Lovely to see you here...

Lovely to see you here...

Saturday, August 30, 2014

Enjoying what we do!!!

Well howdy there,

Yes it has been along while & the only excuse I have for this is that my internet is jumpy as a hairy goat!!!  Sometimes it works other times it doesn't, I have since found out it's the area I live in…  Well thanks to a computer/techy mate I will be switching to a new internet provider in the very near future that is faster more data & cheaper in the long run!!!!  Woohoo!!!  Then I will be able to share with you pages etc & it will take 5mins to upload not 3hrs later still waiting… 
Now thats what I call internet service…

Right now I am sitting here enjoying my view & my company…


 This is our soon to be new room…. With my lovely Lady Melody enjoying her bed too.


Anyway much has happened in the past seven months since this post so it shall be a long post - I will share photo's of the house that has now changed!!  This is our major challenge & has it changed…  from Damp, wet, old tired looking home that had wet rot & couldn't be seen from any side due to trees…  



Trees well we had to get rid of many due to the dampness & wanting to find the house plus some went for council regulations too…
It now looks like this...

Yes that is the from that you see in the photo above this one - we put in stairs gardens & a bird feeder...


This is the front of the house & new fence.

Can't wait for all the cladding to be finished & Painted.

Yes there has been a lot of work done & still a lot to do - a huge extension out the front which is the bedrooms for Hubby myself & our girls… Plus an upstair attic or storage area…  A lovely front fence & extension out the back for a triple garage & granny flat plus out the other side a massive deck where we had 70 people for my hubbies 40th… wow & could still have more.  Also up behind the garage is a flat area with a trampoline for our girls & a set of steps leading up to that area… now to find a swing set!!!

The above is my stress issue so now onto the below which besides my Lord is my stress relief…

Stamping & misting the page worked a treat…


I only bought these papers below because I loved the layout that was completed by the company for the papers but then I added bling, banners, arrows, brads & words… Just needed some more…


Next a christmas page with Gelatos used for the background. I don't do traditional pages very well  can you tell - Oh yeah & lots of bling - do you see a pattern here??


A simple school page - cause I found it hard to do a page.


My beautiful little sis with our eldest girl when she was little.


I love the blog White With One & this was one of those layouts.


Another of my ideas popped into my head & I just went for it...


Artistic Skating - amazed at how well this worked out = yes it's in your face bright & bold.


Engagement card that I made for my Sis & future Brother in-law.


Another fun layout with sequins & my favourite stuff Texture paste...


This was another of those tries at scraplifting….hahaha can I say doesn't look to much like the original but somewhat still has those features… I found the page in a magazine… but kept going with the bling bling….


Birthday girl page I Used Scraps… yes literally scraps … Looks pretty good if I do say so myself.


Paint & bling & lace & bling lol - yes I have a problem it's called BLING!!!


A receipe challenge = bright & bling bling once again.


Texture paste - using gyprocking tape as my background stencil… Had to have white space on this page….


I kinda got carried away with the paint background - glad we have no carpet or floorboards yet hahaha there was a little paint splattered…  I even sprayed the blue lace with Heidi Swapp Mist.


Another one of those play around pages hmmm looks like I have some journalling on these pages left to do.


Another Challenge for a retreat I am heading off to in about 5 weeks - Happy Sigh I get to take my supportive family with me...


I shop online at a few stores in Australia - one being D-Lish some amazing items within this store makes for fun but I also found last month that there is a cyber crop run every month too, I haven't done one of those in over 5 years!!!  Now you are talking... so 4 challenges I got stuck into & completed now if you know me I don't do one challenge at a time but can have multiples on the go - wet paint, ink etc etc but oh so much fun....

First up a Selfie page…. Was I surprised at how many selfie photos that we actually take…
This one was taken from the weekend before as I had organised a birthday night Skate surprise party & she had no idea… of course Glitter had to be used...


Another challenge was stamping - oh fun!!!!  Bubble wrap & Texure paste with paint makes a great stamp idea…  Plus other stamps used too...


Next challenge was embellishments these all had to be the same colour so I got carried away & went blue blue & blue with yes you guessed it some blue bing…lol


This one stretched me thats for sure - scrap a non-living thing so I scrapped my daughters hand prints that she used last year to make daddy a birthday card - a nice reminder of how small she once was.


Just completed the next two pages for the retreat that I am going on….
We have challenges to do & these are those… I had to use lace, paint, foil & the word Shine.


This was White & Black with another colour, I chose Blue, Also to use a charm or cameo or two etc


I hope you enjoyed & love seeing what I am completing - I love spending time with family as this is what scrapbooking was especially for = documenting for the future generations…
So until next time enjoy your family & live each day as if it is your last.