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I love phone calls from Dave
and more than that
I love phone calls from Dave to say he’s on his way home from work
and more than that
I love phone calls from Dave to say he’s on his way home from work EARLY
Today was a day with one of those phone calls
and he surprised the girls by pulling out the water slide

because of our backyard we hadn’t been using the waterslide
But with Dave’s backyard blitzing there is now room for a waterslide
And some little people loved it

today has also been a good day
because
My February Cocoa Daisy kit arrived
I opened it and was inspired straight away
So much so that I cut into a piece of pattern paper about 5 minutes after opening the box!
Want to see what I then worked on??

the kit reveal happens this weekend
and I think this one will be a sell out

As well as receiving the kit (with the embellishment kit and stamps)
I also purchased the “Barcode”, extra paper and stencil.
All of which are amazingly good.
What good things did today bring for you???

If They Could See Us They Would Tell Us That We're Crazy

Australia Day today
Lamb roast for dinner
and I finished cleaning up the craft cupboard
While dinner cooked
Dave watched the cricket
The girls played
and I scrapped this page

this page took me about 30 minutes to create
I made another “Behind the page” video for you
Because it took me a little longer to create
The video is in 2 parts (one video though)

http://youtu.be/-W9O_TVm3b8

here are some close ups

love the texture

and the colour combo

fresh and summery

and the journaling

What colour combinations are you liking at the moment?
What colour do you steer clear of??

When All Of My Dreams Are A Heartbeat Away

After sharing my last video Anne asked a question
“Do you know what you want to do before you start? “
Short answer…
I don’t
But I thought I would make another video explaining what I do when I create a page
So this is the page I created

and here is the video



if you have trouble viewing you can see it here on Youtube

and some close ups

lovin’ this piece of Tracy Martin Scrapbook Designs digi pattern paper

and the journaling, on a Chic Tags journal spot along with some gorgeous resin flowers from D-lish Scraps 

Is this how you thought I created?
Could you create this way?
I’ve found it makes me scrapper faster, having everything at hand
So this page took me about 15-20 minutes
How long do you take to complete a page?
Fast or slow it doesn’t matter
It’s all part of the process and the end result is what counts
Bringing that story to life.

I've Had My Share Of Sand Kicked In My Face

Thanks to all who entered the Bakers Delight Giveaway
The four winners were Sam, Louella, Kerry and Debbie.
the winners are about to receive an email in their inbox
and the vouchers will soon be on the way to the lucky winners.

As promised a page about Cheesymites
It’s a page that talks about new memories and old memories

I used scraps that were still sitting on my neglected desk
Papers from Tracy Martin Scrapbook Designs 

the cool button you see there, it’s from Chic Tags 

the gorgeous yellow flower is from Greatest View

this button was a plain wooden one
I used a 7gypsies rub on to alter it
and the journaling

Don’t forget Bakers Delight are giving away mini cheesymites in all stores on Australia Day.
What new memories have you had that spark old ones??
Are you documenting them?

If We Could Stay All Day In The Sun?

Only had 2 home for part of today
So we pulled out the small paddling pool for some of this

and some of this

What would you do with a day in the sun?
Find some shade perhaps?
Don’t forget the Bakers Delight Giveaway
It ends 9am tomorrow morning