happy mail. creating and cybercrops

Had a pretty boring week, still only one car between us so im house bound for all but one day a week. I did go for a walk the other day, but with the intense heat one day and the rain the next its been a bit hard to get out more.

I got some happy mail today! A great big envelope filled with all sorts from Lisa, for our envelope swap at Scraptastic. Thanks so much Lisa it is fantastic!!

A couple more layouts done for challenges at Mystical.
This one for the Use your stash challenge, this time , rubons.



This one for the music madness challenge - Pop.
Stumped me a bit this one, till I found this photo and immediately thought Wham!



Dont forget if you are not doing anything tonight and want to get lots of scrapping done, come join in the fun at Mystical's cybercrop, starting 6.30pm Queensland time.

Cheers

cybercrop and layouts

Today I learnt that sometimes it is better to stay quiet than to voice your views....lesson learnt...

Not busy on Friday night or over the weekend ? Want something to do ? Want to be challenged? Want to create a heap of layouts and maybe be rewarded for it ??
You answered Yes like me ?
Then Friday 29th February at 6pm (7pm Brisbane time) had on over to Mystical Scrapbooks. there cybercrops are always heaps of fun and challenging. This will be my second one and I cant wait!

A few layouts ive done since my last post...

These first two for challenges at Mystical.





This one if for Paper adventure.

This week, tell the story of something old.

Something loved. Something worn. Something passed down. Something treasured.

Cheers

Tagged

Ive been tagged by Jodi..

Heres the rules
1. Once you are tagged, link back to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the RULES on your blog.
3. Post 7 weird or random facts about yourself on your blog.
4. Tag 7 people and link to them.
5. Comment on their blog to let them know they have been tagged.

Seven random facts about me....

1. I have worn contact lenses for nearly 14 years.
2. My last job was in 1994 for a television station .
3. I bite my fingernails.
4. I would rather Iron than cook
5. I have been married for 20 years this November.
6. I never knew how to cross stitch until I got married (my dh taught me)
7. I dont really like chocolate.

No im not going to actually tag anyone, but feel free to have a go if you would like :)

This is my layout for the new challenge blog just started by the lovely Susan, White with 1.
The idea is to take white card stock and one other colour and create. This month it was red.



Alot cooler today and I think we might even get some rain. Have a great week!

Cheers

Bring on Autumn...

OMG yesterday was so so so HOT! It got to 40 C outside, im sure it was more inside, we dont have air con but had all the fans going flat out, not that it made much difference. We then had to drive over an hour in a car with no air con to get to a birthday party. Sweating was definatley the word of the day.
Today whilst still hot is much cooler than yesterday, 27C.

The birthday party we went to was heaps of fun, good food, music, friends, a great night!

Here are a couple of layouts I got done earlier in the week.

This one for the alpha challenge "D" at Scraptastic.



This one for a challenge at Mystical. ive decided that I really dont like bling and girly pages lol i am so much more comfortable scrapping boy pages.




Want to win some yummy scrapbooking goodies ? Want to have fun, chat and scrapbook ? Then head on over to Scraptastic South West.
A challenge with a twist, Starting on Sunday 24th February and going until midnight on Saturday 29th March by just being an active member here will give you a chance to win!
So how does it work....
There will be a points system for various things around the forum and gallery, those points will be tallied up at the end of the allotted time and the member with the most points wins! Simple isnt it!!
Who doesnt want to win something right ? So head on over and try your luck!!

Hope everyone's weekend was awesome!

Cheers

I found at last night the Kayleigh, the little baby that I looked after last year, has got Rubella :( Poor little thing is covered in a rash and has been so sick. To help out Deb and Jason (as she cant attend daycare) I will be looking after her tomorrow and Friday.

A couple more layouts ive done, both for challenges at Mystical.





I have been tagged by Mel...

A: The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B: Each player answers the questions about themselves.
C: At the end of the post, the player then tags 3 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog

10 years ago: 10 Years ago I was living in Tassie had just had my 3rd baby boy. I had Josh starting school and life was good.

Things on my to-do-list today: General housework, fill out a million school forms, football training

What I would do if I was suddenly a billionaire: faint ? lol Honestly I really dont know, a new house and cars would be a certainity, probably travel.

Three of my bad habits:
Bad temper,

smoking, too much net time

Three places I have lived:
Hobart, Tasmania -

Launceston, Tasmania, - Loganholme, Queensland

5 jobs that I have had:
1.Australian tax Office
2.Dept of defense
3.Community welfare
4.Hydro Electric Commission
5.WIN Television

5 things people dont know about me:
I think most people know me pretty well by now lol
1.Im terrified of mice and rats
2.I have a size 10 foot
3.I dont like heights
4.I was born in Hobart, Tasmania
5.Ive never been out of Australia


I now tag
Natasha
Tam
Karen

Cheers

So proud of my boy and Wish list

I am so proud of Josh, he has applied him self so well this year to all aspects of his life. His school work is going well so far and his behaviour has improved 100%.
It has been a great week for him, yesterday he sat and PASSED his senior first aid certificate!!!
Today he got a phone call to say he got the stocktake job he applied for!!! Its only one nights work, but its a foot in the door so to speak!!

The prompt for week 3 of Rock your blog at Mystical is what are your favourite new products released at CHA this year.
Wow, we had to choose just one!!
Well I couldnt exactly lol I love so much of it

Loving the following...

Tinkering Ink - wild woodland



Sassafrass Lass - Robotics



Prima Dude collection



Paper Trunk - 1974 collection



How gorgeous are these lace cardstock from KI Memories!



Fancy Pants - about a boy



Basic Grey - Archaic collection (yep im liking BG lol)



But....
My all time favourites are from Cosmo Cricket!
Ive pre ordered both of these ranges and cant wait for them to arrive!

Get Happy



Cogsmo




Doesnt all the new products just make you drool, going to have to seriously watch the bank balance i think lol

Have a great night

Cheers!

A quiet weekend

It has been a very quiet weekend at our place, with Dan at a mates and John and Josh doing the first aid course. Just me and Jay at home, and he kept himself occupied which left me time to scrap.

This first one is for 123 challenge, use transparencies, number in title and journaling strips.



This one for One Little Word - Trust



This was so much fun to do, and is for the 3rd round of Music Madness over at Mystical - Jazz, B&W and only one other colour, sequins, a feather and a handmade felt embellishment.



This is for Tam's card challenge at Mystical - create a patchwork card with a greeting and buttons.


Hope that you all had a great weekend

Cheers

Make a statement..

Paper Adventure 08

This week, Boldly state something.

Your statement could be a reaffirmation of your new year's resolution. It could be an intent you have. Or a mantra you want to incorporate. Your statement could be a declaration of love...for your significant other, your parent, your goldfish.

It just has to be real. And true to you. And by all means, make it bold.

I am Capable, of doing anything that I set my mind to. No more doubts or negativeness!

This layout is for Mystical Scrapbooks, a scraplift of Wendy Smith.



Cheers

A happy mail week!

The postman has been my friend this week and brought me lots of yummy things!!
I got my DT pack from Scraptastic, loving the papers stay tuned to see some awesome Junkitz creations.
A envelope full of fantastic journaling blocks from the swap over at Mystical, some talented girls there!
A package full of Cloud 9 papers and other yummy goodies from Susan, for winning the Australia Day challenge at Mystical!
Oh and last Friday I got some Grungeboard!! OMG this stuff is awesome! Thanks Sara for choosing my layout to win the Mystical Snap challenge.

A couple of layouts I got done this week.

This one for Aussie Scrapjacked, this time around we had the fantastic Jolene Pienaar to lift.



This one is for the music madness challenge at Mystical, this week - Heavy Metal. With teen boys this one was made for me. Had to use 20 eyelets or brads and some other metal ( tabs from roller bandages) no PP and black cardstock.




Have a great day :)

Cheers

A new week

We spent the weekend at football sign on's the joys of being committee members (well John not me). Had a great number of registrations though so its looking good for the season ahead.
Training starts of for Josh and Dan tomorrow night and Jay on the 3rd March.

Mystical Scrapbooks Rock your blog challenge this week is...
"With the weekend over what are your plans for this week"

After spending most of the weekend at football I seriously need to play catch up on my housework and on scrapping.
Monday - washing, folding, ironing, at least 2 challenges, Football training.
Tuesday - Vaccume, clean scrap room, scrapping, hospital check up for John.
Wednesday - Ultra sound appt, general housework, scrapping, football training.
Thursday - groceries and bill paying, scrap some more.
Friday - strip beds and general housework, auskick.

Exciting life I lead dont I lol has got alot more boring now that im car less 4 days a week.

Got these two done for challenges at Mystical, a layout colour challenge to use mint, turquoise and white.



A card challenge to do a valentine card without using red.




Cheers

The season begins

The last two days we have spent at football sign ons (the joys of being committee members). First training for the older two starts tomorrow night. Herein starts my schedule of training two nights a week, auskick one night, then in a month games on both Saturday and Sunday. Cant complain though, much rather be running around after the boys playing sport than have them sitting at home doing nothing.

So still have the mojo flowing and creating more than ever.

This is for Paper Adventure 08, the prompt this week "Colour"



This next lot are for challenges at Mystical.








Hope you all had a wonderful weekend.

Cheers

Cabin fever

So Monday morning rolls around, the first full school week of he year. It was also the first day back at work for John after his surgery.
So my first day on my own in over 7 weeks! I loved it, I did what I wanted, when I wanted and in total quietness lol
So fast forward to Wednesday and the fact that being a one car family now, im without transport. I so getting cabin fever! There is only so much scrapping you can do to keep occupied during a day, I really need to get outside this house or at least talk to another adult besides John lol

So anyways...

My creations..
This one for the Alpha challenge over at Scraptastic.



These 2 for challenges at Mystical.





Cheers

Scrapbooking? How do you motivate yourself and still enjoy the process??

This is the prompt for the new blog challenge at Mystical Scrapbooks. Each week we will be given a different prompt to blog about. How cool is that, something interesting to blog about, but... also be in the draw to win a gift voucher from the store!!
So on with my post....

Since I started scrapbooking all other craft (and some other) hobbies have hit the back burner, it has been front and centre of 'me time' and I still love doing it after almost 6 years, it would be hard not to love it I think.
Motivation comes pretty easy for me, I am a challenge junkie and with so many awesome challenge blogs out there and the amazing challenges to be found at Mystical each month keep my creative juices flowing.
If I do get in a slump and find it hard to come up with something, I browse through online galleries, scrapbooking ones, art and photo ones.
If a particular project is causing me grief then I will put it aside for the time being and try something different. A card or art journal page are great for being able to let yourself go and do whatever to try and get that motivation and love back on track.

The new word this week over at One LIttle Word is "Create", fairly easy word this time around.
The photo I chose is of my FIL, he has always been very artistic and has painted and created most of his life. After suffering a stroke and losing his wife in the last couple of years he had stopped and just recently he started creating again, it is something that he really enjoys and has helped him immensly with his healing process.



This weekend at Mystical we had a cybercrop, was lots of fun and lots of scrapping got done. I managed 5 out of the 6 challenges.
These are the layouts I got done.











Sometimes I wonder about how much people really listen or take notice of things you say. Online it can be very hard to really know someone of course, but if you are interested in getting to know a person you would take note of the important/basic details of them wouldnt you ? I know I do.
LIttle things like what colours you like or dont like, what you do (ie work etc) whether your married or not, if you have boys or girls, how old they are (not always specific ages, but babies/toddlers/teens).
I talk alot about my 3 sons and the fact that they are teens and pre teens, I scrap about them and post layouts about them all the time.
Imagine my surprise to be sent a RAK (of which I was thrilled to get and had some awesome goodies in it) with baby boy products!
Is someone trying to tell me that I should have another baby lol...I DONT THINK SO!! lol

anyways... kids are at school and John went back to work today after being at home for almost 3 weeks! I am so going to enjoy my day all to myself.

Have a good one!

Cheers

February already...

Didnt January just fly by, Only seems like last week we were getting over christmas, now we have got the kids all sent of to school and settling back into our normal routines, or at least trying to.

Start of the month brings on new challenges. This month over at Scraptastic South West we have two awesome challenges running, hop on over and check them out try your luck at winning a gift voucher!
This is my monthly mojo challenge - "what is your favourite time of the day" using the fantastic sassafras lass owls pals range of papers and diecuts!



The new prompt up at Paper Adventure is "the little picture" pick a little picture that speaks to you in a big way.
I was flicking through my photos trying to decide which one to use and saw this one and immediately knew that was it. This is my son on the day of his 4th birthday. We were in Tassie visiting my mum and dad. He looks so happy and like he is having so much fun, and he was! 4days before that he was admitted to the hospital after having 3 grand mal seizures and the day after his birthday he had another one and was admitted again!
This photos reminds me (he is 10 now) what a trooper he was through the whole process of having him diagnosed with not one but two major illnesses and how brave he has been and how well he has coped with everything that has been done to him and everything he has need to do to have his health become stable. So proud of you 'bub'



Another layout I did just for me..



Cheers