Just LOs

I managed to sneak in some scrapping time this morning and I had a go at Lisa's colour challenge over at Make Yourself at Home. Zoë loved the title!


And here are a couple of LOs I did at the crop day last weekend. This one is for the CH theme challenge of transport. I snapped this pic of the kids deeply involved in a board game in the back seat of the car on a recent trip to Sydney.

And this one is for the word challenge - happy. My solitary girl enjoying herself on a deserted beach :)


Hope you're having a good weekend. We're off to the Brumbies in the rain tonight - it always rains the first home game of the season - *sigh*. I love my rugby but I do prefer it dry!

The never ending story

Just when you thought it was safe to come back to my blog, Angus strikes again...

Perhaps you recall he had a broken elbow encased in a purple fibreglass cast? Mm, last week his arm got itchy so he shoved a pen complete with lid in there for a bit of a scratch. The pen came out and the lid stayed put. I tried to retrieve it, first with tweezers and then with a chopstick, but to no avail.

Luckily for the silly child we were due back for a review with the specialist the following day. So, the xrays showed the bone was healing nicely - the new bone growth looks like an aero bar :) The specialist informed us that another two weeks in the cast would be all that was required and tried to send us on our way. BUT instead of leaving we had to 'fess up to the lid lodged inside. The doctor fell about laughing and said the cast would have to come off and a new one would have to go straight back on. We caused the nurses no end of amusement as well. I tell you living with Angus is as dull as a three-ring circus!

Angus now has a red cast and the pen has its lid back.

This LO, created for a Kim Archer sketch challenge, featuring a PinkiePinkie button, a Purple Pumpkin button and a MVB mini doily, chronicles this latest adventure.


In more scrapping news I created this LO for last week's Design Dollies challenge but forgot to upload it (I wonder why I was distracted lol). It was a colour challenge - purple, green and ivory. This is the gorgeous Zoe before she finally agreed to get her fringe cut. Such a bubblehead!


Today is also sketch day at wp. Further proof that I was a tad distracted during the week, I scrapped my LO for sketch 4 - even though we are only up to number 3. Luckily I went to a crop day yesterday and thought I'd be really clever and scrap next week's sketch early for once. Hmm, at least I had it on hand today :)

So, this is another Zoe LO:


I found that piece of really old Bo Bunny when I was going through my stash for donations for the crafters flood relief appeal. I had no idea I owned it, so glad I found it! Don't worry I found loads of other stuff which I actually donated ;-)

And now, since I've done next week's sketch LO, here's a sneak:


There are ten days left till Angus has his cast removed, I shudder to think of what will befall him and, by default, me in that period of time. Apart from crossing my fingers and toes - which makes doing anything very awkward - I am spending a lot of time visualising calm blue oceans! I fear it won't make any difference but hey at least it provides a distraction! Until next time my friends, I wish you a peaceful and Angus-free life :)

New beginnings

Today I saw the future. It was a sea of blue and maroon, topped with a mixture of excited and/or anxious faces. This was one of the excited maroon ones :)

Yes today, Angus started high school, along with 272 classmates - he had a wonderful day and hasn't stopped talking about it yet - got to be happy with that!

Today is also wp sketch day. Here's my offering:


And would you believe I used some more rubons? Look here:

I'm on a rub and roll!! Ok, I apologise immediately for that terrible attempt at humour - made me laugh...

Thanks for stopping by :)

Rub it on

I almost always start off the Challenge Heaven challenges by doing the sketch - this month was no different. It was a funky sketch by Heather Waldron and by some quirk of fate I already had the right number and size of photos printed.

While I was looking for the perfect embellishment (I never did find the one was after) I realised I had no less than one million packets of rubons in my stash. So, I decided to blow the dust off them (literally) and put them to work. I used some from three different packets so now I have 999 997 (is that right?!) packets left - if you'd like some rubons please let me know I'll happily send you a handful or three. I love how the Jenny Bowlin ones just slide right on and hate how the Kaiser one resist all attempts to be adhered.

Anyway, here it is, a rubbed on sketch LO:


And now I need your help! As you all know my skinny boy has a plaster that goes from one end of his arm to the other and it adds about a third again to his body weight - it's big lol. BUT the top of it is digging into his ribs and we can't come up with a suitable solution. We're not allowed to attach anything to the cast and short of strapping foam squares to his chest we're at a loss. He spends a lot of time with a cushion tucked under it (as the in the pic below) but that isn't going to cut it when he starts school tomorrow - I fear carrying a cushion around is tantamount to social suicide!

So, can you help? I'm looking for an innovative solution and any suggestions are welcome. I'd love to send you a RAK (maybe some dust-free rubons) to say thanks if you can help us out, my sanity is at stake :)

Thanks for stopping by and thank you for all your comments - you make me smile!

Show us your stuff

Late last year Kerry started up a challenge blog called Show us your stuff. I've had all the best intentions about completing one of her challenges since then and now finally I have! Since Kerry is also on the DT over at wp, it's the monthly challenge there too. So, you can check it out in either place if you want to play along.

Anyway enough rambling, here's what I came up with. The criteria was the LO must be about love and feature a handmade heart. I also made the little green flower at the top of the pic using some twill. I've been using a lot of mist lately and without it this LO looked kind of empty but I forced myself to resist - sometimes too much mist is just that - too much!


I have no dramas to share with you today but I'm about to take Zoe to the dentist so that may all change...

Enjoy!

Of disasters and sketches

What a week it's been! On Saturday evening Angus' friend lost his temper and whacked Angus on the elbow with a tennis racquet. He hit him hard enough to dislodge a fragment of bone and to fracture the humerus.

Angus has made two comments about this:
1. It's not funny to break your funny bone, and
2. Well, that's the end of that friendship.

I couldn't agree more! Poor kid has been in a backslab for a few days but today he got a fibreglass cast - hurrah he can shower again :) Here he is waiting for the cast to dry and then sporting his sling. Both of which are super hot (perfect for the stinking weather we're having) but still more comfortable than the backslab.




But wait! It's non-stop action in this house. Not to be outdone, on Monday the dog developed kennel cough and on Tuesday Zoe was diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection. This means the dog can't bark and Zoe can and does. Antibiotics for both of them, tea and sympathy for me - Rob is back at work this week and has been lucky to miss most of the drama.

Though to be fair it was Rob who took Angus to the hospital on Saturday night. While I waited at home I created this:

It's my take on the 1st February sketch over at Wicked Princesses. Look not a piece of patterned paper to be seen! And I finally managed to add a piece of knotted fabric without it looking ridiculous (or so I think lol).

Ok, that's enough whinging and moaning from me, onwards and upwards but please think a peaceful thought for me - it might just send a little bit of peace my way ;-)

But before I go I have to tell you about Kate's PinkiePinkie button sale. It's on at her blog this Friday night, 4th Feb. I love her buttons but have used all of my stash (check out my post - not dead just holidaying - if you want to see some in situ). I can't wait to buy up big on Friday night - you might want to be early if you want some too! Enjoy :)

mojo blast

Over at wp some of the girls have misplaced their mojo. In attempt to get it home Krissy offered up a mojo starter challenge. It was a number challenge with a colour combo twist. Here's mine - a bedraggled beach babe lol.


And now a few Australia Day photos. Angus and his friend Bill dressed themselves in the best free gear the newspaper could offer and then got Zoe to draw on Merv Hughes moustaches using green and gold war paint. They of course had to do their bad boy pose for the photo!

Zoe decided to take the low-key option on patriotism this year and added a couple of stars to her arm - oh to be 14 and oh-so-cool lol.

I decided not to take yet more photos of the fireworks but I did snap these two pics while we waited for the big bang.



Enjoy!