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Hi Everyone!  We are still on our holiday but I just wanted to share the latest challenge release over at Get Picky. It is all about finding inspiration from the movie poster below:

I absolutely adore the colour combo and all the glittery girliness!  What do you see?  I'd love to know.  Because this is what I created...

[be]

Tanya and Nikki are doing an amazing job of creating fun and exciting challenges.  We all need to step outside the box sometimes, so..... What are you waiting for?  Why don't you all come and play!  Because, everyone who enters this challenge, will automatically go into a draw to win two Sassafras Lass Collection kits plus Foldies and Banner Stickers.

....Who doesn't need more scrapping goodies! hee hee!  It could be you! All you have to do is create and link to eligible.  Too easy.  And I would love to see some more familiar scrapping buddies join the list in Mr Linky!  Think about it.  I can't wait to see you there!

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** Warning - this will be a photo-less post**  :(

OMGosh! It is so cold!!!!!  We have set up camp in Canberra after a fun filled and tragic day for us on the snow fields yesterday. Mark, forgetting his age, decided to try snow-boarding!  Well.. while waiting in the emergency room for an x-ray to be performed on his arm...a father of a young boy summed up the phenomenon of snowboarding perfectly.  They are weapons of mass destruction.  What a way to spend an afternoon when we should have been doing safer things...like tobogganing a serious speeds down a steep hill where a partially frozen creek was revealing itself! 

sigh........................................

Mark has fractured his left elbow.  Again.  This makes the third fracture on the same joint.  It is incredibly painful and he is limited in doing anything at all.  Not fun.  Especially when we are on a camping adventure..... :(  But don't worry.  He will pay for it over and over again, as I managed to capture it all on film! HAHAHA!

So......apart from stressing me out to the hilt with his accident!!  The kids did have a wonderful time enjoying experience with the snow.  The tobogganing was a lot of fun.

As you may have guessed I am exhausted.  I haven't uploaded any photos to the laptop yet and quite frankly... it is so cold here in the Capital, all I want to do is go to bed! 

Tomorrow we hope to visit Parliament House, The War Memorial and Questacon.  Yay!  Hopefully a few days at a more leisurely pace will be just the thing to calm my nerves!  LOL!  Thanks for visiting...x

Hello Friends!!!

Hi Everyone!  This is a very quick post before I jump into a nice warm bed!  LOL!  Because, you see... we are well and truly in the midst of our "Big Snow Trip"!  Yay!  Finally the kids are getting to travel this beautiful country and explore all the wonderful sites it has to offer.  So far... we have been to Coffs Harbour..

...and saw the BIG BANANA!  woot woot!!!  HAHAHA... How could we go past this tourist extravaganza on all the "must see" maps!

But of course that wasn't the only point of interest in Coffs...

We've also stayed at Trial Bay Gaol.  Another stunning spot along the NSW coastline.

and....We've even checked into Sydney....

Tomorrow we actually get to the snow part of our holiday.  I can't wait to see the kids faces!  Thanks for visiting.  There will be a bigger and better update very soon.  I promise.  For now, my bed is calling...x

OMGosh!!!! Have you seen this!

Storyboard Kits is having a fabulous competition to celebrate turning ONE!!!  woooo hooooo!

TO ENTER:

• Create a layout based on this sketch, incorporating one of the techniques listed below that the Storyboard design team have shared with you on the blog.
• Blog your layout, noting which technique you've used, and making sure you give a link back to Storyboard Kits.

Techniques to take inspiration from...

• pinwheel flowers
• painted backgrounds
• journaling
• dress pattern flowers
• grungy banners
• uneven backgrounds
• organza flowers
• spiral flowers

You can find them all over at Storyboard Kits. And then all you have to do is link your LO to Mr. Linky over at Storyboard.

So are you up for "The Great Storyboard" competition?  Head on over and check out the fabulous prizes!!  Woot Woot!!!  You won't be disappointed!

Entries close...

Midnight, 20 July 2011.

Winners will be announced 25 July 2011.

nb: Competition open to Australian residents only.

If you have any questions, please email Lisa at storyboardkits@gmail.com.

Good luck Everyone!..x

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Yay!  I've finally had the chance to play with Storyboard Kits latest...."Kelsey".

It is such a fabulous and funky, boy orientated kit!  And I love it!  Especially as I have three boys to scrap about!

This month I have played with photos all taken on the same day - Ethan's Under 8's Week at school.  See this post here.  He is so cute!  Ha ha ha... even if I do say so myself!

Here's what I've come up with:

[Under 8's]

[Inquisitive]

Don't you just love the colours!  Lisa always does an amazing job!!  (I think I must says this everytime! hee hee..) Check out all the details as to why and how I created these layouts over at Storyboard.  And while there...it would hurt to do a little shopping...right?!  Thanks for visiting...x

Hair yesterday, gone today...

I've had my hair cut.  So?.... you say.... That's not a biggie... Well to me it is. LOL!!!! Those who know me (family and face to face friends) have always known me with long hair.  Not just medium length hair, but a halfway down my back and keep going sort of length. :)

And always tied back in a pony tail.  Except when I felt like doing something a little bit fancy and pulled it even higher and further back from my face!  LOL!!  

Whatever works right?!

Sure, I've had the regular trim and tidy up.  It was reasonably healthy... I've even dabbled with the thought of going short many, many times....and always chickened out at the last minute.  Although there was this one time where I did follow through just after Ethan was born.  My hair always grows seriously fast, and even faster during pregnancy.  I remember thinking after baby #3, that this was insane!  My hair was driving nuts and it was just the little things like it was getting too heavy for the hair tie.... silly, I know.

But I had the chop then too.

(Liam may or may not of had a bit of a haircut at the same time!) HAHAHA!  But as you can see it still had a little bit of length.  Enough for me to be able to pull it back if required....

But now!  My hair went from this last week....

To this... as it is now.

No length.  And a cold breeze running across the back of my neck!  LOL! I'm getting a LOT of second looks and I must admit I feel really self conscious!  But it's too late now to go back and the glue is staying with my scrapping supplies!

Sorry to bore you all with this "big" news! HAHAHA!  But my Mum wanted photos and I thought this was more entertaining than sending her a mundane e-mail.

So tell me....TRUTHFULLY...(and I know I am opening myself up to reading comments that might make me cringe....)  What do you think?  Should I have stuck with the same ol', same ol' hair do?  I need to know if I am hiding beneath a few beanies and hats for the next month or two!  LOL!  Thank goodness it's Winter! hee hee....x

Create...

Today's post over at Kaisercraft features some more of the Pink Gelato collection.  I love the little umbrellas that are interspersed throughout the range and I couldn't let an opportunity go by without playing with them! LOL!  

I have also seen a recent layout created by the fabulous Kim Watson, who used stitching and brads as raindrops.  I love this idea, but I wanted to try it with kaisercraft's pearls and rhinestones.

[Rain Dance]

It is quite a subtle yet effective technique and I think I'll probably use it again. Thanks Kim for your awesome idea! LOL!

ps - hee hee... Look at Tahlia!  She is about 3 years old in the photo.  See!  I am slowly going through my stash of endless photo piles.  Thanks for visiting...x