Layout Shares

These layouts are some recent ones I haven't shared yet. A few are class examples from Scrapbooks Etc and some are just for fun.
This one uses some of the gorgeous Crate Paper Pink Plum range. So fresh and bright...I love it. 

Miss Mikaela and my niece Jenna with some sweet Upsy Daisy Designs papers.

A cute piccie of Ethan and his little mates from church...love them :)

A class example for Scrapbooks Etc for Lyndal's amazing Sketched class. A double layout featuring photos from my visit to Laos last year and 7 Gypsies papers.

A layouts used for the front display at the shop. Yummy Jillibean Soup papers.

And one of Miss Mikaela using some My Mind's Eye, Prima and Websters goodies. This one feels a bit *meh* but I included it anyway ;) I'm all for keeping it real...

I haven't taken photos of my last couple of month's classes so I will share those soon. I am currently designing July's classes with some fantastic Crate Paper goodies and lots of girly touches. Love, love, love!

Celebration!

A few posts back I lodged a shameless plea for votes in the Scrapbooking and Papercraft Convention 'Celebrate' layout competition....well I am pleased to say that I was the winner of the digital layout section!

This is my winning layout featuring my adorable niece Piper :)

There is a $250 cash prize which is a blessing right now...so exciting! There were so many amazing entries and the paper layout competition was especially fierce! Many thanks to Scrapbooking Memories magazine and Expertise events for a great convention and competition :)
There were so many stunning layouts. This was my top 20 entry in the paper layout category.

I'm looking forward to spending the prize money on something fabulous...something really exciting...something out of the ordinary and spontaneous. Yep, that's right. I'm getting the car serviced...woohoo!

Oh the glamour *sigh*

World's worst blogger

uh...that would be me :(
How slack have I been? The truth is I am flat out crazy busy, the interwebs in my area have been tangled and in a mess and I have a stack of unfinished projects that rivals my wash pile!
The commissioned album for QUT is almost done and I am very excited to hand it over at the end of the week :)
I have a few projects I can share very soon but until then I'll share some photos from a very special birthday party we attended on the weekend.
Miss D is a sweet little lady that celebrated her 5th birthday a few weeks back. Unfortunately her Mum and Dad had to cancel her party a couple of times as she was in hospital. Miss D has been fighting leukaemia for six months now and is in the last round of this stage of treatment. She unfortunately had a few health issues which led to the party being postponed, but on Friday night she was finally released and we celebrated in a big way!

Wishing you blue skies and balloons from here on in, our beautiful little lady :)


My kids had a ball at the party...we blew bubbles, kayaked on the lake, ate lots of yummy treats and played for hours. What a brilliant day, made all the more significant for the celebration of life itself!

And one of Connor....just because.

M.I.A

First of all I will start with a shameless plea for votes! ;)

This weekend brings the Scrapbook and Papercraft Convention here is Brisbane and I am going again this year!

I have two projects of mine selected in the top 20 in the Convention's layout competitions! I have a digital layout, and also a paper layout, selected which is very exciting. You can vote for my layouts if you visit the show...there are cash prizes up for grabs which would be lovely! The voting is anonymous as the layouts will be numbered instead of named...so you will have to guess which ones are mine!
Miss Shan and I plan on catching up with friends, shopping, having dinners and taking classes at the Expo this year which is always a great time :)
Please come and say hello if you see me at the show!

I've been missing in action, I know. I am snowed under a pile of patterned paper, lace and hat pins as I plough my way through one of the biggest scrapbooking projects I have undertaken.
I have been commissioned to scrapbook an album for Queensland University of Technology.
The album showcases over 100 years of photographs, cards and memorabilia related to female graduates. The photographs, cards and postcards I am scrapbooking are absolutely fascinating. To read the words handwritten a century ago is incredible. To see these women, captured in sepia print, dressed in cap and gown with diplomas in hand, has been a wonderful journey through time.
To think of how life was for many women a century ago, and to then consider the likelihood of a woman graduating University, is awe inspiring. What is commonplace and normal for women these days was a very big deal 100 years ago! Being able to compile these images and showcase them in a beautiful scrapbook is an honour...and a great task!
I am getting through and will have it finished by the end of the month. most of my own scrapbooking has taken a back seat in the meantime but I plan to get a few other projects done this week.

This week my first born turned 15...Oh my. 15 is so big. 15 is halfway through the teens...15 is unbelievable. All he wanted for his birthday was a Nintendo DSi so my family all pitched in and bought it for him.

Master Connor, six, has been wanting a DS For-ev-er and Jarred had promised him his old DS when he got a new one. Finally the big day arrived and Jarred received his DSi...and look how Connor reacted...

He stood there waiting for that present to be opened and for the offcial hand-over of the old console to take place. Like a 21st century right of passage...the big brother passes the old technology to the youngest sibling. Love it!
Happy birthday my sweet, generous boy. That was a mighty fine thing you did for your baby brother.