BACK HOME, Cant believe our holiday is over....

It absolutely took no time at all to feel like we were back in reality at home and into committments that were waiting for us almost as soon as we returned.  I was wishing the Volcanic Ash would stop us from coming home - I'd gladly have stayed longer!!

Nevertheless - there's a gazillion photos to scrap but yet a gazillion things to do otherwise to stop getting into scrapping those said photos!!

Wish life was easier!

Meaghan phoned from England... she'd been to the 'Ascot Races' yesterday and saw the Queen!

'Where's my photos?'  Ugh... you'd think a daughter of an obsessed scrapper would think about it!

Not photos of the Queen - I wanted photos of Meaghan at Ascot!
 I have these wonderful visuals of  'My Fair Lady' in the scene of  those beautiful black and white dresses and wonderful hats! 

Onwards and Upwards....

Time for a little Echo Park 'For the Record' LO that I've created for Scrap Therapy

This is a pic of Paige at 'Sunset Drinks' on Green Island

And last month Julie ran a Blind Scrap at Scrap Therapy too, and I've finally got it finished!

Paige getting fitted for her first pointe shoes, she considered friday 13th a lucky day!

And finally, an October Afternoon LO challenged by Bec

Oh and just one more day for  'Lets Get Shabby'!

Get those last submissions in!!!

This is what I  bought  from
'Little Bits Of Pretty'
(also the sponsor for 'Lets Get Shabby' at the moment!!)
it was there waiting for me when we came home from holidays..

What a surprise!!!!

Looks tiny doesnt it???
(Dont be tricked by the delightful little packets!)

Weeeeeeeeell, just look what was concealed in those little pretty packets!!!
How wonderful!!!

Thanks heaps Lea.... gorgeous!!!
Dont forget that 100% of the sales goes to the Childrens Hospital at Westmead!!

We've done Babinda, Green Island and now The Lakes Resort in Cairns!

What a magic time we've had, and its almost come to an end

This is soooo sad!

The weather has been on average 27C everyday, a definite far cry from the freezing temperatures from Tasmania.

Here are some pics:

in the 'Crop Room' at Babinda  Scrap Therapy with (from Left)

Heather, Janelle, Me, Mel, Leanne, Vicki and Trisha

a fun day of scrapping and chatting!!

Paige working behind the counter!

 Where we stayed next door at the lovely old pub!

Upstairs on the veranda just outside our room

On Green Island

Paige the Kayak-er

Then the snorkeller

Hannah the beach Dweller

And the swimmer

Paige the baby croc handler!

(it did have some sticky tape around its snout!)

A lovely photo of Hannah- this was on our walk around the island.

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And now to some scrapping!!!

Scrap Therapy has its Room Inspiration Challenges

you can find it

 HERE

There's three to choose from!

And its all about 'garden rooms' this time!

Here's my DT samples:

Pink/Green

 Green/Red

 Brown/Cream

Scrap Jacked has some fab LO's to Jack!!

Check them out here

Here's my DT sample

and I've used the remainder of the lovely kit that Lea sent me!!

Lea is sponsoring 'Let's Get Shabby' at the moment too!

This is me standing in front of my dad with my mum and sisters to the left

and lastly but not least...

I've altered a cover of an old Piano book:

Have a great day!!!

it's our last one here

We're in Cairns!!! (and 123 Challenge is up!)

Getting away on holiday was pretty much a marathon with tidying up loose ends at home and work before we could get ourselves on that plane.  Nevertheless taking that step off the plane into warm weather is just the most fabulous feeling after leaving in the dead of a cold night in Tassie!

Hannah and Paige could not wait to get to the lagoon on the waterfront in Cairns...a most favourite place of theirs!   We just love this place!

While being away 123 Challenge has the new criteria up...

Brown

Decorative/Masking Tape

the word= 'Create'

Here's my dt sample:

At Cradle Mountain - Paige taking photos of Hannah taken photos - and I took photos of them!!

We must have looked a sight!

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Tomorrow Lee-Anne and Danny from Scrap Therapy are picking the girls and I up and taking us down to Babinda to their bricks and mortor store where I'll be also catching up with the local girls and staying the weekend!   They have such a wonderful set up there including a fabulous crop room !!

I cant wait to get amongst it!!  It will be quite different to buying from Scrap Therapy online!!!

 I'll be back with news from Babinda!!

xxx

PS:  Blogger still wont let me comment!  I've checked with them and some people are affected and the issue is still 'outstanding' they say!

Lets hope it wont be much longer.. its frustrating!

Problems with Blog Comments

I found this,
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/thread?tid=4bd36d5355dbcf8c&hl=en

I know a lot of people are having problems leaving comments on blogs...

Its been about 5 days now... so I hope blogger fixes it soon!

A Weekend at Scrap Therapy...

If you'd like to do some weekend challenges...

go check it out HERE

Here's a fun challenge to use some old stash...

 So head on over to see what the rest of the DT have created in there challenges too!

Other than that Scrap Therapy is focusing on MME this month so I've made some little tags from Stella and Rose

Hope to see you there!!!

xxx

LET'S GET SHABBY Challenge#24 and more!

'Lets Get Shabby's' next Challenge is up! 

This time its scrapping about YOUR childhood!

Our Sponsor LEA has a wonderful  little Shop called

'Little Bits of Pretty'  and 100% of the sales are donated to 'Westmead's Childrens Hospital'

Lea sent me a wonderful little parcel from her shop (and I've ordered more!!!)

for my DT sample for 'Let's Get Shabby'

Here's what I created...

My sister (left) and me (right_)

on a typical Sunday afternoon walk.

Check out the icecream on her chin! I had the hanky in my hand!

My icecream had already disappeared!

(we are talking the 1960's here!)

Here's another LO I did from Lea's kit,

My mum always made our dresses and we all looked the same.

My two sisters and I in blue, and friends, all sisters too - in pink

I'm far left

I do have a third one too which I have managed to quite finish yet so will show that soon!

Make sure you go check out the challenge here

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SCRAP THERAPY

Has some wonderful challenges on at the moment...

CARD CHALLENGE

SKETCH CHALLENGE

Thats' me on the right, best friend in the middle, and my sister on the left.

We've been showcasing My Mind's Eye products!

Here's a LO I did with MME Stella and Rose

A littler Hannah and Paige!

There's also a wonderful MACRO-PHOTO challenge going on too...

this was mine.... see its tongue sticking out!

Hope to see you over there!

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IT'S MID MAY ALREADY! STEP BY STEP FOLDER AND LITTLE FISH!

I cant believe how fast this month is going!!  Five minutes ago it was Easter and last week felt like Christmas!    How on earth did May happen so quick?? 

I'm itching for the end of the month (maybe thats why its flying past) Cos the girls and I are off to WARM Cairns for some rest and relaxation!!  I've booked into an apartment (where we usually stay) in the middle of Cairns for shopping and lagoon swimming - then we are off to SCRAP THERAPY at Babinda for a couple of nights with Lee-Anne and Danny, and a wonderful get-together with the local girls!  CANT wait!!!  AND then Paige, Hannah and I are boating it over to Green Island for a few days (very big grin)  To finish our holiday off - the last few nights stay at our fav place which hosts four pools Paige and Hannah just adore this place!  And in the meantime, I'm hanging on by a thread to get there.... its sooooooo cold here and work is sooo busy. 

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STEP BY STEP

I've got a couple of little projects to show you in this post, and there's a bit of a story behind it......

You know when you might be working with a range, or colours or bits and pieces and they get lost under things, drop on the floor or completely go missing altogether because the project isnt done in one sitting.... (weeeeeeell maybe you dont....BUT I DO!) I'm hopeless for losing things on and under my desk! (even in one sitting!) So I usually grab one sheet of paper, fold it in thirds and tie a ribbon around it. It doesnt have a bottom in it to stop things falling out though you 'could' do that... but for me it has to be something simple and quick - to be practical just as a storage holder to keep things together...

Sooooooo what I originally started to do was show you how to make my little 'Fish' embellie... but I lost 'stuff'!!!

And thought.... 'GOOD GRIEF'... make a folder, gather the stuff, and then show the fish LOL!!

Here's the folder!!! (thought I'd pretty this one up for you)

This is using one piece of Stella &Rose 'Memories' Woven paper Diecut

Using some trims and buttons
Hazel 'Memories' Trim
Gertie 'Delightful Trim
Hattie 'Remember' Buttons

Once you open the folder to see the inside... this is where I store my 'bits' (its tidy right now...but wasnt!) I glued some very thin strips down the creases of the 12x12 diecut.

And as you can see - this doesnt have to be a folder... you could use it as an enclosed LO! Place pics and embellies too! There's no end to what you could use one sheet of 12x12 diecut paper for!

The little hearts.... I usually try to punch scraps into shapes and pop away for when the need arises...so my MME scraps - had the heart punch nearby so had a bit of a go with that!

And to be nice and tidy (and keep pretty for you) made up a little packet for them


AND now for the FISH!
As you can see this is bits and piece-y too!

I did have these bundled into the folder...

Anyway, lets put it together to make the end result...

Make a circle with paper...
Just punch out those strips with a waters edge punch or anything scallopy like that.... lay them out on top of your circle just to measure how many you need (as above) and ink the edges.... place the scallop side towards the fish tail and the straight side towards the fish's eye.... start at the tail and work towards the fish's eye sticking them down...only put the glue along the straight edge and very slightly turn up the scallops to give a 3d-ish effect.
Turn the circle over and trim off the excess strips along the circle shape.
Then ink two big hearts and stick one as the tail and the other one as a fin... and the tiny heart as some lips! I've used a couple of little paper circles and a brad for an eye, but you can use what you like. Dont forget to ink right around the fish to finish...
I've used a little tag to dress up the fin Stella & Rose Mabel 'Joy'Layered Stickers

Here are the Stella & Rose papers in the hearts and fish...
Hattie 'Remember' Roses
Mabel 'Joy' Crocheted
Mabel 'Little Lady' Fine Flowers
Mabel 'So Sweet' Herringbone
Gertie 'Friends Forever' Tapestry
Hattie 'Boy' Tapestry

Here's a link to a LO I made back in March with this little fish embellie in a few sizes

 

and here's one from last year

and one from the year before that too!! LOL

As you can see... I love these little fishes!!

 

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These are some LO's created for Challenge Masters - a wonderful  little challenge site with many challenges offered. I find it perfect for 'chill-out' scrapping.

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