I'm moving.....

I've moved over to Typepad now for a bit of a trial.

The link is here. Let me know what you think K?

Thinking of changing...

Thinking of changing...

Blogger is getting v. annoying. Sometimes it decides to publish the posts...sometimes, not. Grrrr. Thinking of changing to Typepad. Anyone out there who can tell me the difference?

My boy...

Have you ever fallen in love with a photo that is, by all accounts, not a good one? I love this one of my "handful" as I think it really shows what he is like!

Art, photography, scrapbooking, etc., etc., is just so personal isn't it? Sometimes, for no apparent reason, something just appeals.

I haven't scrapped for a while as my mojo STILL hasn't returned! I think I need an injection of new PRODUCTS!!! Can't wait for the new CHA stuff to come flowing in......

I do love the new Daisy D's papers that are available at Scrapapple and can't wait to get my hands on some!

What the.....

I can't believe it - it doesn't rain but it pours! I went to the newsagency today and got this......

Can't believe my luck!

What the......?

How Cute it this Face?

This would have to be one of my favourite photos of Levi. He was in the bath and I was trying out my 85mm f1.8 lens and I'm so happy with it!

You might have seen it in SC 44 but I had to show it to you again anyway!

Do you find that you scrap one child more than another at certain stages? At the moment Levi is so photogenic so he gets the bulk of the snaps (mind you I don't know for how long as he's getting sick of it!).

Thanks to everyone who has popped to visit my blog too lately - I love it and I love the sense of "community" it gives. What did we all do before blogging?

OMG A COVER!!!!!

I haven't seen it yet, but I believe I have a cover on Issue 44 of Scrapbook Creations! Can you believe it?!?!?!? Its a layout I did using a "suspended" technique I came up with when I was playing around one day (waaaaaay to much time on my hands I know!). How cool!!!

Its a photo of my (wicked) Levi - gosh he's a handful!!! BUT I love that there is a boy on the cover AND a naughty one at that!

BTW check out Aussie Dares tomorrow - we've come up with some New and Improved Ideas - should get those creative juices flowing and join in - a great way to get that mojo flowing!

Don't you just love crying photos?

I just LOVE photos of crying babies, small children having tantrums and dirty little faces.

I managed to catch a picture of Jonah when things aren't going his way and I had to scrap it!

TFL!!!

Not much happening....

All's been pretty quiet on the home front of late. I guess that's got something to do with my back problems. Still getting 4 x weekly visits to chiro.

Levi and Jonah turned 5 yesterday which was really gorgeous - it still amazes me that they're here. They had such a rough time in utero and I was on so many drugs that its amazing that they're both so healthy and have no major problems. Happy Birthday gorgeous boys!

Haven't been doing much scrapping - I made a couple of cards though - to be honest I don't "get" cardmarking - but here they are.

You're Thor?????

Sorry I've been keeping quiet for a while - to be honest, I've had a DREADFUL back. When I was away a couple of weeks ago, I had a fall (glamorous I know!) and since then I've had the worst back pain I've experienced.

I've been going to the physio and chiropractor. I have acute inflamation around two of my (degenerating!!) discs in my lower back and haven't even been able to sit at the 'puter, let alone produce any other work! The pain is the only pain I have known that is worse than childbirth!

Today is the first day that I have been able to actually walk around a little and sit for a couple of minutes on the 'puter!!

Anyway, nothing much to show but here's a layout I did a few weeks ago. I know its nots outstanding but it only took me a hour to do from start to finish (pretty outstanding for me I can tell you!)

I MISS EVERYONE!!!

Jenni Bowlin

Don't you just love the Jenni Bowlin cardstock and papers! Sarah and I have been harrassing Dawn and Kelly at Scrapapple.com.au to get and, as usual, they delivered the goods!

I'm trying to experiment with 6 x 4 photos at the moment. Who knows, might even do some layouts with more than one photo (but no promises lol!)

What a Weekend!

Sorry for being a bad bad blogger!!!

Boy did I have a terrific weekend at the Australasian Scrapbooking & Papercraft Convention!

As you know this was my first big "teaching" gig and I thoroughly enjoyed it! I don't like standing at the front of the class and teaching so I just basically wandered around the whole time which made me more relaxed. I also managed with the help of painkillers as I slipped a disc while I was away last week (great timing!)....probably why I felt so relaxed!

I also got to meet some fabulous people - all the girls in the classes were fabulous and included Petrina, Lynette (from Scrapbooks, Etc. - who STILL has to give me her blog addy - hint hint!!!), and a heap of other gorgeous girls who I hope will keep in touch. And I got to catch up with Dayleen and Peg from the Scrapapple.com Forum.

and the insanely talent Lu Griffen and Cass Glass!!!

I also had the opportunity to meet Loretta Grayson, Ngaire Bartlam (who is going to decorate my little needle-felted rabbit - can't wait to see it!), the gorgeous Rachelle Minnett, Sandra Gerdes and Michelle Grant (I'll have to put the link in laterMichelle!).

I'll be having a couple of days on my back now to try and be able to move again!

Slack Slack Slack

I've been incredibly busy getting reading for the Australasian Scrapbooking Convention which is on in Brisbane next weekend! (That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it lol!).

The freaky thing is that all my classes are completely SOLD OUT!!!! Wowsers! (Talk about making a girl nervous!!!!)

Tim and I were lucky enough to get away to Port Douglas for a couple of days last week which was RELAXING!!! What a stunning place!

Haven't done much scrapping though so I'm just going to put up one I did sometime last week!

Anyway, thank you to everyone stopping by - Please leave a message - I love to know who's popping in AND if you're coming to the Convention next weekend, let me know won't you?!?!?

Weekend

We have had the laziest weekend ever I think! Apart from a few hours of work yesterday morning, getting haircuts for all three boys yesterday and grocery shopping, we have done absolutely NOTHING! Unashamedly lazy....unashamedly boring...unashamedly quiet. Should be more of it!

I've done a layout using the new Buzz and Bloom chipboard! For those of you who didn't know, Buzz and Bloom have begun laser cutting their own chipboard and I must say, its absolutely beautiful! Remember to ask your retailer to get hold of it!

I've been super slack in the blogger department too! I've actually been exceptionally busy with scrapping and busily preparing my kits for the 2007 Australasian Scrapbook & Papercraft Convention for the June long weekend. I am soooo excited about it and sooooo nervous about!

Remember, if you are coming in to the Convention, PLEASE stop by to the Scrapapple stand and introduce yourself as I'd love to meet all my scrappin' buddies. I'll be the shell-shocked looking one who is shaking in the class lol!

EDITED TO ADD: OMG I just read thru this and I must say it sounds like a walking talking advertisement lol!!! I'm truly sorry about this!! Sometimes I guess just too many things happen at the same time!

More Grunge......

I'm so in love with the Creative Imaginations Intentions line that I just had to do more "grunge".

If you are having trouble getting hold of the papers, you can get them from Ocean 2 Outback Scrapbooking - now the sole distributors of CI for Australia.

Had the gorgeous MarniT and her husband down from Mackay last weekend and we had a blast - it was so great catching up - miss you heaps girl!

Intentions

Don't you just love doing a "grunge" layout every now and then? I adore it - getting the inks out, the hammer out and all the other dirty stuff!

Here's one using the new Marah Johnson Intentions range from Creative Imaginations. Its out in Australian NOW! Let me know if you have problems getting it!!!!

Needle Felting

I had a play with needle felting the other day and came up with this little bunny.

Might have to get back to doing some scrapping soon - my mojo's on holidays (again) so I haven't scrapped in a while!

Australasian Scrapbook & Papercraft Convention

Wowsers! I am lucky enough to have been asked to teach at the 2007 Australasian Scrapbook & Papercraft Convention which is at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, South Bank, Brisbane from June 9 to June 11, 2007.

Here's a sneaky peak at my class which will be focusing on ribbon and a few "different" ways to use it.

I'm really nervous about the whole affair, but am so excited at the same time.

Some times I really have to pinch myself to believe what an amazing journey this scrapbooking road has been for me. To think that 18months ago I didn't even know what scrapbooking was AND I had no idea that I could take a fairly decent photo with a camera!

If you can make it to Brisbane over the June long weekend, I'd love to see you there! You can make booking online at http://www.scrapbookexpo.com.au/.

Some exciting news....

I have been lucky enough to have been contacted by Cheryl Mezzetti, the Design Team Co-Ordinator for Creative Imaginations, to do all the Creative Imaginations work for Australia! Wowsers!

I will be working with Jane from Ocean2Outback, the wholesalers who supply CI to Australia and doing all their DT work!

Very exciting for me and I'm looking forward to getting stuck into it!

Here's a gorgeous set I've done for Mother's Day.

The Black Dog is under the bed.....

Thank you to everyone who wished me well - if you've ever suffered from depression, you'll know that when you have a couple of really down days, you start getting scared that "this is it - its happening again" which is exactly what I did!

The good news is that the Black Dog is now under the bed - and let's hope he stays there!

I had the most wonderful play with a photo of Susan Johannes' daughter, Jade. I loved working with the bright colours. Hope you like it! Its really nice to try something completely different isn't it? And I must admit, its fun to put your own "feel" on a photo of someone that you really don't know very well, but just work on the impression you get of them IFKWIM.

Hopefully I'll get back into some more scrapping this week!