The long journey which finds us here now...

Finally I made it back to here...
Grab a cuppa, get settled in, I fear this will be a long post - like a real LONG post...

It has been a long journey - our house sold in Western Australia our destination to a suburb away with a renovation was changed to a 4500 kilometre move to Queensland.  We were planning to stay in WA till christmas but one phone call meant God had other plans and we were to come home.  One main reason for the move home was to be closer to our family - we missed our loved ones dearly and after seven years away it still seems unreal, we are so used to feeling isolated from our family and friends to now being home and knowing they are there and when we need them they know just what to do.

Well we packed up a Prime-mover and trailer that my lovely big brother drove all the way across to get us, my father in-law flew over to help drive my car home which was very much appreciated!  We had the Prime Mover loaded with the work trailer and most of the furniture etc into a taut liner.

Myself & my father in-law our two daughters and the cockatiel in my car.  My hubby was driving our 4wd fully loaded with a trailer on behind carrying another car fully packed plus a motorbike and my mum was driving her ute with two kittens in plus trailer attached and all fully packed as well...  

The Nullabour where you can lie down on the road and wait for traffic to come along (this is a long LONG straight stretch = seeing cars coming from literally miles away)... Uncle and Niece taking a much deserved break.

What a drive.  What a move.  I hate that long drive across the Nullabour.  

Breakdowns along the way but we made it...

House buying!!!!  I was given 4 days to find a house and 2 weeks max to settle - well with that challenge in mind off hubby, the girls and I went...Two days later we found a house and moved in two weeks later - can you say RENOVATION!!!  Well that is when you can find the house...

A day off - we went as a family to our favourite place Australia Zoo!  Terri, Bindi & Bob were there for the school holidays - how can I say "no" when our eldest daughter looks up to Bindi and always has, plus we love all creatures.  Wonderful day!

If you ever get to come to Qld make this a must see attraction it is just beautiful!

Okay time to share all the pages that I have completed before and after this huge move...  Firstly an assortment of pages - kits with instructions from http://scrappychatdesigns.blogspot.com.au by the Beautiful Beck...(U know Beck I think your Awesome).  Some of these pages I played to suite me as I have girls and Beck has boys...lol...  So here goes the pages I have completed from her so far...

The first kit just caught my eye...!  I created two pages from my husband's photos from when he was a young man.

Heading needed!  Still working on that...

The next kit was "Friends for Life" by Renee Aslette these pages just suited more of my hubby's photos.

The April Kit release I created again two pages from this kit putting my own spin on it with the pink on both layouts...

May kit saw me being introduced to Gelato's - a new product which I have some mixed feelings about but then I need to play again and see what else I can do... what can I say it's new.  As with all things I changed these layouts to suit me but isn't that what scrapbooking is about?

I have June kit to do and I am awaiting the July kit to turn up in my letterbox - Happy girl I am.

Lastly Beck this one is for you...Thankyou it turned out beautiful!!!!!

Now for what I have been working on mostly from the moment I unpacked my scrapbooking stash which is in plastic bins under the outdoor table in our lounge room...Small House!

Our eldest daughter when she was two before we moved west...with her aunty.

Working on some of our youngest daughters photos in her albums at the moment;

Her first bath at home...

I spy Heidi Swapp papers...lol

I just completed this page last weekend and used lots of Heidi Swapp papers, stickers, hearts, mists and fussy cutting those circles from her paper...Loving the end result!!!!

Love this colour range of Heidi Swapp papers...Yummo.

Yes more Heidi Swapp mistable papers - just love that I can create to suite me.

Heidi Swapp destination papers actually suited this photo - couldn't figure out what to do with this paper and it just worked.

Okay so I am not one for bragging, but I thought I would share some pages that won a challenge or two or three...

Firstly November 2012 this page was in the winners list for http://whitewith1.blogspot.com.au Greens & Chevron...

 Also February 2013 this little beauty won the sketch challenge at http://www.scrapbooksuppliesonline.com.au for that month...woohoo

I just found out last night that this page was in the winners list on http://whitewith1.blogspot.com.au

for April...WOW that was a little of a shock I can tell you as I only showed this page to my mother in-law the week before.  My in-laws got to meet their newest granddaughter for the first time in these photos.

That is my braggity brag over... I hope I haven't bored you to death!!!

I will leave you with a taste of what I am working on and what I will show once all finished and yes it is a Heidi Swapp memory file my second ever that I am creating - Love these files going to use them for holidays, trips and some special events!

So until next blog which I assure you will be shorter - Enjoy Life, enjoy your family and find the positive in everything, everyday!

Oh I get to share before moving!!!!

I can offically share with you now some of the pages that I have completed for my In-Laws wedding album...So glad that they like it!!!!  So here it is...(lots of photos so be warned!)

All pages devoid of any writing as I am sure mum and dad can add that themselves...in otherwords personalise it.

Get me to the Church on Time

 Simple but elegant - Spellbinders made to look like lace.

The Kiss

Another simple page but somehow it worked

Used some lace and added banners.

 Our Wedding

That is all I have to share from the album - really the pages I like the best but I know mum and dad like them all!!!

Lastly I will share my mother-in-laws favourite photo from her wedding day all those years ago.  So I blew it up to a 5x7 and put it inside the back of a 12x12 canvas and started playing from there, stamping flowers making plastic flowers.    I love how this worked out for my first ever canvas OTP!

Lastly I would like to share a OTP that I made for my grandy parents...Just a bit of fun. As you can guess our family all live on the otherside of Australia so it is nice for them to see a little more.  I had fun with glimmermist's and color shine.

A little cascade of photos.

Sideways cascade and pockets

Stamping with a sideways cascade this time showing first to last photo!

Showing you just a selection of pages from the booklet.  I loved doing this!!!!

So that is it until I log in over on the otherside of Australia when we find our new home as we have not bought one and are not sure where we are going!!!  LOL - life was meant to be an adventure.

Stay safe, enjoy papercraft and your families no matter how faraway they are!

The News!!!!

I have been dying to tell you my news We are packing our house which is sold and we are moving in two weeks 4500km's from Bunbury Western Australia home to our families in Queensland on the South East Coast which means in the long run that I will not be blogging for a little while...But I will be back.  Before I hang up my scrappy apron for a little while I want to share with you the last three pages that I have completed...

So I was playing with Pink Paislee resist paper & heidi swapp as usual...Here is what I came up with.  Not sure that I am overly happy with this but it is done - I still think I can play some more - I love this photo!!!

The next two layouts are from a lovely lady from here http://beckbt.blogspot.com.au where you can buy kits with videos and instuctions and create her layouts,  I just added a little pink to both to customize them to suite my needs.  What you seen below are all her ideas but the pink flowers and details are pretty much me just adding a little extra.  The first layout needs a heading and journalling but since we are moving it is boxed so when we get a house I will be able to finish if I can find the time!

This layout is basically finished except for journalling.

I will leave you with my news that we are moving home and will get back on here all being well after I create some more layouts on the otherside of Australia.  Happy Scrapping and treasure every moment you have and the ones you love!

Challenge weekend.

Just a short post today..."Phew" I hear you say... I wasn't going to scrapbook this weekend but my stress levels suggested that I had better do something... I had printed off the this sketch and instructions from White with One which was yellow this month...

My completed layout using darker yellows and lots of Heidi Swapp mist, Banners & Background yellow paper.  

This last layout that I completed from the weekend was for Scrap Girls Retreat - there is a challenge set every weekend on their Face Book page and this time I decided to join in - so glad I did cause this was the end result.  Had to use my favourite plate (I used a dinner plate) as a template and create from there.  I manipulated the Heidi Swapp scallop banner to go around the circle plus the Primrose Pink mist in the background on the blue paper.  Love how this actually turned out didn't think it would end up this good!

I hope you have a lovely weekend and enjoy your loved ones spending time with them for be healthy & happy!

What and Easter weekend...

It all started as a Five day long weekend here thanks to the schools of WA where our children had the Friday off all the way too and including Tuesday - so going back to school Wednesday has really stuffed up my week to put it mildly, I kept thinking... that yesterday was Monday and I feel like today is Tuesday and it happens to be Thursday...Talk about fack to bront (back to front) and upside down.

Anyway I really wanted to get some layouts done and completed since my world is about to go upside down very soon and life will turn into a whirlwind which I will share with you in my next post hopefully!    I have six layouts to share with you so hold onto your britches, grab a cuppa if needed and have a snoop - let me know what you think...that would be great.

All the layouts that I completed this weekend I used Heidi Swapp Color shine - I think I have a uncontrollable addicition...hahahaha... Hi I am PrincessPammie and I have an unbreakable, uncontrollable addiciton to Heidi Swapp stuff & No I don't want to quit!!!!!!  Lots of her paper used too - I can't help myself it is just so fun and life needs to be just that - fun and not boring.

The weekend started with me just playing and coming up with this little beauty from a friends layout, which unfortunately I can't share with you as it was a paid for kit idea - but I turned it around to suite me.  Love this photo, oh stuff it I love all the photos I scrap otherwise I wouldn't scrap them would I???
This layout is of my dad & our littlest princess which he got to meet for the second time here - have I ever said "I hate living 5000 kilometers away from my family!"  Well I do it is so hard (I especially miss the outside open doors of a dairy farm, fresh air, motorbikes, etc) our family miss so much and so do we that is why I scrap so my children know they are loved.

 These next four layout's were created for scrapbooking from scratch an online store & forum in Australia where they were having an Easter Crop-a-thon.  I wasn't going to join in but so glad that I did.  Got to rip out the good old PHAFF sewing machine that was given to me - one last shot if you don't work the dump is the place that you are going...well guess what it worked...threats - well that threat worked for now.  Sewing sewing sewing oh and Heidi Swapp...

 Can't believe this page from when my little sister visited us and we went to the beach with the girls, worked as well as it did - okay so they all need journaling yet and dating but that will happen this week.  Had to use set sketches for the next three layouts.

 My photography skills - what a way to capture crawling!  Love these Heidi Swapp files that can be customised...Can you tell I cut this one in half and sewed it on?

 The whole page is Heidi Swapp every single little piece that has been used on the page is Heidi Swapp - Okay YES I am Heidi's BIGGEST FAN and thankfully Heidi knows this.

This page I followed a layout from one of her DT team members - now would you believe that I can't find the original to show with you...how slack of this Princess!!!  One big compliment to the lovely lady who did the original though - for me to scrap lift means I LOVED your page to bits - I just used less peices then the original as I usually am more of a simple scrapper.  I couldn't go past this layout and I have never really scraplifted before and love the effect that this had.

So yes that was one big post on Heidi Swapp and my last six layouts... If you would like to see all the DT members in action check out Heidi's Blog - http://www.heidiswapp.com   Heidi & her team have so many fresh ideas that have changed the scrapworld, I wake up everyday with a fresh ideas just from her 101 ideas & blog posts!

Until my next post which will have all the turbulent news that is relevant to this household and how our lives are about to turn upside down for awhile, hopefully for the best for all!  I wish you a wonderful start to April - no matter what the weather.  Remember to spend time with those you love "No Regrets!"