSK they had their cc on friday night so i joined in... loved meeting lots of the girls on there... and i even won the trivia LOL... thanks for a good night everyone over at KSK...

well i think thats about it... hope that everyone is well... ill be back soon i promise this time LOL...hopefully something exciting will happen in my life soon LOL

bye for now


I made it im now offically a "MOJO MAVEN"... i got accepted onto the DT for an awsome inspirational site called Scrappin Mojo its an american site but its so much fun heaps of awsome challenges weekly to get you scrapping... im so excited to be apart of this team... Thanks Michelle and Martha for allowing me to be apart of this team... looking forward to working with you and the rest of the new team....go and check out this awsome site... new challenges are posted every sunday night (monday for us in australia LOL)....wow im still so excited....

ok i thought i would share my pages here that i entered in for the DT position...ok here they all are

so hop on over and check out the site...

HUGE CONGRATS also to the rest of my fellow MOJO MAVENS -
AMY
ANGELA
VANESSA
BECKY
BRENDA
JENNIFER

ok off to calm down now and maybe do some more scrapping.... have fun everyo



Woohoo i love the american scrapjacked blog and now we have an ausse version woohoo... loved the first scrapjacked person Erica Glover her work is gorgeous... so i decided to give this a go and i used the page on the scrapjacked blog as inspiration..... Aussie Scrapjacked check out Erica's page through that link... and here is my version of the page...



Im quite impressed with this page actually... you can see my growing obsession with stamps LOL and of course my obsession with sewing again LOL... but there it is thanks to Erica for the inspiration....

back soon for more of an update...xxxx



Ok well i stole this from Kylie blog and she thinks she has no life LOL... now its my turn to see if i have a life... if you want to find out just copy and paste the list onto your blog would love to see who has a life LOL....(after scrapping that is)

It’s been said that allegedly if you’ve seen over 85 movies you have no life. Mark the ones you’ve seen. There are 239 films on this list. Copy this list, go to your own blog, paste it in and put x’s by the ones that you have seen. Add them up, change the header adding your number, and post it.”

(x) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest
( ) Boondock Saints
(X) Fight Club
( ) Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
( ) Blazing Saddles
( ) Airplane
(x) The Princess Bride
(x) AnchorMan
( ) Napoleon Dynamite
(x) Labyrinth
(X) Saw
( ) Saw II
( ) White Noise
( ) White Oleander
(X) Anger Management
(x) 50 First Dates
(X) The Princess Diaries
( ) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Total so far: 13 out of 22.
(X) Scream
(X) Scream 2
(X) Scream 3
(x) Scary Movie
(X) Scary Movie 2
(X) Scary Movie 3
(X) Scary Movie 4
(x) American Pie
(X) American Pie 2
(X) American Wedding
(X) American Pie Band Camp
(x) Harry Potter 1
(x) Harry Potter 2
(x) Harry Potter 3
(x ) Harry Potter 4
( ) Resident Evil 1
( ) Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer
(x) Little Black Book
( ) The Village
(X) Lilo & Stitch
Total so far: 31 out of 43
(X) Finding Nemo
(x) Finding Neverland
(x) Signs
(X) The Grinch
( x) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( x) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
(x) White Chicks
(x) Butterfly Effect
(X) 13 Going on 30 (Sundenny 30-for all us Aussies)
(x) I, Robot
( x) Robots
(x) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
(x) Universal Soldier
( ) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
( ) Along Came Polly
(X) Deep Impact
( ) KingPin
(x) Never Been Kissed
(x) Meet The Parents
(x) Meet the Fockers
( ) Eight Crazy Nights
( ) Joe Dirt
(x) King Kong
Total so far: 49 out of 66.
(x) A Cinderella Story
( ) The Terminal
(X) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
(X) Dumber & Dumberer
( ) Final Destination
( ) Final Destination 2
( ) Final Destination 3
( ) Halloween
( ) The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving Christmas
(X) Flubber*
( ) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(X) Practical Magic
(X) Chicago
(X) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
( ) Hellboy
( ) Secret Window
(x) I Am Sam
(x) The Whole Nine Yards
(X) The Whole Ten Yards
Total so far: 50 out of 90.
(x) The Day After Tomorrow
(X) Child’s Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
( x) Bride of Chucky
(X) Ten Things I Hate About You
(X) Just Married
(x) Gothika
(X) Nightmare on Elm Street
( x) Sixteen Candles
( x) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
( ) The Grudge
( ) The Grudge 2
(X) The Mask
(x ) Son Of The Mask
(x) Bad Boys
() Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride (aka Roadkill - for us Aussies)
( ) Lucky Number Sleven
(X) Ocean’s Eleven
( ) Ocean’s Twelve
(x ) Bourne Identity
(x ) Bourne Supremecy
( ) Lone Star
( ) Bedazzled
( ) Predator I
( ) Predator II
( ) The Fog
(X) Ice Age
(x) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
() Curious George
Total so far: 72 out of 121.
(X) Independence Day
( ) Cujo(x) A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
(x) Christine
(X) E.T.
(X) Children of the Corn
(X) My Bosses Daughter
(x ) Maid in Manhattan
( ) War of the Worlds
(X) Rush Hour
(X) Rush Hour 2
( ) Best Bet
(X) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x ) She’s All That
(X) Calendar Girls
( ) Sideways
( ) Mars Attacks
( ) Event Horizon
(X) Ever After
(X) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
( ) Big Trouble in Little China
( ) The Terminator
( ) The Terminator 2
( ) The Terminator 3
Total so far: 86 out of 147.
( ) X-Men
( ) X-2
( ) X3
(x ) Spider-Man
( x) Spider-Man 2
( ) Sky High
( ) Jeepers Creepers
( ) Jeepers Creepers 2
( ) Catch Me If You Can
(X) The Little Mermaid
(X) Freaky Friday*
( ) Reign of Fire
( ) The Skulls
(x) Cruel Intentions
(X) Cruel Intentions 2
(x) The Hot Chick
(X) Shrek
(X) Shrek 2
Total so far: 95 out of 165.
(X) Swimfan
(x) Miracle on 34th street*
( ) Old School
(x) The Notebook
( ) K-Pax
( ) Krippendorf’s Tribe
(X) A Walk to Remember
( ) Ice Castles
( ) Boogeyman
(x) The 40-year-old Virgin
( ) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
() Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
() Lord of the Rings: Return Of the King
(X) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(X) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(X) Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeTotal so far: 111 out of 181.
(x) Base-ketball
( ) Hostel
( ) Waiting for Guffman
( ) House of 1000 Corpses
( ) Devils Rejects
(x) Elf
( ) Highlander
() Mothman Prophecies
(X) American History X
( ) Three
(X) The Jacket
( ) Kung Fu Hustle
( ) Shaolin Soccer
( ) Night Watch
(X) Monsters Inc.
(X) Titanic
(X) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
( ) Shaun Of the Dead
(X) Willard
Total so far: 109 out of 200.
( ) High Tension
() Club Dread
( ) Hulk
() Dawn Of the Dead
() Hook
(x ) Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
(x ) 28 days later
( ) Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
() Waterworld
(x ) Kill Bill Vol. 1
( x) Kill Bill Vol. 2
() Mortal Kombat
( ) Wolf Creek
() Kingdom of Heaven
( ) The Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave
( ) The Last House on the Left
( ) Re-Animator
() Army of Darkness
Total so far: 114 out of 220.
() Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
() Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
( ) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
() Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
() Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
() Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
() Ewoks: Caravan Of Courage
() Ewoks: The Battle For Endor
() The Matrix
() The Matrix: Reloaded
() The Matrix: Revolutions
() Animatrix
() Evil Dead
() Evil Dead 2
( x) Team America: World Police
() Red Dragon
(X) Silence of the Lambs
(x ) Hannibal
So a grand total of 117 out of 239

yep well it looks like I have no life LOL.... wow lots of movies plus heaps of them i have watched so many times and many more i could add to that list that i have watched as well... ok now who else is game to see if they have no life LOL.. have fun xxxx



**EDITED TO ADD PHOTOS OF LOST TOOTH**

Finally lost her first tooth... she was so excited it started out wobbly last week and she was jumping around... she was feeling a bit left out i think all her friends have lost teeth but she hasnt (well apart from the 2 main ones that were pulled out and metal braces put in in place LOL)... so here we are today and this morning she woke up running into my room with the tiniest tooth i have ever seen LOL... but its out now no more crying cause it hurts etc... man wait till the 2 big front ones come out then we will be in for it LOL... here is a pic of her toothless grin.. had to get the first lost tooth pic.... (ok wont let me upload pics so ill be back later to add them in)...



Hope everyone had a grea easter.. Kaitlyn got totally spoilt rotten LOL... way too much chocolate and she got heaps of nice pressies also... so she is on choc rashings lol as she isnt allowed to much chocolate due to her bad teeth...so she was happy with what she got which is good...

not much happening on the scrapping front have been working all this week unfortunatly but hopeing to get some scrapping done tomorrow maybe... ok best go get ready for work...bye for now xxxx



Just a quick post im getting ready to go out to scrap tonight woohoo so ill just be quick but wanted to let everyone know that reads my blog (is there anyone that does LOL) that there is an awsome new sketch blog that has just been started... go and check it out its a great site with awsome sketches in it so inpsiring....Little book of sketches so go on you know you want to check it out... also they are having a little comp on there at the moment so hurry before it finishes...

ok onto other news mmm yep not much LOL... i really need to go and finish packing.. Kaitlyn is down having a big sleepover (her usual holiday thing) at Tracy's im going to go and get her tomorrow and have a scrap day with Tracy as well so it should be fun... Friday night i cant wait going to scrap at Sue's place so should be alot of fun i cant wait...

ok really have to go and get ready now... be back for more later on....xxxx



Ok well i thought i better come in here and update and also answer the tag that i have been tagged by 4 people LOL... thanks to Alice, Donna, Tash and Mel for tagging me... ok here are my answers to the tag...

Each player starts with 7 random facts/habits about themselves. People who are tagged need to write on their own blog about their seven things, as well as these rules. At the end of your blog, you need to choose 7 people to get tagged and list their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them that they have been tagged and to read your blog!

1. I am a very messy person... but every now and then i get in a huge cleaning spree and that means i throw everything LOL

2. My dream would be to go to america and tour all around the whole country espcially go to disney land

3. I would love to be a full time stay at home mum... but being a single mum that is just not possible yet...

4. I did a bar course when i was 18 but have never used it since..plus i dont drink that much maybe one drink a month

5. i procastinate about everything... sometimes i wish i could just get in there and get it done

6. I broke my leg when i was in year 3 at school.. i was jumping down the canteen stairs 2 at a time and missed the bottom step LOL

7. I have worked for McDonalds for 15 years this year... 4 as just normal crew person and the last 11 as a manager.. i now only work part time 3 days a week

ok now i tag....Kylie, Vanessa, Shell,Tracy,Kell ok that is all i can see that havnt done it yet... so have fun girls...

Ok on to other things... im really sick at the moment.. stupid flu wish it would just go away...but i am rather excited as its only 4 more sleeps till scrapgirls retreat... woohooo im so looking forward to it... its only a small group going this time but it should be a great weekend.. im teaching a class and have also done another class that we are all teaching... yeahhhh a full weekend of scrapping i must get myself organised...

on the scrapping front i have been doing a little bit... have joined in a photography competition over at Crafting In Style lots of fun and a good way for me to use my camera more...so all we have to do is take 3 pics a month and then scrap one of those pics ... so here are my 3 pics for this month...







so they are my 3 pics that i took... was actually quite happy with how they all turned out... and here is my page that i scrapped with my fav of the 3..



ok what else have done a bit of scrapping for scrappin mojo they had their first ever cyber crop this weekend just gone... this is the page for my challenge that i did.. you had to use the welcome to Vegas sign as inspiration here is my page very simple but i like it:



I didnt get much else done in the cyber crop but it looked like heaps of fun..

ok well i must go have a page and a mini album that i must finish for the retreat this weekend... have fun everyone... xxxx

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Yeahhh had such a great day today...My friend Kylie came to pick me up (HI KYLIE).. we then drove out to the www.scrapbooksuperstore.com.au to have a look at all their great new stuff.. spent way too much money (will take a pic later of all the yummy stuff i got)...When i got home i had 2 emails waiting for me.. first one was the info for the shop and crop online class.. so excited it looks like its going to be a great class...Also got my email to confirm my place in both of Kim Archers classes.. yeah very excited about these as i just love her work... wish i had that much talent...Tonight i plan on doing some scrapping - must get a page done for my basic grey class which is this thursday coming up... and i need to finish off my tool kit metal box that im making also...well ill take some pics and come back later to update...Ok well here are the pics of the gorgeous stuff i got today...Loving this mag at the moment, the only one i can pic up and read from front to back and then still go back again and again for ideas (lucky me the store had 2 copies of it as we only get it rarely in australia)...
Love these ribbon from american craft.. yummo...
and these rubons from basic grey and this all goes with the gorgeous chatterbox papers that i got as well..

see i said i spent too much LOL....


Ok lets see if i can keep this one up LOL.. thanks to Jill over at just 4 keeps (http://jillconyers.typepad.com/) for the inspiration to try and take a photo a day... here is my first one.. i thought this was very fitting considering im on the computer and logged onto just 4 keeps everyday that this should be my first photo a day pic...
ok so there it is.. nothing too exciting.. will think of something more exciting to take a photo of tomorrow... well im off to scrap now.. hoping to get some things done before i start work at 5pm today (so really dont want to go LOL)... hope you are all having a great weekend...



this flower is my daughters... she has a little pot on her cabinet in her room and if she is a good girl or does something really nice she gets a flower (eg cleans her room without arguing..) each flower is $1.00 so when she gets 5 in a row she gets $5.00 but if she is naughty she loses a flower .. she is saving up for a build a bear which range from $30.00 and up... so far she has earned only $5.00 but she is learning LOL.. i love these flower they are one of my favourite so i wanted to take a pic of them and im even going to scrap about this and why she has them...
well im off to have a scrap day today.. i plan on trying to do a few things.. going to do a few J4K challenges hopefully.. ill be back tonight to update you on what i have accomplished...
Oh forgot to say i got my confirmation for Kim Archers classes to day... yeahhhh all booked in...
well the rest of the day was productive.. got another page done for my class, i quite like this one..
i also got a mini tin album done for Kaitlyn (it was supposed to be for valentines LOL but didnt get around to it).. ill post pics as soon as i complete it.. just have to add photos and journalling...
anyway off to bed now rather tired out and have to work tomorrow....ciao...


Well i wasnt really LOL i just got it off a blog i read LOL but thought i would give it a go so here it is....What scrapbook lines/products etc do you dislike? anything 7 gypsies and K& Co just cant seem to use their stuffWhat is the hardest thing you ever had to scrap? a page using the above mentioned.. took me forever..What technique do you use more than anything else? inking , painting , rubonsWhat is the smallest scrap of paper you save? try not to save anything smaller then a 6x6 but depends on what it is or who its fromHave you ever had any scrapping related injuries? umm yes many.. worst would be slicing my 3 fingers with the fiskars soft touch scissor.. it hurt so muchFinish this sentence, “If I wasn’t a scrapbooker/stamper, I would spend my money on… books, DVD's, clothes, anything really... LOLGive your best storage or organisational idea: paper storage holders (like the mag holders) love those things keeps so much paper in them.. (although i do think i need some more LOL)You just won a week long scrapbooking cruise for 5. Who is going with you? mmm not to sure anyone that wants to go....When you received your first publication notification, who did you tell? noone not been published yet....:(
ok well i feel like scrapping today so might get my mini tin album finished then ill be back later to update you properly
oh forgot to tag somone.. mmmm kylie LOL (your probably the only one who reads my blog LOL)..
have a great day...


Not alot happening latley... got my stuff for kim's class for next wednesday.. ohh it looks so good i cant wait.. now to decide on the photo...have my basic grey class on tonight so that should be good.. my sister is doing the class with me.. she is getting right into scrapping now ...
just had to share with you my photo of the day... my mum is doing a rock and roll concert for this weekend she goes away.. so she made herself a partner LOL.. we are all joking that its now our dad... he is very quiet LOL
isnt he just gorgeous LOL.. we all couldnt stop laughing it just looks like Dad LOL... oh its so funny....
anyway i am off to get ready for tonight and might finish of a scrap project i was doing before i go get kaitlyn...ciao for now...


ok been a bit slack on photo of the day so before i head of to get ready for work... yukkk i know... lets see if this will let me show you pics yet... yeah it worked.. this is kaitlyn with her gorgeous butterfly face.. she is really into butterflys at the moment LOL.. you can just see in the pic her hair (yes its purple) first time she has had her hair sprayed a diffrent colour.. she thought she was gorgeous LOL...
ok was going to share other pics but its stopped again LOL.. just not my time for sharing...
well off to clean up then get ready


Yeah had a fun day today, i got to participate in my first online class with the talented Kim Archer... Love her work.. this class was so much fun, trying to keep up was the hardest part but i did alright i think...was very happy with the end results and you can see more of the other ladies pages on kims blog ------->(over in my side bar)...here is my page that i got done....
does look better in real life... cant wait for the next class it looks like another great class... i also have Sally D online class with shop and crop coming up... loving these classes online....
well off to swimming lessons (probably another screaming, crying session LOL).. then hopefully scrap some more tonight, we have my nephew here for the night so ill see how i go...


see told you i would slacken off LOL.. well its catch up time... been really busy at work latley getting really tired from so much overtime i have been doing.. ready for my holidays which up coming up in 2 weeks time YEAHHHH...
On the scrapping front i have joined in another competition its on a site called www.memorysafe.com and its a survivor competition.. finished off my first page last night here it is.. you had to use this sketch exactly the same way no alterations or adding embellishments unless it stated it on the sketch.. so that was a challenge in itself.. im slowly getting addicted to the 8 1/2 x 11 size scrap pages LOL..
have also started a recipe challenge at the awsome site www.just4keeps.com just finished off this page you had to scrap a page on a favourite appetiser.. love these yummmthought this was a really cute size (loving scrapping in diffrent sizes at the moment ) this is a 6x8 size album.. thought it was cute for a recipe album...
I have also done 2 more online classes.. one with the talented Kim Archer again.. (havnt finished the page need a quote to go on it).. and i also did my www.shopandcrop.com.au online class with Sally D.. it was a gorgeous mini book, totally loved how it turned out.. but need to finish it off also.. see i need more time in my days LOL...
well tonight im off to the www.scrapbooksuperstore.com.au for a meeting and to shop.. then working there tomorrow night also for the midnight scrap which should be fun...
wow this is turning into a huge post so i better go now and get some more scrapping done before i have to pick up kaitlyn from school..next post ill share kaitlyn's dressup she did for school.. she was so cute...
ciao for now


Wow had a great weekend just gone..
On saturday my friend Kylie and I (with 2 kids in toe) went to www.scrapaboutaustralia.com.au who had their first birthday on.. great stuff there, its only small but they have all the latest stuff that you want its awsome.. they had 20% off the entire store for their birthday, so of course we had to buy lots of stuff.. Kylie and I also booked in for 3 classes with them cant wait for those they sound awsome...
Saturday night we decided to go out for dinner, so we went and had chinese which was yummm but of course i ate too much LOL...
Sunday we slept in (daylight saving started so we got an extra hour)... then Kaitlyn for easter got to get a build a bear which she has wanted for ages... it was so cute watching her make the bear and dress it.. here are some pics of her gorgeous bear "Charlie"... How cute are these pics...
she loves this bear now and it goes everywhere with her....oh and while we were up the shops we went looking for a new mobile phone for my dad.. well i walked out of there with a new phone for myself LOL... i changed all my plans around and i got a new phone with it.. love it its so cool...LOL
The rest of the day was just spent lazing around the house.. didnt get any scrapping done.. I have 3 projects that i need to get done.. 2 are just to finish off (sally D's class and Kim Archers class).. Kylie and i are having a scrapping day on wednesday (she needs to have a relaxing day!!!)... so ill get them done then... only a week left then im on holidays YEAHHH so cant wait to go away and just relax... well thats about all my updates for now.. off to work tonight and work tomorrow... so cant wait for wednesday...
oh forgot to say i had a great mail day today.. i wrote an email to Making Memories (love their stuff) about their metal glue.. i have bought so many of them and they have all leaked in their packaging.. so i thought i would just drop them an email to explain my frustration as i love the glue but cant use it.. so today in the post i got this lovley parcel off them...
How nice was it of them to send me this stuff... so happy.. no wonder i love their products... the best customer service ever... love them...
ok ciao for now


had a very relaxing weekend at home by myself... friday night had a friends 21st party on it was a lot of fun.. we had to dress up as gangsters LOL.. it was really a great night... saturday i just slept and talked on the computer.. by sunday though i had a huge migrane so didnt really do much at all but sleep and watch movies, so it was good to just sit at home and veg out for a change...
on the scrapping front not much happening i pulled out of the suvivour challenge i just couldnt do them and didnt have the time either with this month being a huge month for me with 5 21st to go to i just didnt have the time so i didnt do my challenge and pulled out of it (not like i would win anyway LOL)...
well not much elase to say at the moment only 3 more days of work then im on holidays for 2 weeks.. yeahhh so cant wait.. we leave on friday to go away for 5 days so that should be fun.. will probably update when i get back...
ciao for now



well thought i best come on here and update since i have been back from Holidays now for 2 days LOL...We all had a great time.. was glad to get away for awhile.. it was a bit cold though especially at night.. but a few drinks and some warm jammies and i was fine...it was great to get away with all the family for a change, we havnt done that in years (since we used to go camping).. got some great pics.. here are a few of my favourite:
arnt they just so cute.. the one on the left is my 83 year old grandfather with my nephew.. and the one on the right is my DD kaitlyn and nephew Ryan... just love them cant wait to scrap these pics...
well we got back on Tuesday and got straight back into scrapping (oh i found a great little shop down there also while i was there called Jindiandy (SP?) it was really a great store).. went to a class at www.scrapaboutaustralia.com.au on wednesday night and met the lovley Alison Shearer (hi alison:>) who taught us to iron LOL it was agreat night. Kylie came with me also and we managed to get nearlly 2 pages done.. though they arnt completed LOL its my misson this week (or maybe monday when i scrap at Kylie's house) to complete all my unfinished pages... lets see if i can get this done...
anyway must get back to my scrapping i have to finish off a album im making for a friends 21st birthday which is tomorrow night (yes always leaving things to the last minute again)..
have a great rest of the week everyone who reads this blog (not that there is many LOL)..



finally completed fully a double page for ME.... LOL im taking a all about me class online at www.just4keeps.com such a great motivation site.. and all the girls there are just lovley and friendly... here is my page i completed on pieces of me:
was very happy with this page for my book of me... love those new papers that i used.. i think i have a thing for pink and black at the moment...
well off to another 21st tonight.. hopefully not too late a night.. my old body just cant handle all these late nights LOL.. one more week of holidays then back to work.. Kaitlyn is at her dad's this weekend.. I hope that she is ok my poor girl.. she really dosnt like going there but unfortunatley till she is old enough she has to go...
Oh also its my sisters birthday today "HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANIELLE" (not that she reads this i dont think LOL)...going out to lunch for her birthday tomorrow to the Mean Fiddler yummo.. here is the present i made for her, hope she likes it:
Well thats about all for today.. must go and start to get ready.. tonights party is a Rainbow theme you have to wear as many colours as possible....
Have a great weekend all...

this better work here LOL.. now someone who reads this I NEED HELP TO WORK IT OUT PLEASEEEEE...
Well i had a very productive scrapping day today.. Thanks to my friend Kylie who took Kaitlyn and I in today as we had to get out of the house for the day.. it was a great day and while the kids played and made a huge mess in Kylie's house, we got some scrapping done.. yeahhhh was so happy with what i achieved.. hopeing to do some more tonight, Im on a roll... here are my efforts from today... was very happy with them all the way they turned out.. i used all these for challenges on Just 4 Keeps... well off to unpack all my goodies then to scrap some more hopefully.. tomorrow is ANZAC day.. my parents, grandparents and brother are all going to the dawn service at 3am.. sorry i cant get up that early LOL.. especially with Kaitlyn who im sure would get rather bored and carry on.. so we are staying home for the day...might get some more scrapping done LOL.. have to clean a bit first then we will see what happens... have a great ANZAC day all..take care


oh wow i have been tagged for real (LOL) by the lovley Alison S thanks alsison for my first tag was very excited LOL when i saw my name at the bottom of your post... LOL small things amuse small minds i guess...well here goes:
In my fridge:
1. Coke Zero - love it
2. Strawberries
3. Sweet chilli sauce - addicted to it at the moment
4. grapes - trying to eat better
5. cadbury mint chocolate - yummmm
In my closet (wardrobe):
1. lots of ugly clothes i dont wear
2. jeans jeans and more jeans
3. lots of formal dresses from school and weddings
4. blankets and doonas
5. my new cowboy boots
In My Handbag:
1. purse with nothing in it LOL
2. mobile phone
3. Lipgloss
4. car and house keys
5. pens
In my car:
1. Kaitlyns seat
2. head phones for my phone
3. kaitlyn's bike
4. spare change
5. Kaitlyn's dancing book
On My TV, DVD or Video Player:
1. how to lose a guy in 10 days
2. Barbie - every dvd that has come out
3. LOST
4. McCleods Daughters
5. Ice Age
Well that was fun... LOL now i tag
KylieTracyJill
Have fun girls...well im off to the Hawksbury show tonight.. should be fun must remember to take my camera to get some good shots of my nephew... will update with my pages i have done shortly.. nearlly finished the ones i did in alison shearers class the other night just have to do the journalling...
Have a great weekend all.. only 2 more days then i have to go back to work YUCKKKK...


Im so excited i just got my first email to say that one of my pages has been accepted in a magazine... yeahhhhh this is so exciting and was one of my 2006 goals and i cant believe i have finally done it... anyway its going to be in scrapbook creations #32.. now off to fill out all the paperwork.. its just too exciting.. must ring my sister to tell her as its of her little boy Ryan...
anyway only a quick post today as i have to go and get ready for work.. yep unfortunatley im back today so not happy but hey someone has to pay the bills...
have a great week all


wow had a blast of a weekend..Went to the scrapgirls weekend away this weekend and had a ball.. didnt get to go up there till saturday morning but i had a great time that i was there... a bit sleep deprived now LOL (my own fault not getting to bed till 4:30am..) i do it to myself every retreat i go to LOL.. you would think i would learn, but i think that is the best part of it, seeing how long you can last LOL...Kylie did a fantastic job with all the organising of the retreat.. it went so smoothly for her and i was glad to see her smiling this time...well i didnt get much done (not as much as i would have liked) but i did get a few things done.. The very lovley and talented Kim Archer came all the way from Newcastle to teach us all a class.. the page she taught us was gorgeous as usual and i was so excited to do a class with her in real life (not just on line LOL).. so thank you so much Kim i totally enjoyed your class.. here is my page from Kim's class:
Here are the other pages i completed on the fantastic weekend away:

was very happy with these results... made a few off the page things also.. but havnt takent pics yet...
Here are also just some pics i took of the great weekend..
well thats all my catching up to do for now.. ill post some more tomorrow.. off to clean up my scrap area so i can actually get back into doing things...ciao for now....


Had a great Mother's Day this year.. Got totally spoilt as usual from my gorgoeus girl..we did the usual and had macca's for breakfast (now a tradition in our family to have this on mothers day).. we then all went down to the river at Richmond for a nice picnic lunch with family.. Lovley day, nice and warm.. got some great shots.. here are a few:
after a great day.. came home and just relaxed.. Kaitlyn and I got matching PJ's for my mothers day present.. they are so cute and she loves us wearing the same thing LOL.. she also got me 2 lovley things from the mother's day stall at school.. i got a lovley handmade badge that says LOVE MUMMY and a gorgeous suncatcher crystal.. she did well picking these out for herself...
On the scrapping front not much happening.. i have made a list of things that i need to get done by the end of the month.. going well so far just need to get a few scrapping stuff completed..Off to scrapabout this thursday night for their VIP night.. should be fun, i have never been to a VIP night before so really looking foward to this.. supposed to be lots of yummy new stuff... so cant wait...


This is great.. Erica from just4keeps has started the daily blog challenge up again.. love these it makes me think LOL...here is todays..
SHARE 10 RANDOM THINGS ABOUT YOU THAT MAKE YOU, YOU...
1. I can never just take one photo of Kaitlyn doing something, it always has to be 2 or 3 2. I have to have a coffee in the morning otherwise i just cant function.3. Im a messy person.. just hate cleaning4. I love eating anything seafood.. YUMMMM5. Im really short (just 5 foot)6. I wear kids size shoes...7. I love anything denim.. Love my jeans8. I dont like icecream 9. I colour my hair10. I could sit on the computer for hours.. (opps i already do that LOL)
Thanks Erica... cant wait for the weekly challenges...


running abit late with this.. have been at work the last 2 days, so a bit tired and not much time on the computer.. so here is the challenge #2
Make a list of 25 things you want to do in your lifetime:1. Go to america and shop2. Go to Disney Land 3. Meet Mickey Mouse in real life4. Go visit all my J4K friends 5. own my own house6. Lose a few kilos off my waist7. Be a better photographer8. Give up work to be a full time scrapper9. Be a great mum and friend to Kaitlyn10. become fitter and eat more healthy foods11. go sky diving12. become a more patient person13. find the man of my dreams14. have another child15. become debt free16. be more organised17. spend more time with friends18. become better in my job and get promoted19. Learn to cook better20. own own scrap business21. read more often22. scrapbook more often23. win a huge scrap competition24. be on a great DT 25. love my daughter for ever
ok that was suprisly hard.. i got to 15 i think which was pretty easy then i just went blank LOL... hope they make sense...


Had a awsome night last night.. I decided to join in on the fun cyber crop over at shop and crop such fun.. there were 5 challenges for the night and much to my surprise i got them all done... YEAHHH.. here they are
Challenge #1 - LO containing Doodling:

Challenge #2 - Lo completed in 30 mins (yes it was timed LOL):

Challenge #3 - Lo using Flowers:

Challenge #4 - Lo for your BOM about why you scrapbook:

Challenge #5 - Make a birthday card with hand cut circles:

So was very happy with all my results.. the purple page is also for another challenge over at just4keeps you had to use mini tags somewhere on your page... well i think i have finally got my scrap mojo back so im off to finish off a few more things before i have to pick up kaitlyn from her fathers.. hope everyone has had a great weekend.. probably back later to update my blog challenges.. behind a few days LOL... ciao..


well im a bit slack latley with the blog challenges at just4keeps so thought instead of catching up..(which would take me forever LOL) i would just go with todays one... here it is
FRIENDSHIP: Who is your closest friend? How and when did you meet? What do you admire about them? What first drew you to them? What have you learned from them? What do you or did you do together that you remeber most clearly?
Going through high school i had quite a few close friends.. the one that stands out the most would be Anneke.. We both started at the same school (changed schools) on the same day.. we were instant friends. We did nearlly everything together.. she was my bad influence (i always tell her that now LOL) we skipped school together, and other bad things that we did LOL... but she always stuck by me through everything.. she was there when i fell pregnant and 2 weeks after i did so did she.. so we went through it all together.. our girls are 4 months apart so they have become great friends also...
Another good friend that is in my life now is my friend Kylie. Kylie and I met through an online scrapbook group called Wyld Aussie Swaps... we were in a cirlcle journal together and we realised we lived quite close to each other so she would drop them off at my house.. Kylie invited me to a scrapbook weekend away and we had a ball and clicked instantly.. we have become great friends ever since... she has 2 kids, Connor and Shanice, who kaitlyn gets onlong with and loves to go over there to play with them.. we organise scrapbook nights and Kylie now organises her own scrapbook weekends away and has her own company called scrapgirls.. she is doing really well with this and im very proud of her i really hope it becomes what she wants it to be.. Here is a pic of us at the last weekend away:
thanks Kylie (i know you read this LOL) for all the laughs and good times and for being such a great friend...
Ok now my life update.. my poor baby girl has been really sick the last 3 days.. she seems a bit better today and she really wanted to go to school as she had her first class assembly on.. they were so cute they had to sing a rain song and dance around with their umbrellas... she seems ok now and wanted to stay at school for the rest of the day... cross fingers i dont get a call from school... other then that not much else happening in my life.. have done a few scrap pages.. i joined in the shopandcrop cyber crop and i won 2nd prize for completing all challenges and i also got the prize for best page picked by their DT.. i was rather happy with that one... cant wait to see what i get ... well off to see if i can get some more done before work tonight... hope i havnt bored you with such a long post LOL..
CIAO...

What a relaxing weekend we have had.. Saturday we went to dancing first, Kaitlyn is loving cheerleading and is learing pyramids and tumbles etc...then my big brave girl wanted to get her ears pierced, she was a bit nervous at first.. but i got mine redone at the same time so she thought that she could do it too.. well she cried a little bit and the lady was really nice and did both ears at the same time... kaitlyn flinched a little bit but then she was fine.. she is so cute and they look great on her... she is so glad she got them done.. here is a pic of my big brave girl...



Ok on to the blog challenge from Erica:
Favourite things:
Songs: Pump it - black eyed peas, Goodbye my Lover - James Blunt, Untitled - simple plan
Books: anything by Patricia Cornwell, The lifegaurd
Movies: Top Gun, How to lose a Guy in 10 days, Sweet Home Alabama, Harry Potter Movies, 8 Mile,
TV Show: McCleod's Daughters, LOST, Home and Away
Foods: any pasta food, spicy hot food
Colours: Purple and Blue
Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox
Actresses: Simmone Jade Mckinnon, Bridie Carter
Outfit: Jeans and comfy t shirt
Place to shop: Target or Big W
Vacation Destination: America
Friends: Kylie,Tracy, J4K girls, Michelle, Miller, Alli, Tara
Indulgence: chocolate
Drink: Coke or Coke Zero
Dessert: Pavalova
Wild Animal: Gorilla
Saying: what ever
Hobby: Scrapbooking, cross stitch
Restaurant: Lone Star
Quote: Live life to the fullest
Scrap Celeb: Heidi Swapp
Radio Station: Today FM 104.1
Smell: lavendar
Season: Summer
Sport: Swimming
Sounds: thunderstorms
Things to collect: anything to do with Mickey Mouse
Fruit: Mango
ok well that is all for today.. hopefully i can get some scrapping done tonight...ciao for now....xxx


have just done some rearranging on my blog today.. Thanks to the awsome instructions from Jill i managed to add my slider with my scrapbook pages, also a clock with my time on it, and music...now to just work out the header part and all will be good LOL... thanks again Jill...
Todays blog challenge from J4K:
Every little girl dreams of being a princess or a ballerina. When you were growing up what did you want to be?? How far is this from what you are doing now??When i was growing up I wanted to join the police force. I always had a facination with mystery's etc.. but that didnt happen.. i went a bit far over the edge at school and didnt do to well.. i got my first job at McDonald's when i was 14 years old and was still there when i left school.. they offered me a managers position with full training and degrees.. i took this straight away and have been there ever since.. they are a great company to work for.. sometimes i wish my life had gone the other way but then again i wouldnt have my gorgeous DD probably and the life i have right now i suppose i cant really complain about...
Well not much else happening today.. off to work this afternoon.. yuckkk i hate the night shift.. cant get motivated at the moment to scrap.. i think i need some help LOL.. any good ideas anyone... i really need to do something, but i just sit here and stare at it and nothing comes... please someone send me some motivation to scrap...
hoe you all have a great week....


I love lists... i try to do a list of things to complete each month..going pretty good this month.. think ill add it to my blog from now on just so i can show you all that i do actually complete things LOL... so anyway back to lists the lovley Alison Shearer has started a sort of tag challenge on her blog to write lists... she is giving us a topic a week and we need to complete a page or blog post inregards to that topic... so here goes mine for the first week...
List what is wrong with women:* they are too picky* they are to emotional* seem to want to do everything themselves* stubborn* critical about themselves* bitchy * worry about every little thing* can talk to much (mmm thats definatley me LOL)* like to be in control
ok still thinking may add to this later LOL...off to see if i can get some scrapping done before kaitlyn gets home... ciao


Finally my other half of my MM bag... so happy now that it has finally gotten here.. i just love it especially the colour its gorgeous... now i can take it to classes with me and just about anywhere LOL... its bigger then what i thought so i can hold so much stuff when i go on retreats and ill look very fashionable LOL.... well here is the part i got today...

Isnt it just gorgeous LOL...In the mail on friday i also got a present from Stacy Julian from Big Picture Scrapbooking.. i am taking her organisational class online that starts this thursday.. as a surprise she sent us all out a clipboard to alter, 2 black pens that she uses, some cute little post it notes and a purple plastic arm band that we are to use in class, we find out what they are for in the first week... here is my clipboard that i altered, was quite happy with it, very simple but like how it turned out i used the new Lil Davis papers and chipboard letters...

cant wait for this class to start...well im off now to start my first challenge for the LSS III at Just 4 Keeps.. looks like its going to be a great competition... be back later on if i get time to do my blog challenge from Erica... ciao for now


Been awhile since i last blogged so where do i start...
Over the long weekend we decided to go away with the family up to Nelson's Bay... the first 2 days were lovley, then it just went down hill from there LOL.. we all (the entire family) came down with that dreadful gastro virus.. not happy campers were we... we were supposed to come home on the Monday but as we were all too sick to drive we stayed another day.. by Tuesday morning i had gotten the virus also and all i wanted to do was to come home to my bed (sooky i know LOL).. so being as sick as i was i got in the car and drove the 4 hour trip home (stopping along the way quite a few times for you know what LOL).. we finally made it home and i was so happy.. i spent the rest of the day in bed... Kaitlyn was the only one that didnt get it, that was until wednesday when she finally came down with it also.. the poor thing she had only just gotten over this same bug 2 weeks ago...so now we are all on the mend thank goodness, Kaitlyn has gone back to school today and so far i have had no calls to pick her up so she must be ok...
Onto other things... im participating again in the LSS III at Just 4 Keeps its a challenge and im really loving what Kathy is getting us to do.. so far i have made it to week 2 (last round i got to week 4 so we will see how i go).. i can share with you now my page for week 1...
i was quite happy with this page.. its one of my favourites... cross fingers that i keep going...also on the scrapping front im doing and ABC'S of ME album again with Just 4 keeps.. (love that site).. here is my title page that i just completed today:

its not that crooked in real life LOL... also about to start a SHE album.. this again is at just 4 keeps with Jill its like the one that Heidi Swapp has done and taught so it looks great with what Jill has done so far... i bought a great journal book to do this in while i was away...
Oh also forgot to mention go check out this blog: Ngaire such an awsome idea to raise money for Breast cancer... and cool prizes to go with it... go and help today its definatley worth it....
anyway i think this is big enough for toady..
ciao...


Just a quick post today to show you all my gorgeous DD.. She went to her first school Disco last night.. she was gorgeous LOL.. it was called a Whacky Disco and they had to dress really weird.. this is what my DD looked like:

My mum reckons she looked like Cindy Lauper the singer LOL.. i think she looks so cute.. she had a great time which was good... the parents had to sit outside and wait (which was freezing cold)... Definatley seems my little girl is growing up...:( Not much else to report today... have to work later on tonight (night shift yuckkk).. but i may actually get some scrapping done if i ever get off this computer...
Have a great weekend allCiao...


I know im a bad blogger LOL.. but here goes... only thing is there is not much to tell... had a great weekend just gone.. on Saturday after dancing Kaitlyn and I went to see the movie "Over the Hedge".. it was quite funny and Kaitlyn loved it.. we sat there and stuffed ourselves with the largest popcorn i have ever seen and frozen coke (kaitlyn's favourite)... that afternoon kaitlyn and I went to Kylie's house to scrap (not that i did alot of that LOL) i did manage to get one page done:
very plain and simple.. I am so in a rut at the moment with my scrapping its not funny.. anyone have any ideas how to get out of it.. i need some motivation... I also entered this page in a online crop at Just 4 Keeps and i won 2 of the prizes YEAHHH... one was for a game that was a unscramble the words game.. very interesting but i got them all right yeahhh.. thanks to the lovley Erica in Canada for organising it all.. was dissapointed that i missed out on the doodling class that she was doing....
It was also my grandfathers 83rd birthday yesterday so we had a family lunch for him.. he looks so good for his age.. and i love him to bits... so HAPPY BIRTHDAY POP....
ok what else is new.. oh i started to learn how to use brushes on photos last week.. the gorgeous Tracy sent me some to play around with (thank you Tracy your the best).. here is a pic that i altered with them.. its my first try LOL
was quite pleased with how it turned out for my first go...
oh i also attened Alison's great Boho Chic class last wednesday night.. it was a lot of fun apart from the flower LOL... but i love how it turned out

Wow from not having much to say i have rambled on quite a bit... LOL.. must go and tidy up my scrap area so i might actually get some motivation to do something... then off to work again ... have a great week all
ciao


completly forgot to add Alison's list for this week (missed last weeks opps) so here it is
List all the modes of transportation you've taken.
ok so here is my list
Foot
pram
car
taxi
bus
train
airplane
Camel
bike
motorbike
motor boat
sail boat
cruise liner
Ferry
truck
tram
monorail
roller skates
wow when you put it all down i have been on lots of things... LOL
ciao...

Wow i didnt realise it has been so long since i updated here.. opps better get to it hey or Kylie will yell at me again LOL...
Ok so whats been happening.. School holidays have been on for the last 2 weeks.. I still had to work though so kaitlyn and I only got to do a few things this holidays.. we went and saw the awsome movie CARS.. it was great definatley one i have to get on DVD... kaitlyn also went to the Barbie Botique that was on at Castle Towers.. She had her hair done in lots of curls and her nails painted she looked gorgeous...Last Friday we went down to visit Tracy and the kids.. We were supposed to go on a photo shoot at Picton but of course it was raining so didnt manage to get any photos.. we had a great day anyway Kaitlyn playing all day with Felicity and I and Tracy went scrap shopping then managed to get a page each done (well mine is only half done LOL)...
On the scrapping front.. im in such a rut at the moment i just cant get motivated to scrap at all.. I have only managed about 3 pages this month... I have decided to do the new competition in the For Keeps Magazine its called "Everyday Moments", you have to do 3 pages a month on the theme that it says in the mag, this month it was Family... Im so determined to finish this album this time and actually send it in for a change.. I have joined in on the Shop and Crop message board and they are doing a section for this competition to keep us motivated the whole 8 months... Thanks to the gorgeous Jaimie who is helping us out if we have any issues and showing us her gorgeous work.... cant wait to see the final results...
Well i think thats about it, ill leave you with a gorgeous page that i completed at Scrapabout with the gorgeous Alison...
and another page that was a challenge at Scrap to the Max it was a scraplift challenge...
ok well that is it from me for today, must go and finish off my last EDM page for this month and get kaitlyn organised for school tomorrow... and im off to work YUCKKK.. Have fun all..


WOW i won something... so excited... i donated to the wonderful cause that Ngaire did an awsome job of organising and raised a HUGE amount... I actually won a prize and im so excited.. I have won the gorgeous book from Donna Downey "Decorative Journals" from the Scrap Heap.. thank you so much to all that were involved in this... wow i won something LOL....
off to bed now to rest my sore and aching legs from our 3 hour bush walk yesterday.. Ill be back soon to show you some gorgeous pics i took of my DD yesterday... im rather proud of them if i do say so myself...
Night all