Last one

I've done my last LO for this month for the Everyday Moments comp. And it was real fun too. I've played around with the photo digitally first and then the entire LO is actually done on photo paper. The frame and the Fleur de Lis have been added in Photoshop. Sometimes I like combining traditional scrapbooking and digital.
Anyway I better get going...we are going to Steve's mum's 70th birthday tomorrow and I've got a million things to do before then :)
Hope you all have a good weekend!

Where do I start?

I haven't blogged for 10 days and so much has happened in that time. Well, nothing too much unless you count my little baby girl turning 5!!! I can not believe she is 5! So I have been busy buying and wrapping presents and Steve made the most beautiful cake. What a great effort this was and Romy was soooo happy!

She had a great little party with only a couple of friends and Grandma and Grandpa coming for afternoon tea as well as Aunty Jenny. There will be a bigger party for all her friends from Kindy at the end of the month.

On to other stuff...Have you signed up for the online class at

Shop and Crop

yet?? The date has changed and the class will now be held on the 4th August 11.30am. It will be a fun girly project we are doing and here is the sneak peak again...

My projects for the August Kit from

OPAAT

have been so much fun.
We used some of the new KI papers and embellihments. Go and check out the kits, they are so full of great stuff.



Back to watching 'House' now...:))

Weekend...

I love weekends when there is nothing on. Last night we went to a very casual dinner with the kids to a friends house. Relaxing and fun. And today we went out to lunch and then took the dogs to the park so the kids could have a run in the playground. We all had a great time enjoying a beautiful winter day. Not much scrapping this weekend but I did take some great shots at the park and also yesterday when the kids opened their birthday parcel from Germany. So I can feel some layouts coming up :)
Finally I'm able to share the layout I did in Karen Ridgeway's online class last weekend. I pretty much stayed with the original since I'm not much of a doodler. But I really like the page and the layout is now sitting up in my daughters bedroom.

Hope you all had a great weekend.

A Start

I've mentioned in my previous post that I've scrapped two layouts over the weekend for the Everyday Moments comp that 'For Keeps' are running. My album size will be 8x8in. Here they are...


I'm a tired scrapper tonight so I will go and get some sleep.
Say hello if you are dropping by my blog :))

Lots to...

...share and do :)
First up I want to share my excitement that I will be teaching an online class this month for Shop and Crop. Thanks Sasha for the opportunity. The class will run on Monday the 24th July from 11.30am till 2.30pm. We will be doing a very girly altered Dome tin and a mini book that fits inside the tin. Here is a sneak peak... And to register you have to go here...

Shop and Crop

If you have a little girl in your life then this workshop is definitely for you :) So come and join me!
I've had an extremely busy scrapping related weekend. Yesterday I went scrap shopping in the morning with a couple of friends and then we headed back to my work office where we regularly scrap (normally on a Friday night). So yesterday we had a day crop where I managed to finish the first two layouts for the 'Everyday Moments' competition that "For Keeps' is organizing. I will share them later in the week when I had a chance to scan them. I'm not sure if I will have the time to do three layouts each month and I'm not sure whether I'm going to enter the album in the comp but I really do like the idea of ending up with an album that makes me scrap the everyday moments. That's what our lives mostly consist of and we should not overlook them.
On Friday my layout that I did as part of the Celebrated Scrapper for June was up on the

Blue Bazaar

Homepage and I was so happy to see that it fitted in well :) The layouts this week where all stunning (as they are every week). As I mentioned the theme was Fabric and I was a bit lost at first, until I found a dress that my daughter had outgrown and that had those beautiful, colourful butterflies on it.
And finally today I did an online doodling class with

Karen Ridgeway.

We did a beautiful girly layout that I need to finish and will also share during the week.
So that leaves me a happy, busy but content scrapper:)

Back to Basics

Apparently FK issue 44 is out. The theme for the ET project in this issue was old and new. It was a coincidence that just at this time Steve found some old pictures that showed him when he was the same age as Max and pretty much in the same situation as well, on Santa's lap. This layout is also one of my favourites because I went back to basics.
My dad turned 60 on the 19th of February this year and I decided on a whim to fly to Germany for a week to be there for the big day. The only problem was that I had about 5 assignments due straight after I got back. So I packed a few basic supplies and got really organized in terms of what paper I was going to use etc. And this layout is one of the projects I did just using a pen, some rub-ons and a stamp for the diamonds. Pretty simple but quite effective I think :) By the way buying supplies in Germany wasn't an option since there is not much around in terms of scrapping products. Looking forward to having a good look at the mag when I get my hands on it...

A good thing

If you haven't heard about it by now then you must go and read Ngaire's blog

here.

I'm talking about the '2006 Ultimate Scrapbooking Raffle in Aid of Breast Cancer Research'.
The fabulous Ngaire is organizing a fundraiser for this worthwile cruisade against Breast Cancer. Please go and check out her blog and make a donation. And that is where I'm off to now...making a donation. Come and join me! There are also some awesome prizes up for grabs!

Fabulous

Had a fabulous crop night yesterday but I'm a little tired today...staying up until midnight is obviously a thing of the past because I seem to suffer the next day. I managed to sneek away this afternoon though for half an hour for a little nap :)
Here is another LO created with the fab July kit from

OPAAT.

Hope you all have a great weekend! Mine is very quiet and uneventful and that is how I like them. Nowhere to go and nothing to do...it's bliss.

Quick post

I'm off to a crop tonight with a few friends so this will be a really quick post. Just wanted to post a layout I did with the July kit from

OPAAT

. I've only used products from the kit, there is so much stuff in them!
Have a great weekend!

It arrived!

I'm talking about my first kit from

OPAAT

that I get to play with! Check it out, so many goodies!

Not much else happening this week. Working on a few projects, an online class for next month. Will tell more soon :)
Feeling tired today so I will take myself to bed and get some sleep instead of blog hopping...night, night.

Class Kits

I have something else to share that I really enjoyed doing...I've designed a class kit for

Aussie Scrap Source.

You can view the July class kits on their website now and pre-order.
I hope to be doing some more of these. It was real fun.
These kits basically get sold to retailers so they don't have to design their own classes. It helps everyone. The retailers save time and the people taking the classes get fresh ideas every month. And I get to play and have fun :) It's a win for everyone.
So here is the July kit I designed for Aussie Scarp Source. Go check it out and tell your retailer about it. Have a good weekend everyone!

Sooooooooo excited!

I can finally let the cat out of the bag...I'm one of 6 girls announced for the new DT at

One Page at a Time.

OPAAT is a kit club in the US with some awesome monthly kits.
I have been in love with kits ever since they came on the market. So I'm really really happy to be part of one now. The girls at OPAAT are super friendly, go check it out. I can't wait to get my first kit and start playing around. Will post some pics here when it arrives :)
Better go and cook some dinner now, I think the family may want some food on the table tonight...still can't believe it...

BB newsletter

I'm happy to say that I was asked to be the Celebrated Scrapper for June for

Blue Bazaar.

Thank you for the opportunity Luise.
I had fun creating some new layouts for the newsletter and playing around with some new products...
And I will get to create a layout for the portal in the last week of June.
I'm having a lot of fun lately just scrapping the photos that inspire me. The load with For Keeps has considerably eased with the book and the calendar done and the teaching at ISC over. I did enjoy all of it though, I'm a sucker for deadlines :)
Hope you all have a good weekend!

Trying

I'm trying to back up old photos at the moment. I'm talking two years old. Everytime I'm looking through the pics I find something that inspires me and I get an idea in my head and then instead of doing a back up I end up scrapping a page like this one...I adore this picture of Max sitting on our dog Cooper.

Otherwise my week has been very slow so far with Romy being home from Kindy with a cold. Didn't get much time to scrap, hopefully the weekend will be better.
Keep an eye out for tonights newsletter from

Blue Bazaar

:)

ISC update

It's overdue I know but I only got home yesterday afternoon. What an awesome weekend, where do I start?
We got there Friday late morning and had a briefing and lunch together. It was great to break the ice between the people that hadn't met before. I shared a room with

Zina

, what can I say, she is just so sweet. Hej Zina, thanks for not jumping into my bed. Zina doesn't like sleeping alone:) Then there were

Ngaire

and

Lisa

, so inspirational and with so much more teaching experience. But they just made me feel welcome from the start. There was a great bond and atmosphere between all the tutors. I hope we get to work together again girls! Kerrin did a fantastic job of organizing the event and made sure everything ran just smooth.
Friday night was the Inspiration Crop sponsored by Sally from Delish Designs, beautiful products. If you haven't seen them before go and have a look at the website. Julia did a great job at runnung the crop and people generally had a good time having a drink and getting to know each other. I met Tamar and Suz from

Tarisota Collections.

Very friendly girls, loved meeting them. If you don't know about Tarisota Collections now is the time to check it out. They bring out a beautiful kit of coordinated products every month, and did I say the kits are beautiful?? I also caught up with Cheryl from

Aussie Scrapsource

, loved meeting her again.
There were also some girls from

Blue Bazaar

that I hadn't met before, Loretta, Juanita and of course Debbie was there. Loved meeting all of you girls!
Saturday we had classes all day and then Deborah generously invited the sponsors, tutors, class helpers and Pride staff for dinner. We had a ball.
Sunday classes again and in the afternoon presentations and thank you's to the sponsors, class helpers and tutors.
It was an exhausting weeking but so much fun at the same time. The friendships that we take away from these conventions are priceless. I hope I get to do another one some day. Then Sunday afternoon Steve and the kids arrived and we spent the next two days at Seaworld. It was such an adventure for the kids. On Tuesday on our way to Seaworld we ran into Jodie from Scraptacular in Melbourne. Jodie's kids and my kids had made friends the night before in Kids Club. So we ended up spending most of the day together at Seaworld and having dinner together back at the resort. It was great to meet you Jodie and we loved your and your mum's company. I will definitely come visit next time I'm in Melbourne.
So that is the wrap up. There is so much more to tell but my head is still a bit fuzzy from it all :)
I will share one of the classes I was teaching. It was the Scrapworks class. Hope to see all of you next time!
Copyright Pride Publishing

Cold, cold go away...

It feels like I'm getting another cold. I've just had one not long ago, so I'm not impressed! ISC is on next weekend, I will have to be better by then...
Not much to tell this week. Pretty much just the normal stuff going on.
ISC preperations going well, I'm looking forward to going.
I did some Urban Lily projects this week. I loved that their papers are so bright and colourful. I love colour!
I'm hoping to get my Jenni Bowlin kit next week. Her stuff is awesome. You have to check it out. There is a link in my sidebar.
Have a good weekend and a Happy Mothers Day!

Just had to...

I just had to get myself one those slide shows on my blog. I saw it at Ambers and Zina's blog. Thanks girls! :)

My little girl..

...she is growing up so fast! She is not even 5 yet and she had her ears pierced this week. She was so brave and only had a little cry when it was all over. She is sooooooo proud of her pink little earrings.

I have been doing a bit of scrapping this week, some of which I can share. I have also put the final touches on my classes for the ISC weekend. Looking forward to meeting some new people and just having a good time. Steve and the kids will also fly up to Brisbane on Sunday and we will take the kids to Seaworld and spend a couple of days at Nara Resort. Look forward to that as well. Hope you all have a good weekend!

New Puppy...

Steve came home on Sunday afternoon with an 18 week old german shephard puppy. Her name is Rani and she is the cutest thing. I had to take some pics straight away and got some adorable photos with her and Romy (who was coincidentally wearing her fairy dress at the time :)



Also finished a layout last night that only took me a couple of hours. That is really good for me, I'm not usually a speed scrapper. Having to scrap to deadlines for the past year has helped me enourmously to pick up my scrapping speed. I don't sit in front of a layout for days anymore, because really by then I'm over it and don't want to look at it anymore. By the way the layout was done with the fabulous Jenni Bowlin March Kit. You should really check out her website, there is a link on my sidebar.

Have a good week everyone!

Saturday morning...

I love Saturday mornings, they are slow and everyone is just happy to potter around, including the kids. I believe once they start school next year that will change, or so people keep telling me. So lets enjoy them while we can.
I've built a zoo this morning with Max and he was so happy about it. Must do these things more often.

I finished my cherryArte Dt entry yesterday. I have no idea what to expect. I really loved working with their papers. They seemed to suit my style of scrapping really well, but is it what they are looking for? So the waiting begins :) There is some great stuff in the

cherryArte gallery

if you want to go and have a look.





I hope you all have a good weekend!