CPC October Kit

Here are my LO's for the October kit at Country Papercraft..............wow!! Loved this kit. The PP's are from Melissa Francis. I'm really happy with how they turned out as I have probably only ever done 4 or 5 double pagers!!!!! EVER!!! I had these photos of my wonderful Grandma when we took the babies to visit her one morning. Grandma has Alzheimers and I don't really think she knew whose babies they were but she didn't care. She just cuddled and kissed them and incredibly Matthew responded so beautifully to her. He touched her and cuddled her too. Isabella stayed asleep and was so content while Grandma rocked her and kissed her forehead. It was so beautiful to watch.

Anyway............get on over to CPC and check out the rest of the LO's the Design Team came up with this month......SUPER!!!

Only 14 more sleeps and we head off to WA..............I'm starting to panic, I don't have a clue on what to pack (clothing and scrap supplies!)

Just found a new place to visit.............The wonderful Tess has a blogspot called Scrap the Stuff. Great little place for inspirational LO's and challenges. Check it out using my link on the side.

Another lovely lady named Joyce also has a blog called Inspire Me. Lots of inspiration here too!

Holidays!!!

Woo Hoo I am on holidays for 2 whole weeks! Holidays are extra good for me now as I don't have any kids home from school anymore!!!! Suckers!!! Although I will be looking after DGS Matthew for a few days, but that is so much fun. Today I plan to finish off my double LO I am doing for CPC's October designer kit!! and then............tidy up my scrap room. I thought about taking a photo, but I couldn't put you through the horror of it all!!! Yes it is that bad!!! They say that messy people are creative but I think my room is really pushing it!! I've done a few more LO's of Matthew (surprise surprise) and have been experimenting a bit.........quite happy with how they have turned out.

Next week Colleen and I plan to get together and make our SS gifts for the swap at CPC and a couple of other little surprises (RAK's) soI have to start planning that while Colleen is away AGAIN this week. OOHHH OOHH and only 3 more weeks before the wonderful Julie H and I fly out to Western Australia!!!!!! Our flights are booked so there is no going back now. I am so excited about the whole trip. So many people to meet and so much too see. We are stopping over in Adelaide for a couple of days on the way home as well.

CPC have a year long challenge coming up in November........52 peices of ME. It is a mini album, one LO per week about yourself. The girls have come up with categories and extra little challenges along the way. I haven't worked out what format I will be doing as yet. Have a look at some of the examples that some of the girls have uploaded they are fantastic!!

That's our Boy!!

Here is a pic of our second son Liam who played in the Sunshine Coast Rugby League A - Grade Grand Final last Sunday. Liam plays for Noosa and they defeated Nambour 44 - 18. This was the first Grand Final I have been to since Liam started playing for Noosa. We had such a great day and we were very proud. Liam scored two tries, but one was disallowed (they said he dropped it over the line, but he claims differently LOL) It was a bit of an eye opener sitting in the crowd to hear how much people dislike the Noosa Team (they called them silvertails) I just wanted to yell out and say "my boy is just a country kid from Murgon, nothing "silvertailed" about him!! But some people get so carried away with sport! You did good son!!!!

My week...........have had a wonderful bout of bacterial conjuctivitis all week....charming ailment I must say!!! The only plus is that I only worked one day this week! Also finished our last week of the scrapbook journey over at CPC, what a wonderful 8 weeks that has been. A special big thank you to my partner Lee.........you go girl!!!!! I am also on holidays now for 2 weeks, so hope to get lots of scrapping done.

Memories

Had a blast from the past this week working on Challenge 5 in the Amazing Scrapbooking Journey over at Country Paper Craft. We had to scrap a building that had some significance in our lives. After numerous emails back and forth with Lee, we both realised that the houses that we both lived in when we were first married were cottages on our farms. So I scrapped "The Shack" and Lee did "The Cottage". Our little home was originally the Dairy on my family farm and we converted it into a 4 room little flat. It was very special and we lived there for the first 5 years of our marriage. Kimberley and Michael were both born while we lived there and after we moved, my sister and her DH lived there as well. In later years my Grandmother lived there to be close to my Mum.

In other news, we have signed a contract to sell our farm block and I have now confirmed that I am going to Perth (Bruce Rock actually) in October to the CPC Retreat!!!!! I am so excited as I have never been to WA before and I also get to travel with JULIE .H!!!! Going to have a blast I am sure!! DH is actually leaving a couple days after me and going to the NT on a fishing trip.

SE Qld has certainly broke many records in the rain department this week, but unfortunately we didn't get anything of any substance here in the South Burnett. Here's hoping for some more soon. The boys at Noosa are still flooded in where they live so it could be a while before they get back to work. Here's my LO of "The Shack"

Using Transparencies

For the current edition of CPC newsletter, Lee and I posted LO's on using transparencies. This LO is where I have cut out a circle on the bottom left and then replaced it with transparency. I then glued buttons onto the transparency and the cut out I used under the word "blue". I love the colours in this one and am very happy how it has turned out.

http://groups.google.com/group/country-papercraft-newsletter/web/august-mid-monthly-update

Click on the above link and check it out for yourself. I am eagerly awaiting the posty to bring me my September Designers Kit. Can't wait to use the yummy PP's in this one............sssshhh, its a secret!!!

Matthew Turns One!!!

Twelve months have passed so quickly! Matthew turned one today and we all turned up for a BBQ lunch and party to celebrate. Kimberley was so proud of herself.......she made his birthday cake all by herself!! Matthew didn't quite know what all the fuss was about, but he had a ball. He was such a good boy all day, he did have a little sleep in between, but was pretty worn out again by the end of the day. Talk about presents, I have never seen anything like it. There was a comment made that if she had a garage sale and sold them all they could put him through school with the money LOL.

We went back down last night before he went to bed and he had just got his second wind and he put on a performance for us (a good one not naughty) he had us all in stitches!

Dennis went off fishing to Kauri Creek in the afternoon and Liam arrived home later last night from his fishing trip. We are all heading down to Kawana today to watch Liam play. I am so tired I think I'd rather stay home.

The CPC amazing journey is heading into it's 4th week, what a great time we're having. Here's my week 3 entry..........My 10 Favourite Songs. I love putting this together, brought back a lot of memories. I have the lyrics to all the songs under the photo.

It's been a while....

Here's one of the LOs I completed for Country Papercraft's latest newsletter using the gorgeous Doodlebug PP's. These are part of the August Designer Kits.

I have been really slack of late and haven't updated my blog. So here I am, I'm back. Now, what's been happening; On the home front, we are going to be Grandparents for the second time, DD Kimberley broke the news last week. I'm so excited (another scrapping subject) LOL She is due late February and Matthew and the new bub will be just 18 mnths apart. Matthew turns on next Saturday and Kimberley has organised a huge BBQ with just about the whole town invited!!!!! Matthew also took his first couple of steps on Monday and hasn't done it since. We thought he might walk before his first birthday , but not sure now.
The boys are all well and are all together this weekend at Noosa. The boat is finally going and Wink took it down so they could all go fishing.
Me, well I started my weight loss programme this week, so fingers crossed.
ON the scrapping front - have just completed challenge 2 with Country Papercraft's amazing journey. This has been such fun and thanks to my Scissor Sister Lee we are having a ball.