Finn is one..

I had a moment to finish this page off yesterday. Finn was one in August and a big day it was for the little fellow!

I have used SC- classic calico for the background, bits of AC -Chap, BG- pb&j, and Crater Paper- story teller papers. Washi tape, Jillibean Soup alphas, SC wood veneers, MME-journalling card, buttons, brad and a pebble dot.

Happy little fellow, with his mate n lifesaver- 'dum dum' .

A very cleverly made 'Hungry caterpillar' cake, which the paper word caught alight ...this caused some extra excitement mid singing  of Happy Birthday!!

Hope you are having a good week and able to catch some memorable moments someway somehow!

Sue xx

more layouts from the mini retreat..

Hi, after a couple days struck down with a tummy bug....it's running rife around our area atm..... i am back to post the last of my layouts from our mini retreat.... 

First Easter: This one is a fav of mine....using the lovely new Pink Paislee 'Portforlio' range of embellishments combined with some MME papers and yummy enamel dots, SC papers and wood veneers....and some washi tapes.

i love you boys:  

Smile for Santa:  i realised while i was packing for the retreat that i hadn't yet scrapped last years Christmas photo shoot photos!!(and here is christmas fast approaching us again!!eek...i must get these ones scrapped!!)
These photos of Mace brought back fond memories of that day trying to get 6 little boys to all do the right thing for the camera!!  He pulled alsorts of faces for me, the middle photo he was doing the arghhh arghhh noise as a pirate does, and then at last he gave me the big cheesey smile!! This little boy has me cracking up with his antics!!

You are my sunshine: and this one features Mace again, with his 'superman' cape on, at the farm climbing the front fence! This page was inspired by Karen D and with some help from the table as well....thanks AH.

Now to get on with some more creativeness in my own craft room!! A couple SC kits arrived with some yummy stamps and embellies which i can hardly wait to do something with!!

Hope you are having a great week,

Sue xx

E2C mini retreat

I love Trinity Haven Camp, it is right on the beach near Tumby Bay, and this is where the E2C mini retreat was held again this year. 37 ladies came along with all their scrapping gear, and scrapped we did!! All weekend!!

Once again there was great atmosphere, good company, great food and our local 3 scrap shops come along with their wares so we can scrap, shop, scrap some more, shop some more all weekend!! And if you need a break down to the beach you can head....i love to smell the sea air, feel the sand on my toes - it is just so relaxing for me!!...and the scrapping is a bonus!!

Here is the view from the beach:

and the view from in the shed...busy scrappers everywhere!!

I managed to get 6 layouts done over the weekend, which for me was an acheivement!! The first couple featured Jacob, this one with him wearing his little glasses. He is so cute with them on!

I am loving arrows and paint splats at the moment...the feature on many of my pages!!

and Jacob celebrating his 7th birthday earlier this year.

Well, i hope you have had a good weekend, and i will share the rest of my pages soon.

Thanks for popping on by,

Sue xx

little farm boys...

Ashley took these photos on his i-phone and sent to me...these boys just love to come out to the farm, and they love to see the chooks....well, that was before the big naughty fox came one afternoon and ate them all!! I did love my big colourful rooster with his lovely big tail feathers!

I have used the Basic Grey 'clippings' range here - papers, journalling cards, alpha stickers & banners, and added some AC thickers, and a Flair for buttons - button, and a SC veneer camera.

Hope you are having a nice day...

Sue xx

Currently...

I LOVE..... the view out my front window!!! and thankfully our house faces north, so every room has this view!

I should have taken these shots a week ago, as with a few warm days plus a couple windy ones the canola flowers are starting to come to an end but still....a sea of yellow all around us!! I never tire of this sight and it is one advantage of living up here on this hill - to see for miles around us.

I just love it!!

hope you are having a happy day,

Sue xx

this boy LOVES his mum..

When you  get a smooch from this little fella you feel very special because  he gives very tight squeezes and  big kisses but they aren't given out freely....except to his Mum!! He is so gorgeous!

This one came together quickly - which always pleases (& surprises) me!! I have used MME paper for the background, Crate Paper, MME & Echo Park patt. papers, October Afternoon & AC thicker alphas, Studio Calico stamps, AC date stamp, gg & loui badge/button, ticket & journalling card unknown.

Hope you can find some spare time to relax over this busy grand-final weekend!

Have a good one,

Sue xx

Eight today...

This young man turned Eight earlier this year, and i found these photos amongst my mess!! He was right into bird nesting at the time, so his branch & birdnest cake was perfect for him!! The nests were made by combining melted chocolate & changs noodles and then moulding them into a foil lined bowls. Once set remove and add foil covered eggs!! Easy and quite a hit with the kids!!! He loved it!!

These Heidi Swapp 'no limits' papers suited perfectly...good boy papers!! I added stickers from Echo Park, AC thickers and Crate Paper alphas, stamps from Studio Calico & Heidi Swapp, some twine and a button badge.

Hope you are enjoying this sunshine!!

Suexx

swims like a fish..

I think this is the last one of the boys swimming pages from last summer!! The spurt of warmer weather last weekend inspired me to scrap summery pages....but we have since seen a return of the very wintery conditions. But all is good...

This little boy loves his swim lessons at the Leisure Centre, and each term i can see his confidence & keeness growing more and more...which is good....and he loves it when i tell him he swims like a little fish!!

Products used on this page are: Patt. papers- Studio Calico, Crate Paper; Alphas - Basic Grey, Sassafras, AC thickers; Stamps - Studio Calico; Stickers- Crate Paper, Heidi Swapp; buttons-October Afternoon and some washi tape.

Have a nice day,

Sue xx

Floating...

Another page completed yesterday. This one was done with minimal papers and a bit of misting and inking and then adding just a few bits n bobs.

Papers used here were from MME 'Bright Side' range and BG 'pb&j' 6x6 paper pad. I love those little pads for just a snippet of paper - and great for cards too! Alphas were AC thickers- i love these ones, i have used them over & over, a mask from Crafters templates, stamps- Heidi Swapp, camera from EP paper.

Hope you having a good day,

Sue xx

Learn to Swim

Now that shearing is all done n dusted, i had time to sit quietly out of this horrid blustery weather and attempt some scrapping!!

I finished this one off

Using some new OA 'Woodland Park' papers & alphas, plus some Elle's studio tags, Studio calico banner and wood veneer arrows (i love arrows lately!!), and did some misting with Mister Huey's white mist...it was finally complete!

Onto the next one!

Hope you are having some quiet time to yourself,

Sue xx