Change

The word for OLW this week is change. There are so many possibilities for this word it took me ages to finally decide on which way I would go with it.
Keeping with my quote them for these challenges I chose this one by Gail Sheehy.
If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.



Cheers Lis :)

Whirlwind

School holidays have been a big whirlwind of commings and goings here at our place, Both the older boys went of to respective mates places and stayed for a few nights, then Josh came home and brought his mate with him, my sister and nieces came down to spend the day with us, Dan came home for the night.
Josh and Jamie left again for Jamies place and Chris came to stay with Dan, Jay spent a night at with his cousins and then Dan went with Chris back to his place.
Saturday morning and Jay went of to work with John, I woke to an empty house...it was wonderful to just wander and do things when I wanted to but strange at the same time...
Josh has just arrived home, John and Jay are due soon and we are off to spend the afternoon with Jenni and Matt down the coast.

A few of the photos from a day at the park with family....

The walk to the park...


Jess flitted back and forth from one thing to another having a great time!




Jay and Nica love spending time together and the slide was a favourite.




The whirlygig(or flying machine as the kids call it) was a favourite with not just the kids...Yes Vik I posted it, sorry it was too good an opportunity to miss hehe.




The helicopter got alot of workout as well...


Back at home again and they did a bit of drawing and craft stuff...


The punches were a big hit with Jess, especially the heart one...


I did get some scrapping done as well, just a few done this week....

Stuck sketch #55


Stuck sketch #57


Aussie Road Maps - September challenge.


Addicted2Scrapping inspiration challenge.


Righto im of for some family fun time down the coast, its a beautiful day and will hopefully come back with some more photos to share later, have a great weekend whatever you doing.

Cheers Lis :)

Exciting news!!!

I have been sitting on this news for awhile now, just bursting to tell you all! I was so excited when Ange From Scrapware asked me to be a guest designer for her!!
Wow Wow Wow is all I can say about the products that she sent me, they were all just amazing, and so easy to work with!
Here are the few layouts that i designed with the fantastic products.







I did a couple of other projects for her as well, but they are new releases that will be unveiled at Paperific in Melbourne, so head on down if you are in the area and check them out, you wont be sorry!!
You can check out my designs as well as all the other fabulous designs from the Design Team on their blog here
I have to send out a big thank you to Ange for allowing me the opportunity to work with her Fabulous products!

School holidays

The footy season is officially over - well except for the 14's camp and 16's family day - the trophy presentation was held on Saturday night. New format this year and it went really smoothly. Dan and Josh got their medalions and Josh was also given a club shirt for reaching 50 games with the club!

School holidays started this morning and so far its been great! That may have something to do with the fact that Josh went to Jamies last night and isnt comming back till tomorrow maybe Wednesday and Dan went to Claytons for the night lol a nice quiet day with just me and Jay.

Some scrapping from the weekend....

Stuck sketch #56




layouts from Addicted2Scrapping cybercrop at the weekend - All about him theme





BOM challenge at Addicted2Scrapping.



Hope that all those who have kids on holidays stay stress free and enjoy the two weeks.

Cheers Lis :)

footy photos and cybercrop

Firstly photos from the footy grandfinal last Saturday....

The banner that wouldnt stay up because of the wind....


Dissapointingly the wind got it before the boys were able to run through it...


My two boys....Josh started on the bench...and John gritted through back pain to be the trainer....


He finally got on the ground - he is #22


Receiving the runners up medalion...


This weekend over at Addicted2Scrapping they are holding a cybercrop, hosted by the gorgeous Bek, lots of challenges all about the men in your lives! Come on over and join in the fun!

Have a great weekend.

Cheers Lis :)

Love, men, normality and a winner

Well our household has gotten back to normal with everyone at home (mostly) for dinner time, im now able to cook (yes Tam ive been cooking) proper meals that dont need transporting and reheating!
Its been so nice just to sit at home of a night, talk to the boys, watch tv with them, done some jigsaws and reading with Jay, and we talk more, loving it!

The winner of the Buttons is Lauren!!
Email me with your addy honey and i will get them sent out to you!

Just a couple of layouts this week, been busy sewwing lately, ive decided to make alot of presents this year and am surprised at how easy some things are to put together.

This one is for One Little Word and Addicted2Scrapping word challenge...



This one is for Mystical Scrapbooks.



Im out and about today shopping, and running errands, hope you all have a great day!

Cheers Lis :)

swaps, give away and scrapping...

GIVE AWAY TO GOOD HOME

seems my last post about this got lost amongst the rest of the post and didnt stand out all that well, so lets try again....
I have a bag of around 50 buttons (ones with bits on the back not the holes through the centre) that Im never going to use (thanks for the sugestions on how to get rid of the bits girls) amd will give away to one lucky reader, so leave a comment here and your name will go in the draw to win!

Now everyone loves swaps right ? I know I do!
Well the goreous Tam is holding one on her blog, you should check it out and sign up for it, going to be fantastic!!
See Here

Well the boys had their grand final on Saturday,....and lost :( they were all just gutted. They did have a great season finishing as minor premiers so we are proud of them all win or lose!!

A few layouts from last few days....

This one for M26 at Mystical.



Ad Inspiration at Addicted2Scrapping.



These three are for the blind scrapping challenges run by Bek at Addicted2Scrapping.







This one is my White with 1 entry



Addicted2Scrapping word challenge.



Hope you all had a great day :)

Cheers Lis

Finals Fever

Tomorrow the Logan Power under 16's AFL team ( my boy included) play their Grand Final, the vibe is good and the boys are pumped for a awesome match.
Keeping everything crossed for a big win for the boys!!
GO LOGAN!!!



Banner in progress....



The reverse side...



The finished banner with some of the boys...




Cheers

The days just go way too fast...

Only seems like the weekend was just here and now its the middle of the week already. I have been busy all week but dont really have alot to show for it, I do have all my washing up to date and the house is reasonably tidy so I guess thats something.
One more week of footy training to go (Josh's grand final this saturday) then we can go back to eating normal meals at regular times and ALL together!!!

Been scrapping a little as always :) here is what I have done....

Aussie scrapjacked - lift of Nikala O'Brien.



Challenges for Mystical
M26 - stitching


I took inspiration for this one from a layout i found online ages ago and now cant find who it belongs to , so if it was yours please let me know :)

Sketch challenge from Wendy



The colour challenge was pink, orange and white, i didnt have any girly photos to scrap so decided to do an art journal page instead. I kept it pretty simple and just used inks, paints and chalk.




I have a heap of buttons, the ones with the bits at the back that you sew onto things rather than the ones with holes in the middle. I am never going to use them so have decided to give them away. They are a mixed bag of colours, probably around 50 buttons, if you would like them just leave me a comment and they are yours, unless of course more than one of you want them, in that case i will draw a random name out.

Have a great day.
Lis

Saturday....

Today was the first saturday since february that we havent had to get up early and be at football, it was so nice to sleep in and then just do whatever. I went to spotlight and got some material ready to make the up my gratitude wrap for Mel's swap, couldnt just get one though could i lol i got 5 different lots!
Have spent the rest of the day just pottering around, helping dh get some odd jobs done around the house, watching the footy, doing some crocheting...

Last night i had a wonderful chat with the girls and Lusi on her blog, it was a great night, they were all so lovely! I did some scrapping as well, although not the challenge the other girls did. Thanks Lusi for a great night of chatting!

This is the layout I did last night whilst chatting, its for the word challenge at Addicted2Scrapping as well as the DT challenge at Mystical.



This one for the BOM challenge at Addicted2Scrapping..



This one for Stuck sketch #54



and this one for the UYS challenge at Mystical.



I didnt get all these done last night, they are what I have done this week....

Going to finish knitting the squares for Jay's blanket tonight, i have 2 left to go then I have to crochet it together...just in time for spring lol

Have a great day

Lis

One little word

Choose is the word of the week at One little word, I went with a quote again this time, really happy with this one.



A couple of fathers day cards ive done for our dads.





This one for a challenge at Mystical.



Have a few more projects I have done but cant share them as yet, will do as soon as i can.

Cheers Lis :)