I've been away....

... on a short trip to Thailand and it was amazing!
Andrew and I spent 10 days in this glorious part of the world and it was magical. Warm weather, delicious food, beautiful scenery and incredibly down to earth, friendly people.
It has been hard coming back to temperatures below zero here today.
It was our first trip to Asia but we hope to do many more. Would love to hear of any recommendations about place to see in Vietnam, it is high on my list of places to visit.
Here are just a few shots from our 10 day visit. I really must learn how to make a collage!

Sorry for the photo overload. Now to scrap the several hundred must keep shots!!

I will be back soon with a layout share. Stay warm. :) xx

For the love of chevron!!

Chevron is huge at the moment and I must admit I have developed a love for anything chevron too!
So the current theme at Paper Issues was the perfect inspiration to create this layout!

Take a look at the great layouts created by the team at Paper Issues and join the chevron craze!

Scrap the Boys - April Challenge

The April challenge is up at Scrap the Boys!! It was delayed as Mel had some issues with her Telstra connection during her recent move BUT to make up for it the deadline has been extended.

APRIL'S SCRAP THE BOYS CHALLENGE..

RE-CYCLING....

We would like you to re-cycle some form of PACKAGING that is BOY related, this could be toy related, scrapbooking packaging, something from a magazine or book use your imagination....



For my layout I used some packaging from a Nerf Gun box. I bought the gun for Joe, as a bit of a joke, during our holiday to the coast in January. However, it provided everyone, young and old with hours of entertainment and loads of laughs!

Take a look at the fantastic layouts created by the other team members at SCRAP THE BOYS! 

Hope you get a chance to join in this month!

Super excited......!!

.....to have been selected to be part of the Creative Team at Scrap the Boys. Being the mum of two boys I love the challenges they put up each month and decided to apply for the team. Wonderful to have been selected!
I look forward to the months ahead as part of this great team.
Check out the other fabulous ladies on the team here and give this months challenge a try. Great prizes!
This is my layout for the March Challenge.

You need to use red, handwritten journalling and the title 'Life is Good', easy!!
I hope you get a chance to play along.

My Blogging Fear Realised!

I held off starting a blog for so long due to a fear of being able to keep it updated and sure enough, my fear has been realised!!

So today I have decided to look at it as not failing in my blogging but just that I had to put it on hold while I enjoyed life. 

I have to remember that it is not important how often I create BUT that I create!!

The end of the school year, Christmas and being away for the majority of the past 4 weeks on summer holidays has not allowed a great deal of time for scrapping or blogging. I have had limited internet access, except for my phone, and not many opportunities to scrap.

However, during our recent trip to the coast I decided to pack an Amy Tangerine Notebook, a few stamps and bits and pieces and make some time each day to document the trip.
I loved that this sweet girl thought it was fascinating and watched me as I put the album together each day. She has declared that she wants to be a scrapbooker when she grows up and I have quickly let her know that she can start now!

Today I added a few final embellishments and I am really happy with the way it turned out.

I need a few more of these great little books!!

Have a great week and thanks for taking the time to read my blog, it means a lot to me!

Finally surfaced.....

.... from under the report writing fog that has hanging over my head for weeks. It feels like months since I have blogged and I have a bit of catching up to do.
The retreat with the Scrapboutique babes was awesome and I managed to get a few challenge layouts done which I had been hoping to complete before the end of the month.
This first one is possibly my favourite from the retreat and is for this months Aussie Scrap Jack, I jacked Dana's gorgeous layout.

The colours didn't photograph well but I just love these photos.

A layout for Scrap the Boys November challenge.

I used a Crafter's workhop stencil in the background with Tim Holtz Distress Ink to make the circles and I love the way they turned out.

And finally a layout for Creative Scrappers Sketch #180.

Thanks for dropping by and leaving your fabulous comments. I am always surprised to discover people have visited! 

Boutique Retreat

Tomorrow morning I head off to the Scrapboutique Retreat in beautiful Coffs Harbour!! Two and a half day of uninterrupted scrapping, catching up with friends and treating myself to a little rest and relaxation. Can't wait!!!
For those of you who are Masterchef fans the name Adriano Zumbo would be enough to get your taste buds salivating. Many people are surprised to hear that he is from the same small town as me of only just over 3000 people in Central West NSW. I guess I have followed his rise to fame closely for this reason so during the last school holidays when we were in Sydney I had to visit his shop in Balmain and BOY was it worth it!! In his shop, although only tiny, there were so many delightful goodies that we had to buy quite a few to sample.

So when a recent challenge at Scrapboutique was to scrap holiday photos I had the perfect shots!

Must go and get some sleep in readiness for the weekend away! Thanks for the lovely comments you leave, I really appreciate it!