Bout time too!

Well I have been busy Busy BUSY!!!!  

In between Skating, school holidays and our work I have found time to create but I had so many items on the go at once it was insane 15 and more in my head so it about time to share some that have been finished...

I joined this on Facebook;

Creative Pay It Forward 2013! I promise to make something handmade/homemade to the first five people who comment on this post. You must then repost this as your status and make something for the first five people who comment on your status. The rules are that it has to be homemade or handmade by you, and they must receive it before the end of 2013. It can be as easy as making a friend a cup of coffee. Who's in?

Five wonderful woman commented and I had a brilliant idea to create these thanks to Heidi Swapp!  I am her Biggest fan so I couldn't wait to get it going...  

So these are what I made;

I have fallen in Love with mini file folders - how cute are they I had so much fun!!!

 Then these little beauties...

Just so happy that I could make these for such wonderful ladies all over Australia... Posted off and so far from what I have heard they love them so I am happy!!!

Over at scrapgoodies https://scrapgoodies.wordpress.com you will find lots of goodies...lol... but on the corresponding facebook site there was this sketch;

I couldn't help it I saw a windmill...what can I say Farm Kid!!!

You can't tell but the fins on my windmill has every second one raised with double sided foam.  I even used my copic markers to make it look a bit older.  When you look at this page I am not quite sure that I am actually finished I keep tossing it about so I am pretty that I will be adding to it.

Once I get back on track and back into our normal routine when school goes back I will be able to finish all the other creations and be able to share most.

A new Day A new Addition...

What a change a few hours can actually make...

Today 17th of January we added a new addition to this house, I only made the decision last night once messaging a young lady over an add for hand raised baby cockatiels, this morning 15 minutes from home I picked out a beautiful baby boy who is 9 weeks old. A bright yellow boy that looks like and reminds me of our stunning girl TC who died at the age of 12 not long ago now. I miss her dearly - and even looking at him I remember her - she was our baby, before we had our two daughters she became part of our lives and even travelled all the way from one side of Australia to the other to live. The night she died I couldn't bear to look at her cage or even clean it. My mum did it for me. It was like I lost a child my heart broke and even now I have a few tears - how can one love an animal so much...? Well I am a dreamer and I love all animals!  When I fall in Love I fall hard in every aspect of my life this is true.

This is our little boy...

Day one done, tomorrow will be a big day for this little man - when I see if he fits into or even likes his lead. I wonder if our kittens and Clancey are going to get on when those kittens arrive!

For now Cherish the small things cause you don't know when one day they will be the Big things!

Positive...

I had chosen a word for the year back on New Years Day and whilst I was wanting to post many photos of creations I have made I cannot do so at the moment as they are all gifts or unfinished OTP's and Layouts which is starting to fester on my nerves a little. The gifts once posted to there new homes and recieved, I will then be able to show. The others well...I just have to pull out my stash from the storage cupboard and make one heck of a mess over a full weekend when we are not going anywhere or doing anything then I can finish and share!!!

So on that note my word for the year is "Positive!". I will see the positive in everything even if it destined to kill me there is still something in it to make me happy. Throw out the negative even if that means people in my life who do or have treated me badly... I want a Positive, Happy home where Family comes first under God who holds us. He will win against it ALL!!! So Positive it is no matter what is thrown my way!!!!!!!! Bring On 2013 it has got to be WAY BETTER than 2012!!!!!

Now on saying that the positive in this situation is that I have many items for family and friends even friends I have never met so it makes me happy and that was the aim of my word!

I will leave you with some photos of our new babies to be part of this house...can't wait to scrap our newest family members.!

My Royal little Princess - just have to find a name for her now. She is a Blue Pointed Tonkinese so pretty and here she was only a few weeks old. She has to fly to us from Qld so she will start her life with us clocking up some frequent flyer miles.

This is my little princess watching her brother a Chocolate Pointed Tonkinese who is also coming to this house. Their fathers name is Rascal so this will be double trouble!!!!

I don't think he likes camera's so I don't know how he is going to handle my camera in his face...lol!!!

 I will be sharing layouts & OTP's as soon as possible - I am just really excited over the new products of Heidi Swapp's from CHA...Plus Pink Paislee and a few others...Nice - Droooooling.

Chowsy for nowsy!

I have been on my second scrapping retreat!!!!

Oh wow did I learn alot on this retreat!!! I had a huge space to scrap in and I just went for it... Took way too much with me but that is what happens when I am still learning what to take, but then again if I didn't take it would you believe that would be the first thing that I need!!! I had the time of my life sleeping dormitory style like in my school days, dealing with millipeads yik! Plus meeting lots of new friends. Can't wait to attend this retreat again over the course of the coming year as it is rather close to home no flying this time unless low flying is involved...hahaha...

I completed nine layouts over the two days which for me is a lot as I normally am lucky to get three done here at home but then again those two days were no interruptions from the little ones in this house!

The first layout I completed at retreat...this page was for a challenge of spritz and sparkle - well isn't that just me??? I used PinkPaislee Mist.a.bles papers and hit is with three dylysion inks then I used a Heidi Swapp banner and title Sparkle and Shine using the same dylusion inks. Also three flowers inked too plus added bling and a Heidi Swapp sparkle heart and my page is complete. Will add journaling later.

The second layout that I created pretty quickly - photo taken last christmas - it is special when as a family we can decorate the tree together. I painted the background with Luminarte paints and used my spellbinders to frame the photo.

And lastly this one was completed for the White With One challenge site... The challenge was White with Greens + Chevron... I found the biggest chevron which was Heidi Swapp Resist paper and spritz it!! Used my new Whimsy Farm Twine, and I also changed the colour of the white Tin embellishment in the top left corner with copies. Honestly I got bogged down on the layout and literally threw it aside over night. When i got up the next morning looked at the layout that I had literally chucked aside I was happy where everything was sitting so stuck it down!

So until our crazy week slows down and I can find my desk under all the skating costumes and scrap crap that I threw on there from retreat, I can create some more and finish off projects to show you! 

Have a lovely week and find the positive in everyday and tell those you love That you Love them!

Me Quite - HA!!

Okay yes I have been quite on here but not at my scrapping mess and I have ideas galore. Four projects on the go and six more in my head - I hate that as I can't focus on one. Went to bed last night with a migraine which really didn't help me at all but I am up this morning looking at the last page in the wedding album for the in-laws...I was going to take photos today of all the pages once complete but YUK weather it has even beaten the husband on a Sunday who is building a deck for clients.

Anyway I thought I would show you my lovely stash from the states which arrived on the 22nd of October... Still haven't touched some of it but the ideas are there and one thing is really scaring me with the thought of using it. So here it is;

This huge heavy box was delivered Woohoo!!!! Forgot the dimensions and also the weight was about 17kg about 38pound... Excited you betcha!!!! This is what came in the box...

There is a huge amount here from PeachyCheap and from The Craft Channel!!! Plus other stores. I got myself a Bind it All next I am looking at a Cinch. Plus I got so much paper I haven't had a chance to touch any of this really since working on the wedding album but as soon as that is finished woohoo I am into it. Lots of Heidi Swapp stuff but my color shine didn't come as I forgot to pay for it - but with hurricane Sandy that effected everyone in the states, it is going to be slow in coming but hey better late then never!!!! The thing that is scarying me the most is the Inkadinkado stamping gear - I will be okay once I break it out of it's packet and play but until then I just look at it!!! I seem to do that with everything I buy I just look for awhile before I take to it - I have never met anyone else like this I just love to look at it...

Anyway going back to my scrapping happiness and cleaning up my desk as I am organising for the coming week where there is no breathing time for me it is so full on with a Scrapbook retreat at the end of the week!!! I am not looking forward to this I think I am too busy to the lead up to it. I haven't even organised a thing for it and I need to pack what I am doing... Looking at taking photos in albums, paper and stuff and see what takes my fancy when I get there. Don't have time to think before hand!!!!

Have a lovely week until I post pics of OTP's (yes OTP's!!!) and Pages!!! Hugs to All!!!

Almost at the end...

School holidays that is - been so much fun Tomorrow being Monday here in Australia is the last day of school holidays before the christmas break for this household as we are in a Private school we get one more day...nice! For the first time ever our eldest Princess doesn't want to go back to school as mum has made this holidays full on! Mostly we have been at The Rink well everyday except Saturdays we have been at the Rollerskating Rink mainly general sessions and then private classes...Oh my she is getting so good considering last holidays she couldn't stay up for more than 5mins then fall over. Now she only falls when trying out a new trick!!!!

 I have been enjoying it too as I have lost 1.2kg just from one week of being on my skates for 2hrs per day. Our littlest Princess was on skates today for the third time and we pushed to make through 3hrs as it is the last day that The Rink was open for the holidays. I am exhausted. Mind you in the midst of all this fun I finally got some pages completed...wow it took alot to get some done and still working on that wedding album for the in-laws 3 pages to go I reckon and then finalise it all. Almost had enough of it. Say that with a smile on my face.

 Anyway here are the pages that I completed over the last 2 weeks...Yes it took that long been doing way too much other fun stuff!!!! First up for the White With 1 Blog is my layout using the challenge criteria of White + Yellow + Stars. Thus I came up with this Layout of our two beautiful girls when the baby was just four months old! I didn't like this layout to start with but really like how it turned out - the light coloured stars are made from Texture Paint so something a little different on my Layout.

The next page completed was made especially for the 123 Challenge site with the criteria being; Word: Miss. Colour: School Bus Yellow. Technique: Use Paper Strips. I think I managed this criteria...using Heidi Swapp colour magic paper and banners - I Love Heidi Swapp she always makes me think in a different way. Banners galour I have been using they just add another dimension/element that can really suit!

Lastly for this upload is a page I was working on a few weeks ago that I wasn't happy with as it really isn't my normal style. But it is complete non the less when our littlest Princess was three months old - so okay the journalling isn't on the 3 months round journalling spot but I am still thinking on this one as she loved to watch her mobile and I want to portray that we loved to watch her.

Until I post the rest of the layouts that I have started within these two weeks for challenge site's I hope that you have a wonderful time with your loved ones and your crafting...remember to get that camera out and take photos of everyday life!!!

Sometimes it doesn't work...

Well I have been sick for the past week, started on layouts then couldn't complete because I was just so sick and tired!  I would come out to my table in our lounge room and wistfully look at my unfinished layouts moving one thing or adding something just sitting it on and then usually going back to bed.  I spent one full day on the bed not getting off and where was my mind - on scrapbooking as usual!!!  I think somedays it's all I think about - seeing cars drive past "Oh what a colour combination!" Sad but true.

Well I started with a layout that I was pushing to finish before I got really sick for the Scrapbook Boutique, the challenge - Button, buttons and more buttons - include buttons.  Well considering I am not a person who likes to go over the top this is a lot of buttons on a layout for me!!!

So I used a photo I had previously completed on a page but didn't like the overall effect so I pulled it apart and started again!  Used my Dylusion sprays and added buttons!!!!  I love this better than what it looked like before.

I had almost finished this one but then this was the night I became sick - so it just sat on the table... SFS had this challenge for this month of Blue, Yellow & Black so I came up with this page.  The Water Wheel in Augusta is one unbelievable thing when it was made back in the day.  Spent a few hours here on the beach even though it was getting rather cold.

Finally for SFS I completed this page - the challenge was the quote " Life is better when you're laughing"  I couldn't fit it all in so shortened it to work with my photo.  Plus added even when you are tired.  I have a journalling chipboard tag under the photo with the butterfly dangling from the chain.  

Anyway that is it for me at the moment I am working on a layout as I am typing this but I am not happy with it - one of those pages that just isn't really working - there isn't much I can do about it except move it around and play about... another challenge but based on a sketch this time, may have to throw the sketch out the window and just go for it!

This weekend coming is a long weekend so armed with my camera we are on a 4wd trip up past Perth to see what mischief we can get into and how many times we can get bogged in sand - I hate Sand!!!!!   So I shall sign off for now have a wonderful time no matter what comes.