Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Look out easter....

Oh I said the dreaded word..... apparently hot cross buns are going to be making an appearance from January 5th onwards.... WTF!!!??? Hang on did i miss something.... isn't Easter in April this time around. That's over four months away!! I think every ones gonna be way over hot cross buns by then... Don't ya think.

Just let me get over Christmas and New years yet.


We had a wonderful Christmas day. We left the house at 8.20am and didn't return until 11.30pm. We were soooo tired. It would have been so nice for the boys to enjoy their presents before we had them packed in the car and off for the day. But they still enjoyed themselves. I didn't get many photos of the day. Was way to busy enjoying the atmosphere.


So much has happened since i blogged last i can't think straight! LOL.


So I will just share some layouts i have managed to scrap lately.
This one is Michael detecting on his birthday. I realised that i forgot the title and have since added it. only small under the right bottom corner that says detector.


This is a layout from the fabulous Mrs Pearce free online class over on the boxx. I haven't shared it there yet. It is one of Kelly playing the piano on Christmas day for us she has a little assistant - Teliesha little cutie pie. Kelly is playing Santa clause is coming to town - hence the title. GREAT class using watercolour pencils. So out of my 'thing'. Loads of fun to do.

The last two have taken ages. they are inspired by Belinda. I love her layout of Miss M's Christmas wish list. And there sure were alot of strips in this set of papers. I love the life at the pole range. Is it bad of me to do the same page for each of my boys??? I love doing 12x6'' pages. So quick and fun.



Well that's all from me. I didn't have much say but it turned into a long post. Have to go decide what we are going to do tomorrow night....... decisions decisions......

Have the most wonderful New Year may it bring you health and happiness and all the good stuff in between! xo xo xo

Thanks for dropping by. :)

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

MIA......

I can't believe it's been over a week since i blogged!! I have just been so busy - nothing special - just living.

We went to Mildura for the weekend for a 50th and caught up with family and friends and it was fantastic!! Except I forgot to pack the camera. Yeah i know what kind of a scrapbooker am I!!!??? We tried to go shopping but there were just too many people around, so we gave that a miss. I did go into target to grab a couple of things and it took me 20 mins to get served!!! I'm so glad all my shopping is done. I went into spotlight and bought some goodies for myself. just scrap stuff. And some faux suede and white felt to make an Amy Butler Snow mum pillow. I finished it in one night!!! I love it. I did decide to make it for my mum for chrissy so I will post the pic i took of it just in case she decides to drop in on my blog....... Amy butler has some fantastic FREE patterns to download for the holiday season. MMMMM yes you read right FREE!! And they are all amazing and beautiful. There is a chrissy tree skirt i downloaded and am going to make. Not enough time for this year though.


Christmas is not sneaking up at all.... Its arriving at the speed of light. I'm almost organised just have to wrap everything up. Which will be a marathon effort in itself. I don't like that part.


I decided a while ago that i would join in with Ali Edwards and start a December daily album. I knew that I wouldn't be able to commit to what she was doing - 25pages for the lead up to Christmas. So I decided that i would do a random December daily album. I bought a faux leather 4x6 album from big w and use that to make a small album. I have only done 3 pages!!! ha ha ha yeah i know I'm soooo committed! But i thought i would do just random things we do during December. I have a couple more pages in progress but will add that later....

Here are the three i have done so far

I think im over school holidays already. The kids are bored.... Bring on christmas i say. That will keep em occupied for a while.... I hope!! ha ha ha I hope your all surviving. Although im loving spending time with the boys. Jarred has agreed to 'volunteer' to read everyday to help with his reading - so far so good... his aim is to get ben 10 dvds! Hes is doing fantastic for a boy who would cry over doing his reader for homework. He has finised a rather hard book that had alot of pages in it and im really impressed. Lets see how long it will last. All holidays im hoping. Good on you Jars!!!

Thanks for dropping by. xxxx

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Quick Share :)

Just a quick share a lo for the weekly challenge that leeann set on the boxx for this week. You had to scrap a funny christmas photo but also it had to be a 6x12''. So this is my effort.

Love this size and a great challenge. Michael took this pikky of me on his phone. The kids thought it was real funny that mum had Jarred's new reindeer antlers and flashing nose on! So i had to make the Photo specky!! LOL
Oh and a special congrats to all the masters for 2008 But especially to TAMMY!! Way to go girl your awesome!! Love your stuff hun! Oh and Kathie Link another awesome boxx girl!!!! Oh and Lynette van Barrelo another Scrapjacked dt member! WOW 2 jacked DT members and the last jackee!!! Shees there is so much tallent on that list! Im itching to see the whole mag and all the HM....... so excited for them.

Its Michales birthday today, so I'm off the computer to spend the night snuggling and watching the boxx, we had BBQ tea and pavlova down at Burt Dix park to celebrate with family. Had to rush home on dusk and the mozzies came out in full force. It was sooo strange there were thousands of them it was like they were on a serious mission!! Michale and Andrew stayed and coin detected for a while. Michael has come home with a few bucks and a couple of 1c coins. Andrew found gold coins and a gents ring with a diamond (we think) in it. Lucky buggers!


Thanks for dropping by and have a wonderful day!! xx

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Jacking!!



I decided to join in on the december jack just for a bit of fun and I had really wanted to do a Lou style layout for a while. I love her style. Its so not me, its fun out there unique and really arty. So I gave it a shot and I loved loved loved doing it! I hope I done it justice. What do ya think??
I done it in a 6 x 12 format - they are such fun and so quick.
Cheers for stoping by.

Friday, December 5, 2008

Oi!!!

Check this fab blog out. It has a new design team. You might recognise a face ;) Acutally you will probably recognise all them! Arent' I lucky to be in such a midst of amazing ladies! I was very shocked yet so elated when Lou asked me to be on the team.

If you have never joined in the fun at aussie scrapjacked come on over and play along! Promise you'll like it.


:) xo xo

So little time.

I did say i was going to spill the beans on my secret... but i have been missing in all the action!! Just had so much on and havent had time to scratch!!!
I still am hanging onto my little secret. Will share later tonight if im not home too late. The Christmas Padgent is on tonight (im working till 8 grrrr) and the fireworks are on at 8.45 so I will be out with my little family watching that! Im always interested to see the kids reactions to the fireworks. Cohen has slept right throught them the last couple of years. See how he goes tonight!
But right now Im off to the school assembly as jarred is one of the speakers for it!!!!!!!!! This is his first time at helping host the assembly. Im excited for him and cant wait to see him stand up with the mircrophone! Its a late assembly 10am. Not sure why. odd.
On that note i better go and get organised!!
cio!

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Shhhhhhh.......

I have a little secret!

I actually have 2.......

I really really want to share. But I can't.

BUT I will tomorrow.

The other is secret squirrel stuff for now. :(

So until tomorrow I will Leave you with some sharing.


This is made intirely from the June Boxx of scraps from scrap boxx. If you like it (i haven't used all the supplies) You can check it out here, It has soooo much yummy stuff in it. Lots of Sassafrass lass pocket of rosies pp in it! mmmmm I love scrap supplies.

Just want to add..... I am in the throws of doing a layout of the boys wish list for christmas, so last night i asked the boys what they would like. Jarred came up with the usual requests and threw in that he would really like a butterfly net! What the??!! And Cohens list was rather unusual. Clothes, a tv (they already have one in their room????) songs (i thing he wants cd's) and get this - A bird called Birdyduck! mmmm interseting Cohen. Something that I really really want to scrap to get it recorded!! - how funny and weird is that!


Have your kids got any unusual requests for christmas? I'd love to hear what they are asking for.
Thanks for stopping by. xo xo

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Nah Nah Na Nah Na.......

I PARTIED hard at the scrapware blog party!

:-P

had fun........

check it out - I know you want to *wink* *wink*

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Just to share....

Here are the little christmas tags i 'lifted' from the blog i mentioned in my last post. I have added my own twist to them for a couple of the kids. Used my cuttlebug for the skull and the hearts. Man I love that tool.





I made this 40th birthday card for my sister. not for her but she asked me if could make on for her, big enough for a group to sign. I really like the finished product. She LOVED it and made me a cd and sent it in the post! thanks sis love ya! xx







Lisa xx

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Ahhhhh.... thats better.

I have just returned from the hairdressers. A much needed pampering! I was starting to become the re-growth queen!!! I feel soooo much better.

Last night was the fourth installment of the Sheree Mcgee classes - beginners classes. Now im not a beginner scrapbooker but i thought i would join for fun and who knows i might learn something new........ Every lesson I have learnt something new! It has just been fantastic and ive really really been enjoying the 'chats' with the other ladies in the classroom. If you havent done an online class before you should! even though there is only 2 lessons left you can still join and still have access the classes that we have previously done. And guess what?! It's FREE! How generous is that of Maria! There is of course the option of buying the kit which is really really great and has every product you will need to complete all six lessons. You can check out the class here.
I have not yet mastered the art of linking. Lou did help me out but i couldn't work out how to do it that would just have a word instead of the entire link. Like above, how would i just get it to say -here- and highlighted purple instead of the entire thing. Or if i wanted to link to someones blog i would just want to put there name hightlighted. Do you get what i mean? Can someone help me out?

I saw some amazing little christmas tags on the Anna's craft cupboard blog. Fran made the with her cuttlebug red tag sale alpha die (just the tag die) and scalloped the bottom with the fiskars threading water punch and the just look great. I will take a photo of them and post them later. They turned out so cute and im going to add all the kids names to them for their chrissy prezzies. Do you make your own tags or just buy them? I have always bought them but this year iv made my own and it feels good!

(i dont know why this is underlined - i don't know how i done it and cant seem to undo it - still working this blogging thing out)

I do want to leave you with all four of the layouts i done for the classes. As they go i will add the layouts at a later date.
Silly blogger (must be a man) put all my layouts here in the wrong order that i selected them in. Maybe its me and should i do it backwards next time??!!!

This is from the class last night -lesson 4. We had a super tallanted guest teacher too you can probably guess who it was by the signature stitching!!! Yes it was Leeann Pearce - so very full of knowledge and such a laugh too! This is not at all my style of scrapping - but i am there to learn so i done everything in the class. Its rather full on looking for me but I love it and had a ball stitching and ripping! Thanks girls.



This was lesson 3 stamping. I love stamping and have a small collection -bit of an understatement...... it was layering you stamping. Such fun and again i learnt something i would never have tried. And it turned out pretty darn alright! It is a photo of two very cute kids. Cohen and my eldest neice Jessica - she is such a loving stunning girl!





lesson 2 was distressing and inking. I knew all about distressing and inking the edges but had a blast during this. Is a photo of cohens teny tiny foot when he was a week old. Sock fluff and all!!! I sill after all this time scrapbooking ink and distress my pages. A great technique that i will always use over and over.


Lesson 1 was introducing scrapbooking. just the basics - matting your photo and a journal spot. simple and easy. I decided to do this photo of my sister and I when I was one. Its a typical 70's photo very yellow. I tried to fix the quality of the shot but i just decied to do it in its orriginal form. I added my own flavour to this class.

Well that was a rather loooong post. Congrats if you got through it all!

I do have a little something to share and im ITCHING to get started with but i will have to save it for a future blog episode. I have a six yr old boy who just got off the school bus and wants to tell me all about swimming lessons at school!

thankyou for stopping by! Lisa xx

Saturday, November 22, 2008

This one is of Cohen with Elly.


Next is an older photo of Jarred when he was 2. He look so little its hard to remember him this small. I found this photo and thought it would go great with the Basic grey stickers. I bought the stickers thinking they were so cute - but then couldn't scrap them! Do you ever buy scrap stuff and do that??



This is the mini puddings we made on Friday. Drew stayed over the night as it the teachers strike. The strike got cancelled but we kept them off school anyway. I thin 9pm at night is a bit late to announce the cancellation of the strike - don't you think!!?
I love the look on Jarreds face such enthusiasm!!
(still trying to use last years christmas paper stash!!)




I don't have anything to blog about but i did just want to post these 3 layouts I done last night.
I hope you all have the best weekend. Im having an all rounder great week! Ok Im off to watch the new Indiana Jones movie with my boys. I hired it last night and they were asleep by 7.30!!
Thanks for stopping by! :)






Friday, November 21, 2008

New scrapware blog....

Hey check these babies out -

http://scrapware.typepad.com/scrapping_with_scrapware/2008/11/a-new-beginning.html


Aren't they just the cutiest things ever. I am loving the little trees. They would be a perfect addition to any page!!!

Lisa xx

Christmas is approaching.......


SO fast, its only like 33 sleeps away!!! Where has this year gone? I feel like i have missed bits and peices - my boys are growing so fast at a rate that i can't keep up with! Jarred will be 7 in the early part of the year! 7! whoah..... How did i become the mother of a nearly seven year old boy?? I really don't feel my age! lol


Today is the teachers strike, but My SIL did say she seen on the news late last night that it was cancelled at the eleventh hour. I wonder if thats right. I have one of my nephews here who stayed over the night. They are all happly playing outside whilst i type.... i'll see how long that last till someone comes in crying! ha ha ha. They have also been up since the crack of dawn - gggrrrrr!


Ive planned for them today to make little christmas puddings - fake ones made out of Royals melted white chocolate and cut up Glaced cherrys. I did see a version made with jaffas and spearmint leaves - i wish i had seen that before i bought all the goodies! Oh well I will have to do the good scrapping mum thing and take photos to post!


I was the bad scrapping mum last weekend - we bought a hydroslide for our boys and all the neices and nephews on Michaels side were down last weekend so we had it out. Jarred got on it and took to it like a duck to water!!! He done so good - i was very proud! But i didn't take my camera :( Bad Bad me. Next time.


On that note I better go check on the little treasures.....



Lisa xxxx


Ps. Thanks to all the wonderful ladies who left me a welcome comment. I did feel way spech! xx

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Testing 1 2 2222 testing.




Ok so its taken me wwwwaaaayyyy to long to get myself a blog. I just want to keep this as a sort of time capsule. A diary of my little family so i don't forget the small stuff. Maybe i should rename it small stuff...... Will have to think about that one. Will keep it short and sweet as i have lots to do today. Will also post layouts and photos of my 3 gorgeous boys. If you have happened to drop by - let me know and leave a comment so i know!!

P.S. If you haven't seen handcock yet - do it!! It's a great movie!!

Lisa xxxx