Sunday........

Well another Sunday has arrived and I put together this layout this morning.....I really wanted to scrap something as it has been a few days since I felt like I had any inspiration at all. THis is very different for me but was really fun to do.
THis photo is my 3 sons girlfriends and Donald, a 70 yr old mentally retarded man who is our neighbour. He is always talking about the boys "DIRLFWIENDS" and he thought he was pretty special cause they wanted to have their photo taken with him.

The second layout is sketch 56 at Creative Scrappers THis is my DD Kimberley and her husband cutting their WEdding cake which was made by the same lady who had made my WEdding Cake 24 years earlier.

Today I scrapped.......

I wanted to sleep all day, but it just didn't happen. I cooked a little and then did a bit more washing and then decided to get a little creative.
I really liked this weeks sketch over at Pencil Lines and found this photo in my stash of Erin when she was a little smaller. Not sure what she is doing with her hand but it looked funny and my title "Yeh Baby" just seemed to fit.

Had a great weekend and got to go to the Scrapbooking Expo in Brisbane on Saturday with two friends. Had a ball and spent way too much money, but Hey..it was worth it!
Was lucky enough to run into Hetty Hall at one of the displays and also the lovely Jody U from Scraplounge as well. It was a bit overwhelming trying to push your way through the crowd but we survived and can't wait to go back next year. I would have really liked to spend two days, one to shop and one to do a few classes, maybe next time.

June Challenges

Here are my DT examples for June:-

The first one is "Building Blocks" which is for Scrap the Boys and the challenge was to use Red and Black and one other colour and to scrap about your boys and their fav toys!. Matthew loves his blocks and his fav thing at the moment is to build a "Gwarge" for his cars! LOL

The second one is "Imagine" which is for the White with 1 June Challenge. THe challenge was to use White with Red and include brackets. Another one of Matthew taken awhile ago now, but I love the look on his face. I like how this one turned out.....a bit whimsical and it was also finished very quickly. I used some red micro beads stuck onto a smear of pritt glue in a few places for something different.

The third one is sketch 54 at Creative Scrappers. This is my youngest sons' girlfriend, Morgan.

Another busy couple of weeks for me, and I am looking forward to going to Brisbane this Saturday to attend the Papercraft Expo. I have never been before so I am looking forward to meeting some cyber friends. I will be keeping a look out for familiar names and faces. HOpe to see you there! If you want to catch up let me know!

CHeers Sharon

Forgive me.....

Forgive me Bloggers for I have sinned........it has been at least 3 weeks since my last blog entry! I can feel "dot" form coming on strongly:- Here goes....

* Oldest DS Michael and his fiancee are moving back to Murgon this weekend
* I have been working most Friday's for the last month...AAAAGGGHHH!!
* I have had Matthew and Erin quite a bit of late as Kimberley is busy setting up her new business.
* Spent a wonderful few days in Brisbane last weekend.
* Shopped some, drank some, laughed some and overall enjoyed time away with good friends.
* Managed to complete all my scapping assignments on time...PPHHEWW!
* MOstly been feel like crap so went to Doctor and had some blood tests done, now waiting for results. ie: arthritis, hormones and anything else they decide to check on LOL!
* Missed out on getting to the 5th round of Scrapstreet Star but had a ball trying. Congrats to the winner Jackie G.

Here are a few of my layouts completed in the last few weeks.
"FIshing" is my example for Sketch 50 at Creative Scrappers.
"Window to my World", "Behind every face" and "GIrls and their Pearls" were my entries in Scrapstreet Star.
"Together" is my example for the May Challenge at White with 1 , to use WHite with Olive and birdies.
"You have Grown" is my example for the May Challenge at Scrap the Boys , which was to use the words GROW OR TIME and to use some form of measurement ie: clocks, tape measures graphs etc:

Cheers all
Sharon

Hello again......

What a busy couple of weeks it has been here. Family were all home for Easter, I went back to work, a few scrapping assignments, went to the coast to a digi camera training night for work......LIFE
Creative Scrappers are celebrating their first birthday and are holding celebrations over the next week or so with lots of challenges and prizes. My layout titled "Angel" is my example of sketch 48 and is now posted on the blog. Isn't Miss Erin just beautiful!!!!
THe second layout is a sketch that Kristine sent me to use as an example for one of the birthday challenges. Well it was certainly a challenge for me as it was to use no photo's at all.......I turned it into something I can frame. Lots of fun.
I am also involved in a competition over at Scrapstreet.com and I have made it to round 3 and now waiting to find out if I progress to round 4. There are really different challenges which are making me think outside the square. Can't post any of my layouts until the competition finishes, but I will share soon.

2010 Scrapbooking Cruise.........sound tempting!!!!

THere is a scrapbooking cruise being organised for next year.......7 days cruising the south pacific, scrapping, classes, lazing around the pool, drinkies, more scrapping, experiencing lots of culture, even more scrapping, good food, more drinkies!! WHat more could a girl want?????? Go check out this site for more details www.leisurecraft.blogspot.com
I am definately going on this one.......want to join me?

I'm Back.....

It's been a while since my last blog and there is so much to tell. Firstly I arrived home safely from my trip to Newcastle where I attended the Shop and Crop Scrapping Retreat.......WOW!! Had a wonderful time and finally got to meet some of the girls. Sasha and her staff organised a fantastic weekend and the DT classes where terrific. Many thanks to Kathie Link, Deb Godley, Jen Hall, Allison Shearer for their time. Also so nice to meet the lovely Evana W. To Zoe, Rebecca, Julie, Ali, Amy and Rita, it was so good to share a table with you gals....I had a ball!!!
I managed to complete a few layouts of my own as well as the class ones. I must say the 2009 mini albums were all gorgeous.......I just so do not do OTP stuff, so I didn't even try!!! REally hoping I can go back next year, but the Scrapping Cruise is a priority at the moment, so I am waiting to hear about that.

Also had an email from a competition site in the US letting me know that I won the March layout contest.........Holy Cow!!!! I thought I had won a CRICUT, but apparently overseas contestants can only take prize money, so I have won $100!!!! I am also in the running for the major yearly prize which is a Canon Rebel and a laptop (but I am presuming it would be cash again) Wouldn't that be awesome. The site is Scrapnwin. Can't remember how I stumbled across that one, but I am glad I did.
I also have another layout in this month's edition of Scrapbooking Memories titled "What do you see".

The White with 1 challenge for this month is to use White with Coral and to journal on your photo. My example is "Just be you" using a photo of Erin.

The Scrap the Boys challenge was to take inspiration from a photo that is posted on the blog and I came up with this one of Matthew running on the beach - "Free Spirit" had fun using lots of paint on this one.

Creative Scrappers have a new sketch each Sunday and are really worth checking out...here are my two latest examples for Sketch 45 (Birthday Gifts) and sketch 46 (Proud Uncle)

"Beautiful Eyes" and "My Best Boy" are ones I completed at the Retreat.