Christmas Day 2009

Here we have (back row)

my self,mum,Tiffany-my niece,then her mum (my older sister)

Philly,in front we have Keri,my sons girl friend.

Tiffany loved the wedding album,she said that the photos

look so much better presented on nice backgrounds rather

than just in plastic sheets,here she is looking through

the album

Here's Livy and Kale,they loved my Santa sack,

it makes all the hard work and expense so worth

while.Hes such a little cute,so placid and happy

In years to come he will be bigger than this sack,

and hope fully if I'm gone he will remember his

auntie Carol lol.

Livy said::

"Hers a few photos. Some with Kale and his awesome sack! Its really cool – Thanks again. It must have taken you ages, it will be so cool now we can get it out every year."

Its in the bag!!

Well I'm back into the wedding album and working at light speed to get it finished before i see
Tif and Tory on Christmas day


And look i finished Kales Santa sack,i am so pleased with it,in fact i loved doing it so much
that i have got a sewing machine on order lol,id forgotten how much i loved sewing.

I hope you all have a awesome Christmas and a great new year in 2010

Santa Sack,fun

Yep im trying my hand at quilting,scrapbook studio also carry fabrics and do classes,i saw this Santa sack and just had to make one for the new little man in our family.I am really loving sewing,its been ages since i sewed as my machine was very old and just gave up,but Lisa kindly let me use one of the class machines to finish some sewing of at home,im so excited,its looking so cute,and i cant wait till its all finished,i even have his name embroidered on it,how cool is that.

Birthday winner is

Well i had a lovely birthday,the flowers above were from my eldest son T, its the biggest bunch
of flowers i have ever got and they smell Devinne,i couldn't even put my arms around them.
Any way i have done a random draw for a lovely scrap pack,which i haven't photographed lol sorry! and the winner is Tilly/Jane,thank you all so much for your comments.
Could you send me your address Jane and i will send this of to you.

Circle Journal

My Circle journal has returned home all

finished and looking fabulous.Thanks so

much for all your wonderful work girls.

My journal looks awesome.

This is My front cover,i chose nursery rhymes

as my theme

Just look at all the gorgeous colours

This is my left hand side introduction page

And this is the right hand side,the little pockets

hold the tags that each of us decorated and

wrote a little about ourselves on

Now i got these OH SO CUTE mice stamps at S.E.N.Z

and was desperate to use them,so for my rhyme

i did Hickory Dickory Dock....of course lol

this is the right hand side

The first person to receive my journal was Sonia,

who did LITTLE MISS MUFFET,

I love all the hand painting and drawing,and

that super little spiders Webb is so neat.

Next to get my journal was Sue,her rhyme

was TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR,

Now i am a sucker for music papers i just love them

and check out all the cutting out,some of this is popped

up.I had forgotten all the verses for this rhyme

and loved getting the whole rhyme

Next to receive the journal was Amanda,her rhyme

is ROCK A BYE BABY,this is just soooo cute

I love the colours and all the cutting out is perfect

Next was Dianne,who did

HUMPTY DUMPTY,Just check out

the brick paper!! its perfect for this

again lots of cutting out,and some of him is

popped up also.I love the way the lace runs

along the edge to match with the shape of the page

And the lucky last one to receive my journal was

Cherie,who did LITTLE JACK HORNER,

i love the colours,and the inky smudges,little jack

has been cut out and is popped up on the frame,

with old music paper as the back ground.

THE END

Celebrate with me

Here's a layout using lots of the beautiful Prima products and a few bits and pieces to finish it of.

Next week is my birthday and to celebrate i am going to give away a yummy kit (which i haven't put together as yet lol) but it will be YUMMMMYYYY i promise.Just leave a message over the next week and i will post the winner on my blog on the 28th of November.

I need the lift !!! in more ways than one lol :)

Photo Transfer

This is the canvas i did at camp,

I have to say i am pretty pleased

with it for a first attempt .This is my

Grandmother when she was young

and then later in life.

The photo transfer is a really cool

techniques i used a light photo as

well as a dark photo to see the effect

The image is amazing


And to think this is what it looked like when
I started.I actually learned several techniques
doing this canvas.

sketch book retreat

Well i survived yet another sketch book retreat lol,i had a

great time as always,although had to have a nap when

i got home lol

The food was gorgeous and flowing as always


Here we are in the main hall,when i looked at this
photo i wondered how many thousands of dollars
was sitting in this room....well we are addicts after all!!!

At last i got to meet the lovely Jane aka Tilly
I missed her at SENZ, shes great,I'm looking
forward to catching up again at the next retreat


Now these 2 Devinne Lady's are Ann and Lyn
( camp mother and camp leader)
they won the best dressed costume,you had to
be there to really appreciate these 2 lol they
carried this of perfectly.wtg girls


And here are Josie and the pussy cats
Cherie,Leanne and I,doing a guitar demo lol

I will be back with photos of the cool canvas i did in
Leanne's class when i get a decent shot in the day light.
I really in joyed doing it.

another one down

Well I'm pretty proud of my self! i got 10 photos on this one,could have made it 12 but left some space for journaling at the bottom,i also have tags under each of the photos down the 2 sides.Sorry my photography's not the best lol

scrapping like a crazy woman lol

Yep I'm back into my nieces wedding album,shes back in new Zealand for Christmas so panic has set in lol,I have let the journaling blank for her to fill in.I find i wont to keep adding things but i promised my self i would keep it fairly simple because there were so many photos to do.It fells good to be working on this again even if I'm a little worried about the time frame,i know December sounds like a long way of but when you work and have other commitments i know it will wiz by...... SO WISH ME LUCK ......... lol

Thanks for dropping by :)

ATC Christmas swap oct 2009

Check out the gorgeous ATC`s ,the theme was Christmas

update

Awwwwwwwww isn't he cute, i added a little digy fuzz to this as my skin looked awful lol and i really like the effect.
I am now working on Sues circle journal,these have been so much fun,just 2 more to do then i get mine back,i cant wait to see,i will post picks here when it returns

Tony & Keri in Perth

This is my eldest son Tony with his partner Keri (on left) they went to perth for his mates wedding,Tony and Raymond were the best men. I think this is the nicest photo i have of tony lol hes usually in tatty jeans and covered in mud or fish,Keri must have loved seeing him so well dressed to

Introducing Kale

Ok here's the first photo,of the newest member of our extend clan,he looks a little bewildered lol
But very cute

Hes Here!!!! Kale

My niece libby had her baby boy today,his name is kale 6pound 12 oz with lots of black hair,i cant wait to go see them. Libby had him at home,no time to get to the hospital but they are both doing great and dad is very happy,I am a great aunt again woohoo .I will post pictures as soon as i get some

Just a quick note

Hi all, just a short note so that you don't think i have dropped of the planet lol,i simply have a lot on at the moment and the things i am working on arnt finished yet.Hope to be back with some photos soon.Take care

Some LOL pictures

This is my youngest son Dav,dressed as some sort of crazy rabbit with his friend who was having a birthday with a fancy dress theme,he put this on at home to show me and the dog went completely nuts hahaha.

And today i went to my niece's baby shower,here's a picture of me saying hi and waiting for my reply... yea i know i am totally nuts but my niece still loves me :) not long to go now,she is due end of September beginning of October,hmmm so what does that make me ? maybe a great aunt.Any way we are all looking forward to his arrival.I am so lucky to have such wonderful nieces that let me do the girly stuff with them,i miss that having 2 boys.

Tonight hubby is watching the footy and i am working on my Christmas ATC swap,i love doing Christmas stuff. Any way of to do some more,have a great weekend

Birthday card for Mum

This is a card i made for mums birthday next month,i haven't made a lot of cards but love to make my own for my family.

I have BIG plans for next year but to achieve them i am going to have to put in a lot of work and time,but i have decided that its time for a change! So fingers crossed it all works out.

Storage

I store my label sets in a folder with clear sleeves,this way i can flick through and see what i have
and they stay together

My sticker alphabets i keep in this concertina folder,again its easy to find what i wont.

Storing this way means i can take these with me to crops and camps easily.You can also store rubons this way. If you would like to join in our chat about storage ideas etc,just click HERE we would love to shear ideas with you