YAY!!!! its December! :)

Its's my faviourite time of the year! I only wish that School holidays weren't so expensive with child care and OSHC fees. Oh well keeps the boys entertained and playing with their friends! They love school holidays. :)

Its also that time of the month - SO GET ON OVER TO ASJ! and get a jacking ther are 3 fabbo jackees this month And a first for me I scrapped all three.

But firstly since i didn't blog novembers jack here it is:

I Jacked Belinda Venables

And The December jacks:

Mandy Dodd jack.....

Fran Tynan jack.....

and lastly Sue-Ann Tilby jack....

and just incase you missed this little cutie pie on page 95 from the last SM issue gracing a whole page by himself was my little Cohen - he was so impressed he took the mag for show and tell at kindy! And a fabbbbbbb chipboard bubble tree from Leeann Pearce - love this tree and i get asked by alot of people in Renmark where did i get such a thing! I have a large one that i have some plans for. But life has been very odd and full here in our family - thats why i haven't blogged in november. no mental energy. BBBUUUTT thats all a changin! Thanks for droping by - you'll be hearing from me ;)

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Excuses excuses.......

I could give alot of excuses at to why i haven't blogged in over a month.... but the truth is I suck at it!!! I always have stuff i could blog about and layouts to post but I'm waaayyy to busy blog hopping and playing on facebook. Sad huh. lol

lots happening.... turned 32!! AGGHH ! scary how life starts passing you buy so quickly. I got this little beauty...

I soooo love it!!! It is a full High definition cam corder you can take 12mp photos while your recording and you can record in slow motion which is the funniest thing ever invented!! I recorded a friends wedding and took ALOT of photos for them and it turned out awesome! I'm very impressed with it! And the photo quality is just amazing and so crisp and life like. now i just need a blu ray burner and I'm set! (wish full thinking there)

I did have a choice between that and a Making memories slice. I figured i could easily stash away $20 here and there to save for a slice. don't ya think??!!!! lol

Here is my layout for Aussie scrapjacked this month. Better posted late than never i guess. It was a free for all this month and i chose to scrapp Leanne A. I'm really drawn to her layouts as she has a similar style to me and well i just love her layouts really!!

And my 2 layouts from Creative Edge, i ha vent quite finished my album, just a couple more pages to go before its complete. This was the Steph C-Devlin class, i converted mine to an 8x11.5 size, it was suppose to be a 12 x 12 size, but i haven't scrapped that size in almost 2 years. It was an awesome class and i learnt alot from her.

This is the layout from Janine K's class. another one converted to my scrapping size, this was a really fun class and learnt lots of techniques about re creating flowers and changing the colour and style of flowers. I love them both and the entire day was fast paced and fun!

Till next time. xo xo

( oh i have created a slight addiction to gossip girl! - love that show and am thinking about getting season 2...)

ASJ September :)

September Jacks are up! And geepers there are some really really awesome jacks from the DT - you have gotta head on over and check out the talent! here is my version of Kim Arnolds layout:

There are actually 2 jackees this month! I choose this particular photo of me and my dad when i was 4. (I think maybe i was 3). I remember the carousel they use to take me on I think it might have been at Glenelg back in the day. Hence why there is a lack of journalling. I will have to ask him exactly where and when it was so i can re do the journalling. I dont remember this photo - bu look how impressed and happy i look. I don't have many photos of me and my dad when i as little. This one is a fav of mine. It is in colour, but its typical 70's stlye of colours and very dull. So i changed it to B&W.

So much has been happening of late. We got a new car!!!! (back in JULY) Its really noice. Black - hard to keep it lookin nice - big rims and really smick interior. Full leather in black. mmmm how will i cope in summer!!????? I will have to post a photo of it - but I luuuurrrrvvee it!

I got a new job and I'm totally loving it. I'm now working at Riverland Optical in the plaza - so come say hi if you ever drop by Renmark! It has been full on and sooo much to learn - but I'm getting there and really enjoying the challenge. It was all totally japanese to me at first but its all making sense now and I'm feeling confident! and My boss and his wife are incredibly nice :)

I have a couple of other layouts to post but feeling lazy and Cohen is begging me to play Guess Who with him!

Oh and I'm off to CREATIVE EDGE on Sunday! Yippee! I'm really looking for ward to it and get to meet Janine K and Steph Caskey Devlin!!!!! and Kate Mason who i teaching a class and we are making a prima canvas 9x9 album - YES a full album - go Kate! what a challenge that will be! Kate was one of our Jacks a couple of months ago. :) Tatum and her sis will also be there so It will be great to finally meet her too!

I am going to have to post photos of the finished products next week!

Ladies and gentlemen.........

I SCRAPPED!!!! Oh and I am blogging! yup hold onto your hats........... My mojo finally decided to give me the motivation to scrap. And not only did i scrap a layout but i scrapped 5!!

We went to Mildura and I bought some Basic Grey papers and that let the lightbulb flick! I don't normally buy bg papers but these screamed out pretty girl and I knew just the girl I was going to scrap with them - my great neice Teliesha. She is my sisters grandaughter and she is the sweetes cutest and bossiest darling i know. so onto the layouts. In no particular order. :)

This layout above Is in the current Scrapbook creations for the Show and tell feature. Im really glad it made it in there as my layout is gone. :( It was lost before it made it to the photographer. Which im a bit bummed about as the scanned image on my computer is the only evedence that I scrapped it. It hasn't been the best experience....

Here is a very very late show case of the July Aussie scrapjacked!!! Its up on the brand new site. Ok Ok so its not so brand new but Its still sparkly new!!! If you havent played along on Aussie scrapjacked you are really missing out - they scrap the best jakcers and I always look at it and think 'I can't scrap that its not my style'....... but i always mangae to do a me version of it. I decided to scrap this layout that really is a lot of little layouts. It is stored in a collectors card sleve pocket. You know the ones you put basketball cards and suff in........

Well if you actually returned to my blog - thanks!!!! Its so few and far between blogs.......

Have an awesome day!! :)

forgotten password......

I really have a good excuse for not blogging. I forgot my password. I must have somehow saved something different in logins... not too sure how i managed that. And really i haven't had any scrappy stuff to sing about!!

Boring, I know. I haven't' scrapped a thing since my last blog up date and quite frankly I feel like I've lost my mojo. Depressing hey.

I spent most of the weekend curled up in a ball sleeping. My appendix decided to have another sapck attack! Michael took me to the hospital , but because i didn't really have much of a temp they decided to leave it in and drug me up. So in between throwing up, aching like crazy I slept. I did go back to the hospital and he did say i was worse but they left them in again. If it happens again I wont be leaving, I'm not going through that again!!!!!

I'm going to try really hard to scrap on the weekend. Really I am. I'm missing it. We are going to go see Angels and demons on sat night. Can't wait to see that! Then I'm going to read the book, that way i wont be disappointed with the movie. Well that's what i figure anyway!

Cohen turned 4 on Saturday!!!! He has been having a countdown the week leading up to it. Its been a real milestone turning for him. He is a big Kindy boy now! And he is loving that. But he cant stop talking about turning 5 and 6 now! Oh Cohen don't grow anymore. I really enjoy having him at home and when he goes to school it will be way to quiet for me........

I will have to scrap a photo of him blowing out his birthday candles while hiding behind Michaels leg - was so cute! Little shy guy!

Thankyou for everyone who has visited when i haven't been bogging. How boring for you and no photo for this update!!!!

Have a great day! :)

Back in business!!!

There is a huge exciting secret scrapping secret happening over at Aussie Scrapjack!!!

If you keep checking tomorrow all will be revealed!!! Its fan - bloody - tastic! I promise you will be impressed. So don't forget to check tomorrow!!!! eeeeeek.

Ok so here is my Black apple doll I Stitched up. After receiving one from Sheree, I instantly fell in love with them - they are soooo cute!

I bought some stuff from a lady at work who sells the Kazazz scrapping goodies. I bought a scripted stamp - cant wait to use that!!! And a clearly scrapping card kit. It was really good value. It came with clear a4 sheets as well as white card stock for cards.

Anyways i decide to try a clear layout. I have been a little afraid of trying these out but i did and it turned out pretty good. Well I'm happy with it!! What do ya think? I think i will be doing another one.

Its kinda hard to tell where the edges were so I inked all the edges and i wasn't really sure where to photograph it? any suggestions for next time??? I don't have my editing software on my new laptop so I couldn't' do a thing with any photos. So I will just have to persevere until i get my programme back.

Sorry...

Been sick. Will get around to posting later. Will show off my tooth fairy black apple doll I made too. If you want to see the gorgeous Dolls you can see them on Sherees blog the link is in the side bar. Will check back in later today. :)

Wedding weeend.

This weekend we had Bon and Marios wedding. It was a fantastic weekend. I took loads of pictures - yet blogger wont upload my pictures properly some of them are turned. Sorry bout that.

I really love this photo of Jarred and I and I'm definitely going to scrap this one.

The bridal party - Michael's there..... second bloke from the left. Dashingly handsome don't ya think!!

Another sideways thank you blogger! Michael and I during family photos.



And here is all the family on the page side. There were more but some were already at the hotel have a few beverages!! And frosty the photographer! He just kept getting in the way all day!! ha ha ha he did a fantastic job!

How could i forget to add Michael and his infamous Barra!!! It was a whopper of a fish 125cm and weighed 52 pound or 23.5 kg!! He said he was struggling to hold it long enough for this photo to be taken! Would have loved to have seen him reel it in.

And yay for me i won a rak from Sherees blog! I will take a photo of the gorgeous doll and blog that one! Cheers Sheree - go visit her blog here gorgeous family she has there.

Cheers for stopping by - have a great Thursday!

Much better week.

We this week has been a much better week for us here in the Arnet household. The new issue of Scrapbooking Memories came out - aaannnnnddd my first 2 ever layouts have been published together in the same issue!!! Even better there is one each of my precious boys! Here are the two layouts hope you like them:

The new challenge is up on Aussie scrapjacked. So get on over and join in to win some fabulous prize! If you have a child that is a scrapbooker they too can now join in! How great is that! And it is the most talented Ruby Blisson that has been scrapjacked this month! Here is my take on her awesome layout: I recently got some of Leanne Pearces new chippys in the post and I love them! I'm not really big on chipboard - usually but these were so easy to think about and I have done two layouts that I'm most happy with and are in the throws of completing another!!

On the weekend I went to a hens night in mildura - so it kinda spilled into a weekend do and i want to thank all the girls who were there for the funnest night i have had in years! I haven't laughed that HARD in forever!!! I even won a prize at O'Malleys for my wicked air guitar playing!!

So if you have happened to get your mitts on the latest SM flick on over to page 102 and 132 and leave a comment to tell me what you think!

thanks for dropping by! Lisa xx :)

Ps. This took me over an hour to do - i don't like Vista!!!

Gone awol..

Sorry to all the blog land readers. I have had a very busy and eventful few weeks. So here it all is dot form:

• Easter - we went camping at Lindsay island with another family - was a great few days. We came back early as i had to work on the Sunday. :(
• Michael left for Northern Territory to go barra fishing at roper river.
• I worked and family helped out by having the kids. Very grateful.
• Worked all weekend.
• Took the kids to Mildura for a couple of days - we had a great time and went with Michaels sister and her two boys.
• Came home on Tuesday night. Watched TWILIGHT on blu ray - yee haa!!!!
• Sadly Elly our gorgeous little little darling Pomeranian was bitten by a snake. We think. We had a very quiet few days. The boys are devastated so are we and we miss our Elly bomb very much. She was full of life and was a crazy tiny thing. Love you Elly.
• Michael called and said they were driving home!!!! YAY!
• He caught a very large barramundi called a horse - apparently they are a fisherman's dream catch. He also caught a shark. As the rivers are tidal and hold saltwater fish as well as fresh.
• We drove to Adelaide to meet up with the fishermen and sayed in Adelaide for a couple of days. Shopped and went to the movies, spent time with Luke - Michaels brother.
• School went back and i went back to work today

So here we are. Loads happened in between but with our Elly passing everything is forgotten.

I have a new laptop and have no layouts stored on here - I did scrap a little in between. So here is the monster barra Michael caught. I hope everyone enjoyed their Easter and holidays. I will be back with happier news and some scrapping!!! Oh and keep a lookout for the next issue of scrapbooking memories I have my first two layouts in print!!! TWO in volume 11 issue 3

YIPPEE for me!! Thanks for stopping by. xx :)

• OK blogger is playing along. The big barra pic will have to wait. Sorry folks. xx

GUESS WOT!!!!??

I get to be Guest DT'er for SCRAPBOXX for March!! Woo Hoo! When Maria asked me i thought at first it was a mistake, and i couldn't believe it. But i quickly answered yes of course so she couldn't change her mind!! HA HA HA HA I had sooo much fun playing around with the kit - which incidently is for sale now in the store. I even get to do a sketch challenge for March - which you can join in HERE and win a voucher for the boxx shop. How cool is that!!

Sample layout for the March Boxx of scraps. My sweet Great Neice Teliesha. She is adorable and such a happy happy little girl. In my Sisters (nanna) eyes she the 8th wonder of the world. In fact we all think like that she is an amazing loving girl.

Here is my example for the sketch challenge:

Can you tell im excited about that? Maria is a very kind and generous lady.

So if you have never been to the boxx before you should because not only is ther a tonne of inspiration and goodies to drool over there are the kindest, nicest ladies over there to chat away to. You can also find the latest newsletter here. Wow all the layots and otp from theDt girls are amazing as usual!

Here is one of my layouts for the boxx of scraps: 2 boys.

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Snippits.. :)

Just a conversation between Jarred and I. Wanted to record it as it made my heart smile.

I had taken jarred to the dentist and they had pulled out a tooth that had been hanging on by a thread for over 6 months, the new tooth had grown through already and he was a little frightened to pull it out - so they numbed his gum and yanked it out. Lots of tears and quite a bit of blood as the gum had grown to the tooth and attached to the dead gum and tooth. Gross i know.......

so i took jarred home and on the way stopped for some lunch at a store on the way home. As we were pulling out a young guy was pulling out and staring at me - like really staring at me.

me: What is that guy staring at?

me: Sheesh he is still staring

jarred: probly coz your so gorgeous!

me: ha ha Jarred your funny (meantime my heart just melted)

jarred: What! its really true mum.


oh he can be so sweet and say the nicest things just at the right time.

My sweet boy. Love him.

Slack blogger!

Hmmm i think i fit in that category! Have had a very busy couple of weeks. We are smack bang in the middle of harvest and haven't seen much of my Husband. :( He has either been and work, sleeping or home while I'm at work. So any spare time has been spent lounging on the lounge together or sleeping.

Jarred turned 7 -YES!! 7 - how did that happen? I'm such a slacker and haven't uploaded any photos, but we have had one excited boy on our hands. He is in between playing batman Lego on the ps3 or listening to music and trying every dvd he owns on his new home theatre thing. (yes i am technical savvy - that's all i know it as he he he).

Been working lots during the day so I'm too buggered at night to blog, blog hop or leave comments when i have visited. And I'm very sorry - as i know how happy it makes us to read lovely comments by our visitors!!

I have done some scrapbooking - but nothing i can share - yet!. am in the middle of doing a layout and I'm having a break from it so I'm blogging. I found a very very gorgeous layout on Leanne S's blog and I'm scrap lifting that also as we speak - type.

Kim Archer and Jane from crafty matters have joined forces and created a fundraiser workshop where all proceeds are donated to the Victorian bushfire appeal. Its a pfd file of printable tags and journal spots and it is just gorgeous!!! I have printed mine off and started (yet again!) a layout featuring them. Awesome idea and i hope they go well with it. I also added a class that i have been meaning to do - the fresh vintage one. I haven't started it yet but I'm all prepared and have even bought some packing tape!! LOL

I don't know whats wrong with my scrapping lately. I pumped out 5 layouts in two days, and ever since then, I managed to start a few layouts, and haven't finished them. So not like me. Once i start one i have to finish it there and then. I never leave layouts unfinished..... I guess at least i will have something to do over the weekend hey!!

mmmm all this typing and i have no pictures to share. :(

Next time. Thankyou for stopping by - I love getting visitors!! xx

I think I have ocd.

I really am starting to convince myself that i must have some kind of obsessive compulsive compulsion for Twilight. I check out the new moon the movie site almost daily. And i have no filppin idea why. Ok. I do, Robert Patterson is hot. Yes i do realise that. Oh and Taylor Lunther is hot too. I just am sooo addicted to these blasted books. Surly I'm not the only one? So to get the obsessive compulsive compulsions out of the way - here he is in all his glory.

*sigh*

And just because this blog is mainly about my scrapbooking (and my new found twilight addiction :) ) Here is some scrappin!!

This is my latest lo. I used an oldie Scrapboxx kit from July (i think maybe June) last year. Beautiful beautiful kit too!!! And my favourite photo of my boys and My SIL two gorgeous boys. :)

And here is my march effort for AUSSIE SCRAPJACJED!!!!! and the Jackee for march was the super talented Helen K.! I really really love scrap jacking her layout. I used some of the kit for feb from Lime Tart. Its the Laundry line from My Minds Eye. yummo stuff.

So if you need some inspiration head over to the ASJ site and check out the oodles of talent there, i was blown away by the layouts the other DTers created! They are all awesome! And there is a super cool prize up for grabs - as always!!!

Thanks for stoppin by. Don't forget to leave a comment so i know you dropped in! ;)

Just because.

Just sharing two layouts i done today. Just because I can. Nothing out of the ordinary happening.

Oh I forgot to mention Jarred went to his first Blue Light Disco (gulp) on friday night. It was espically for the yr 1- 7. He He He i kept his ticket!!! I will scrap it!!! I picked him up and he didn't want to go. he was having waaaaaay to good a time to leave. Im sure there will be more. (bighting nails). He is surly growing way to quickly'

Hope your having a fine tuesday. :-)

Ahhhh, normality.

This little set of books (actually they are not little!!) has taken up my entire being the last 9 days. My husband draged me to the movies to watch it and i instantly loved it and bought the first book the next day. Half way through that it dawned on me - when i finish this i wont have the next one to start and soooo the obsession began.

Sad hey.

So my suggestion to you is GO GET THE DARN SET NOW, you will cry. you will laugh, and you will most certainly fall in love. It is better than titanic. I compare it to titanic because two people fall instantly in love and they both come from different worlds and the universe does not want them to be together. I am definatly a team Edward member. Although Jacob does have some rather hot qualities.

ok enough of the obsession.

I have some really really exciting newses coming up. Not just news coz it pural there are multipal news - es!!

My very first layout acceptances are going to print and so quickly. I thought it would take months and months. And the othere 2 i am bursting to spit out. but im not sure i can just yet. Soon though. :)

I recently purchased two lime tart kits. OMG! They are just perfectly thrown together. I havent' used one of them yet but the first one is just so yummy. Here are two layouts i created from allthe yummyness!

They have loads of My mind eye papers in them and everything just co ordinated beautifully together. I have more but havent loaded them onto the computer as yet. Will do though.

Jarreds school is having a blue light disco for receptions to yr 7's tonigh and he is allowed to go (bighting nails here) He is very very excited about it. And so the social life begins. :)

I recently acquired a brand new mobile phone and I LOVE it!! its an lg the 'secret'. Its a very handy little thing. It has a 5mp camera on it and the photos are really great quality, you would hardly tell if they were from a point and shoot camera or not. Im very impressed with it. Its a very tircky little number and can convert into a touch screen phone. Its so technical and modern for me!!

enough blabbling ive probably boared the socks off you! Thanks for droping by and please leave a hello comment I love seeing visitors. ;)

How dirty is it???

Your car that is? If anyone who reads my blog is passing through or comming to Renmark next tuesday and wednesday the 17th and 18th PLEASE stop at Pro Wash and Wash Your CAR!!!! ALL takings from the two days will bill proudly donated to the bush fire appeal. Please come in and support the generosity!!!

xxx

Devistating.

The bushfires in Victoria have been deeply devistating. I had lots of 'news' to post. But feel so inappropriate and trival.

My heart goes out to the families who have lost lives and homes. I cannot imagine what you are going through. I did read or hear somewhere that there was a fire at Naree Warren, that is where Fleur and her family live. I have left her a message praying they are ok and safe.

There have been amazing stories of courage and survival. I hope to hear more.

Lisa xx

February scrapjacked its up!!!!

Hey there blogging world! the new feb jack is up today!! And the fabulous jackee is Kate Mason, And while this style is sooo not in my cofort zone I soooo love scrapping it! I chose to do an old photo of my boys. It is a photo of Jarred and Cohen on the day that Cohen was born. Such a very very proud moment for Jars and us. Cohen was a very sick baby when he was born, They had a plane on standby ready to fly him to adelaide - He had no oxygen in his blood which made him quite ill. I can't remember off the top of my head the name of the condition but He was not allowed out of the humi crib at all. They were pumping his little body full of oxygen. So the nurses thought he needed a little hug and gave jarred the privilage of the first cuddle. Not mummy, not daddy, but his big brother. As you can see in the photo jarred was sooooo proud!.

Im leaving it short and sweet, we are all very sick in this house today. Cohen had a viral infection on sunday and monday, passed it to michael who passed it onto me. But on top of the viral infection i have inflamed tonsils which are very very sore and im feeling so very very sorry for myself. I have slept for two days straight and have no energy. I hope when i wake up tomorrow im on top of the world.

thanks for dropping by and don't forget to go play along with the scrap jackers!!!

Has it really been that long....???

Wow it has been 12 days since i blogged last. Whoppsie!! I have just been soooo busy and haven't been on the net at all!! Well that's probably a lie. I think i done a quickly blog hop twice in the last 2 weeks. We have been up to loads of mischief ;) So much in fact that i will dot blog

mmmm what have we been doing....

oh For the long weekend we went to Adelaide and stayed with some friends of ours. They have a town house down the road from the Zoo and It was the bestest weekend we have had in a long time. They are fellow Riverlanders too, but were down their for state softball (which got cancelled - just their team) Which was unfortunate but worked out great. Mel and I found the most awesome little boutique on Melbourne street that had 50 - 75 % off the entire store!!! We got some great stuff there. My best buy was a pair of heels handmade by an Adelaide designer that i instantly fell in love with and are unusually very very comfortable! They deserve a photo blog all on their own. I just love them. Sat night my mum baby sat our and their kids - did i mention that our kids get on soooo great and are the best of friends?? We went out for tea on Melb street and then headed into Unley to a club called Boho. Now if you haven't been to boho I suggest you do just to check out the decor. Awesome!! they have decked the entire place out old school theatre go circus and it just looks great. Complete with a naked trapeze artist on a hoop which is actually a converted chandelier. Mels brother Ace works there and was feeding us cocktails allllll night. Mmmmmm they were great - thanks Ace!! Then we headed to the Casino - not out cup of tea at all. But was not what we expected. We spent 3 hours at the blackjack table - had a ball and came out even steven!!! and walked home. Which was to our benefit as we sobered up just in time. Took the kids to glenelge beach on Sunday and had a great day. Had tea at hogs breath cafe - uggh at way tooo much but how can you not the food is always awesome there. and Monday bummed around the townhouse and went to harbour town for a wee bit more shopping.

Hmmm dot point - YEAH RIGHT!!!

if you got this far well done you deserve a medal!

Jarred returned to school Tuesday and was really excited to go. He loves his teacher which is great and he has slipped right back into school mode! LOL

Its been unbelievable hot here like 48 - 49 here at Renmark North even thought the news is saying only a balmy 42 - Hell no, not here it ain't!

We have been swimming heaps down at the houseboat - which has been a real blessing we are so lucky to have it so close to our house. Although the river is like bath water at the moment. But still keeping us cool.

I have been working on my project 52 and finally took photos of the cover and week 1 &2.

Ta Dah!!

So how hot has it been in your neck of the woods?.............

Thanks for dropping by I hope your keeping cool and don't forget that Aussie scrapjacked will be up again on the 5th!!! Hope to see you there.... :)

Just sharing. :)

Just wanted to share two layouts i done yesterday. We have just been busy living, working on my project 52 which i will share soon.....

thanks for doping by :)

slide show of some favs. :)