There are again some awesome design team layouts to be seen on the blog... so be sure to check them out.
Tuesday, 18 January 2011
Nuts About Sketches - Week 144
Wow halfway through January already.... the weeks just fly past. Here is this week's super sketch from Nuts About Sketches:
My layout came together in 1-2-3 and is fairly simple.... much like all my others!
There are again some awesome design team layouts to be seen on the blog... so be sure to check them out.
There are again some awesome design team layouts to be seen on the blog... so be sure to check them out.
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
First day of Grae 4
It was "Back to School" today for Aaron.... Grade 4.
He was super-excited this morning to be going to school and to meet his new teacher... Miss Le Grange.... who is a brand new teach too... first teaching post.
Only about 4 kids from his class last year are in his class this year... a right royal shuffle around... but I think it will be good for study purposes.
This afternoon I had to cover his books in plastic... all 26 of them! By the end of the afternoon I was finished.... back ache and tired! The last three years we've got the books in dribs and drabs and then it doesn't feel nearly so bad.... much more manageable!
So here is to an exciting year with lots of hard work ahead.... hope it all goes well.
Only about 4 kids from his class last year are in his class this year... a right royal shuffle around... but I think it will be good for study purposes.
So here is to an exciting year with lots of hard work ahead.... hope it all goes well.
Monday, 10 January 2011
Nuts About Sketches - Week 143
Monday, 3 January 2011
Nuts About Sketches - Week 142
The first sketch for 2011 is up at Nuts About Sketches.....
My layout is a rare one .... no photos of people!
As we needed to use a "really long title" I went hunting for some inspiration.... kept thinking about the poem "ducks a-dabbling, up tails all" from Wind in the Willows.... but as none of these ducks were "up tails all" I used a different verse.... hehehe.... love how it all turned out.
Go check out the rest of the layouts from the design team.... there are lots of variations on this one.... love the inspiration.
My layout is a rare one .... no photos of people!
As we needed to use a "really long title" I went hunting for some inspiration.... kept thinking about the poem "ducks a-dabbling, up tails all" from Wind in the Willows.... but as none of these ducks were "up tails all" I used a different verse.... hehehe.... love how it all turned out.
Go check out the rest of the layouts from the design team.... there are lots of variations on this one.... love the inspiration.
Productive first weekend scrapping
I spent a lot of this first weekend of 2011 scrapping.... I had over 600 photos printed on Friday and so now have a whole lot of scrapping planned for this year. The first lot of layouts were all "premade" ones... so 1-2-3 and they were done.
This layout I made at a scrap day at Scraptifity, where we made a whole album using the same range.... as I don't really scrap like that I thought I'd use the layouts as I get photos to match. The flowers were from the kit received at the 2008 convention, which is what this layout is about.
This layout was one that we made at the convention in 2006... it's a Becky Higgins one.... It had sat around for so long that unfortunately the paper got a bit faded in the sun.... but I decided to do it anyway.
This layout was from the Mega Crop Day in Oct 2009
This last layout from was the Scrapbook Convention of 2009... I always said that it was toooo 3D for my liking but after doing the Prima layout last year and loving it, I decided what the heck and found photos to finish this one off... loved how it finally turned out.
Seven double pages in one weekend.... wow! Really got the year off to a good start. I also managed to do a single page for my Nuts About Sketch design team committment.... so that post is coming next.
This layout I made at a scrap day at Scraptifity, where we made a whole album using the same range.... as I don't really scrap like that I thought I'd use the layouts as I get photos to match. The flowers were from the kit received at the 2008 convention, which is what this layout is about.
This layout was one that we made at the convention in 2006... it's a Becky Higgins one.... It had sat around for so long that unfortunately the paper got a bit faded in the sun.... but I decided to do it anyway.
The next group of layouts I made at the Mega Crop Day in May 2010... needed to find lots of pics to match.... which I managed to do :)
This layout was from the Mega Crop Day in Oct 2009
This last layout from was the Scrapbook Convention of 2009... I always said that it was toooo 3D for my liking but after doing the Prima layout last year and loving it, I decided what the heck and found photos to finish this one off... loved how it finally turned out.
Seven double pages in one weekend.... wow! Really got the year off to a good start. I also managed to do a single page for my Nuts About Sketch design team committment.... so that post is coming next.
Saturday, 1 January 2011
Happy New Year - 2011
Happy New Year to all my friends, family and blog readers. I pray that this year will be extra special and that whatever you plan to do will be done to the best of your ability.
God bless you today and all year long.
Friday, 31 December 2010
Nuts About Sketches - Week 141
Here is the last sketch for 2010..... just sneaking it in before the year sneaks out the door!
My layout for this sketch
The "golf" border across the top I received from a very dear friend. It was actually all one... a 3D border sticker but I pulled it apart (carefully!) and managed to get two so that I could have a continuous border across my page.... such a fun idea to stretch your supplies just a little further!
My final wish on this post is for you to have a very HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVE.... don't party tooooooo hard that you can't enjoy your NEW YEAR'S DAY!
My layout for this sketch
The "golf" border across the top I received from a very dear friend. It was actually all one... a 3D border sticker but I pulled it apart (carefully!) and managed to get two so that I could have a continuous border across my page.... such a fun idea to stretch your supplies just a little further!
My final wish on this post is for you to have a very HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVE.... don't party tooooooo hard that you can't enjoy your NEW YEAR'S DAY!
Wednesday, 22 December 2010
Merry Christmas
I wish all my friends and family (and loyal readers) a very merry and blessed Christmas.... we are off to the Berg from tomorrow for a week... so happy holiday time too. Chat at the end year.
Tuesday, 21 December 2010
Catching Up
Christmas is around the corner and if you are quick you could win this yummy blog candy at Shoestring Scrapbooking... on till 22/12/10
EDITED 3 JAN 2011: I found out this morning that I WON .... what a great way to start the New Year!
EDITED 3 JAN 2011: I found out this morning that I WON .... what a great way to start the New Year!
Nuts About Sketches - Week 140
Where have the weeks gone? Only two more weeks left of 2010! Here is the second last sketch for this year from Nuts About Sketches.
Two years ago we spent the last day of the year building a puzzle.... this was the perfect layout to showcase our hard work.
Go to the blog and check out the other delightful pages done by this great team.
Two years ago we spent the last day of the year building a puzzle.... this was the perfect layout to showcase our hard work.
Go to the blog and check out the other delightful pages done by this great team.
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