cyber crop tonight!!

Come on everyone, come and join in on the fun. Get some scrapping inspiration and play a fun game of Bingo.

school holiday fun

The school holidays have been full of cleaning and outings. We have manged to organise the playroom a little more and the carpets in the house have had a shampoo. We visited the duck pond and fed them our old stale bread. Oli loves this activity but for Keiran it is a little scary!! He doesn't seem to like ducks.
here are some the pics I took of them playing together. Oli has decided that having his photo taken is not so bad and I managed to get him to pose a little. As for Keiran it is far too boring to stand still for longer than a second.

I don't think I have done any scrapping since my last post. I don't seem to find any time during the day and by 8 o'clock I am so exhausted all I wan to do is slob in front of the box. I have finished my DT Kit for April though but I cannot share this page just yet. Tonight will see me scrapping madly though as I have a few pages that need to be completed by the end of the month.

I have been busy setting up my Stampin' Up business and planning some classes and getting a monthly crop under way. I have now set up a Stampin' blog which looks a little empty at this stage but I hope for it to be full of inspiration and techniques.


Oh I just remembered that I did do this page for Scrappin' Patch. It was made using some of my papers I bought in the 50% off sale and some quite old bits. I made as an inspiration page for the budget to blitz challenge. There is still some time to get a layout finished and loaded into the gallery to be into win a RAK from me. Head over to Scrappin' Patch to see the challenges that are on. Maybe I haven't shown you these pages too!! I made the first page for one of the SWV cyber crop challenges and the last 2 pages were DT challenge entries for the cyber crops. Come and join in at SWV cyber crop on 2nd/3rd May. This month's theme is the colours of the rainbow.
Right I must go and get on with some jobs. xxx

birthday boy, retreat and all things sweet!

Wow it has been a busy few weeks, as always, I guess. I won the final for the stars comp over at scrappin' Patch and accepted the offer to become a guest designer for them. here is a pic of me with my winnings. Not so pretty and a reminder of what all that choccy I eat, does to me.

Keiran turned 2 on Friday and boy the teribble 2's continue. He started the tantrums way before his birthday. Saying this he is a complete delight and he makes me so very happy. He is a fun loving kid who just cannot get enough "gools" (cuddles). Sorry no pic yet I have still got to upload to the comp!! But here is the cake I made him to take to preschool. I learnt how to ice with a piping bag and am quite proud of my effort!

I have been quite busy scrapping but not as busy as I should be. I will share some pics of L.O's in this post. I have completed another DT kit for SWV and these can be bought from here The gorgeous photos are courtesy of my good friend Vicki and her daughter Emma.



I had so much fun at the Sketch Book Retreat and it was so lovely to meet my fellow design team members and on line friends. I didn't get much scrapping done but had lots of fun playing with product. My dress up was a little lame and not very creative but what with being so busy with teaching I didn't leave myself much time to organise. It was lovely wearing my veil again though. I was also reminded how allergic to wool I am and the gorgeous little jacket gave me a big itchy rash- once again. oops My roomy's were the best and I was so proud of Kim and her gorgeous hundreds of L.O's she completed. My dear friend Tracy was unfortunately not feeling so good but as always completed some great stuff. Amanda was also very productive and scrapped some stunning photos on stunning pages too.

Oli has had a quiet non eventful few weeks. His teacher gave us a glowing report of his progress at school. I must admit I was quite nervous at being the Mummy not teacher at parent interviews;quite strange being on the other side!

Anyway enough ramblings. I am glad some of you are popping back to see our ins and outs. Must go tidy up and hop in bed. I have lots on tomorrow and really wanted to make an Easter card for Oli's teachers.Oh this is my latest page for whitewith1. The challenge being coral and journaling on the photo. Wasn't sure I would like the colour but ended up OK I think!
xx

Birthday Sale at Scrappin' Patch

It is Scrapin'Patch's Birthday! Wow there is 30% off everything in stock at scrapping patch. That makes it so work while going and spending some money on product!! So head on over to the lovely ladies and see all the lovely product they stock. Find them here!!

why do the children only share the yukky things in life?

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When we want them share they don't and when we don't want their bugs they are happy to share with us! last week Oli came down with bronchitis and now he has shared with Keiran and me. I have a chest and throat infection that I really could do with out! Needless to say I am feeling like a bus has run me over and not in the mood for being creative.

So where have we been and what have we been doing?

Not sure where the last 2 months have gone. Oli started school and just loves it, well most days anyway. He had a slight confrontation with a couple of girls with unkind mouths but other than that he has settled well. he enjoyed showing off in the pool at his school swim sports but unfortunately missed the duathlon due to his chest infection. After just 6 weeks he has graduated to level 2 in reading and is loving reading his books to us at home.

I have been relieving at Mauku( Oli's school) and my old school Puni. I enjoy having less pressure at work and it is making doing the school/kindy run much easier. Although a full week relieving proved to be a little much!!


My most exciting news is that I am now a Stampin' Up demonstrator and slowly getting my business up and running. I love playing with the product and the stamps are just gorgeous. I have always loved stamping and I am now loving my new stamps on my pages. keep an eye out more my new blog, I will be setting up. It will be a creative blog and will advertise all my classes, crops and product Kits!!! It will also have tips and techniques as well as some inspiration. Let me get over this bug and then I will let you know all the details!

The design team work is coming thick and fast and I am loving designing for ScrapwithVanessa and Scrapping Patch. I have just ordered some gorgeous goodies from both sites( sssshhhhh don't tell J!!). I announced on Scrappin Patch that I will be setting a challenge and giving away a RAK from my own stash. So come back later tot check out a photo of the RAK and go over to Scrapping Patch to find out about the challenge.

ScrappinwithVanessa will be having their next Cyber Crop on the weekend starting 3rdof April. It is always lots of fun chatting to the girls and is chocca block with challenges and inspiration. head over to the Site on that weekend for endless fun!!

Must dash off to school to pick up Oli but I will leave you with some pics of my last entries that won me the Stars in their Eyes comp and a couple of the boys.
seeeya xx

Oh some of the pics are at the top and I don't have time to fix-nevermind!
Oh and also... I forget to say... Oli and I went up in a helicopter for his birthday! So cool to see the house from above. Must go now byeeeeeeeeeeee

I won I won I won!!!!! hello again

Ok so I haven't blogged for an age!! I am sorry to those who follow my comings and goings. This post is going to be mighty short but just to let you know that I intend on spending a long time tomorrow updating the slideshow of my pages and writing a very very long post!!! Oh did I mention that I won the scrappin' patch stars in their eyes comp? Well I did. I came fisrt overall but also came first in most of the rounds. I know my head is soooooo big!! I am quite busy with my new business adventure, scrapping, relieving and of course hanging out with the boys. So check back tomorrow for a full update.

Happy Birthday to you!

I cannot believe that my little baby boy is now 5!!! It only seems like yesterday that I was very round and waiting for him to come. Although the photos do tell it was a few years ago now! Happy birthday my dear darling boy. Have a great day at school, your first day.

6 months has past since I started on the DT for white with one and now they are looking for new designers. Go have a look here at this months colours and check out the DT call!!

I have been rather busy with new scrapping pages and am so excited to have gained 1st place in the stars in your eyes comp over at scrappin' patch. Yahoo!!! I think that puts me out in the lead!!!! Here is a L.O that I did but didn't enter. And also the winning one,













I have also done a page for
Crafty SketchesThey have put up their 1st sketch challenge. Check them out here.
This is my page for the 1st sketch.



My 1st Kit arrived from Scrap with Vanessa and it took me a while to get my head around
working with just the product provided but in the end I produced 2 L.O's and a card. It is so
exciting to see my work up for sale. Lets hope someone wants to buy it!!!!
Here are a couple of sneak peaks! Go to SWV to look at all the Kits the DT have designed. Although I think the shop is having a makeover so they might not be there for a few days!

So Oli is now at school and I hope he is having an awesome day! My new Mum routine has started and I have kicked off the day with a walk and now to do some housework and bake a birthday cake. The relieving is starting to trickle in and I am booked for every Friday in March so the bank will look a little more healthy next month. Oh horrray! Not so keen on the going to work thing mind.

Right off to do my stuff xxLOl