So its the 15th of December so that means its my turn to show you some work for Show US Your Stuff....
and the challenge is.....
DECEMBER CHALLENGE: REFLECTIONS

I want you to do a layout reflecting on 2010. Did you achieve any goals?, What were the highs or lows?, Did one moment stand out?, or did you have any lifechanging moments?
*Dont forget you need to include a handmade item made by yourself or someone else

and HERE is my effort...
"my Freedom"


as you can see i reflected on what has happened this year.. without goin overboard and dwelling on well.. everything..but to say that "THE" moment of the year hasnt affected my WHOLE year would be lying...so why not...

and NOW for the moment you have all been waiting for.....

yep thats right.. the closies...

okay for the title block i have used.. my cloudink and kite from.. Clouds And More.. and the doileys are so cute and dyed by the amazing Jodie Butler for Sweet Vintage... and then the button is well of course Lil Red Rocket...
a pic of me.. {BLAH>>>.... eek}
my New family portrait... oh and can you see the punched butterfly on the photo.. yeah i know kind of got LOST.. come here cute lil butterfly...
so there are the other Halves of the sweet vintage doileys and anothery Lil Red Rocket button...
and some cute little bits and bobs for the bottom part.. and just incase you were wondering the litle background papers i got at Thrifty PYG just stitched and added some dimensional magic to give it alittle PIZZAZZ... oh yeah.. and that little orange rubon i stole from BB coz it needed something... thanks BB...

so i hope everyone is going along peachy and that all your plans are coming into place for that visit from the BIG man in REd... just what i need another man in my life... HEHEHEHhhheeeee... just jokes .. seriously i am perfectly happy single...

oh and i have just finished a lo an 3/4 another one {its alittle stuck ATM} and no thats not in the automatic teller machine... and i have another double started..yep.. i have no life.. .

sorry for the slightly dodgy main pic... lucky you could see a thousand closies...

Summer in the Air... { it actual is today.. no rain.. }

okay peeps.. i am a tad excited today.. got a FREE copy of the SBM Masters mag.. and even got me an honorable mention or 2... yep.. so you all have to buy the mag now... LOL... no seriously its a must...
i received a msg the other night from miss BB asking what i was up to.. and as per usual on a friday night.. the answer .. a BIG FAT NOTHING... so she said to come over for some creative time.. and this is what happened..
"Summer in the Air"
an NOW my friends.. close ups...

i actually did this to the top photo and thought it looked coolio so i continued with the main one.. i love the effect of this punched up photo... and gotta love October Afternoon.....

see the top one that started it...
oh and to make this wonderful sassfras paper more wonderful.. i added some real actual staples over the printed ones and real actual stitching over the stitched marks.. love how it turned out.. oh and had to use some sparkling letters for SUMMER..
a little bit of bunting...

and now for some picx that i took at the kids chrissy party at daycare...

Ivy.. this is one of the few that i got her to pose for where she DIDNT have her tongue poking out..
and Tarj ... love this boy..
and the two of them.. look at Tarj's little puddy belly.. cute...

okay peeps..so thanks for visiting.. and will be back real soon to share my first Show Us Your STuff dt.. out soon...

happy days.. my love to each and every one of you..

Black Eyed Peas - The Time (Dirty Bit)

and I"M In love with this.....


Black Eyed Peas - The Time...


Just Because i can.....

i LOVE this one... so funky.... Random.. ah YEAH....


had chrissy party last night.. wore a dress.. a LBL... and nope no picx.... no camera to take.. and i was the most maturist one there... LOL>........ eeekkkkk....

TCR........ what an awesome combo...

well hello there peeps.. thanks to BB getting the creativeness flowin on the way home from soccer last night i proceeded to stay up until 11:45 almost completing a layout.. so yeah.. thanks BB...
the Color Room challenge this week is super awesome... LOVE LOVE IT>..

and here is my take..
"just Add Sugar"

oh yeah.. a gazillion closies.. coming right up...

used a simple method of paper doiley and glimmermist..and a super CUTE photo for a feature at the top.. and some super RANDOM but i tried stitching..

oh what a super bunch of photos.. mixed with a dyed doiley {by me} and a The Chip Chop Shop button.... and a Clouds and MOre apple pin
oh yeah another shameless lollipop pin... oh yeah do you like the flower.. i just was playing with some fabric. {was going to do a bow} and then twirled it into a flower thought it looked good then had to find something to glue it to before it fell apart.. lol..
how cooliio is this swing tag...
simple journalling seems to be all the rage with me at the moment ...

thanks for looking.. i hope your week is goin awesome..just went to Bb's and had all my hair cut off..yay..

oh what to do.....

okay so i have a minor problem.. i recently purchase 4 things from a certain online shop for chrissy presents.. now that they have arrived i want to keep them all...LOL. no seriously.. but i cant decide which to give to whom.. so i was thinking does it sound alright to just wrap them all up and then just randomly pick them and then add names.. that doesnt sound too bad does it.. or as previously stated i can just keep them all to myself... eek.. anyho.. i created this the other day.. i havent done a lil red rocket specific layout for ages and thought it was about time...so i created this....
"All in the Family"

and now for the ever popular closies....

see the Lil red rocket button.. its from the rainbow mix..
and the little feature photo... with a super easy layered lil red rocket butterfly.....
i couldnt think of a title so i just used this journal tag from basic grey and thought oh well that'll do {pig,,,}...

tried some of Renee's paper waxing technique and some random stitching over the top...

and now peeps.. the Last {oh sigh} of the daycare ladies chrissy pressies...

the "star wreath"

close up of the birdy.. wasnt exactly what i wanted but i found these little garden ornaments at a $2 shop.. oh they are so handy those shops..
and next the "flower wreath"
i used some scrapmatts in this one..
i used the Reindeer here and i covered it with 2 types of glitter.. i does stand out alittle IRL honest...

okay so thats about it for today.. happy days to you all.. i hope that all my friends that are effected by the floods or the huge amounts of rain are doing okay.. and i'm just hoping that it says alittle dry for a while today so i can let the kids out to play in the mud....

Get Picky... december inspiration challenge..

this months challenge at Get Picky is to use this photo below as inspiration....

and this is what i came up with...
"i believe in Being Strong"

and now for some closies...

awesome scrapmatts (cb1074) Bird Cages 02.. i left the cage raw just glazed it with dimensional magic and then stamped and inked bird... wanted the muted colours...
and the main photo.. {whoopied the journalling but oh well}.. and love the pink paislee parisian paper.. i wont tell you the story behind how this happened..
and last of all the group photo and title... just needed alittle smidge of colour...

for all those who have helped me through this year and i know i've said it heaps a HUGE thank you.... this layout really sums up my year.. and i am now looking forward to sorting the rest of the stuff out that happens with a separation and starting my new life... me and my kids.. i cant wait for next year.. thanks again. for looking and please please share some love.....

oh and i have more.. i'll be back tonight with another layout an some christmas wreaths....

OMG WOWZERS yeah har.... i got a feature.. at TCR

OMG.. my wonderfully cute Ivy earned me a feature for the colour room.. all i can say is i'm still stunned... wow....

its Snowed and its summer...

ha ha ha made you look you dirty chook...
i'll get onto the snowing shortly.. but for now...
as part of the dt at the boxx we get set a challenge to create for the newsletter... This month was to create a layout without using photos and this is mine...
"first you must Dream It"
oh yeah..before i get onto the gazillion closies.. i have to apoligise for my lovely carpet..but it is really hard to photo a layout when the background is a transparency.... {seriously}
so i have included closeups of all the boxxes in order so you can get a better looksee....

{scrapmatts balloon... yum... }

a cute scrapmatts cat.. ps.. yeah i love black cats.. i have one his name is "po"..


okay so yep had a go with a huge banner.. looks coolio IRL.. honest...
and i made this funky bird one day ... just playing..not for sale coz there are way too many bird pins and its rather dodgy.. eek..lol.. funnny.

and NOW the part you have been waiting for.. it snowed.. in the form of miss Ivy and some baby powder...

apparently dolly's hair was dirty.. so to clean it ... you require.. wait for it....

bubble bath, roll on deodorant, toothpaste, eukey bear [chest rub] and baby powder to make it clean.. yep.. thats right... ?????

and my bathroom floor was covered with powder.. yay.. its horrid to clean...
thanks for visiting.. sorry its been a long post.. actually i'm not really.. but i just needed to share... please leave some lovin...

have to add this.. heard it alittle while ago.. and its so incredibley funky and Lauren had it on her blog..so i stole it..LOL