Oh What Good Mum am I!

Tomorrow is Thursday and Thursday is Megan’s day for show and tell, in her class.
The class have been sharing recipes, talking about the way recipes are writing and how you have to follow a procedure etc. Some of them have taken ‘samples’ and Megan asked if I would make some pumpkin muffins for her to take. So the good mum I am baked today, because tomorrow is Thursday :)

I made up the recipe, which I will add to my recipe blog later, and have to say they are the yummiest muffins I have ever made, and I have made a few!! They are soooo delish straight from the oven, oh yum!! Megan has 30 ready, in a basket, to take tomorrow, we ate quite a few and there are some big ones in the freezer for lunch boxes :)

As promised here are the layouts I made using the Kaiser Q1 Offshore kit, available at Love Scrappin’ for just $11.00

 

The journaling

Cut up one of the file index die cuts and turned it around to make this

and the other page I made

 

took 3 of the die cuts, a scalloped one, a larger circle and a smaller circle to make this.
Scrunched them all, to give dimension, and cut into the circle on to make it look like petals.

Still have a sore throat and baggy feeling eyes, best way I can describe that lol, but feeling a better than Monday.
Yay for the mid week and here’s to the end of the week :)

Thank you Vitamin D!

So glad that the sun shone as brightly as it did today.
It was almost, ALMOST, like a spring day AND I even got the washing out on the line and dry, and that always makes me feel a little better/happier!
So while we were home Lucy and I enjoyed the sunshine :)

She played in the sunroom a while, making Captain Feathersword say Ahoy to me :)

Cut some broccoli from the garden, it was soooo good for dinner!

and I loved watching the Schmuz on the swing

Have you seen the new Kaiser collections yet?? Suzie has all of them at Love Scrappin’ and the Design Team have put together a kit using a collection each. I got to do 2 kits, which are selling at a FURTHER reduced 5%
This is what I created using the kit with the Child’s Play range.

Used the packaging from the diecuts to create this pencil case, love that the packaging is zip lock bags, VERY COOL!

I just left the tag on the packaging and used a diecut to cover the brand

      

Again learnt that rubons and Sharmaine are not good friends, they really don’t like me! But I gave them a go :)

 

This little layout

When I saw the butterflies Janine Koczwara had in this layout I wanted to see if I could make something similar, so gave it a whirl, using one of the MANY flowers that the kit contains.

Will be doing a 5 minute class on how I made the butterfly over at the Love Scrappin’ blog very soon, will keep you posted :)
I also made this page with the kit

and this card. Still have lots left, which I will share when I do the class :)

Tomorrow I will share what I made using the Offshore kit

PS the kits do vary a little in price, due to the contents, but the Childs Play kit is only $13.70 and the Offshore kit is $11.00. They are limited kits so if your interested you need to hurry, just saying :)

PPS: Thanks for all the kind comments, appreciate each of them.

PPPS: I did take the red balloon photo, it was totally staged. Elizabeth brought the balloon home from a party on Saturday and I needed some cheering up so I thought some photos of the sky and a red balloon would help, did a little but wishing this cold was gone so I wouldn’t feel so drained.

The Joy Of A Red Balloon

But it still isn’t enough to make me feel better.
But still the grind of the days goes on and I still have to sit on this merry-go-round called life.
Tomorrow is a new day and I hope it is a little more ick free :)

Sneeze Sneeze Sneeze!

Today Dave was the taxi man for all the soccer runs, leaving us sick people at home, rather than facing the cold day. Megan’s game was first and she came home rather muddy but got off lightly, I am told lol. Jessica’s game was at lunchtime and was in goals for part of the game and Dave said there was one point where the parents, on the sidelines, wondered what the noise was. Jessica was sitting in goals singing to herself…
Really proud of Elizabeth today
She stayed at the birthday party and didn’t get upset when I left!! It’s the first party she has been to where this has happened and it’s one of only a few times where she hasn’t got anxious about me leaving
She had a fantastic time, the jumping castle that was there really helped lol, and has done nothing but chatter with excitement all day

Recently I have been given some blog awards, just been saving them up for a time when I could sit and think about what to write/who to pass them on to
So now I gratefully accept the awards and with my snot filled head I will attempt to pass them on etc :)

This award from Serene

The Love My Friends Award is given to those bloggers who aspire, inspire and share the most beautiful of human attributes: art, wisdom and friendship
Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more

8?! Wow ok,
1 Julie
2 Denise
3 Flo
4 Annemarie
5 Belinda
6 Inka
7 Brigitte
8 Julie

And this award from Gail

Part of accepting the award requires you to do the following:
The Rules:
1. Put the logo on your blog
2. Write 5 things you are passionate about apart from blogging
3. Tag 5 people on your list and let them know you tagged them

Five things I am passionate about
1. Family
2. Beliefs
3. Friendship
4. Marriage
5. Sleep lol

Five people I tag…

Linda
Bek
Ed
Michelle
Lisa

This afternoon I scrapped, playing with some more from the Q-Tea “Flicka and Friends” kit

Had a little spillage with the yellow glimmer mist, but Lucy didn’t care, she loves the page lol

Cut into one of the Ormolu buttons, and added it to the gorgeous flower that Jodi made, and added a flower sequin to another, to give them both more dimension

 

Well Dave is now on the couch studying so I might go annoy him, I mean nuggle ;)

I Had A Really Cool Post Title

but I forgot it, so this will have to do!
I think it was something about being drugged up on panadol but nah it’s gone lol
So today, being Friday, Lucy and I were meant to do our weekly visit to my Great Aunt’s but being sick we decided it was better to stay home
The little Schmuzzy decided to drag out her Barbie bike, AGAIN, and made a block wall and then made a blanket and cushion road that went around the house, poor Dave was in shock when he came home for lunch lol

This week I received the July kit for Q-Tea and the colours are just delish
I thought I would share with you some of my favourite things in the kit

 

and today I played with some of these to create

the journaling, don’t they look impressed in the photo lol

Love this bauble that was in the kit

and these tickets just make me smile!!!!

 

Tomorrow is soccer Saturday, although Dave’s game is on Sunday. Megan is first cab off the rank with a 9am game then Jessica’s later. Elizabeth also has a birthday party to go to in the afternoon so it’s a busy day ahead. Hope your weekend starts out nicely :)

Sometimes you need to…

as this little piece of lego, on the floor near the kitchen, has reminded me
I know that life is so busy that we often don’t notice the little things or take time to fully appreciate the things that are around us
I know that when I do stop though I get sick and guess what lol
Had Elizabeth home today, she was in real need of a day to rest, and a Dr’s appointment showed she just has a cold so that was nice news because the sore throat I have really hurts so I don’t like to think what’s going on in her little body!
The last two days have started out frosty, with lots of ice on the roads and the garden looking like this

Yesterday Lucy and I were at home for most of the day, her zooming around AGAIN looking snazzy :)

Dad flew in last night so I picked him up from the airport while Dave and the girls did the Guide run
Was really good to have Dad home, was secretly hoping he’d bring Mum home with him but knew that wasn’t going to happen and it didn’t :(

Can now share the page I made for Such Sweet Tierney, love LOVE the buttons London sent me

and her packaging is always inspiring!! Just had to use the wood grain contact that she had on the packets :)

You can find all these buttons in via the Such Sweet Tierney blog.

Yesterday I finally got to play with this weeks collage challenge at Crowabout
Struggled to find a ‘saying’ but when I started cutting up the body it finally dawned on me what to do :)

So now I enlist your help, what “unusual” sayings does your family use and what does the saying mean? Am making a list, as I go, and now hoping that the future collage challenges will correspond to them lol

Can Relate...

Saw this on Moose:Artful Living Blog

Time Around Home

not a lot but some and it was welcome :)
It seems so long ago, but this morning Lucy spent time like this,

Ker-Ching-ing everything as she zoomed by on her Barbie bike dressed in her fairy outfit
Something else I did today
I fixed poor old Sniffy

 

Elizabeth won this little fella on side show alley in February and his poor nose fell off last night
It has now been reattached and hope it stays on a while longer

And now, because I have time, I can share with you some of the techniques I used to make the three pages using my kit from Love Scrappin’

To start with I took each of the pieces of pattern paper and cut them down to 8.5x11
I used the cut off scraps on each of the pages
I love it when you can use up all of a piece of paper but in a way that doesn’t ‘scream’ I used the same paper twice, something that seems to bother me lol

I love products that allow you to do more than just place it on the page, love getting bang for your buck :)
In the kit there are a few products that I used more than once

For example the Kaiser Rhinestone arrow
First thing I did was cut the arrow shape out of the backing sheet

 

I then placed the cut out arrow, with the rhinestones still attached, onto the My Minds Eye journal card

and sprayed red glimmer mist over the top, removing the arrow when the ink was dry, and then doodled around the arrow

 

I then used the other piece of backing, where the arrow had been removed, placed it on some of the scrap Pink Paislee paper and sprayed it with blue glimmer mist before adding the rhinestone arrow

Another example is the Scrapware heart, which varies in each kit, which I used with some scrap paper from an old envelope

I placed the heart on the paper and sprayed it with the blue glimmer mist

This I added to this page :)

I then took the chipboard heart and ‘coloured in’ the stars using a versa mark pen

While they were still wet I covered the stars with some embossing powder, a cotton bud is a great way to remove excess powder, just gently roll it over the area you want to ‘lift’ the powder from.

and then I just heated the powder to create this

which I used on this page.

Also on this page I used the Green Tara flower and the Prima stamp, which again varies in each kit.

I inked the stamp and just covered the flower to create some body and layering.

I also used the stamp on this page, up in the left corner, and on the shipping tag.

You can also see that I cut up the ‘sale’ tag and used both ends of it, on this page and the fairy page.
This last page I covered in gesso so to lift the photo off the page rather than have it get lost.
So there you go, and for $12 I think it’s a mighty fine kit, even if I do say so myself lol
There are still a couple left so if your interested make sure you don’t leave it too late :)

Smiles

The day has been a little overwhelming but I just wanted to share 2 things, from the online world, that have made me smile.

Firstly, the amazing Julie has started a new challenge blog, it’s up and the first challenge will soon be running. Go check it out and show some support :)

And Secondly, this just amazes me. I love it when people come together for good and this is just soooo good!!

Seems the weekend was all about…

feet…

 

Saturday was a wet one, Dave’s soccer game was cancelled but Megan and Jessica still had to play. While at Jessica’s game Elizabeth and Lucy found a lovely puddle to jump in :)

And this afternoon we went to a Surprise 40th birthday party, held at a roller rink/play centre
The girls had fun on and off with roller blades on and off lol
Excuse the photos, these places are horrible for photos with a camera like mine :)

Lucy did amazingly well with roller blading, while Elizabeth didn’t like it but gave it a go and had fun, when she was up :) Megan loves loves loves it and spent most of the time skating while Jessica enjoys it but spent most of the time holding the rail because she really didn’t like falling down!!

I know I promised some more on how I made the Love Scrappin’ layouts, it is coming, just haven’t had time and hoping to get to that soon. Tomorrow holds Elizabeth’s OT and Physio appointments and 3 Parent/Teacher appointments, the busy stuff is starting again :) Catch you on the flip side :)

In Need Of A Distraction

It’s the middle of a busy day and we just got a postcard from Dad. Glad they are having a nice time together but boy am I missing them all. Been a week of that though (missing my Mum, sister and her girls) and will be SOOOO glad when they are all home, one day.
So to distract myself I am here AND I have things to share :)

Anyone who reads my blog knows I LOVE Glimmer mist, right?
WELLLLLLL Glimmer Mist bottles are having a make over!!
“Glimmer Mist is the same great product with a Fabulous NEW Look!”
The photo on their blog just made me swoon!!

Love the new ‘Swish’ look that Tattered Angels have given the bottles and my goodness how amazing are the three colours in the photo *drool drool*

Something else that made me swoon was the new papers from Jenni Bowlin. I was lucky enough to have them included in the kit I put together for Love Scrappin’. The kits are just $12 and are very limited so make sure you go have a look.

Here are the 3 8.5x11 pages I made from the kit.

 

 

 

 

Tomorrow I will blog with some techniques I used to make some of the things on the three pages.

Right, back to the day…
It’s cold and wet…
Visited my Great Aunt this morning…
Dr’s appointment for Megan after school….
Lamb casserole in the slow cooker…
Roll on bedtime :)
Ciao for now :)

A little housekeeping…

Not much to share from here but…

Want to win a 6 month subscription to QTea kits, which includes postage to WHEREVER you live?!

Then head on over HERE to read all about it, very fun idea indeed!!!

Also have you seen the new Kaiser Q1 products?? Love Scrappin’ have all the collections in store RIGHT NOW and at fabulous prices. If your interested you better hurry as they are meant to be hotter than hotcakes!! Don’t forget there is free shipping for orders over $65 within Australia :)

Ok that’s me, over and out :)

*edited to add* Thanks Julie, for letting me know about the broken link, it should be working now :)

Oh So Hot Summer

No not here, it’s cold and wet today lol

It’s the name of the July kit at Scrap-n-crop :)

For this page I used some of the Pink Paislee as masks and then doodled around the outline, this page is now one of my faves :)

 

You can see the kit here, you can also check out the gallery or you can go see what Rachel made on her blog, both of which should be updated with the July kit soon. I have more papers leftover, enough to make 2 or more pages, so for around $22 AU it’s a great kit and as you can see the kits are changing so make sure you sign up for the newsletter so you don’t miss out on all the fun :)

Trying Something New

For a long time I have wanted to make this, since I first saw it in February. I even went to the tip shop and found the thickest book I could find so I could play.

Looks boring doesn’t it!! But it’s red, it’s thick and it has some cool graphics inside, ideal! And then it sat under my scrap table not doing much at all…

For a long time too I have been wanting to ‘dabble’ in stamping, collage… more mixed media and then yesterday I read Pam’s blog and saw her creation for a group called CrowAbout. It looked like fun and it looked just like what I had been waiting for, so I asked to play along and got straight into the fun!!

This saying was something we were talking over when Dave’s Mum was here. As soon as I saw the collage pictures I knew what I wanted to make, a dancing dressed up dog :)

Love this fella :)

Now the way Christina made her book was straight forward, front to back, prepare everything first… Well not me lol I just pulled out random pages and then started somewhere near the end of the book. My plan is to make it as I go and in absolutely no order at all! I will glue the pages as I go and quite possibly do the cover near the end, when the book is finished the very thought of which excites me :)

So my ‘new project’ is going to be about quotes/sayings that are a little outside the norm but are everyday ‘lingo’ and I am going to have fun with it as I will the book with collage :) Looking forward to the next page :)

Give Me A Big Tick, Please :)

Today I accomplished everything I wanted to do :)
Yay Me!

This morning I baked
Choc Chip Cookies
Corn Bread, made in a larger slab tin so was thinner than normal,

and Cheese Puffs (my own recipe of a scone/biscuit type thing lol)

 

I added some sesame seeds to some

They are all now bagged up and in the freezer awaiting their addition to lunch boxes :)

 

Lucy helped me and when she wasn’t helping she was…
Painting in her colour with water, book that Grandma gave her,

and dressing up as a visitor to our house :)

Another thing that was on my to-do-list today was to work *cough play* with the gorgeous buttons from Such Sweet Tierney. Finally I feel that I have ‘me’ back and loved working *cough playing* today. Here is a sneak of what I made :)

 

After school the girls and I went to visit with another family from school. Lovely LOVELY time was had by all and we didn’t get home till late and the wonderful Dave had dinner on the table waiting for us when we got home, just another reason why I love him. Speaking of which, found this on the hallway heater this morning :)

Hope your week has started well, thanks for stopping by :)

When I Stop…

I crash and burn.
So I really shouldn’t stop??!!
This past week has been mammoth and today we took ‘time out’
Dave and I stayed in bed till after 9am
The girls took over the lounge room
Megan had a PJ day, and loved it
I went to the Quilt and Craft fair for an hour
Dave did a tip run with the old dishwasher, old oil heater and other rubbish
I cooked roast lamb and veg for dinner…
A nice ‘time out’ type of day but boy am I tired!!
And all because I stopped :)

So rolling back to Friday…
Lucy and I took the girls to school and then came home to tackle the washing before heading off on our roadtrip to Launceston. She was SUPER good the whole trip! It’s about a 2 hour drive to Launceston and with just her dolly, 5 books and me to entertain her, she did really well! We got to Launceston around lunchtime, but had eaten lunch already, Lucy had the “I’m Hungry’s” not long after leaving home but I can prepared for that :) We rewarded ourselves with a babycino and Caramel Latte before heading to Grandpa’s house, Grandpa being Dave’s Grandpa. We spent a little time there before ‘napping Grandma, being Dave’s Mum, and starting our journey home.

We had lots of rain on Thursday and Friday so the soccer games for Saturday were cancelled. We spent the day hanging with Grandma instead. A trip to town and then some time around home, which everyone enjoyed.

Uncle Samuel, being Dave’s youngest brother, came to collect Grandma in the afternoon. After she left we all felt a little flat and it was very much a case of… now what…

Today, as I said, was spent at home. Resting, catching up on things and while I cooked dinner Dave did some of his study, he is hard at it again now.

Tonight, after the girls were ready for bed they had some fun ripping Dave’s jeans. They were worn through and the tip run had put a hole in them so the girls all had a go at ripping them before they teamed up to finish off the job. You should have heard the screams and giggles!!!

Will leave you with some sneak peeks of what I made with my July Kit for Love Scrappin’

Still some of the June kits left and the July ones go on sale soon, make sure your signed up for the newsletter so you don’t miss out :)