Thursday, May 27, 2010

Emma

Oh My Goodness, What a Day!!!!
My name in lights, at last, but for the wrong reason
- more at end of post.....

A gorgeous layout of DGD # 3, Emma,
who will be 1 tomorrow.....




I have used sketch # 105 over at Creative Scrappers....
I flipped the sketch 90degrees, first time I've done that
- getting adventurous, whoo hoo....



Still using my Lime Tart Kits - this one is the
September 09 Half Tart Kit.....

Papers are My Mind's Eye 'Pretty Please'
C/s is Bazzill Bling
Butterfly Rub on is Jenni Bowlin
Lace in the kit, as are all above ingredients.....


I have added
Prima flowers of course, Santa Rosa Tea Roses.....
Prima pearl flourishes.....
Little roses from my stash....
Felt flourish by Queen & Co....
Felt Frame and Glitter Butterfly by Jenni B....
VersaColor ink in Pink.....



This layout also qualifies for two other challenges....
The Challenge over at Flutterby Wednesday
- Anything Goes, but must include
butterfly, fairy or angel....

And the challenge at Practical Scrappers
- Felt, Fabric or Tulle.....
Hard to believe this little one will be a year old tomorrow,
my goodness, it feels like she was just born.....
Feeling my age, especially today.....

I have had an unexpected day off of work
- why, you ask????
The dreaded freeway smash......

After ten years of accident free
driving in Australia.....

Yep, driving into work this morning at 6.30,
pitch dark, pouring with rain, rush hour
freeway traffic - you get the picture......

Ute in front of me braked and stopped,
I braked and stopped,
car behind me, didn't stop
- CRUNCH.......CRUNCH.....

Got smashed from the back
and shunted into the ute in front of me
- what a mess, my poor wee car.....
Thankfully, nobody was hurt, and we
were eventually towed off of the freeway,
but my car is a wreck, especially the front
- the ute had a tow bar to die for,
it was a works vehicle, no messing with these guys....

Thus, the whole front of my car has
just disintegrated. However, the wonderful
blokes at the repair shop say it is perfectly
repairable, it's only a year old, poor thing.....
Luckily, the car who hit me, her insurance
company will foot the bill for me to have
a hire car, mine will be off the road
for about four weeks - waiting for parts.....

What, I hear you ask, has that to do with my
name in lights?????

Tow truck removed my car from the freeway,
and dropped me at a garage so that hubby could
come and pick me up - so he's driving
along the freeway to get me, and the big electronic
signs over the road (used for warnings, etc)
stated 'Accident on Mount Henry Bridge now cleared,
proceed with Caution' - that was ME.

OK, so MY name wasn't actually in lights,
but close as... Gotta look on the bright side
- as I said, a very nasty crash, but no injuries
- the ambulance did turn up, but we were all OK....

So, Dad and Son, if you are reading this in Scotland
- I'm fine, just a wee bit shaken,
and never got to work - spent the whole
day filling in police reports, insurance claim forms,
organizing hire car (collect tomorrow).....

Will go tomorrow and see my car and
get some photo's, imagine, a scrapbooker,
and I didn't have my camera with me!!!!

Hugs for now

Jane xx

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Some Days You Gotta Dance

Another couple of photo's from DGD Rebekah's
Dance Display....



Using sketch # 27 over at SOUS.....





And Challenge # 135 over at Scrapping The Music.....




The song this week at Scrapping The Music is
'Some Days You Gotta Dance'
by The Dixie Chicks.....


Papers are Basic Grey 'Euphoria'
Flowers by We R Memory Keepers
Chipboard by RW Laser Cuts.....


Alphas are American Crafts Thickers - Emerald Flocked
Letter Stickers and Making Memories
Mini Shimmer School Black.....


Butterfly stamp is by 7 gypsies
Photo corners and Journal frame
by Heidi Grace (have had these in my stash for I
don't know how long!!!!!)
Kaiser bling
Brilliance Ink - Graphite Black
VersaColor Ink - Lime




How gorgeous is this little girl....
(Granny bragging rights) LOL.....

Hugs

Jane xx







Friday, May 21, 2010

Singapore & Winners....

This is a layout that fits the criteria for four challenges....



The sketch over at Creative Scrappers....



Challenge # 10 at Creatalicious - Orient themed....

Challenge # 13 at One Stitch at a Time - Anything but a card.....

and Practical Scrappers - Patterned paper....

Papers used are My Mind's Eye Tres Jolie - Je T'aime
and specialty Yuzen paper
Chipboard is Twiddleybitz
Flowers are Prima
Alphas are Prima and Heidi Swapp
Grosgrain ribbon
Versacolor ink pads - Orchid and Green Tea



Photo's are my wee brother and I back in 1969.
We lived in Singapore while my Dad was
stationed their with the RAF.....




Now for some news - I was the WINNER over at
Scrapping the Music challenge # 134
with this layout of DH and I - am I excited or what.....

What an honour - thank you Scrapping the Music.....

Challenge # 135 is posted - hop on over and have a go
- these challenges certainly help with titles for projects,
and they can also kick start an idea.....


Another WINNER was this one below of DGD Rebekah.....
Challenge # 11 at One Stitch at a Time - Children.....

Thank you to One Stitch at a Time for the honour.....



I will have to add the blinkies for these challenge sites to my sidebar....

Always a challenge in itself....LOL!!!!

Thank you for dropping in again blogging friends, always pleased to see you....

Hugs

Jane xx


Addit: my Growing Up in Singapore layout for Challenge # 10 won Top 5 at Creatalicious Challenges - Thank you ladies



Wednesday, May 19, 2010

DT Stuff

Here are some of my recent DT projects for
Scrappy Go Lucky....

*****

Grandma layout using the
Mother's Day 2010 mini cartridge....


Bunnies and Baskets using the
Easter 2010 mini cartridge....



Easter card using the
Easter 2010 mini cartridge.....


A Coupon Book for Mother's Day using the
Mother's Day 2010 mini cartridge,
and the CRI-Kits gel pens....




I put seven coupons in the book
- these are two of my favourites....





And, finally, for now, the Heritage Album
which was held as a workshop here in Perth
(lots of Cricut detail in this wee book)....

More pictures of this one later....


For all the details of these projects you can
head on over the the Scrappy Go Lucky blog,
and also have a wee lookkee at what the other
DT members have been up to....

Did I tell you that Enfys of Going Buggy
is now part of the team,
along with me - Scossie Jane,
Diane of Capadia Designs
and Tereesa, Up Late 2 Create
- what a team, love it xx


Now, back to my challenges.....

Hugs

Jane xx




Sunday, May 16, 2010

spend FOREVER with....

No sketch over at SOUS this week!!!!
They have gone with buttons as the challenge....
Here are my buttons....


I have used sketch # 103 from
Creative Scrappers....


The title is from the challenge over at
Scrapping The Music....




This weeks song is 'Gotta Be Somebody'
by Nickelback....
I went with the line
'... the one that I'll spend forever with' ....

And also the challenge over at
Paper Play Challenges - to use the colour brown...

All the products on the page are from the
September Full Tart Kit from Lime Tart
- except the buttons....

Papers are Jenni Bowlin...
Flowers by Prima - Gallery Roses (a whole packet!!!!)....
Alpha by Jenni Bowlin...
Chipboard - Twiddleybitz Fern Leaves....
Cricut cut - Forever @ 2" - Tie The Knot cartridge....
Lace and ribbon in the kit....
Buttons from my stash....




Photo is DH and I from 2005 when we were on
a cruise ship, one of my favourite photo's of US....

And, yes, sketch # 104 has been posted over
at Creative Scrappers!!!.....

I'll try and catch up this week - yeah right....

Lots of DT stuff from Scrappy Go Lucky coming up
next post, I've been busy, busy, busy....

Until next time....

Hugs

Jane xx

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Brand New Kitchen

Using more of the August Full Tart Kit from Lime Tart,
this is my take on sketch # 102 over at Creative Scrappers....



The sketch by Monika Pawlowska....



I'm a wee bit behind, they've posted # 103 already, but,
that's me....


Papers are Cosmo Cricket 'Early Bird' and the c/s is Bazzill....


Specialty paper by Michael Miller 50s Kitchen Fabric....



Title - Jenni Bowlin Chalkboard Alpha
Buttons - Jenni Bowlin
Martha Stewart punch....



Which means this also qualifies for the challenge over
at Practical Scrappers this week - to use punches....
www.practicalscrappers.com



Photo is DD and DGD Rebekah in the kitchen of their
brand new home, when they moved into it in February
last year, just before baby Emma was born....

Onto sketch # 103 next - so many challenges and
so little time.....

Hugs

Jane xx







Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Too Fast

Another layout of DGD # 1 Rebekah, for the sketch
challenge over at Practical Scrappers....



The sketch, by Ann-Katrin....



Again, using up my Lime Tart kits, this layout is using
the September '09 Half Tart....

Papers are My Mind's Eye 'Pretty Please'....


Chipboard embellishments are by R W Laser Cuts....

Bling by Basic Grey....
Title - Basic Grey and Carolee's Creations....




The beautiful tree stamp with the children on
a swing (love it) is by Grace Taylor called 'Tree Swing'....
And the lace was in the kit....




The photo was taken in October last year
definitely growing up TOO FAST!!!....

*****

Lookee what I got for Mother's Day....



DD had a ball at the local scrappy shop and filled a
beautiful box with scrappy deliciousness for me.....
A scrapbookers delight.....





These vintage images are awesome.....
The flowers and the ribbon, gorgeous.....




Swirly stamps by Inkadinkadoo and the embossed
frames by K & Co (hadn't seen them before)....



A few Christmas (!!) stamps and black die cuts
by RWLaser and Twiddleybitz....


And this gorgeous clock by Dusty Attic - I had been
unable to get a hold of one. Daughter had no
idea of this - great minds think alike....LOL - love it.....
Hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day too.....
*****
Now to finish off I have to tell you this one
- it is soooooo funny.....
DH and I won these keyrings at Disneyland Hong Kong,
you know those wee tear open raffle things,
when you make a purchase....
Well, we thought, we'll give DGD # 1 her choice,
as the little one is too liitle....



So, Rebekah, aged 3 and three quarters,
studies them very carefully and then says:-
"It'll just have to be Mickey, cos that's
a VERY SCARY KOALA" with the emphasis on
very scary koala - I nearly ended myself.....
too funny....LOL
She hasn't seen the movie Lilo & Stitch yet....
Thanks again for dropping in dear blogging friends.....
Hugs
Jane xx