kraft it up oct

This is my Kraft it Up Challenge LO.
This boy just loves his footy infact it consumes him even when the footy season is over and finished he still talks about it ALL THE TIME!!!!!!

:)

stuck sketch oct

Stuck sketch LO for oct 15th

how cool does my Ben 10 look!! Dress-up day at school!
I scrapped it using basic grey, sass lass, maya road
pretty simple but i like:)

oops..more holiday pics

hmm didn't load all the other pics in the previous post here are the rest.

well not the rest cause as usual i took hundreds of photo's, lol but you get the idea!
now i'm off to pack going on a scrapping retreat this weekend and am super excited about it !

sydney pics

Last week we drove to Sydney to visit with family.
these are just a few of the photo's from that trip


Lucky enough to have fine sunny days we spent most of our time at the beach.

oct monthly challenges at Bons

i have three of the october monthly challenges to share from Bons Scraps

the first is the sketch by Charmane Koch

extra criteria were;

"* use something on your layout that has something to do with travel - transportation, traffic lights/signals
* more than ONE arrow
* a MIXED cluster - use different elements - stickers, brads, chipboard, pp strips, paper clips - at least 3 different embellies..."
I turned the base of the sketch on it's side

The write now challenge by Malinda Gardener- to journal about;

WHO
WHAT
WHEN
WHY
WHERE
&
A SQUARE photo

*at least 3 round embellishments
*a NUMBER in the title

And the paper of the month basic grey from the 'jovial' range

how cool is this prima barcode sellotape i got recently;

and a just because using some more basic grey

tfl and tfyc. x

wowwee, she's a talented lady

Well not me but this Lady .

i mentioned in my previous post about an online class i was taking with Giovanna Scott.

well i finished my LO today and it was just so much fun.

so many fabulous techniques to learn, i even let loose with some free-hand craft knife cutting.

Now for me that is pretty scary stuff. lol

Just adore what Gigi showed us with the embossing!!

Here's the end result!

If you want to learn how to do it off you go here.

also i have scads of photo's from our week spent in sydney last week and will attempt to upload some of them just as soon as i can.

and i have some other lo's to share aswell.

:)

some just because LO's

before i go any further you should definitely check out this fantastic online fundraising class by Giovanna Scott.

Such a worthwhile cause!

Photos from Mothers Day 2010

i try each year to get a picture of me with my kids

Used crate paper and lots and lots of embellishments. lol.

ink + crackle paint + glimmermist + more ink created this cute as little bird.

                                      

Some Lillybee Patterned Papers on this LO.

 paint and mist aswell.

Enjoying doing multi pic LO's at the moment, they are coming together so easily.

gotta be happy with that.

this LO was going to be for the oct stuck sketch but i think i'm going to have another go at. not entirely happy with it. I used more of the lillybee papers

and this last one is for the october 123 challenge

1)a hand cut title

2) green

3) Go

TFL.

scrap the girls-oct

This is the criteria for the october challenge over at  Scrap The Girls

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose



By any other name would smell as sweet."

Using this Shakespeare as your inpiration for a LO

and the extra criteria
flowers & buttons

plenty and prima flowers, and some jenni bowlin buttons

i used the quote to journal about the meaning of Maggie's name.
tfl. and thanks for your comments i really appreciate them.

How do I teach my kids......

take care of their belongings???????


Ok so we are 4 days back into a new term at school and the boys have their swimming program this week and next.

So, after 4 days of school this is the list of belongings lost/left at school;



-  3 (yes you read right THREE !!!!) school hats (all by the same child by the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

-  a pair of thongs!

-  one single thong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  (i mean how does that happen!!!! he does have two feet, put one on each foot and surely you should be able to keep track of BOTH thongs! )

&

a beach towel.



Oh and on the bright side we have GAINED a fluffy blue bath towel!!!!!
Never seen it before in my life but it appeared in my washing machine on tuesday (at least this proves i'm not the only mum this happens too) We did manage to find out who owns the towel and return it.


Thankfully we have managed to recover some of the things like the thongs and towel but It really makes me wonder what the next 10 or so weeks has in store for me.



How do i get them to check their bags and make sure they have everything in them?

Is it just a boy thing?

I'm at a loss!

last month's 123

Didn't put this up last month (probably because i didn't finish it til the 30th sept!!)

But it's my LO for the sept 123 challenge

Orange Bloom & handmade flowers:)

better get on to octobers' challenge ;)

x.

Flower girl

xx