Family Plus....

first up.... YAY yay YAY to lil me... i have had the ...well.. not quite so bestest but pretty good.. well if you take out the mind numbingly boring task of sorting out toys from Tarjs room and packing them..then YAY i've had a good day.. why.. coz...
the House has gone unconditional!! yay..{well that was Friday..but i've been slack on here..}
and then today i had a real estate call and SOMEONE wants me.. yep someone is going to rent me a HOUSE.... woot woot...... yay.. and yippeee.... ok..so enough of that.. oh hang on.. this is it.....can you see me in it.. well i can.. its got everything i need .. including a SUPER sized office.. how good is THAT..lol..... so anyho....onto the most important thing.. a LAYOUT..yep.. finished anothery.. {actually been working on a few lately... dt for FEB since all my posts are scheduled for the start of the month and thats when i'm moving..but anyho.....}

todays is all about October Afternoons Farmhouse collection.. yep .. another layout for the Boxx to show this collection off..

well this one is totally different from my first just so you can see how you can use it in so many different ways...

"Family [plus]"

and of course some closies....
all the embellies.. above and below come from the flower sack and the miscellany... how fun..and how easy to create this layout.... SWEET..
and then some lil photos and the rest of the title....
yes Zhu Zhu pets are fun for the kids but holy crap they can be noisy and annoying...!! seriously.... lol..so there you go peeps.. thats all folks..

i'll be back with some more one day soon.. oh i will still be online.. computer and supplies will be packed last.. and they will be set up at mum and dads and then at my new place straight away...!! lol..... oh i didnt say.. i'm moving to mum and dads this weekend so i can give the house a great clean before settlement..so basically it'll only be a week in between and i'm sure i can handle that.... oh i am SO excited to have my own place.... yay.. one where i can come and go as i please and not have to feel like i have to explain my every MOVE.. yay... ... oh ... YAY..

enough of the rambling.. thanks for visiting.... and please leave some love..

its all starting Today..

no really its not..but then again it is..
just to update.. house goes unconditional tomorrow.. {fingers crossed}..and i move into the place mum and dad are renting {coz no one want to rent one to me..well at the moment anyho...} NEXT weekend..yep you heard.. NEXT weekend...
HOLY CRAPOLLA... yep...
anyho... the settlement isnt until the 13th..so i still have time..so i'm not that fazed.... {she says... tongue firmly planted in ones cheek}
anyho.. i've digressed..
what i actually came here was to show you a layout i have been working on for the boxx... i chose to use OCTOBER AFTERNOON for my manufacture watch for the month.. mainly coz they are a heaps awesome manufacturer but because i so WANTED to use their new range...... FARMHOUSE... {go HERE for the bunting one..and then while your there.. get the rest... TRUST ME}
so i played...and created..
"Starting Today"
YES................. that is AL-FOIL..you know me. try something and like it and then use it to death... so its back..and i still LOVE IT....closies..
LOVE the flower packs.. look at these awesome colours.. just layered up.. and even its own lil LOVE YOU sign... so simple..and woot woot...

the title...

and then the journalling that started it all.... thanks to certain.. and yes you probably am one of them i have caved and am now a PINNER.. yes.. pinterest... yep.. anyho... i FOUND the quote that i used on the journalling tag there.. just printed it out onto a tag an wallah... love it..

so there you have it..

hope you are all well..

happy days to everyone... tomorrows friday so i hope you all have a FANTASTIC weekend...... lots of sugar to you all...

super ScrapMatts day...

i have SOOOoOOOOOoooo much to share today your in for a Loooonnnnnggggg one.. so get some snacks.....
its my scrapmatts day and i've been working really hard at becoming a better member of their Design Team... so here goes..
first up a layout..
"Sk8r Boy"
and some closies...
the photo.. and some kind of weird but funny bunting.. and the fence is of course Scrapmatts.
the other side...
lastly the title...

and then.. another layout..

"Some Sugar Baby"

again..some closies.. {i did warn you....} this time i combined a few of my favourite things.. Scrapmatts and Lil Red Rocket...
Lil Red rocket button with some of their bakers twine wrapped around it....
and a Lil Red Rocket Flower......and the frame is scrapmatts......

the title.. admit that i was stuck for a title for quite a while ..but then thought this will do... lol.

and then shock horror... a CARD..yep you heard right a CARD... thought i'd get into the whole leap year and its ladies turn to ask guys to marry them etc.. and dont stress i have no one to ask but hey.... still gotta put it out there.. lol

"Sail Away"

yep slightly masculine with a girly type question.. bahahahaa...
some twine wrapped around the wheel and then a Lil Red Rocket button to help finish it off..
and LASTLY .. yep i know..thank goodness for that..

a Canvas.. i've actually made this for my good friend BB.. but shes away at the moment so i cant give it to her..so maybe she'll see it here first.. lol. {oh yeah..not totally happy with it.but it looks ok...}

"Everyone Sees Fairies"

not sure what it is that i dont like..just something..lol.... closies. (suckers)
the fairy.. wings from........................... you guessed it Scrapmatts......
a scrapmatts key hole...... {random i know..}
and then the title thingy bob..and yep i made that up myself.. lol..

ok...

so there you have it..the longest post in ... well a while from me anyho.. hope you are well.. happy days to everyone... {oh yeah..and i didnt re-read it all so apologies for spelling mistakes..etc..but i'm sure you'd get what i mean..}

i have something GIRLY..

my goodness me... i have some more... yes sir some more...

its the second challenge time over at Show Us Your Stuff... and the challenge is to use this quote..

• Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. ~Oprah Winfrey
  

so i just took a couple a couple words..and changed it.. apparently i had it written down wrong... lol..

"Another Year"

my stunning niece Tosharn at her formal... gorgeous isnt she....
some closies.. used a gorgeous flower from Mel P at Headbands and clips.. i just asked so very nicely just for the flowers and not the bands so i didnt have to cut the flower off.. LOL... and also a cute Pink gingham button from Lil Red Rocket...
and some super dooper fun and OH SO gorgeous Scrapmatts.... used the gorgeous frame and butterfly from CB4006 Frames and also the dress form CB6037 dress forms.. love the way this ended up.. and the background is one of the pink paislee mistables..

well thats all from me today.. hope you enjoyed this one.. its pretty girly hey...lol...

got some happy mail today and the weather isnt fantastic so i'm hoping to finish a couple of things and get some new stuff started... woot woot..

have a great day...

Last of the Masters...............

GOOD morning and hello everyone... i have some news but i'll share that after this..

my last share of my masters entries... THE hidden JOURNALLING...
"Our Happy Day"

sorry it was so hard to photograph.. so chunky.. but i had fun building and creating the drawers and then building the layers to put the photo on...
on the right.. with the mini book in it.... {one of each of the drawers on either side opens.and the other is stuck in the open position}
the left side..
see the height... its about 5 cm high i suppose...
with all the drawers open..so there you have it .. you've now seen all my masters entries.. oh but i havent shown the one in the mag yet.. i'll do that soon..

and NOW for my happy news.. well most of you know already due to facebook.. but my house is now UNDER CONTRACT..yes alittle premature in the happy dance.. i know i should wait but i just couldnt help myself.. so in 12 more days it will {fingers crossed} be unconditional..and then boy you will see a HAPPY dance.. might even have to film it.. LOL...

so anyho. thats it.. my life is heading in the right direction .... well a new direction.. bigger and better i say... lol.

so happy days to everyone..and thanks for visiting......

123 Challenge...

its a new year so i've decided to expand myself and start doing some of the challenges again...... so i looked a few up and the 123 Challenge caught my eye..... {and so did the examples.. Crystal Gouldings in fact..}
Colour - Silver
WOrd- Joy
Technique - SPLATS, [paint, ink or mist]
so i created..
"Random"

yep.. the Al-foil from Crystals hit me.. so thought i'd try it for a background....... closies...
the title.... scrapmatts JOY word...
the photo...and the Doiley up the top is a felt doiley from nd

and the paper doiley at the bottom is Lil Red Rocket...
and then the dress form from ScrapMatts.... simply covered with some Twine from Lil Red Rocket and the silver is actually Liquid pearls.. love the effect....

so there you have it...my first challenge completed for the YEAR.. yay to me...lol...

whoops ...bit late..

whoops.. i'm alittle late..but over at Bird is the Word the current word is PROMISE...
and yes again you could do some super serious..but i'm not that Serious.. so i did FUN...lol..
"Promise Me"

LOL.. see serious... LOL.... and then some closies...
title..
the journalling,.. and love this simple background with a crafters Workshop template..super fun
some RANDOM... literally..crate paper..
and then some more just BITS..and some tape... lol....... well thats it for now..i'll be back tonight or tomorrow morn with the Sunday sess and the last of my masters entries... happy days to everyone... love ya lots..

next masters Share.....

okay..so it's the second share for my masters entries... and Task 2..

create a single layout on any topic or theme you wish. this page MUST include a 5x7 photo. you can use other photos as you wish as, just as long as there is one 5x7 somewhere...

so here it is..

"Fly Free".

i absolutely adore this photo of Ivy.. it really shows what i honestly wish she will grow up to be Free and fun....... and yes..its alittle random..but hey this is an lj creation... lol..so some closies..
the photo..and some super fun stitching...
the journalling..
and then some lil photos to finish it off.. and what a mix of pp for this one.. Graphic 45 and October Afternoon..mixed..yep.. how weird is that...lol.

and then i have to share this... i am in LOVE with this song.. sorry but had to add the lyrics version coz couldnt get the official clip.

and YES you all know you can count on me.. i'm always here... and YES that does include those of you i have had the privilege to meet IRL and those who i only know through our craft and facebook...thank you all for being my friend...

happy day to you all..