Pictures Of You

1st of the month again!!!

Omgosh how fast is this year going!!! I dont have a lot of time for a big update but i wanted to share my latest Stuck?! LO as it is the 1st and the new one is up over on the ning site! I had a ball scrapping this one too - It was one i completed at one of my crops down in the gong! It was also my nieces bday pressie - I stuck it on a canvas for her room. She loved it too - I think it was cause it said Princess on it though!! heeheee!!!

Me and the kids headed up the central coast

on sunday for Chloes bday too - They had sooooo much fun - I still have to edit the photos from the day but when i do i will share some! (Yeah still have to edit some from mitchys bday too!! heehee!) Have been crazy busy lately - Driving me nuts too - I just want a day to sleep so i can recover! haha! I must admit though - this week has been a little slower than last week! I think its cause today was a bit hectic driving all around sydney! Had to go to Ryde to meet Jono and get something off him from work - Would have helped if i hadnt of missed the right exit!! haha. I spent nearly all day driving in this heat and im buggered! Wish i could have a nanna nap this arvo!! haha
Anyway - I have to go do a few things and then go pick up the princess from preschool - Hope everyones having a great week! :) I have also added my 2 LOs i got done at the last savvy crop!! One of me and Jono - and one of Mitchys

1st day at school!

So windy outside!!!!

Its insanely windy outside - Which makes me just want to stay inside even more!! LOL! Although i am feeling cold as in here too! Just cant get warm. So i have been crazy busy this past week - I wish it would slow down sometimes although i think its just going to get crazier as we get closer to xmas! I did lots of shopping this week too - Got myself some lovely new clothes - and i had to go to Goldmark and take back my butterfly pendant as it broke - then found another one in Angus and Coote that i loved and laybyed that - i had to go back 4 days in a row to go to jewellers! Argghhh it drove me nuts! And i have to go back to prouds this week and pick up a bracelet i had repaired. LOL! And then i found out after all this that all 3 jewellers Goldmark, Angus and coote and Prouds are all owned by the same company - Now isnt that monopolising the jewellery business!! PMSL!!! I also got my goodies from my cousins bali party yesterday and my house is smelling like vanilla beans - I love it! I got a burner and some melts, a stunning butterfly thing for outside my house, some hanging butterfly things for inside, a dream catcher for alicias room and a pandora bracelet for me! I was sooo spoilt! Love the vanilla smell from the melts but! YUM!!!
So friday night i headed down the gong again for a crap with Sar and some other Scrapbook Savvy girls - Had a lovely time as always!! Cant wait for the next one already!! heehee!! I got 2 layouts scrapped too - I used to struggle to get just 1 layout done at crops - now im doing about 2! Love it! Heeeheee - Then again i love any mojo!

So i have another few layouts to share too - I have one which was my Savvy DT comp entry for the last round - We had to make our own flower and have instructions to go with it, use the She quote and use inspiration from the Savvy banner - Also had to use a pic of myself!! I was pretty stoked with how this one turned out - And love the Scenic Route line i dug out of my stash - Speaking of - Sooo shattered that SR are closing down - I LOVE their stuff!! Also have a layout from the Savvy cybercrop last week -I was a slacker and only got 1 of the challenges done on time! Life has totally gotten in the way of scrapping this week!! heehee! Nothing wrong with that though! (Sometimes!!!)
So today we have spent the morning cleaning - The front of my house is now sparkling!!! And smells sooo pretty like Vanilla! This arvo we are headed up to the Central Coast for my nieces bday party!! Cant wait to catch up with my gorgeous nieces and nephew!! I miss them soo much - i used to see them all the time now i hardly see them!! Slack aunt i am! Cant wait to get some gorgeous new pics of them too!! heehee! I have done a layout of my princess chloe for her bday - stuck it on a canvas for her bedroom - but its also my stuck?! layout for october so will have to wait to share that one!! heehee!!! I also have to photograph a few other layouts to share too! So hopefully will update in the next few days with some more layouts!! Hope everyone

has had an awesome weekend!!!

Please help......

I have an online friend that i have chatted to for years now - We dont get to chat as much as we used to cause both of us have insanely busy lives but its her bday today so i went and posted her a message on facebook and came across a link to her fundraising for walk for a cure for diabetes - If you could please go check out this link HERE and go donate something to help them raise as much money as they can to find a cure - Trishs son Matthew has diabetes and im sure all of you out there know someone with it!

Anyway - Just a quick post cause i wanted to share this link with everyone!! Went to a crop again last night and had a ball!! Have been scrapping this weekend for Scrapbook Savvys cybercrop! We have till thursday night to get the layouts in for the challenges - go check it out!!! Hope everyones having a great weekend!!! And just cause i cant post without a layout - heres one for this weeks Savvy DT comp!

Busy Week!!!!

Hello hello!!! I have had a super busy week this past week - Thursday i went to my fave scrap shop Scraploot - and I have some very exciting news to share on that front too - I will be their newest teacher starting from November - I will be teaching the 1st and 3rd weeks on the Tuesday night time and the 2nd and 4th weeks on the Thursday daytime. Very very very excited - and i have the most gorgeous kits to play with too!!!
Friday was spent mostly at home - but in the arvo headed out to do a few things then headed off down to Wollongong to scrap with some of the lovely girls from Scrapbook Savvy at Sars house - Man what an awesome time - Well once i found the place!! I left my instructions at home and took Jonos phone for the GPS but geez you need a freaking manual to work that thing out and it just got me more lost!!! I scrapped nearly 3 layouts - Just have to finish one of them off! I am also heading down the Gong this Fri night for another crop at Scrapbooking Delights - Cant wait!!!! Should be fun! So then Saturday was a day at home - i didnt get home till really late as it was an hours drive from Sars house and i dont think i left there till about 1.30ish or so!! LOL! Stayed up another few hours as i was just sooo awake. Then my gorgeous cuz Nik came over and visited - we even ended up picking up her gorgeous boy and her man and they came over for dinner too - Had a lovely time with them - the kids had such a ball playing all arvo/night - they dont get to see each other much anymore and they just adore playing together! Sunday was family day - we went shopping (For my bday pressies!!!) Then we headed out to dinner at Wests Leagues club for dinner - Gosh it was soooo yummy too - Had my all time fave - Chicken Snitzel!! haha - anyone that has ever gone out to dinner with me knows i order this every time!! And i must say Wests is a really nice family club to go to - They have a games room for the kids to play - Xboxes etc - my kids LOVED that! We also all got desserts with our meals - the kids got ice cream with theirs and Jono and I got a pancake and ice-cream - OMG this was sooo yummy! So then we headed home and got the kids into bed. I headed over to mu cousins to chill with her a little bit - Then it was MONDAY!! My birthday!! Wooohooooo!!!
I got totally spoilt rotten for my birthday! Earlier in the week i had bought myself 2 new tops and 2 pairs of shoes - but my beautiful kids and man got me a watch and bracelet set that have gorgeous butterflies engraved on the bands - Plus a butterfly pendant on a necklace - A new wallet (My old one was completely falling apart so this is just awesome having a new shiny one!! heehee!) i also got some scratchies off my cuz - and i won $18 on them too!! heehee - which bought me my dessert for the night from Sara Lee factory shop - CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE!! YUMMO! It is the BEST! So spent the morning at home chillaxin, then Nikki took me out for a bit to a friends and we had KFC for lunch - came home and had a little nanna nap!! (OMGosh i am getting old arent i!! HAHA!) Well how awesome is my man cause he woke me up just as Home and Away was about to start with my fave dinner - Chicken Satay - which he cooked - his first time cooking that meal and OMG it was sooo yummy! Then he brought me a glass of coke and a slice of my choc cheesecake! YUMM!!! THEN the family all disappeared into the kitchen and came back with a cake - with the candles on top spelling my initials!! heeehee it was sooo cute! They really did spoil me and gosh it was just fantastic! It was soo nice to be spoilt for the day and i sooo was! I loved all my pressies and my dinner and desserts! And to all my friends and family out there in cyber world - THANKYOU sooooo much for all the facebook and forum birthday wishes!! I was completely in awe last night reading them all!! I felt soooo loved!! So big thankyou to everyone!!!
Ahhh this post is getting kinda big hey!! LOL! So what else have i been up to??? I have been scrapping for the Savvy DT competition still - Up to the 3rd layout now - and we have to do a product like challenge as if we were a DT member already! I just cant figure out what to do cause Sar has sooo much yummy product over in her store!!
The new sketch is up over at Stuck?! Sketches too - I LOVE LOVE LOVE this sketch - and i was really pleased with how my take on it turned out too - I adore those October Afternoon papers and die cuts! They are just so yummy!
OK - the layouts - the first 2 are my Savvy DT comp layouts, the 3rd layout is one of me and my gorgeous cuz nikki and the 4th one is my Stuck?! September 002 layout! PLEASE go check out the new sketch and have a go!!

This Friday Night

This weekend is Scrapbook Savvy's September Cybercrop...and this month we're celebrating Spring!!  All challenges will be revealed on Friday night 18th September, with bingo & blind scrapping on Saturday night 19th September from 8pm.  You have a whole week to complete your challenges, so make sure you head on over to the forum (www.scrapbooksavvy.com.au/forum) and join in the fun @ Scrapbook Savvy! 

Some more layouts!!!

Yep i have been on a scrappy roll so i have some more layouts to share!!! On sunday i got 3 layouts scrapped! And i got lots of new yummies from one of my fave shops - scraploot!! woohooo!! Im heading out there again on thursday too (But i must be good cause i spent lots on the weekend!! heeehee!!) Might have some exciting news to share soon too ;)
So what have i been up to - Hmmm not much really - scrapping, chilling out, getting out of the house when i could! I had the boys school book parade on thursday (Well take 2 of it!! LOL! I sent them to school a week early dressed up and they came back saying muuuummmmm its not the book parade this week - Oooops!!) That was fun and got to catch up with some  friends there too! I have also signed up for the scrapbook savvy design team competition so have been having fun doing that too!!
I have been in a bit of a funk lately - just no motivation to do anything - the only time i feel like me is when im sitting there scrapping! So ive been throwing myself into it - Trying to pull myself out of the funk! I have also had more problems with my teeth - one of the ones up the back has split and half of it is loose and really really painful - Every time i eat it hammers me!! Over it - So tomorrow i have a docs appointment to get some antibiotics cause i know my teeth get infected easy and quick and i dont want nothing keeping me from getting this tooth out!!! LOL! So anyway - Im just gonna add these 3 layouts from sunday in to the post and then im off to have a shower! I still have more to share too!!! So will be back very soon to post with some more layouts!!! 

September - spring has sprung!!!

Its my fave time of year!!! 1st of September - First day of Spring - Not long now until my birthday - 2 weeks from today!! Love it!! So 1st of September also means a new challenge is up for Stuck?! sketches!!!! I have been itching to share this one since i did it cause i was really pleased with how it came out! Cant wait to share the next one too ;) The new sketch is just gorgeous to so make sure you head over to Stuck?! and check it out - Their are new prizes for the new month too! :)
So i also have another new layout to share - and some exciting news too - This layout i did for the August sketch challenge over at Wicked Princesses - And it was picked as the layout of the week last night!! Woohoooo!! I was soo stoked! And more kool news - I also won the bingo over at the scrapbook n bits cyber crop on friday night - I have been a member there for ages and used to be on the DT and really enjoyed catching up with the girls over there!! And ive even got one of the cyber crop layouts nearly finished too - Its sitting right in front of me at the moment while i decide if its finished or not!! LOL! Its one of my handsome bday boy Mitchy! I will do another post soon with the details of his bday and some photos - I still have to edit my pics from his bday! My eyes are playing up a little when i stare at the laptop for ages - I badly need to go to the optometrist and get glasses - which im not looking forward to! LOL! Need to go to the dentist too - Seeing a theme here, i dont look after myself properly!! Really should get on top of them though! Anyway - Im off to scrap a bit and figure out this layout! Hope you all have an awesome day and dont forget to check out Stuck?! sketches for the new layout!!!

The birdcage album

I have finished up my birdcage album that i was lucky enough to win the kit for from Scraptapestry from Naomis blog. The kit was just sooo beautiful and i still have quite a bit left over from it - I challenged myself to try and use JUST what was in the kit - i ended up adding just a few flowers and another maya rd sheer! I was really really happy with the end  result though!! (Sorry all the pics are prob messed up a bit!)
While im blogging - Check out this link too!!! And scroll down till u see a familiar name!! heheeee 2crafty I will be back hopefully tomorrow with another update about my gorgeous Mitchys 6th bday yesterday and some pics too!! We had a great day! 

Some more layouts to share!!!

Yep i have some more layouts to share - and some more news - Wooohooo I got 2 layouts picked up by scrapbooking memories magazine this week!! Sooo stoked! The skipping at the zoo one - so i have to take that one down - and also one of Mitchy - 5 & 1/2 - the one a few posts down with the robot papers! Have to take that one down too!! heeheee!!! So i also have one more kool thing to share - I won a kit from the lovely Naomis blog - She has opened up the most beautiful kit club called Scraptapestry - Well today i received the kit i won in the mail - OMG!!! Its sooo completely DEVINE! IT was wrapped up sooo beautifully - and the amount you receive in this kit is just amazing - I TOTALLY recommend it so go check it out - Scraptapestry. So I also have some layouts to share with you - One of me and my nan - I got this photo printed a few weeks ago and have been trying to think how to scrap it - and well just went for it!!! Im quite happy with how it came out too cause i was pretty hard on myself with this one cause it was of my nan!  Now the next one is a sketch layout i did for one of this months Inspired Blueprints sketches. I quite liked it when i saw it so had a go and LOVE this layout that came out - I was just sooo happy with it! Funny story about the photo used for this one - we were at the zoo and i was trying to take some photos of the otters swimming around in the water - they looked mad but gosh they were super fast!!!! Anyway Alicia called me over and all the kids went over and sat there in front of the Koi tank and wanted their photo taken there! It was so cute! I Love my babies!
So the next layout is another zoo one! Me and my handsome Mitchy and the baby elephant!! No we didnt get to go near it unfortunately - but Jono bought me a stuffed elephant from the gift shop and Mitchy decided he had to have a baby elephant - like mummy! Such a sweetie he is - I cant believe he will be 6 in a week and a half!! SCARY! So my last layout is my beautiful princess - Another zoo layout! (I just love the photos i got!! LOL! They are such cute ones of my kids!!! ) I just LOVE these collage press sweet shoppe papers - they are DEVINE! I love the photo of Alicia too - she is my angel!!! 
So what have i been up to - Well i havent had a car this week as our other car broke down so its needed! LOL! Monday and Tuesday i stayed home with Alicia - Wednesday though i walked her to preschool and then decided to walk to the shopping centre - which is like a 5 min drive from my house - OMG was a lot longer to walk let me tell you - and then i had gotten groceries and decided to just push the trolley home and walked all the way home pushing the trolley!! LOL!!! I felt like such a dag doing it - but gosh it did feel good getting some exercise like that!! haha! I miss my volleyball! I used to play 3 times a week - now i dont play at all! ANYTHING! I feel so lazy sometimes. So today my lovely cousin come and picked me up and we went and scrapped at her house! It felt good to get out but i hated having to get picked up - I am so reliant on my car now! Its bad!! I have been getting stuck into my housework though being home so much - Havent even been letting myself scrap much cause i feel too guilty!! HAHA! Well anyway Im off to bed now - Gotta get up early in the morning and get the boys off to school! Thanks for checkin in! :)

The newest Stuck?! Sketch is up.....

And here is my creative team layout - Really enjoyed doing this one too!!! Huge congrats to our Stuck?! boss Sara who welcomed little Max into the world this week!! And she was still able to get todays post up on time!!! LOL! Been pretty flat out this week - Jonos crappy car broke down so we have been sharing and been super busy going out when i can! I have also been scrapping up a storm - I have 2 more to share which i will share in my next post - and im working on another layout of my nan at the moment too! I seem to have lots of yummy mojo flowing at the moment though - which i cant complain about!! LOL!! Well anyway - i have hurt my wrist somehow over the last few days and its sore and aching while im typing so im gonna stop all this typing! I will be back in the next couple of days to update again with some more layouts!!! Dont forget to go check out Stuck?! The new sketch is up so there is now 2 sketches to choose from and all you have to do is one to be in the running to win!!!