Digi, OTP and traditional in one post!

I seriously need a medal for my efforts this week. I do. No such medal exists of course, but if one did I'd have earned it :)

I finally managed to get my Photoshop working properly and sourced some new gorgeous digi kits today (thanks to my more digi savvy sister :) I decided to digi scrap this photo of Mikaela taken on her 11th birthday.

I also managed to create a layout using the new Basic Grey Origins range. Oh.My.Goodness! This range is amazing. I tend to get a little gushy over all sorts of paper ranges but this one is just stunning. I adore yellow and use it a lot lately so this range particularly appealed to me right now.  

Miss Piper, my niece, on a visit to my pplace recently. This kid is seriously hilarious :)

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While playing with this yummy range I made a sweet framed layout for my friends using photos I took of their cute little girls a few weeks back.

One more layout to share - one that I forgot to share a few weeks back after the Scrapbook Princess 'reunion' crop. One of the boys with my Dad :)

 

It is very late and I have had a huge week already. I am thinking it's time to get into bed with my old primary school friend Trixie.

Did you not just love Trixie Belden? Any other fans out there? My awesome Uncle and Aunty are second hand book dealers and sourced these for me. They smell old and funky and downright fabulous as only old paperbacks can. Love, love, love delving into my childhood faves.

Roll up, Roll up!

Today was my nephew Lachlan's 1st birthday party :) My amazing sister threw a spectacular circus themed party and we had a brilliant time! I was in charge of taking photos which was a lot of fun with so much colour and action!

Gorgeous popcorn cupcakes with mini marshmallows fashioned into 'popcorn'. So clever and delicious too!

Lots of circus themed decorations. Rich and I were able to provide popcorn, slushy and fairy floss machines from church which added to the circus feel.

Hot dog stand and prize table.

The photo booth. I spent a good portion of my day taking photos of every single guest in the booth. The kids especially loved it! Lots of costume items in there to dress up in for a photo :)

Mikaela

Ethan

Connor

Jarred

Rich and I hehe...

My niece Jenna

My other niece Piper. Such a wag :)

Sideshow Alley

Fairy Floss! Cotton Candy for my US readers ;)

Not quite ready to blow candles this year though he liked the flame!

Cream Pies...look out Uncle Kevin!!!!

What a great sport he was! Poor man was assaulted time after time with cream pies and still had a grin on his face ;)

Sack races

It was the best birthday party and we all had such a great time. All of the signs and posters were designed by my other sister Rachel. The whole party was just perfect. Can't wait to see what is in store for next year!

February Classes for Scrapbooks Etc

I have two new layouts prepared for my February classes at Scrapbooks Etc this month and am in love with the gorgeous products Lyndal has chosen for the kit!

A lovely mix of Pink Paislee, Making Memories and Jenni Bowlin papers with some tags, tickets and tassles thrown in for good measure :)

There are a few places still available for my February classes so if you are in Brisbane and would like to make these two layouts, click on the link above for more details about how to book :)There are loads of other classes available all month long so check us out!

Promised shares!

I have finally managed to install some software back onto my laptop and can share some recent layouts. This one is from the last Little Scrapbook Shop Freestyle themed cybercrop where I set a challenge to use a paint strip under the title.

These next few are from a recent crop I went to with the Girls I used to crop with at Scrapbook Princess before it closed. Loads of giggles and even a few layouts in between. It was the night before the media launch for the Australia Day campaign so I was fighting butterflies in my belly all night! I still managed to get these done, besides the queasiness!

I have some class examples to finish tonight and a couple of commissions to find inspiration for! Better get the kids off to bed so I can scrap some more ;)

The Seasoned Scrapper

Looking for a scrapping challenge this year? Look no further!

Little Scrapbook Shop are hosting a year of unique and motivating challenges in our new initiative...The Seasoned Scrapper. It is basically 40 challenges that run during the school terms with breaks in between.
Click on the link to see how it all works and sign up for the challenge.
There are almost 50 people already signed up which means there will be a whole lot of inspiration and fellow Seasoned Scrappers to get to know!

I do have a whole lot of layouts to share but my computer is stripped bare with it's new hard drive. I am slowly reinstalling all of my programs so stay tuned for some shares very soon :)

Shares

Miss Mikaela had her 11th birthday on Monday. We had a low-key day this year as she had a big bash for her 10th last year. The only thing she really wanted for her birthday was to get her ears pierced. She insists she was the very last female member of her entire year at school to have no holes in her lobes. 

Whether that is actually true or not I have no idea but we let her go ahead and have them pierced. She does look terribly cute and she is over the moon happy.

A few recent layouts to share. I have some more but haven't photographed them yet. 

Some adorable October Afternoon and my little niece Piper. So cute!

One of my favourite photos - from the Canon 5 photo competition from this year. Canon sent out 5 items and criteria to shoot and these hundreds-and-thousands were one of the items. 

Some layouts for work - this is one of my January classes at Scrapbooks etc.

One for Lyndal's fantastic 'Sketched' class. A double no less! These photos were taken in a very simple and run-down classroom in Laos. I love these images.

And another class for January using more of the Making Memories Mistletoe collection.

My computer is still playing up and won't be fixed properly until Monday so I'll see how I go getting back in here to upload more layouts. Otherwise I'll see you when I get back from my long weekend in Sydney!! 

I'm back!

Have you missed me? I thought so ;)
My computer had a conniption a week ago and I have been offline and
suffering terrible withdrawl! 
I have it all up and running for now so I hope it holds out a little until I can buy a new one....which is totally possible with my latest news!


You might remember my news a few weeks back about my photo being selected in the top 10 for the Living Australian Photographic Competition people's choice in New Idea magazine. Well, I didn't win :(.......
But I did get an email last week telling me I was selected in the overall top 20 images by the panel-judged major competition! The comp was judged by an expert panel who were looking for the image that best showcased Australian living....
AND I WON!!!
Here is a link to my announcement and my photo if you missed it before. 
The Australia day council organised flights for Rich and I to fly to Sydney yesterday for the media launch of the Australia Day campaign where the day culminated in them announcing my photo as the winner!

If you google my name you will find all of the media images from the day
like this one - http://www.life.com/search/?q0=kerryn+leworthy

There are heaps more around as it was a full press conference! I am on page nine of the Courier Mail here in Brisbane today (half page!) and also in some other National papers etc. 

It will also be in New Idea again next week and I am still interviewing for other mags and papers...crazy!
The whole thing is unbelievable! Rich and I fly back down to Sydney on the weekend for three nights at the Hilton shooting for Getty Images and loads of events etc.

I also have an opportunity to fly back to Sydney for another day during the year to do a one day internship shooting in any of the Getty Images departments...ooooh red carpet anyone! Seriously!

Oh and did I mention the $3000 cash prize...hello Macbook Pro :)

I am still in complete shock and can not believe my little backyard snap has created such a stir...amazing! 

I will pop back in with some of my photos of yesterday's jaunt to Sydney...loads of celebrity encounters and incredibly talented industry people which was overwhelming!

Back soon.....