Two Families - 9 kids (Lets have a Halloween Party)!!

Yes it that time of the year where the older kids start asking if they can join in the fun, even though we bring them up to NOT take lollies from strangers. Anyway this year we decided to have a Halloween Party! We all got dressed up and headed over to Lisa and Steves for our Party and Dinner. The kids had an absolute ball. You wouldn't believe that there are so many kids. They all pair off with their mates and have so much fun. We couldn't have planned it better if we tried. Lisa and I had all the right kids in the right order!! LOL!! Anyway some more great photos for another scrapbooking layout. The kids had a ball - so if you're reading this Lisa, Thanks heap - A great night!!! cya later

Kids are @ home sick, so ........... Challenge #10!

Three of my babies stayed home today. One with a sore tummy, one with a blocked nose and very sore throat and one with a chesty cough. We went to the doctors and got our medicine and the kids snuggled down in the lounge. So in between getting drinks, pamol, and food, I decided that it would be a great opportunity to do a little scrapbooking.

I had a thought last night and as usual I ended up doing something for NZ DARES!! Very very addictive, even though I thought I wouldn't have the time to enter this time.

Anyway I have had this Pagerz Template 'Jungle' for as long as I have been scrapping and I have never used it.

I ran the paper through the printer to get the small wording and then stenciled my letters onto the paper with a black marker. Then I stenciled the letters onto the scraps of papers that I had left over from the layout. I cut all the letters out with scissors and the pasted them onto the outlines of the stencil on the background. It turned out really neat. Looks almost 3D in real life. Reminds me of manual sizzex!!! I took agers!!.

I was a bit disappointed with the scan. The programme I am using tends to cut off the ends quite a bit. There was a black border right around the title. Never mind. Anyway my challenge is done. And another scrapbooking page complete. I just love this photo of Jacob.

The title is "MY WEE MAN @ 16mths old. Sometimes you wish time would stand still!" 

This is for you Kristie xx

The other day Kristie was looking at the scrapbooking page I had just finished of Shae, and she said "oh mum that is so cool!!" Next thing she was in my office looking at my scrapbooking layouts and she merged with a list. She informed me that I had done more individual scrapbooking pages for all the other kids and I had only done 4 of her!!! She said with a giggle, "See mum I'm just the typical middle kid!" Poor Baby! And the thing is that after going through my boxes and boxes of photos and digital photo's, I only have so many of Kristie on her own, for the share fact that when I am taking a photo she is always with one of the other kids, playing, sharing a game. She is always making up games for the younger kids, or reading a book, or thinking of something that they can make up. So Kristie this is for you!! I love you so very much. Your spirit is beautiful and you are everything I hoped and wished for!!! I love you xxx

I just love this hobby!!!

I was suppose to be doing some office work this afternoon, which didn't happen by the way. I spent most of the morning creating a new blog page, which I'm still not sure about, and then I started looking at my photos and I saw this photo and just couldn't resist.

A few weeks back I purchase a packet of daisy d's paper from Lisa at Scrapbooking by design. Gorgeous!! This layout just absolutely went together exactly the way I thought it would!! I wanted it to be very simplistic. The photo of Shae is so beautiful. I used the Picasa Free Edition and softened the edges of the photo. I decided to write a Poem for a change for my Journalling! And I used alot of my Pop Dots to raise both the tags and flower to try and give it dimension. I even drew the leaves. Ok, so as you can read, I'm very pleased with the end result LOL!!!

Anyway better go to bed, it's nearly 1am, silly girl! This seems to be the only me time that I get, once the kids are in bed - like every mother!!

Nite Nite!!

PS Thanks heaps to the girls that left a message on my blog, nice to see that some people make it over here :) 

Oh No! I've been Outscrapped!!!!

Well, I don't know what to say!! I was working on my NZ Dare this morning (below) and Aimee (11 years old), came in and said "Hey Cool Mum, I want to do one". So I said oh ok!!! But now I'm worried because I think I might have been Outscrapped!!! LOL!!! My scrapbooking supplies have been raided and my office is a mess!!!! AIMEE - you better clean up!! So what do you think. My baby is following in my footsteps!!!!

NZ Dare # 9 Orange & Green

Well this challenge would probably be one of my favourites so far, because I love these colours. Bright and cheerful. I have had these photos sitting around for agers and this was such a great opportunity to use them. I wish the scan had come out better. Good luck everyone!! I think these challenges are great!! I think this is the most scrapbooking I've done in a longtime. Talk about being motivated!!! Cool!!!

And one other thing I was going to ask everyone that comes by my blog is.... I would really love to have a few inspirational Bloggers down the side of my blog, so if you would like to be added, just put a comment on my blog and I'll add you.

As I said to Trina the other day..Blogging is like finding new Pen Pals and meeting new friends that makes us all feel good about ourselves.

Friends from 0 to 11 wow!!

Boy this layout was a challenge for me. I have always loved these imagination project papers - Bloom, and wondered how I would use them. I usually tend to scrap with either bright colours or neutral, so I am trying other colours, which I love by the way.

My girlfriend Nicki came over with her 2 boys last week and when I say Aimee & Connor, I remembered one of the many photo's we had taken of the kids, and it just so happened that they were wearing similar colours in both photos! Cool!!! I just can't believe that these kids are 11 going on 12!! Where is the time going. Nick & I have been friends for 21 years - Oh that is very scary!!!

Oh well, the yucky bit know - Cleaning Up!!! 

And a BIG THANK YOU to Nanna!!

Nanna from Hamilton came up to stay with us on Friday thru to Sunday morning. Thank you so much for coming and staying, making the beds, vacumming, cleaning, tidying the kids bomb sites, cooking, taking the kids to the beach, teaching my children how to bet over the Auckland/Hamilton Netball, cleaning out my pantry, doing the dishes, letting me sleep in and act like a lazy cow! LOL! And I'm not going to go on and on. But Thank you and we miss you. This is nanna and she is always doing something and is always on a mission!!! WE LOVE YOU NANNA!! We miss you Nanna xxooxx

A Rainy Afternoon

Pinch and a punch for the first of the month and no returns. It's raining here in Auckland and the kids and I went down to the video shop and hired some movies for the afternoon. They decided that we were going to have a family movie afternoon, which was really great. Popcorn, sweeties, and savory's. We got out 'EIGHT BELOW' which is a movie about 8 sled dogs being left to fend for themselves for 6 months in the Antarctic. It's a really good movie. Anyway can't believe its 5pm (with daylight savings). It takes a bit for everyone to adjust, not even feeling hungry for dinner yet. One more week of holidays.....Hope everyone is having a nice weekend!! Cya :)