No More Tickles and Just Relaxing

I sometimes hate, hate, hate computers and this last week my laptop and I have not been the best of friends...I've had difficulties uploading photos etc...still having a few issues but hopefully things are now back to normal.Life is continuing to snowball out of control, thankfully I can escape into my scraproom and forget about everything in the outside world...if only for a few hours at a time.

 

One of the things I love doing most is playing with the Munchkins and that usually means lots of tickles...these are just a few of the pictures captured when I was mucking around with the little man.The inpsiration for this layout came from the talented Spinvild, using papers from 7 Gypsies and Prima products.


 

He is just such a Gorgeous Boy (Ok I know I'm Biased but seriously his to cute for his own good)...I little moment captured while he was taking a much needed break between playing in the backyard with friends.

Birthday Wish

“Each birthday is a New Beginning,
Full of Promise and Opportunity
and the
Chance to make Dreams come True.”


A little Shout Out for a Birthday Wish
from Me to You.
Hope you liked the Card and Gift.

A Few Class Layouts to Share

Just a Quick post tonight after a fairly draining weekend...on many different levels.The following two layouts are recent classes that I have taught over at Scraploot both featuring ranges of papers from Bo Bunny.

My Brother "M' and S.I.L "L" on their wedding day.I was inspired by the talented Carol Jansen for this layout, I loved what she did originally with the papers (pop over to her site to have a look at all her wonderful work)


My Little Niece being her Cheeky and Sassy self

Aussie Pride

Busy Busy Busy...I can't explain it any better, I have been working on alot of cool layouts and Beyond the Page Projects with lots of fabulous new products that have hit the shelves over at Scraploot (its like a Big Candy Store for Scrappers...Luv it!)


Another design team layout for Creative Scrappers, with a twist, since America just celebrated the 4th July, the sketch was also to include the colours red, white and blue along with the stars...so a based mine on Australia Day . The photo was taken this year at My friends Aust. Day Pool Party.

My Little Venture

Two Months ago I started a little venture, privately teaching a group of ladies...what they wanted was advanced style layouts over an 8 week course...So we have been up and running over the last 6 weeks and having the best time creating, chatting and challenging ourselves...

My darling niece at her cousins birthday (which was held at her grandmothers house) there was this lovely statue from Beatrix Potter which all the kids were facinated with...Too Cute

I loved working on this layout, I was inspired by a layout from Lady Grace and her use of Blacks/Browns and Creams.The range of papers are from Creative Imaginations...mostly the "Narrative" range. On the Chipboard elements and the papers, I have used Glimmer mist , inks and then applied Glossy Accents over the top. ( I always do my journalling after posting)



My Dear Friends and I at a recent Family Birthday. The range of papers used here are from "My Minds Eye"...such a lovely range to work with...I did some weaving of paper panels before layering the border over the top then blading off the excess...With the chipboard flower spray and Fence...I used a crackle medium, various paints and inks to achieve the result on these elements.
(Sorry the photo isn’t the best quality due to the weather at the time of taking the photo.)

Creative Scrappers Designs

Being on the Design team for Creative Scrappers has been such a wonderful experience.Each week the sketches that have been given to the design teams have been such a pleasure to work with...So a big thanks goes out to Kristine for such an amazing site and everyone else that works behind the scenes.


This was Sketch 53# designed by Deb Harper ( I also taught this as a class at Scraploot). I wanted to create a real Shabby Chic feel with this layout using the Beautiful My Minds Eye "BellaBella French Flea Market" range of Papers, Prima Crystal Swirls and lots of gorgeous laces, velvets and ribbons.The Photo is a recent one of me taken by a friend and printed onto canvas material.


Sketch 57# was designed by Sketchitout.Ive been slowly doing Layouts of my Brother and Sister-in-laws Wedding, so one of the Bridal Party was a must. The Range of Papers for this layout comes from Kaisers "Sukura Park", with a few little touches of Bling and Lace.

Frizzled and Frazzled

Have you ever felt like your being pulled in all different directions and never getting very far with everything that your trying to get done...Well welcome to my world. I have that much going on and definately feeling abit frazzled...I NEED A HOLIDAY...LOL...Ok well I've got that of my chest, so a few more Layouts for you. Hope you like them, Till Next Time.



My Nephew could not resist taking his cousins motorised Dune Buggy around the backyard when he saw it...even though it had Pink on it ("Thats for Girls!" he said) but Boys will be Boys when it comes to any sort of cars. This was a Layout that I taught at Scraploot, the girls all enjoyed it and the Monkey was definately a a nice finishing touch.



I love working with the Design Team Sketches at Creative Scrappers...and the wonderful earthy tones from the 7 Gypsies Harvest Range just complimented the sketch I had to work with. My friend "K" and I mucking around yet again at a recent dinner.


All Little Girls Love having their Hair done and "A" was thrilled with what her Aunty "R" did ...a Cool Funky Hair Do which she loved. This was another Class at Scraploot featuring Kaiser Papers, Bling and Glimmer Mist.

Bella's Little Sister Ruby Rock-IT

I know its been absolutely ages since my last post...Thanks to all the emails and messages that I have received, I have been well but Life has continued to be extremely busy in all areas of my Life. Between my fulltime job, my classes at Scraploot which are continuing to go well, I have also started teaching an Advanced course focusing on different techniques and styles , so yes some weeks have been really caotic. My Dear Friend "H" had her 40th Birthday, family celebrations and a few weekends away, all have added to a very busy couple of months.

A while ago Sue the owner of Scraploot asked me to put together some samples for the Bella Product showcase at the store, it hadn't been released yet and I was amazed at the awesome new release for Bellas Little Sister "Ruby Rocket-IT". The following 4 layouts are from the "Vintage Beauty" Range.



My Niece and I at her 3rd Birthday Party playing around with lots of L aughs and Giggles.


My Godchildren and I hadn't had any photos together for ages so, so with a camera near by and all of us being in a silly mood.... alot of cool candid photos followed.



Four years ago my whole family came together and celebrated my nephews Christening, the years have flown by, but this is still one of my most cherished photos with my Little Man.


He Is ...Gorgeous, Smart, Cheeky, Reflective and very Loving. He Is my Nephew.

Everyday is Something to Cherish

WOW… We are already at the beginning of May, so with that another new challenge over at White with 1.

Here is the criteria for the Month of May...

White - dominant colour
with 1 - Olive Green
with 1 - Birdies



This was my Layout for the Design Team,hope this inspires some beautiful Layouts as there are some great Prizes on offer.

Precious Moments

It's that time again for another Layout for Creative Scrappers and WOW what a great Sketch it was to work with.Pop over to the site and have a look at all the other amazing layouts that the girls did, so many different takes.




A couple of months ago I was asked to do the photography at a Christening, this was one of the Photos of Little "A" and her Mum "G". I've used the new range "Garden Arabesque" from Kaiser, with a touch of lace and some lovely pearls.

Birthday Girl

Happy Birthday My Gorgeous Girl.
Well my Niece turned 3 years old yesterday...and what a Wonderful day it was.Lots of balloons, games, presents, laughter and fun...as well as the requested Barbie Cake (I was up till midnight finishing it off...thankfully she loved it).We all had a Fabulous day and the Birthday girl in her words said "I had the BESTEST DAY"...Hugs and Kisses to You Darling Girl.

Some Silliness and A Princess

Dancing around the backyard or pulling faces for the camera, either way, fun photos to scrap.With both the layouts I've used one main photo then used a few other small ones to tell the story.

On a different note, a dear friend of mine became a grandma for the first time, Big Congrats on your New Bundle of Joy.


My friend "M' and I mucking around and doing what we normally do...acting like complete fools...but having alot of fun in the process. I've used the Brand new papers from Kaiser "Marrakesh" and based the layout on Sketch 48# from Creative Scrappers


The little Princess dancing around my backyard showing off her new dress...I have used other photos from this day on other layouts but I have wanted to one off her twirling...they were too cute not to scrap.I've used a Beggahuna sketch for this layout...Love her Work

Superstar

A fabulous week coming off the Easter break.The Munchkins went to their First Royal Easter Show and WOW did they have the best time. From Rides to the wonderful displays, showbags and of course feeding the Farm yard animals, their senses were on overload. I've been busy picking new goodies for the next round of classes and I'm starting a new Little Venture soon (I will be posting about that at a later stage...but it's very exciting)



Well the girls have been the focus of alot of layouts recently so I thought My Little Man needed a look in...To Me, He is my Little Superstar, from the funny things he says to the quirky things he does...and his reasoning behind it.I've used Rusty Pickle papers and the stars are made of felt with Rafta string sewn onto them...and of course alot of hand cutting LOL.

She's Got Style

Wow when these papers came out from 7 Gypsies I couldn’t wait to do a layout. This fabulous photo of my God-daughter “E” was perfect. She’s sixteen has a beautiful soul and has a quirky teen attitude.

This was created for Creative Scrappers Design Team Sketch 47#...Just Love their fabulous sketches…always a pleasure to work with.

Happy Easter 2009 and a few Layouts

Happy Easter to One and All...and what a Fabulous Day it was! Lots of Eggs for the Easter Egg Hunt (that the Munchkins had so much fun trying to find), too many Yummy Chocolates to eat, a festive Lunch and alot of great laughs...I'm definately enjoying the 4 Day Mini-Holiday, after a crazy stressful week at work.

The following two layouts are from recent classes that I have taught at Scraploot.


A layout of Me and what I Am. I've used one of my all time favourite paper ranges from Basic Grey "Scarlett Letter", and for something different I glued down all the little glass beads individually on the swirls, definately a long process but I love the effect.



My Darling Niece wearing my Sun-glasses, these are now no longer as well as a few other favourite pairs, but I can't say no to her as she loves wearing them, she is such a girl and the photos of her are priceless.

Cute as a Doll

Work is continuing to be extra busy, I have completed lots of Layouts and Off the Page projects for upcoming classes at Scraploot, so I gladly welcomed a 3 Day Long weekend with the Munchkins...From Friday to Sunday we all had so much Fun doing all the cool stuff kids love (and Aunts as well hahahaha)...from jumping on a Jumping Castle, Climbing up a 2-storey Slide, playing chasings, the list goes on...A Fantastic Weekend with the Munchkins equaled to alot of Sore Muscles...LOL...




This is My Dear Friends Daughter "A"...and with lots of Family and Friends, we all helped celebrate her 5th Birthday...Hugs and Kisses to You Darling Girl.

Friends

A New Month and a New Colour over at White with 1...so for the Month of April the challenge is:

White : Dominant Colour
With 1: Coral
With 1: Journal on the Photo



My dear friend "L" and I at a recent Party...and there is a little story behind this layout...Way back when I started teaching "L" was in my first class, from there she started following me ( only joking)...together we plodded along me the teacher, "L" the avid scrapper...as many of you know I then taught a Black Album Series as well as a White Album Series of Layouts...which "L" loved coming to (never missing a class)...so my friend this White Layout is for You...

So Worth Remembering

As I mentioned in a previous post, all the girls that I had been teaching over the last 2 years gave me a wonderful Farewell Dinner, and when you get alot of scrappers together, there is always alot of photos. So this layout has my dear friend "H" and I ...and yes Girls there will be more layouts to follow with each of you in them hahahahhaha.



This layout was created for the Design Team at Creative Scrappers...featuring the lovely papers from Dream Street.

It's the Little Moments

I've always had a special bond with both the Munchkins...and with my Darling Niece...well she has her special brand of Kisses for Me, when she gets Super excited...She Bites Me...Yep Little Bites that have sometimes left bruises, it's the ongoing joke in the family, and there is not to many places where has hasn't bitten Me. Love Ya My Special Girl.


This Layout was for a class over at Scraploot...as always is was alot of fun. The inspiration came from a Sketch by Beggahunna(one extremely talented lady)


A Few Close-up Shots

Family Wedding

As many of my friends know I come from a very Big Family, so when a Wedding comes around we all look forward to it. Over the weekend, the Sydney Clan (as we all affectionately call it) all travelled down to Canberra to help celebrate my cousin Katarinas Wedding Day. A Fabulous Night of Dancing, catching up with everyone and of course lots of food and drinks (there definately would have been many sore heads this morning).



The past week was an extremely busy one with work, so no layouts for this week, but I have been designing new layouts for upcoming classes and the design teams I'm on, so pop back later in the week.

Love is All You Need

It's that time again for another fabulous Sketch over at Creative Scrappers. This time the sketch was provided by Jodie Kautzner...it's one of those designs that can be used so many different ways... so pop over to the site to have look at all the other great layouts from the talented design team.


A Few Snapshots of my Brothers and Sister-in-Laws Wedding day.I have used the "Bittersweet" Range from Basic Grey which is still one of my favourites, Creative Imaginations Lace paper and some intricate Lace with ribbon entwined.


A Few Close-up Shots

In Life...There Are No Ordinary Moments

After nearly 2 months off from Teaching... I taught my first class at my Wonderful new home of Scrapping....Scraploot...What a fabulous night it was.The class was fully booked, a lovely welcome from Sue and Craig (thanks so much)and a chilled glass of champagne for all the girls (definately a bubbly bonus)...it was a night full of laughs, lots of chatting and yes everyone got their layout finished by the end of the night.

A Special Thanks to everyone that attended my first class.


Lace, Beads, Pearls and Beautiful papers by My Minds Eye...it cant get better than that...Of course added into the equation is lots of dimension and distressing, LOL...I have used these Pictures of my dear mother recently on another layout but they were a perfect match for these papers and the feel that I wanted to create.


A Few Close-up Shots

Full of Wonder

Yes Baby's are definately full of Wonder, Hope and Dreams...the picture is of my Super Cute nephew way back when he was 6 months old.

This is my Layout for the Design team at White with 1.
The Criteria for February's Challenge is:
White - Dominant Colour
with 1 - Navy
with 1 – Stars.
So pop on over to the site, have a look at all the other great Design team layouts, be inspired then enter your own layout as there are some great prizes on offer for the winning layouts.

On a different note...I Had a fabulous week, Celebrated my eldest Brothers Birthday, caught up with friends and had Brendas 4oth Masquerade Birthday Bash...To say it was a Huge night would be an understatement,Great Food,Fabulous Masks,Plenty of Drinks,Laughs and Lots of sore feet from all the Dancing....the night (well early morning really hahahaha)ended up with alot of us around the pool...feet in water chatting away.

Creative Scrappers Sketch #40

Holding a Sweet Baby is always such a Wonderful Experience...This is my Dear Friends Baby Boy "N"...in this photo he is 3 months old and now is growing up so very fast...He is such a delight to his entire family.I created this Layout for Creative Scrappers with the sketch designed by Deb Harter, using "My Minds Eye" range of Papers...Pop on over to Creative Scrappers to have a look at all the other awesome layouts that have been completed by the design team.

White with 1 Design Team

Some more Exciting News to Share..I’m joining the Design Team at White with 1. This is a Fantastic site with a Twist. Each month a monthly challenge is set, Layouts must contain the basic colour scheme of white…1 other colour and 1 other requirement…this could be an element, technique, product type etc…So for great alternative inspiration (and there is certainly lots)…pop over and have a look.


A Few  Layouts where I have used White with 1.

Celebrations

I normally don't post the double layouts that I do but I was really pleased with the way these came out and each one has alot of great memories attached to them.


Mothers Day 2008...My mother is definately a woman of strength and great love.She has been through so much saddness and difficulties throughout her life but she has always put her family first...Thankyou Mum


A few Snapshots of our New Years Eve Party...earlier in the night that is hahahahahaha.(Sorry the photos aren't to clear I had alot of reflection when taking the photos)


Way back when we were kids my parents always hid our Easter Eggs around the yard on Easter morning...so of now course with my niece and nephew the tradition continues...as well as a few other gifts as well.


My eldest Brothers Wedding Day...its hard to believe that it was nearly 9 years ago.


Celebrating the memory of ones life is as important as Cherishing the Life we Live now...so this double layout is a Special one that I created for my Dad.

Snapshot of a Good Life

After playing at the park all morning, we got back to my home with very very dirty feet. So I filled up this very Big Blue Bucket and told my nephew and niece to take of their shoes...before I knew it they had stripped down to nothing thinking they were having a bath...So I thought why not the weather was hot...I have never heard the both of them Laugh and Giggle so much before, they thought it was so much fun.Then the Bubbles came out...they went everywhere, all over the pavers, chairs, table, my dog and of course ME.

A Snapshot of a Good Life...most definately.


This is my Layout that I have created for Creative Scrappers.It's Sketch #38 by the Deanne Burton. I have used the Heidi Swapp "Dream Dining Room" range of Papers,Creative Imaginations Rubons and the Crystal swirls are from Prima.

Farewell Dinner

What can I say but WOW WOW WOW...what a Fabulous Night. As I have mentioned before I will start teaching at Scraploot from March (can't wait)...and with that exciting new venture another one closes...So the Wonderful Girls that I have been teaching for the last 2 years organised a Huge Farewell for Me and it ended up being a double Farewell as my dear friend "B" was also saying Good-Bye...What a Great Way to Celebrate...From the food and drinks to the laughs and reminising...I was very Humbled by the Wonderful Night that had been organised,the Beautiful Handmade Card and the Gorgeous Box of Flowers (Red of course hahahaha) that I was gifted with..My Speech that followed was one full of Laughs and yes a few Tears...To the girls that organised the Night itself,the Invites, Card and Flowers ...Thankyou so Very Much...and to all my Dear Friends Thankyou for making it such an Awesome Night...HUGS to You All..
A Few Photos of the Night

1461 Days Ago...

1461 days ago, a Special Little Baby Boy entered the world, to the absolute delight of his new parents and his new extended family...I can still remember the first time I held my nephew...our close bond began right then and it still remains...4yrs on...His growing up too fast but Oh He is such a Darling...affectinate, smart, cheeky, energetic and an unbelievable memory...Happy Birthday to Ya (as he would say).


After spending a day scrapping with my friend Carol and seeing her design I needed to lift it, this is my spin on her lovely design.

Catching Up

It's been a while since I've posted some layouts but with being back at work and getting back into a routine, I'm slowly catching up. The weekend has been great, a Birthday Party for the Little Man and two great Pool parties with friends
(just suffering some very sore muscles from Pool Volley Ball)

The following 3 layouts are the last few that I was'nt able to teach, but I can tell you that all my new designs for Scraploot are all finished and I will be posting a few sneak peaks before my classes begin...Thanks to all the wonderful emails and messages that I have received, see you all soon.


For those that know me well they will not be surprised by this layout, very monochromatic and yes Very Red...its a layout that I just had to do.
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Playing around in the backyard, just chatting away and caught on camera.


These photos are a few of the outtakes that were taken on my Nieces birthday last year. Inspiration for the layout came from a designer at Scrapbook.com (sorry I can't remember who it was).All 3 layouts feature ranges of paper from Basic Grey