It's raining....

it's pouring....

and thank God for that after a very muggy 41C day!
And of course the rain bucketed down just as we were leaving work....

The roses were looking gorgeous this morning, but the heat has burnt all that were open. But I love the smell of rain after a hot day and I'm certain the garden is loving the water....




and dh is better and finally home so all is good... now I just need some sleep!

Tired...

I wonder why....
At least dh is getting better and should be home in the next couple of days.

and my pic for today... my beautiful boy!

I want a refund....

On my New Year!!!!!

3 days in... dh is in hospital, DS1 lost it with his brothers and could't cope and of course Aunt Flo is visiting....

So this is my thoughts on 2011 so far....



It's all gotta be uphill from here doesn't it????


ps... if you want to know... it's one of my christmas gnomes from the boys...

A rainbow...

of colours...


This is what happens when at the end of each year the leftover pencils from school get put into a tub and never sorted... today it got sorted.
Needless to say I'm not buying any new pencils for school this year... lol

And last night I scrapped... one of the sketch challenges for Chook Scraps!

Happy New Year

Well it's another new year... this one hasn't started overly well with dh being quite sick and spending a few days in hospital. So it was a very quiet night for us last night.
But I hope everyone had a lovely night and the year is going to be a bright wonderful year for all of us!

So being a new year, I've decided I need to work on some goals... I will be back with these another day as I am still working on them...
But one I am going to do and I will need you all to kick my butt if I don't, is to update my blog regularly and to help me do that I'm going to share a photo a day...
So here is today's....

A nice clean, spotless boy's room.... this is what I've spent all day doing removing all the rubbish that he hordes and rearranging the room. And I've got a pinky promise from him that it's going to stay that way! Especially as Mum found his DS that was lost for 2 weeks.... !
But we will see how it all goes...

and even though I haven't had time to scrapbook yet (it's going to happen! after I finish backing up the computer...) I have taken pics of the cover I made for my christmas present... my kobo e-reader...


This has been made using an old diary cover I had and covering the front with Websters Pages, and I've used a soft foam on the inside to protect the Kobo.
The Kobo is held in with black velcro strips so I can remove it from the cover if I like. And the closure is a hinge made of grungeboard and a tim holtz hitch fastener.
The little pocket/envelope on the front is to hold SD cards that hold books. The kobo will read them, so it's a good way to keep a library!
Much cheaper than the covers I've seen online for $45-50.... and definately much more stylish!!!!

Merry Christmas!

and all that jazz....

Yes I know it's been a while, but I have been so busy it's not funny.
With work and christmas and the lead up to christmas I haven't had any time to do any scrapping....

Well I've managed 1 layout... now isn't that sad!

This simple one using Websters Pages bloomers which I've finally managed to get my hot little hands on!



Ok... I have to be truthful... I've managed a couple of others, but they are in my childhood album and I haven't taken any photos yet of any of the pages. I might just have to take a pic or 2 of a couple of the pages just to give you a teaser of what it looks like. Could be I might just be working on it for a while, though I've sketched all the pages out.... we'll see....

I hope Santa was good to you and you had a wonderful Christmas... I know he brought me what I wanted... a Kobo e-book reader (hmm... will have to share the cover I made for it... when I think about it I HAVE done some scrapping...lol)
and some funny little gnome's from the kids.... will take some pics of them... you will get a laugh!

Anyway... my christmas pudding and custard is getting cold, so it's time for me to go....

Busy busy....

I've spent all weekend scrapping... for work and not for me... but it's fun playing with stuff even if it's for work!
So what have I done...

well... the display stand at work required a sign... (well something that covered the old brand name on it)... and this is what I came up with...

the wording has been cut out on my klic-n-kut... I guess it's about time I pulled it out and used it. Just because it took me all day to get it to talk to my laptop is beside the point. But now it's done, so I'm going to use it more often.
Actually I've decided I will spend one day setting up and cutting out flourishes on vinyl and cardstock so I've got them when I want them.

I also did up some new layouts for the shop as well... using the offcuts of papers from the sign (Websters Seaside Retreat)

this one called dream

and some detail...

yes I've finally taught myself to make fabric flowers using the fabric ribbon from Websters...

and this one using off cuts too...


And then we needed some christmas layouts using Bo Bunny...


This christmas photo is not mine... there are advantages to working in the advertising industry... lol

and a detail shot...


I think Gryfn thought I was doing too much scrapping so he decided to give me a break! lol

He's getting to be a big boy, and he's only 10 months old. Still a lot of growing to do....

And because I was a bad girl last weekend and didn't update here are the layouts I did for the blind scrapping at S4L...



and another layout for challenges at Chookscraps...


I've also been doing some of the layouts for my childhood album... not sure whether to take pics and share as I go or take them all at the end... will have to think about it!
Have a great weekend....