NZ Dare # 6 - 7 Patterned Papers

Hi, well this is my enty for NZ Dare. I love this layout not just because of all the colours (well I do), I love bright colours LOL, but because we had such a fun holiday. One to remember. I hope that my layout is going to be accepted because the challenge was 7 patterned papers. And I do have more than 7, but I just shrunk some of them. Most of our weekend revolved around scrapbooking and buying scrapbooking products!!! Yessss. A BIG thank you to Lisa & Steve for inviting us!! And a big weekend considering we have 11 kids between us LOL!! Luckily this easter weekend we had lost a few or we all wouldn't had fitted into their beach house.

NZ Dares Challenge #5

Well I finally did it. My girlfriend Lisa had been entering the NZ Dare Challenge week after week. And she finally twisted my arm, stitches and all! LOL!! So here is my Dare. Please don't laugh, I can be a girly girl too!!!!! Thanks for looking 

This is just so sad...

The chicken pox have taken over our house. My son Jacob was the first to get this yucky virus, and it just came out of the blue. No warning what so ever. He was lucky to basically sail thru without to much discomfort. Nana had just left on the Saturday and he got them on the Sunday morning. Jacob had just gone back to school and then low and behold, Shae-Lee started showing spots on Friday. Well by Sunday I could hardly see a piece of her body that wasn't covered. Really nasty. In her hair, on her eyes, behind her ears. My poor little baby. This's just so sad. My daughter Kristie came home from her weekend away and she to had broken out. Luckily my oldest daughter had already had them. I got a phone call from my girlfriend lisa and one of her girls had got them as well. Kristies best friend. Well that was a disaster because Lisa and he husband Steve were flying out to Aussie on Thursday and they've had to pospose their trip. I just feel absolutely terrible because I know that they must have got it from us. Our kids have been having lots of sleepovers lately. If your reading this Lisa "I AM SO SORRY!!!!" This photo was of my baby when I thought she was bad!!! Aa Aa, no way. My poor little monkey. Poor Kristie just doesn't know what to do with herself, being older, she is more aware of her itching and it makes it hard. I just feel so sorry for them!!!!

I've been inspired2scrap! LOL!!

Well its 12 midnight and I just came back from a class that my girlfriend Lisa was teaching. I rang her up this afternoon and she said that she had a class tonight and that she had one cancellation. I had seen the layout that she proposed to do on her blog page and fell in love with the layout straight away. Anyway I rang her back and asked if I could possibly join the class and of course she said yes. Lisa had to make me up a slightly different pack because she had only enough paper for the rest of the packs. Anyway I am so excited, because I was absolutely rapped with the result. Sorry the scan isn't the best. Anyway I absolutely love these pictures. The 2 favourite men in my life LOL! Well most of the time. So thank you so much Lisa! http://www.inspired2scrap.typepad.com

Yes! Another layout done!!

Well I managed to get another layout done for my pieces of me class. Yeh!! Another one down. Heaps to go..... I really enjoyed doing this layout because as you can see the topic was "My Favourite Colour", and colour is one of my favourite things. When I see colours, especially bright vibrant colours...they just inspire me!!! My hubby reckons he's going to paint the bedroom bright colours...LOL!! Yeh Right!! I hope that everyone at CC06 is having a lot of fun!! And Nicki if you read this, Thank you for all my wonderful comments. I know you are one of my biggest fans LOL!! 

Another Job Finished!

Well my hubby came home last night after travelling up to Orewa every day for the last two weeks and waa laa, he had completed the job he was paving. I was so impressed with the result that I just had to add them to my blog. I think he is very talented, don't you. The product that the clients chose was from Paving Innovations in Penrose. Wow, I would like to have this at my house. With a few trees and some nice landscaping, this pool is going to look fantastic.
Well we had celebrations last night. My oldest daughter just found out that she had made it into her school gymnastics team and there were a lot of talented girls that didn't make it, who she felt really sorry for. My Second oldest daughter found out that she had made it into speech finals, which is fantastic news. And my son found out that he had a) been put up to red dot books at school and b) won a prize at assembly today, but he hadn't been at school this week because he got the chicken spots. Poor little man. And last of all, we found out that my youngest daughter starts morning kindy at the end of this month. So we just had to celebrate with a Hells Pizza. The kids were very happy about this, considering we haven't had takeaways for about 3 months. Well it has nearly been a week since Nana left us and on the good note, we have been managing ok. I have just been getting a bit impatient that I can't quick move my arm and I want it to heal immediately LOL!!! But after finding a site on the internet about Ulnar Nerve Transportation, I found out what they actually did and know realized that it is going to take a little time to heal. Just a bit hard to adjust to when I am so used to being independent. You'll always find me painted, or moving furniture around or moving heavy objects. Sometimes I think that I forget that I'm female LOL!! And take on anything. Probably came from having 2 brothers!! Thanks guys! Anyway hoping to get some scrapbooking done today so I might post what I did later on. But anyway don't you agree. My hubby had done a nice job!!! Cya

Back on the Scrapping Train!!!

Well, I am very very excited. Only a week and a bit after I have had surgery and I have managed to scrap again. Oh my gosh I am just so excited LOL!! Nothing is going to stop me know, except for no time, kids and office work etc. Never mind, they can all wait. A few months back I started attending a scrapbooking class called "Pieces of Me". My girlfriend Lisa is one of the Tutors for this class. It's not what you know, its who you know LOL!!! Love you to bits Lisa. Anyway, I am way way behind on our pages and decided to try and get my b... into gear and get a hurry on. We are scrapbooking a 8 x 8 album. And by the way, the gorgeous lime green paper that I have used at the bottom of my double layout are from the daisyd's premium paper collection, which I got from Scrapbookingbydesign. Thanks Lisa, absolutely wonderful papers. I have to keep away from her amazing products. Her collection of scrapbooking products is just to die for. All the browns that I have used are from the basic grey range. When we first started our class, we were given a bag of goodess to start our project off with. In the bag was about a dozen puzzle pieces, so I decided to cover them with bazzil. I machine sewed all the labels onto the puzzle pieces first and then after cutting and sticking everything together, brushed gold paint over the puzzle pieces. Very time consuming, but I love the finish that I got.
The flowers that I used were from making memories. I used chipboard on the layout as well. And last of all fibers. As you can see, I absolutely love colour. LOL!!!

Well I am a bit sad today, because I have had my mother in-law staying with us since last Tuesday. She came up from Hamilton to help me with everything after my operation. The house is just immaculate. My gosh this woman just doesn't stop. At 7am the beds a make, the kids are being fed, the washing machine is on. The vaccum cleaner is just about to have a work out. Lunches are made. Dinner is being prepared. Kids are put into their uniforms and sent off to school. I am sent off to the shower. Then before you know it, it is morning tea. My mother-law is just amazing. What am I going to do without her. She only left 3 hours again and I feel lost. LOL!!! Come back please.....come back...... Anyway I think I have rambled on for long enough. As you have probably read, I am very excited to be scrapping again. So signing off!!! And thanks if you are still reading LOL!! 

I Can't Stop Myself!!!

I am the type of person that just can't resist stripping something and then repainting it. My daughter was feeling a little down because she is sick of having to live in a gibbed room. Budget didn't quite stretch to finish our extensive renovations LOL! She wanted her room in the pink and orange theme and I had been lucky enough to get the perfect duvet from my girlfriend. Her older daughter was going to have it for her room and changed her mind on her colourscheme. Thank goodness LOL! Anyway Aimee's furniture was looking very tired, being meltecca, so I decided to surprise her. I took the old black handles off and replaced them with these gold ones and then got my tester pots out and tried to match the colours of the duvet. I stripped and painted the cabinet and 2 draws with an off white paint in a random brush stroke pattern. I was really pleased with the results. Just goes to show if you have a little time and little money, you can make something last a few more years. 

Well I Made it!

Got thru my surgery last thursday. One minute I'm joking with the doctors and nurses in theatre asking them to be gentle and bribing them with a nice muffin etc and then next thing 3.5 hrs later, I wake up, and it feels like a second. Wow!!!Ready weird feeling! And so glad my biggest fear didn't come true, and that was waking up in surgery!! Anyway the good news is that I'm on the road to recovery and back to what I love doing - creating!!!