You Gotta Roll With It

At some point, through the school holidays, we make sushi
Today is that day



Roll on lunchtime!

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The Information's Unavailable To The Mortal Man

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???

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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??

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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.

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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?

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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

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Beneath Our Radiant Southern Cross

This Thursday, 26th January, is Australia Day
Celebrating all things Australian
Like vegemite

Like kids in backyards

like sunshine and blue water

like playing in the park

like watching our kids grow up in an amazing country

This Thursday all 614 Bakers Delight bakeries, across Australia, are giving away mini Cheesymites
You don’t need to purchase anything
Just drop in and collect one of their delicious, and fresh, cheesymites

and if that isn’t enough incentive to visit I have 4 $5 vouchers to giveaway
Leave a comment on this post, telling me you want to enter
Entries will close 9am (Tasmania Time) Tuesday morning (24th January) and I will draw the 4 winners not long after that
Australian entries only and please make sure you have a Bakers Delight Bakery nearby so you can use the voucher.
I will email the 4 winners and once I have your address I will mail out the voucher.
Make sure you leave your email address (so I can contact you if you win)

I have a story to go with Cheesymites
I’m hoping to scrap that story and share it with you soon

Disclosure: This is not a paid sponsored post. I received 6 complimentary mini cheesymite scrolls, a loaf of bread and 4 sacks. Also 4x$5 vouchers for giveaway purposes. All opinions expressed are purely my own.

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Jumping Up And Down With His Pants On Fire

Today we spent the day with the M&Ms (and their mum)
We spent the morning at a school holiday activity
Where the girls got to make a “Bush Puppet”
Using paper bags, paper scraps and bits, like leaves twigs etc
They were able to make a native animal of their choosing
So we ended up with

 

 

 

and

Megan also made an owl but gave it to the lady, who took the morning, to say thank you.
Do you have a favourite native animal?
Do you have a favourite animal that is native to a country different to your own?

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A Funny Thing To Do Is Everyone Like you

The lovely Tracy, from Tracy Martin scrapbook designs,  emailed me this week
and was super nice and sent me a copy of her latest digi kit
which has a special addition just for the hybrid scrapper
AND that kit includes a gorgeous paper
which made me smile and had to create with straight away
so I did

I also included some things from Chic Tags, formally Shabby Chic Crafts 

as well as some of the hybrid elements

LOVE the flag/banners Tracy included

love the button from Chic Tags

and some “right from the heart” journaling

I then made this quick 8.5x11 page, using some of the papers from the digi kit

love the orange chevron paper

and loved that Elizabeth said this, made me smile

The kit is for sale now

available here

and comes with this kit, made exclusively for the hybrid scrapper,
and includes the cool orange chevron paper I used on my page

 

What gets your creative juices running??
Do you see a colour or a pattern and just want to create??

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On An Island In The Sun

Tonight we had this for dinner

it was delicious
as was the sunshine we had this afternoon

What did you have for dinner? Was it delicious?

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We're Going Where The Sun Shines Brightly

Some of the things I love about Summer and Summer School holidays

Fruit
I love it
Love summer because the variety of fruit available seems endless

Books
Summer holidays means more time to take the girls to the library
They chow down on these almost as quick as they do with the fruit!

Water
When it’s hot, as it was today, I love that we can play with water
Tonight, after dinner, the girls went back in the pool
Clothes and all
They weren’t the only ones to get completely wet
Love that too!

Storms
I love thunderstorms
They bring many memories
As do summer
and Summer school holidays.
I love that we are creating memories for little people
I hope they remember summer school holidays fondly.
Do you like summer holidays? Or is there another season you remember more fondly?

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