This week...

I was lucky enough to scrap with Shan yesterday and started this layout using some of my favourite October Afternoon. Now I know I say 'favourite' a lot but this stuff really is ;) I am hanging out for some new OA products when they finally hit our Aussie shores.

This photo I took of my nephew and parents last week is now one of my all time favourite (yeah I know - favourite again) shots. I love it!

*OK now this one has gone...this post is going to look ridiculous*


I bought some papers last week from newish company My Little Shoebox and they are so cute and funky.
How cute are the die-cut papers!?...makes for some 'fast-food' scrapping.


*Yikes - this was a quick one! Created - Submitted - Accepted for publication all in under four hours! Crazy LOL*



More 'My Little Shoebox' papers...I haven't used black for a background for a while and I like the black with these papers.

Our Lethal Ethan turned seven this week, despite telling everyone he knows he is really eight. I know - he is a little odd. He had a few people convinced, despite me telling him 'I was there - I know you are seven'.

We had a party with his school friends and a heap of parents and siblings which was great fun. We own an inflatable rock climbing wall and the kids had a blast! It was a huge success and Ethan was pretty wrapt with his day. The kids decorated their own cupcakes for the birthday cake and played on the jumping castle between climbs.

Lastly is a plea for help. I have played with this photo of my niece Piper in photoshop and have edited it to a sweet vintage look. Doesn't she look like she should have been born 100 years ago?!

I want to scrap it but just can not come up with a suitable paper range to use. I was thinking Basic Grey Porcelain but it is not my usual style of papers. Seeing as I do not do a lot of vintageor shabby scrapping, this is a challenge for me!

Does anyone have a suggestion for papers to match this photo?

This is the original photo so you can see the full edit. I removed the 'Dora' transfer on her T-shirt, belt and patch on her shorts to better fit the vintage look.

Dora doesn't really do vintage does she? ;)