Aaahh, Spring...

Don't you just love it? It is already warming up here and the flowers are blooming....*sigh*.... I love this weather. Chase away those cold winter mornings and windy weather days... Although I will, no doubt, miss my nice hot cup of chocolate that has been closely guarded and nestled in my hands over the last little while! ...*sigh*...

But we are getting closer to Christmas (I know!!!! Ridiculous right?!) and the end of hockey season is nigh! YAY!! And in the meantime, we will be satisfied with going to dance and Auskick.

Oh! And by the way...No more cast! Double YAY!! Doctors have said that her wrist has healed nicely. Gotta be happy about that. And now I have the task of keeping her off bikes/scooters/trampolines etc... for the next month. Wish me luck!

Thanks for visiting...x

Create...

Hi Everyone! It is my turn to host the *new* fortnightly challenge over at The Boxx. My challenge again, is based on journaling. Kathie Link recently set off a light bulb moment with me and even though I journal on all my layouts, I think I still lose focus sometimes... It was really nice to have this wake-up call. For me, I want to put a little more detail into the writing on the page...

What I am challenging scrappers at The Boxx to do is easy!! Just record a conversation. But it has to be longer than two written lines.

{My Frankenstein}

journaling: L: "Mum? Can I go as a zombie to school for book week?" Me: "A ZOMBIE?!" L: "Yeah.. or a monster of some kind?" Me: "Ummm..What about Frankenstein?" L: "CooL! Who's that?"

*sigh* LOL!! Then I had to explain about Mary Shelley and that Frankenstein was actually a book character and not originally from a tv show!!

Liam had a great morning on parade and was determined to stay in costume all day! (The school encouraged them to stay "in character" for the day). I'm not sure about how the mask worked in the classroom though! LOL!! I'm sure his teacher had it under control!

Thanks for visiting...x

Create...

The Boxx newsletter is out and I have some layouts to share....

From the Book of You kit, I got to play with these gorgeous papers from Girls' Paperie...

{Made Just for Her}

Tahlia's Great-grandad had this doll's house made for her not long before he passed away. She just loves it. Always has, and even now you will still find her sitting in front of it, rearranging the doll's furniture or gently playing.

This layout is also from the BOY kit (because the paper's are so pretty I just didn't want to throw out any scrap pieces)...

{Not so Little Girl}

Also in this month's newsletter, a challenge was issued to the DT to create a layout based on artwork from the Expressionism period. I chose this piece of art by Kandinsky...



..which inspired this layout from me...

{Purple Balloon}

A little bit different for me but I do like the way the lollipop flowers turned out. :) It was a lot of fun and the challenge will no doubt go up in the forum soon. I can't wait to see your creations! Thanks for visiting..x

Create...

Have you seen this month's gorgeous core products available at Kaisercraft? Beautiful Pearl Brads in a range of yummy colours....

...and these equally stunning lace packs...This is the layout I created ....

{Sugar Rush}

Just because she can be soooo sweet! LOL! Thanks for visiting...x

Create...

The new sketch is up over at Inspired Blueprints....

...and this is my interpretation.....

I love this photo of Tahlia looking all vulnerable. It inspired me to journal about her fragile emotions! Such a girly girl!! I hope you go over to IB and try out the sketch. Thanks for visiting...x

Purple Pumpkin...

I just love finding little scrapbooking "gems", and here is a recent discovery of mine....Purple Pumpkin! Just look at Sam's giveaway for the month of August!

Love, LOVE, LOVE!!!

Book Week...

Okay... So I know I'm a little premature in sharing these pics (the school book week parade isn't until Tuesday...) but, I was just too excited! LOL!! We are actually prepared this year! ha! Last year it was a little crazy (you know how it is - the crazy type that has a newborn in the house!!).

Well this year, I. Was. Going. To. Be. Ready!! hee hee... Can you guess what characters the kids have chosen??

Tahlia wants to be Alice from Alice in Wonderland... and Liam....?

He wanted to be Frankenstein! LOL!!! The best part (for me anyway!) is, that these characters are from actual books! hee hee... No Ben Ten or Barbie this year. :D