Back in the swing of things!

Wow, have things been busy!  Things are happening so fast around here it's hard to keep up.  Visitors from Brisbane were here for the weekend, wood fired pizza's didn't work as planned, packing is taking longer than expected, preparations to rejoin the ranks of the employed over self-employed are progressing, plus the normal school runs, swimming lessons, dance classes and getting groomed and ready for a trip south is all taking their tool.  I'm so tired, I really should be in bed already!!!

I'm busy packing at the moment to go down and visit my family and go away with my two best scrapping buddies.  I've got some projects I want to finish and some new challenges that I want to attempt - hopefully I'll have enough time for it all!  Plus there is the pedicure and manicure that I'm taking my mum too for a very long overdue and long awaited birthday present - she's so worth and and I just might treat myself too!!  I just hope I don't leave anything behind in my rush to get out the door in a few days - namely the girls, but I don't think I could leave them...they're too vocal!!

Can't wait to share what I've been up to with you, but you'll have to wait a bit longer for that.  For now though, here's a new layout that I finished for the Creative Girls Blog over at Scrap N Craft with T.  I'm in love with this one and think I'm back in the drivers seat again.  Mojo is swinging and who am I to deny or fight it!!  Hope you like it as much as I do!

See you in a couple of weeks!!!
x

Beautiful Girls

I don't have any sisters so I remember talking up the impending arrival of my second daughter with Coco telling her how lucky she was going to be to have a sister.  They already seem to be the best of friends, with Milla plonking herself down to Coco at every chance she can and Coco showering Milla with kisses, cuddles and rumbles.  The joys of girls hey.

Well my baby girl had her first birthday this week and she had a lovely day.  Being one, there was the expected moments where it was all to much but generally she was in great spirits, bless her.  Here's a few of my favourite photos of the day.

 

I've also found an older layout that I've done for Scrap N Craft with T using the Crate Paper Brooke Collection.  It's based on a sketch by Tanyah Payne and I love how it all came together and the jornalling for my big girl who is growing up way to fast!  Click on over to the Creative Girls blog for more info on this sketch and layout.

 
Got a big couple of weeks coming up so will have to check back in with you later with some lovely stuff to show you.  Till then, see you later x

Scrap N Craft with T Design Team Callout

There is a new vacancy on the Design Team of Creative Girls @ Scrap N Craft With T.  You will need to be able to create one project (layout, card or OTP) each week from the products supplied from Tanyah's shop.   You will also need to post this project onto the Creative Girls blog with photos and instructions.  If you haven't done this before, don't worry....I wasn't a blogger and it's really easy to pick up.

Tanyah offers her Design Team a very generous 30% off purchases in her shop, and each month supplies at least $25 worth of products to use for your projects.  The position on the Design Team will run up to March 2011.

If you're interested, please email Tanyah at cardartbytanya@yahoo.com.au with 1 x OTP, 2 x layouts and 2 x cards and she will send you more information about what is required. Good luck! x

So it's been a while between posts....

OK, it's been over a month!!!  Things just seem to happen, life gets way too busy and before you know it a month has gone by, your baby girl is about to turn one!!!  So try as I might at the moment to keep on top of things, they've had their little way and sneaked up on me.  I then find myself walking around in circles wondering where to start first.  

I guess first was Milla's turning blue episode which now has us going off to see pediatricians and cardiologists with a genetic heart condition in the family we need to have that checked off.  Coco's princess and swirly dress phase which, whilst lovely and very creative, is overwhelming when your meant to be the queen and the prince and it's from dawn to dusk every single day of the week.  Plus add the end of the hockey season (made it to the grand final but lost), school holidays with non-stop rain, final renovation painting project and then back into Coco's school activities, dance classes, swimming lessons, play group and constants requests to go to the park and to see her little best friend - yep, it's been tiring!!!  

But creatively, what have I been doing....well of late I've been doing stuff for Scrap n Craft with T and for my Best Friends Scrap Monthly Challenges and that's about it.  The energy has been completely zapped from me (it's got to be a boy) and my nana naps have taken precedence!!!  Thought I'd share some with you though so show I haven't been completely idle.

For my Scrap n Craft with T design Team work, I made this one.  I had a bit of a play with Radiant Rain Daubers and created my own patterned paper.  It was a bit of fun and experimentation and think that the whole thing has come out great.  How I've done this one is over on the Creative Girls Blog for Tanyah - check it out.  Now just need a really pink photo of the girls to use it...stay tuned for that one as the photo could take a while!!

Next came a project for my Best Friends Scrap Challenge that I procrastinated over for so long.  My best friend decided to challenge us to do a LO with layers, layers and more layers.  I knew exactly which papers I wanted to use - Crate Paper, Paper Doll Collection, but the LO was still fuzzy in the planning.  Finally I came across a photo of Coco just before we left the UK in a friends back garden, and that was just want I needed to hit the challenge with renewed enthusiasm.  I love how it all come together.  

Now having a look at these two previous LOs, you would probably think that I'm a fan of pink.  Can I, right here and right now, assure you that I'm not.  It is probably my least favourite colour of them all and one that I struggle with.  Probably not so much in the scrapping sense since it seems to pop up time and time again, but I really don't like to dress my girls in pink.  Unfortunately I'm given very little choice at Big W, Target and Kmart!!!  So for Scrap n Craft with T, I decided to scrap a photo of my pink washing line using the colour I dislike the most with the Fancy Pants, About a Girl paper range  For a step-by-step of how I did it, check out the Creative Girls Blog...but again pretty happy with how this turned out with my little cluster of embellishments down the bottom.

Now we come to the time when I'm stuck with Coco inside over the school holidays, very little time to myself and going completely bonkers.  To keep her busy, and realising Christmas isn't very far away, we decided to make some Christmas gift tags.  Again, if your interested in how to make your own, click over to the Creative Girls Blog for Scrap n Craft with T and find out how to do them...all I can say, life saver in the holidays!!!

To bring you pretty much up-to-date with what I've been doing, here is another LO that I've done for Scrap n Craft with T.  This one was using a kit, which I have actually never done before but it makes things easy when everything is coordinated for you already.  I've scrapped Milla in this one when we were playing out the back together.  She is so relaxed, always happy and I just love her smile, but once again, just can't seem to get away from pink!!!  Instructions for this is also on the Creative Girls Blog.

So there you have it.  I have more stuff coming up for Scrap n Craft with T that I'll share with you shortly and my next Best Friends Scrap Challenge involves ribbons and that will be on it's way soon too.  For now, my scrap space needs a serious clean and I need a lie down LOL.  What to do first??!!  


Till next time
A x