Dinosaurs, Cupcakes, Owls and More!!

All these and HEAPS more will be on sale tonight. Check out all the sneak peeks at the Purple Pumpkin Blog!

More Imaginisce Berrylicious Layouts

Have you been checking out the Imaginisce Blog this week? There is so much Berrylicious inspiration on there, as well as chances to win some pretty awesome prizes! Here's a few more layouts that I've created with this range...


Berry Sweet Cousins - ok, so this one still feels a little unfinished to me. Not sure whether to add to it or leave it alone! I try to do the whole "white space" thing, but I'm just not very good at it! Here's a little close up, of a little Imaginisce Roly Rosie, and one of my Purple Pumpkin handmade buttons...


And another handmade button, a rolled felt flower, and some cute Berrylicious die cuts and chipboard stickers...


This next layout is sporting some ancient photos of Jack, playing in the sandpit with his digger...


The kids loved that sandpit, in our old backyard and miss it heaps. But we have the beach down the road now, so it's not like they never get to dig. And even though we don't have a sandpit anymore, I still feel like I'm constantly sweeping sand out of the house!


And lastly for today, is this layout, that I'm not too happy with either...


I did have fun using my I-Top though...



I have a couple of cards that I've made with this range too, but I'll share those on another day. For some great card ideas, you should go and have a look at the Imaginisce Blog. The cards the Design Team have created with this range are incredible!!

Hope you are having a great day! Thanks for stopping by :)

A "BERRYLICIOUS" Layout

Check out this gorgeous new range by Imaginisce - Berrylicious!! There are so many cute little characters in this range, but I just loved the cute little bees! I mean, how can you resist this guy....?


And here's the first layout I've created with this range...


I gave my I-Rock a work out on this page, and used one of the templates to create the flourishes on the sides of the page. I adore the bright, fun papers in this range, but the backs of the papers are awesome too. Like this yummy brown spot that I've used for my background here. I just LOVE spotty papers!! And I couldn't resist making a brad with my I-Top, from one of the papers, to capture another cute little bee...


The rolled flowers are the Roly Rosies from Imaginisce. I've folded down the edges on this one before I rolled it, to make it a bit flatter and more distressed looking. I'm right back into doing scallops again too, although my black pens keep going missing. I usually know where to start looking for them though...on Emily's desk! Along with my scissors and double sided tape! She's into doing these pop up scenes for her toys to play on, and uses about half a roll of my tape every time! So cute though, and it keeps her busy for hours :)

Now, because it's the Berrylicious Release Party, that means that there are HEAPS of projects up on the Imaginisce Blog all week, along with the chance to win some fabulous prizes. Make sure you go and check it out!!

Guess What?

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A2Z Layout

Hi everyone! Thursday already, nearly the weekend - Yay!! I have a layout to share today, using a new release A2Z Scraplet...


I love that photo of Em! It's kind of blurry, and the colours look weird, but for some reason I love it. I used lots of handmade goodies on this page. That Owl Button is a new one for Purple Pumpkin. Isn't it cute?


I loved this Scraplet too. It actually comes with a branch and the leaves, but I used them separately...


And this is one of my favourite buttons, a Little Deer...


Well, I'd better race off. The kids have swimming lessons after school today, and I need to find their swimmers! Be back soon with some more layouts.

Thanks for stopping by!

Imaginisce February Challenge!

You might have already seen the February Challenge on the Imaginisce Blog at the start of the month, but we are back with another round of inspiration and a mid month blog hop! You should have come here from Liz Qualman's blog, but don't worry if you didn't - just go to the Imaginisce Blog to start the hop :)

So, here's the challenge for this month. It's an inspiration/colour challenge. Doesn't it look yummy?!!


And here's my take - a photo frame of my sweet girl...


Hope you are enjoying the blog hop so far! Your next stop is Marielle Leblanc. Now, don't forget to leave a comment on each blog, as well as on the Imaginisce Blog, and for another chance to win a great prize, make sure you give the challenge a go yourself!

TEN!

Yes, I am now the mother of a 10 YEAR OLD!! Jack turned 10 on Saturday, and instead of a party, he wanted a fun day out with his best friend, and then to have him sleep over so they could stay up late and play the playstation. Done!! I have to admit, I was kind of sad that he wasn't having a party, because he usually has one every year, but it's his birthday, so he gets to choose :)

So anyway, we decided to go to Aussie World, which is a little theme park on the Sunshine Coast, and the kids had an absolute ball....


First up we went on the Octopus, which was really scary. Now, Jack will NEVER go on scary rides. The first ride he wanted to go on was a baby ride, and he was told he was too big, because it was a ride for kids 1-5. A daredevil he is NOT, so I made him go on The Octopus ride even though he didn't want to. You can see how impressed he was about this...


Now it was a pretty scary ride. I think I screamed the entire time. Poor Em must have been deaf by the end of it, lol. But when Jack got off, he was like a new boy! A brave one!!! Check out the smile...!


So then he wanted to go on the rollercoaster (!!), but when we got there, it turns out it was a single person car, so I thought he might chicken out. I was prepared to have to tell them to let him out just before it took off...


I was so worried that he might be freaking out on it, because he is scared of heights and any fast ride...


But OMG!!! He was on top of the world when he got off it, and lined up again and again for more turns!!


There was lots more to do too. A super fast dark ride, that I though Jack wouldn't want to go on because he's not too keen on the dark. Admittedly, he did want to sit with me on that one, while Em sat with Jack's friend Dylan, but he ended up loving that one too, and went on again without me! We played mini golf too, and I got this photo before Jack had a melt down because he wasn't winning...


And the kids fave ride of the day - Mozzie Musta - which I only went on once cause it made me feel sick!


He said he had the "best day ever" and I was sure he'd be exhausted by the time we got home. I know I was!


But we went out to dinner with Poppy and Gek, because that was his choice too, and he was super happy when it was announced to everyone in the restaurant that it was his birthday, and everyone clapped :)




After we got home again, the kids still had plenty of energy to play tiggy outside(in the dark!), where of course, I was "it". Then the boys loaded themselves up with snacks, (which I actually let Jack take into his room!)and played video games til about 1 in the morning...


What a day! They would have stayed up later too, if I'd let them! And that wasn't Jack's only birthday celebration. The night before we had his Dad, with his girlfriend Chelsea and her daughter Briannen, over for dinner. Jack was totally spoilt by Chelsea, who got him lots of pressies, and he got $100 from his Dad...



Jack wanted pizza for dinner, and then an ice cream cake. He wont eat cake, and didn't want me to make him a cake this year, so I feel like I hardly had to do anything! I stuck 10 candles in the icecream cake though, so at least I got this photo...


And then we thought we try to get a photo of everyone, using the timer...


Hehehe...someone always has to do the bunny ears, so we thought we'd all do it this time...!


Jack had a really great night! Now, things haven't been so great between the kids and their dad in the past. It used to make me sad that they didn't really have much of a dad, who hardly ever saw them, but things are starting to change. All because of one amazing girl named Chelsea, who has given him the kick up the butt he needed :) So nice to see the kids having happy times with their Dad now!

So, as well as the money Jack got from his Dad, he got money from me and his Nanny (great grandmother) too, so after his friend went home on Sunday, we headed to the shops...

Here's Mr Moneybags, who ended up having $240 to spend...he ended up buying himself 2 big Lego's, a computer game, and a present for Emily - a zhuzhu pet with pink hair :)


And another birthday treat - lunch at Sizzler, Jack's favourite place, even though all he ever has is nuggets and chips and lots of ice cream!


Of course Gek was there too. Jack loved having me and mum to himself for the day. No fighting with Emily for all the attention because she was at home with Poppy!


And here's Jack's last and best birthday present this year, the DSI-XL from Poppy and Gek, that he has been longing for...


Emily was not impressed that it has a bigger screen than her one...!


And because I seem to have pictures of everything else, I'd better include a photo of Jack and his Granny, who came to stay the night on Thursday, and gave Jack an awesome remote control dinosaur for his birthday. And that pink box Jack is holding is full of lolly bags for his class. He told me he didn't want me to bring a cake into school, but still wanted everyone to sing "Happy Birthday", so lolly bags it was :)


Whew! I think that might be the longest post I've ever written on here! But it was good to record all Jack's birthday memories. Might help me with journalling when I go to scrap his birthday photos too!

Hope you are having a great day! I have LOTS of scrapping to share this week, so stay tuned :)

A2Z Scraplets Blog Hop

Welcome to my blog and A2Z Scraplets first ever Blog Hop!

All the Designers have come together to celebrate everything in the Summertime.
We are happy that you can join us for this fun filled event.

You should have arrived to my blog from Annette Gearside. If that is not where you arrived from, then please join us at the A2 Scraplets Blog to start the hop from the beginning so you don't miss a thing!

All the Designers will showcase their "in the summertime" take on the blog hop sketch.

A few things to remember to join in and be eligible for prizes.

You must be a follower of A2Z Scraplets, "Like" the A2Z Scraplets Facebook page HERE, visit all the blogs on the list and comment on every blog at least once through the week and do the following Sketch with the theme "In the Summertime" and attach it by Mr Linky on aht A 2 Z Scraplets Blog in order to be entered to win the fantastic Grand Prize!

You have until Satruday night 19th February to leave all your comments and be entered to win the Grand Prize. We will draw the winners of the prizes and they will be announced by Julie.

Here's the sketch...


This is my take on the sketch...


And this is where you're off to next on the blog hop - Karen Jarman

Hope you have a fabulous weekend!!