EVEN MORE SCRAPPING!! (loving these Easter Holidays!)

AD THIS Check out the challenge here Loved loved loved the advert to interpret!! Here's my DT interpretation! The twist is to use liquid mediums and stamps. I painted up my large music stamp!!! Totally love to use paint probably a little more than ink on stamps!! I also loved the colouring of the advert - and I think thats what is always my initial motivation usually!  


MIX IT UP #14 I love the challenges on this blog! It aways has something for everybody! This time the challenge was to go 'POSTAL' You can check it out here. I wrote home to my dh (who was my BF at the time) extremely often while away dancing. The stamps are off one such letter. Here I am in London at Convent Gardens. It was the dead of Winter - cold cold cold!

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He walked away and wouldnt have anything to do with me!!! And when he finally decided he'd 'punished' me enough - he couldnt stay away laying all over me the minute I sat down.

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The moment the girls spotted the breakfast table with their goodies!! SUCH a joyful chatter was breakfast time!

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I just cant control MESS in my scrap study. I know if I stopped to clean up each time - I'd give up! Grrr, if only there were such things as little scrapping tidying fairies that would visit in the night!

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AWARD Thanks soooo much to lovely lovely Amy (Amuffoletto) who sent me this little award

It made me smile!!! AND - someone else made me smile today - weeeeeell, brought tears to my eyes when I visited her blog!!! Thanks sooooo much Beccy, you really did make my Easter with your lovely words. So with that said I'm going to give this award to BECCY

Visit her blog - she's doing gorgeous work!

EASTER MONDAY -SCRAPPNG DAY!

SCRAPPING THE MUSIC

This weeks song is 'This is Me' and I've used some lyrics that suited this pic of Paige in her dressing room getting ready.

SCRAPPING ACROSS THE UNIVERSE

I had a ball with this one - check out my background - wood, gaffa tape and paint! Stamping and ink.......oooh and those PRIMA flowers! AND ... you have no idea about the little girl behind the picture perfect photo!

HIPPITY HOPPITY!! HAPPY EASTER!!!

Easter morning here is tradition - the egghunt, and THE BREAKFAST!

Oh and THE photo!!! I take this same sort of photo every year!! And I love this one- yep already whipped up into a LO!!!!

This little Easter Bunny stays up late (not unusal) until everyone had finally gone to bed - then out with the goodies! I decorate that breakfast table (well in a fashion) like a Christmas tree - though not as fancy, but the intention is the same. Near the easter plates sits everyone's Easter eggs - and its here while breakfast is cooking that our family sees their EASTER treats for the first time!

Hannah is gluten and dairy-free - but Easter Bunny being totally aware of this has some yummy goodies just for her!

Paige just loves CHOCOLATE just like her dad!! You can tell who the pink girl is in our house! MORNING -Curtains drawn all ready to go....its joyful!!

EGGhunt completed and the surprise table awaits!

Bunny ears that just wont stay upright!!  
Checking out the goodies......yes Paige....I know....I'm hopeless.....I even got Easter napkins!

Time for TUCKING-IN!! Scrambled eggs!! YUM!

 

WISHING YOU ALL A

VERY HAPPY EASTER!!

2009 Easter Projects:




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DESIGN EXPERIMENT, CREATIVE TYPE (and some journal photos)

I've finally arrived home from an exhausting but somewhat motivating week! PLUS its fabulous to arrive home and STILL be on holidays for another 10 days!! YAY! Anyway needless to say, I've already spent time in my scrapstudy catching up on some of my favourite blog challenges to wind down! (very big wide smile!!)

DESIGN EXPERIMENT #45What would you grab if you had ONLY 15 mins before a hurricane hit! (not including kids or pets) Weeeeell, some choices were a no brainer really! lol! Totally fun challenge! Loved it!

CREATIVE TYPE #14

Its all about using the '@' sign!!! How creative is th@! LOL!

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  PHOTOS FOR THE JOURNAL

Of course I didnt have time to 20min scrap these photos while I was away, but they will still be journalled upon and hole-punched and slipped into my journal....

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My first day at work at the studio for workshop, love the light and space - just had to take a pic!

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Ready to start work the following morning. (just setting up before each arrived)

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I'd had put up with toothache for a couple of days, and this day became too much and even the medication didnt help. I had a crack in my tooth from grinding (being out of my comfort zone!) Anyway, my brother found me a wonderful dentist who fixed it up until I am able to get home and have Easter out of the way before I get to my own dentist. Why do these things happen at the most in-opportune time!!!! I managed to teach my classes but missed doing my colleague's classes.

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Here are a couple of teachers I've been training this week, along with my colleague who is demonstrating and having a laugh!!! It was the last day, in the last class. We were winding down. It was a pretty full on week and it seemed all the teachers who came to learn from us went home feeling refreshed and happy with themselves! Thats me in the blue behind with a couple more of the teachers.

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My last entry where I sat and did my computer work all week. It was time to shut the computer down and catch my plane.

11TH APRILToday I listed these (and ones like these) on ebay!! I've got soooo much old old old music sheet paper hidden away which I inherited, and rather than it rot away in a dark place....I thought I'd revitalise it and list it for use in someone's much love scrapping albums.....

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Just love SCRAPPING THE MUSIC'S song this week ......

Go on over and have a look! Click here Here's my DT sample with my gorgeous Meaghan pictured. She's off to Turkey and to visit Gallipoli on ANZAC DAY. She's making her way in this world. I'm so proud of her.

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These were my kits and bits and pieces all ready to go into my suitcase for CropForKids in Melbourne! I was pretty well did a good job of not needing to take EVERYTHING if you know what I mean - THATS hard!!

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Luggage for my flight - I STILL was overweight!!! However I have to say that I was only allowed 15 kilos because it was a small plane. (didnt have to pay extra thought - that was good!)

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Our Scrap Therapy crowd! What a fabulous time we had meeting up with one another! Loads of fun!

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 I went SHOPPING!! And had sooo much fun at the local DFO! Wow,  got some bargains!!! (very big smile!)

CYBERCROPPING AND MONTHLY THEMES AT SCRAPTHERAPY

Crop for Kids was fabulous yesterday and it was wonderful to meet online scrapping friends in real life. Hopefully as soon as I can I will upload my daily photos one of which will be all of us girls!

So much is going on at Scrap Therapy at the moment!

 The Cybercrop is in full swing with entries closing tomorrow (Monday) night.

The Theme of the Month is 'SWEET TREATS' - everything to do with sweets, lollies, cupcakes etc and of course EASTER - my most other favourite time of year alongside Christmas!!

And now the Man of the Month has been announced (manufacturer) which is COSMO CRICKET! I've got to say that I've pretty much fallen for : Girl Friday WHOOHOO Easter!!

Happily Ever After Paige not happy, having to wait until the car unlocked! LOL!

We also worked with older ranges -

Remember GET HAPPY?

Yet they are still fabulous to work with!!!

Here's my

APRIL'S INSPIRATIONAL THEME CHALLENGE

And the Challenge sample (again using Get Happy) My girls ready for the garden egg hunt (last year)

HONEY PIE

Paige at our farm feeding out to the chooks - not sure what they thought of her bunny ears!

This time I used Cosmo Crickets BE GOOD

which really is a Christmas range, however using the some of the reverse sides -

great masculine pages work!

 I've been wanting to do a modern shabby male for a while and the

 MONTHLY THEME CHALLENGE

was a great opportunity - and soooooo here's my sample page:

And another for my Blackie cat! Again a LO from the Be Good range.

MELBOURNE, and Cybercropping!!

YAY, I've arrived in Melbourne to loud thunderstorms! Its gotten cold, but all is cosy! WHATS HAPPENING?? SCRAP THERAPY decided to do something different by starting their monthly Cybercrop (first weekend in every month) on Friday mornings. This gives members extra time to get organised for their weekend of scrapping! Its A FABULOUS idea! I love it, and it seems......so do the forum users! If you are interested in joining the fun or at least chatting - then pop across! I've created the Card Challenge this month for the Cybercrop and you will find it here And here's my sample:

And tomorrow, I'll be able to report my fabulous time at 'Crop for Kids'!!

I wont have time to scrap my photos for my photo journalling pages, but will pop up the photos instead and will write on them for my journalling folder! Weeeeeell, I'll see how I go!~

AdThis (and Journal Pages)

Here's this weeks installment of AdThis. I'd love to see what you can come up with! This weeks twist is sewing.....so I popped on some machine embroidered flowers! 31st MARCH JOURNALLING PAGE 1ST APRIL JOURNALLING PAGE

123 CHALLENGE CRITERIA:

CRITERIA ONE: Use at least 2 stamps and at least 2 different stamping techniques {Ideas: Background stamping, Title stamping, onto transparencies, embossing,stamped images with unusual objects (pegs, lego blocks, bubble wrap, corrugated cardboard,etc}

CRITERIA TWO: Paint splattering

CRITERIA THREE: Use scrap paper from your scrap stash

Email entries to: challenge_123@hotmail.com

LOTS OF CATCHING UP TO DO!!

Its been a bit quiet on the blog-front these past few days.....but I've been working away! I cant reveal my creations yet until after Friday night....and that will depend if I get time! I'm flying off to Melbourne for a couple of reasons (on Fri night), firstly to join the girls from SCRAP THERAPY for CROP FOR KIDS , yes, we have booked our table and on Saturday 4th April, we'll be doing a little 'scrappin' together between 10am till 5pm! It was just coincidence that I had to be in Melbourne secondly for work on Monday through to Good Friday. Dont you just love it when a plan comes together!! It will be great to meet these girls for the first time!! I wonder how much scrapping I'll get done??? lol! DAISY D'S KIT CLASS Talking about Scrap Therapy , I taught a layout kit class last night using Daisyd's papers. Its pretty and feminine and uses loads and loads of techniques rolled into one. If you'd like to take a look then click here .

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The song this week is EVERYDAY

Go check out the lyrics and I'm sure you'd love to join in the fun!!

Hannah and Paige laughing, tickling and frolicking in the back yard! Such a happy noise!

STEP BY STEP LAYOUT

Here's a class you can follow that I've created for Scrap Therapy - you can find it here

Poor Hannah gets snowed under by homework at times. But she ploughs through it. 28TH MARCH JOURNAL PAGE

A welcome break to the day when a neighbour pops in for a cuppa, a chat and a biscuit!! Gotta love that!

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It was reduced (truly it was!!!) And I've always wanted one! Now I've just got to find the time to sit down and see how it works!!! 30TH MARCH JOURNAL PAGE

Just was one of 'those' days! I'm glad its nearly over!! I've just got sooo much to prepare before I go to Melbourne.....it just feels like I'm running out of time. When I sit on that plane...I'll take a big deep breath and RELAX!!!