Happy 18th Birthday Jordan!!!

Today, my eldest baby Jordan turned 18. I'm still in denial that I am the mother of a legal adult. tee hee. The above photo was taken at his Year 12 formal a couple of weeks ago.....don't they look like a fabulous bunch of young adults? They all came to our house so that I could take a few pics before the limo picked them up. OMG...the limo was sooo cool.....it had blue neon lights under it. After the formal, there were two after parties and Jordan got home at 6am!!! He was only just 5 mins walk away which was good. We didn't have to go pick him up.

DH's midlife crisis layout has finally been published in Scrapbooking Memories this month. It was one of my first layouts accepted!!! I think DH was half hoping that they wouldn't publish it anymore...tee hee. I still love this layout even though it was done nearly a year ago!!!

I got some Happy Mail today!!!! Sweet Christie sent me a gorgeous little package today. It was really nice getting a surprise in the mail. I absolutely adore the red felt owl ....I'm going to use it on a layout really soon. And the cute little monogram is sitting on my scrap table.

Last Friday, I had a small lunch for Felicity's birthday. Michelle and Jacqui came over . It wasn't a big do because Felicity has been sick and wasn't even sure if she would be able to come until the night before!! We had a nice lunch of yummy Singapore chicken curry. All the kids came along as well and they had a lot of fun dressing up!


Tuesday, Kylie came over with her girls for lunch. Made a yummy vegetable soup with bake at home rolls. Wednesday Julia and Matt came over for lunch (roast vegie soup & bake at home rolls)....and Mich and her kids popped over as well.

So yes, it has been a busy week for socialising........no mojo for scrapping. I think my mojo might have hopped into Felicity's pressie by mistake!! I've printed some photos off, gone through my paper stash, taken out some embellishments, moved things around and generally made a mess. No layout to show....I did make some Christmas cards though. I'm too embarassed to show them ....I mean.....who makes christmas cards in July? Who???? A mojoless person...that's who!!!

And what does a girl with no mojo do???? She shops of course!!! This is my stash from this week!!! Actually all from a day. LOL....yummy Buzz n Bloom alphas from Bons Scraps

And the gorgeous Jenny Bowlin, Rhonna Farrer and 7G stuff is all from Arty Pants
BTW, Arty Pants have their front page all done and their first kit is online as well. So go and check it out and don't forget to stop by the forum for a bit of a look see!And asides from shopping and entertaining, I am sooo rapt that I got 6 acceptances!!! 2 from Scrapbooking Memories, 2 from Scrapbook Creations and 2 from Creating Keepsakes!!!

Ok....lastly, I forgot that I hadn't actually shared the layouts that I did with my Scrapping Angels kit!!! I had heaps of fun with this kit and it was really well received by all the ladies who bought the kit. It comes with all the products and instructions for 4 layouts. I can share 3 because 1 has been picked up for publication!
If you're still here.....leave a comment!!!! LOL...I get lots of hits but not many comments!! Don't feel shy....please delurk and say Hi!

OPAAT July Kit!!!

First up is a layout of Jane and I together. I absolutely adore this photo and I've been saving it for this kit. Very pleased with what I have done with the felt. This is my first time cutting up felt and using it on a layout. So these flowers are just freehand cut...very simple with a variety of stitching on it. LOL...I am not a very neat seamstress...very inexperienced. DH does a better job sewing a button on that me....lol...I'd be too tempted just to use a glue dot...on a layout that's ok...but on actual clothing...lol
Patrick is Jeromel's red dog. My sister bought it for him when he was still a baby. Patrick is a very popular and quite famous dog in asia...but unheard of here. He's not a character on tv or anything...just a floppy dog with padding in his body and some beans in his feet. He's been Jeromel's sleeping buddy for a very long time now and usually never leaves the house. Jeromel brought him along for the ride to Box Hill to the Japanese Cultural festival. His first time performing on stage....not sure if it was nerves ...but Patrick came along for the ride just for a bit of cuddly support. On the way back, I heard Jeromel chattering to Patrick showing him the sights and I turned back (DH was driving...lol)...and managed to capture some cute photos.How cute is this card??? Made this for my mother in law for her birthday on the 16th June. She loved the card very much. Look at the huge chunky polkadot ricrac!! Look at my layered button flower! How cute is it? And on this card, you can see the lovely textured cardstock. I need a new 'Happy Birthday' stamp...this one is a bit small and not funky enough!

Ok, I will leave you with my favourite OPAAT layout of the month. I was doing this layout and decided to colour in and then decided to go with the flow and do more doodling and doodle a title....and then hand doodled the border as well. I felt like I had become one with Miss Elsie F herself when I was doodling away. Photos were taken at the Japanese Cultural Festival and it is a Japanese 'lucky dip' with these very cute colourful balloons. They are very thick rubber balloons and they put just a bit of water in them and then they are secured with a clip and has a long elastic band. So it's sort of like a yoyo....except you just bounce them. The 'lucky dip' part has all the balloons floating in some water and each child gets something like a small hook and you have to 'fish' for a balloon by hooking it on the rubber band loop. Lots of fun!
Now....if you are still drooling.....click here and get yourself a kit!!!

Eggceptionally Cute

Tee hee....did you get a giggle out of those eggs? All Jeromel's artwork. He has been drawing on eggs for a while now....usually only one or two eggs....but since I started buying trays of eggs, he keeps asking to draw on the eggs...so I let him. The first time, I wasn't quick enough to take photos. So this time I let him unleash his creativity on the eggs and made sure to take a pic to scrap. This is a layout for an Arty Pants challenge. Arty Pants will be getting a new website very soon and a new shop too!!!! But for the time being, the forum is open...it's fairly quiet at the moment, but it will start hotting up soon!!! Check it out here

Have I done other scrapping? Yes....some altered things....

Firstly an altered canvas. Owen is Joseph's cousin and he came over the other day asking me to make a canvas for Fiona's birthday. He handed me a small pile of photos and gave me oh....24 hours to create something. I like it...it's happy and bright...and most importantly....Owen scored some major brownie points......Fiona loves it heaps!!

Next, some altered items for the new baby in our family. My cousin and his wife are the proud parents to their first born....a baby girl named Anna. We still have not seen Anna yet, but I've made these for her. A Keepsake wooden box with a photo frame top. Had to dress it up with Scenic Route....sooo cheerful.....I'm into bright pink and orange and green atm......those colours make me sooo happy!!! The other items next to it is by Creative Imaginations...it is called a Gift Card holder. The inside has a slot....you can slide a photo in through the top...and the photo sits behind a plastic sheet. And the top of the plastic sheet is actually recessed a bit...so you can sit a gift card on top of it. I got this from OPAAT in the last kit and need to get more...they're great when you want to give a gift card but feel that it can be presented a bit better. I just got my new OPAAT kit and it's Love Elsie..............sooo yummy!!! It will be launched in a few days time...so if you want some Love Elsie....go order!!!

Lastly....look what arrived in my mailbox!!! Not my emailbox....my real life mailbox!!! How yummy are these We are Memory Keepers eyelets & snaps????? As soon as I saw them on Fireside Crafts I had to have them!!! Going to use them this week on a layout or two.....keep an eye out for them!!!
I've done a few other layouts, but will save them for another day........for another post where I am all talk no scrap! LOL

Memorable night out.....

Joseph and I have this couple...Tom and Nucel....long time friends.....I've known them for 20 years...yah....20 years!!! Joseph's known them for longer....when I met him...I inherited his friends. We enjoy each others company, we've had kids together and our kids have grown up together and go to school together. We're godparents to each other's kids as well and we celebrate all of life's events together and that includes birthdays. Now that our kids are older, we get to go out sans kids and stay out till ungodly hours. Tee hee! Joseph & Tom's birthdays are 2 days apart, so they always celebrate together. And for Nucel & my birthday, we always organise a night out as well....dinner and usually casino for a spot of fun. Nucel and I have long leisurely coffees while we have our catch up chats. And the men bond over their alcoholic drinks. It's always a good night out...almost tradition.

Tonight, we started off late....about 8.30pm.....and went into the Crown complex for dinner at Margo's and then went into the Teak Room for a bit of a look see and then for a bit of play on the pokies where I put in my $20 budget and came away empty handed. LOL...sooo not a gambler!! Then comes the memorable bit....Tom & Nucel have managed to borrow their brother in law's VIP card ....the card that lets you into the Mahogany Room!!!! It was Joseph & my first time there. It's sooo nice. Spacious....well lit.....bright.....gorgeous sparkling chandeliers....and the bathrooms are gorgeous!!! Very clean, real towels for wiping hands (one use only)....nice hand lotion, beautiful make up mirrors and plush chairs! And while you are in the mahogany room, free food and drinks. Yah....free cognac, free whiskey, free alcohol of any sort, free cocktails, free soft drinks, free juice....did I mention the drinks from the bar and waitresses are all free? tee hee! And there is even free food.....waitresses walk past with big platters of free sandwiches and hot entrees (mini pizzas/quiches, chicken satay, sausage rolls, springrolls) every so often. Even the cigarettes are free!

And I was pleasantly surprised that the gaming tables up there don't have scary mortage busting minimums. $5 and $10 roulette. $25 baccarat etc.....even some 5c, 20c and $1 pokies machines. They had a high roller section in another open section ....but I didn't go in there....I didn't want them to hear me gasp when they plonk down $10,000 for a hand of baccarat. I would be too tempted to say to them 'no, you look like a loser, just give me your $50,000 and go home'. LOL

Joseph and I didn't play, Tom and Nucel played a bit.....we just hung around....chatting....drinking.....eating.....drinking etc for a few hours. We didn't want to leave...tee hee...where else can the guys indulge in cognac for free? And Nucel and I had lattes until our systems couldn't handle anymore caffeine? So here I am....awake and buzzing at 4.30am....yee haah!!

Ok.....drool away

Definately the best birthday surprise a scrapper could wish for.....a Clip it up!!!! This thing is HUGE!!!! Thank you sooo much to Michelle, Felicity and Vita for this!! I am truly sooo blessed. I have drooled over it but being me, I would never have parted with that much money for scrap storage....I would have rather spent it on scrap supplies. So this was a perfect pressie for me.....truly perfect! I have spent so much time working out what to put on it....lol.....I think I can fill up 2 of these units with my stash...bad bad me!!!


Other yummy pressies from lunch yesterday. Beautiful handmade cards....white one with the yellow Frangipani flowers was made by Michelle and everyone at lunch signed it. The pale creamish one with the stamped and cut out bouquet of flowers with bling centres is made by Felicity. I swear, this woman put it in an envelope and told me to open it at home because her card is no good. Oh come on....Felicity...liar liar pants on fire, your card absolutely rocks!!! Jenni Bowlin stamped card from my birthday sister Jane and the blue card with the gorgeous bow is a Katie Toland original.

Jane made me a felt bag and a circle journal album which I have to work on....it has contact details in it...so kind of like a scrappers address/contact book....I handed out all the blank pages yesterday, so hopefully they will come back soon. Jane also gave me some of her gorgeous Crafty Matters ceramics. How yummy are they????]

Shirley gave me some yummy Lavender smelly stuff....I love Lavender smelly stuff....yummo!!! And pinkalicious smiggle goodies from Jess and Katie. And the other bestest pressie a scrapper can get....a years subscription to Creating Keepsakes from my great friend Julia. Thanks Hon!!
Ok.....I know many of you have been waiting for this......the 4 guess bags I got for my birthday!!! How yummy are these??? I think my Brother in law chose very very well for me. The only thing I don't like is the huge padlock on the brown bag in the front...so that is coming off. It even comes with keys which are hanging on the side!!! It reminds me of a prison cell lock...for a prisoner who has been sentenced to life....lock it and throw away the keys....tee hee...so the lock is coming off....maybe I'll keep it for an altered project one day.

I have a thing for bags.....love bags....nice bags....I'm a bag girl and love guess bags.....want to know how many I have? 10....yup.....10......must have cost me a fortune???? I've actually only bought one and that was last week when I went to the 50% off sale. All the other bags have been given to me by my BIL....why???? coz he worked there. It was his last day with that company last week....very very sad...no more bags....sob. I told him that he should go work somewhere that has cool stuff as well so that we can buy it for family discount. LOL! My boys want him to work at Industrie, Mossimo or French Connection. I want him to go back to work with Jag/Colorado !!
And lastly....this is what DH and the kids got me....PJs.....I desperately needed pjs....warm pjs. Funnily enough, I've never been much of a pj person.....I kid you not....and tmi....but I sleep in tshirt and undies...year round...undies and tshirt. But last year, I really felt the cold....and shut up...it's not the age....lol....but when Dad was here and went through his clothes, he put a pair of flanalette pjs in the donation pile. I rescued them.....perfectly good pjs....white with plummish brown stripes in them....I wore them a lot....so much so that I started hinting to Joseph that I could do with some proper winter pjs. So he surprised me yesterday with PJs from Sussans....ok...the pic above.....he got me the stripey pink pj pants....and with it he got a pale pink long sleeve top....and .....a long fluffy pink dressing gown....oh man...it feels soo warm and sooo soft...but it gave me the heebeegeebies....I can't be surrounded by that much pink puff!!! And I'm fat.....picture a pink powerpuff walking around...let me tell you...not a good look. So I took the pale pink top and the pink powerpuff robe back to sussans and exchanged it for the aqua pjs set and the latte short dressing gown. Yummy....they're swishing around in the washing machine now ...getting all nice and clean before I don them!!

Birthday Sisters!!!

Yep Yep Yep, it's my birthday today and I was so thrilled to discover last year that Jane shares the day with me. For the first time in my life, I know someone else with the same birthday!! Very exciting to have a birthday sister. We organised a lunch at Chelsea Heights and sent out invitations to a few of our friends with the subject line of 'Jane and Ruey are turning 80!' Yes, that is our combined age....I'm 39 and Jane is ....u do the math....lol

I had a fabulous time at lunch. Cheeky Vita organised these tshirts for us to wear, although I think Jane knew about them...I was the only one who was surprised. LOL Isn't Vita clever??? After lunch, Jane and I posed for photos and we had a hilarious time...lol...people in the restaurant must have been wondering who Jane and I were we had two photographers with two big honking cameras snapping away like the paparazzi. The photographers were no other than Michelle Vass and Shirley Chai!!

Who was at lunch? Quite a few.....Jane (+2kids), Michelle (+2), Vita (+1), Shirley (+1), Felicity, Katie Toland (+1), Jess Lothian (+1), Anna (+2), Lisa (+3) and Julia. The playground kept the kids very busy and the ladies got to have a really good chat. Lots of laughs, lots of different conversations, lots of pressies and lots of yummy food and drinks.

Of course the birthday girl also gets out of cooking dinner......chinese takeaway from one of our many many local restaurants. MIL and BIL came over and had dinner with us and brought me not one but 4 Guess handbags!!!! I will take pics in the morning but I got heaps of pressies. I am just sooo spoilt this year!!! Photos of pressies will be done tomorrow....I promise!!! But for now....nite nite

Food for thought....

Cooking dinner is always a challenge for me. I don't really enjoy cooking. I cook because I have to and I am lucky because my family is not fussy. 98% of the time, I cook family favourites which I can virtually cook with my eyes closed. My boys will eat anything I put in front of them....even vegetables. Our dinner has to have something green on it otherwise it isn't complete....and preferably rice.

Last night, I was faced with 5 basa fish fillets which my family love. We usually just have it quite plain....just coated with rice flour which has been seasoned with sweet hungarian paprika, garlic salt and pepper and then panfried. But after pan frying the lot, I decided that I would go one step further and do more....dress it up.....
First off, stirfried some onions, garlic and snake beans with some brown bean sauce and chinese wine.....and plopped it on top of 2 fish fillets.......everyone loved this concoction!!!
Next , I thought sweet and sour will be nice to balance the saltiness of the ground bean sauce. So I stirfried onion, garlic, added tomato sauce, some brown sugar and then a big pile of my favourite chinese pickles (papaya, cucumber and carrots). This one was omg scrumptious!!!!
With the last piece, I decided on something spicy. So some Prima Taste sambal chilli got cooked with some fresh Truss tomato wedges. Then I sprinkled some fried onion pieces on top. This one was spicy but every bit was polished off the plate. LOL....no layouts to show. Been quite busy with our overseas visitor and I have been making cards and a couple of altered items because I had to get them ready as gifts....and a couple of layouts...but nothing to show. So I hope you're contented with food pics.

On the topic of scrapping, have you been to Fireside Crafts?
Their first kit 'First Fire' is very very yummy and they're a new local business and the sneak peeks to their next kit looks FABULOUS!!!

A few weeks ago, I did something different.....I was inspired....very very inspired to make up a few kits of my overflowing stash and put them on ebay. I called them Mojo kits...because scrappers always complain that their mojo deserted them....so I thought that if you are mojoless then you can go to ebay and buy a mojo kit. LOL!!! Crazy me. They were received very well and I'm inspired to make more mojo kits sooon. I know Nicole reads my blog because she emailed to say that I hadn't updated my blog for a week now....so thanks Nicole for loving my kits. Can't wait to see your creations with them.

Will blog again tomorrow with birthday pics!!!

OPAAT Virtual Crop!!!

Oh wow....how awesome is that jar of embellishments????

This 7" tall glass jelly jar is PACKED with tons of different embellies!! There is product from Queen & Co; Maya Road; KI Memories; Buttons Galore; Deluxe Designs; Around the Block; Lil'Davis; We R Memory Keepers, Bazzill Basics and MORE!!

To celebrate Memorial Day weekend, if you subscribe to a 6 or 9 month subscription, you will receive 25% off of your first month!

Please use coupon code: MEMDAY0507
Coupon valid from Friday, May 25 - Monday, May 28, 2007

Virtual Crop Hostess Timeline (all times are beginning with the eastern standard time):

Capella: 8am - 11am (Australian time: 10pm - 1am Saturday night)
April: 11am - 2pm (Australian time: 1am - 4am Sunday morning)
Michelle: 2pm - 5pm (Australian time: 4am - 7am Sunday morning)
Dayami: 5pm - 8pm (Australian time: 7am - 10am Sunday morning)
Ruey: 8pm - 11pm (10am - 1pm Sunday)
Julie: 11pm - 2am (1pm - 4pm Sunday afternoon)

A special virtual board will be available to you to communicate throughout the day with the Crop Hostesses as well as a virtual gallery to post all of your creations!!

Our Design Team winners will be announced during Dayami's time slot!!

Hope you can join us!!! Click here to get to OPAAT quickly!

OPAAT June kit!!

It was an absolute delight when my OPAAT kit came last week. I was sooo excited!!! Everything was just soooo gorgeous!!! Once I started I just couldn't stop. I made a huge mess on my dining table and powered through 5 layouts and 2 cards within 24 hours. And was sooo sad because they were dark and gloomy days...and I couldn't take photos of my layouts. On Friday, I went to Mich's place for laksa lunch and to drop off some things. And brought along my layouts to take pics...the weather was much nicer in the Western suburbs and Mich's camera is fabulous and Mich is an absolute whiz at cropping and editing the layouts too. It was a pretty good deal for me....a home cooked lunch, layouts photographed and I got too ooh and aaah over her layouts for Designing Memories too!

Anyways...here are my layouts:

Journalling: We had just gotten out of the car when you suddenly exclaimed "Mum, you are sparkly today!" As I had just been scrapping earlier, I did a quick check of my hands and clothes for residual glitter. We finally worked out that STATIC had caused us to ZAP when I helped you out of the car. Being called SPARKLY kind of made my day!!





Journalling: As per filipino tradition, you had all your hair shaved off following your 1st birthday. It was very unfortunate that the Lord of the Rings movie was a huge craze. Your brothers kept calling you Gollum. March 2002

Come "Funk it up" with me!!

At last, the kit that I have been working on is released!!! Details of the kit can be found at Scrapping Angels !!

What I can tell you is, it is an awesome kit and yes, it is slightly more expensive than the other kits but there is a reason.....I had to have a really nice journalling stamp in my kit...so you will get a gorgeous WOOD MOUNTED journalling stamp. This had to be sourced from USA. This is a stamp that you can use all the time because it says Notes from Today and has a little space for journalling. The other two items which I can't scrap without are my 3D KindyGlitz slick black and slick white. Ever wondered how I did those beautiful lumpy bumpy dots in my layouts....well, there they are in all their glory. Check out the sneak peek for the texture!! Other yummy things in the kit are all the embellishments by Imaginations Project from their Office Supplied line....two packets are actual coasters while the other is cardstock stickers. We were waiting on tenderhooks for these to arrive from USA and are absolutely a breeze to work with. Lastly, my kit would not be complete without my staple embellishments....Collections chipboard hearts and reos and Heidi Swapp blossoms.

Yes, the 'Funk it up' kit is a rather eclectic mix of papers, textures, and colours, but let me assure you that they do go together very well...if you think outside the square and take yourself out of your comfort zone. IMHO, that is what a good kit does, you get to use a range of papers and embellishments that you wouldn't normally buy simply because you wouldn't know how to use it or don't know what to use it with. The fabulous difference with Scrapping Angels is ....you get instructions. Yep...step by step instructions with colour photos.....instructions from start to finish not just to 1 layout....but to 4 layouts. Yes, each of my sneak peeks is of a different layout. And they are all suited for boys as well as for girls. I have 3 boys, but I don't have a problem with using pink or flowers on layouts for boys, learn how to do this tastefully!!

Lastly, those who buy the kit can come and have an online chat with me one night. Trish will advise us of the date very soon and it will be lots of laughs. It's not an online class because you do have all the instructions, but you are more than welcome to ask any questions about the kits/layouts etc. Any urgent questions about the layouts or kits, you can email me at ruey68@optusnet.com.au

Ok....these are limited edition kits, once this lot has been sold, they will not be re-ordered, so don't think twice.....lol...just go and click here to buy......and while you're not thinking twice.....Scrapping Angels have 30% off all the other kits this month....super super special. Grab Sofi's Mother's Day kit or the last Annie Hafermann kit or learn to pop like the Queen of Pop Carole Janson. And if you haven't used your discount voucher from Crop 4 kids.....this is the PERFECT opportunity ;P

Thank you!!!

Another sneak peek....

My deluxe kit hasn't been launched yet, I suspect that Trish Reed is getting over her jet lag as she just got back from UK!!! So I am told that it should happen some time today. In the mean time....another sneak peek!

3 in Scrapbooking Memories Vol 8 No.11

Two layouts and a mini album in Scrapbooking Memories Vol 8 No. 11

The first one is a 12x12 layout of Joseph and myself. Love takes 2, me and you. The chipboard swirl in the top right hand corner is covered in Frinkles. It was a fiddly process, first covering the chipboard shape with JAC paper which is like a big sheet of really strong double sided tape....then pouring on the frinkles and then pushing them in together and filling up gaps. then after that putting on a layer of dimensional magic. Tedious.....but I like the effect. Love the colours of this layout....beautiful rich earthy tones.
omg....a big big big page...of this layout on page 157. It's the feature layout to start off the Final Encore. IRL, it is an 8x8 layout which is part of Jeromel's ABC album which I did last year the Singaporean Scrappers group M4M. We committed to doing 4 layouts each month and it was great....I don't think I could have finished a whole ABC album if it wasn't a monthly challenge!

Anyways, this layout is N for Naybe. Naybe? This is how Jeromel says Maybe....it's very cute and he still says Naybe. Most people don't realise because it's easy to just assume that he's saying Maybe, but when you listen close and ask him to repeat it....he says Naybe. It's cute! This layout was the very very very very very......first time I used Scenic route. I used the strip sheet as my background paper....lol....I didn't even think to cut it up!!! *sheepish grin*And lastly....I missed this the first time I flipped through the magazine...but my Anniversary album is in this issue as well on page 57 in the 'songs that define you' gallery. I made this for our 19th anniversary. It was also a project that I did as part of my Guest DT duties for Scrap Pile.
And now.....u get to have a sneak peek at a layout...... a layout from my Scrapping Angels Deluxe kit! It is due to be launched sometime today!! So check out their website sometime today!

Great Mail day!!!!

I got 3 gorgeous packages today!!!!

In the morning, I found this package stuffed into my mailbox with a bunch of disgusting bills. I got Happy Mail!!! A beautiful rak from Michelle Tan in NZ......Michelle posted on her blog that she got a big gorgeous package of felt from Netherlands and I admired it....gushed and lavished heaps of praise and admiration on them and she said that she would rak me some. I didn't think I would get so much!!! Thank you soo much Michelle!!

Ok...back to the felt...there are butterflies, there are little bits with string and beads ...the reel of ribbon is just there to give you an idea of how wide some of them are. The thick orange piece on the top of the photo is just gorgeous!!! Then on the left hand side running vertically...the pretty yellow piece with birds on it.....couldn't wait to use it...all sooo gorgeous in such funky colours!!!


Then in the afternoon, the parcel man came with two packages for me. One from the gorgeous Leanne Ryan who sent me a copy of Creating Keepsakes. I couldn't find a copy in any of the newsagencies around me. Thanks Leanne!!

Next package was exciting because I knew it was my prize from Aussie Scrap Source for winning the online component of the EDM during the Heidi Swapp month which was in oh um....Jan?? Yes, it took months...but look what I got....
I never hounded FK or ASS for the prize. Figured they might be waiting for the new range to arrive in Australia to send to me.....I was daydreaming about bling, gorgeous blossoms, maybe a new clear stamp or two, possibly the XL photo corners or the XL brads....u know....daydreaming of newly released scrapping supplies.....it would be coming directly from the distributor....they were taking a while...they must be waiting for new stuff to send me an awesome prize.....but oh boy....boy oh boy....was I wrong or what??? LOL....yes I am ungrateful....I should be thankful that I won and a prize is still a prize.....but you can't blame a girl for daydreaming for the past 3 months!!

After I got over the excitement, I sat down and scrapped. This is for Aussie Dares Dare 22 - Crown and wings. See the yellow felt strip with the birdies on it??? One of those birdies has a bling crown!! LOL
Quote: Dream what you want to dream. Go where you want to go. Do what you want to do. You have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.

Products used: Creative Imaginations, Jenni Bowlin, Basic Grey, AL stamp, Crafters workshop template, Fancy pants die cuts, yellow felt strip, Heidi Swapp bling crown.


This next one is for Aussie Dares Challenge 21 - Sparkle
Journalling: This view of Melbourne Central must have taken Dad's breath away. He took a dozen shots from all angles to get the perfect photo and brought it home for me to scrap.

Products used: Tinkering Ink papers, 7 gypsies 97% stickers, Rusty Pickle transparency, Kindy Glitz, Urban Lily chipboard round and bazzill cardstock.

Crop layout to show.....

I went to a crop in Belgrave organised by KitiQ and Bonscraps a couple of weeks ago. It was a decision that was made in the spur of the moment....I was at the 123 cybercrop chatting with Bon and Kelly and Charmane and I found out about the crop in Belgrave which was in 2 days time. I told them that I would try and come......but would have to bring Jeromel as DH was away and I couldn't leave him with anyone. I thought about it on Saturday...then I decided to just go....and invited Felicity and Michelle to come along. To my delight, they both did and we had a great time. I did 2 layouts there, did some shopping, ate heaps!! Bon made her famous pumpkin scones and they were sooo delish. Then there were pastizzis, a cheese and vege platter, lollies (yum bullets) and drinks. Such fabulous value for money!! I'm coming again just for your pumpkin scones Bon!!! Jeromel had a great time, I brought his pizza box of scrapping stuff and he did a couple of layouts. He brought his ninja turtle toys and played with Charmaine's kids. Here are the two layouts that I did:


After the crop finished at 5pm, Mich came back to my place and we carried on scrapping till about 11pm when we were scrap-xhausted. In all that time, we did one layout each....tee hee...more talking than scrapping.

My first time using Bam Pop!!! And I must say....I love it...so cute...so funky. These were all vol. 1 releases....vol2 is a bit scary though...it's sooo busy....I don't know how to use it!! This layout was chosen as the 'Star' layout on the home page for 3 Angels Scrapping. Bit chuffed to be chosen as a 'Star Angel' as I am very new at 3AS. They're a great bunch of girls there......friendly and funny!

Last week, I was doing my secret squirrel layouts for Scrapping Angels....yes...my deluxe kit....I have had so much fun doing them.....and I've done instructions for 4 awesome layouts and there is seriously enough for at least another layout or two and cards. I might make a couple of cards with the scraps.

This week, I am waiting for my OPAAT kit to arrive. It's late....very very late. I'm worried....I want my kit to arrive so that I can play with the yummy stash. This will be my 2nd last kit...my DT term has come to an end. *sniffle* The new DT call is out....I encourage everyone to go apply here

Today I scrapped a layout for Aussie Dares they have a fabulous Marah Johnson prize for having a bit of sparkle on your layout. So if you're sparkling....then quickly go enter!!!