My Little Bratz Girl

I've been wanting to try being a bit more arty on my layouts, with painting on them and this is the result. I love that BoBunny paper that I used as the base and it was really hard to paint straight onto it! I almost threw it away because it looked so crappy after I painted on it, but I persevered and now I love it! The other papers are Imaginisce and are so gorgeous. I have heaps more of it so will be doing some more pages with it soon. This page is about when Em had her little friend sleep over and they were being 'Bratz' and doing all of these 'model' poses for me. They played Singstar for hours that night and watched Mama Mia and High School Musical. So cute and girly! At the moment her current obsession is Twilight and look what we found today...

I had to stop in at the shops after I picked the kids up from school and right at the front of Target was a rack of Twilight t-shirts. Em saw this one that says Team Edward and hung onto it the whole time we walked around. It's a ladies size small but when she tried it on it was actually quite a good fit so of course I had to buy it for her. She is planning to wear it to her free dress day this week so that should be interesting.

Looking For A Tip? - Kaisercraft Layout

I know I've put this page on here before, but it is on the Blossies blog at the moment along with a tip for applying bling flourishes. Click here to check it out.

Kaisercraft Grandiose Layout

Wow, this week has gone so quickly. I cant belive it is school holiday time again next week! I have been doing plenty of scrapping, although not much that I can show just yet as it all needs finishing. I can show you this layout using Kaisercraft Grandiose papers though, which is based on the Kaiser June Simple Plan.

When I saw the sketch I was a bit unsure because it is so different from my usual style, and then I chose the papers I liked the least to use, just in case I ruined it,but I love how it turned out! And now I love, love, love those papers! Isn't it weird how that happens? I have had those photos sitting around for about 2 years so it was great to finally scrap them. If you want to see some other takes on the sketch, click here or check out the Kaisercraft newsletter.

I've Been Tagged!

I've been tagged by Christine and Heidi to answer these questions and then tag 8 others! Both these girls have awesome scrappy blogs so be sure to check them out! Here goes...

Q1. What are 8 things you look forward to:

1. Weekends at home when we dont have to go anywhere and can just bum around all morning in our pj's.

2. Friday night Movie Nights with the kids. The 3 of us snuggle up on the couch together (Mummy in the middle of course) with a bowl of popcorn and watch a movie of their choice.

3. Having a cup of tea as soon as I wake up, followed by a cup of coffee.

4. Listening to the kids tell me about their days when I pick them up from school in the afternoon.

5. Scrapping time when the kids are in bed.

6. Christmas (and I dread it at the same time!)

7. Moving to our new house.

8. Winter. I am loving it right now!

Q2. What were 8 things you did yesterday:

1. Slept through my alarm. (again!)

2. Kept Em home from school because she had a tummy ache.

3. Did craft with Em and showed her how to use watercolour pencils.

4. Two loads of washing.

5. A bit of scrapping.

7. Got some groceries.

8. Stayed up way too late.

Q3. What are the 8 things you wish you could do:

1. Take awesome photos.

2. Afford a cleaner.

3. Buy a new camera.

4. Win lotto. (I never actually put it on though, so I guess that'll never happen!)

5. Get rid of Jacks asthma. I'm still hoping he'll grow out of it.

6. Travel.

7. Be more organised.

8. Find more hours in the day.

Q4. Name 8 things or shows you've watched lately:

1. The Mentalist

2. Better Homes and Gardens (Jacks favourite show)

3. ABC Kids

4. Desperate Housewives

5. CSI

6. Greys Anatomy

7. Twilight (again)

8. Arthur and the Invisibles

And this is who I'm tagging - Tina, Kris, Vicki, Carla, Sarah, Mandy, Ikamphuis, Tracy. Have fun! I'm looking forward to reading all your answers!

Caution - Extremely Long Post

Well, I have been so busy lately and have not had time to post much on here but will make up for it now!

Friday before last Emma had a farm excursion to Paradise Country Farm, which is behind Movieworld. I'll tell you now, DO NOT go there! It was really disapointing and not what I expected at all. When Jack was in Year 1 they went to a different farm and got to bottle feed goats, milk a cow, feed pigs and get a very hands on experience which he loved. This place was not really hands on at all and Em told me a few times she was bored and could we go home now! There was one cute part where some sheep ran down this little ramp up onto the stage and then there was a sheep shearing demonstration but it was kind of downhill from there. I did get a few cute photos, and I let Em run around with my camera taking photos for a while so she enjoyed that. (and I got a few interesting photos there, Lol, like extreme close ups of her friends faces and pics of the dirt.)

After the farm trip we headed up to Bribie for the weekend, but it rained so I didnt even get to take any good photos. Last Monday was my birthday (eek!), and mum made a yummy dinner for me. I got lots of nice pressies, but the best was a ticket to the PINK concert from my brother. He is such a sweetie! And my Nan got me a rose plant called the Samantha Rose, and I'm really hoping it survives as I dont have a green thumb at all!

And this is a handmade card I got from my sister-in-law Kirsten. I just love that border punch with the candles and I think I am going to have to hunt one down!

Jack and Em had their school disco on Friday night and Emily had a new dress made by mum, and had asked me to do her hair in plaits so it would go "all wavy". She though she was just the most stunning thing ever and had a great time dancing non stop. Jack spent most of his time running in and out of the boys toilets with his friends and getting up to mischief, although I did see him have a bit of a groove at one point when the song he requested came on.



Yesterday we went for a BBQ at Wivenhoe with Patricks family and the kids had a ball running around with their cousin. I even got some cute photos of the cousins with their granny and grandpa, although Jack was in a mood and wasnt very co-operative.



And of course I have been scrapping! I have been working on a few things for the Fancy That retreat which I cant show just yet but here is a bit of a sneak peak...

There are still a couple of places left for the retreat so if you are thinking of going to one, then I can tell you now, this one is going to be awesome! Click here for more details.


Finally, here is a layout I did for Blossies about Jack being such a little scaredy cat. He really didnt want to go on this haunted house ride but Em talked him into it. Just look at the fear in his eyes! I kept it pretty simple and then wrapped some of our halloween cobwebs around it.

Little Girls are Magic

I just finished this layout for the Legends of Scrap competition over at Scraps of Us. The theme for this round was to create a magical layout. Well, I kind of did a magical themed page for the last round, so I didnt want to do the same thing again, so I thought I'd scrap this photo of Emily and her cousin dressed up as fairies. I wanted to keep it fairly simple because it's such a cute photo and I didnt want to take away from that. I used these Crate Paper and Basic Grey papers that I've been wanting to use for ages, and Kaisercraft paper for the title, as well as plenty of Kaisercraft bling. The little stamps are Imaginisce and I just love them, so it was a good excuse to use them again. I cant believe that I've made it to Round 4 of the competition, and I'm hope, hope, hoping that I'll make it into Round 5. Keep your fingers crossed for me!

Win Big With Kaisercraft!

Sound good? Then click here.

Cute as a Cup Cake! - Kaisercraft Sugar Sugar

I havent had a chance to really update my blog lately, but here is a sneak peek of a layout I did the other day using the Kaisercraft Sugar Sugar range of papers. Those cute cupcakes just beg to be cut up and decorated, and I just had to title this page "Cup Cake" because that is one of the little nicknames I have for Em. There is a pull out tag behind the photo which will have journalling on. I'll be teaching this as a class at Blossies on the 4th of July.

Well, that's all for now. I will update with a longer post tomorrow sometime. Right now I'm off to watch the rest of The Mentalist for my weekly perv on the gorgeous Simon Baker!

Check this out!

A little while ago I found a great online site called Scraps of Us. The girls on the forum are really friendly and there is heaps of inspiration and ideas, and sketches and competitions, so if you get a chance, make sure you check it out and join up!

Published Layout

This is a layout I did about a year ago which has just been published in this months Scrapbooking Memories. The colours seemed to come out looking a bit wishy washy in the mag but they are actually really bright. Mum was NOT impressed that there was a photo of her on it. Lol.

Sick...

The three of us have been sick with the dreaded flu. No, not swine flu! Just the regular sort, but it is bad enough. Jack has been doing it the toughest though, because it's flared up his asthma again. I took this photo when he was sitting out in the lounge, using his neb. He'd only been on it for a minute and then he just drifted off to sleep. He'd been coughing and wheezing all night so it was nice to see him finally get some rest.

I Love Kaisercraft Bling!

I put this page together for a challenge at Scraps of Us. The challenge was to create a page with a handmade tree, flowers and bird. Well, I was totally stumped but decided to give it a go last night, and then ended up getting totally carried away with it! I'd pretty much finished it but it kind of looked like it was missing something, until I pulled out my stash of Kaisercraft Bling! Then I got really carried away! I love that stuff, even though I'm not a really blingy scrapper. So I've spent the last little while blinging up this page, with a chicken sitting on my lap. (Got to be careful using bling around her as she loves to eat it!) As soon as Em saw the finished page she claimed it for her room. Typical girl, she loves anything with bling on it! Hope everyone is having a lovely scrappy weekend!

Another Black and White Layout!

This one's not as busy as the last two but I do like how it turned out. Love that boy, he really is my little Super Star!

The papers I used are Kaisercraft, Bo Bunny, 7 Gypsies and Fancypants, and the star and word is Bella.

Another Layout with Kaisercraft, Bella and BMPS

I have had this photo for years but have never scrapped it! Little Miss Emily is about 18 months old here. Didnt have much hair, did she? Jack at this age had a full head of golden curls! I love this photo though...reminds me of how sweet she used to be! (She still is sweet, just with a whole lot of attitude thrown in these days!)

I've used Kaisercraft papers, Bella, Fancypants, Black Market Paper Society and 7 Gypsies papers, and Bella chipboard buttons, word, journalling blocks, butterfly and flower. I love how all the different brands go together so well - using black and white is my new fave thing at the moment!

She's Got Attitude!

She's got attitude, this girl of mine. Too much of it and she's only 6 years old! I'm hoping this is just a little stage she is going through and will be back to my sweet little princess soon. If this is a sign of things to come, then I'm definately not looking forward to the teens!

For this layout I've used Kaisercraft, Bella and 7 Gypsies papers. I usually tend to scrap using the same range but with using just black and white papers, you really cant go wrong. And the little chipboard skull, I was saving to do a pirate page for Jack but I just couldnt resist using it on this layout. It just suited it perfectly!

My Minds Eye Layout

The colours came out a bit weird in this photo for some reason but they are actually quite nice. I've had these photos sitting around for ages so it was good to finally scrap them!

A Layout and an Award!

This is a layout I did the other day for Fancy That. It's part of a kit which contains instructions for that layout and 2 others, and it is awesome value.

And I got this cute blog award from Heidi. She always has lots of gorgeous scrappy stuff on her blog so be sure to check it out!

Now to pass it on....The Renee Award was created by Bella and Cesin honor of their friend Renee. In Bella's own words: "this is a brand new award and I have the pleasure and honor of spreading the seed, watching it grow. I hope it finds it's way to those who are like Renee: the acorn, a small package becoming a tall and sturdy oak, giving more acorns, becoming tall and sturdy oaks, giving acorns..."There are no "rules" for claiming this award, but I would suggest the following:Thank the person who nominated you for the Renee Award.Click on the picture above to see it larger, then download it and post it on your blog.Mention the person who nominated you and link back to their blog.Nominate others to receive the award. Comment on their blogs to let them know you nominated them.

I'm giving my awards to Carla, Tracey and Lien. Be sure to check out their blogs!

Movieworld, Layouts and Crazy Rain

Well, we've been so busy the last week! On the weekend we went to Movieworld with Katrina and the kids and we had an absolute ball! We got there for when it opened and left when all the rides had been turned off. Em was a little daredevil as usual and had heaps of rides on the rollercoaster. The she decided to get wet running around in the water fountains in the only clothes I had brought for her. She was already wet by the time I realised so I just let her have her fun. She ran around in it for over an hour! Jack decided to play it safe on the kiddy rides as usual. My camera battery went flat by lunchtime but at least I got a few photos.

I also did my first cybercrop over the weekend over at Enchanted Scrapbooking and it was really fun! I actually got 3 pages scrapped, which is pretty good, seeing as I wasnt home much on the weekend. Here are a couple of them.



And on the way home from work today I decided to get the kids early, becuase of the rain, and discovered that the roads around the school were blocked because of all the rain and flooding. When I finally got around and picked the kids up, it took us over an hour to get home, for what is usually a 5 minute drive. The parks we usually go to were completely under water and looked more like rivers, and so many roads were flooded, so it looks like the little darlings will be getting a day off school tomorrow. Poor Chickie looked like a drowned rat when I got home so she is spending the night snuggled up in her bed in the bathroom. I can't stand the thought of her sleeping outside in weather like this. She is one spoilt chook.

A Couple of Layouts...

Just a couple of layouts. This Easter one is for a kit at Fancy That Scrapbooking. Everthing is provided in the kit - papers, embellishments and instructions and it is awesome value. There are heaps of other kits available too, although only limited numbers of each one.

And today I got my copy of Scrapbook Creations with this layout of Daisy in it! Still new to having things published, I wonder if the novelty will ever wear off!

You Have To See This!

Mum showed me this clip on YouTube last night of Susan Boyle singing on Britains Got Talent. Apparently the whole world has heard about this but I hadnt seen it til last night, and it is just amazing! I mean, everyone laughs at her when she comes out on stage and just assumes she has no talent, but boy, does she blow everyone away! I have to admit, my jaw kind of dropped when she started singing because you just dont expect that. I love how the looks on the judges faces changes. It is just awesome! And her personality just cracks me up! Love how she does that little stompy dance at the end! So hilarious! I hope she wins.