Don't fall off your chair!!!!!

I have actually scrapped the first ones for this year and not sure how long since i done one before that..

2011 school pics of the boys

Sam pulling funnny faces (2010) and using some glimmermist and old rub ons and pp from Kaisercraft.

Don't know how long before I have some more shares.. I did just upload some cards on my other blog and have started some OTP kaiser albums so I will show them when I have finished.

Wahoo!!

Nothing exciting just a layout to share at last ... it has been sitting on my bench for ages I only just got around to taking a photo of it though..

Well it has been school holidays here but nearly time for the boys to return back to school, it hasn't been too bad this time as Mike stays up all hrs of the night playing xbox, computer or TV and then sleeps half the day so he will have to get back to reality soon when school starts again and go to sleep at a decent hour. At least while he is asleep half the day the boys aren't getting on each others nerves which gives me a bit of peace not having to them bickering at each other. Well I'm off for a haircut today and next week I will go and finish my TAFE course I started I'm not sure of how many days or the hours I have to attend yet..

Here it is......



The last one blogger wouldn't let me load up last night.. very basic again.

Mike's yr 10 school photo... taken in March 2011



Long time ... No Post!!!

Sorry about that but here are some LO's I've done since the last post I've sort of lost scrappy Mojo and had trouble when coming to embellish and blogger is playing up and  won't let me load the other photo which was Mike's school photo which is very basic as is Sam's .. oh! well I can always add to later..

Mike last year.

2011 school photo..

Snips and Snails

A Layout I started on Tuesday night and just put the finishing touches on it yesterday with the Emerald Faeries and Dymo tape..


Cody & Lucas and new puppy



Close up of the Larakins Emerald Faeries

Close up of Snookie & Boo a stamp from Debscreations aren't they just adorable

It's Back!!!! ............

My Dining room that is..... it's been my craft room for so long.. you can see how it used to look here a post from way back in 2009,  I had gathered a bit more stuff since then too as that was pre-stamping/carding days..

Still a bit more work to do in here like new curtains and another cupboard DH wants to bring in

My ribbon curtain it didn't look so many once hung up but I still have bags of lace to organise into a smaller container

another view

a new table to scrap at still need to work out where I can leave die cutting machines out ready to go so might need another little coffee table or something... working on that 



Side wall still needs to be organised



PC and more storage

Looking into the room

It has only taken us nearly 2 months to actually move all the stuff around as Jess moved out in Feb to start her studies at Wagga TAFE a Diploma in Community and Welfare course she is doing goes for a year and a half and she wanted to keep her room as it was for when she comes and stays and I was a bit reluctant in packing up her gear which is still here in 3 different places, as I wanted to move Sam into her room so I could make a bit more noise in his,  It's right next to Mike's and I swear that boy just doesn't wanna go to sleep at a decent hr.  Anyways it had to happen as we really wanted a dining/kitchen back to it's purpose in a house :)

So we had to re-organise 3 different rooms and still working on them too as the little fella needs to have a toy cull and I can't do that with him here as he brings the stuff back in from the bin and asks why are you throwing this... Lol!! 

I'm Back

Can't say how long though till I post another LO as it took me ages to finish these pages... It didn't take long to do the wooden plaque though that was quick and easy more details of that are on my card blog if you haven't already seen it.. just click on the card in the sidebar to take you there...

It stars my DD and BF and also Willy & Mia for your chance to win a digi version of the image details are also on the card blog..

My nephew..

Sammy

Look I done a challenge ............



It's been a long time since I scrapped a layout or done a challenge so I have done a shabby challenge that is over at Born 2 create if you'd like to join in .. 

Shabby challenge LO... my great grandma (oops I just realised I put 2 greats on the tag that is
Sam's fault, he was asking me who the lady in the photo was and where is she and so on..) on mums side



close up of photo and gorgeous flower by Chris at B2 create..

closer look at the crochet lady my mum made using 2 strands of the cotton you sew with and a very fine crochet hook..

A few LO's

Well it's Monday I hope you have all enjoyed your christmas and boxing day and are looking forward to the New Year.. and what 2011 has in store.. Here are the Layouts and some of my presents I got for xmas I also got a corelle dinnerset, a shirt and a photo frame from Sam that his teacher put together with a pic of me and Sam on his first day of school 2 years ago.. He starts yr 2 in 2011 and has a new teacher.

A Layout for my mum



 Another LO for mum

A couple of my xmas pressie's  - so I have been busy backing up photo's and files and scanning old Negatives (pre-digital era) I did get spoilt and no scrappy stuff was included this year..

Merry Christmas and some LO's

Well it's almost santa time I thought I would get some blogging in while waiting for the kids to go to sleep and to wish all family and friends a Merry Christmas and I hope you all enjoy your day with your loved ones and eat lots, drink lots and have a jolly ole' time... p.s and take lots of photo's so you have plenty to scrap in the New Year..

Here are some more pages I've made for gifting as I don't usually scrap the same photo's so many times..lol!

Masking and stamping involved.. the cute dragon is a Spesch stamp coloured up with copics.

Crazy paint, and a gorgeous flower made by Chris over at born to create..

The big boy just keeps growing he has just turned 15 and is about 185cm(6ft 1) he still has a few growing years left so will be interesting to see what height he stops at.

The big boy again and also a cute TGF stamp(owl) coloured up with copics..

I will be back later with a few more pages after I download them from the camera.. (not sure when)

I can show you now..



I can show you now as I handed them out yesterday we met up with our Victorian sisters at the halfway point in Albury and had a picnic in the park and a xmas catchup as Pauly will be staying home this christmas so we had our family shots as well.. it was a great day and wasn't raining on the weekend for something different.. we each had to make scrapbook pages of our own families with recent photo's and here are what I got done.. I couldn't gather the 3 kids up to get a together shot in time to scrap. 



stamping, inking, kaisercraft, and DS (15)



pink and white - echo park, bazzil, SU butterfly die cut,

a lot of stamping

Kaisercraft pp and bazzil, thickers

I usually only use cardstock as a base but went patterned paper this time and I also made this one for the colour challenge over at the stamp spot

Lastly a LO of sam with a TGF stamp included

cheeky monkey

A Layout to share at last I do have others but I can't share them yet and I still have a few more to get done by christmas..

Sam

The Emerald Faeries

Today is the offical release of Debscreations New Line of stamps so I can now show you all a LO I've done using a couple of these little characters.. There is a Blog Hop going on at the moment more details are HERE

all 4 Emerald Faeries illustrator is Linda Catchlove

My own little Larakin pulling faces

close up of Ashton & Boo the little Larakins

Close up of Boo & Snookie the snail and the fence is a magnolia Doo Hickey



4 Mini canvases I made using them also more details on my card blog



I hope you can join in on the blog hop as you have a chance to win one of these little faeries as they will be hidden around the DT & GDT blogs and they are very versatile and can be used on OTP, LO's and Cards...

Thanks for lookin catch you all next LO I manage to do..

More pretty flowers

I'm getting in trouble for not updating my blog so often and as I haven't finished my Layout yet I thought I would post some more pretty flowers photo's I've taken with the new camera to look at in the mean time..

Violets



Freesia's(I think)

More freesia's

Not sure think it could be a freesia too..

I've finished



2 Layouts and a jumper at last ... The first one came about after a kindy glitz incident while making the 2nd one pictured.....

My niece Ashley




Jess deb from 2008



A close up of the LO and the flowers I made using rubber stamps and also a few prima's thrown in there as well.

The jumper I started last year some time I finally finished it.. I have started on a pink one now.. I might let you see it one day I have been trying to keep my eyes open late at nights trying to finish a few rows...