Week 43 - Scary

Day 30

this week's prompt is: sCaRy!
what scares you, tell a scary story, a halloween tale, a scary picture...anything scary!

A nice simple card this week, printed this picture from google images, my ink is running out but i left it as i think it adds to the style of the card.
I cannot sit through a horror movie at all, they freak me out totally.




Josh has decided that he needs to work on getting fit and would like a 'sixpack' and mum (me) needs to fit back into last years summer clothes again. So today we started walking, it will be a nightly (when we can) walk. We have a park nearby (about a 10 minute walk) that has a fitness track so we will walk to the park and do the lap of the fitnes track then walk home again.
By christmas I hope to have a flat tummy again!!

Thats about it for tonight.

Cheers

Weekend wrap up

Day 29

What a weekend, Saturday afternoon we dropped the boys of in various locations and got dressed up to head of to Johns work function. The Outback Adventure! His company booked the whole place out just for staff, partners and customers!
The show was so cool, we werent able to take photos inside the arena, spook the horses apparently, did get a couple of us in our cowboy hats outside though, havent got them uploaded as yet.
The meal was nice and there was enough of it to fill me up. Whilst it was a good night out, and I had a great time, I dont think that if I had to pay for it I would go.

Sunday we headed of to the AGM for football and the sports club, a tad boring and long, but necessary.

Got some layouts done over the last few days all for challenges at KSK.







We had a huge storm last night, with lots of RAIN!!!! It is still raining today, its so good!!! Hope we get lots more of it!

Cheers

The mojo just keeps flowing

I thought that after a weekend full of scrapping that I might be a bit flat mojo wise this week, but its the opposite, its flowing like a tap, its awesome.

Week 42 of Deck of Me! wow only 10 weeks to go, hasnt the year just gone by so fast!!
this week's prompt is: a grateful week
summarise, pick one thing, record every day, photos, words, art. be more grateful this week for the little things!

I decided to go with this week, filled in the first 2 days and will write what I am grateful every night.


123 challenge
The criteria for October is...

Criteria One: 6x8" photo given by Raquel.
Criteria Two: Pink Chipboard Letters given by Ronnie.
Criteria Three: Hearts given by Kelly.

The word over at One Little Word this time around is Believe.


Hoping that this mojo sticks around and I can get some more layouts done this week.

Cheers

But wait theres more...

Day 23


After spending 3 days locked away from the world in my scraproom (ok I was hiding from the boys and their mates too lol) I managed to get some serious scrapping done.
As you know from the last post there was a Cats away weekend of challenges at KSK. I managed to get 10, yes 10!! layouts done in the three days!! How amazing is that, the most I have scrapped for along long time!!
5 I showed you in the last post, here are the last 5....

Donna Hooper challenge - favourite place



Kim Allard challenge - overlap 2 or more photos



Donna Hooper challenge - tribute to someone special (a non family member)
I have left the journaling of this one to post, because I dont wish to share it at this point.



Kim Arnold challenge - make a shape with brads.








I had a quiet day today, kids back at school (pupil free days arent really necessary are they?) so it was nice and peaceful. I didnt scrap anything lol had coffee with a great friend this morning, then just lazed around doing not alot.
About to get into some more scrapping now, loving that the mojo is flowing so well lately.
Hope everyone had an awesome weekend!!

Cheers

Cats away challenges

Day 21

I mentioned yesterday about the Cats away challenge weekend happening over at KSK. It has been so much fun and I havent scrapped this much in ages!

Donna challenge #1 Use a cd cover as inspiration.

This is the cover that i got my inspiration from...


This is the layout that I happened



Ange challenge #1 - Use only paper



Donna challenge #2 share a secret


Kim Allard #1 Go single, Use 1 photo, 1 piece of CS, 1 piece of PP, 1 word and 1 digital element only


Kim Allard challenge #2 Use the sketch (the sketch was done by Kim's daughter Courtney)




There are still lots more challenges left to do and the cut of isnt until midnight Monday, so come on over and join in the fun as well as get some major scrapping done!!

Cheers

Whilst the cat's away!

Day 20

This weekend the girls from KSK (well some of them) are down in Tassie at the yearly retreat. Having an awesome time by the sounds of things scrapping and chatting - ok well they should be scrapping lol
While they are away the DT girls that didnt go have set up some awesome weekend challenges and games, its going to be lots of fun so head on over there and check it out.

This fortnights challenge at Everyday Garbage was to use up those bits and pieces from your handbag that we all have piling up in there!
This is my layout for the challenge, have used piece of notepaper, bits of a broken hairclip and the two tags are those thingys (yep its a word) from the chip packets, which i covered with PP.



This one is another layout for my DT technique challenge over at Scraptastic South West, Alter chipboard. Used BG papers and letter stickers and Scrap FX chipboard.



Now im going to bury myself in my scrap room and get lots of scrapping done hopefully!

Cheers

What do I actually do all day....

Day 18

Am I the only one that has been flat out busy all week, but with things that arent all that newsworthy? Im sure Im not..
This week has been like that. Looking after a baby again after 9 years of course takes a big chunk out of my day and Im so out of the habit of working the housework around looking after her.
All 3 boys have started a footy clinic so regular trips up to the footy club are back again, much sooner than I expected.

Have had a few afternoons this week with Donna, love sitting having a chat with this girl. If you havent checked out her blog recently you need to head on over there and check out what she has been doing. I gave her some of my photos a few days ago just to play with her talented editing skills and WOW the results are amazing! She made me look fantastic, love ya girl!

A few more layout
s for over at KSK




Cheers

Magic carpet

Day 16

Just a quick post tonight..

My Deck of me card... Magic Carpet - where would you get it to take you?
I would want to go to some tropical island paradise where I have nothing to do but sit around, soak up the sun and swim to my hearts content.
Photo came from a travel brochure.



layout I got done today for a challenge at KSK.


Cheers

Fun family and friends

Day 14

Its been a great weekend, we haven't done anything special, i'm just enjoying the not having to be anywhere for sport. We sleep late, do what we want, lots of good family time.

Josh went of for another job interview, he is a little young for this one, but they were impressed that he has his parents backing and will let him know in 3 weeks.

Got to scrap some over the last couple of days, this one for a challenge at KSK. A fun layout abut being the mum of teenage (and pre teen) boys!



and this one for the current word 'Gone' over at One little word.


Lynnie popped in on her way home from class yesterday for coffee, was great to catch up, been ages since futsal finished and we saw each other. Miss ya girl.

Yesterday hubby copied all my photos waiting to be printed onto cd's and I went a ordered them. I picked them up today, over 800 photos!!
Alot of them are of footy season but still tons and tons of photos to now sort through and put into dates ready for scrapping. Stay tuned should have some new layouts soon!

Cheers

The weekend looms

Day 12

Another layout that I got done this week, this for the monthly challenge at KSK.



Hopefully I will get a chance to work on some more over the weekend.

Have a great weekend

Cheers

Thursday

Day 11

Not alot to report babysitting is going well, little miss Kayleigh isnt a perfect baby but she isnt difficult either, still enjoying it so far lol.

Not doing much scrapping at the moment either not used to having a baby in the house again lol. Did get this one done though.
For the sketch challenge over at KSK.



cheers

Week 40

Day 9

This week on Deck of me the prompt is
' Not anymore'
what is not anymore in your life, how are you not anymore, how is it not anymore?

For me it is glasses, I am so glad that someone out there invented contact lenses they make my life so much easier.
As a teenager, and well into my 20's I wore glasses and not some of the cute trendy styles you can get now. These huge round bright blue glasses. Apart from the typical name calling from school kids they continually got broken when I played sport. I love my contact lenses!


This is the gorgeous little girl that I now look after 3 days a week. She was such a good girl for me yesterday and as you can see there were plenty of giggles and smiles!


A update on josh and his interview....what happened was on the Saturday he went down to mini golf to ask If they had any jobs, he was told to come back on the Sunday at 3pm. He did that as I mentioned and spoke to the manager (poor kid was petrified). They dont have any jobs available at the moment, but they kept his resume and told him to keep coming down to check.
He was so disappointed...the first of many rejections to come my big boy!

Holidays are over!!

Day 7

The boys go back to school tomorrow!!! As much as I have enjoyed the sleep ins, the not rushing them around for different school activities and making sure everything is ready for school each day. I am so ready for them to go back, they are now getting to the point of being bored so its time.

Tomorrow also marks the first day of a little part time work for me. From tomorrow till January I will be looking after little Kayleigh 3 days a week. She is only7 weeks old so im a little anxious, I havent had to look after a baby for 9 years! She is so good though so im sure it will all be fine.

Been do some creating again a few different things this week...

Art journal entry for KSK.


My layout for Aussie Scrapjacked, this month we lifted Megan Stephenson.


This is just for me, a birthday reminder to have near my desk to I dont forget (hopefully)!


Im feeling a little anxious and nervous right now..not for me...for Josh, he has just gone of with Dad for his first job interview!! Its for a position at our local mini golf. Will know the outcome in just over an hour. *fingers crossed*

Cheers

Trash to treasure

Its an old saying that someones trash is another person treasure. How often do we think though that our trash can be our treasure.
Everyday Garbage is the blog that does just that. Exploring the possiblities of our household items and things we might throw away for use on our scrap layouts or OTP.
This week...The bathroom..
Ive just had a huge clean out so there wasnt alot left in my bathroom that I could use. So a fairly simple layout of Josh being a fool eating his ice cream cake.
I used a gauze bandage which i opened up and cut to be my photo mat and then used paper tape (sssh hubby doesnt know I took this from his first aid kit lol) for the photo corner and to journal on.


Playing around with paper piecing the last few days and made this cute lion and adorable castle up into cards for a friends twins.




another card for their mum.


Pretty impressed with these as i so dont like making cards lol

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Cheers