Our little slice of paradise

Echo Park - Victoria Gardens

2012-01-30T15:33:00.000+10:00

I loved these papers and they sat in my stash for ages before I finally pulled them out. I have had the loveliest time scrapping the gorgous photos Andrea Thompson took for us back in November - this one is a gorgous one of hubby and I!!! Its so rare for us to get a photo together let alone a nice one!!

This ones a winner....

2012-01-30T14:40:00.000+10:00

There have been a few challenge sites close down and I am pleased to announce there is the EASIEST new challenge site just started!!!! You know when you scrap there is always a layout that you just LOVE more than the others.....everything fell into place, the papers , the photo , the embellies all just worked for you!!! THis challenge site is for those layouts!! Just pick your favorite layout for the month and send it in.....check out all the details here at This ones a winner and the lovely DT samples....OH yeah and one of them is mine......

Here it is - a sneak peek!!

Run by the beautiful Tiff Sawyer - check it out This ones a winner

Scrap Sanity.....

2012-01-17T16:51:00.000+10:00

So everyone knows the beautiful Tiff Sawyer...beautiful inside and out !! she has started her own scrapbook business....called of course SCRAP SANITY . She has an amazing DT on board ( no I am not on it - haha) and she has loads of new products coming in and my fave My Hueys Mists in stock too...make sure you pop in and say HI - she has lots of cool challenges and tell her I sent you over!!

Scrapbook kits....with Jules!!

2012-01-16T11:24:00.000+10:00

Okay...so the January scrapbook kits for January are available from Scrapbook kits. Here are my layouts for january

and

They come with complete instructiond and I dont think there are many left so get in quick...heaps of different kits to choose from!!

Twiddleybitz love and some inspiration....

2012-01-03T06:00:00.000+10:00

This woman Ingvild Bolme is one of those Off the charts amazing talents - I just love her work and have followed for her for ages....her blog is HERE - most of you would already know her and for those who dont - Now you will!!!

Anyway I saw a page she did a LONG time ago with some Prima papers that I had in my stash - so this is a semi scraplift or Ingvild Bolme inspired layout.....the left hand side with the lace and the cut paper....and the beautiful Twiddleybitz hanging sign was PERFECT for this stunning photo from Andrea Thompson photo. We had a family photo shoot back in November and Andrea was amazing !! Her website is HERE
Expect to see some more amazing photos in my layouts!!

Thanks for looking !!

Scrapbook savvy cybercrop.....

2012-01-01T21:38:00.000+10:00

Lucky me - Sar and the crew at Scrapbook Savvy had their cybercrop on at the weekend and I had a husband working all weekend so I decided to get into gear and give it a shot!!!

I loved Saras challenge once I identified that I did have the right colours somewhere in my stash - thank goodness for scraps and washi tape!! here is my layout/.....

I love what it documents - each year the kids have their pic taken with Santa and every year I think it will be my last...Josh is 14 in a couple of weeks so I figure I must be getting close!!
In the meantime I love that the kids do it ...for their Mum!!!

And this is kerryns puzzle challenge.....thought Id struggle with some of the pieces but it all fell together quite easily. I love the pics of the Christmas tree before we go to bed......before the destruction and chaos of the next morning!!

Its my happy face.....

2012-01-01T21:02:00.000+10:00

I have this enormous pile of layouts on my desk - some need to be photographed, some need to be blogged, some need to just be thrown out - HAHAH . They all need to be put in albums!! There are so many that need albums it intimidates me......I have the albums, I have the sleeves, Goodness knws I have the layouts....just no motivation to try and get it all together. It will require days, and lots of floor space and that just all seems crap so I continue to stockpile them.....ho hum.....

Hopefully I am not going to duplicate these but if I have - sorry!!

SOme of these are from my last day at Donnas - I spent a girls weekend at Dalby - complete with all four children!! Otherwise I couldnt go at all and I was hassled, nagged and had my arm twisted behind my back....Okay Donna asked me to come with the kids...so I HAD to do it .

There are just some things you HAVE to do for a mate!!! Im so glad we went - had a ball as usual - so many gorgeous scrappers there....some ugly ones too but I dont like to name them.....they know who they are....poor things !!!

ANYWAY here is some show and tell.....

and the same crazy kid tied up to a palm tree across the road??

My cutie pie niece and daughter.....

and

Back later with some more show and tell!!! I have to clear this desk!!!!

Brotherly love

2011-12-18T12:29:00.000+10:00

Hubby has been working night shift and there is something about the quiet house. late at night and I feel like scrapping and last night was quite a productive night. First up I did this one - my take on the sketch at Scrapbook savvy. I had to shrink the sketch to use these pics - there was a lot of ackground I didnt need or want. I gotta say I love these colours together - a bit yummy!!

123 challenge

2011-12-11T11:18:00.000+10:00

The very gorgeous Giovanna Scott has set the challenge over at 123 this month and it caught my eye on facebook so I set down this morning and actually DID IT!!! The challenge was the word MAKE, make something and the colour Marigold.....here is my take

this is a pic of me and my little sister about 40 years ago!!

And the years go by

2011-12-11T09:03:00.000+10:00

I have some very old paper but I still really like them so I am determined to try and work my way through them before I go buying more and more.....I have done a massive cleanout this year so that helps......I loved the Bo Bunny Mamarazzi when it came out and i have loads of it....here is one of the layouts I did at Donnas to use it up...

The first little pic is Shane and I as best man and bridesmaid at our best mates wedding - 20 years ago next year - Holy shit!!
The middle one is us one Christmas BC ( before children ) and the final one is us at Shanes graduation last year . We are coming up to 22 years together and 15 years married - wowser- time flies when you are having fun!!!

Live out Loud

2011-12-09T08:45:00.002+10:00

Its very hard to get good pics of my almost 14 year old boy - Gee - who would have thought!!! SO these days I have to scrap what I can get! This is Joshua at Dalby McDonalds back in AUgust - exhausted I think??

Gotta love a no paper layout hey!!!

Year 7 Graduating class

2011-12-07T08:40:00.000+10:00

Tonight my Number 2 son has his Graduation night at his school- can I really have 2 high school children next year????? HOLY TOLEDO!! So its probably timely for me to have scrapped one of Joshuas photos from his Grad last year!!! This is him and his mates .....none of whom went to the same high school as him - all spread to the winds!!!

This was a challenge for the scrapbook savvy cybercrop!!! A colour challenge =- loved it Thanks Sara!!!

Scrapbook Kits - new December release....

2011-12-06T06:48:00.000+10:00

So its the beginning of the month again which means the new kits are up for sale at Scrapbook kits

here are the layouts I did with my DT pack.....

and

and there is another layout but I dont have it photographed here......check all the kits out HERE

Some Daniel love.....

2011-12-05T08:34:00.002+10:00

This kid can drive you crazy but he is the most lovable, affectionate, comical character - just love him to bits. He is so easy to scrap too- he is very photogenic and doesnt make a carry on for photos either!! I think most of my published work - would be Daniel!!

This kind of started out as a scraplift of a fabulous layout from the amazing Lauren Bell but as usual about the only thing the same is the background paper and some red.....Oh well!! They boys duct taped Daniel to a palm across the road and then started pelting him with water pistols I think??
Classic photo opportunity!!

I then did this layout using papers from a kit I got at Wicked Princesses - excellent boy papers and embellies - That Krissy is so clever!!!!

The Whitehouse retreat

2011-12-03T08:26:00.002+10:00

So here are a couple more layouts from the Whitehouse retreat - the first is actually from back in August because I forgot to bring it home....HAHAHA

Oops - just noticed a piece of foil ( hmmm maybe chocolate?) under the orange shirt on the clothesline.....

This second layout is using one of my own kits - I love this photo of my niece and Teleah together - so cute!!!

It was SO nice to spend some time with 14 girls who are all fabulous - funny ,clever , supportive and amazingly talented. Donna had us all place our layouts up on her long wall- with blutac - and the wall looked unreal!!!! When I get some pics of it - I'll post them here. I had to take all four of my kids and they had a ball- Thanks to all the girls who let me bring them!!!

Love a grungy boy paper

2011-12-01T08:22:00.002+10:00

I have three sons - all teens or tweens so scrapping starts to be a bigger challenge - no more cutesy papers, no more characters and dress ups - now its all about the attitude - HAHAH .

Thats why I loved this paper from Scrapfriends - they have an amazing variety and stuff you have never seen anywhere else.....SO cool!!!! Here is a fabbo boy page I did on the weekend at Donnas.....

Cool paper huh - add a photo and some bits and pieces and you are done - gotta love that!!!

And another one from Scrapfriends

2011-11-30T08:18:00.000+10:00

Here is another layout I did using papers from Scrapfriends. I love these papers - they are like a cardstocl thickness...I have cut the film strip section from another piece of scrapfriends paper......

They have a whole bunch more of these cool papers too.....

Wahoo- there is a new scrap store with awesome papers

2011-11-28T08:18:00.000+10:00

Lucky me!!! I was recently asked to do a guest DT spot and that led me to Scrapfriends and their amazing range of papers. There are papers I have never seen before and they are GORGEOUS - and the prices are really good too- so go and check them out. I have a couple of layouts I have done already using some of the papers but Ill show you bit by bit!!!

I was invited to a special retreat last weekend and I wasnt going to go because Shane had to work and I would have the kids. And then I kept getting asked was I coming, was I coming - just bring the kids......and I couldnt make up my mind. Last minute Friday I decided - YEP - we will all go - so off I went - a bit nervously - who wants to go to a retreat with their four kids??? ANYWAY - I am so glad I did - I had an absolute ball ( I knew I would - these chicks rock!!) and my kids were really good!! I just owe Krissy a bag of maltesers!!!

Here is one of the layouts I did using papers from scrapfriends

Pretty paper huh - the scroll in the corner is also from the store......Ill be back soon with more show and tell!!

Twiddleybitz BLOGHOP!!!

2011-11-06T15:00:00.001+10:00

Hi all
Welcome to the TWIDDLEYBITZ bloghop!!! If you have been following the blog from the beginning you - will have just come from Anne-Marie Cox. Isnt she amazing - I just love her work and her boy layouts always leave me envious of her talent!! If you want to start at the beginning and havent yet - start HERE with Melanie Forbes and be blown away by her beautiful work!!

So I have a couple of bits of Twiddleybitz show and tell.....they have some fabulous new release stuff out and is such GREAT quality chipboard to work with!!!

First up is a grungy layout of my son Daniel when he turned NINE last year .....

I have used the gorgeous mini cogs and even the frame that they were attached to - never one to leave anything to waste!!!

I love photo booth pics - such a funky size and the black and white looks so cool!!!

I embossed the blue frame with Twiddleybitz enamels - Jewel enamels - the colour is SAPPHIRE

and this next one will be joining the Twiddleybitz roadshow so you may even get to see it at the Paper show in Sydney!!

and this is the favourite recent piece of mine.....

I just love Twiddleybitz off the page pieces and I bought some of their gleam gilding wax when I was at the paper show in Brisbane back in June and I am loving the stuff!!!!

Its a wax based gilding cream which you apply with just a soft cotton cloth. Its permanent and lightfast - you can even shade it by layering - gives a fabulous effect. This is how I have made the birdcage gold!!!

I found the little gold bird in one of the Fabulous Christmas shops and thought he might like this little home!! Cute huh!!

I also have some RAK to give away - just leave me a comment and I will draw a random winner out on Monday morning....there are LOTS of chance to win some prizes - you just have to be in it to win it!!!
Here is a pic of what you could win and if I get more than 20 comments - I will add to this little stash too!!

Next on the Twiddleybitz bloghop is Louise Williams - another AMAZINGLY talented scrapper !! Just love her work!!!

Thanks for stopping by and HAPPY TWIDDLING!!!

TWIDDLEYBITZ RAKMANIA this weekend

2011-11-04T10:00:00.011+10:00

RAKamania!! Bloghop!

Starting this afternoon is the Twiddleybitz RAKamania!! Bloghop!

Each of the DT members has a RAK waiting for you to win when you

visit their blog during the hop.

THATS FIFTEEN RAKS!!

We hope you find lots of inspiration and ideas,

have a bit of fun and maybe pick up a prize or two along the way. ;-)

Going to the Australian Papercraft Festival this SUNDAY??

Be the first of 20 to go to the Twiddleybitz Booth and say these Secret words..

**TWIDDLEYBITZ ROCKS SYDNEY!!**

and we will give you a piece of Twiddleybitz! Too Easy!

BUT

(of course there is a but, lol)

you must be a member of the Twiddleybitz Ning and it is only on the Sunday. ;-)

So....Ready to start the Bloghop??

Keep popping in to the NING site for all the details......HERE

PSSSSTTTTT - dont forget to be on the look out for secret words!!

These will be highlighted somehow in each of the posts along the way. Don’t worry, they will be easy to find. ;-)

They are the words of a quote and will be in order. All you have to do is collect them along the way

and then Sandra Wallace a personal message telling her what you think

the quote is. All correct entries will be placed into a prize draw.

So make sure you get TWIDDLING and BLOG ALONG !!!

Happy Birthday and lets Celebrate

2011-11-04T08:58:00.000+10:00

The fabulous Websters papers Lets Celebrate - I got some from My2angels and together with the fabulous embellishments Tracy sells - I was able to put together this layout with photos from Teleahs 6th birthday!!

Dare to dream

2011-11-03T06:46:00.000+10:00

My husband is an inspirational man! He proves that it is never to late to learn something new and you can Dare to dream !! He left school after Year 12 and joined the local credit union. We travelled overseas for a year in our earyly twenties and he came back to work in debt collection - which of course he HATED. SO he retrained as a nurse and after 10 years of that - he retrained AGAIN and he is now a Doctor!!! To say I am proud of him doesnt even start to address what I feel for what he has done!! he graduated with honours and also earnt the University medal which is a huge award!!!!
This is done with a kit I purchased from Scrapbook savvy

here it is

What a hottie!!!

I think I forgot this one......

2011-11-02T06:04:00.000+10:00

Im such a bad blogger these days - life just gets busier and busier - with the kids and work and activites and we have a very busy social life at the moment - which is LOVELY - but sometimes it feels like a merry go round spinning out of control!!! Yes I can see you smiling - I bet you can relate cant you!!

I love it - I wouldnt have it any other way !!

SO here is a layout I did for Mad about scrappin...one word title , 2 somethings?? , three photos and four patterned papers I think....here is my take on it

pretty papers huh!!!

Girls night in at Wicked Princesses

2011-11-01T06:33:00.001+10:00

So I bought the fabulous Wicked Princesses Girls night in kit - and I finally got to do it on the weekend and of course I had to scrap this pic of my mate Donna!!!! Everybody loves this woman - she is funny , beautiful and a very clever scrapper and she makes me laugh ...A LOT!!!!

and here is one I did a while ago - with gorgeous October Afternoon papers....

back later with some more show and tell

Happy Halloween haunting!!!!

2011-10-31T06:30:00.000+10:00

Yes I know - some of you are going to say _ " I dont do Halloween - its so American ".....Yep - well I am not religious but I still do Easter and Christmas just because they are fun and I like the spirit of them - SO it is the same for Halloween!! The kids get to dress up and visit the neighbors and get a dose of junk for the next month!! Our street do an awesome Halloween night - loads of kids get involved and we have kids come from everywhere.......I may have even been known to wear a scary hat !! SO these are the Halloween layouts I have recently done - ready for a new dose of scary photos!!

and this one

SO happy Halloween!!

Scrapbook savvy cybercrop

2011-10-23T17:56:00.000+10:00

Sometimes I need a challenge to fire me up and get me back into scrapping and so I needed that prod on FRiday night!! Lucky for me the Cybercrop was on over at Scrapbook Savvy and I even got a couple of challenges done - WAHOOOOOOOO

here they are....

Very cool sketch from Sara and this one......

Required layers and distressing and paint and/or mist!!!

So pop in and take a look - I am hoping to get a third challenge done also!!

So lucky!!

2011-10-23T17:01:00.000+10:00

I count my blessings every day - I have the most fabulous husband - Love him dearly and have for almost 22 years!! OMG - where did that time go!!! Together we have had four children - not bad for a couple who were having none!! Anyway recently we spent a fabulous day together out at Binna Burra - in the mountains of the Gold Coast. We went for a bushwalk and came across this awesome river and waterfall- this is one of the photos I took on the day!!

A blog award!!!

2011-10-18T15:44:00.000+10:00

Well its been ages since I have received a blog award - so thank you to the beautiful Annette who nominated me!!

To accept the award, I must answer the following questions and then pass the award on to 10 other blogs

1. Name my favorite color/colors -PINK!!
2. Name my favorite song – anything by Adele right now

3. Name my favorite dessert – chocolate mousse
4. What 'wizzes' me off at the moment? – not enough time

5. My favorite pets – Bronte and Daisy

6. Black or white? Definitely black

7. Biggest fear – Storms
8. Best feature - my attitude??
9. Everyday attitude – dont sweat the small stuff!!

10. What is perfection? – sun, beach, no wind
11. Guilty Pleasure- chocolate of course
12. When I am upset I... Cry !!!

I would love to pass this blog award out to the following ladies:

Sharon Dalton

Chris Wormald

Sarah Pannell

Debij

Kylie Law

Shari

Donna white

Lisa Webb

Trudie Campbell!!!

Spread the love!!!

Feeling like a cybercrop???

2011-10-14T18:03:00.000+10:00

If you are feeling like a cybercrop this weekend - I then I have the place for you !!!! Shazz and the girls at Scraplounge have a "Fancy That" themed cybercrop this weekend.....Check it out HERE

Some of the challenges are already up - Hope to see you there!!!!

October sketch over at Scraplounge

2011-10-06T07:43:00.002+10:00

Here is the fabulous sketch this month at Scraplounge......

NIce huh!!!!!!

Check it out HERE

Guest spot at the SCRAP LOUNGE!!!!

2011-10-05T07:36:00.000+10:00

I feel so honoured to have met the fabulous people I get to meet through scrapbooking and last year I got to meet the beautiful Shazz in real life...she has a heart of gold and loves to laugh so when she asked me to be her guest DT - how could I resist???? I had to work with fabulous Lime Tart products so THAT was a real hardship - NOT!!!!

Of course I chose a vintage inspired kit and so this is what I created .....

and

so do your self a favour and pop in and Say HI and check out the fabulous monthly challenges are HERE

Check out this months kits at Scrap with V

2011-10-04T19:33:00.000+10:00

Well Jules has done it again with a fabulous collection of kits this month. I LOVED what I recieved and I easily managed three layouts and still had leftovers!! Here is little of what I did with the kit.....

and this one of my fabulous husband at his graduation last year .....

so if you like what you see and you want to see more - check it out HERE But hurry - this kit has almost SOLD OUT

and some more show and tell

2011-10-02T10:30:00.000+10:00

Okay - I am working my way through the 20 layouts that I did when I stayed with Donna at the WHITE house in August.....here are a couple more....

Life lessons.....

2011-10-01T06:25:00.003+10:00

As a parent - you always want to do the best by your children. You want them to be happy. You want them to be genuine good people.....Getting them there gives you some appreciation for how hard a job it really is!!!!

They drive you crazy - REALLY crazy sometimes....they drain all the energy from you sometimes......and then there are those times when they are sitting in the car and the four of them are having a conversation about why their Mum is the best Mum and it brings tears to your eyes.

We are off on a short weekend getaway tomorrow and we cant wait!!! Our AFL team play in the Grand final on Saturday and we will be catching up with some great friends so all in all it will be a wicked weekend - especially if the CATS win!!!! Haha!!

So speaking of raising kids - that litle dribble came about from this layout- the strip joournal bits were part of one of the bits of paper I had and it started the whole layout,.....and I love this pic of Miss Teleah!!!!!

SORRY _ REMOVED FOR PUBLICATION!!!!

LOVE the colour scheme and LOVE LOVE LOVE this little girl!!!!

Who wants leftovers???

2011-09-29T14:25:00.000+10:00

Haha - these were all leftover bits and pieces I had from all the Layouts I had done in Dalby with Doona and Lauren and Sarah - so thats why its leftovers!!!

This particular day on the Gold Cost was a King tide and we went to have a look at the changing ocean and landline...it was SO WINDY - I hated it - but of course none of the boys did!!!!!

WOW - two days in a row!!!

2011-09-25T11:20:00.000+10:00

Are you in shock? I am - except that I cheated and I did this last night and scheduled it for today because we have a full on day and I want get on here at all!!! CHEATER SKEETER!!!

I did this one at Donnas at Dalby back in August - I just loved the colours and it was probably one of my faves from the 20 I did that weekend!! and I love the picture of little Miss Teleah - she melts my heart!!!

SO unblogworthy !!!!!

2011-09-24T23:17:00.000+10:00

I feel so bad - I thought I would get time to scrap and blog and enjoy the school holidays....instead our bestie mates from Melbourne decided on a spur of the moment week on the Gold Coast so we could spend some time together - so we have pretty much done that every day!! LOTS of beach and whale watching and swimming and just loving kicking back with our friends. They have three kids VERY similar ages to ours - our eldest are 5 days apart if that gives you an indication!!!!! Our youngest are threee months apart so the kids are inseparable and will miss each other heaps when they leave!!!! I do have a little bit of show and tell though........

My gorgeous Lachlan at a party we went to last year - he is always needing a haircut!!!! LOL

Back later with some more I promise!!!!

and some more bits and pieces....

2011-09-18T22:20:00.000+10:00

How did it get to the middle of September already? WE have a crazy busy last half of the year so before I blink it will be 2012!!! Crikey man!!! ANYWAY here are some more recent bits I have done......

LOVE the colours in this one - i can see me using them again!!!

These were some left over bits and pieces I had from Crate paper - love the colours!!

Ill be back tomorrow with a few more bits!!

and some more DALBY inspiration

2011-09-12T10:06:00.000+10:00

So I am still working my way through the layouts I completed at the Dalby WHITEHOUSE mini retreat - wish I could time travel back to a Saturday night with Sarah, Josie, Nadine Lauren and Donna.......here is a little bit of show and tell....

and

back later with more.....................

and so time flies......

2011-09-11T09:37:00.000+10:00

Its September - how on earth did that happen already!!! At the end of this month my baby boy monkey will turn 10!!!! I remember the end of this pregnancy so clearly because those last few weeks at home were FULL of 911 reports .  Endlessly, so much so that we turned the TV off because the two other boys were only 2 and 3. I remember seeing Joshuas face just once as the news report showed the planes hitting the Twin towers and he asked" Mum why is all the news bad in the world?" So the TV went off and didnt go back on again for probably a month!!

So its September and that means that very soon all our visitors start again - My Mum and Dad , my sister and her family, my brother and his family, Shanes Mum and Dad and some friends in between!!!!!! We cant wait - we love that our friends and family choose to spend their holiday time coming to the Gold Coast and visiting us!!! And the weather is getting warmer so that will be  FABULOUS!!

Ive been scrapping   for the Twiddleybitz show at Brisbane this weekend - make sure you drop by and Say Hi to the Twiddley team!! - sadly I wont be there this time - I have a MASSIVE weekend planned - cant say too much - Ill tell you about it when its done and dusted !!!!

In the meantime I thought I should show you a couple more bits from my weekend in Dalby at the end of August - scrapped up a storm!!

My gorgeous Docker boy -

Oh - this one I did on Saturday night - very late!!!!

I love this layout - I love this photo and I love the 2 people in the photo!!!!

Back later with some more show and tell

Some AUTHENTIQUE goodness

2011-09-10T10:45:00.000+10:00

Hohum - you see all these fabulous papers come out of CHA and this one particularly caught my eye - LOVE LOVE LOVE the colours and the papers themselves are just the texture and thickness i LOVE - think MY Minds Eye goodness!!!! So I was Super excited to see Tracey had them in store at My2angels and they are just stunning - I got to have a play with them last night and I used the sketch from over at scrapwithv.

I have a super busy weekend starting VERY soon but I just wanted to show you this first........

The title is "and then there were 6 ".....not bad for a couple who werent having any children !!!!!!

And some more gorgeous Websters - lets celebrate......

2011-09-10T08:50:00.000+10:00

So I did a huge blog post last week and had lots of new show and tell and just as I went to press ENTER - it all disappeared - YES - dont we all just love that!! Needless to say I had the shirty pants with Blogger for a few days so here I am back again for another go at it!!

Tracey at My2angels has an awesome collection of paers and amongst them are these super pretty and versatile Lets celebrate papers from Websters - lots of gorgeous colours and bits to cut out - YUM

here is another layout from teleahs 6th birthday party!!

So make sure you pop in and check it all out HERE - Tracey is SUPER fast to post and is FABULOUS at helping you source a product as I recently did for a good friends wedding!!!

Twiddleybitz this weekend.......

2011-09-09T21:56:00.000+10:00

Dont forget TWIDDLEYBITZ will be rocking the CRAFT show this weekend in Brisbane. SAdly I wont there this time - I have the busiest weekend ahead of me - cant wait - but will miss the buzz and hum of the Tb stall!! So make sure you drop in and SAY HI to them and say Lisa K sent you !! and look for some of these....

and this .....

There are some more pieces too but Ill let you have some surprises!!!!

September inspiration at Scrap with V

2011-09-09T20:45:00.000+10:00

Jules has selected some awesome monthly inspirations - here is one of my faves......

and here is my take on it.......

Its hard to see all the dimension in this layout but I LOVED creating this - check it out at SCRAP WITH V

and some more Websters loveliness.....

2011-08-28T06:00:00.002+10:00

My daughter Teleah turned 6 back in June and she has a scrapbook party ( hmm- what a good idea - I had one or two items I could use!!!!). I set up a photo booth and we took photos of her and all her friends and then I printed them off and they scrapped their photos and also decorated their party boxes for their lollies. SO I have had the perfect photos for the fabulous Websters LETS CELEBRATE papers. I LOVE fussy cutting and these papers just SCREAM for it so of course I had to oblige!!

Here is the second layout using these fabulous papers

Everything you see on this page is from My2 angels. Tracey has the most amazing selection of embellishmenst , fabulous charms and her latest product - her embellishment packs - these are selling like hotcakes so check them out!!!

My 2 angels and gorgeous papers and scrappy friends!!

2011-08-25T17:18:00.000+10:00

I just spent a fabulous weekend at the WHITEHOUSE with the amazing Lauren Bell and Donna White and all our respective partners and children - resulting in 9 children ranging from 2 - 14 and 6 adults - three mad scrappers and their ever patient husbands!! We had an absolute blast - Donna and Craig are amazing hosts, their girls are BEAUTIFUL and the amazing master Lauren Bell - love her to pieces and her kids are SO cute - seriously Miss Darcy and her eyes could almost make you want another one!! ALMOST!!

I scrapped up a bloody storm - with a MASSIVE 20 layouts and even some cards - LOTS of late nights and a drink or two and even maybe a piece of chocolate!! The rumours of chocolate and corn chips for breakfast are MERE rumours - unless anyone has photographic evidence to the contrary!! Anyway - we had such a great time - WE will be doing it again!!! Here is the first of what I worked on........

These are the GORGEOUS Websters lets celebrate papers - from Tracey at My 2 angels

Seriously - she has a FABULOUS collection of new and gorgeous papers and I love that she has unique and fabulous charms that you cant get anywhere else and the price always spins me out - all the embellies you see on this page are from her store - the flowers, the stunning cabechons , ribbons etc so make sure you stop by and say Hi and while you are there - check out her new EMBELLISHMENT packs - they are fabulous too!! Be back soon with some more LETS CELEBRATE

Who loves a sketch???

2011-08-11T15:00:00.000+10:00

Tracey over at My 2 Angels lives not far from me so we have been chatting recently and she is helping me organise soem table names for a friends weding - she has the most FABULOUS selection of charms and if she doesnt have it in stock - she is fabulous at trying to source it for you!! LOVE that service

ANYWAY - she has a cool sketch at the moment.....

and here is my take on it using the gorgeous October AFternoon papers - Tracey has FABULOUS October Afternoon papers instore too- including Five and Dime which I LOVE ....

You know me - I cant help myself - add bits - move something and then you have to remind yourself you have a sketch - but you can see the basics ....right???

If you have never taken a LOOK at My 2 angels - make sure you do - she is the FASTEST poster you have ever ordered from!!!!

Kits over at Scrap with v.......but with Jules

2011-08-05T07:37:00.000+10:00

So earlier I had given you a sneak peek of the kit I put together for Jules over at Scrap with V - these are the full layouts

As you can see I had enough to make 2 cards as well and I still had leftovers...such fabulous colours and perfect for my older boys!!! Check the kits out HERE

They are fabulous!!!

Twiddleybitz birthday challenge

2011-08-04T15:24:00.000+10:00

August is a huge month for birthdays in my family . From my son to my Mum, sister and niece.

So to celebrate the birthdays - Id like to see a birthday themed layout with Twiddleybitz chipboard which has a paint technique.

There will be a small random prize donated by me - Lisa Kamphuis.

There will be a bonus draw in the RAK for anyone who also posts this on their blog, facebook etc!!!!"

Here is my example -

You have until Midnight August 31st to upload your entries.

Please tag or put "Lisa's challenge" in your title so it can be easily identified. ;-)

and please remember to also put a link to your blog or facebook page, if you upload it there, for that extra entry into Lisa's RAK prize.

Can't wait to see your entries girls!!

Go to Twiddleybitz HERE

My 2 Angels birthday celebration!!!

2011-08-02T07:23:00.000+10:00

My 2 Angels truns 3 years old this month and Tracey has the most amazing sale going to celebrate!!!!

my2angels is 3 this month

and to celebrate all items in our birthday section are 30% off throughout August

(excluding the Webster's Pages new release Let's Celebrate which is 10% off)

AND

33% off ALL Pattern Papers till 20th August

(excludes any new arrivals)

Everyone deserves a bunch of flowers on their birthday so with your first paid purchase this month you will receive a bouquet of flowers FREE

(is not included if ONLY purchasing gift certificates or our embellishment kit club)

AND

for your first paid order OVER $50.00 (not including postage) you will also receive FREE a bottle of diamond stickles ... cause we all deserve diamonds on our birthday

(not included if only purchasing our subscription kit club and gift certificates)

Websters Pages Let's Celebrate

Not just a paper collection for birthday

New BLACK Rooster Feathers

Restock on Stazon Ink

and additional Paint Dabber colours - Copper, Gold and Silver

and many more

check out our new arrivals section here

Want to win a September Subscription for our

Embellish Me Kit Club?

We have 2 prize packs to give away for the following competitions during August

(sorry no overseas entries due to high postage costs)

AND

Show us your Charm

Upload your most unique idea, creation, examples of using my2angels charms to our gallery

along with a description of your charm creation to be into win a subscription

DON'T FORGET

you have until the 10th August (at the latest) to subscribe for the opening special of a 1 month subscription of our Embellish Me Kit Club .... we have had to restock extra products due to the demand of our first kit (THANK YOU to everyone who has subscribed so far ... you WILL NOT be disappointed)

It’s amazing value – all that yumminess and creativity -for less than $19 a month (average kit RRP $30.00)

So pop in HERE and check it all out!!!

So precious

2011-07-28T15:06:00.000+10:00

I am such a lucky girl to work with Twiddleybitz - they are such a superior brand of chipboard - I have worked with lots of others but Twiddleybitz is by far the best quality!! I recently received a big package of goodies from them after the Brisbane paper show so I have had a lovely time playing with all the new stuff ...here is one of the layouts I did recently.....

Twiddleybitz also have some fabulous comps going on - you can win some free Twiddleybitz by guessing how many pieces AnnMaree has used on her layout in the gallery....and guess whose daughter is the feature on the front page of the Twiddleybitz site......check it out here
They also have cool sketch challenges too!!!!

Out of the Hat challenge.....

2011-07-26T06:00:00.001+10:00

Wow - I havent managed to do an Out of the Hat challenge for probably a year - but on the weekend I got to scrap and I had some friends over on Saturday night and we scrapped and chatted and laughed and I even managed to get four or five layouts done!! Man - Im on a roll, I tell you!! Lucky - I am for now - because I have started a second job just for the next few months and that is getting busier!!
So the challenge was minimalist ( neg space) , monochromatic and use a doily!! I can do that!!

Here is my take using one of my fave pics of my beautiful little family at Mooloolaba!!

Thanks to Donna White for the masked background - Man I wish she lived next door - she has EVERYTHING I could ever need - PMSL!!!!

Scrapped up a storm....

2011-07-25T09:12:00.000+10:00

I actually got to do quite a bit of scrapping done this weekend considering how busy I was with no hubby and the kids having parties, sleepovers, friends staying and more parties....I REALLY AM just a taxi these days!! I did lots but quite a bit I cant show as its DT stuff or Twiddleybitz stuff for their Brisbane Show in September......but maybe I can give you a few sneak peeks!!!

These sneaks are from the new August kits I did for Jules. As you probably know Ness sold Scrap with V to Jules and she sent out her first lot of kits. I gave her some informaton about me and the family and what I scrap and she sent me the perfect kit - I LOVED it. So as soon as it arrived I was into it!!!
The fabulous thing for me was that it was a boyish kits and not for little boys - PERFECT for preteens, teens - you know - that hard to scrap age group!!!

Here are my sneaks

Cool huh - AWESOME colours

So stay tuned for early August for this kit - available HERE

Cybercrop at scrap boutique....

2011-07-23T14:47:00.000+10:00

I havent done a cyber crop in AGES - once upon a time I was known to do two or three across a weekend. BUT this weekend is mine as hubby is away and the kids are being gorgeous so I can get some scrapping done!!
I saw that Scrap boutique had a birthday cybercrop this weekend so I thought Id check out the challenges and I even managed to complete one late last night! This is my lovely NUmber 2 son - Lachlan - clever as can be and an absolute sweetheart. His birthday is just over a week away so I did this layout of him....

Some handmade gifts....

2011-07-18T10:48:00.000+10:00

August is a massive month for birthdays for us - My sister, My aunt, My Mum, My niece and my son all have EARLY August birthdays!! SO I decided to get organised and make some gifts - obvioucly I cant show them all yet ( cos they will see them on here!!) but I couldnt resist showing you this lovely tin I made up for my niece Amy . She will be 7 on the 7th August so I wanted to make her something special . I have bought a pretty little necklace to go in the tin....here is her AMY tin

Hope she likes it!!!

High tea party!!!

2011-07-14T16:25:00.000+10:00

Teleah has the best time in her own company - she is amazing at keeping herself busy and amused. One of her games is to make a tea party for the babies of the house and she uses a toy china tea set we bought for her last year - she LOVES it . I still have mine from when I was a kid so I hope she takes as much care of hers. I have used lots of the new Twiddleybitz chipboard = and I just love the teapot and teacup!!!
I did this layout for a colour challenge at Mad but I suspect I have used too much of a teal colour instead of a green??
We are off to the cinema all together this afternoon to see Harry Potter - the final instalment - a bit sad really . We started watching them when Josh was a wee babe 13 years ago!!! I cant wait!

Thanks for looking - when I get some time I think Ill be doing a HUGE Blog giveaway so stay tuned......

Kraft it up - dad time

2011-07-09T12:30:00.000+10:00

Here is my entry for Kraft it up this month - I loved the colours although I have probably used darker shades than the original pic??

My husband and Daughter have a beautiful relationship- I just love seeing them together!!!

Tic Toc Grandpa and Twiddleybitz!!!

2011-07-09T11:17:00.000+10:00

My Mums Grandfather was always known as Tictoc Grandpa as he had a fob watch in his pocket always!
So of course I couldnt resist using BoBunny timepiece for this photo - its just suited perfectly. I have also added some yummy Twiddleybitz flourishes.....

I WISH I had that fob watch!! What a treasure that would be!!

SHOW US YOUR BITZ!!!!

2011-07-06T11:22:00.000+10:00

Well did that subject heading get your attention??

So how about it??

We would LOVE to see YOUR work in the Twiddleybitz gallery!!

During the month of July, every non DT creation uploaded in the gallery will receive an entry into a draw to win a

Twiddleybitz prize pack.

It can be a layout, a card, an atc, an OTP item...or ANY creation, as long as it has Twiddleybitz on it. ;-)

Can't wait to see your work!!!

Check it out hERE

In an uproar......

2011-07-05T06:00:00.000+10:00

Back in March - I was lucky enough to attend a retreat here on The Gold Coast with LOADS of my favourite girls from around Australia!!! Dalena had already closed Uproar - her scrapbook shop but we had an absolute ball and as always I stayed up too late !! HAHA - what would I be without an all nighter at a retreat!!
Anyway you can imagine - we had one hundred cameras snapping and I loved some of the pics that were taken. Fabulous Sharon Dalton took all our photos and loaded them onto CD for us so we all had a copy of everything!! She is just too sweet for words.
ANYWAY - that means I have loads of pics ad I wanted to incorporate some of the lovely photos I had of some of the girls and make this layout - using more gorgeous Graphic 45 - seriously LOVE those papers!!!

So bits and pieces of Twiddleybitz here and a mix of G45 and some beautiful women!!!

You are MAD!!!!

2011-07-03T06:00:00.001+10:00

This photo of my wicked son makes me laugh. he was obviously sick of having his photo taken so this is the face I got!!
Thanks so MUCH!!
Used some cool paint and card swipes for the background and I seriously LOVE Tim Holtz tape!!

CHECK out this AMAZING Blog CANDY

2011-07-02T08:42:00.000+10:00

Many of you would know the name Gabrielle Pollacco - well she is doing this awesome giveaway on her blog - check it out HERE

Seriously this stash would look GREAT on my desk dont you think!!!!

This is my Family ...

2011-07-02T06:00:00.001+10:00

I have a container on my desk and in it is the bits and pieces of Twiddleybitz that I have and everyone so often I have rifle through there and see what inspires me!! This week I have had some time to scrap because I am on holidays!! I love the Twiddleybitz flourishes I have used here and I have kept them raw because I thought they suited the colours of the layout...I also grabbed one of the frames from the Twiddleybitz keys and I have used it as a frame for my photo...Gotta love being able to use your packaging!!!

I love this photo of my beautiful family!!

White with One - July entry!!

2011-07-01T17:03:00.000+10:00

Wowser - since starting back at work at the beginning of this year, I have not scrapped much AT ALL in the way of challenges. I have made my DT commitments and little else....so I am enjoying the school holidays and being sick enough to not go out!! ( Much to the kids disgust!) BUT it is giving me the chance to do some fun scrapping....loving getting painted and messy and digging through my stash to find the right BIT.
I had a look at White with one and saw the challenge this month was white , teal and chipboard !! OHYEAH baby - they had me at Hello ( read Teal!!) I even knew what pics I was going to use because the pics are the same colours!!!!

This is my daughter under the water at Mooloolaba back in March!! So cool having a GOOD underwater camera

JUMP for Twiddleybitz

2011-07-01T14:53:00.001+10:00

I feel incredibly lucky to have a DT gig for a manufacturing company and Twiddleybitz stuff I loved before I joined the team!! It is SO well made - no nasty bits to file down and sand and clean up - its beautifully cut and you can paint it, sand it , emboss it - and it loves it!!!

I have been enjoying the school holidays apart from the fact that I am sick a a dog - I have actually felt like scrapping!! So here is one I did of my gorgeous boy Lachlan who will soon be TWELVE!!! I cant believe it

I also purchased the cool ALL BOY ! pin at the Brisbane papercraft show off Tracey at My2angels

She seriously has the best range of charms and pins and funky bits for your layout!!! I bought some stuff from her this week but I will be going back when Im cashed up!!!

An oldie but a goodie.....

2011-07-01T07:00:00.002+10:00

I did this one for Mad about scrapping a few years ago when I was on Leannes DT

I am changing around my scrap room and found this - it used to hang on my wall so now its going in an album and Ill put a new one up!

Pretty papers huh!!

Wicked kid

2011-06-30T22:18:00.000+10:00

This is my son Daniel. He has always had the shock factor!!!! Through my pregnancy we were told it was a girl - the pregnancy was different to the boys and the ultrasound said Girl....he then came 12 days late and apparently in that time he grew a penis!!!!! SO we couldnt call this new baby Rachel as planned so we went with Daniel Shane Kamphuis.

He is a very very appealing child - he is cute, funny , has gorgeous blue eyes that melt his Mums heart........and he can make me SO mad and so crazy - you would not believe it. If there is mischief to be found - there is Daniel. If there is a kid crying for an accidental bang to the head - theres Daniel. If there is a kid to do the wrong thing - theres Daniel!! SERIOUSLY!!

He promises he doesnt MEAN to get into trouble - it just happens.....and I do believe him!! Hes not a BAD kid - just not very good at thinking through the consequences of his behaviours!!!! At the moment - he is doing all the boys daily jobs - emptying the dishwasher and cleaning up after the dog because of his last indiscretion!!!! Oh and he also has to vacuum the house. I know it sounds harsh but its the shool holidays so if I ground him or take away priveleges like playstation and computer - really its just me thats punished because he drives me crazy being bored!! So domestic slavery its is!!

But look at the cutie in this layout - how can you resist those blue eyes, that cute smile......we love his sense of humour and his outlook on life...he is a beautiful kid inside and out!!!

And he is a wicked kid!!!!!

Hmmmm...have I blogged this one??

2011-06-30T06:00:00.001+10:00

Hiya

So I dont think I have shown this one - I did this back at the retreat in Ashmore in March . Sarah P found some random blue tape in a drawer and challenged me to include it in a layout!! Like I can resist a challenge - LOL....This is what I came up with

I like it when I can mix up my grungy boy stuff wth a bit of my vintage love stuff!!!

Sorry for the photo - crap day - too much glare!!

I'm just......

2011-06-29T09:27:00.001+10:00

SICK.......

sad Lisa

Scrap with V new sketch!!

2011-06-16T06:00:00.002+10:00

Hi all

Its the middle of the month which means that Ness has her new sketch up ...and this months sketch has been put together by Eve....

Here is the sketch

And here is my take on it - I used pretty Kaiser papers

So do yourself a favour and check it out HERE

Castaway Bay --

2011-06-15T05:14:00.001+10:00

This is another layout I did at the retreat - I just love it - the colours, the little pics the title matches perfectly with the paper..... cute huh - The kids had a BALL this day at Seaworld - sprayed everybody they could reach!!

Some groovy twine and my favourite buttons!!!

Look whose having a birthday....

2011-06-14T06:00:00.001+10:00

So our gorgeous little girl turns 6 today!!!!

Six years ago we had this precious little bundle...

And of course we were in love with her the minute we set eyes on her!!!! I was a very sick Mum after she was born but she was just the perfect baby!!!

And in no time at all she turned one....

She had a huge big party to celebrate!! Or at least her parents did!!!

And a year later she was a Queenslander and all she could do was tell she was TWO and hold two fingers up!!!!

She then turned three.....

and she LOVED her crawling baby that Pa gave her!!!!

For her fourth birthday she got to celebrate it at Tangalooma with all four grandparents!!

I just remember her saying" I just cant believe Im four " - along with the above expression on her face!!

So this time last year she was at Noosa for the June long weekend - we all got up at 4 in the morning to watch Australia loose at the World Cup Soccer.....

So Happy 6th Birthday to our beautiful daughter!!! Thankyou for giving us such joy and love and laughter!! You definitely complete our family.....

Some pretty Twiddleybitz

2011-06-11T05:00:00.000+10:00

So over at Twiddleybotz - they had a recent card swap - you made a card using some Twiddleybitz and then Tiff sent you the address of who it was to be sent to .....so I have made this and sent it on to my recipent......I hope they liked it!!

Just you..................

2011-06-10T17:11:00.000+10:00

Those of you who know me know that I am madly in love with my beautiful husband - we have been together for over 21 years and are as in love as we ever have been. He makes me laugh like no-one else, he is kind thoughtful, generous and clever!! He is an AMAZING father and he is going to be one FABULOUS Doctore...so I love having a good photo of him to scrap....and teamed up with Twiddleybitz - this is pefect ....

Love you Shane....Just you!!

My love

2011-06-09T06:00:00.001+10:00

This was a challenge at Krissys retreat - to scrap a alyout of yourself in the Wicked Princesses colours - hate photos of myself- ( dont we all?) . So this was the perfect photo - me fuzzy and camera in focus....

Come and see me this weekend

2011-06-08T07:10:00.001+10:00

The fabulous Brisbane paper and craft show is on this weekend and I will be at the Twiddleybitz stand either Saturday or Sunday or both _ hopefully both ). This year we are stand 60- and I will be there with the fabulous Tiff Sawyer, Mel Forbes , Jen Hodge and of course the Twiddley bosses - Nic and Andrew!! I TOTALLY cant wait and hope to see LOTS of you - make sure you pop in and say HI and give us big hugs!!

You will get to see some of this

and things like this......

and you can make your own one of these......

So pop in and say HI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Scrap with V June 1st sketch...

2011-06-07T06:00:00.000+10:00

Ness has another fabulous sketch up this month - you should have a go - she offers awesome prizes and this months sketch is a beauty......

and this is my take on it......I went with a boy layout even though the sketch looks like flowers......go amd check it out HERE

When the rest of the crowd goes home.....

2011-06-05T06:58:00.000+10:00

I LOVE vintage music paper and I have a fabulous collection and when I saw the title of this song - I couldnt resist - "When the rest of the crowd goes home..." so of course I was inspired to scrap a layout of Miss Donna and I after we had stayed up all night scrapping at a retreat a few years ago!

I could have used the photo of us drinking bourbon at 5 in the morning but I went with this one instead !!

whats a good title??

2011-06-04T06:00:00.003+10:00

I did this layout of my Mum as a little girl when I was at the retreat but I havent got a good title?
Seriously sometimes this is the hardest part for me - what to call it!!!
If you have a good suggestion - leave it here as a comment and if I see one I can use - Ill send you a little gift!!

I had another layout to show you but it got picked up by Scrapbooking Memories so now I have had to delete the post!! Im a bit hopeless - I can never remember whats coming up and whats being published so its always a nice surprise to see them unexpectedly!!

So here she is - the UNNAMED!!

One of my favourites - and some Twiddleybitz!!

2011-06-03T06:00:00.000+10:00

So I have had these papers for ages so I just started playing and cutting and sticking stuff together with no idea of what photo I was going to use.....and then I remembered these old photo booth pics from about 20 years ago!!! and I grabbed the cut out hand and it worked perfectly - what do you think??

Strike a pose

2011-06-02T07:00:00.000+10:00

My young male Daniel is a character to say the least. He went to a party last Sunday night - a disco - a girls party and the Mum told me - he was the hit of the party - she loved him. He got into all the games ad scored a TROVE of treasures and not One but FOUR lolly bags!! OMG!! If you know Daniel - that wont surprise you!!

Anyway - here he is striking a pose ? Im not sure what - maybe he is just missing his bow and arrow?

And a groovy naked Twiddleybitz at the bottom

Scrap with V June kits

2011-06-01T07:26:00.000+10:00

Here is my June kit for Scrap with V. This was such a beautiful collection of papers - I loved them.....

and another one of my Mum as a young girl

so pop in HERE and check out all the cool kits Ness has in store this month

Slide.......

2011-06-01T06:00:00.000+10:00

One of the gifts we received from the retreat was a kit - I received a vintage kit and some of the pieces on this layout were from that - the cardstock and the Heidi swapp fleur de lys sticker which I cut in half....my daughter on the SLIDE

I also got these Websters papers so I did a layout of my Dad when he was a bubba!! Cute wasnt he!!

I love that they must have kept the proof - it has the photographers name across the pic -

and now......

2011-05-31T06:00:00.000+10:00

Here is another layout I completed at the Wicked Princesses retreat that I went to over the weekend....I had actually started this one a fortnight before but never finalised it - so here she is......one of our wedding shots ( long time ago!!) Some beautiful Twiddleybitz there and mmmm......Prima and Websters - !!!

and my Thanks to Sarah Hemmings for the blue dyed doily lace - LOVING that colour

My Thanks also to Krissy - the owner of Wicked Princesses - she did an AMAZING job at the retreat!!!! Everything was fabulous - would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a BRissy retreat next year!!!

This man.....

2011-05-30T10:00:00.000+10:00

May has been a bit of an unusual month for me. I am a pretty happy cheery person most of the time ...but this past monht has been a bit hard. Ive felt flat and a bit BLAAARRRGGGHHHH.....I havent had any contact with any of my girls on the Goldy ( unusual for me ) and Ive dropped out of facebook for the past few weeks as well. So Ive decided enough is enough.....I need to shake myself out of this funk and get on with it!!!
I just spent an awesome weekend at the Wicked Princesses retreat ( Thanks to my hubby who sent me to cheer me up- Gawd love him!!) and I laughed until I cried, I stayed up all night - YES ....AGAIN!!!

So over the next week or so I will share what I have done.....Here is the last layout I did. We set ourselves a challenge to pick a random layout from the latest scrapbooking memories mag and each do a scraplift to see how different they are.....Here is my take......

The lift was from the last SM mag - Page 29 Thanks Kaitlynne Roil from NSW - we scraplifted your Oh brother layout!!!! Hope you dont mind!!!

Ill be back with more tomorrow

Loving Bo Bunny....

2011-05-25T05:03:00.000+10:00

I havent always loved Bo Bunny lines - some are awesome and some are a bit Ho hum for me!
Two of their latest release are just Stunning and right up my alley....Gabrielle and Timepiece.
Here is a couple of layouts I have done with them both

Ness over at Scrap with V has them in stock HERE

May sketch at Scrap with V

2011-05-19T15:02:00.000+10:00

Okey dokey - so the new sketch is up over at Scrap with V.....it took a while for me to get this one done ....but I perservered because I love the sketch - I just didnt want to ruin it!!!

Here is the sketch

and here is my take on it. I used one of the photos from Shanes graduation

Im not sure that I could be any prouder of this man!! Have I mentioned that he graduated with Honours, won the university medal and also came Number 6 out of his class of close to 150 !!!!

legend huh!!!

Anyway - these stunning papers on this layout are Bo bunny Gabrielle and you can get them HERE
So come and join the sketch fun !! Ness has two a month and offers amazing prizes!!!!

Gotta love a selfie!!

2011-05-18T06:30:00.000+10:00

Shane and I rarely get photos taken together - unless we get the kids to take them !! So I have been trying to take a few more selfies - pity my arms are short!! LOL

This is another one I managed on the weekend - I just love these colours!!!

and you have to love a dyed doily!!!

Twiddleybitz sketch - check this out!!!

2011-05-17T07:00:00.001+10:00

Sandra has put up an awesome sketch over at Twiddleybitz and its a beauty from Skissedilla.....

Check it out HERE

So nice to get out!!!

2011-05-16T07:54:00.000+10:00

I was lucky enough to score an invitation to Giovanna Scotts place on Saturday night for a crop. I loved it!! Most of you would know I ususally have crops here so to be invited somewhere else was a fabulous change!! I even ventured to places unexplored on the north side of Brisbane!! Appropriately known as THE GAP!! Gorgeous women and Gigi cooked us a beautiful dinner and we laughed a lot!!

here is one of the creations I managed that night. These are really really old Kaiser papers but I am determined to work my way through some of my hoard!!! I have had this photo of the beautiful son number 3 - Daniel and I thought the colours fit well!!

Ill be back later in the week with some more!!!

Wanna join a Twidlleybitz swap!!!!!

2011-05-11T07:27:00.002+10:00

Head over to the Twiddleybitz ning site to sign up.

Further details are here http://twiddleybitz.ning.com/forum/

Sign-up will be open til Sunday midnight.

Its super easy, just a one-for-one card swap for all card makers of any level!

If you are not a card maker, just sign up for fun, we'd love to see what you're made of

There is only one condition, that is it must include at least one piece of Twiddleybitz chipboard. Told you it was easy :)

This will be wicked as there are LOTS of clever girls signing up!!

Do you want a COOL new challenge - photo related!!!!

2011-05-05T15:17:00.000+10:00

Hi all

I was sent a fabulous email last week all the way from Germany - Andrea and Steffie are starting a new challenge blog which I think is fabulous - the topic is Self portrait and on the first Friday each month - we will be set a photography challenge!!! They have asked me to join the design team and of course I said Yes because I NEVER take many photos of me and I thought a challenge blog to help me do it would be perfect!!

SO come and join the BLOG HERE and make sure you spread the word on your own blog and I will draw a random winner for a cool RAK!!!! Message me here and let me know that you have posted this on your blog !! I will draw a winner in the middle of May!!

Good luck and Happy snapping!!!

Two little girls - Twiddleybitz

2011-05-05T07:08:00.000+10:00

Oh man - this year is going so fast. There are lots of things we didnt calculate when choosing to have four childen!! Things like the amount of sport and dancing and after school activites there would be, the amount of kids birthday parties they would be invited to, the amount of Doctors and dentists visits they would need, the amount of shopping for new school shoes and clothing, the school camps they would go on and associated costs.........blah blah blah!!!

ALl of those things mean that all of a sudden May is upon us and and Im not quite sure where the year has gone already! And it also means that I dont get to scrap nearly half as much as Im used to!!
But luckily I had a little mojo kick in and I got to play with some gorgeous Twiddleybitz pieces and I managed this little number.
My sister and I - I am the one at the front!

THEMED challenge at Challenge Heaven!!

2011-04-29T07:08:00.002+10:00

I managed another layout for the Challenge Heaven monthly challenges - here is my take on the THEMED challenge

One of my crazy boys jumping off the sand dunes after the big storms back in January!

Who wants to win some PRIMA BLING , Twiddleybitz or store voucher blog candy?

2011-04-28T16:38:00.001+10:00

OMG - How could you not want to win this!!

Ness at Scrap with V always runs magnificent blog candies and this month is no exception - she is making it a double whammy because Mothers Day is also her birthday!!!! So make sure you check out all the details HERE and wish her a Great BIG Happy Birthday!!!!

Check this gorgeous Twiddleybitz box that Ness made for herself!!

Isnt it gorgeous and shes SO clever!!! I love how shes used the bling and who doesnt love black and pink!!!!!

I will be back later with some of my Twiddleybitz pieces for Show and tell!! And you know I am going to have LOADS to show you!!

Check out SCRAP WITH V for chances to win PRIMA blog candy, Twiddleybitz blog candy and a $20 store voucher!!!!!

Challenge Heaven - WORD challenge

2011-04-28T07:07:00.000+10:00

The word challenge over at Challenge Heaven this month is BABY - and I dont have any babies in this house anymore - LOVE babies but well and truly past that point! So here is my take on the challenge

Challenge Heaven - Quote challenge

2011-04-27T06:05:00.002+10:00

The school holidays and the long Easter weekend enabled me to complete some of the challenges over at Challlenge heaven - YAY

Here is the first one - the QUOTE challenge

Twiddleybitz love!!!

2011-04-26T18:47:00.000+10:00

Last year saw me meet one of my quiet scrapbooking goals!! And that was to have DT gig with a Manufacturing company. The chance to work with BRAND NEW products - yet to be released is always exciting. Luckily for me - the company is TWIDDLEYBITZ !!

Fabulous products and Nic and Andrew are so generous - I am a lucky lucky girl!! I am going to get to spend 2 days at the June Paper show in Brisbane at the Twiddleybitz stall- so PLEASE make sure you pop in and say Hi!!!!! I have been playing with some Twiddleybitz pieces over the Easter long weekend!. One of them is yet to be photographed...but here is the first one...

Arent the papers pretty too = Kaiser chanteuse.....I havent bought Kaiser for ages but I loved these colours!!

School Hair

2011-04-25T06:00:00.000+10:00

This is another one for the Scrapbook savvy cybercrop - we were given a very clever recipe and then given some creative license to create a layout. The theme for the CC is Easter but I dont have any Easter pics left from last year - so I have had to bend the rules a little.
For me I chose to do Teleahs hair - she never lets me put it up or do anything with it unless its a school day. Each morning she tells me she needs plaits, piggies, pony, sideways pony, two plaits etc etc
I LOVE it so here is a layout of her with her plaits for school

This is my fave of the layouts I have done for the CC

What do you think?

And another one - VERY bright for me!!

2011-04-24T10:30:00.000+10:00

Yep - if you know my style and what I normally do - Brights arent it !! So the challenge over at Scrapbook savvy was a BRIGHTS picture inspiration - ARRGGGHHHHHH
So I trawled through my leftover papers and dragged out all the appropriate colours I had and this was the result......

WE have a sloping front lawn and with all the rain back in January - my kids had a BALL sliding down our hill . This is how they presented themselves at the front door. I think they were excited that they werent in trouble so they were happy to pose for the camera!!!
Im still not sure about the brights but Im glad I got to scrap these pics!!!