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Yes, I have more LOs to share :)

First up are my two LOs for the wp cc. Krissy's challenge was to use the sketch provided to scrap a Christmas pic using non-traditional Christmas colours. This is what I came up with:


Kerry's challenge was a recipe of 2 pics, two flowers, a Christmas tree, ribbon and a decorative edge. Here's my take:

And now here's the 1st August wp sketch:

Here's my LO:

The journalling which is a bit hard to see says "When the Physio showed Rob and I how to strap Angus' shoulder we took photos - this 'how to' guide now adorns the fridge - so many steps to remember and so much tape!".

In my last post I mentioned that I'd taken part in the whimsy swap over at Challenge Heaven. Here's a pic of the wonderful package that Jacqui sent me. The trees and grass on my Santa Cricket LO (Krissy's challenge) were part of these goodies. Also check out the flowers Jacqui made - such a clever chickie!

I love the beginning of the month - so many challenges to choose from! Anyone got a suggestion for a challenge site I should check out?

A blog award then some

Mel bestowed this Bonny Blog Award upon me - thanks Mel :)

Here are the rules that go with it:

1. Put the Swap Sisters Bonny Blog Award on my blog.
2. Share 5 things about myself.
3. Pass the award onto 5 other Bonny Blogs.
4. Add links to my 5 chosen Bonny Blog Winners.
5. Let them know they have been chosen to win the Swap Sisters Bonny Blog Award by leaving a comment on their blog.

So here are five things about me:

1. If I had to choose between champagne and coffee I would give up both rather than choose.
2. My favourite member of my household is the dog because he never argues with me or leaves stuff lying around and always looks at me with utter devotion and love.
3. I love action movies and am happy to watch them by myself.
4. All the towels in my house have to be folded in half longways, in half again and then into three – if someone folds them a different way I will refold them when they aren’t looking.
5. I despise fake fingernails – I really don’t understand why anyone would want them hanging off the ends of their fingers making even the simplest task difficult.

And here are my five award recipients:

Aimee
Becci
Kate
Kylie
Marcia (even though she is in Bali for month)

I really hope none of them have fake fingernails...

So, we survived Zoe turning 14 :) I think she had fun - mainly cos she got to have her cake and eat it!

Here's a LO of when she was just a wee little thing in pink. The title was prompted by a discussion between a friend and I had about age gaps between our kids - her two are 21 months apart too and bicker as much as mine. This LO is for Kate's challenge over at the wp cc. That gorgeous flower was made for me by Jacqui Miles as part of the whimsy swap over CH.


There are some great challenges at the cc and plenty of time to get them done. Why not have a look?
I managed to squeeze in one last LO for Challenge Heaven before the end of July. This one was for the colour challenge - it's of Ange and me at the Shop and Crop Escape back in May.


Thanks for stopping by :)

Hail to the bus driver

Yesterday I went on a scrap shopping extravaganza! A bus trip to three Sydney scrapping stores - it was loads of fun and I came home loaded down ;) But the big benefit of the day was the money we raised to support our local breast cancer support group - scrappers are generous to a fault - yet another reason I love them!

Here's a peek at what I got:

And here's Janina and me in Bazzilland - just a small corner of the Penrith Superstore!


I haven't had a chance to scrap with any of my gorgeous loot yet but I've been admiring it at length :)

I had lovely scrappy day on Friday and created these two LOs - both for Challenge Heaven. The first one is for the theme challenge (holidays) - some shots of the beach at Newcastle - I still can't work out what all those pigeons were doing on the beach - Rob says they were on holiday too - maybe he speaks pigeon lol.


And this one was for the number challenge which was a bit of toughie this month - 5 word title, 4 pps, 3 flowers, 2 stamped images and 1 heart. That's Julie and me at the Shop and Crop Escape.


Now hold onto your hats - I made a card! A rare event but I think it turned out ok. I gave it to my friend and she seemed to like it :)


Zoë turns 14 tomorrow - Rob and I are blown away by the fact that in four and half years she might pack up and leave home - off to chase her dreams in other more glamorous locations... We decided not to think about it!

Have a great week and thanks for popping by :)

In the pink

I find rare opportunities to use loads of pink on LOs featuring recently taken pics so, when I got this photo of Zoe sporting pink pjs I was determined to give it the girlie works - what do you think? It's for Challenge Heaven song title challenge.


That's it for me, thanks for popping in. See you next time :)

Wicked gold

Look what Krissy is giving away to celebrate her new line of rainbow trims:

Cool huh? So, if you're an Aussie get yourself over the Wicked Princesses to find out more!

Here's my take on the Challenge Heaven July sketch. My journalling is behind the pic but it's about how Angus is a destroyer of shoes - hence the title :)

And here is my take on the next wp sketch - I flipped it to suit my pics - check the sketch out in the forum tomorrow.

Scary how much Angus looks like Zoe in these photos and not because of the earring lol.

TFSB :)

They're back!!

Yep, my chickies are home again. I missed them so much and they missed each other too but it took less than 24 hours for chaos and mayhem to show their true colours - why do they always have to have a fight at the dinner table?

I don't have a single photo of Angus at the snow - he took a camera but was waaay too busy to use it! Zoe was much the same. Luckily for me Grandma understands a scrapper's needs and sent a CD of photos home that she had snapped - she took some beauties - stay tuned ;)

Meanwhile here are two LOs I did over the weekend.

WP July sketch number 3:

My LO for the Challenge Heaven word challenge (use the word 'together' and kraft as your base):

Kerryn inspired me to use one of my Maya Road envelopes :)

And here is the LO I did for Scrapability's Scrapping Whispers - the kidlets back in 1999.


TFSB :)

WP sketches

It's quiet here, unnaturally quiet! Zoë is in New Zealand teaching the grandparents some new tricks and Angus is carving it up at snowboarding camp.

Before they left I snapped a couple of pics of each of them - just in case I forgot what they looked like lol and then I used the latest WP sketches to whip up a couple of LOs:

But please don't think I've been sitting around the house moping. Rob and I have been taking full advantage of our kid-free break! We popped up to Newcastle to spend a few days with my sister and while we were there we saw whales - sorry no pics, it was an unexpected sighting!

I also got to meet Kate the Great (hard to say which event was more exciting lol) but here is a pic of the two of us - she had a camera - clever girl :)


We're home again now and have hit the shops hard. I finally replaced my old Blackberry with a flash new HTC Legend - I'm sure I'll get touchpad texting sometime in the next decade or so... Rob purchased an amazing watch/gps/heart monitor thing that will help him train for Ironman but given how hightech it is I think it will actually compete for him as well ;)

TFSB :)