Organize, Organize, Organize .....

Hi there! It has been FOREVER since I've been on this! I guess it's a little thing called 'life' that gets in the way sometimes! We've had a busy few weeks ... our wedding anniversary 2 weeks ago, my b'day last week ... kids activities on .... Phil has been away for 2 weeks for work ... the list goes on ... I know most of you know exactly what it's like so I probably don't need to say any more!!!!!!!

I'm a terrible one for getting school notes and putting them somewhere 'safe' so I finally decided to decorate this clipboard which I picked up from Scrapsidaisy (see my links!) .... I'm still so 'new' to scrapping and off the page stuff that I get very nervous about it but I am happy with how this turned out. Of course I wait till the END of the year to do this so I'm obviously very unorganized ... but I think I might look at it instead as being very organized for next year! That's a much better spin on it! Kind of like a glass half full, not half empty!

Hope you've all been well ... thanks for looking - those of you who are still around and haven't given up on me!!!!!

I'll be back soon .... xoxoxo

Loss of a loved one ...

Yesterday a very special friend of ours, Gordon, lost his much loved Nan. It's so hard to know what to do sometimes but letting them know we are there for them is the most important thing. I made this card today to send to Sharon, Gordon and their boys ... the little butterflies are on foam dots so add a bit of dimension to the card.

This is the card I made for Gordon's Mum and Dad ....

A Wedding ...

My step-sister is getting married in April next year and has asked me to do the invitations for her. So I've made a couple of samples to send up to her (of course we live 8 hours away from each other!!!!!) and hopefully she will like one of them so I can get stuck into making them! The colours of the wedding are chocolate browns, creams, gold etc so hopfully this colour scheme will be just what she's looking for! There is a lot of info to go in the invitation (map, gifts, RSVP etc) so that is why there are little cards inside it for all of that ... I haven't printed anything at this stage - more just to get an idea of what she would like for the moment!

Another Invitation

This is the second invitation I've made for the wedding ... it's using Tracey's technique of the card in the little envelope.

Scrapsidaisy Card Making Day!

Hi there! Wow ... Saturday I spent the day at a Card Making day at Scrapsidaisy organized by the wonderful Leisa and Julieann. What a fantastic day doing different classes and learning new techniques ... I had a blast and enjoyed it so much. I missed it last month but can't wait till the next one in December! A HUGE thank you to Leisa and Julieann for organizing it and going to so much trouble for all of us lucky girls that came on the day! The above 2 pictures are from 2 of the classes the gorgeous Julieann taught ... the first '25' card was using a different embossing technique which I really enjoyed learning as I hadn't done any embossing before (I feel a new obsession coming on though!) ... the second lot of cards was from an easy and quick session at the end of the day after we had taken in so much info!!!!!! There was also a tag class which I haven't finished off yet so as soon as I do I'll post it as well ... I seem to have so much trouble with time management to fit scrapping in everyday ... something I need to work on! Anyway, thanks again to Leisa and Julieann ... thanks also to Tracey for coming up to teach us her stunning card technique ... and thanks to the girls I spent the day there with for making it a lot of fun!

Tracey's class ...

This is the card that the very talented Tracey taught us ... such a gorgeous
card and pretty easy once you realise how it's made ... thanks Tracey for
teaching us this ... I know it's going to be a favourite style of card of mine!

My boy .......

A quick page of Nick and I together ... we hardly ever get photo's taken together - he doesn't always love the camera! But I love these photo's of him ... he's so cheeky and gorgeous! I suppose though what 11 y/o boy does like their photo taken?? These photo's capture his fun personality perfectly!

Happy Birthday Donna!

It's my very dear friend of 20+ years b'day tomorrow so I made this canvas to send to her! Hope she has a great day!