tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243993652024-03-24T05:27:14.790+11:00Blessed to be StressedRueyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02946957643133385787noreply@blogger.comBlogger163125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24399365.post-11222712180241578682009-04-21T08:38:00.007+10:002009-04-21T09:32:37.330+10:00Monkeying around!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6FeiPjG9be89ocdHHp-k8PITae8-VlE9vJelJBPLtxoQKMqu7ATCHaVLcXjJaEc7WjorPpCp-AMMSMqp5j_Kbb60ZT9wK65pdTifZSL2hgmt49kETVRDl-NTnw1IzEEIzC5Q9/s1600-h/DSC_5085.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6FeiPjG9be89ocdHHp-k8PITae8-VlE9vJelJBPLtxoQKMqu7ATCHaVLcXjJaEc7WjorPpCp-AMMSMqp5j_Kbb60ZT9wK65pdTifZSL2hgmt49kETVRDl-NTnw1IzEEIzC5Q9/s320/DSC_5085.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326909818957869410" /></a><div><br /></div><div><img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuDFag0XsQ4TKWt5uxbGPHYOor7l5IWSjyseIAArcEdsSfg7p8fXHsSWK-n3I6dQ5HaT-5tjfXgkWNimwhpSVFc2Gk5HF9WdliWH54VzwzVQ_34VHezYnna90eJFDq_ncf98AB/s320/DSC_5086.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326909806845004706" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Yes, that is a monkey.....which I made!! Amazing huh? ok...I'm amazed and very proud. After years of yearning, I finally have my sewing machine! Jorja and I worked at the Stitches and Craft show last month and I decided that this was a great place to shop for a machine. Mich joined us at the show and she chaperoned Jorja and I as we did a split shift. The show was so good that Mich and I had to go back on the Saturday to shop more! We decided to make a magoo and bought fabric for him and more fat quarters just coz they were pretty! The start of another addiction I fear!!! So, fast forward a few weeks....after an hour or so of deciphering the pattern instructions....Mich and I cut out our patterns and our fabric and started sewing. It was lots of fun having some moral support and while Mich got her magoo finished that night, it took me a few days to find time to tackle the handsewing. So, finally he's all finished and I must say...I'm really pleased with my sewing skills and my fabric selection coz he is such a funkeeee monkeee!!! You'll have to go check out </span><a href="http://www.imexpensive.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Mich's spotty monkey</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> too....he is just divine!!!!! </span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCA-HxYvs0o4a3P-lAhYadguAG17WGfsOrFTRf7_sRSuXcvj6k9YBmTlsAYma6ZYLR91c_bUBiyc1quS8Coo2m0YTRCRk30CViEe5XrVidI0UNdoZhgk14kdMkd2-laO5EMnR2/s1600-h/DSC_5087.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCA-HxYvs0o4a3P-lAhYadguAG17WGfsOrFTRf7_sRSuXcvj6k9YBmTlsAYma6ZYLR91c_bUBiyc1quS8Coo2m0YTRCRk30CViEe5XrVidI0UNdoZhgk14kdMkd2-laO5EMnR2/s320/DSC_5087.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326909806406439506" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Also made these two little box baskets. Very bright gorgeous fabric. Actually used these fabrics for my lined zipper pouch which I made during Nicole Mallalieu's craft lab. And still had lots left over...so these two little box baskets were born and a pin cushion too. Hehehe...like my scrapbooking pins??? </span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzcq27hBmtX9giz8BsDJJZg-f3VzBlJxbUeInWkkZxcuxANJjYZ1RIgaS3fpQBjoTTlb-XNG3ZMPBL_UQZhWIJ9HVRvOU2NXTsHhUwgOt-LBaL5qGI2Ra6ZIw2LgYlwNBAehol/s1600-h/DSC_5091.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzcq27hBmtX9giz8BsDJJZg-f3VzBlJxbUeInWkkZxcuxANJjYZ1RIgaS3fpQBjoTTlb-XNG3ZMPBL_UQZhWIJ9HVRvOU2NXTsHhUwgOt-LBaL5qGI2Ra6ZIw2LgYlwNBAehol/s320/DSC_5091.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326909802156739698" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Ok...back to layouts!!! Julia Matthews has just launched a brand new scrapbooking magazine. Australian Scrapbooking and omg...this magazine is fantastic!!! I got my copy yesterday and spent 2 hours engrossed in it. The articles are sooo good and the other layouts fantastic.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Here are my contributions:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Travel layout with multiple photos and memorabilia - map of las vegas, lots of photos and numbered like you will find in some touristy maps. Ultra simple layout, but very effective at capturing a whole heap of photos and journalling on a double layout. I loved my time at Vegas....I want to go baaaack!!!! </span><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPNuy7iBd3ue4O6-fcuv8ZJQDCUrM1WRNi6E33KdM7DyxTfTZwi3j_Q2Y6NGo9xMer9dELy0IlZUKMP3Bm-Ltb7RlKjSov_oONSGRtQX5htVaDASJ-ahqhm-msDRtuYQrkgT-Z/s320/DSC_4271.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326908427951796962" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu5spxLJrsKeP6GVpy0rLGAjZXq3lcym6f2FMgqFc9eQIju085GxG-_1ZfgkPVSnucaFkOQ1qqxEHNDI2pVFYV9UYH1_sPEUeb3A3UmJzUhyphenhyphenpCFwrHTaawpzH43bzqouJ4hqeo/s1600-h/DSC_4273.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu5spxLJrsKeP6GVpy0rLGAjZXq3lcym6f2FMgqFc9eQIju085GxG-_1ZfgkPVSnucaFkOQ1qqxEHNDI2pVFYV9UYH1_sPEUeb3A3UmJzUhyphenhyphenpCFwrHTaawpzH43bzqouJ4hqeo/s320/DSC_4273.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326909782249617746" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDtiwg1T8SYyTvMJxkfyLCFm_ZR-XqA6kqbYD-WqeSiX1y1r0xbVMHJkI9e0QyQUoWuReyGIr32Wox9P1FSuSnXYPFc7YZmhsEWwCfcrc3_sPLmByugQadshodsZEaz0RnJ1v-/s320/DSC_4272.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326908429339624258" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Another Travel themed layout with memorabilia and multiple photos. aha...yes..another double layout!!! This time of San Francisco...and the memorabilia include hotel room key :), airline ticket stubs, clothing tag from my Docker's jacket, postcard and the San Francisco trolley ride ticket. San Francisco is just beautiful.....it was very cold while we were there...but beautiful....I want to go back there too and eat at the Pier. Crab legs....yum!!!</span><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-9FGRX_GY9yevR-qhEpN_x1YDxMg0LAsjNJP19m0KhDyY6bMtNGFoDlRR7SRJUAZojEfofNUO1-lK6A4OmG7v1yY63svIREJ3Bl1zWKxhMxitq_Vje_wqhOuxQqTS2MRW_Ie/s320/DSC_4267.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326908416924566194" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaYhwWA4RkNhldeAIwl5ySvnDcGjVg6_vnhDtYKOK7nI_z93nqUIyuG2IyMNpoY3kGielbhc4rI7O-22GCZvM9-byoOQTyfHV8pxXFv0v7gMWoPqeXFCc35mfPdba2akgCwQSB/s1600-h/DSC_4269.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaYhwWA4RkNhldeAIwl5ySvnDcGjVg6_vnhDtYKOK7nI_z93nqUIyuG2IyMNpoY3kGielbhc4rI7O-22GCZvM9-byoOQTyfHV8pxXFv0v7gMWoPqeXFCc35mfPdba2akgCwQSB/s320/DSC_4269.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326908422419009874" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">And lastly.....a tribute layout....tribute to Ben 10...hehehe. Jeromel is obsessed with Ben 10 and this obsession has been going on for about a year and a half now. So he has lots of Ben 10 gear. He had even saved up some of the toy packaging...so that got rescued by me to be put on this layout to be immortalised. hehehe Ultra simple layout with lots of photos. I love it when I manage to achieve 'simple'!!!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBkM4Pdl0jvFxIr_-uAblWYffzdlwZamCxXugk02tXqm-rY9P516k3cmrr8wGi7QAfmQQdPqJaPUiAvJrM5hf_cOxrCEE2qa_1fF_5Q02_TV2-D8Ul_gQU4zGR9tf3bRHBxexw/s1600-h/DSC_4266.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 313px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBkM4Pdl0jvFxIr_-uAblWYffzdlwZamCxXugk02tXqm-rY9P516k3cmrr8wGi7QAfmQQdPqJaPUiAvJrM5hf_cOxrCEE2qa_1fF_5Q02_TV2-D8Ul_gQU4zGR9tf3bRHBxexw/s320/DSC_4266.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326908413101848610" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">So that's it. Truly....go out and grab Australian Scrapbooking!!!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;">I have been scrapping lately....the bug has bitten and I can get one or two layouts done a day when I have time. And it all started with the gorgeous gorgeous Lily Bee Designs French Couture papers. I swear....these papers are just sooo beautiful and I lusted after them!! Lusted after them so badly that I ended up ordering them for </span><a href="http://www.kitiq.com.au/shop/range.asp?pr=266"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;">Kiti Q</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;">. The patterns and the die cut frames and borders are just soo gorgeous. I did 4 layouts and 3 cards with the range!!! Will be back to show these layouts soon. As postage from the states is exxy and the $$ is ridiculous....I only got a small order in...so it won't last long in the shop. Be quick if you want some!!!</span><br /></div></div>Rueyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02946957643133385787noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24399365.post-8682061173331415142009-04-10T17:39:00.004+10:002009-04-10T18:10:17.972+10:00New lot of cards!!!These cards were in Issue 17 of Creative Cardmaking and Papercraft. Thrilled to have made cover and sidekick. hehehe....what's sidekick? A tiny little picture on the front cover highlighting something the mag editor wants to point out......I guess it's like when you go to Maccas and they say 'would you like any dessert with that?'....yah...an upsell. hehehe. Well...cover and two sidekicks for this issue. hahaha!<br /><br /><div>Anyways....let's kick off the card show...<br /><br /></div><div>Vellum/Parchment paper card with a bit of white heat embossing. And some dew drops in the centre of some flowers too! Super simple!! 'heart' this card!<br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 182px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0AJ6NCX8JobGjJwS6f0KSXJxQnG0qW71pFZVCcwDZhOAW9jeQYDgxdWo6k1F3TQYT3YhacvqjyF058oTW6sl7-syj86DZI3xEhgV_Sl_q_UbtqTbxPpq9O-fSiAxSYs8V0h4/s320/DSC_3499.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322966394207787394" />Mother's Day card made with my beloved scallop heart nestabilities. This was an impulse buy but I'm sooo very glad that I got it because it's certainly earnt it's keep! Love the texture of the linen bazzill teamed with glitter wrmk papers.<br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9vFCwiPd1eG1KpEOhmpWywZZcsM9SY0-1fGD5BdMCaGbtiv9vjGc0aQaxy-Zkq-hnu7F8MspyJC5sczogbPrafEKiE40ud_gSNtgXFY1PEXBppw7i3RCQRsGAkuGFRvzbfh_/s320/DSC_3496.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322965161626339666" />This is the card that made it on the cover! All lovely and super super simple and pink!<br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY3kPO_r8okgDPKDoyjETwgkOLaBAvGgrsPWfBeRfO7dGeV7rKxI5jgtJfwk2s8tB73l7BPSr-DK2lB0j1xGJwkG2qb1cYeCaciI4IJOXkhVzbwfbfyMgFoyusG1hm6w7ojEaT/s320/DSC_3494.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322965158056357682" />This was a sidekick card. Kick Ass easy and kick ass cute!! I've made quite a few of these cards already and what you can't see on this card is that....the Ben 10 can actually swivel and move....so he's not fixed. He's got some moves...hehehehe<br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 278px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjicTT2JbTSFw1Wu6WgRZBhRysQM0eHO_Fdiyl8XqHENPbAX2mcfIAY1rOKwUgmwS2dLinFfzBdH2HgnY3q4nNRviWpOtemUQbFuXvqjnUJMwMAKG7ZLIjfv39wPQ4OSEs2NfSy/s320/DSC_3493.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322965148918903394" />This heart is one that makes my heart stop. I love it's pale pale loveliness. And I have a really great memory linked to this card. I was struggling with my card assignment when the postie dropped off my latest stampin up order! Scallop square punch and matching stamps set. Oh as soon as I saw it....the design popped into my head and I love it. Thanks Lou!!!<br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZFDv3B1DkwUSyl56mzfurcCP2VuZeZPBGGz6GHPVpsWY34P9FrlcFNyE43KDzYwChvjc3iLk7bIyHklM5oDAsHbwTAnGCAcwAtz9oPuRiMGFMCSJiMcY5DXM1UClfQI3WjKXC/s320/DSC_3490.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322965134745469138" />Aaaaah...this was a brads challenge card. Had to come up with an interesting way to use brads....so they turned into apples. hehehe. Supercute card!!<br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrtiOAd0IyxEli-Kq8LPl2c__dzpIElpcpfVCk2zhKfPazXskPiCVECynE3GSmVECBDxTg2uxI2iZW_nzGd7fW2p_Sshv_eQyjHf7-4o_Sn1g1PnthMpLiKeQxY-CYMQ0K9xk7/s320/DSC_3492.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322965143088643538" />So, again....if you're after a cards magazine that shows you how to use your scrapbooking stash, this is it. Race out and buy it. The ideas in there are fantastic and of course you get all the measurements and step by step instructions.<br /><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTdD3-RhXzZl8h6xKQiT7uVmr_tpGYAEZwccwkYBKnji1JAZ-eVClLtSRBztnTYGR10ewoTZU_QBseuVJKrVyQ-WeC1UzV1HXjnXA1ZhVI578wp-GkrG8IcoBHAdYWNFBa0kZh/s320/DSC_4282.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322966397625135570" />hehehe....what's this layout? Yes...another coffee layout from me. I think this could be my 4th coffee layout....no joke!!! Sadly....my espresso machine has gone to the Philippines where it now works at an internet cafe. I haven't been able to afford a new espresso machine yet...so I'm back to having Moccona but I've managed to find Fat Free French Vanilla Coffee Mate. I adore this stuff....fell in lust with it in Vegas and in the States, you can get the liquid version. Here, we can only get the powdered version at a USA food store. So yes, Moccona and my French Vanilla Coffee Mate are perfect partners. The last time I stocked up...I got the last 3 jars....and of course it's all gone and USA food store is still waiting for the shipment to come in. Very very sad. I might have to resort to buying the expensive single serve portions at supermarkets again. </div><div><br /></div><div>Ok....that's it from me. I have more to share....another day!!! I'll draw a winner for the rak next week!<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Rueyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02946957643133385787noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24399365.post-59677292480154034102009-04-09T11:51:00.006+10:002009-04-09T12:50:39.152+10:00Shania is a cover girl!!!<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjisE1lVzzUouJndpbLlFXfeA5Vdw1gjV0MJI4dO4tAWyxKysmjIitSoP7n2LIR9dblL4eBqJa7cFg0kjBwqMUTsu5BmlaqI4_9czBDjCgFNfl1uvSI_wE6vFYCGeCDosTVTcbx/s320/DSC_3097.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322506216492270178" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-Gz74kj1CJ3d1GeoioHnP7owYgtVw9d5GZnb8I7DemxhBUiYywjuT_BZaCdOQbctesoWLHKYvjMbOyTVqf_b0KXFJX7WrgffaK0nX8kbMMMkSxbCHOu4sSotHihfBOx1pJka/s320/DSC_3099.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322512348323886290" /><div style="text-align: justify;">I was so excited when I was invited to be on the cover of the Valentine's issue of Creative Paper. I totally had so much fun working on this project. I had to do a layout, a mini album, a decorative/gift item and a card....and I really love the end result. Shania is such a gorgeous cover girl and my fav has got to be the Scrapware birdhouses (available from my shop) or maybe the gorgeous layered hearts card.......my husband would say the chocolate bar wrapper next on the left hand side of the card. It had yummy Cadbury moments choc in there.<br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSe_mfbjLewVkcw3R5U5Qhc29l6UHVATIT_un1HcMVM2shjKuqpj14BvjyHmO-hjwstPF4GrCGazdamIa7v1autys_yFLv9YZdqAEVxIcvmgUByoIS_CcS0iAiRDSydt11Yihb/s320/DSC_3094.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322506208130782258" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrB_eu9ZqxtLmLjN09M3r19h_2UIgTBlOHEe1KmHNCnFmUkerFScEQQulWKxZv-01YWxXaQegUuqj2wb_5kpPaLe9TbMOIJmjUIpf8JkpzsEfale39aOVcUtZ54GmsiKrNk-HQ/s320/DSC_2997.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322506231158034562" /><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Another exciting month for me as well as it's my first article in Scrapbooking Memories. Bit of a challenge as not only do I come up with layouts and cards....but I have to write as well. And..it's been a while since I have had to write an essay. But ...... at the end of it...I had a great time and such a fantastic learning experience. My article was on masking and reverse masking. So the layout above is my Lil' Eastwood with masked round shapes and also used magic mesh to do some masking. Then another layout of Miss Shania...Little Miss Bag Hag. Photos are care of Bev!!! Thanks Bev!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUpy-XqrgRoTzfANWGBOw4FGD2OK_Leo12EKHRkDRGsk0QLvI0QHlEWvXSsutwi7Qvms-PoCqZSzfSq2sarybn1VJVuzAb6SVukzGzXPaDM94kOmnTGaooeKUO55qAZxthFqO/s320/DSC_2999.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322510744412153346" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 248px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiADejxQAKZgrx1UhjB6jd-cOlBkyaBHhbCJ5C71qhyqkvw-sQLUAGra9LXiqowCOmTK6T0sUdXlm8kqz_XlI8DVvQLHin7XYhliu24cnNjCrjTOeUvl7YO8OgciESmxD7tnWOh/s320/DSC_3007.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322510752601399858" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Two cards with the masking technique...the above is a sunset card where the moon is masked. And the card underneath is using the negative from die cut flowers to do masking.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UG6iUPBClu59CyhRNkyRXUMMg9242oKYUWWbWHhyphenhyphenY22zG1-4SCxtgruP9rbyd4y4hmUxTyCQ-lXXWLvFnUBIisM5dHHJ9IkR_f17eHB82HwAFWpZW2jYMHUpQu5LGC6GbkLN/s1600-h/DSC_3006.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UG6iUPBClu59CyhRNkyRXUMMg9242oKYUWWbWHhyphenhyphenY22zG1-4SCxtgruP9rbyd4y4hmUxTyCQ-lXXWLvFnUBIisM5dHHJ9IkR_f17eHB82HwAFWpZW2jYMHUpQu5LGC6GbkLN/s320/DSC_3006.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322510747040590786" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">More published projects. Another one that I was absolutely thrilled to do. A school related mini album using the funky Bella Back to school range. I found these papers to be very Love Elsie-ish...funky and I love the colourful embellishments and journalling blocks.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY4YdQhzDSVCgP3n_nDoqxnCB2pr9ib6pKtf1jIp-pT9MB8IV7tkSNvoM5KT8NExcleQB4wMaIvZ7ojthiK6RgvMlKYIBtdjPb6-mP590ltZLcrgjTxo1yKC4rfUPIuuLN05f7/s320/DSC_3404.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322506221519144258" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbZBo2hS-tExsSSPmcruaVkIblhFRntowha_jyIYdQUECkJLwk92O8cSMI7ZXZW8SqZRa15josWbObbbSyzRR54W2SSXwnNXI8k_EWI5CAu2lb66MprykIX9lFf7qTmp7OQHU/s1600-h/DSC_3407.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbZBo2hS-tExsSSPmcruaVkIblhFRntowha_jyIYdQUECkJLwk92O8cSMI7ZXZW8SqZRa15josWbObbbSyzRR54W2SSXwnNXI8k_EWI5CAu2lb66MprykIX9lFf7qTmp7OQHU/s320/DSC_3407.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322506227950076706" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Back soon with a cards update. I do cards monthly for Creative Cardmaking and papercraft magazine. Yes, who would have thought I'd be doing cards monthly. But I'm really really loving cardmaking at the moment. </div><div><br /></div>Does anyone still read my blog?? I have two raks to give away.....u know what to do....leave me a comment!!! Thank you!<br /><br /></div>Rueyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02946957643133385787noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24399365.post-6694324698343031792009-02-05T22:17:00.008+11:002009-02-06T00:28:33.539+11:00Out with the old...in with the new!!<div>Happy New Year!!!<div>Oh I know.......guilty as charged for falling off the blogging wagon!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>I've had lots of emails and pm's and messages from lots of people wondering if all is well in my life. And the answer is ....yes!!! All is well in Ruey's world. I've just been very very very busy! We had a great Christmas and New Years! And before I knew it...my husband left me again!!! And when he came back...he brought 3 relatives from the Philippines back with him who are staying with us in our tiny little house for a month. Yes...you read right...a whole month!!! We're in the 2nd week of their visit at the moment and while we are really enjoying it....it has been exhausting!!!! </div><div><br /></div><div>I actually got so busy that I nearly missed Chinese New Year!!! hehehe..I quickly put up the Chinese new year decorations ....hahaha....and didn't even take down the Christmas decorations. hehehe...how hilariously lazy huh??? Maybe this year will pass in the blink of an eye and I'll be early for 2009 christmas!!!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Wanted to share with you some recent work in magazines......hehehe....proof that I still scrap...although by the looks of this post...I might actually be mistaken for a cardmaker than a scrapper!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Scrapbook Creations Issue 62</div><div>I was thrilled to receive an email from Carol Lea Morgan asking me to participate in her Sketch Feature. Fabulous sketch and I totally love this bionicles layout on a Sheer Delights background.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCE26yM5s-fgjlV5dx8gyVxm-dcRDUo5ERNaOQpRuJeGpNJWRT7FCVhLdWM379lHARv0W0XgRUJA1v7gJp3HodoP0GkZEBkB_dDcns0i02mJvG5kdUAqdddzW4dd2QNvNhpU4U/s320/DSC_2896.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299273473234451714" /></div><div>Creative Cardmaking & Papercraft 2009 Annual</div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 178px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6eK2mZykFpVzCxpGNyy_fZ9Pbknco8qijJLJVMEUe03pZsTBgpN3anWR6Z5jdVYQ9Ybz6HeiTGVdraBxL5nEBKY5d5m_e3DvTOPkViPx2yqdWMlLYrVLsY6iojaPek48qUrha/s320/DSC_2904.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299289282221959122" />Love this card - card base is made with Sheer Delights and it has a bouquet of vellum flowers on it. Gave this card to Mich for her birthday!<br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxWJKG2aqYm8fW7mk9f9HvZYL9hLh5JLJ0MzFdp46FM8Ol60Olk578gPIx-Y3uMWVNTDf0JM0aUw48ccui5ihPuIOhytZFa8h2lUBH3wt-Ob8JC2YsVJLGBBFWGokKRYdxGhJa/s320/DSC_2898.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299278630690303570" />Teen girl card using the gorgeous Rasberry papers. The mag spelt rasberry wrong...I guess because spell checker automatically wants it to be Raspberry...but the actual brand is Rasberry. Love the chipboard bag! I'm such a bag hag!!<br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiN2D2tU8iKahvncs_svsPHofBaM0dbIfqy0Ea2CKkc3lIX_kdZ0p25-YTgQR5bY2RmKViJmVHFXmbg_VBhMfPlqJlyvZ1LL2_EmbTfKVaLIK5_quqkBmpEFSq-xOm7RyeeKcR/s320/DSC_2903.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299289276140156194" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Teen boys card again using Rasberry Schoolies products. The card base is Basic Grey. But the papers, card and rub ons are Rasberry. Ultra simple card...but I like it and my only teen boy ...aka DS#2 gave it the thumbs up. I think he's given it away already as it's not in my card box anymore.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxT1f8vQVpMVFRQlXbIOQ35cacNI5LPBh03KubJA5m_ZolWEfclvQ3c8J2gyEpGOQruK-PFTi9XKYesAKjMVZBwTTjgRv7rvPTu4k-heGfBYDQ0ZEdh_D2HcAz8__HVunrlgY/s320/DSC_2902.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299278646774395570" /><div style="text-align: justify;">Simple card using a bear cut out from a vintage little golden book. Sentiment was done on word. Simple huh????</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWr-WAMzTMsXWZG8uPo9VFad1Fkyo8kaYUT_rhuTYK_2pip9i8qm_nF0I5bLL6VinaLVIxcre_qqmbqcToHeBtccuXix2xoF-J8egpJc71VZVD2BPOsnQW2HZV1cF06U051Vj/s320/DSC_2900.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299278633887189986" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOC-bLF4kEXDCQfIhPt3GY16guzGcRSlJrWfwEd1O_zv7yRDpTmoVVNoqadtS6vSNJpCtEYIx3RF8dyjnPtolUy7mCmOIdYWL46tS02U7QRXsx4mCL9ZyggV9ulMxzfSCbXMoF/s320/DSC_2901.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299278638949751170" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Two cards for little boys using the gorgeous Sassafras Lass stuff. Uber uber cute ranges!!</div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 195px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzS_tRESh19VMnbfhtWb21-w7t7uziVTyu7l9D2MVqSXqukKjy-Hk5qHvEyVtrRDvCP2tBRmFtns8GdmZrAvyL11oJ29oU9lj-9MKSVzc0Hibjg8ebObwzKpFC4IXLQWg6Wuh2/s320/DSC_2899.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299278630274527042" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Easter card featuring a chocolate Bee. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now this is my fav card in the mag. It's a gift card holder...and unfortunately the pics in the mag does not do it justice at all. It didn't show the slit where you insert a gift card. So it's not just a card...it's a gift as well. hehehe now....run out and buy the mag if you want instructions! *wink*</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7sTWhu8KTGv_8aNNAcdwlMXkS7SQA5SBwn3kEwWQBGg0P3idFpo128QCSknP-Jbxo4o7aWlkhcRYtfOEY0bw7lXGTmJEiEkhASjqbTYC5RhDLK-F4FWEzhBdX8qkqzjfZw1mt/s320/DSC_2524.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299298235563704642" /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 207px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRVpReXBMceaD4pu10e3RF7wtMRnU_77JqXWvA5iyozAwolq0gIlLNtViJmi3XHZNw3CpSBGU7pEkg1s35e4HBmzSe6PmyteCYJ3lvBqgNlNjULGXhIASuOaADlqdLOZg47xoV/s320/DSC_2526.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299298236689988050" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Creative Cardmaking & Papercraft Issue 16</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCqzqtLCTtAXIvQ3ulR5OQ3aR1FLgIJBDLpL58qpKPco6mtHx6NXbQ36jC9_F2WGrIVse_HjsSu4hycXoUbZq6EdAjseCv1dkJ0aivibXk3f7mN1mKLAGQXQWKjEF7OhILX9Iw/s1600-h/DSC_2934.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 314px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCqzqtLCTtAXIvQ3ulR5OQ3aR1FLgIJBDLpL58qpKPco6mtHx6NXbQ36jC9_F2WGrIVse_HjsSu4hycXoUbZq6EdAjseCv1dkJ0aivibXk3f7mN1mKLAGQXQWKjEF7OhILX9Iw/s320/DSC_2934.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299290398106899906" /></a>Layered flower using a Paper shaper tool which I affectionately call the doovywacker.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Next up are 3 cards with felt on them. Felt flowers, birdy, hearts etc. Had lots of fun stitching these!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_kibKUK6AOVLoLPXx4q6wXnA00s2JuBm6JkZR1cRhXbd9tt7iAtKmbTt_X2HBcAu0G6iducrbymSKq58y99_z7UQlP9Q3pcnM-44SJyMN9CI7Qo9yia96lUbsfoiCraB7cDR/s1600-h/DSC_2931.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 220px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_kibKUK6AOVLoLPXx4q6wXnA00s2JuBm6JkZR1cRhXbd9tt7iAtKmbTt_X2HBcAu0G6iducrbymSKq58y99_z7UQlP9Q3pcnM-44SJyMN9CI7Qo9yia96lUbsfoiCraB7cDR/s320/DSC_2931.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299289289924691474" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKfGGZJa21qab1ShXsBcayDljor7VTjxyAl_Rcwnqxm1OUDrOKT7PddMNxQHuVq9gjMQFRORi5zMeR7_dkcWH5eqH4RnHzLftvoxlBDU_6QCFYEL58zZfAg-XN9UpQyKnU1w4Y/s1600-h/DSC_2930.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKfGGZJa21qab1ShXsBcayDljor7VTjxyAl_Rcwnqxm1OUDrOKT7PddMNxQHuVq9gjMQFRORi5zMeR7_dkcWH5eqH4RnHzLftvoxlBDU_6QCFYEL58zZfAg-XN9UpQyKnU1w4Y/s320/DSC_2930.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299289285389261922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 278px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCP6SuNGsQbJ1lbpoaVxZaAyIylMxsS1tUCb4IJMYDQ3modc8-RNBzYrZg6u3rQSnLCLvOVQW8lIObJQhF0yZL79TRiNIMlwiTsdQIk5KUWOFHlBaPF1TrjqreCedt8sv6uQz/s320/DSC_2929.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299289284568392898" /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOC-bLF4kEXDCQfIhPt3GY16guzGcRSlJrWfwEd1O_zv7yRDpTmoVVNoqadtS6vSNJpCtEYIx3RF8dyjnPtolUy7mCmOIdYWL46tS02U7QRXsx4mCL9ZyggV9ulMxzfSCbXMoF/s1600-h/DSC_2901.JPG"></a>The two cards using the yummy Cosmo Cricket Hello Sunshine papers.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 291px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCN9MTskrD8Tfw1q-8xeAQqWgOhDFdIBdMQ6IKmhGUMHxUlTce7mN1i8Vk5cwRdQeK7JeTmpSuQlY-auzK2pwnklGWREcspfGi3c3ok-LgOfKfHNPll85ptZaDcdUaTem0widl/s320/DSC_2932.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299290389710932994" /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YAo5WqDaZjAMcvhLNLvEc6xl9WPe0VKLT5b0C-wYYLmnb616uKp99CRrQhWrysxtHqVGu3fyuJZw-LCsTMxg_ZZOeWou39Yv7jyfV7ELn6Rq4rhXw8qbBmbvoBgBpXL_ZIsv/s320/DSC_2933.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299302586090304658" /><div style="text-align: justify;">Yep...so those were my contributions to Issue 16. Grab the mag if you're a scrapbooker who wants to make cards with your scraps. Lots of great ideas and examples in the mag!!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzS_tRESh19VMnbfhtWb21-w7t7uziVTyu7l9D2MVqSXqukKjy-Hk5qHvEyVtrRDvCP2tBRmFtns8GdmZrAvyL11oJ29oU9lj-9MKSVzc0Hibjg8ebObwzKpFC4IXLQWg6Wuh2/s1600-h/DSC_2899.JPG"></a><div><br /></div>Other highlight of the year so far was a crop at my place while DH was away. It was to celebrate Mich's birthday. It was such a good day for me. Lots of girly chatter, lots of laughs, lots of fun, lots of creative energy to absorb and lots of food was ingested. Mich, Jorja, Jane, Vita, Lyndal and Felicity came over to play and we played all day long and into the night!! We went out to dinner at a restaurant close to me and I took them on a scenic route so that they could see the famous Synchrotron...but those girls...they didn't appreciate scientific marvels at all...they just laughed a lot and said I was lost. Seriously it was like a 3 minute diversion....but those creative creatures had no appreciation for geeky science stuff!!! hehehehe<br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Rueyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02946957643133385787noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24399365.post-7682625351924958452008-12-17T20:28:00.003+11:002008-12-17T20:45:33.521+11:00Black, White and Bling.....<div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwlFm9PdiS9S6MSRL0quY5bKICB2wbIDM-cXIs7VgQDTLM8aE5tKPcyqZZNGCCo75dGcQgQPa4Oetq-alPC2rBhlJBHSyGcCjU2fpEoLqbrP2UyptHcfXLj2UGoEXMaVArvZod/s320/DSC_3711.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280689952069284866" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yes, we are still creeping around the house to check out the decorations while Santa sleeps. Yes...he's still sleeping....recharging his battery! I love that photo just above.....yes....I do love it. No I didn't drag out my christmas tree. This is our vintage midget tree. How midget....60cm tall. How vintage? Hmm....19 years. Yes...this tree is 19 years old...and it hasn't grown!!! I dressed it up with some gorgeous clear crystal blings and home made white baubles. Pretty hard to tell unless you squint and tilt your head to the side and use your imagination....but the white cardstock was embossed before I made the baubles. So...irl...they're pweeety pweeeety!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqn1LkzsvbdnX_TVfY8l6U_L2hIjM6ZS3Tqr_UiwSbMb9Zpur1h55GmE7FhkGLpkrWPYib2k4PspkwPinX4OoReOuaypcfGDhYP7ZuQkIjlMiYgsc1EESuXvdU5cM6PD2feOS/s320/DSC_3715.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280689962927114034" /><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLjUQM9N_8pmVNeKwwltAuIBfohWnS1Tmw8VfIqSBOTE416_NKhBHpVYVfW612qc5GOTBahRZwhHFwz8N9wUWnlaEQbBn63uaaGGHp0e1QHxbleQtdlIzEBuOHZVqoB9FcTLbL/s320/DSC_3714.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280689958963889490" />This morning.....MOTH (Man of the House) asked me what he can give his Secret santa recipient. I asked when the party was....his answer....today. Grrr....luckily I managed to find a suitable gift and wrapped it up all nicely and he went to work one very happy man. Then tonight....he came home to find that I had done a few lolly jars....done...as in tipped some lollies into small glass jars...and asked for one for one of his work colleagues. So here it is ....prettied up beyond an inch of it's life. I totally love the bauble card...I will be making 15 more as they were just too quick to make.<div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzpii8s7bg_Yqw-wYsODUvSxLvWrrp46zygaHs3VL9acLglnuKLN-V97OyJyj5VEK4d2dLVrb21NAZu-d8RUXv_x8DstwMy9iLihowAGHLhfe6AUFsWPmb1BkA1u7UMz6c87P/s320/DSC_3721.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280689974273964066" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpiRCJS079cKCy7MjH4sw-2Y8q4Bo8ZjFwET9g-9nHV3LKCRVXqwsrfK0MEr4LB5TUVTTynZFfsYs4DfF4Fr6BWVwqSvVFN1_Z7JB0LnqVxcuC8OFR3LxHHbDSLjREK5Eg_TDP/s1600-h/DSC_3719.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpiRCJS079cKCy7MjH4sw-2Y8q4Bo8ZjFwET9g-9nHV3LKCRVXqwsrfK0MEr4LB5TUVTTynZFfsYs4DfF4Fr6BWVwqSvVFN1_Z7JB0LnqVxcuC8OFR3LxHHbDSLjREK5Eg_TDP/s320/DSC_3719.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280689970315694562" /></a>That's about it till tomorrow.....will find more stuff to take pics of. I am going to do my christmas album after christmas...so these photos are for a reason. hehehe. Btw....MOTH came home with a Cadbury chocolate fondue set. That was what he got from his SS. Pretty cool!!! I think we might have to road test it Christmas eve!!! Asides from strawberries and marshmallows....what else is good for a chocolate fondue?<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Rueyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02946957643133385787noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24399365.post-17413050278283704732008-12-16T15:41:00.002+11:002008-12-16T15:54:09.858+11:00While Santa slumbers.....<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggufNzOPgRlRkCqTJTXH17SAMPmdnXWCPvACy1xz89HuStqf7dkDWDA3Ask9jiAph4LRrDIEzbDo22J0I4KS7ye9zbTpxCuxv97nZ7ss9jc5lHnEqQpdY1Bh8cRlqszJdx-rCa/s320/DSC_3627.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280244815097543778" />Went to Chadstone on the weekend to get this vase and bowl. Surpringly enough...I don't have vases or glass bowls. I have a shit load of tupperware. Must be the mother of 3 clumsy boys in me that makes me tupperware inclined. Anyways....I really wanted clear bowls and vases for my shiny baubles...so shopping time. Came home and couldn't wait to set it all up. Pretty silver bells in the hurricane vase and pink and silver shiny baubles in the salad bowl.<br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ7RC9I6IUDX9-ew8k-nKeNJaeiiIfPiuzjbf2btlP1PjuOb78KH96NjgbbPI_CuY3Js5vFuqLxcaerl2IfJTzYdQTII2AfxoI_jMpW3e9Z31uR3y8FX5cDGT9gH0QhBlgni4Y/s320/DSC_3646.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280244823516236514" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinr4U1CV3x_Q2eWN0yu6FuGVekJd6Q9OKfkgoPV92DkIZLQZBcNedmWckEkqadlyIcbXrNAnUJnPDdzfZhbVtOCLEQNcHnuwTtpM_R697qtnY3fh86vXqgj19nCKB70KIZBTTt/s320/DSC_3649.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280244825561250354" /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then yesterday I found these cane balls. White cane balls. Do you know how hard it is to find these???? I don't either....I've seen them in dark brown and green....but not white. So had to snap up half a dozen of them. Pwetty pwetty! I think I might string them up and hang them from the ceiling and might add a ribbon on the cane ball too.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekUexwycDiih9drlsrH2s-nTEpqZaraik4uHjBX9uAmsLwH9dCuE4eod6XAcMMVFS2OFME9-0qzn0A_hycMFtxSBuBwmLtA4RIB95sVgM_8oitxEErKI_O9tErO9m6BykPqia/s1600-h/DSC_3653.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekUexwycDiih9drlsrH2s-nTEpqZaraik4uHjBX9uAmsLwH9dCuE4eod6XAcMMVFS2OFME9-0qzn0A_hycMFtxSBuBwmLtA4RIB95sVgM_8oitxEErKI_O9tErO9m6BykPqia/s320/DSC_3653.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280244838849447666" /></a>Yesterday this arrived in the mail. It's my EB secret Santa gift. Gorgeous gorgeous Jingle Bells wall hanging. Gorgeous colours with a smidge of bling and some transparency stars which are in the lower right hand corner. Jo also spoiled me with a voucher to Lincraft! New trimmer here I come!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Rueyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02946957643133385787noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24399365.post-3847846365524504762008-12-16T14:21:00.003+11:002008-12-16T15:41:00.339+11:00Silent Night....Holy Night....<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOx-KugzaNSs2aMXn7dKagt_dGClgnVqZBY7jfutmq_aaDiYzvye3v7FhCzA3Js7YQtAoudMbwhu2bEtLWpzyT0KSKbLjA6mEMh-8muVkZ_4WW6eYDernOGKIdAwDBj4M2Q30I/s320/DSC_3638.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280223771758619570" />Shhh....Santa's sleeping ....he needs all the rest he can get. He's going to have one super long long busy night in front of him....so he takes the chance to snooze when he can. hehehe..let's just quietly tiptoe around my house to see my Christmas decorations.<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8YqceuQaTDPwz5vbT9ye44yiokWwfO2AnT_G8fFmSvzJ94fr5fzbEV9Y1YsuZBrr0AVWmVPokqGtbAc8lXlilD42HRssKw6PSNPO5c1R0scWtcPH-BO56msCHNWdVv_GfVCYu/s1600-h/DSC_3643.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8YqceuQaTDPwz5vbT9ye44yiokWwfO2AnT_G8fFmSvzJ94fr5fzbEV9Y1YsuZBrr0AVWmVPokqGtbAc8lXlilD42HRssKw6PSNPO5c1R0scWtcPH-BO56msCHNWdVv_GfVCYu/s320/DSC_3643.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280223785037548418" /></a><div>Halo I and Halo II. No...I didn't name them that. I used to collect Beanie babies. No no no...not when I was little......when I was an adult...when I was a mother. Yes...I collected Beanies. I started off collecting the Skansen Beanie Kids....and had quite a good collection include Blackie the Expo Bear number 1!!! Then I got a bit bored with Beanie Kids...so I sold off my collection...co-incidently to the mother of a girl who would end up being Jordan's classmate! So I started collecting Ty Beanie Babies. I still have quite a lot of them! So yes...Halo 1 and Halo 2 come out once a year during the Christmas time. They're so pretty!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr-vzDu7WdAe2voxc5cn3a3cbcgXZiS4wJasqstQZ261Sy3TpMpt8nrtjr0QVWkK-Rd2dMfCD2ozhhAkyGn2CUdbPxOEgxIZbtBosoJo74S6PIr3rpubb2N27GafQS6V3OLvHb/s1600-h/DSC_3636.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr-vzDu7WdAe2voxc5cn3a3cbcgXZiS4wJasqstQZ261Sy3TpMpt8nrtjr0QVWkK-Rd2dMfCD2ozhhAkyGn2CUdbPxOEgxIZbtBosoJo74S6PIr3rpubb2N27GafQS6V3OLvHb/s320/DSC_3636.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280223779275159410" /></a>Garlands...I have two. One stretching across the top of our sliding doors in the family/computer room. And one more on the other end of the room....in the L window of the loungeroom. I bought the Garlands a while ago and when I change Christmas decor colours...I have to redo the garland as well. Love love love the beaded wire stars!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXzdnPiLjKgaGFG4Go720FXJgr9ox7KWaR4ux2sQgjic9a_ywrsWeL50T6207cSJsVBd6EdaCWiL5VFJgJ37Rf-3gf6iT4Kxbf8Jc-Uxp7Ly9hRFDvHU0Na5_YKEOX_IWGtrUX/s1600-h/DSC_3624.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXzdnPiLjKgaGFG4Go720FXJgr9ox7KWaR4ux2sQgjic9a_ywrsWeL50T6207cSJsVBd6EdaCWiL5VFJgJ37Rf-3gf6iT4Kxbf8Jc-Uxp7Ly9hRFDvHU0Na5_YKEOX_IWGtrUX/s320/DSC_3624.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280223767322890610" /></a>I did these a few Christmases ago. When Basic Grey first brought out their bauble kit...I had to get it and even assembled them at work while the baby napped. That first christmas, those paper balls were displayed in a big wide bowl on my dining table. Then the following Christmas, BG brought out those star ornaments....had to get those too...and I assembled them and then bought the silver spinning diamonds and orbs and put it all together with fishing line and hung them from the ceiling. OK...DH helped a lot with that task. I have two clusters of these ornaments. 4 strings in my loungeroom...and then 2 strings in the dining room. I love the shadows these cast on the walls at night.</div><div><br /></div><div>More to share later...toodles!!</div></div>Rueyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02946957643133385787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24399365.post-78304476495646219322008-12-15T17:10:00.002+11:002008-12-15T17:16:36.500+11:00It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.....<div>Thought I'd share some photos each day in the lead up to Christmas of the decorations in the house. This is just a little bowl of colourful baubles and candy canes. Some of the candy canes were done at Scrapware using their gorgeous Christmas products. So totally yummy!!!</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSy4UbuPPOjClG-PCNrJeMWI_MD4j2Z4LgDGrUSE1GBOXboj8023kFPEk16F-gns48w8lj6_9a-vVkPRpbjDHdlRShU-crNuQU2F4_XSy3_UdVwN-6gFbtYfix8hILckoaB_yN/s1600-h/DSC_3633.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSy4UbuPPOjClG-PCNrJeMWI_MD4j2Z4LgDGrUSE1GBOXboj8023kFPEk16F-gns48w8lj6_9a-vVkPRpbjDHdlRShU-crNuQU2F4_XSy3_UdVwN-6gFbtYfix8hILckoaB_yN/s320/DSC_3633.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279896384173672130" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedYRgzJX8x8c7cgFtNcy3yKkwY3i9ovLiulvCHKvLFd_rYnidMkYqaACPfs9xhdOV30vP4g-TKCTN5dQkXT7t_JZ_NOQP7ToqS5YDW4pCrLvkZKfSbXu4mcFcYhYnQ5WBARCZ/s1600-h/DSC_3630.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedYRgzJX8x8c7cgFtNcy3yKkwY3i9ovLiulvCHKvLFd_rYnidMkYqaACPfs9xhdOV30vP4g-TKCTN5dQkXT7t_JZ_NOQP7ToqS5YDW4pCrLvkZKfSbXu4mcFcYhYnQ5WBARCZ/s320/DSC_3630.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279896379157794002" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYBbbxwipd24PhVMrf-Pgini9EIImhbxO20nlsaaYVUodtWnWiA7a-Q1h9ysi7CCXvjmdCxtF7nGMqLmY24x3KWSrn_SEU82egy3BJEC67eDhUe9wLISF8kFjZXiCWoJ5ZQVJj/s1600-h/DSC_3629.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYBbbxwipd24PhVMrf-Pgini9EIImhbxO20nlsaaYVUodtWnWiA7a-Q1h9ysi7CCXvjmdCxtF7nGMqLmY24x3KWSrn_SEU82egy3BJEC67eDhUe9wLISF8kFjZXiCWoJ5ZQVJj/s320/DSC_3629.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279896370438342882" /></a>Rueyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02946957643133385787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24399365.post-39386418992874956272008-12-08T13:09:00.003+11:002008-12-08T13:31:57.999+11:00oh by the way Santa....Dear Santa<div><br /></div><div>Please delete number 3 from my wish list. I've succumbed and purchased myself a subscription to the Real Living magazine. And now I'm in trouble with Mrs Vass because she thinks I'm not doing a proper wish list. A wish list just for wishing. For me.. a wish list is like a 'to buy' list. Ok...so after a bit of a think....I have other things to add to my wish list....</div><div><br /></div><div>3. clear vases (big tall wide cylindrical ones)</div><div>4. Big bundle of decorative twigs and sticks - oh I don't know what exactly they are called...but I've seen them in homeware stores. Big enough to make a striking display.</div><div>5. Scrapbook Trends Digital Scrapbooking ideas book</div><div>6. Stampin Up Deer Friends set</div><div>7. Hero Arts Sparkle embossing powder</div><div>8. Medium Bag optimiser from bagorganiser.com.au<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>lots of love</div><div>Ruey - who promises to try and not knock off anymore items off her wish list until 2009</div>Rueyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02946957643133385787noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24399365.post-45087462985180653812008-12-07T21:32:00.002+11:002008-12-07T21:54:05.749+11:00Shania in the spotlight!!<div>Yay...issue 73 of For Keeps Creative Paper is finally out. Big congrats to Vita for her amazing cover!! All the projects look fantastic together!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyways....I was asked to do a Finishing Touch Ideas advertorial focussing mainly on their embellishments. hehehe...can you tell how much fun I had? I love brads...and buttons...so I really was in my element. I was really pleased with how the layouts turned out. Love love love those cutie pie pics of Shania. And trust me....this little girl is not very girly at all. I'm always in stitches watching her antics on facebook. Thanks Sis for taking lots of videos for me.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx67GMaL8a9xzwvyDsykHr0OF_WrL65PpPJiQJMvuXtMedurVX686NVkSqFgaFS_-YkSs5k6KKbRdSL9eoDZgSZ3yN-i89yDQOEIJ1irqCZfOp7qkgZDi3tpvN3Qnn3zWxsGfZ/s320/DSC_3476.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276996098975854866" /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I also did a Craftools advertorial on the Tonic Cutting system. This system was lots of fun and really easy to use. Totally love the wavy cutter. And yep...it's a bright bright Rose Moka New York layout. Man....I love this layout...yah...I know it's simple...but all the colours really sing to me!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi18fEIsfiu_HxMYa9xkGVSgVLUcaWUPQpx_-cdvwFaTj5ncEzYv6qfdyWK1btD0-sbZCMijDnzU9ykl_pis8VOs_MVNSOMJwrRBpm6safwHCIpDu8TGeQ-PbcBabfIXDrxp-Db/s1600-h/DSC_2628.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi18fEIsfiu_HxMYa9xkGVSgVLUcaWUPQpx_-cdvwFaTj5ncEzYv6qfdyWK1btD0-sbZCMijDnzU9ykl_pis8VOs_MVNSOMJwrRBpm6safwHCIpDu8TGeQ-PbcBabfIXDrxp-Db/s320/DSC_2628.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276996116876424242" /></a>And last project in the mag is this....a summer party feature. Icy pole invites, lolly baskets, lolly bag and sunny boys!! <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvWM-Sh4HtjiIEd4nocjpwFCz6g7rpBH-nnKtGRYKhn6s9wOQMdTnzjKBPvtWSmw4Y48jpLQ3z2ataz0PhgTld4myqxbWwePlH-D7UoNchUJAOoN8k_q_ntfbww-UC3oPCvn6h/s1600-h/DSC_3477.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvWM-Sh4HtjiIEd4nocjpwFCz6g7rpBH-nnKtGRYKhn6s9wOQMdTnzjKBPvtWSmw4Y48jpLQ3z2ataz0PhgTld4myqxbWwePlH-D7UoNchUJAOoN8k_q_ntfbww-UC3oPCvn6h/s320/DSC_3477.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276996107002379586" /></a>This is the first time I have ever had so much stuff in the one mag. And I'm sure it wasn't planned ....as I was asked to do the things fairly spaced apart. But it was good. <br /><div><br /></div><div>Friday was another impromptu scrapbooking night. Mich, Vita and Lyndal came over. Vita gave us a pizza box tutorial - yay...another cutesy little thing I know how to make!! The main reason for the impromptu crop was that I was itching to zutter....so I invited Mich around so I could use and abuse her brand new zutter...yes it was brand new...still in packet new....brand spanking new. But of course....I let her use it first and then I had lots of fun with it.<br /><br /></div><div>I wanted to make notebooks and mini albums for family and non scrapping friends and for teachers etc. Little token gifts....so whipped these up. Well...I just cut and zuttered things! I also did 3 christmas albums and 4 post it note holders. And these are just notebooks and minialbums which are super easy to make. I have a lot of 'system cards' which go into index file boxes. So those lined sheets are my pages. With the notebooks which are bound at the top, I've just bought some cheap notepads from the elcheapo shop and just made covers for them. It's not that I am trying to be cheap....I just want something that is useful. A non scrapbooking person might not appreciate a mini album which they have to fill out themselves...but everyone needs notebooks and post it note holders. Handy gifts which are easy to make. It's a win win situation!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGM4lzITkOOWhsSs9D2fjo6lQXovaQ8VqCf99I3GZYaq5AqWdCEKwOjudPLu4trVF2-6b9nDpFLe8lffgX3y6eZi8JY-hEyiV_1cLRaLoQzxWiLLkYnaWFkVQHtuQzbK-B2t5b/s1600-h/DSC_3475.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGM4lzITkOOWhsSs9D2fjo6lQXovaQ8VqCf99I3GZYaq5AqWdCEKwOjudPLu4trVF2-6b9nDpFLe8lffgX3y6eZi8JY-hEyiV_1cLRaLoQzxWiLLkYnaWFkVQHtuQzbK-B2t5b/s320/DSC_3475.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276995194676608482" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcUSt1tU6V750IFictpHnsZ_wqq_KIRxbX2aYFErJtCClcyJ4FuJLiJy3wE6zccY3qHTx5tCicC3tAJ2yWcYpgeQWXddMDzWi47K7g2OkzKUzn2PFKpWHS51yx3xBCUJkJiRYF/s1600-h/DSC_3474.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcUSt1tU6V750IFictpHnsZ_wqq_KIRxbX2aYFErJtCClcyJ4FuJLiJy3wE6zccY3qHTx5tCicC3tAJ2yWcYpgeQWXddMDzWi47K7g2OkzKUzn2PFKpWHS51yx3xBCUJkJiRYF/s320/DSC_3474.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276995188601133778" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZ7Nfn5AJ06-wLqWSNPl9K2IDQPnS-5zzFTdlbAeGk6SKQJQwVxTgYhrQTZZaDU-Vfpsvf7k6KCYSzfOUGYGoPkjGMNL8GwMjXVOc09r048Uaqe7UhAv_0gs6oVHnJKzESi4g/s1600-h/DSC_3473.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZ7Nfn5AJ06-wLqWSNPl9K2IDQPnS-5zzFTdlbAeGk6SKQJQwVxTgYhrQTZZaDU-Vfpsvf7k6KCYSzfOUGYGoPkjGMNL8GwMjXVOc09r048Uaqe7UhAv_0gs6oVHnJKzESi4g/s320/DSC_3473.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276995185823996658" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnIk9jHXHjznLCUhPOWxtlqJv-lZGrhwx4h3jIDgFMyneogVpoMT9yJjV_5TT0YSXwnC4mrDZqX31d-X7O1MZMF2y3r63PffH6KFS5Xn-ihmW9zw8xkYzGO-6OFHdC5UdcfjBz/s1600-h/DSC_3472.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnIk9jHXHjznLCUhPOWxtlqJv-lZGrhwx4h3jIDgFMyneogVpoMT9yJjV_5TT0YSXwnC4mrDZqX31d-X7O1MZMF2y3r63PffH6KFS5Xn-ihmW9zw8xkYzGO-6OFHdC5UdcfjBz/s320/DSC_3472.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276995182342122258" /></a>I have more to show...so I'll take more pics tomorrow to share.</div>Rueyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02946957643133385787noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24399365.post-90470075253967445932008-12-07T14:02:00.006+11:002008-12-07T14:40:07.331+11:00Cards published!!!<div>I've had more cards published in the last 2 issues of Creative Cardmaking and papercraft. I've really been enjoying cardmaking in the last 6 months. These cards were in Issues 14 and 15.</div><div><br /></div><div>Pop up cards - in a boy theme. Very easy to make and lots of fun to make. I used the Inque Boutique stamps....available from Kiti Q. hehehe</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6SKO5tc0lIWg_ddUU0dN0fJEC43KH2B1Ci44od3_g7JBFN77fTZj0fcnaCBHgQ7ue6iIuxNi7pQCbVpupTg3KdgYgZupTB21NYtRSTmshYVPl6-ZZIkmynw6_RPr5W-3X1k_d/s1600-h/DSC_2540.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6SKO5tc0lIWg_ddUU0dN0fJEC43KH2B1Ci44od3_g7JBFN77fTZj0fcnaCBHgQ7ue6iIuxNi7pQCbVpupTg3KdgYgZupTB21NYtRSTmshYVPl6-ZZIkmynw6_RPr5W-3X1k_d/s320/DSC_2540.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276885079320595346" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoLJtkgMy37cRJZn3s9d10ufxxzVHo7Do2nMVt81uU-t7tvBYIJIXPFcN5X_egmGbvPv2AFKpOSNrAbl0HCWVrTtO4es8vAckOdaRLCePhGveyuNTKd38JMWQe5BsvtVx2nxGJ/s1600-h/DSC_2541.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoLJtkgMy37cRJZn3s9d10ufxxzVHo7Do2nMVt81uU-t7tvBYIJIXPFcN5X_egmGbvPv2AFKpOSNrAbl0HCWVrTtO4es8vAckOdaRLCePhGveyuNTKd38JMWQe5BsvtVx2nxGJ/s320/DSC_2541.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276885073677483698" /></a>Tri-fold card. Opens up to say Just because ....I miss you... a bunch. I think I need to make another one of these as I really like it and it also uses up a lot of small odd pieces of scraps!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKumAYyKgEdiHxUYBA7Nxgn4FYbYy_-VRL2i_nHWdg8URA0DCTxVobJ9IsCoCrWUgFe9umE_oBEPcX8bb5hD6nZPBxfgPBaPZhpCfOWdRUvTnsF3SJ_FVX9_4-ipY8l5eWUPwL/s1600-h/DSC_2415.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKumAYyKgEdiHxUYBA7Nxgn4FYbYy_-VRL2i_nHWdg8URA0DCTxVobJ9IsCoCrWUgFe9umE_oBEPcX8bb5hD6nZPBxfgPBaPZhpCfOWdRUvTnsF3SJ_FVX9_4-ipY8l5eWUPwL/s320/DSC_2415.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276884253239842946" /></a>Ultra simple card. No patterned paper at all. Stamped heat embossed image of the bird which I cut out and coloured. Used those big Heidi Swapp flowers everyone has in their stash and the card base just has a simple stamped heat embossed flourish. And of course some bling.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhssjFoOdgxmdGYcs4AASVIKAiDQj6Xk4LQNFCdOAkqY1SwyWaL5cahGq0yeLHHVX579mFVvyhZlKd1WU8cm4XtYN6_Z0qVogy-9bz2a9e_ERfznVsoNDLK1ZOiootDOB-FV4Wp/s1600-h/DSC_2412.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhssjFoOdgxmdGYcs4AASVIKAiDQj6Xk4LQNFCdOAkqY1SwyWaL5cahGq0yeLHHVX579mFVvyhZlKd1WU8cm4XtYN6_Z0qVogy-9bz2a9e_ERfznVsoNDLK1ZOiootDOB-FV4Wp/s320/DSC_2412.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276880320371173634" /></a>A belated birthday card. Everyone should have a couple of these in their stash...it's just too easy to make and lots of fun. Is it bad to plan a belated card???<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_GOzB9PRuLlK4xV-RJS5BDjdU9U1ctWsTBts6XxGeIt2ggY_Cw1tWWXCQquJrQucColNjWFaWrP8SrMqsOtIHVlgduaiq-UC2Utf7LV8nD16aMWrkrpQu7gNxmSy8PdqhOaSH/s1600-h/DSC_2411.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_GOzB9PRuLlK4xV-RJS5BDjdU9U1ctWsTBts6XxGeIt2ggY_Cw1tWWXCQquJrQucColNjWFaWrP8SrMqsOtIHVlgduaiq-UC2Utf7LV8nD16aMWrkrpQu7gNxmSy8PdqhOaSH/s320/DSC_2411.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276879147209263826" /></a>A pop out card. Oh so easy and cute cute cute!! Yet again another boyish card. It's too easy to make girls cards......but boys cards are so much harder to make esp those cutesy ones for kids under 7.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVkRvCvQoOZS35hgO-jQwL7TYxCjpA3bHRH-srheTORkeu9FyDOAsG2MxnPO47YeKGCYRSyf9-z1cTYLiUj5Bprp-6X3GU4jv0X03YyKV4M6ZlbY-9udm3AZLx6cUgx0jBWZs2/s1600-h/DSC_2405.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVkRvCvQoOZS35hgO-jQwL7TYxCjpA3bHRH-srheTORkeu9FyDOAsG2MxnPO47YeKGCYRSyf9-z1cTYLiUj5Bprp-6X3GU4jv0X03YyKV4M6ZlbY-9udm3AZLx6cUgx0jBWZs2/s320/DSC_2405.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276879139599538258" /></a>Rueyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02946957643133385787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24399365.post-85559687415711371322008-12-04T01:06:00.007+11:002008-12-07T14:01:15.295+11:00It all starts with a letter to Santa....<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 279px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU4GrGbtG2gdEcgIcao_NFppyWETzO2nkoezwiiPjvtDEhJNtoPbiRLk8Dpe99g43LmVG9z4Jxt_I52_gy8s1cqm3zoPVChrNw-tfzAP7EG0z81FeBA_8IWrI5G2NPJjAByWY3/s320/DSC_3410.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276874433401135378" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV7TJF_CspyVx4d2ZixW8VaRKlZY-rAdZY7LVn4Q7RJM7IskOmA-FdsRkX191hQpbgHDKPxkRhyK_0TkiZRFz0EnoEqksJgNRZAYNj51vhOSAP9j-W8yRnOtY2acrMJxYhrs8i/s320/DSC_3411.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276875910033156818" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilxb-50Ponu5Q0ZotXvlPjUM8MlTV6M7znyIYAxejskF2b0Qz4DpFgxHpsklcphyXprFBt8U1p8hrD8jE-1lRYpeLxQXPtTuwmWBTz9VJSYBbhZEmlf1Ag7lSXCI7jZ_DPJI9r/s1600-h/DSC_3412.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilxb-50Ponu5Q0ZotXvlPjUM8MlTV6M7znyIYAxejskF2b0Qz4DpFgxHpsklcphyXprFBt8U1p8hrD8jE-1lRYpeLxQXPtTuwmWBTz9VJSYBbhZEmlf1Ag7lSXCI7jZ_DPJI9r/s320/DSC_3412.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276874446726156674" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div>Yes, it's scary how close Christmas is!!! I'm not ready for Christmas. I still need to make another dozen or so cards. I haven't put up the christmas tree .....not because I don't want to...anyone who knows me knows how much I love christmas. I can't put up the christmas tree because I don't have room for it. My tree is very tall...it touches the ceiling and it's not one of those slim trees.....I need to reserve around 2m square for the base of the tree. And I don't have a spare corner in our living areas that big! So I don't know what I am going to do. I made a little advent christmas tree for Jeromel.....love how it turned out. Maybe that can be our tree? It's the spirit that counts right???<div><br /></div><div>Anyways, before I forget and before I do something silly like post this on another blog (which I did *blush*)....here is my letter to Santa....inspired by Mich.</div><div><br /></div><div>-----------------------<br />Dear Santa<br /><br />I've never written to you before and I don't think you know who I am. So why now are you receiving a letter from a 40 year old who is definately not a child anymore? Because of my friend Michelle Vass. See, she might pick me to win a prize if I write a letter to you. So why not....I might get a pressie from you and I might get a pressie from her. It's a win win situation right? I honestly thought coming up with a wish list would be very easy...but it was hard. Really hard!<br /><br />Ok...with the naughty and nice list....let me tell you Santa....honestly...sometimes I'm naughty ...I'm no saint....but I'm mostly nice. Let me explain... I'm a Mum.....I like to think I'm a great Mum...I cook, clean, drive, teach, ....and then I also yell and ignore them from time to time. Still...more nice than naughty. And....I've also been a wife for 21 years...yes...anniversary was last Friday. 21 years.....definately nice right? As a friend....I think my friends will vouch that I am more nice than naughty (girls....those shopping sprees and tempting you to buy things.....you don't hold that against me do you?). Santa, I'm happy to leave it in your capable hands and let you be the judge.<br /><br />If you think I am nice...nice enough to get a visit from you on Christmas eve....I would love to receive:<br /><br />1. Sizzix Big Shot - I know I have the cuttlebug...but I also love the Bigz XL dies.<div><br /></div><div>2. Coluzzle starter kit and the nested circle templates </div><div><br /></div><div>3. For something non scrapbooking related....a subsciption to Real Living magazine would be appreciated (Jane F got me into this one!)</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks Santa!!</div><div><br /></div><div>From: The more Nice than Naughty Ruey</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>ps...did you hear about the dyslexic satan worshipper? He sold his soul to Santa</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div></div>Rueyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02946957643133385787noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24399365.post-25440320154125034082008-11-21T00:01:00.003+11:002008-11-21T00:12:19.426+11:00Back to winter again....<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZoieSdZfRlD2atLHd68N2TACTtgEEyzGAY_Y2C1_koPfcrQr_Z_8zeRp9-GMdQZquLfl96xwftn7V1iOV-pHNanMbgWq4kZpboO_QB7iwpXBkJaWNIolSby3UOjr1KV2SMs8Z/s320/DSC_3114.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270725034721952578" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2vHHla_fg3p6RCorPkig80NUQdOa1YYfDdo8POhlVLoP7SNw-jahhC6TpMeDjqh1kQWD-Lx2ynJpn9pNSs2LXkyEmC6Wz9LNsn47E3NO1d1CI1nd1l0_WXGtIw_JinCTrr5VQ/s320/DSC_3115.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270725042280212178" /><br />Yes....it's like winter is here again. It was sooo cold and windy today!! Ridiculously cold!! It's been one of those weeks where I just blink and wham....it's thursday night and I'm wondering where my week went.<div><br /></div><div>Did quite a bit of scrapping this week. Got my secret santa gifts done and even did a regurgitation layout. A what layout???? yah...u read right....regurgitation. LOL It's what I call a layout where I just chuck a whole heap of embellishments which were rattling around at the bottom of my scraps box. I cut out those American craft flocked leaves for some cards I was working on..but decided not to use them. I covered that little chipboard boy for a project then changed my mind. Popped those mushrooms out of their sheet and then changed my mind. Cut out those clouds, made the cabbage flower...yes and then changed my mind. I do that a lot. Change my mind that is....and then I don't want to turf them because I might want to use them one day. Well that one day came! </div><div><br /></div><div>Quite happy with how it turned out actually....it's a layout I've been wanting to do for a while.....and a layout for me...not for an assignment. Talk about assignments...two more assignments to do before 2nd week of December. We have our Filipino Fiesta this saturday and then next week....our 21st wedding anniversary....then on saturday, we have an appointment in the morning, then we are entertaining vip superstar guests from overseas that afternoon and night and then on sunday....I might just want to curl up on the couch and veg.</div><div><br /></div><div>Big announcement!!!! The famous Ange of Scrapware has done up a new blog for Scrapware and it's fabulous and there is a big big birdhouse giveaway!!! So quick, head over to the <a href="http://www.scrapware.typepad.com">Scrapware blog</a> and check it out!!</div>Rueyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02946957643133385787noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24399365.post-56914192993888568762008-11-14T18:31:00.003+11:002008-11-14T19:00:28.064+11:00Proof that I have been scrapping.....<div>hahaha...ok....this is proof that I have been scrapping....although......they were done a few months ago.....at crops at Mich's and Jorja's place. yes....months ago! Because I did them at crops, I didn't quite finish them off. Things like journalling etc. So this past week, I've had two pretty big projects for two mags that I was working on and once that was done and the last lot was mailed off yesterday, last night I decided to go through my pizza box that was full of these unfinished layouts and layouts that I have to file away in my albums.</div><div><br /></div><div>So today, I finished the rest off and thought I better take pics of them to share....layouts just for me...just for fun....and I love them!</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv2URFeviN-Tm-eER1xxoceKUcuRMFestASg82wCTVNi4xnEdnCIZBmXGbPe20rpBt033zmp2hYQvd0LAk8Zig9GgERrOI-MIjq98Y39cIuHWAj15CkQO6D4rAtegU3gPExVyq/s1600-h/DSC_3106.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv2URFeviN-Tm-eER1xxoceKUcuRMFestASg82wCTVNi4xnEdnCIZBmXGbPe20rpBt033zmp2hYQvd0LAk8Zig9GgERrOI-MIjq98Y39cIuHWAj15CkQO6D4rAtegU3gPExVyq/s320/DSC_3106.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268414497235419602" /></a>J3 loves to paint. He's creative like me. I love how at 7 years old, he can plan properly....he will put on his art smock, spread newspapers on his table, get all his things out...paint and then....clean up!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmWk-GkPo2au5kyo6RuoESWRNDt2dAUwzpv4unBcClPV4QwMYmX2KVLnygDCnFTluVlMl9ZIVJs7M41MALtXLOJF3P0lCd5goMx5g6fht2IhPx9ujXrvHkRhqAPBPtbSB4SvjJ/s1600-h/DSC_3105.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 319px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmWk-GkPo2au5kyo6RuoESWRNDt2dAUwzpv4unBcClPV4QwMYmX2KVLnygDCnFTluVlMl9ZIVJs7M41MALtXLOJF3P0lCd5goMx5g6fht2IhPx9ujXrvHkRhqAPBPtbSB4SvjJ/s320/DSC_3105.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268414493254661538" /></a>J3 loves Ben 10 Alien Force, so this is his currency at the moment. If he does all his English, Maths and Japanese homework and has a minimum of 4 readers for the week...he gets to watch the latest episode which I religiously download for him. Getting to watch it on my mac is extra special to him.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ZqBVtfUgd9-nH-iRxA7cV066JlN8Wh72os5dNsoswGvhyphenhyphenPcBhZWUg8HMBcInUUlCDnPyk3uBqSgjyXck951HcAXpNOqmFDZw4-sSxpEw4zyxVQHy7mijea2OJZKFXhQjk8O4/s1600-h/DSC_3104.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ZqBVtfUgd9-nH-iRxA7cV066JlN8Wh72os5dNsoswGvhyphenhyphenPcBhZWUg8HMBcInUUlCDnPyk3uBqSgjyXck951HcAXpNOqmFDZw4-sSxpEw4zyxVQHy7mijea2OJZKFXhQjk8O4/s320/DSC_3104.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268413460514518546" /></a>oooh yes....those who know me know I love my coffee. My daily fix! The coffee was from Dunkin Donuts (French Vanilla) and the little espresso machine was redeemed with my Flybuy points. It has since gone to the Philippines to be put at work in an internet cafe, but I'll soon replace it with a slightly better model.<br /><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9our-PiZqRywZrZFFErXC-6J7c870XJqQ4koVP7Qb5z0unc_r_Pva0050Q3P9d_vmddq4CfSu9oJ_0Wpu7cZAS3ppIqLMGCHX28rfnSXWa0b1cPL6FSo5TS9XyyZ5QZ5FatZt/s320/DSC_3102.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268413447759809954" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx9x4Jye9Mc_9tH11yzx_9hfy-S1KhqXhmCP0kX8HZWseGJ0Fgvx5gv4S8vhs1EVoRfnnI81qe1BvQw_Ro5iwLjUh0Lh8QN2hBG7wpsl_S0LHiJw9puhICJzJQemavPBODkz-d/s320/DSC_3103.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268413454200366130" />hehehe...yes....I can even scrap about a new school bag. Just a pretty simple layout using up lots of old papers and embellishments. Love the little 7gypsies rub on people which I applied on the alphas. Actually J3 has to have a bag which is different from the usual school bag because of his anaphylaxis. Teachers and aides have to be able to identify his bag quickly to grab his medication if he needs it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4PdLhEOs5k7gpe7gGBiLSGe8U-JU3CKcGbpV_94PXGOu6xspYNc8OYMCz2NeD21ug2Puhy987crZQU7G93a8q76B02WXE57rWj05Fq5n3dKKLg-jrUXqBmjQQT6bT78rXJt-/s1600-h/DSC_3101.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4PdLhEOs5k7gpe7gGBiLSGe8U-JU3CKcGbpV_94PXGOu6xspYNc8OYMCz2NeD21ug2Puhy987crZQU7G93a8q76B02WXE57rWj05Fq5n3dKKLg-jrUXqBmjQQT6bT78rXJt-/s320/DSC_3101.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268413442547934002" /></a>Another ultra simple layout. Love the Ki Memories lace cardstock full of words. Very suitable for his layout. Love how he is learning to read without sounding out too many of the letters. Thanks Mich for the Maya road sheer journalling block.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3gPvrDdIP2sQTiQmCDdawZyYgoNc-d3zk7cURkZOXc4c6OykzcEx-bGgOyb8sXz754lYb749-Xbe278rTEJziPEqkTI4zARhIAEX-Wl5Je-ni_upcgErpmC4zJQKgNgp5zbB8/s1600-h/DSC_3100.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3gPvrDdIP2sQTiQmCDdawZyYgoNc-d3zk7cURkZOXc4c6OykzcEx-bGgOyb8sXz754lYb749-Xbe278rTEJziPEqkTI4zARhIAEX-Wl5Je-ni_upcgErpmC4zJQKgNgp5zbB8/s320/DSC_3100.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268413435324127362" /></a>Another ultra simple layout with a collage of photos. Took these photos inside his classroom of things that he had made and the house chart, birthday chart and bag hook. BTW...the sports house system are named after Japanese islands, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku and Honshu. Pretty good huh?<div><br /></div><div>That's it for now!!</div>Rueyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02946957643133385787noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24399365.post-83888983638745247122008-11-10T11:26:00.008+11:002008-11-10T12:14:51.672+11:00I set out to shock you....<div>hehehe....two posts in a day!!! How's that?<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>A couple of weeks ago on a Friday, I was chatting on the phone to Lyndal ensuring her that I really hadn't been captured by aliens when on the spur of the moment, I invited her to come and scrap that night. I had been making cards and could do with some company. I then sent a quick email out to invite Mich, Jorja, Jane and Vita too. It was very short notice and to my delight....this group of very special friends all came and scrapped with me that night. We started around 7.30pm and Lyndal was the last to leave close to 3am!! I got a few cards done that night and had lots of fun heat embossing!! Vita brought her Bind it All as Jorja wanted a demonstration. Jorja and Mich both placed pre-orders for the new Bind it All at Paperific - lucky ducks!!</div><div><br /></div><div>To my delight...Vita decided to leave her Bind it All for me to play with and play....I did!!! I never knew how useful a Bind it All was!!! I made a 6x12" album for house decor/building ideas. I used lots of papers from my stash that I wasn't too keen on using for layouts anymore. It's pretty and of course I used the Ki Memories sheer delights for the cover...good protection.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then I decided to raid my pizza box full of scrap papers to make a smaller album using the remaining bit of wire that I had left over from making my big album. Decided to make Jeromel's school excursion to the Melbourne Zoo mini album. Yes, I got to go along on the excursion too - loved it heaps!!</div><div><br /></div><div>So here is the mini album </div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTzPOczT7NILDQDbSWBrB_TfDgXpjvYUtxr_9BrMvDjJof3xtPdsCcFwPsfSQQ0mBvfBgqEFpdixoT5i6qrqzy8s5sVcq5tS9UTu0vpLo5nvcxIjLrVD8XNLea7_CnZbfi463G/s1600-h/DSC_3085.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTzPOczT7NILDQDbSWBrB_TfDgXpjvYUtxr_9BrMvDjJof3xtPdsCcFwPsfSQQ0mBvfBgqEFpdixoT5i6qrqzy8s5sVcq5tS9UTu0vpLo5nvcxIjLrVD8XNLea7_CnZbfi463G/s320/DSC_3085.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266826983558313906" /></a>Cover done with Ki Memories Sheer delights available <a href="http://www.kitiq.com.au/shop/range.asp?pr=253">here</a> for only $3.50 per sheet! (little plug for my shop!)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBzJnMINICur1-zdmlMuuKHLWcDDGJFea_8Hmhih9GihZ-ml7D7LP7uLD2mhUpTvZaSoBXZq9gZBCofcRpFpimT6L9xweaIyHKgjdZXWHdvHJ2_1Y6csUf-m8iaGRwa87d7-ap/s1600-h/DSC_3086.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 126px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBzJnMINICur1-zdmlMuuKHLWcDDGJFea_8Hmhih9GihZ-ml7D7LP7uLD2mhUpTvZaSoBXZq9gZBCofcRpFpimT6L9xweaIyHKgjdZXWHdvHJ2_1Y6csUf-m8iaGRwa87d7-ap/s320/DSC_3086.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266826970763722802" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ2KpnBq66tackJkBqtzcmeC436KsOXSfal50_I8TmLd_i382hyphenhyphenLaBx75HaDfdisboSCwXlDIsc_WCRpc4IInNBnevlOP7OwWF-XW8xHA_DtFOKGBnmEJ0wKjvX6fUimIbDtrH/s1600-h/DSC_3087.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ2KpnBq66tackJkBqtzcmeC436KsOXSfal50_I8TmLd_i382hyphenhyphenLaBx75HaDfdisboSCwXlDIsc_WCRpc4IInNBnevlOP7OwWF-XW8xHA_DtFOKGBnmEJ0wKjvX6fUimIbDtrH/s320/DSC_3087.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266826960159678594" /></a>I swear...this gorilla was just soooo adorable!!! He was like that for quite a long time!!! At times he would look at his fingernails!!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMiNSRVo-4aVfWHczs3yRQrJkBEzmtgvT7u9qigw1bF2TOdYCi3zKC7YnLBW-60M9IXn7ovidnGH1u_IyiDL4zRJNE3nf3g-amWuGMSKsBiJbB-x_DM5yWm70-LZXYJHRzX558/s1600-h/DSC_3088.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 122px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMiNSRVo-4aVfWHczs3yRQrJkBEzmtgvT7u9qigw1bF2TOdYCi3zKC7YnLBW-60M9IXn7ovidnGH1u_IyiDL4zRJNE3nf3g-amWuGMSKsBiJbB-x_DM5yWm70-LZXYJHRzX558/s320/DSC_3088.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266823166752928402" /></a>Yes...this is my little monkey hamming it up for the mamarazzi. Isn't that Scrapware monkey cute??<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcN355mTV3dZjA0d_LevxhVY9KBwDfs6E6CzSSF4w4lZlvSjxAS3ABjQ-0LDJHNgcMNwWjVoyxlmMncWCsKvgU-M3jkStsJrPftUyNGELx4doOs0j8vkURK6Ug96HcLLGbGu-a/s1600-h/DSC_3090.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 119px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcN355mTV3dZjA0d_LevxhVY9KBwDfs6E6CzSSF4w4lZlvSjxAS3ABjQ-0LDJHNgcMNwWjVoyxlmMncWCsKvgU-M3jkStsJrPftUyNGELx4doOs0j8vkURK6Ug96HcLLGbGu-a/s320/DSC_3090.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266822955112800098" /></a>I love zebras heaps!!! This one was a magnificent looking zebra!! The kids were all fascinated looking at the giraffes and zebras in that enclosure.<div><br /></div><div>And here are some of my christmas cards. I've made 35 so far...and I made myself use my old old old ancient stash of christmas papers and embellishments. Very simple cards but I'm ultra pleased with how they turned out. wdyt??<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoHZDRvzRpNFAxbD8Ld5t3LjF15xgpngTfp1L3GVsrtQ_6TdMU7BFEbqUtV0OB2Halcm7_5GNYL1TNYtk9YikxEi8-BCwXLQ8ZemEVIrf4GA3dkX6MuVrGiEBnzxxNdG5SuEpe/s1600-h/DSC_3091.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoHZDRvzRpNFAxbD8Ld5t3LjF15xgpngTfp1L3GVsrtQ_6TdMU7BFEbqUtV0OB2Halcm7_5GNYL1TNYtk9YikxEi8-BCwXLQ8ZemEVIrf4GA3dkX6MuVrGiEBnzxxNdG5SuEpe/s320/DSC_3091.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266821850222978738" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1CuEjkfBCQ_US2fTTAT-A5MocQUPBgEWv_mr-DvjpsH_jvBA0QoxSgVmzDtAX8kzRzV3GTHcwckWkvMeS1PfLzvlU79BMLmeAvZ9_n6_VYfb5oemy5oDjJ54cB6MEIHZOrMX/s1600-h/DSC_3092.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1CuEjkfBCQ_US2fTTAT-A5MocQUPBgEWv_mr-DvjpsH_jvBA0QoxSgVmzDtAX8kzRzV3GTHcwckWkvMeS1PfLzvlU79BMLmeAvZ9_n6_VYfb5oemy5oDjJ54cB6MEIHZOrMX/s320/DSC_3092.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266819347768505426" /></a><br /><br /></div>Rueyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02946957643133385787noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24399365.post-16311645743614711872008-11-10T10:19:00.009+11:002008-11-10T11:17:14.415+11:00At long last...an update<div>Yes, I'm here.....alive....and updating my blog!!! Wondering if there is anyone still reading my blog though. It's been a very long time since I've posted pics ....so here are some pretty things for you to look at.</div><div><br /></div><div>Teacher's day was 31st October and it was around 11pm when I suddenly remembered, so it was a mad dash to get these simple things done for Jeromel's teachers. Why 6? It's because he wanted to say 'thank you' to 6 teachers - his classroom teacher, her aide, his Japanese teacher, his aide, the Principal and his Japanese drama teacher. Each little pack had some tea bags, a chocolate, some mints and some coffee lollies. Nice, quick and easy to make. The pockets were ultra easy to make but I couldn't find anymore of those clear bags. But while hunting for them I found something else I was missing. </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNewQNy3efneLqyZzpS4co5YuUqIjm-wj12HQBmu6LBKfzXSCXOvlXzgDVxYgjxz8XYWeQImFfBayGg3GvuLXfcf_vvK1ucrLgw5fmtsUSlA0A6ly5Ep5we82GMOKFVwr8jdOY/s1600-h/DSC_2945.JPG"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNewQNy3efneLqyZzpS4co5YuUqIjm-wj12HQBmu6LBKfzXSCXOvlXzgDVxYgjxz8XYWeQImFfBayGg3GvuLXfcf_vvK1ucrLgw5fmtsUSlA0A6ly5Ep5we82GMOKFVwr8jdOY/s320/DSC_2945.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266805147906234706" /></a><div><div style="text-align: left;">I have new shelves!!! Yes, at long last, I have proper storage as my old scrapping desk was becoming storage. I've searched high and low for proper storage for my scrap supplies and Kiti Q shop stock. I nearly bought the Ikea expedit but the size of each cube was a tad small for me...they're 33cm square. These ones are 37cm square which are perfect as they will take the large plastic cube that the Kiti Q papers are stored in. So now, my old scrap table has been given to Jeromel which he is so happy about. Since the photo was taken, all the cubes have been filled!!</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Zs-ZrCYLLetBxTzilsM9kPT3va-iAGCDmw4vCwp9tYCeQUH3LEV7UAdV4jxKPyBmhOOQl8xKoi-KWskfj6GgwOr1b5NWE5_rH8zrm-fhRUGOwIYx_BcIQl1-PVCQbdHVk9II/s320/DSC_2936.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266804808742522578" />On the publishing front, I have been super busy. I am still making cards on a monthly basis for Creative Cards and Papercraft. This month, I have these in the magazine.<br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSTR6O3TYhKIGeSL5aGFAJCRZer7CpAumtIfUd4l3InjXQW02dE9y_34a_bXzg7KWhVjXdCPHMSuB4pdpvXygsPYWT0S_e2QFjhIVW9DB0OJRnZRwzZL38syBAiqnm5Si43YM/s320/bird.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266804439837062450" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0aE-VPDxcAxzKYG62jHWl0oHkpMy1iULp6M3o7RuX8CtM9H2mnRQXjWWD1Q5PoK0MbX9xkhJi6Hw3kcrB54dqLsuMEgs0RUNevWv9n9JilQ6E04Kb0JPDb3r3wEBPY1Z5SLJw/s320/owl.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266802309652270658" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYEClmzrHhKGE3y-7pgoYQ8doczf0Izqyepc5eoh9oBaaY6DcUL4Nn4HikZihpD82AQJpfQ3KYgQS-mG5M82fbuWlTj6nq6kAlI_w7ydbwnBIelwB_HXaOxqBswBRKtRFu2EKt/s320/dinosaur.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266802118290301170" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 189px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZY-6mCA1ldAaeSvnBOy_18wkmCnglYtu2Q2PwLECjaFi_9awdnTP8oAyxygCr2z7oSZEe9TeBegJhfeOgO475GAAonBw5hUaE3nFAoVtdrsqeo92acVeqx_j3AxpWZYXsAT3J/s320/blastoff.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266801999658986930" />Totally heart this rocket card - it has a diamond pop out fold and the colours make me so happy. I've also had some layouts in Scrapbook Creations and Scrapbooking Memories in the last couple of months which were accepted a while ago.</div><div><br /></div><div>This one was for the K&Co Blue Awning product challenge. I must say i wanted to cry when I saw the embellishments and some of the papers. Not all of the papers are me....but in the end....i was happy with the layout that I did.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijvP3VHFMlob61tQVN4NmSIFNYFC6deZvUmdjuvpUng7SdJ6oBPjDW3jnQnOK9Qs2E9gq2tbobpdwZoFWLBi1x87PB-zVfOXyp9plIGP2Dyaxg_ivgicEuGuKxcTwRBLTu8IdH/s320/DSC_2170.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266814603661891282" /><div><br /></div><div>In the past couple of months, I've also done quite a few layouts and projects for Creative Paper, Scrapbooking Memories and Scrapbook Creations....will share these when the mags come out - it's kept me busy and at times a bit stressed but all in all, I enjoy being invited to contribute and love what I end up creating, so it's a big plus</div><div><br /></div><div>On the Kiti Q front.....the blog is up and running!!! <a href="http://www.kitiq.blogspot.com/">Click here to check out the blog!!!</a></div><div><br /></div><div>I just remembered that I have more pics to share...so I'll be back to do another post as this one is getting a tad long!!</div>Rueyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02946957643133385787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24399365.post-38343786369639893052008-09-26T00:32:00.002+10:002008-09-26T00:53:49.400+10:00Captured by aliens!!Ok...seriously I don't know where time has gone!! A blink and it's September...and end of September!! I think I've been captured by aliens. yes, it might be the only explanation......because I don't know where a month has gone!!<div><br /></div><div>Before I go waffling on .....I need to tell you about Kiti Q....Ki Memories Sheer Delights. OMG...these are seriously seriously seriously gorgeous!!! I was so surprised when I came home to find a big box from Ki Memories....it's early!!! That's almost unheard of!!! I wasn't expecting it until mid october!! So I got dinner underway then opened up the box and melted into a big puddle of rapture!!! They're not transparency, they're not paper, they're gorgeous transclucent patterned plastic!!! They are the newest thing to hit the scrapbooking market!! No one has done this before!!! Layouts using Sheer Delights as their background are going to be so gorgeous and easily given to non scrapping friends too as they are sturdy enough to stand up. Their transclucency is just spectacular. (so spectacular that I can't spell anymore!) Seriously beautiful enough to decorate your home with this. This is going to rock the people who love OTP projects!! </div><div><br /></div><div>let me see....if I blog I might just remember bits and pieces...</div><div><br /></div><div>My Dad is here visiting...and was supposed to go home earlier but extended his trip as his house is being renovated. So, we've enjoyed his company. He keeps me busy too as I drive him around, talk to him a lot, etc....one more person in the house means more laundry. Jordan is now sleeping in the computer room as he gave up his room for his grandfather. </div><div><br /></div><div>The last few weeks of school were so busy!!! Jeromel had lots of rehearsals for his school play. The school puts on a play every couple of years and it's a Japanese play as it's a Japanese bilingual school. Yes, Jeromel learns Japanese....so did the older two boys. But no...Joseph isn't Japanese.....no....I'm not Japanese either.....but the 3 boys know Japanese more than they know filipino or Chinese. *shrugs* - maybe the aliens made me do it. I dunno!!! hehehe </div><div>But it's a great school....it's not just a school where you learn Japanese as the 2nd language....it's a bilingual school...so they may do science in japanese today or art or maths or sports....they have teachers who only speak to them in Japanese. They learn how to read, write, sing in Japanese and they learn so quickly. It's amazing how kids are just like sponges!!! By the time the older two boys finished Grade 6, they were at VCE standard of Japanese and in their senior year....they go to Japan with the school. Very cool!!</div><div><br /></div><div>So back to the topic....Japanese play.....it was called the Bamboo Princess - Kaguyahime. Beautiful play and it was written by one of the teachers...she wrote the script, wrote the songs etc...it was fabulous!! Jeromel's class were horses....very cute horses who wiggled their behinds!! One of the highlights of the play was a taiko drum performance by some of the older grade 5 and 6 kids. I'm a huge fan of taiko drums and each time I see them perform, I am amazed at how well they do it. The taiko drummers get requested to perform at many schools and festivals now. On the first day performance, they did it for the local high school for their japanese class and also for the caulfield japanese school. The first night performance, our local politician Hong Lim and the Japanese Consulate General of Australia came. And on the 2nd night performance, the VIP guest was the principal of the Melbourne Japanese school. I took the camera....but the photos are pretty crapola coz our seats were crappola. Is Crappola spelt with one or two p's???? </div><div><br /></div><div>On the scrapping front...yes....been scrapping but nothing I can share. But I assure you...I have been scrapping!!! I might try to find some photos to make this post look pretty....in the morning...right now...I'm sleeeepy!! Nite nite!!</div>Rueyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02946957643133385787noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24399365.post-23831466312421738162008-08-28T21:17:00.002+10:002008-08-28T21:24:35.604+10:00yes...it's timeFor those of you who wondered what happened to my blog.....I have no idea too....one min it was all lovely and black...and the next....it was all white and plain. In desperation...this blogger novice decided to jazz it up a bit...but it looks pathetic. I need a new look. Any colour suggestions?<div><br /></div><div>And I've decided to start up a blog for Kiti Q...so I can post all of the new Kiti Q stock there.....you know...posts like this....</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.kitiq.com.au/shop/range.asp?pr=251">Rose Moka Alpha</a>s are now in stock - gorgeous Rose Pink, Orange, Brown and yellow. They were the only colours that Rose Moka had in stock!!! Obviously this new company has taken the scrapping world by storm and severly underestimated quantities they produced. With those colours...and their fabulous mini style..they're fab for journalling and the colours mean they work well for all layouts...so stock up on them! I know they will be a staple product in my scrap stash.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.kitiq.com.au/shop/range.asp?pr=249">Scrapware</a> - lots of yummy goodies like journalling bits....you have to check it out.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.kitiq.com.au/shop/range.asp?pr=250">Elle's Studio</a> Tags - these are totally fresh and funky!!! If you haven't seen them...go check them out!!! They were an absolute hit on Etsy and the designer decided to start her own shop!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Toodles...have to go and plan this new blog....plan a dt call....maybe watch some tv...maybe fall asleep on the couch. hehehe!!! Happy Scrapping!!!</div>Rueyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02946957643133385787noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24399365.post-88072798338935820282008-08-20T19:15:00.016+10:002008-08-21T09:33:13.703+10:00Cards published!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh67OlfK29w6PrPwo9gqh35k0VzwFrpxezTxQxw1eNOfYwutKlq_6Ja_KIF-brpDMF_SYNjuMP4Y0xsh4SxyhdQ99GUjXpbCpoJh8VVPfQ5odl1ioygsPza48jOnfGa8tbcDLRP/s1600-h/DSC_2379.JPG"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1OSWXMvtNCQTZhJVmTbO_wbYXcXbI127qzluqDKpeyeG7XiAXL2yqjrHTx1JG-R6JDtozdyI69CtEfBxdmeCOAo5jIqGpvb3KGA3JpzUS0J7I45KJ3ueSEMeZL4LpDDxYObo3/s1600-h/DSC_2383.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1OSWXMvtNCQTZhJVmTbO_wbYXcXbI127qzluqDKpeyeG7XiAXL2yqjrHTx1JG-R6JDtozdyI69CtEfBxdmeCOAo5jIqGpvb3KGA3JpzUS0J7I45KJ3ueSEMeZL4LpDDxYObo3/s200/DSC_2383.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236741037216454818" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQFkmFmV_P0xggGVl0xhislknAA5kA0wTOGFKls7nTmpKX65aZAen5SMc6Fx_f3Nrq1ZQGNqc4toVS1NCdDED3DXGQXHpeUT-OPXJcsTltVD0STYCrxWPY87cJbIrPulHzzwP1/s1600-h/DSC_2381.JPG"></a><div>This morning, the car was booked in to get new brakes at Kmart auto in Chadstone. It was nice, went there right after I dropped everyone off at school/station. Dropped the car off and I walked across the road into Chadstone and got my errands done quickly. Postoffice to mail out Kiti Q packages, sheets to return, medicare refund and then.....I went looking for Charlie Brown. Ros left a comment for me giving me the link to those Tummy Tuck jeans...and I googled and found that Chadstone Charlie Brown stocks them. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Now...with all the renovation that is going on in that place, I was wondering if the store was going to be there. Anyways....I found the store.......found the jeans!!! And oooh I couldn't wait to try them on. Since I was the only customer in the store, I had the undivided attention of the sales lady....who told me that I would probably need a size 6 or a size 8. OMG.....Lady...I love you!!! hehehe....turns out....the size 8 was waaay too big....oh boy...did that feel good. So I tried on the 6 and it fitted beautifully....to tell the truth....with the size 6 on....I couldn't feel the benefits of any tummy tuck effect that the jeans promise.....I mean....Fat wasn't deported. So I bravely asked to try on the size 4....hehehe....I know...was I game or what???? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Ok....they were a bit snug to pull on....but I could still button it up....and I let out a big breath</div><div> half expecting the button fly off the jeans and ricochet around the store like a lethal weapon breaking mirrors. But it stayed put.....yay!!! I could sit, bend down....they were tight...but the sales lady said that after a few washes, it would stretch a little. The tummy tuck effect...yes...it worked...my flabby paunchy tummy...was flat...my butt was shaped....there was no gaping at the waist of my jeans....and no Lyndal...the fat didn't migrate from my tummy to my boobs....sadly...the boobs stayed a miserable B cup. Sigh if only I got a tummy tuck and a boob job at the same time!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Ok..the price of the painfree tummy tuck was $247...or something like that....I spluttered and muttered something about thinking it over. So ladies....would you pay that much for a pair of jeans? Me.......I think the price is too steep. Now that I know what size fits me....and which jeans I like...I think I'll get them online. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Ok..while I was at Chadstone, I stopped by Borders and hunted down a magazine. This magazine. </div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv5TKmcRe1S8PCp1UhBxQoksDEIpT8ge99yfvmy4mbBRpSgovJLMEX-A9NePK6L_WDBeHer2hGteR0eIcff6VSc62Kh8joLueLeTYsTkvr70GejR45ZXQeDkEKt6NTZbPTwp-Y/s200/Cardmaking-Spring-08small.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236539406740180338" />While I was in the process of buying Kiti Q, Jane referred me to the new editor of this magazine - Creative Cardmaking & papercraft. The editor was none other than the previous editor of For Keeps - Julia Matthews!! She needed someone to make some funky cards......and in return I would get a quarter page ad for Kiti Q!! My first time getting cards published!! I think it is the first time....hehehe...and I got 8 cards in the mag. Pretty pleased with how they turned out! What do you think??<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxqY2k7iDhBpzCcWGLduMEy4_SOTrCeABTSHfo1WmgKYMqjF-h6wXtUfz1HFrBNSJJYgBcxzQdlIjcipR44_w7aM2srtvzesYHgFzD5ng43BZnupvE8EYiD7TWhhBkW7d9WApp/s200/DSC_2378.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236537748187936002" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQFkmFmV_P0xggGVl0xhislknAA5kA0wTOGFKls7nTmpKX65aZAen5SMc6Fx_f3Nrq1ZQGNqc4toVS1NCdDED3DXGQXHpeUT-OPXJcsTltVD0STYCrxWPY87cJbIrPulHzzwP1/s200/DSC_2381.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236740494116037842" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioz0EZuMEt817xR_QTWY1zUL4eW5I8V3jaOQQpypDB2cea3KatA5l2f25RR9Q5QMlC_kjXYSiJS32KidKB5_3T-054xKxWR3NXyS54y15lbuB6v0CLgxXrFGRL83CKi7udroaA/s200/DSC_2380.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236537126817125026" /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfUN49xdAhHgoz0NbHHxi4-F6j5g6X_GPsO_30z8UhyPdX2RPJKQZcQEwzfGI3c7lwZ2vosUTnQ5Cuq-QZ7svSlgrXKqQPnLluymetXv8q_EWk7wvGzGK48-7ezXzgA6r7y6Tg/s200/DSC_2382.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236740737742384338" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh67OlfK29w6PrPwo9gqh35k0VzwFrpxezTxQxw1eNOfYwutKlq_6Ja_KIF-brpDMF_SYNjuMP4Y0xsh4SxyhdQ99GUjXpbCpoJh8VVPfQ5odl1ioygsPza48jOnfGa8tbcDLRP/s200/DSC_2379.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236742198794965138" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBrsqKnsap8dHFphcY4nwY-ClxjkhsrcLGmQ3eX-wOosdjfnFSget8XRkgkXKc9D5dTP80iLJlgCXYI1ytxUNvbZlDIwN_12aexnRa9qWB8KCArfMSHi8w929_fwG_VJSfXK4P/s200/DSC_2387.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236741265518074674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Anyways, if you have been meaning to try cardmaking, this magazine has plenty of variety and really clear instructions. The supplies lists are detailed and the photography is amazing. Julia Matthews, previously at For Keeps is now at Derwent Howard Media, and the new look for this magazine, has got her clean style all over it. I also saw on Aussie Pub calls that she is looking for submissions and has made a call for a magazine DT. It's past the deadline but she probably hasn't made any decision yet. Send submissions to letters@creativecardmaking.com.au</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here's the press release from Julia:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Press Release</div><div style="text-align: left;">August 19 2008</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We're very excited to be revamping Creative Cardmaking and Papercraft. Our philosophy is simple. We're filling the magazine with cards you will love to make and everything you need for foolproof results!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There's something for everyone and all levels of experience. The spring issue is packed with projects, 50 cards to recreate plus scrapbooking layouts. The magazine is beautiful to flick through but it's much more than a gallery, it's loaded with simple-to-follow instructions and many of the projects come with helpful 'step-by-step' photography to refer back to. Each issue also features articles, interviews and reviews to enjoy leisurely over a cup of tea, and plenty of product reviews. More than ever before, cardmakers can break out their supplies with total confidence, knowing that making great looking cards has never been easier!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Creative Cardmaking is onsale in newsagents nationally and in New Zealand. Look out for free stickers on the cover!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Julia Matthews</div><div style="text-align: left;">Associate Publisher - Craft Division</div><div style="text-align: left;">Derwent Howard Media</div><div style="text-align: left;">------------<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Trust me, if you're a scrapbooker who wants to make cards...be it to save money, use up your stash or just for a bit of fun....this magazine is for you!!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Toodles.....till later....does anyone still read my blog???</div>Rueyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02946957643133385787noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24399365.post-67247313795405872432008-08-19T13:34:00.002+10:002008-08-19T14:04:05.555+10:00Pink Paislee is all in stock!!!Yay.....parcel man came and dropped off the other box this morning....just after Vita left....hehehe....so....everything is now in stock! Quick head over <a href="http://www.kitiq.com.au/shop/range.asp?pr=240">here</a> and start shopping. What do you think of their new alphas? I think they are absolutely gorgeous! Check them out <a href="http://www.kitiq.com.au/shop/range.asp?pr=230">here</a><div><br /></div><div>I forgot to mention.....in the past couple of weeks.....I've also managed to catch up with a few people ....<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Felicity invited me over for lunch....hot quiche...yummo and she also got some yummo dips and crackers. I had a fabulous time and came home armed with a few sets of her stamps to play with. I was sooo excited to come across the bampop robot and she had the superman robot too. Sooo cute!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Jane aka squiggle of Crafty Matters popped by for a bit of a chat and I got some of her new new new Crafty Matters....if you haven't seen them...you must go and check them out...they are sooo gorgeous!!! Gorgeous russian babushka dolls, new new beep beep cars, handbags, birds, butterflies and cupcakes!!! What are you waiting for??? <a href="http://craftymatters.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/whoo-hoo/">Quick click here!!</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Vita has also come by twice.....to chat, to pick stuff up and to shop. hehehe...she was the first one to go through the Pink Paislee stuff and she got to open stuff up!! I always feel so happy when Vita comes....we always have a good chat over coffee and when she leaves...I feel all inspired to scrap! Thanks Vita!</div><div><br /></div><div>Lyndal - my witty hilarious friend....also came around to pick up stampin up and Kiti Q stuff. For those who haven't met her....she is one funny funny funny person. She had me in hysterics with her renovation stories...and I've told her ...she simply has to write a book or do a mini album about her renovation stories!! After what she told me....I'm more adamant than ever that I don't want to renovate. My next house has to be the way I want it.....no renovations!</div><div><br /></div><div>Jorja - I've been to her place twice in the last few weeks! Once for a crop...where we also celebrated Vita's birthday...and once for a yummy dinner last saturday where we got to meet her family and friends! Jorja is such a fabulous hostess....and oh...her food is divine and her family and friends are just lovely. One of her friends Katerina is convinced I have greek blood in me and wanted to take some blood for a DNA test. hehehe...she doesn't know that I have an insane phobia of needles & blood. It will take a lot of yummy food to bribe me into a blood test. lol</div><div><br /></div><div>Mich - hehehe...where do I start with Mich? We caught up at Jorja's on both occasions and she came over yesterday before her hot stone massage (yah...u read right....let's all sigh in jealousy)...and dropped off some things and had a cuppa with me. We chat lots...on the phone and on adium. We ring each other up so often that I have her number programmed in my head.......I meant to ring DH at work one day and rang her by mistake. How freaky is that? She thought it was hilarious....DH didn't. lol</div><div><br /></div><div>So while I have been busy.....I've managed to have little catch ups with these friends of mine....who keep me inspired...who make me laugh....who keep me grounded.....who encourage me....who support me.....who make me spend money.........yes....I am so blessed to have these friends who feed me physically, emotionally and spiritually. Thank you!!!</div>Rueyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02946957643133385787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24399365.post-6570954403501998682008-08-18T17:55:00.004+10:002008-08-18T18:31:57.968+10:00Pink Paislee is here!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZrEVLGVRIxekbsnGlFUX4x31uAVXZc0UVdwHf0RSFIQTF6vK9yaw-R9cnSQHmZTyva1wXl4GxsFBzzbhB6kz3A0cKRCskHcrfdkRhgXGiSzI1tsLbalrElUwID_Y6_LXDneJQ/s1600-h/PopFashionpromo-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZrEVLGVRIxekbsnGlFUX4x31uAVXZc0UVdwHf0RSFIQTF6vK9yaw-R9cnSQHmZTyva1wXl4GxsFBzzbhB6kz3A0cKRCskHcrfdkRhgXGiSzI1tsLbalrElUwID_Y6_LXDneJQ/s400/PopFashionpromo-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235765521919768626" /></a><br /><br />yes yes yes...I came home late this afternoon to find a big box and several small boxes at my door!!! I came in and exercised restraint and decided to put dinner in the oven (roast pork belly strips which have been marinated in hoisin sauce, soy sauce, chinese wine and finely diced garlic) before I opened up the box. <div><br /></div><div>I ooohed and I aaaahhhheeed and unpacked, unpacked and unpacked....and found that there is box number 2 still to be delivered. I've just enquired and that should come tomorrow. So now...I am wondering what I should do. Should I list them now or wait till tomorrow? </div><div><br /></div><div>Hmm...maybe I'll go have a chat while I caress those papers and see what they say.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>oh oh oh.....while I am on the topic of fashion....hehehe....did anyone watch ACA last week? I was either cooking or eating dinner at the time.....so I could hear it but I couldn't watch it. But it was about tummy tuck jeans....jeans that lots of women go wild over because it makes them look slimmer. I heard one woman say she was a 16 but now she's a 12. Hmm...Ok...I wasn't watching but the thought did cross my mind that maybe...just maybe the jeans sizes are very very generous. Just coz you wear a size 12 in that pair of jeans doesn't mean you're technically a size 12....or does it? Anyways...I raced to the tv to catch the last bit and they do look good...they really do look good. I don't want to know where the fat migrates to when the jeans are on....I guess I just want a pair of jeans that fit well and if they happen to zap away some fat...that's good too. </div><div><br /></div><div>I have a lot of trouble finding jeans that fit me....a lot of trouble. It's not that I'm huge.....and I'm not an odd shape....but jeans shopping is like the most torturous thing I put myself through. I will go to a shopping centre...aim to spend hours there...try on many many many pairs of jeans to find a pair I am happy with and then buy 2-3 pairs so that I don't have to go through the ordeal for a few years. </div><div><br /></div><div>So .....if anyone knows where in Melbourne I can try on some tummy tuck jeans....please let me know....because I'd love to have a new pair of jeans...and being a few sizes smaller would be a bonus....even if it is only just in those jeans.</div>Rueyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02946957643133385787noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24399365.post-48023302186880209582008-08-14T15:20:00.003+10:002008-08-14T17:06:34.271+10:00oh Gosh....where has time gone?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8vcNJAxT4asg-sUOu-nAMYCTBPpuoWiZUQNP2rNN5TIyWEVZZAyuIC2i0s_Q1WtLnuEE89sU46FuHPhwEk9_W3zT9QIazIcTxOkELaxA2dscdeW0ux7ECRjJSkxIbRVKQkIx/s1600-h/VintageMoonpromo-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8vcNJAxT4asg-sUOu-nAMYCTBPpuoWiZUQNP2rNN5TIyWEVZZAyuIC2i0s_Q1WtLnuEE89sU46FuHPhwEk9_W3zT9QIazIcTxOkELaxA2dscdeW0ux7ECRjJSkxIbRVKQkIx/s320/VintageMoonpromo-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234257398660371154" /></a><br /><br /><br />No....I didn't die...no I didn't get lost among all my yummy Kiti Q stock....no I didn't get buried under the pile of pizza boxes I was getting to the post office....no I have just been busy. Busy planning, busy ordering, busy packing, and most of all...busy watching the Olympics!!<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Anyone who knows me knows I am not one of those sports fans. I don't watch footy, tennis, golf, cycling, swimming etc.....I'm not into all that. But every 4 years....all of a sudden...I'm drawn to it....for the whole duration of the olympics...I'm fascinated....I'm a fanatic. Ok....maybe it's because I am an Olympics fan. Oh and of course...favourite bits would be opening ceremony, closing ceremony and medal ceremonies in between. Medal ceremonies can move me to tears...I get all choked up....and if the winner cries...that's it...I lose the plot and have to weep along. Ok....like you really wanted to know that little bit about me.</div><div><br /></div><div>Ok...opening ceremony...I was bummed out that I couldn't watch it live....see</div><div>...we had a wedding to go to. A couple decided to get married on the 8/8/08 and 8.08pm. It was a fun wedding but I was still bummed out I couldn't watch the opening ceremony live. Hehehe...it was great wasn't it? I was right about the little girl lip syncing! Ok</div><div><br /></div><div>What's happening at Kiti Q? Lots and lots and lots of new stuff is due in any day now. Pink Paislee Vintage Moon and Pop Fashion has already left the states on Monday, so is due anyday now. I've ordered lots of paper and alpha stickers. Only two of the stamps and two of the rub ons. But I am anticipating that the Topsiders will be what people will be wanting to get their hands on. And that's in limited stock!!</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6NM5kic5ScERxPS3Sk6LK8OMcj6P6hV4Xcth7-yr6Gxl7M4vqjJM88Aq6lDZC4gAEBsEFa-TWk6zzd8hT_FiZgOFkcC2UUHXf0qSB5b5AVEe6hVTSXWqkgY2hQk8qXo53pQa/s320/TopSiderspromo-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234257194945559954" /><div><br /></div><div>So what I am going to do is put together a few "I want it all" packs. So if you select a Pop Fashion "I want it all pack", you will get:</div><div><br /></div><div>6 sheets of patterned paper ($1 each)</div><div>2 die cut sheets ($1.50 each)</div><div>1 transparency overlay ($3.40 each)</div><div>1 pop fashion icon black rub on ($4.95 each)</div><div>3 sets of Alpha stickers (white, green and pink) $2.95 each</div><div>1 set of Borders topsiders ($7.99 each)</div><div>1 set of Shapes topsiders ($7.99 each)</div><div><br /></div><div>All for $42.00</div><div><br /></div><div>Now, that is a very very cheap price. In the US...the rrp for the topsider is USD$7.49! Australian distributor has them at the following RRP - topsiders $11.95!! rub ons $6.95! Overlays $4.95!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyone who knows me knows that I do like a bargain and I enjoy passing on bargains to others...that was a worry to those who know me well when I bought Kiti Q....would I change? Would I survive in this cut throat business? But this is how I want to do business.... I want to sell to you at a good price...at a price you'd pay if you were buying from USA. </div><div><br /></div><div>Another thing I've learnt lately...and Mich helped me test it out...is that if there is only say one 'I want it all' pack in the store...and Mich and I wanted it. It looks like it's in our cart...but it's really only like a redemption voucher...so the first one who gets to the checkout gets handed the coveted pack and the other person will get handed an 'ooops - too late' ticket. So, if you want something very very very badly....hurry up and check out...and then go back in and continue shopping. You will only pay one lot of postage, even if you have checked out 4 times that day. And no...I won't think you're the most absent minded shopper...you'll just be one smart savvy shopper.</div><div><br /></div><div>Ok....blogger is not playing nice...it's not letting me put up any pics....not fair!!!</div><div>I'll be back to post pics!</div>Rueyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02946957643133385787noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24399365.post-80180490624158730942008-07-27T20:36:00.002+10:002008-07-27T20:52:48.313+10:00The Big Announcement......a new baby!!!oh yes....the time has come for the big announcement.....this is something that I am just soooo proud and happy to announce!! Yes I have a new baby....pick up your jaws..and wipe that coffee/tea that you just spat at your computer screen....<div><br /></div><div>My new baby is a gorgeous bundle of orange and pink....and is filled with beautiful funky and bright things. Ok...I'll get to the point...my new baby is named <a href="http://www.kitiq.com.au">Kiti Q</a>.</div><div>Yes, I have myself a real little online scrapbooking shop!!! When I read that Kelly was selling KitiQ....my first thought was that I should look into it. I've actually looked at buying a few online businesses but they weren't right for me.....but I had this gut feeling about Kiti Q....it just felt so right...I mean....it is the brightest cutest little shop...it stocks a wonderful selection of products.</div><div><br /></div><div>The past 3 weeks have been filled with lots of meetings with Kelly and Danielle. Learning all about the business.....Kelly has taught me all about the shop. And Danielle who has the patience of a saint has taught me all about the website. Yes...I've had a crash course in html, ftp, pdf writer, photoshop, ads, features etc etc. I truly can't thank Kelly enough for the opportunity...I know the decision wasn't an easy one and I will take good care of your baby Kelly. And to Danielle, I will be eternally grateful for the crash course and the big fat manual...and yes...I have you on speed dial. hehehe</div><div><br /></div><div>So handover was done last friday...I paid the 2nd half of my installment and picked up the stock, had a cup of coffee and a nice chat with Kelly and Danielle and came home in a very happy daze. I mean...I had left home that morning with a nice fat cheque and come home a business owner. oh the joy!!</div><div><br /></div><div>So, for all who read my blog...come celebrate my new baby with me!!</div><div>Head on over to <a href="http://www.kitiq.com.au">Kiti Q </a>and check out the shop ...and get 20% off ....offer ends 15th August 2008!! Postage is flat rate $6 for anywhere within Australia and free postage for all orders over $60. International orders are welcome and you will be charged whatever the post office charges me.</div>Rueyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02946957643133385787noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24399365.post-7735855969771846792008-07-23T17:47:00.002+10:002008-07-23T18:55:45.485+10:00I'm exhausted....hehehe....yes...I'm exhausted....but for a very very good reason....actually for many good reasons..but the main being the Scraptacular retreat!!<br /><br />The lead up to the retreat was very very hectic! Besides the normal everyday routine things....I had something else big on....which I can't/won't reveal yet. And then I made the decision that on the retreat, I would work on my holiday album. Yes...my 2 month long holiday...thousands of photos to sort through...and yes...I've been back now for 5 months and had not started on the holiday album. Unless you count Jeromel's disneyland album. So I decided to go through the thousands of photos...pick out which ones I wanted to use and then photoshop them. hahahaha.....for those of you who don't know....I am a photoshop doofus. I know nothing in photoshop. Ange showed me how to load actions....but then I didn't really use it....so this time.....I used actions....and enjoyed them very much. So yes....now I know how to use photoshop.....but only actions. hahaha! I am such a click happy - instant gratification kinda girl.....so actions really suit me to a T. Then it was a couple of trips to Hardly normal (harvey norman) to print out photos because they had a fab 15c deal. BTW...that process took me 3 days....and I got 350 photos printed. Eeeeks ....yes I was mad<br /><br />Then it was packing for the retreat....packed waaay too much stuff and I had to cull.....but instead of culling scrap supplies....I culled clothes...in fact...every half hour...I'd think....oooh i must bring this tool because I might need it. Sigh!! Lyndal drove me to the retreat and it was a running joke that if she arrived and I had too much stuff...the scrap supplies would go in the car and I'd have to hop on a skateboard and hang onto the car....all the way up the mountain to Kalorama. rofl.....heheheh....luckily...I fitted into the car just fine. haha...we had heaps of room to spare!!<br /><br />The retreat was absolutely fabulous. 69 people all up and it was just soo much fun. I didn't take any pics because I didn't bring my camera. But Jorja took some pics, so I'll have to borrow some from her and add them on later. We had beautiful fantastic gourmet meals and the hot breakfast was definately the highlight for me. Every morning....I had two perfectly poached eggs....a few rashers of bacon, either mushrooms or grilled tomato, some fruit, juice AND......the highlight....peanut butter on toast. OH YUM YUM YUM!!! I just about overdosed on peanuts on the weekend...peanut m&m's, snickers pods and peanut butter....droool!! The only time in the past 3 years that I got to have peanut butter on toast was always at Mich's house. Whenever I get the chance to go there without Jeromel.....I always have peanut butter on toast. hehehe...yes....I'm a nut for peanut butter.<br /><br />I got to meet so many wonderful wonderful scrappers. Many of who came from other states for the retreat...yes....the insane, crazy, fun loving EB girls. I am so full of admiration for these girls....the courage to fly to Vic....to meet internet friends. I am so rapt that I got to meet Cat, Mel, Moya, Sonia, Dee, Amanda, Meredith, Jody (my roomie), Jo and Kim. I hope I haven't forgotten anyone!! Susan.....I didn't forget you.......it was GREAT seeing you again!<div><br /></div><div>I also got to know the Scraptacular team better. boy oh boy...when this group lets their hair down to partay....they absolutely rock. Very loud and very very funny. Kudos to the Scraptacular team for making this retreat such a success. They truly had great foresight when it came to planning. We each got a personalised drink bottle, personalised place holder (our head)...and we got a fab goodie bag. The most impressive thing about the goodie bag was the emergency kit...we got a couple of panadols, ear plugs, mints, a choc heart, bandaids and one of those shake to heat up warmer baggies. There was also a new purple fiskars apron, maya road chipboard people, a hambly notebook with my initial and some ribbon. Other people got an acrylic block...but I lucked out...sniffle!! And there was something else I was missing as well .....hehehe! So a big thank you to the Scraptacular team for a job well done. Special mention to Julie for being such a sweet and gracious hostess......I did not see you get frazzled at all...you handled everything without getting stressed! I don't know how you did it. I'm also going to say a very very special thank you to Robyn, for taking the time to come chat with me, for taking such spectacular pics and for showing me that special website....I'm not sharing with anyone. hahaha...not until I put my order in. LOL Oh....and I'm also going to borrow some of your spectacular pics....hehehe<br /><br />I slept very very very little but compensated by talking, chatting, laughing, gasbagging and socialising a lot...a heck of a lot....hehehe...isn't that what a retreat is about? oh....I forgot....yes...supposed to scrap at a scrap retreat. That I did....a bit......26 layouts for my holiday album done...but they're not completely done...they haven't been embellished yet...but it's still 26 pages more than I started the weekend with! And then I also made a mini album for my Shania. It is such a cute cute cute little album. Pics will follow.<br /><div><br /></div><div>So yes, I'll post this for now while I sneak around and steal some pics to make this post more interesting. But all in all.....it was a fabulous retreat. Thank you to the girls around me who put up with me. I thank them for not killing me when I was being absolutely ridiculous. I had the best time with Mich, Jorja and Lyndal.....we had so many hilarious moments and I ended up with a new nickname.....Van Goof. hahaha....yes.....that is a tale which I might let Jorja tell since she was the one who named me that...and I would never have been called that if it wasn't for her. It's half her fault!!! hehehe</div><div><br /></div><div>Van Goof...signing off......will be back with pics!!</div></div>Rueyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02946957643133385787noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24399365.post-49989267216706840652008-06-29T09:54:00.003+10:002008-06-29T10:42:38.959+10:00Stampin Up!I'm slow...yes..very very slow. Not mentally slow....just physically slow.<div>I've been decluttering....</div><div>lots of things been put on ebay = lots of packing and trips to the post office.</div><div>Also decluttering my scrap space...it's finally done....and there was a huge big box of stuff to be rakked away.</div><div> </div><div>Only about a quarter of raks have been sent out.</div><div>It's not easy.....</div><div>to pack 40 raks......</div><div>So I have to do it slowly.....</div><div>but now that it's school holidays......I should have more time at home and less time to run around dashing here and there....</div><div>technically I should have more time. LOL</div><div>So look out for yumminess in your mailboxes soon!!!</div><div> </div><div>Ok.....what else have I been up to?</div><div>Um......no scrapping. Haven't had the time or the space to scrap with ebay, rak and post office piles all over the house.</div><div>I've also been shopping at Peters of kensington. Got myself some serving platters and some new cooking pots. Couple of weeks ago...I was very very tempted to buy ebay tickets to the Michael Buble concert...but in the end.....I couldn't afford decent tickets.....decent tickets = floor tickets close the stage so Michael Buble wouldn't be the size of an ant. So instead....I got myself one of these.....it's a consolation purchase.....with DH's blessing....this has been aptly named.....the Michael Buble pot. </div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgloAs3yNd7s9aJ3Gxjus3frBnLLf2rvQ9a-86jQDNNbghiIzlFpfGZ14c0T8BPNcE7KPlqSLSQk_PkvtecosTV5bWKYGzv8AlRbFhQkI8E8VNcm5xM3EBBYgNhflw7JHmI996O/s320/1_36911_400_400.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217094129523253730" /><div>hehehe...sorry Michael....I chose a pot over you.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I've also caught up with Vita & Jane when they came over to visit last week....Jane brought those TDF donuts. TDF??? To die for.....yes....there are donuts that can be called TDF donuts. Soooo yummy!! Bless Jane for bringing two bags....one for our morning tea...and one bag just for the family. The family loves love loves them too!! Yes...TDF!!! And no...not telling you where from ...and Jane....don't tell anyone either. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yesterday I went to the KitiQ scrap n chat. I love how they call it a scrap n chat instead of a crop. It takes the pressure off creating layouts...it takes the pressure off scrapping. You have an option...scrap or chat. I did the latter....very very well yesterday. Mich came to pick me up and we grabbed an early lunch at Maccas (my first burger since Feb/March) then headed to Belgrave. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">oh oh oh.....for those who don't know....I've also joined up with Stampin Up. Tooo many of their products that I just absolutely love. So if you want some Stampin Up......let me know!!! Get a special deal for your first order with me!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">and ok...this is the biggest news of the week...of the month.....of the year.....</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I GOT A SPOT ON THE SCRAPTACULAR RETREAT!!!!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yes!!! I'm sooo excited. Tina couldn't go on the retreat because her DH has to go away for work...and none of the 16 people on the wait list could go...so I got the spot. I'm very very happy. It was an awful 2 day wait before I knew if I had the spot or not and DH said I could buy another pot if I didn't get the spot. heheheh So I'll be away at a retreat on the 18th - 20th July!!! Can't wait!!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div>Rueyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02946957643133385787noreply@blogger.com6