tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57448093772729370232024-03-16T11:10:19.941+10:00Me and the Little RascalsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger455125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744809377272937023.post-19871650902002963302015-05-14T13:26:00.001+10:002015-05-14T13:26:36.602+10:00Back to Basics!When I first started my little blog, I used it as a bit of a diary. A place to write down what me and the kids were up to, which I'd often go back to when I was doing up their scrapbooks. Of course it was a place to share some of my scrapbooking stuff too. As a single mum of 2, I seemed to have plenty of time, to blog, craft, teach classes and run my business. But of course, things change! Now it's not just me and 2 kids, but a new man and a baby too! Time to start recording some of our memories, before I forget them all!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744809377272937023.post-80181445126118682272015-04-17T19:46:00.001+10:002015-04-17T19:46:16.708+10:00Does this thing still work?It's been a looooong time since I've blogged! I'm not sure I even remember how, but I'm planning to get this thing up and running again real soon......stay tuned!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744809377272937023.post-68065411547960787622012-09-18T11:28:00.001+10:002012-09-18T11:32:51.760+10:00Thinking About Christmas (Already!)<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Oh man...I am a slack ass blogger! I keep telling myself that I'll keep my little blog updated, but time just keeps getting away from me! Gotta love a busy life though! I always thought that I'd have more time as the kids got older, but I think it works the other way around!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />So another school term is almost at an end, with school holidays starting at the end of this week. One more school term to go, and then it'll be the downhill run till Christmas!! Em is wanting to chat about Christmas EVERY DAY lately, and she's already started doing some Christmas crafts at home. I've been hanging onto lots of little boxes and containers, so that I'll have plenty of things for her to decorate. At our house, we rarely throw away anything that can be redecorated. There is something very satisfying about turning something that was destined for the bin, into something cute and useful. And lets face it, when you’ve got kids who are crazy about crafting, it’s much easier to give them some old containers to decorate than to let them loose in your BTP stash! So with Christmas coming up, and a big bag full of empty strawberry containers, I decided to make a cute little gift box using the <a href="http://www.kaisercraft.com.au/blog/" target="_blank">Kaisercraft</a> Mint Twist collection. All it took was a few scraps of patterned paper, ribbon, bling and die cuts to turn this empty container…</span></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.kaisercraft.com.au/blog/tuesday-tip-repurposed-strawberry-container/027-6/" rel="attachment wp-att-37708" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37708" height="365" src="http://www.kaisercraft.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/027-300x274.jpg" title="027" width="400" /></a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Into this gift box…</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.kaisercraft.com.au/blog/tuesday-tip-repurposed-strawberry-container/009-002/" rel="attachment wp-att-37715" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-37715" height="400" src="http://www.kaisercraft.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/009-002.jpg" title="009-002" width="273" /></a></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Kaisercraft products used – Mint Twist P930 Peppermint, P931 Trimmings, CT724 Collectables, Paper Flower F610 Poppy, Rhinestone Strips RS455 Lime. Other – Ribbon, black pen.</i></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />To make the die cuts stand up, I simply attached a bent strip of card (cut from the Collectables packaging), to the back of the die cut shapes, and attached it to the top of the container. Instead of die cuts, you could top it with flowers, or anything else you like, the possibilities are endless!</span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">As soon as Em saw it, she wanted to make some of her own, so with around 20 or so strawberry containers here, I've got something to keep her busy for a while! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />I've also got a layout to share today, using the gorgeous MME The Sweetest Thing - Tangerine!...</span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQhV9zSINH2rlnHMbtdqDGHKOZKJhe-Z2RmNilnQAlVsWaNfjJLRxvQe6oIiJ8hgp1Ycuu3FxYqsGHRYD4CnqZxjWj59m51clmjYGhyphenhyphenR14o5jKNy32NYl5dTcj4DLuW8i82_FQQb86Q3o/s1600/022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQhV9zSINH2rlnHMbtdqDGHKOZKJhe-Z2RmNilnQAlVsWaNfjJLRxvQe6oIiJ8hgp1Ycuu3FxYqsGHRYD4CnqZxjWj59m51clmjYGhyphenhyphenR14o5jKNy32NYl5dTcj4DLuW8i82_FQQb86Q3o/s640/022.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Products Used - <span class="boldtext"><a href="http://sassyscrapper.com.au/catalog.php?category=276" target="_blank">The Sweetest Thing Tangerine <span class="boldtext">The Sweetest Thing Tangerine Wonderful Delighful<span class="boldtext">, </span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="boldtext"><a href="http://sassyscrapper.com.au/catalog.php?category=276" target="_blank"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext">The Sweetest Thing Tangerine Sunshine Blossom, <span class="boldtext">The Sweetest Thing Tangerine Sunshine Title, <span class="boldtext">The Sweetest Thing Tangerine Hello Buttons, </span></span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="boldtext"><a href="http://sassyscrapper.com.au/catalog.php?category=276" target="_blank"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext">The Sweetest Thing Tangerine Together Chevron</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext">, <a href="http://sassyscrapper.com.au/catalog.php?category=174" target="_blank">Prima Flowers </a><span class="boldtext"><a href="http://sassyscrapper.com.au/catalog.php?category=174" target="_blank">#557300 Charlotte Melon 6pk, </a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext"><a href="http://sassyscrapper.com.au/catalog.php?category=174" target="_blank"><span class="boldtext">#561994 Aria Orange 2pk</span>,</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext"><a href="http://sassyscrapper.com.au/catalog.php?category=174" target="_blank"><span class="boldtext">#43041 AC Niki Riki Glitter Thickers Yellow</span> </a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext">I
love the "Sunshine" die cut! I used to sing that song to Em when
she was a baby and it always used to make her go to sleep (probably
trying to escape my terrible singing voice!).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext">Here are a couple of close ups...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR0SnEwHSzenVmCZVqGFk5W_H95eJSzTKyoykH3_KTpntNXu2GTAxd0L0x7KmDVbQWhtpMxXCI7aNECnP_BIjlNP1VzNxie6Dq0px2nBmtm1-nmtMm_K64FmRBL5nKfcU0TQigOrHXsyM/s1600/023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR0SnEwHSzenVmCZVqGFk5W_H95eJSzTKyoykH3_KTpntNXu2GTAxd0L0x7KmDVbQWhtpMxXCI7aNECnP_BIjlNP1VzNxie6Dq0px2nBmtm1-nmtMm_K64FmRBL5nKfcU0TQigOrHXsyM/s640/023.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieHDK83NA-V2ly-QlJIAvjA018r8y1vr4lE_MMVugiHZKG1h15JToxkOvzMXZO1Huqb5M_OXzqmM-ryn6NYqaLg3VVSVgH19RUGGDfDbeXoG6Ov04vpltbsG8asmA_kqoi5mjnaAxDZ28/s1600/024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieHDK83NA-V2ly-QlJIAvjA018r8y1vr4lE_MMVugiHZKG1h15JToxkOvzMXZO1Huqb5M_OXzqmM-ryn6NYqaLg3VVSVgH19RUGGDfDbeXoG6Ov04vpltbsG8asmA_kqoi5mjnaAxDZ28/s640/024.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext"><span class="boldtext">You can find the beautiful MME The Sweetest Thing range in the Sassy Shop <a href="http://sassyscrapper.com.au/catalog.php?category=121" target="_blank">HERE</a>, but make sure you're quick or you might miss out!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744809377272937023.post-49097836817312083372012-08-31T08:58:00.000+10:002012-08-31T08:58:50.977+10:00Sassy Scrappers August SketchIt's the last day of the month, and it's time to get all those challenge entries in! There is a fantastic sketch at <a href="http://sassyscrappers1.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Sassy Scrappers</a> this month, so if you haven't done this one yet, make sure you give it a go!! Here's my layout (I used the Simple Stories Awesome range for this one, available <a href="http://sassyscrapper.com.au/catalog.php?category=244" target="_blank">HERE</a>)...<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4jGOalIh0B10ZoIl6Wg830Z_Z5NHRAN2Bnz0UdF5noEAqeGBuwt9aAy5AZzqTNCQFRQGEeGbAKxYKDZmZu8g-SphZZBYo2oMnjuaUHcEjwIrNTnF025cLqisNyN-opKQ8RDz_p8591wk/s1600/080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4jGOalIh0B10ZoIl6Wg830Z_Z5NHRAN2Bnz0UdF5noEAqeGBuwt9aAy5AZzqTNCQFRQGEeGbAKxYKDZmZu8g-SphZZBYo2oMnjuaUHcEjwIrNTnF025cLqisNyN-opKQ8RDz_p8591wk/s640/080.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
And here's the <a href="http://sassyscrappers1.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/july-sketch-cahllenge-winner-and-august.html" target="_blank">sketch</a>...<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQtPHqnwkITHu-kS9fcSfAn_brW14PthuorbvFLjj5ZuyHdQdXKT03jMdh1AenpVcYpH3BBWKRpaXMKqH3NRu9sb3L3b0GnoHrXVM-lBHHNM3F54IeUZp-y-ZHFJSdbjeYMqfU6Yq2BHk/s1600/ssaugustsketch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQtPHqnwkITHu-kS9fcSfAn_brW14PthuorbvFLjj5ZuyHdQdXKT03jMdh1AenpVcYpH3BBWKRpaXMKqH3NRu9sb3L3b0GnoHrXVM-lBHHNM3F54IeUZp-y-ZHFJSdbjeYMqfU6Yq2BHk/s400/ssaugustsketch.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
Make sure you link your entry up by tonight, and you'll be in the running for a fabulous prize!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744809377272937023.post-59694778102057279142012-08-30T21:14:00.000+10:002012-08-30T22:02:35.242+10:00It's So Quiet Around Here...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjXT7jhEf35gw__nYN7Y7C41seng08MRDsszHBHenZCbgEeyZgEFJ0qQtCz3J3d_KReWtuA2txHDQ9fK9FpMHEzVYDcK7DiPftDfR__1dAep3poJNRBFFocY9UxnAVEaXkmorocxKox8/s1600/113.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWjXT7jhEf35gw__nYN7Y7C41seng08MRDsszHBHenZCbgEeyZgEFJ0qQtCz3J3d_KReWtuA2txHDQ9fK9FpMHEzVYDcK7DiPftDfR__1dAep3poJNRBFFocY9UxnAVEaXkmorocxKox8/s640/113.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
So Jack went off to his year 6 camp on Wednesday. We were packed and organised, and at the school by 7am, and he was so excited! He hardly gave me a backward glance as he climbed into the bus, so I had to sneak on to give him one last hug...but when I got up to his seat things had changed. He had tears in his eyes as he told me he'd left his special new torch that his Granny had got him on the table at home.<br />
<br />
He got this new torch a few weeks ago, but he hadn't used it yet. It's one of those ones that go on your forehead, like a miners torch or something, and Jack thought it was SO cool. He was saving it to use at camp, and he wouldn't let me pack it in his suitcase, because it was 'just too special'.<br />
<br />
So as we headed out the door, I grabbed his suitcase and sleeping bag, and he grabbed his pillow and his book. I didn't even think about the torch, and obviously neither did he. I tell you, my heart just about broke seeing him so sad. I know it's not a big deal, but when you're 11, stuff like that is a HUGE deal. If I had had enough time to go home and get it I would have, but the bus would have been long gone by then.<br />
<br />
After I dragged myself off the bus, I told his teacher about him being upset, and I knew they'd make sure he was fine, but a few minutes later the teacher brought him out to me, and he was really in tears! And he didn't want to go to camp any more. Oh, it was hard to tell him to hop back on the bus, and he put his pillow up at the window, so I couldn't even wave goodbye to him as the bus drove off.<br />
<br />
And I couldn't stop thinking about him all day. Hoping that he had cheered up, because I know what a sook he can be sometimes. And then when I was scrolling through Facebook last night, I saw this on my newsfeed...<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifz4pVG7K3nSpMxZ5YJNb51V8gLs542wTymmtyBZCbUdM1K88jCVR2a62EKEQfE5efROVqhzF1kzgIoAv3sIiCjJnt9vekzOVBLOHFqkdRAVNx1tnVfSMWprBg726lW9iZe_LLpzeBBvA/s1600/St.+Michael%27s+College,+Caboolture+-+Mozilla+Firefox+30082012+84435+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifz4pVG7K3nSpMxZ5YJNb51V8gLs542wTymmtyBZCbUdM1K88jCVR2a62EKEQfE5efROVqhzF1kzgIoAv3sIiCjJnt9vekzOVBLOHFqkdRAVNx1tnVfSMWprBg726lW9iZe_LLpzeBBvA/s640/St.+Michael%27s+College,+Caboolture+-+Mozilla+Firefox+30082012+84435+PM.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> Made me so happy! This was on the school facebook page, just got to love that modern technology!!<br />
<br />
So after I knew he was happy again, I could relax and enjoy the peace and quiet of only having one child at home :) And it has been so very peaceful, and very quiet. And I can't wait until my boy comes home tomorrow, even if it means my peace will be shattered :) :)<br />
<br />
Hope you're having a great week!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744809377272937023.post-17562148859055339702012-08-26T10:31:00.000+10:002012-08-26T11:51:07.284+10:00Save The Date!Have you seen the gorgeous new Kaisercraft range released this month called '<a href="http://www.kaisercraft.com.au/newsite/collections.php?col=65" target="_blank">Save the Date</a>"? It is so bright and fun, and although it leans slightly towards the girly side, it can certainly be used for more boyish layouts too...<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6QdJ-uJdui4pu3tR98A11gnxG9dckW0n8vDlKEBrS0qgW7NTShb1F-ZoaDIpLjd5sGWpBbaspG-bhj4suptgWlawO-wtnzhynj4K0WYo_9rm3Sy96Auj628Ww-7KgNifnWbZVnrXlrhw/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="635" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6QdJ-uJdui4pu3tR98A11gnxG9dckW0n8vDlKEBrS0qgW7NTShb1F-ZoaDIpLjd5sGWpBbaspG-bhj4suptgWlawO-wtnzhynj4K0WYo_9rm3Sy96Auj628Ww-7KgNifnWbZVnrXlrhw/s640/010.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
I love how the candles stand out in that photo! This layout was based on the Saturday Sketch over at the <a href="http://www.kaisercraft.com.au/blog/" target="_blank">Kaisercraft blog</a>. Make sure you give it a go if you can - there are some great prizes to be won!<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbjKCOsBiV6zhhBM7TmVXAyGe9oRo-1xLpe8HI-sn4Licur_73YJrRrzE3ZedhWtXq75Cpuy7h5cKMc8syT-EYRxV-2WBUIxccWq2Bl_HvErRe12GUwdrW9-Vh6a6VrJuioUZ6i26mIlE/s1600/kaisercraftaugsk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbjKCOsBiV6zhhBM7TmVXAyGe9oRo-1xLpe8HI-sn4Licur_73YJrRrzE3ZedhWtXq75Cpuy7h5cKMc8syT-EYRxV-2WBUIxccWq2Bl_HvErRe12GUwdrW9-Vh6a6VrJuioUZ6i26mIlE/s400/kaisercraftaugsk.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Next up is this little wall plaque. The photo I've used on it is a 3x4, so it's a really small and cute little plaque. So much fun to make!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia9zfZnSkG7nuAR9zVlqhcC5QTIe6JxGH0c758orTjIZXyPcBPtwEpLHDyYhkfJWDqZb_zLelhwKeDspz3qwh_Aj0gRimCfa3bdGhQpdPBqNk_6jMuE1kMoFtPCpYZmjvWmiPmq3i2W_A/s1600/123.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia9zfZnSkG7nuAR9zVlqhcC5QTIe6JxGH0c758orTjIZXyPcBPtwEpLHDyYhkfJWDqZb_zLelhwKeDspz3qwh_Aj0gRimCfa3bdGhQpdPBqNk_6jMuE1kMoFtPCpYZmjvWmiPmq3i2W_A/s640/123.JPG" width="603" /></a></div>
<br />
And another layout...<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3OInT1zibH7c_NOg68aXUtES2y4-x_N4XxG2MRuIP5h409uLxHFzr2wX_-9os59D_-9iOMJCuthE3aiM7LplSG10WCfq3ipOzYEccRtn6qYSKdwTWBN2YfsrZbwd7FtWAegcu6_KOvA/s1600/118.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3OInT1zibH7c_NOg68aXUtES2y4-x_N4XxG2MRuIP5h409uLxHFzr2wX_-9os59D_-9iOMJCuthE3aiM7LplSG10WCfq3ipOzYEccRtn6qYSKdwTWBN2YfsrZbwd7FtWAegcu6_KOvA/s640/118.JPG" width="635" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1dV-nFZGmfjNXEncKFWqO9JBheNqAQ5ZB9_UOBxQOx4bisuez9KgCaoePLQwCY2WWY6yMttl-vxe-4Po9_U5JEh-E2sYvU3DByADDQjGRstjSjBDdINQaA5HiPaBOfUuKyfFCKl_tO5w/s1600/122.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br /></div>
<br />
As soon as I saw the ice creams in this range, I knew I <i>had</i> to scrap these photos of Emily pretending to eat a giant ice cream! The little quotes on the die cuts that I used were just perfect, and so were the ice cream die cuts and epoxy stickers. And I couldn’t go past using one of the cute pinwheels on this page. They are so easy and quick to put together, and are the perfect fun embellishment to use!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxTZYBWG2BIR5VvcBIttG1bc0xulDFwlaDWbMEwQPvXpQILfDAG9TqTrOe-6tOg-UCkH3rHyONlnNIKNWSZJKnnmh1q29sW70Lx3diwzPavN7GhbpE-qJVGrFyHZLZp6o3sV3Z3PyBHfY/s1600/109.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxTZYBWG2BIR5VvcBIttG1bc0xulDFwlaDWbMEwQPvXpQILfDAG9TqTrOe-6tOg-UCkH3rHyONlnNIKNWSZJKnnmh1q29sW70Lx3diwzPavN7GhbpE-qJVGrFyHZLZp6o3sV3Z3PyBHfY/s400/109.JPG" width="276" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
Hmmm...cards are definitely not my strong point, and I really struggle to make them, but this is another one for the card stash.<br />
<br />
So...if you want to grab some of this cute range, make sure you check out <a href="http://www.sassyscrapper.com.au/" target="_blank">Sassy Scrappers</a>. You can see the whole range <a href="http://sassyscrapper.com.au/catalog.php?category=268" target="_blank">HERE</a>. <br />
<br />
Hope you're having a great weekend!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744809377272937023.post-40116496707592978022012-08-22T10:31:00.000+10:002012-08-22T10:31:25.452+10:00Kaisercraft Attitude Layouts<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
Good morning! It's such a beautiful day here today, you can really tell that summer isn't too far away. I am so looking forward to being able to take the kids to the beach after school every day again. We have missed it! Although I'm sure in a few months time, when the weather is all hot and stuffy, I'll be wishing it was winter again. It's always the way, isn't it?</div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
I've been super busy with the kids, and with <a href="http://purplepumpkin.openstores.com.au/" target="_blank">Purple Pumpkin</a>, but have managed to squeeze some scrapping in too. Here are some of my projects that I created for <a href="http://www.kaisercraft.com.au/blog/" target="_blank">Kaisercraft</a>, using the fabulous <a href="http://www.kaisercraft.com.au/newsite/collections.php?col=64" target="_blank">Kaisercraft Attitude! </a>range...</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCSw3nE021NObG1ce9_UZ0ce-boiSqz_AUm2iSlNGjUae_as5NogPoM2hJsP0DjmY23O_HspjceMoSygeMXM2X9_5qkmuZBAuc5DgRbCD1l27G-UGIl0TgfpX5zXADjmbkS-KK-TmNPAc/s1600/010.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCSw3nE021NObG1ce9_UZ0ce-boiSqz_AUm2iSlNGjUae_as5NogPoM2hJsP0DjmY23O_HspjceMoSygeMXM2X9_5qkmuZBAuc5DgRbCD1l27G-UGIl0TgfpX5zXADjmbkS-KK-TmNPAc/s640/010.JPG" width="638" /></a></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><a href="http://sassyscrapper.com.au/catalog.php?category=242" target="_blank">Materials
Used – Attitude! Papers – PS216 Industrial, P888 Trouble, P883
Teenager, P889 Prank, SS141 Sticker Sheet, CT719 Collectables.Other:
Black pen</a>.</i></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKvHTDIXUj23KwARL_3ps88_IWmLtIHa4zwehwDC_1qSY37IIcNg8mRhVIxK8REsbKH4y39FoC8SlcEQ_6u2ayS5TCZOtqIZaUni6BhhA_vXCRPEpALIhgjpl4L81gjYRZJqCKZVl62_k/s1600/016.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKvHTDIXUj23KwARL_3ps88_IWmLtIHa4zwehwDC_1qSY37IIcNg8mRhVIxK8REsbKH4y39FoC8SlcEQ_6u2ayS5TCZOtqIZaUni6BhhA_vXCRPEpALIhgjpl4L81gjYRZJqCKZVl62_k/s640/016.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
I have to say, this has to be one of my favourite boy ranges EVER! It
is just so easy to scrap with, and the colours are perfect for boys of
all ages. The specialty paper in this collection, “Industrial”, (which I
used as my base paper here), has the most fabulous texture. I sanded
it all over to bring a bit more definition to it, and I just love the
effect!</div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here's another layout using this gorgeous range... </span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLoNkYtRYFbTWf1msjfyQfiywFlUuAHcHn6NXmuJUzIaIL2_Zj9bbBCAt5Ol5n87Gey5qeEEe-CEDVsemQHJr7nJZPCxqQ-B4WB27Bt-CCTRYn3IH5qq4dV4TZOOyFUs1nnfgQRyp1sN4/s1600/020.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLoNkYtRYFbTWf1msjfyQfiywFlUuAHcHn6NXmuJUzIaIL2_Zj9bbBCAt5Ol5n87Gey5qeEEe-CEDVsemQHJr7nJZPCxqQ-B4WB27Bt-CCTRYn3IH5qq4dV4TZOOyFUs1nnfgQRyp1sN4/s640/020.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
The
die cuts (Collectables) that Kaisercraft bring out with their
collections are just fantastic for putting together quick pages. And how
gorgeous is that wood paper?</div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
Now for an off the page project!</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXTxRlKyrqz0FnnI-vWMihwKWzi6ALHjKNEieolUvViKMHwDADAEWwndAU9bI7eYi6sK7oOaFAQhNo60PYpSXMt0zrJmG3iQDAhCL6dJ4fKSAktiOUfpPOmP168Atat4tVous6XB4heB8/s1600/024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXTxRlKyrqz0FnnI-vWMihwKWzi6ALHjKNEieolUvViKMHwDADAEWwndAU9bI7eYi6sK7oOaFAQhNo60PYpSXMt0zrJmG3iQDAhCL6dJ4fKSAktiOUfpPOmP168Atat4tVous6XB4heB8/s640/024.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://sassyscrapper.com.au/catalog.php?category=242" target="_blank"><i>Materials
Used – SB182 Flip Album, Papers – P883 Teenager, P886 Dude, P887
Whatever, P888 Trouble, PS217 Independant, SS141 Sticker Sheet, CT719
Collectables.</i></a></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">
As soon as I saw the Attitude! range, I knew it would be perfect for
scrapping Jack’s birthday party photos. He’s getting to that age where I
don’t really use the cutesy sort of papers on his layouts any more, and
this range couldn’t have been more perfect for his age group. I think
my favourite thing about this range is the alpha stickers. I just love
that font!</div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">
And lastly, a card...</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbbKyLvsWHQNIXKt6AOGiirMYRs-C2kwQw3Z1K18HY1tI9hzpM29tMJO8UPdH3SLwaQZCI-7n4FSUXAJtWhderPIMjpfkFZHTMCAAH0q3DKPQ_BVxi83fNkeLbpTbn1PrzBjNm9ciVBFU/s1600/005.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbbKyLvsWHQNIXKt6AOGiirMYRs-C2kwQw3Z1K18HY1tI9hzpM29tMJO8UPdH3SLwaQZCI-7n4FSUXAJtWhderPIMjpfkFZHTMCAAH0q3DKPQ_BVxi83fNkeLbpTbn1PrzBjNm9ciVBFU/s400/005.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://sassyscrapper.com.au/catalog.php?category=242" target="_blank"><i>Materials
Used – Attitude! Papers – P887 Whatever, P883 Teenager, P888 Trouble,
CT719 Collectables, FL363 Flourish Pack Christmas Star, Cardstock, Ink.</i></a></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">
The Collectables in the Attitude! collection are perfect for using on
cards. With great sentiments on them like “So Proud of You” and “What a
Star”, it couldn’t be easier to whip up some cards for those boys in
your life.</div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">
If you love the look of
the fabulous Kaisercraft Attitude! range, make sure you pop into the
Sassy Scrappers Shop <a href="http://sassyscrapper.com.au/catalog.php?category=242" target="_blank">HERE</a> to check it all out.<br />
<br />
Well, I'm giving myself the day off today! I've already finished packing todays <a href="http://purplepumpkin.openstores.com.au/" target="_blank">PP</a> orders, and now I'm going to sit down and do some scrapping. </div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hope you have a wonderful week! </span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744809377272937023.post-70401161398670886032012-08-06T10:47:00.000+10:002012-08-06T10:48:42.226+10:00Kaisercraft Miss Match LayoutGood morning! I finally have a chance to update my blog. Yay! I have been busy with <a href="http://purplepumpkincrafts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Purple Pumpkin</a>, as well as scrapping lots of dt layouts for <a href="http://www.kaisercraft.com.au/blog/" target="_blank">Kaisercraft</a> and <a href="http://sassyscrappers1.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Sassy Scrapper</a>. On top of that, I've been sick for 2 whole weeks with the 2nd worst flu I've ever had (swine flu was the worst!), but I'm pretty much back to normal now :)<br />
<br />
So, here's a layout I did a little while back using the GORGEOUS <a href="http://www.kaisercraft.com.au/newsite/collections.php?col=63" target="_blank">Miss Match range from Kaisercraft</a>...<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6wgegetFOxtUJqvvVdpQLlIaVX-ixmwsddUawVquNCOfO0-ArWdth62m1aHO6XkykCLCnYCaB8b1_HQd4vsTG5ooabu8Sigy1UNJR-TUxmc5_BpC6gAeML66PW9SUxKHjr9r1cZPbC2A/s1600/MissMatchL1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6wgegetFOxtUJqvvVdpQLlIaVX-ixmwsddUawVquNCOfO0-ArWdth62m1aHO6XkykCLCnYCaB8b1_HQd4vsTG5ooabu8Sigy1UNJR-TUxmc5_BpC6gAeML66PW9SUxKHjr9r1cZPbC2A/s640/MissMatchL1.JPG" width="636" /></a></div>
<br />
I love the vintagey look of those papers! Here's some close ups...<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifMoRuHmemmedKw5X373CqxeH9i4_nxmMjTn1b9DzYpPGqzZz-SgwpWMtI7n4kR8PbhKO9uDGhYLatLiHgf07AZJ-FqSFk1oX76Ww4sZMhYRCC4gohhaSybA2n2TCwi6aZw9VFqcUa4jg/s1600/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifMoRuHmemmedKw5X373CqxeH9i4_nxmMjTn1b9DzYpPGqzZz-SgwpWMtI7n4kR8PbhKO9uDGhYLatLiHgf07AZJ-FqSFk1oX76Ww4sZMhYRCC4gohhaSybA2n2TCwi6aZw9VFqcUa4jg/s640/028.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHeMQtDNXSPrf81vwHQgbQhEsLwquHLpGy4w84jo-PUMHE1Vva9nTquZO3XkEd9DHVv0lxCCbQkTZymchBr7nX3tLspqQw-JdwqhbwqxvjFv4Ryl3BX8XMeV-WNM7p-v9-yc3dauDnALc/s1600/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHeMQtDNXSPrf81vwHQgbQhEsLwquHLpGy4w84jo-PUMHE1Vva9nTquZO3XkEd9DHVv0lxCCbQkTZymchBr7nX3tLspqQw-JdwqhbwqxvjFv4Ryl3BX8XMeV-WNM7p-v9-yc3dauDnALc/s640/029.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Love that photo of my girl in her 'Team Edward' t-shirt. She has a bit of red eye in that photo too, which I didn't edit out (because of the vampire thing, lol :)) Em loves her vampires, and werewolves too!<br />
<br />
Have a great week! <br />
<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744809377272937023.post-65826681003354634102012-07-13T21:20:00.003+10:002012-07-13T21:20:35.587+10:00Sassy Scrappers Blog Hop WinnerThanks to everyone who left a comment during the Sassy Scrappers Blog Hop!<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio80TJfjcIcvm2ANhFV3H0LvNq1p2SRe6q6j44lJUoKjz9sbTr_2UoZXUldXgBFCd172tJst3MW6sQXR9TQ4buPXBzfjR1ZanDyU6AdvOtc_1972RlyHpIhV0vUMqzEe-ooZSLiewaqKQ/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio80TJfjcIcvm2ANhFV3H0LvNq1p2SRe6q6j44lJUoKjz9sbTr_2UoZXUldXgBFCd172tJst3MW6sQXR9TQ4buPXBzfjR1ZanDyU6AdvOtc_1972RlyHpIhV0vUMqzEe-ooZSLiewaqKQ/s400/014.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
The winner of the Elmo Kit from Purple Pumpkin is....<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4RDk-c_A_wnIXECi8sH6f8Yxzm4nteWnTBxdRWUaS0kG4KsgoYzqDT9Qs7eONSlzaXG3zppfKjxtSgwtqndQFktPGAzDDB6ECy5gngGc9TBHyFfxUhnwDF10bXuIkl3UTS68Z9fOIwh0/s1600/RANDOM.ORG+-+True+Random+Number+Service+-+Mozilla+Firefox+13072012+91315+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4RDk-c_A_wnIXECi8sH6f8Yxzm4nteWnTBxdRWUaS0kG4KsgoYzqDT9Qs7eONSlzaXG3zppfKjxtSgwtqndQFktPGAzDDB6ECy5gngGc9TBHyFfxUhnwDF10bXuIkl3UTS68Z9fOIwh0/s200/RANDOM.ORG+-+True+Random+Number+Service+-+Mozilla+Firefox+13072012+91315+PM.jpg" width="171" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJDuJ50TzdQTVwSXe2ESgByO5f_WKxVBjboDooKngFu9qfHK_HxjInJp3mMsvyNdE3TfkN5_oxh3ZiSRY5RHvlemlriLcKKa32TLSbU7l9BhEvP4dC_wDb-MBVRiaJvZGLwRsevFJmDU/s1600/Blogger+Me+and+the+Little+Rascals+-+Post+a+Comment+-+Mozilla+Firefox+13072012+91503+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJDuJ50TzdQTVwSXe2ESgByO5f_WKxVBjboDooKngFu9qfHK_HxjInJp3mMsvyNdE3TfkN5_oxh3ZiSRY5RHvlemlriLcKKa32TLSbU7l9BhEvP4dC_wDb-MBVRiaJvZGLwRsevFJmDU/s400/Blogger+Me+and+the+Little+Rascals+-+Post+a+Comment+-+Mozilla+Firefox+13072012+91503+PM.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
Congrats Kelley! Please email me at samjackem@yahoo.com.au with your postal address, and I'll get your prize out to you :) :)<br />
<br />
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744809377272937023.post-67431670884585148422012-07-10T20:54:00.000+10:002012-07-10T20:54:35.275+10:00WRMK Anthologie Layout<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Well, we're into our 3rd week of school holidays, and I'm officially going stir crazy! I really hope the weather improves a bit, as it is just too cold and miserable to go out at the moment. Good scrapping weather though, and I have been scrapping up a storm with lots of Kaisercraft products. None that I can share just yet though! But I <i>can</i> share this layout that I did for <a href="http://www.sassyscrapper.com.au/" target="_blank">Sassy Scrappers</a>...</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKBmtadAMkg3h9IEv25KroUHDCulkGncFE9daoV_BveV2dthZlD-gNrveU3kFbazQUkpd4tHFfNksCnv7mSZDYRuA-gIqNRPM565cVXDmhJZ612UFRPFzDCo05Jz_7XYOGZhdZX_azks/s1600/ss2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKBmtadAMkg3h9IEv25KroUHDCulkGncFE9daoV_BveV2dthZlD-gNrveU3kFbazQUkpd4tHFfNksCnv7mSZDYRuA-gIqNRPM565cVXDmhJZ612UFRPFzDCo05Jz_7XYOGZhdZX_azks/s640/ss2.JPG" width="638" /></a></div>
<br />
Aren't those papers and embellishments just gorgeous? Would you like to create this layout yourself? Instructions for this page are up on the Sassy Scrappers blog <a href="http://sassyscrappers1.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/wrmk-layout-with-instructions.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> if you'd like to go check it out :) :)<br />
<br />
So, we're supposed to be heading to the zoo tomorrow, but the rain is pouring down, and it looks like it'll be another home day. Not that the kids are complaining. They are loving the sleep ins and just chilling at home, and there's been a whole lot of this going on...<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhpHnGsH9cyWCgFZUZUW4NNelYXbyedMrfAJkC3ID6EXNpm2SpG5go1DlkzFCVQyT3ZN_A087une4TMigK7MGt9maLcOPJ0Nunm-3oWWyZO57awBOfLjgE6acWWabjyIGaTJBUBi_Is2c/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhpHnGsH9cyWCgFZUZUW4NNelYXbyedMrfAJkC3ID6EXNpm2SpG5go1DlkzFCVQyT3ZN_A087une4TMigK7MGt9maLcOPJ0Nunm-3oWWyZO57awBOfLjgE6acWWabjyIGaTJBUBi_Is2c/s640/001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
This is the kids play room, and they've been having fun building cubbies! Unfortunately their play room is right in the middle of our open plan house, so I can't close the doors on the mess. (Their play room used to be in the garage, but I took that over as my scrapping room, so I guess I can't really complain :))<br />
<br />
So as well as scrapping and hanging out with Jack and Em, I've been getting ready for the next Purple Pumpkin sale. Are you on facebook? I'd love it if you became a fan on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Purple-Pumpkin/141808655854158" target="_blank">Purple Pumpkin facebook page</a>. There are lots of fun little giveaways happening at the moment, with our big birthday sale at the end of the month. Hope to see you there! :) :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744809377272937023.post-40043604864800504162012-07-06T06:00:00.000+10:002012-07-06T06:00:01.882+10:00Just An Ordinary Day<div style="text-align: left;">
Well, school holidays are in full swing around here! The kids have 3 weeks off, and this is their second week at home. Let's just say that my patience is wearing a bit thin! Because it's been so cold, we have been cooped up in the house a little more than usual, and my favourite boredom buster - the beach - is just way too chilly to be any fun at the moment. When a friend of ours suggested a trip to our local little theme park, we jumped at the chance!</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg335dEBzlB2iPOomLaD4Ada1xRlQt_f0sk6ahMv_dxlH8Xqitp7t2MomeMIipPijl-KGm9rDERt5hqEC792DwPXNmrObXCTAqYCDrjMU-JmPGSSAbaypXsc4fGAWPNF-gspidnUBQ1tYw/s1600/2012-07-02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg335dEBzlB2iPOomLaD4Ada1xRlQt_f0sk6ahMv_dxlH8Xqitp7t2MomeMIipPijl-KGm9rDERt5hqEC792DwPXNmrObXCTAqYCDrjMU-JmPGSSAbaypXsc4fGAWPNF-gspidnUBQ1tYw/s640/2012-07-02.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
Aussie World is only a 35 minute or so trip from our house, and the kids
just love this place! All the rides are really close together, so the
kids can run from ride to ride without me worrying about them getting
lost. It's so easy to keep an eye on them, and they think they are being
independent and doing their own thing :) I only wish this place offered
annual passes, then we'd probably be there every weekend!</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
We've got a trip to the zoo planned for next week, and hopefully a couple of trips to the movies too, so that should keep the little rascals happy. Em has been busy crafting so much, that I'm running out of things for her to do. She keeps eyeing up all my design team goodies, and I think I might have to hide them!</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
With the <a href="http://purplepumpkin.openstores.com.au/" target="_blank">Purple Pumpkin</a> sale taking up a lot of my time last week, I haven't had a chance to get a lot of scrapping done, but I do have this layout to share that was featured on the <a href="http://sassyscrappers1.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/layout-share-wrmk-anthologie.html" target="_blank">Sassy Scrappers Blog</a>... </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">'Just An Ordinary Day'</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjutA7Kicj-owQ0TBR8txp2meUlMIVABECTp6bbJhIjbgr46UkBdtUKzJwI3rIZJK18VMMGYp2KuyhY4hLfGb-Wf7MtSpw-exHBZOUNYUkDe92lQI-hGFWnS5wd9fbv2VuoXP2JPidW1J8/s1600/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjutA7Kicj-owQ0TBR8txp2meUlMIVABECTp6bbJhIjbgr46UkBdtUKzJwI3rIZJK18VMMGYp2KuyhY4hLfGb-Wf7MtSpw-exHBZOUNYUkDe92lQI-hGFWnS5wd9fbv2VuoXP2JPidW1J8/s640/015.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Products Used - WRMK Anthologie papers and embellishments, available at Sassy Scrapper <a href="http://sassyscrapper.com.au/catalog.php?category=216" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhglud24rolgHhBHIlhQJpOKEyGQ4wEZXX6Gt_bwlg3A6NqWVIfr5iLJx-k5u-mzCJfVkhbbgEro4DnDQ6yuO4TO1fPD_OMf_FLLwBgjuN7D5f45X21n_C0BCB2QDBh1zBjVSNAqxa7dN8/s1600/023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhglud24rolgHhBHIlhQJpOKEyGQ4wEZXX6Gt_bwlg3A6NqWVIfr5iLJx-k5u-mzCJfVkhbbgEro4DnDQ6yuO4TO1fPD_OMf_FLLwBgjuN7D5f45X21n_C0BCB2QDBh1zBjVSNAqxa7dN8/s640/023.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWzKxwMsyhMqGoV6puYbDAOc2QaNGegnCUV68Oz6UMadN1fZQY8pcnAK6ndTIun7HxgVanL3FRBa4I2oZRWK1YeGQEszZ3tOLd1EIIiHQci6tp3kxKI7CY2Z2WhHj125ey_x7sGyViSwQ/s1600/026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWzKxwMsyhMqGoV6puYbDAOc2QaNGegnCUV68Oz6UMadN1fZQY8pcnAK6ndTIun7HxgVanL3FRBa4I2oZRWK1YeGQEszZ3tOLd1EIIiHQci6tp3kxKI7CY2Z2WhHj125ey_x7sGyViSwQ/s640/026.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
That would have to be one of my FAVOURITE photos of the kids. And it's so typical of one of our 'Ordinary Days', scruffy kids, covered in sand after a play at the beach :) As much as I love the snuggliness (is that a word?) of winter, I really do miss our lazy summer afternoons at the beach. I especially miss how it burnt off lots of cranky kid energy too!<br />
<br />
Hope you've had a great week!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744809377272937023.post-7382559277264928962012-07-01T20:51:00.000+10:002012-07-04T23:07:05.984+10:00GIVEAWAY WINNER!And we have a winner to my HUGE giveaway!!!<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz6AHQCit6wTbPj1QySUsidy0yS5ScybyqIUGMOpH_4A3aycD0YAR4JBohlgHAuZtZigYqhkpHSVR6U_9IPm7_2h-3gVXMpWdfIbwckwWUHNIlrwmzbVyn6BFk3zOenaDC0FfSF356mqU/s1600/RANDOM.ORG+-+True+Random+Number+Service+-+Mozilla+Firefox+1072012+83611+PM.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5760149635220480802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz6AHQCit6wTbPj1QySUsidy0yS5ScybyqIUGMOpH_4A3aycD0YAR4JBohlgHAuZtZigYqhkpHSVR6U_9IPm7_2h-3gVXMpWdfIbwckwWUHNIlrwmzbVyn6BFk3zOenaDC0FfSF356mqU/s1600/RANDOM.ORG+-+True+Random+Number+Service+-+Mozilla+Firefox+1072012+83611+PM.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a><br />
156 entries...WOW! Thank you so much to everyone who entered my giveaway, and for promoting it on your blogs and facebook. I have checked, and re-checked when counting up the comments, and the winner is...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3XKWAPpZwYmPIfeqY09bzEZY3yb9nwWZhwqC-WJlCJAQwqNnW_NBosLiZcLapO6suaNIHd19aYBt7906aEZfyTLZI6KJ7Lu7tiHxmeWGVFuf7x_ItXtoXXbohcp_2zOUqbeJWp_JYVrY/s1600/Blogger+Me+and+the+Little+Rascals+-+Post+a+Comment+-+Mozilla+Firefox+1072012+83947+PM-001.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="104" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5760151582985537618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3XKWAPpZwYmPIfeqY09bzEZY3yb9nwWZhwqC-WJlCJAQwqNnW_NBosLiZcLapO6suaNIHd19aYBt7906aEZfyTLZI6KJ7Lu7tiHxmeWGVFuf7x_ItXtoXXbohcp_2zOUqbeJWp_JYVrY/s640/Blogger+Me+and+the+Little+Rascals+-+Post+a+Comment+-+Mozilla+Firefox+1072012+83947+PM-001.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><br />
Congratulations!! Please email your postal details to samjackem@yahoo.com.au, so I can get your pizza box FULL of goodies out to you :) :)<br />
<br />
So sorry to everyone who didn't win (I always feel so guilty!), but please leave a comment on the post below, as I have a little giveaway going on there for the <a href="http://sassyscrappers1.blogspot.com.au/">Sassy Scrappers Blog Hop</a>. And stay tuned for another GIVEAWAY from me in the next day or two :) :)<br />
<br />
Hope you had a great weekend!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744809377272937023.post-17572195738502949792012-07-01T10:08:00.001+10:002012-07-04T22:53:05.511+10:00Sassy Scrappers Blog Hop!Hello and Welcome to "Sassy Scrappers" first Blog Hop! Thank you for joining us!<br />
<br />
There are some FANTASTIC prizes to be won, including a $50.00 Sassy Scrappers Store Voucher! The design team have prizes on their blogs too, so make sure you check them all out!<br />
<br />
All you have to do is visit all the blogs below, leaving a COMMENT and becoming a FOLLOWER to all.. Its that easy....<br />
<br />
Visit <a href="http://www.happydaks.blogspot.com.au/">Nat</a> to say hello<br />
Visit <a href="http://www.scrapcited-girlsrule.blogspot.com.au/">Hetty</a> to say Hello<br />
Visit <a href="http://www.samiammylifeinnotes.blogspot.com.au/">Samantha</a> to say Hello - <span style="font-style: italic;">THAT'S ME</span>!<br />
Visit <a href="http://www.samiammylifeinnotes.blogspot.com.au/">Sam</a> to say Hello<br />
<br />
And of course, don't forget to visit the <a href="http://sassyscrappers1.blogspot.com.au/">Sassy Scrappers Blog</a>!<br />
<br />
Our Blog Hop will run from the 1st July to the 10th July and we will announce a winner on the 13th July...Good Luck and Have fun hopping!<br />
<br />
Now here's a layout I'd love to share with you, using the <a href="http://sassyscrappers1.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/sketch-challengejuly-12.html">Sassy Scrappers July Sketch</a>...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-ATPWPAD6M9HEq3XKdm3rW6qIPp8H-lwDbhjTipbnf4_tDMSO4e8Aa0ISqvc-qVdEh4yp4xc-5wBkgM5p5KDOcIJJ0wA2nTGlKS6q8ZnVP6uWeCTTaarZGyNvauwhyphenhyphen9KhpOoTjc-X2Q/s1600/ssjulysketch+%25282%2529.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="636" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759979717372089602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-ATPWPAD6M9HEq3XKdm3rW6qIPp8H-lwDbhjTipbnf4_tDMSO4e8Aa0ISqvc-qVdEh4yp4xc-5wBkgM5p5KDOcIJJ0wA2nTGlKS6q8ZnVP6uWeCTTaarZGyNvauwhyphenhyphen9KhpOoTjc-X2Q/s640/ssjulysketch+%25282%2529.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><br />
I used Kaisercraft Magnolia Grove papers, which you can find in the Sassy Scrappers Shop <a href="http://sassyscrapper.com.au/catalog.php?category=211">HERE</a>.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAIlmg-Gx7a5Ng6agUOufi5aw5YBq17tweOOC41-iHKjAexP_pDzcapMVfzgLqFcX8MozxPlztiA8HNhYQQjDhIBe738QQO5aLzf9Acvo_CF05P_G_9i7XWu5KnWLnXLybYuMZzlMRRig/s1600/006.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759979730830206370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAIlmg-Gx7a5Ng6agUOufi5aw5YBq17tweOOC41-iHKjAexP_pDzcapMVfzgLqFcX8MozxPlztiA8HNhYQQjDhIBe738QQO5aLzf9Acvo_CF05P_G_9i7XWu5KnWLnXLybYuMZzlMRRig/s640/006.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ruDsWZWThjP6UN0wyL1BBbKO6dNeiggQoubimkceXE8l53MCzUjinO17e0_e6GsNMZFYwQB0lpil_Kn_MTvr37QsHssA4l4gvTjgtOQMq-LWNFHSWhA4XgJXW21lIAN4z2gLMxpQMlc/s1600/007.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759979727436086082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ruDsWZWThjP6UN0wyL1BBbKO6dNeiggQoubimkceXE8l53MCzUjinO17e0_e6GsNMZFYwQB0lpil_Kn_MTvr37QsHssA4l4gvTjgtOQMq-LWNFHSWhA4XgJXW21lIAN4z2gLMxpQMlc/s640/007.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><br />
And here's my prize for the blog hop...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieX3GlnEbmk2qiT8y-NfjxbJJkj1s6G53AZrOdBXphC0oKrqDAdYoxTlmCBLkvR59nyF7HVeB7peXpnMTW87xewVgzemDjeKJTXD9uTIP0VDCyn3VzFSd1AK_U2fhpDrwsBENvMdW9ink/s1600/014.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759985376005816978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieX3GlnEbmk2qiT8y-NfjxbJJkj1s6G53AZrOdBXphC0oKrqDAdYoxTlmCBLkvR59nyF7HVeB7peXpnMTW87xewVgzemDjeKJTXD9uTIP0VDCyn3VzFSd1AK_U2fhpDrwsBENvMdW9ink/s1600/014.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a><br />
A cute Elmo Kit from <a href="http://purplepumpkin.openstores.com.au/">Purple Pumpkin</a>!<br />
The winner for my blog hop prize will be announced on the 13th of July, from all comments left at this post. Now get hopping, and have fun!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744809377272937023.post-11915420467793480292012-06-30T16:58:00.000+10:002012-07-04T23:07:53.667+10:00Tomorrow!Hi everyone! Tomorrow is the 1st of July, and do you know what that means? Yes, I will be announcing the winner of my giveaway!! If you haven't got your entry in yet, make sure you go <a href="http://justlovescrappin.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/check-it-out-its-huge.html">HERE</a> to get your name in the draw :)<br />
<br />
Tomorrow is also the <a href="http://sassyscrappers1.blogspot.com.au/">Sassy Scrappers Blog</a> Hop, where there will be some amazing prizes up for grabs. Here's a little sneak of the layout I'll be sharing with you tomorrow...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39y0iiFKFkDXXg83Y2evlkn5_xPhHQZZ1JUiUrUmwTMS74y3fpvYOrVT7vYJSovg19MMkid9hyVlgL2Lu1FlEqrKaEhifqy7IZ3lJiSvbAsUaQweyjInvlYrJCz_Ece8bHtOxnR54EWA/s1600/007.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759720395443260290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39y0iiFKFkDXXg83Y2evlkn5_xPhHQZZ1JUiUrUmwTMS74y3fpvYOrVT7vYJSovg19MMkid9hyVlgL2Lu1FlEqrKaEhifqy7IZ3lJiSvbAsUaQweyjInvlYrJCz_Ece8bHtOxnR54EWA/s640/007.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><br />
See you then!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744809377272937023.post-7348079497778481872012-06-18T11:44:00.001+10:002012-07-04T23:11:20.228+10:00Up 2 Mischief!Good morning and welcome to all my new blog readers! It's been great to see such a fabulous response to <a href="http://justlovescrappin.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/check-it-out-its-huge.html">my giveaway</a> :) I hope you all had a fantastic weekend. I had a very relaxing weekend at home, hanging out with the kids, watching dvd's and doing lots of crafting. Lucky for me, Em is still craft obsessed and she loves to hang out with me in the craft room. She has been making all sorts of little creations, from scrapbook pages and off the pages items, to dolls clothes and bags. It's all so cute! She is keen to start her own blog, but I think she might be a bit young for that yet, but stay tuned for a 'Guest Blogger' post from her soon ;)<br />
<br />
Seeing as I've been scrapping with lots of new <a href="http://www.kaisercraft.com.au/blog/">Kaisercraft</a> goodies, I can't share those layouts just yet, but I did finish of this layout that I started last weekend...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhWo8ynbGkGfdaNjCiIymdnmmDy3eksZD84uLy16CbCsSyZwkLUT134S-VO-7C8M_MEsLAmWDSZtLMkirCswtMMi5zshl21jfUVRQH_ohjdyKmfVvaTc5qVzgtwguJY06iiMlHZaspz40/s1600/012.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5755180023358905922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhWo8ynbGkGfdaNjCiIymdnmmDy3eksZD84uLy16CbCsSyZwkLUT134S-VO-7C8M_MEsLAmWDSZtLMkirCswtMMi5zshl21jfUVRQH_ohjdyKmfVvaTc5qVzgtwguJY06iiMlHZaspz40/s640/012.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="638" /></a><br />
I'm still chipping away at my older stash of papers, and these ones are BoBunny Flutter Butter. Love the colours in this range!<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUHLBJsmmoDbX5JgP8B9_VvkTKEiM01A2xZ5TBnD2LTV7Ix371kzOBefH25sISLv-BU_bGhOCaoTXEFt7_SwIzbhY8SqFs0b5PZ8GuKbjjTkcWqvmNUx4juDnXyWtUk1O8fE8AygI9mQo/s1600/019.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5755180014329345698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUHLBJsmmoDbX5JgP8B9_VvkTKEiM01A2xZ5TBnD2LTV7Ix371kzOBefH25sISLv-BU_bGhOCaoTXEFt7_SwIzbhY8SqFs0b5PZ8GuKbjjTkcWqvmNUx4juDnXyWtUk1O8fE8AygI9mQo/s640/019.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><br />
Now how cute is this little <a href="http://purplepumpkin.openstores.com.au/index.html">Purple Pumpkin</a> Gumnut Babies button? I've been dying to use that on a page!<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJtAq0VcxYIvgvKMu0o6s7f8eAI7Pnyhv16IK5u910m7_4RRYSJkSvlkvDObVWCZrpB92CwNHKmEO6a5HJCMCH1-EVftCjvJmjbjb2XLysOg6mQvZ4V3_g2iyXVTTQifWnAxDo6prASw/s1600/017.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5755180003789564722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJtAq0VcxYIvgvKMu0o6s7f8eAI7Pnyhv16IK5u910m7_4RRYSJkSvlkvDObVWCZrpB92CwNHKmEO6a5HJCMCH1-EVftCjvJmjbjb2XLysOg6mQvZ4V3_g2iyXVTTQifWnAxDo6prASw/s640/017.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><br />
And I love this <a href="http://purplepumpkin.openstores.com.au/index.html">Purple Pumpkin</a> Green Heart button too...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQy7nqAmqQIqHz2AU2niLq4OinO2mWNeKwpugzqjXrWhxNKj2hvGqraqHrAbeD6qEJpH5yyYMR6cVPQv-2RBOKtAKdYiKl3lfIX4IR2zx-a_qsHZCzlR1Bb6LETPpuC9Fz-1FD8EtrwaQ/s1600/018.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5755179996653840930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQy7nqAmqQIqHz2AU2niLq4OinO2mWNeKwpugzqjXrWhxNKj2hvGqraqHrAbeD6qEJpH5yyYMR6cVPQv-2RBOKtAKdYiKl3lfIX4IR2zx-a_qsHZCzlR1Bb6LETPpuC9Fz-1FD8EtrwaQ/s640/018.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><br />
Now, I don't know how well you can see it under there, but I've tucked a little handmade lace flower behind the papers there, and it was super quick and easy to make, and the best part - no sewing! I'll be popping up a little tutorial for those on here soon :)<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXWIa_Wwvm05qo-csOXQSnKnvD5qfz9pzJWvVutcemAgIvldmOmriLvO_3K8VSTH0UO027TGTKuurDx7rKJPHiDRHh_YXmf4px3V8zwPy_3dBehqlXhQE8RmqmbXBpDBhixaALf00wA0/s1600/020.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5755180006711179026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXWIa_Wwvm05qo-csOXQSnKnvD5qfz9pzJWvVutcemAgIvldmOmriLvO_3K8VSTH0UO027TGTKuurDx7rKJPHiDRHh_YXmf4px3V8zwPy_3dBehqlXhQE8RmqmbXBpDBhixaALf00wA0/s640/020.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><br />
Well, I've got a busy day of flower making ahead of me today, to get ready for the <a href="http://purplepumpkin.openstores.com.au/index.html">Purple Pumpkin</a> sale next week, so I'd better get cracking. Hope you have a wonderful week!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744809377272937023.post-21860692331844294052012-06-15T14:52:00.000+10:002012-06-15T14:53:13.073+10:00Check it out - It's HUGE!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjScHWz1q_tkICnEg-HFQC7CCoNMGU6kOyUVe6t3Zs3oPqlP9EYc6n1peW5z4FbQhTCQt3RDtC4nAYkxQT0SKRvC4fOiHD-1OsZhxYl2bkN70SGLv-MJbyBP7lX7VOWAKMyPX7F1gJS2-8/s1600/088.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 326px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjScHWz1q_tkICnEg-HFQC7CCoNMGU6kOyUVe6t3Zs3oPqlP9EYc6n1peW5z4FbQhTCQt3RDtC4nAYkxQT0SKRvC4fOiHD-1OsZhxYl2bkN70SGLv-MJbyBP7lX7VOWAKMyPX7F1gJS2-8/s400/088.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5754114947934336370" border="0" /></a><br />As promised here is my HUGE GIVEAWAY! I had so much fun putting this lot together and I can't wait to send it on its way to its new home :)<br /><br />Lets have a closer look...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjcUic5DJ8PlNARxS7P2ciY7e9-op_75BSbA54GgKHL5Xzs0t2caTHTF3LEo3cXObacd9tyZtI1i4XR62Lr8H_sfPcToD56iTivK8ROA5ZfFeEpBBlksSlFz1eZJHAGO194t_F_uWUkos/s1600/092.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjcUic5DJ8PlNARxS7P2ciY7e9-op_75BSbA54GgKHL5Xzs0t2caTHTF3LEo3cXObacd9tyZtI1i4XR62Lr8H_sfPcToD56iTivK8ROA5ZfFeEpBBlksSlFz1eZJHAGO194t_F_uWUkos/s400/092.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5754114936874006082" border="0" /></a><br />So in this giveaway, the lucky winner will receive a set of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kaisercraft</span> Magnolia Grove papers, with matching die cuts, stickers, stamps, rubons, pearls, flowers and ribbons, as well as some pearl trim in pink and white, strips of coordinating blank carnival tickets, and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Purple Pumpkin</span> buttons.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzdu9IJqqspP7wJ1vagAA0IX35H1h93T9MgESIN8n2qJgzG9v3r9RqMQxM06HhiYWY-ltwXSkqrdcVNQqQUBhT0ezUKim4e3bX2wkvsD3ySq0I7kRgctKOgbG8rO__zoqtmu1kqL7bDM/s1600/094.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzdu9IJqqspP7wJ1vagAA0IX35H1h93T9MgESIN8n2qJgzG9v3r9RqMQxM06HhiYWY-ltwXSkqrdcVNQqQUBhT0ezUKim4e3bX2wkvsD3ySq0I7kRgctKOgbG8rO__zoqtmu1kqL7bDM/s400/094.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5754114928419846546" border="0" /></a><br />But wait! There's more...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIApoVlwi6d0TqaNfSFAuvBdyjKkb5bFER3Be7P-Mxs7hVOWKAnQYh0QSls3LuWYEq76g2XQVnpo8Ta3pa9ZsPopKoluXvuYq174do8S5Kub4_3E_NbLSRdSc2dYyTwFS2-k8YezO_wdM/s1600/095.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIApoVlwi6d0TqaNfSFAuvBdyjKkb5bFER3Be7P-Mxs7hVOWKAnQYh0QSls3LuWYEq76g2XQVnpo8Ta3pa9ZsPopKoluXvuYq174do8S5Kub4_3E_NbLSRdSc2dYyTwFS2-k8YezO_wdM/s400/095.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5754114926079371746" border="0" /></a><br />The winner will also receive 2 6x6 <span style="font-weight: bold;">Imaginisce</span> paper pads, chipboard from <span style="font-weight: bold;">A2Z Scraplets</span>, 8 x 5m packs of twine, MORE <span style="font-weight: bold;">Purple Pumpkin</span> buttons and dyed doilies, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Fancy Pants</span> Journalling note book, <span style="font-weight: bold;">My Minds Eye</span> die cut and stickers, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Prima</span> Flower Vine, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kaisercraft</span> Rhinestone word, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Imaginisce</span> Roly Rosies, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Imaginisce</span> Stickers, and an adhesive tape runner.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp2oh3FJ0hE7tPw6HiEZnceiGP0d9NLSbI0Pd-HG7JEcwb0hRZFG6WMXFex7oFrm3woo_bPqpN64k8Z1Ryol2xwoExGceB63eDqA_HbLWyl19lDeZ7xuX9T9-ir7wbgMI3QLZ5xREpcBY/s1600/089.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp2oh3FJ0hE7tPw6HiEZnceiGP0d9NLSbI0Pd-HG7JEcwb0hRZFG6WMXFex7oFrm3woo_bPqpN64k8Z1Ryol2xwoExGceB63eDqA_HbLWyl19lDeZ7xuX9T9-ir7wbgMI3QLZ5xREpcBY/s400/089.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5754114917535168466" border="0" /></a><br />So how does that grab you?<br /><br />Here's how you can be in the draw to WIN!!<br /><br />1. Be a follower of this blog :)<br /><br />2. I would really appreciate it if you could blog about this giveaway, and if you could post it on your facebook, that would be awesome!<br /><br />3. Leave a comment on this post :)<br /><br />This giveaway is open to ANYONE, ANYWHERE! Entries will close at midnight on the 30th of June, and the winner will be announced on the 1st of July.<br /><br />GOOD LUCK!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com159tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744809377272937023.post-16009191391782354642012-06-14T19:35:00.002+10:002012-07-04T23:08:57.750+10:00A Layout & Exciting News!Yes, I have more exciting news, but first of all I thought I would share a layout. This is the page that I submitted to the <a href="http://www.kaisercraft.com.au/blog/">Kaisercraft</a> design team call. I also submitted <a href="http://justlovescrappin.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/kaisercraft-http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifsaturday-sketch-1-april.html">another page</a> with my application, which was from one of their Saturday Sketches, but this one I made especially for the dt call...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrdiu9MOC0IPrBthVy0OJjygZ55d5hLwCJGCocZCfsW1GvYv0G1_f-IAHl9c5fPHTVgB2Dryg_MwAmMB0YldEHJFnzNTAUSrvkJJ7iVaX2MHqLZ5ZDhibtpo3xLvnZLZz30x6kvLMtpOE/s1600/kaiserlayout1.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753443796569214466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrdiu9MOC0IPrBthVy0OJjygZ55d5hLwCJGCocZCfsW1GvYv0G1_f-IAHl9c5fPHTVgB2Dryg_MwAmMB0YldEHJFnzNTAUSrvkJJ7iVaX2MHqLZ5ZDhibtpo3xLvnZLZz30x6kvLMtpOE/s640/kaiserlayout1.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="636" /></a><br />
I love that sweet photo of my babies! Not that they're babies anymore of course, they are huge! Jack especially is really starting to look like a young man, rather than just a boy these days, but he'll always be my baby boy to me :) :)<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ZLgLUJVIHkQpn4yD_9k_QeATotrIHkv5WizRySSNQNwhcfVl5ZmXF3pLnQcJb5X9dNZfJqBioMYEiVtSPJYlUhOwZXnPvFiH2H_h3JLhVH75MlmaEGfbn5_gYZgXvr2Wd4aHYHcV548/s1600/032.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753443825674769922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ZLgLUJVIHkQpn4yD_9k_QeATotrIHkv5WizRySSNQNwhcfVl5ZmXF3pLnQcJb5X9dNZfJqBioMYEiVtSPJYlUhOwZXnPvFiH2H_h3JLhVH75MlmaEGfbn5_gYZgXvr2Wd4aHYHcV548/s640/032.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><br />
Apart from the corrugated cardboard and the paper doily, everything on this page is Kaisercraft.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiWR08GVGe5fh9TZbVVv7vbVbncDxiYHTirjYy9QyPHEHsMVQz-q-R5zBE7-e70IFHwZ_RIgVfGPCY8VmxxH6SWYqillBpuZci-dy_JuP8o_luggvOw8Hy6tVmuylUfQ-ck6fgCgLVcXI/s1600/031.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753443818658174306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiWR08GVGe5fh9TZbVVv7vbVbncDxiYHTirjYy9QyPHEHsMVQz-q-R5zBE7-e70IFHwZ_RIgVfGPCY8VmxxH6SWYqillBpuZci-dy_JuP8o_luggvOw8Hy6tVmuylUfQ-ck6fgCgLVcXI/s640/031.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><br />
I love the Sweet Nothings range, it was so easy to scrap with, and that wooden word...I LOVE it!<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_-Gg-nS6zZ-r0CUtqYgkN3jsCPtSbKmdRmsNglN6ekG3cx-EwEg3_EWkGMN75jgcSjoEQ0Whhroz5nUDG1NxUg9dpaGVK4H0-jaRJHvlyPw-G29v77AzqGKdKCdH-b745Rgua-xaFXOw/s1600/027.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753443805116976578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_-Gg-nS6zZ-r0CUtqYgkN3jsCPtSbKmdRmsNglN6ekG3cx-EwEg3_EWkGMN75jgcSjoEQ0Whhroz5nUDG1NxUg9dpaGVK4H0-jaRJHvlyPw-G29v77AzqGKdKCdH-b745Rgua-xaFXOw/s640/027.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><br />
Now for my exciting news!!<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihETOT3IGoXmNfPhh21fSgNOQ7tpL8FRPlvVp5xMvcPn9O5SzGUH2c2Z1H-9gMypH_ilGlDlco-SvT1oCuYgnswBGoVhHDMFIUAcmztl64WSbhwQhIcskxs2mCAvF5ByEQHnpu6qPhg4E/s1600/SS_WebBadge.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753819322312464850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihETOT3IGoXmNfPhh21fSgNOQ7tpL8FRPlvVp5xMvcPn9O5SzGUH2c2Z1H-9gMypH_ilGlDlco-SvT1oCuYgnswBGoVhHDMFIUAcmztl64WSbhwQhIcskxs2mCAvF5ByEQHnpu6qPhg4E/s1600/SS_WebBadge.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a><br />
I was thrilled to be asked to join the fabulous <a href="http://www.sassyscrapper.com.au/">Sassy Scrappers</a> design team! The other girls on the design team are all amazingly talented, so make sure you check out the DT announcement <a href="http://sassyscrappers1.blogspot.com.au/">HERE</a>.<br />
<br />
I'm feeling very lucky and grateful to be starting on two wonderful design teams, so check in here tomorrow for a <span style="font-weight: bold;">HUGE GIVEAWAY</span>. See you then!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744809377272937023.post-17058537865760903392012-06-11T10:42:00.000+10:002012-06-11T10:42:51.970+10:00My Exciting News!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEPiJmJV5IhaXXRobc1I96xBQpCen4Vf-6kewKXhNL3Vpj3mmWb17rDl-ZwGzj9joMEq6ed5EdhPdl-vifpUrCzji-z1X9W-UE-mgCOJu8WjukDVRTpPw-l1QiX7j1jy0sDaacKMNcHJc/s1600/Design-team-headerannouncement1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEPiJmJV5IhaXXRobc1I96xBQpCen4Vf-6kewKXhNL3Vpj3mmWb17rDl-ZwGzj9joMEq6ed5EdhPdl-vifpUrCzji-z1X9W-UE-mgCOJu8WjukDVRTpPw-l1QiX7j1jy0sDaacKMNcHJc/s400/Design-team-headerannouncement1.jpg" border="0" http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifalt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5752570639565525554" /></a><br />I have just been BUSTING to share the news that I'm on the 2012-2013 Kaisercraft Design Team!!! I'm so excited! <br /><br />At the end of last year, I finished up on the design teams I was on because I just wanted to scrap 'for me' for a while...but after a little bit, I found that I really missed being on a design team. So when the Kaisercraft design team call came up, I knew I just had to give it a go. I'm so happy to be on this fabulous design team, with so many talented scrappers! If you haven't seen the DT announcement, you can check it out <a href="http://www.kaisercraft.com.au/blog/2012-2013-contributing-design-team-announcement/">HERE</a>.<br /><br />Now I'll be stalking the postie for my box of design team goodies. I can't wait!!!<br /><br />Hope you have a great week!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744809377272937023.post-15429787054073795322012-06-04T10:40:00.000+10:002012-07-04T23:15:28.534+10:00Today's the Day! - 12WBTYes, I've signed up for <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.12wbt.com">12WBT</a>! <br />
<br />
I'm always 'planning' to go on a diet, and I'm always 'planning' to exercise, but I never actually do. But I bit the bullet, and actually signed up, and now I'm actually raring to go. Actually, I didn't realize quite how unfit I was, until I did the fitness test yesterday, and nearly coughed up a lung! And I only had to run 1 kilometer! I pretty much collapsed at the end of it, so that was a bit of a wake up call, and now I'm looking forward to being a lot healthier from now on :)<br />
<br />
So before I go and do my workout DVD, I have a quick layout to share...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKGoIOOI3Px4CZ7-0zyQU4y0pbCPl49KqHNjfIiePoU-bcBBvIWN93N_lFwvPae1La64f5qlG8y2CvwNGPa5nFLPdkWTl8ABn4zDLgWkL0L1XpNwPYQCNzOO0wqmDEeaSzntXPkAViv30/s1600/015.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="634" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5749973172948314802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKGoIOOI3Px4CZ7-0zyQU4y0pbCPl49KqHNjfIiePoU-bcBBvIWN93N_lFwvPae1La64f5qlG8y2CvwNGPa5nFLPdkWTl8ABn4zDLgWkL0L1XpNwPYQCNzOO0wqmDEeaSzntXPkAViv30/s640/015.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px;" width="640" /></a><br />
Another old photo, this time of Jack and my mum, when Jack was around 4. I used My Minds Eye papers, and some <a href="http://purplepumpkin.openstores.com.au/">Purple Pumpkin</a> buttons. Love those heart buttons!!<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDvgC4E0p9j6mbEbVbDSpCBZJdsoxKCDy4J22HiBBIaYqSlKAYMURHqcjLPbFGv6QHg1P_r67ocQvmTl8XkHpoI0r6FxJhBlpO2DcEXl7mUfeJef3Uyr6iL3MYz3pwmi_sOW6uGVo2WCc/s1600/016.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5749973153514381970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDvgC4E0p9j6mbEbVbDSpCBZJdsoxKCDy4J22HiBBIaYqSlKAYMURHqcjLPbFGv6QHg1P_r67ocQvmTl8XkHpoI0r6FxJhBlpO2DcEXl7mUfeJef3Uyr6iL3MYz3pwmi_sOW6uGVo2WCc/s640/016.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN0a7cYmoV7trgDgSX1jc-jwaimKLelCKSTjGGDm2y2JSR6qojQsw3Nyn-P7GzH7Qjy9cN4A7RO4mmkQTQuQWHGBnw0sGh80_gEAO8Q0WrisvA-MgLrLJ-OdMH1uJKcQzuFY5bUphsd6g/s1600/017.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5749973147175860434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN0a7cYmoV7trgDgSX1jc-jwaimKLelCKSTjGGDm2y2JSR6qojQsw3Nyn-P7GzH7Qjy9cN4A7RO4mmkQTQuQWHGBnw0sGh80_gEAO8Q0WrisvA-MgLrLJ-OdMH1uJKcQzuFY5bUphsd6g/s640/017.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><br />
Well, it's workout time for me now!! Eeeek! Hope I make it through the whole hour or so!<br />
<br />
Hope you have a great week!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744809377272937023.post-68362809471979828122012-05-30T10:03:00.001+10:002012-07-04T23:17:51.488+10:00Kaisercraft Saturday Sketch #3Good morning! I should be busy working right now, but I just wanted to stop in quickly and share this layout I did for the <a href="http://www.kaisercraft.com.au/blog/saturday-sketch-3-may/">Kaisercraft Saturday Sketch</a>...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVEBfiEcD75Pa5xwa0tOSL24eLy5L2sqpv4hlOP_4-QutbBPSIH1E3-jVRTvU45rRL0CDx9UKsoy9Ub4-3tquNqYiPgrTQzHKI0JueEI5KX-cnHdQb7W8PLFJNzs-AAZtplez7-7Rlioc/s1600/002.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5748107054450535426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVEBfiEcD75Pa5xwa0tOSL24eLy5L2sqpv4hlOP_4-QutbBPSIH1E3-jVRTvU45rRL0CDx9UKsoy9Ub4-3tquNqYiPgrTQzHKI0JueEI5KX-cnHdQb7W8PLFJNzs-AAZtplez7-7Rlioc/s640/002.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="636" /></a><br />
I was lucky enough to win last months sketch competition, and my prize was the gorgeous Magnolia Grove papers and embellishments. See that background paper? Well, it's got this gorgeous velvety texture, and it's so pretty that I almost didn't want to use it! But of course I did, and I love how this page turned out. That's one of my favourite photos of my favourite people - my parents and my babies :) :)<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Wo5HZYD_ATL68Q82kuY-05yjbZjsmKJ_Y_RGykPMedLkIwx0nKW99dhCcPcn4Ph34OBLTR4NwCqT1RRLmjP_JMcpYXtp1WMtomtjKIsi2q7pYGGOrMyG0HmS3RdDWZbIs6CQmQfP1JM/s1600/004.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5748106701484155890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Wo5HZYD_ATL68Q82kuY-05yjbZjsmKJ_Y_RGykPMedLkIwx0nKW99dhCcPcn4Ph34OBLTR4NwCqT1RRLmjP_JMcpYXtp1WMtomtjKIsi2q7pYGGOrMyG0HmS3RdDWZbIs6CQmQfP1JM/s640/004.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><br />
And here's the sketch I used...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNIlyIVRUZGVYSi1fr3hbBuBG-ggS_dJHOqY0LiNOR3mz1givQfjI3K_FhwhFR6lZLiPP1AxDSzpvcYp9SOEz46fikIQcESrWEwmWydcx3LhINgxyXVEuM7TJzDehpZL2nZS7Nz3fz144/s1600/kaisersatsketchmay3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5748109240245987858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNIlyIVRUZGVYSi1fr3hbBuBG-ggS_dJHOqY0LiNOR3mz1givQfjI3K_FhwhFR6lZLiPP1AxDSzpvcYp9SOEz46fikIQcESrWEwmWydcx3LhINgxyXVEuM7TJzDehpZL2nZS7Nz3fz144/s640/kaisersatsketchmay3.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><br />
I turned it upside down, but other than that, I kept it pretty much as it is :) I'm hoping I get a chance to finish off the other Kaisercraft Saturday sketches tonight, because this month they were all fabulous!!<br />
<br />
Hope you have a great day!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744809377272937023.post-31900447323635045382012-05-28T10:46:00.001+10:002012-07-04T23:15:52.271+10:00Happy PlaceYes, I'm still here! We had a busy weekend, starting with a full day at the kids school fair on Saturday. I was working at the Trash & Treasure stall, so I hardly saw the kids all day, except for when they needed more money. I only took 4 photos that day, and they were on my phone, so I'm still trying to figure out how to get them onto my computer, lol. I've been doing LOADS of scrapping too, none of which I can share just yet, but I do have this little page that I whipped up the other day...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTU3r4hrb-bgf5ZDJ-1zjDb6xUm_UHQ4gMfTuG_iL25vYTWc5ME9b4fH70eK2BqR6ILANyxM4X03UGDU4A5_pBtbZmOEKiVLnrVanEMeBoxBTjV903lBDEpu1KG2z8TK6VCEyW30aExU/s1600/002.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="639" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5747376611254597250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTU3r4hrb-bgf5ZDJ-1zjDb6xUm_UHQ4gMfTuG_iL25vYTWc5ME9b4fH70eK2BqR6ILANyxM4X03UGDU4A5_pBtbZmOEKiVLnrVanEMeBoxBTjV903lBDEpu1KG2z8TK6VCEyW30aExU/s640/002.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><br />
Just a quickie page, using an old, old photo of Jack. I think he was around 3 or 4 here. At our old house, we had one of those plastic cubbie things (actually, we had two joined together), that the kids just loved. Jack used to love putting a blanket on the top, and putting a chair in there, and he'd stay in there for ages by himself, reading the toy catalogues. He used to read the Thomas the Tank Engine catalogue for hours too, until it completely fell apart. So cute. I miss those days when the kids were tiny.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKhoQKrbOZa9g2Kw-v4sopQudqFzBmau-frRFxPGVqnkllpVYsOI9Gb5fApJgLlwU_7AinvzdyagYC0-TXsD45gdzdaYa-8p0GDJ-ifrRDIqRk31_UMDCPtKlonxikUnLbgE3-Gi0Y-yc/s1600/003.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5747376616824818482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKhoQKrbOZa9g2Kw-v4sopQudqFzBmau-frRFxPGVqnkllpVYsOI9Gb5fApJgLlwU_7AinvzdyagYC0-TXsD45gdzdaYa-8p0GDJ-ifrRDIqRk31_UMDCPtKlonxikUnLbgE3-Gi0Y-yc/s640/003.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><br />
Well, I've got a busy day ahead of me, so I'd better stop procrastinating!!! Hope you have a great week!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744809377272937023.post-66846327108677798842012-05-15T11:38:00.001+10:002012-07-04T23:14:24.080+10:00We're Back!Our camping weekend was so much fun! The kids had an absolute ball, exploring, roasting marshmallows, and all that other fun camping stuff. The days were beautiful and sunny, but the nights were freezing cold. We all went to bed with about 4 layers of clothes on, but it was still hard to get warm. I really wasn't expecting it to be quite that cold! Once the sun came up it was just perfect though, and it was just the right temperature to go out hiking without getting too hot. I didn't take quite as many photos as I'd planned to, but there were around 230 all up, and here are just a few of them...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7wJAzVh6Ktp0Ynp3wlkA8kU_qvNV4WUnL-WI6AAMpLEPXFbsoFlkz0z56SjbIGeM0CVv2u91yZxbB81dLE48RiWdgSHRZH_Y5oZW2xREN1M9a9Sj0PRIK2IAE6JooP_qnZHZB4qxQJCY/s1600/158.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="566" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5742551577876014466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7wJAzVh6Ktp0Ynp3wlkA8kU_qvNV4WUnL-WI6AAMpLEPXFbsoFlkz0z56SjbIGeM0CVv2u91yZxbB81dLE48RiWdgSHRZH_Y5oZW2xREN1M9a9Sj0PRIK2IAE6JooP_qnZHZB4qxQJCY/s640/158.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><br />
The kids were all rugged up here, for an early morning walk down the creek. It was so cold, and it looked like steam was coming up off the water!<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYM9olN4hteHSLvlAKpW82nz5BqdpYfJ1ogJGbaZaDGCfZ40gXTSMIjR6wnLgqzdJaGAY6d_4OayhrS147_t2evAf3RCGhJ2Afg16Gl1W8izG3oeUKyTR4YWZK2myrRmjjmfqx8GhCayk/s1600/024.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5742551571363595906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYM9olN4hteHSLvlAKpW82nz5BqdpYfJ1ogJGbaZaDGCfZ40gXTSMIjR6wnLgqzdJaGAY6d_4OayhrS147_t2evAf3RCGhJ2Afg16Gl1W8izG3oeUKyTR4YWZK2myrRmjjmfqx8GhCayk/s640/024.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="426" /></a><br />
Emily in her favourite spot, right in front of the fire. (and yes, they are Jack's hand me down pj's! I didn't want to take her nice girly pyjamas camping, and poor Em kept thinking people were giving her funny looks for wearing boys pj's!)<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI-nRLLDBnD5D-cSenKOi9BHFRWRQoyesQ2y0w2ZhuX-ueFR-Qh0vQ3x4KQVkyYgo1fdQnLO0yVs-z_2KUeKoAQzttbMcs5Ms4SiOeUDH41Bx2x1WqbQZPeO24BmNkJH9q0SRC21cly2c/s1600/196.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5742551614738722530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI-nRLLDBnD5D-cSenKOi9BHFRWRQoyesQ2y0w2ZhuX-ueFR-Qh0vQ3x4KQVkyYgo1fdQnLO0yVs-z_2KUeKoAQzttbMcs5Ms4SiOeUDH41Bx2x1WqbQZPeO24BmNkJH9q0SRC21cly2c/s640/196.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="426" /></a><br />
Climbing around the boulders at the underground creek. Such an interesting place, with water running underground, and then coming out in little waterfalls over the rocks.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSevEI8wmuLnhrDSg_XGaBHsQVSyMID7-fZrFGMWW_hj7TJ5aX7biZeXj1turVGOnfLRo8fig9dvbPUrhUaHM3HlDnD4tl-zNUma3jCxIZVul6qezLCqzGjYjhuXQsWzLAdO2HXAEdhpE/s1600/068.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5742552500293750242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSevEI8wmuLnhrDSg_XGaBHsQVSyMID7-fZrFGMWW_hj7TJ5aX7biZeXj1turVGOnfLRo8fig9dvbPUrhUaHM3HlDnD4tl-zNUma3jCxIZVul6qezLCqzGjYjhuXQsWzLAdO2HXAEdhpE/s640/068.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="423" /></a><br />
Jack loves his cups of tea! I think he drank more tea than I did while we were camping!<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBeXTQlmD58Gd6nRY4UwCskKMgzFVET86ck9r7jO8sO4nh4Nnq1YG2orXLZe5hfwBtsNyid16wwE8q1zFnluNWE3eG8XrgBy7Iv1rvNC07TD6nSWwCsj7DnqpQme32gMyxI5ktg9k-LRU/s1600/213.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5742552506926399714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBeXTQlmD58Gd6nRY4UwCskKMgzFVET86ck9r7jO8sO4nh4Nnq1YG2orXLZe5hfwBtsNyid16wwE8q1zFnluNWE3eG8XrgBy7Iv1rvNC07TD6nSWwCsj7DnqpQme32gMyxI5ktg9k-LRU/s640/213.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="426" /></a><br />
This one makes me laugh. Em found this birds nest, and was planning to take it home to keep some of her toys in! <br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYBfTUDvm6PO1gXRSPw-675Gvo2sSV-ID7o-_OMjl3ECBoqmmu3DPjkrKYWLKEFegbe4EqKSAcgFdRhckMp7njcgc0UMd7uPffgGG1gY7K6ET_CW0OOHSN2v0JOLtNSIBpwGLJpItBhG4/s1600/085.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5742551599222173762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYBfTUDvm6PO1gXRSPw-675Gvo2sSV-ID7o-_OMjl3ECBoqmmu3DPjkrKYWLKEFegbe4EqKSAcgFdRhckMp7njcgc0UMd7uPffgGG1gY7K6ET_CW0OOHSN2v0JOLtNSIBpwGLJpItBhG4/s640/085.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="426" /></a><br />
I love this one too. Jack had a huge meltdown on one of our big walks. He just sat down and refused to move...but he got over it eventually :)<br />
<br />
Well, I have a mountain of smokey laundry to tackle, then hopefully some scrapping time later on. Hope you have a great week!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744809377272937023.post-20601007799614811872012-05-11T09:56:00.004+10:002012-06-15T14:48:04.490+10:00We're Going...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiABPpR3g0-MmuMVZP1voHLQy374u7JC1ndwzaU7upWhmHgtZwFaOK0t0BoDKUfAYqAINMkh8OcXJXIOdyst2YNdp56Z-53dYn9ASjQU_vqsRbckI4X_NBIiikQPzkfXGrsbjTKI3pUJs/s1600/snoopycamping.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiABPpR3g0-MmuMVZP1voHLQy374u7JC1ndwzaU7upWhmHgtZwFaOK0t0BoDKUfAYqAINMkh8OcXJXIOdyst2YNdp56Z-53dYn9ASjQU_vqsRbckI4X_NBIiikQPzkfXGrsbjTKI3pUJs/s400/snoopycamping.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5741052709234182546" /></a>Camping this weekend! It's going to be freezing, but the kids CAN.NOT.WAIT!!! It's been years since we last went camping, so I'm looking forward to getting lots of nice outdoorsy photos, and making some wonderful memories with Jack and Em. And I've already got the PERFECT papers to go with the photos I'm going to take :) :)<br /><br />Hope you have a great weekend!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744809377272937023.post-45410713330376784772012-05-09T21:54:00.000+10:002012-07-04T23:18:31.259+10:00Laugh - HBS May SketchNearly Thursday already? How did that happen? Monday was a public holiday here, so I guess that always makes the week go fast. I've been so sick and fluey, it's amazing I know what day it is! The poor kids, when they went back to school on Tuesday, I sent them with morning tea only, and I'd written out their lunch bags for tuckshop. But it was only when I was heading out to pick them up in the afternoon that I suddenly realised that I had the wrong day - I was thinking it was Monday, not Tuesday! <span style="font-style: italic;">Tuckshop doesn't open on Tuesdays!</span> The poor kidlets, they were starving when they got home! Although they both still had an apple in their lunch boxes, so that made me feel slightly less guilty. If they were hungry enough they would have eaten it, right?<br />
<br />
So anyway, today I finally started to feel a little bit better, and finished off a layout that I started last week. This one is for the May sketch challenge at <a href="http://www.handmadebysuzanne.com.au/store/">Handmade By Suzanne</a>...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLHTjqEEDBeRniNJswTjWDcjv9BB2ErWQ93xfuGiZWZGFXrdjt1UNzelqmqJEIUo8InfZny03HANE9OdFtDPlx18SkNhEYvaS9b4QfknXtRyOjBwB29PuXAAV83YfT_coX9Uerr0vHDtU/s1600/003.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="637" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5740408894046729138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLHTjqEEDBeRniNJswTjWDcjv9BB2ErWQ93xfuGiZWZGFXrdjt1UNzelqmqJEIUo8InfZny03HANE9OdFtDPlx18SkNhEYvaS9b4QfknXtRyOjBwB29PuXAAV83YfT_coX9Uerr0vHDtU/s640/003.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><br />
These are the types of photos I love the most. Not posed, not forced, just capturing the moment. I snapped this one while the kids were watching a magic show at Currumbin. I didn't really watch the show, but watched the kids faces instead. It was so funny, the looks of extreme surprise, with huge open mouths, and then bent over in fits of laughter. They loved it!<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe8SDvG6sXYspYb_6XVy8mGSZrUkuCp6tquWR3S7s4KKOtr8qBpLqgIUA1GFaVsO6BpdLZXFqnqkOqBrM8kl8-wuDdbvtew_KbAW_s0qzE9dm2TGSdNHG6oDFFmDm0jlwrFiUvJXDy0CQ/s1600/008.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5740408888750242546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe8SDvG6sXYspYb_6XVy8mGSZrUkuCp6tquWR3S7s4KKOtr8qBpLqgIUA1GFaVsO6BpdLZXFqnqkOqBrM8kl8-wuDdbvtew_KbAW_s0qzE9dm2TGSdNHG6oDFFmDm0jlwrFiUvJXDy0CQ/s640/008.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><br />
I used Bo Bunny Ad Lib papers, and the chipboard alphas are from Kaisercraft. And here's the sketch I used...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMek8HpCsm-8NrM1aoRwwDdT0IPsxOyRqBFOFtMOarZf96Tqg9jsHy0ekONjfClfeQjB1YsYsio9w7WO8bFQOU9d-BAXx7sxkrp-EjOPZeUUck8D3z8pG7HTKf6fnAACl0Bc0PUMLlNzQ/s1600/MaySketch1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="616" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5740410531260852194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMek8HpCsm-8NrM1aoRwwDdT0IPsxOyRqBFOFtMOarZf96Tqg9jsHy0ekONjfClfeQjB1YsYsio9w7WO8bFQOU9d-BAXx7sxkrp-EjOPZeUUck8D3z8pG7HTKf6fnAACl0Bc0PUMLlNzQ/s640/MaySketch1.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><br />
I actually stuck pretty much exactly to the sketch, which is a bit of a change for me, but it was just so easy to put together :)<br />
<br />
Well, I've got a nice crafty day ahead of me tomorrow (after I do a bit of housework that is!), so hopefully I'll have some more layouts to share very soon :) :)<br />
<br />
Thanks for stopping by!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5744809377272937023.post-68247607568303697412012-05-07T12:44:00.000+10:002012-05-07T12:44:33.148+10:00And The Winner Is...Thanks to everyone who stopped by on The Scrap Kitchen NSD Blog Hop! And a big hello to all my new followers :) I wish I could give everyone a prize, but there can only be one winner...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3CvI0erPMRV4bvhyuxiBTNTYpmSyMKCeedRDZtcjRRJ8IhBoLh98CM30C8S2q-N0isdu3HZuYhfxRPnSm8pPRPaSk0XU9MFjQ_jaDu9c2wZSPadXk8_3p4WPu4swzsB4guvW0Ob2dVg/s1600/random.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 171px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3CvI0erPMRV4bvhyuxiBTNTYpmSyMKCeedRDZtcjRRJ8IhBoLh98CM30C8S2q-N0isdu3HZuYhfxRPnSm8pPRPaSk0XU9MFjQ_jaDu9c2wZSPadXk8_3p4WPu4swzsB4guvW0Ob2dVg/s400/random.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5739614398754510018" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQQAYw0iFwBOVQLBp2N2-HAX1M5PQTcTKuMwk8UiDmUuuCq_yTy7E65fr5vj1vjP1hHNoDSTBjRUDD7y1UibxUvQdT2nZulE8NI7qHVY0oLSGR5POSb2I2dJkZIkc2YFF6Bh68Yh-2c1s/s1600/random1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 74px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQQAYw0iFwBOVQLBp2N2-HAX1M5PQTcTKuMwk8UiDmUuuCq_yTy7E65fr5vj1vjP1hHNoDSTBjRUDD7y1UibxUvQdT2nZulE8NI7qHVY0oLSGR5POSb2I2dJkZIkc2YFF6Bh68Yh-2c1s/s400/random1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5739614394868424850" /></a><br />Congrats! Please email your address to samjackem@yahoo.com.au and I'll get your prize out to you :)<br /><br />And to everyone else...stay tuned!! I have a HUGE giveaway coming up VERY SOON!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2