Getting page kits ready for the retreat...

I like to pack a couple page kits before I go to a scrapping weekend away....to get a little mojo started and in the scrapping mood.....so I started putting one together..... i got to the stage...oh bugger....just stick it....and then it was all but complete....so i completed it! Oh well, all good!!

 

So this is page one complete...SEVEN:  Evan's birthday last May....and his little brother is right into the blowing the candles out- which is soooo cute!!

 These pages are more about the moment than the  photo....obviously...as the photos aren't that crash hot...but if i miss a birthday, i sure do get reminded. The little ones love to see 'their' birthday on paper.



 

 So kit one complete and made....onto the next one...

Once again....i was getting so into it, i thought may as well stick this all down, do some stamping, and some ink splats....before the day was done the page was complete..

CELEBRATE:  This day was Jacob's birthday, and we weren't having a birthday tea so Granny n Pops took the boys to the 5 Loaves Bakery for a milkshake and a donut!

 So i have really gotten into the scrapping mood over this past week.....but then i did eventually move onto packing a couple extra kits without using the glue!!! Hopefully the mojo keeps on coming next weekend!!! So looking forward to it!

I then found this one under my scrap mat....obviously it needed some flattening out for it to be under there....but i had forgotten about it...i think i did this one last mini retreat back in September/ October.

CHERISH: if i remember rightly it was a page inspired by Ebony van de Starre. With the bright inky painty splats and the dashes of black stamping. A photo of Finn an i having cuddles. He is our littlest boy, full of cheek n fun!! Love him to bits!!

 Well, onto some more packing for the retreat next weekend...

Have a great sunday!

Sue xx

Road Trip to the SE & Victoria

We have just returned home from a lovely road trip to Adelaide, down the South East and into Victoria to Ballarat.

It was a little road trip down memory lane at the same time...stopping to visit an Aunt in Coonalpyn, a drive around my old home town of Tintinara and out to our old farm. Stopping in at old friends to say a hello and calling into to cemeteries to visit resting places of relatives.

 A chat and laugh over a cuppa with Auntie Bette.

 

We ventured down to Keith and onto Robe for a couple nights, visiting Beachport for lunch one day. It is amazing how small this world is....when you chat to someone in a little quaint café...there's always some-one who knows some-one from where you come from...even a lovely old gentleman knew our farm at Edillilie at Beachport!!

 

 The beautiful long jetty at Beachport and the aqua sea!

 

My very patient husband will stop along the road side for me to pop out into the bush to take some photos- of the vegetation, a windmill or an old woolshed....I am always seeing something to click the camera at.





 I just adore the beautiful big gums thru the lower South East. I wished I was a painter!

 

 Then it was on across to Penola- a visit to Mary Mackillop land and down Petticoat lane and then into Victoria to Ballarat to visit my sister. Thru Casterton, Hamilton and the lower Grampians.

 



 

We had a very busy 4 days in Ballarat- a walk around the Lake Wendouree, a train trip down to Melbourne to visit the MCG for Rob's birthday. A drive up to Daylesford on a Sunday to visit the Vintage and street markets....onto Avoca for a quiet beer an meal in the pub.

 It was time to say good-bye to Jules and Brent- we had a great time with them in Ballarat, seeing where they now live....but now it was time to head on back to Adelaide and then home.

And we spent a couple days with Mum n Dad before we headed back to the coast.

 

There is nothing quite like a road trip...to visit new places, re-visit old places and catch up with family and friends along the way! It is something we don't do often enough!

 

Thanks for popping on by...

Suexx



Memories....of my little red hen..

Finally I found some inspiration to scrap.....with some help of my Gelatos, some layering, some typing, and some sticking...and this little treat of a photo, I bought this memory home to stay.

 



I can't believe this photo was taken over 3 years ago. And it does bring a smile to me as I remember that day. Jacob you was so proud to have caught my little hen and bring it into my kitchen to show me.....no Granny could ever be cross at that cute little face and the little red hen certainly didn't mind the adventure!!

So my memory from that day was made:

Have you a lovely memory to keep forever in your stash...??

Thanks for popping on by,

Sue xxx

Explore....you & me...

 

I gathered up some papers and embellishments that were upon my desk and I began to create...

Firstly I added some mists to my background... cut some papers and made some layers...

 



 added my photos, alphas and found some cute gold tape...put some cut-outs together along with a gold doily..

and together we explored....just you and me..
                                               in old London town...

Thanks for popping on by....

Hope ya having a nice day!! xx

Creating on funday Sunday....

I was just in the mood to disappear out into my crafty room and have a play. I had seen on pinterest some time ago and idea using crepe paper to make coloured background. So I had a small canvas and some bright coloured crepe paper and began...not too sure how it would work out..

First I wet the canvas in small sections with a foam brush and added various strips of torn crepe paper until totally covered...

 When it was almost dry, slowly lifted the crepe off ....very excited that the colour had transferred onto the canvas...where the crepe had tucked up left white of the canvas showing thru....but I was okay with that....liked the look...

 

 I let it dry totally and then got out my tub of rub-ons...and decided to use various inspiring words, added some doodley flowers and flourish rub-ons and punched out some butterflies....

I was quite chuffed with the end result....and certainly a technique that I could use to make backgrounds on other projects!! What did we do before pinterest???....I guess read magazines!!!

Thought I would share this with you who pops on by...

Have a nice day..

Sue xx

more mini retreat layouts....pt 2

Next it was time to catch-up with scrapping some boys birthdays!! First it was Mace and his awesome Ninja cake... Rachel does a fantastic job of making wonderful cakes for her boys! and this one was quite a treat!!

your Awesome Ninja cake:

 



 Then onto little Finn....who as every 3 year old is in love with Peppa Pig....a Peppa Pig cake it was to be for him!! I just love the pics of his dear little smiley face when he saw his cake....and of course he wanted to eat the pigs nose!!
Birthday time

 Then I came across this lovely photo of Jacob on the motor-bike with Johnny the blue heeler. Family pets and kids = special moments, especially when the pet wants to ride on the motor-bike with you!!

Jacob & Johnny:

I loved the papers on this one, thanks Bridgette Siebert who had this crate paper one in her stash!!

Well, that was my retreat layouts...now to find a moment to do another page...one day soon I hope!

Thanks for popping in on by,

Sue xx

E2C mini retreat layouts...

Two weekends ago I went to the Escape2create mini retreat at Trinity....and tried to scrap up some pages. After discovering I haven't scrapped for some time or taken many photos in the later part of this year...it was time for some scrappy catch-up. Birthdays a plenty.... to get the mojo happening I copied  the Gina Rogers class from the big retreat in March this year.

This was a photo from Rob's birthday shared with the Lukin boys...
Love this moment:

 

I used some pretty papers with this one, and added a touch a gold...with gold washi, and put some gold card stock through the dymo labeller to make some little word strips.

 

Then onto one of my favourite times and pics with the boys, when we went tadpole hunting at the waterhole.

The tadpole hunt:



I went for a smaller size page for this one....and felt that the page fills up way too quickly for me!! Quick and easier way to scrap I guess...I think I prefer 12 x 12 still, but it suited the smaller photos.

Will be back soon with some more from that scrappy weekend away.

Thanks for popping on by and hope you find some time to scrap this weekend,

Sue xx

Turning 10 today...

Finally quite time to finish this off and post it up...

Mr Ethan, who turned 10 back in January!!

 

I haven't scrapped in such a long time- I just pulled out some patterned paper, and started sticking, adding whatever I found within reach - no rules but it came together better than I first was imagining!!!
Now this week to begin getting organised for the mini retreat....I haven't printed any photos off since Feb 2014,  So i have gotten out my cameras....and ummm...yep there are some pics n more birthdays awaiting for me to scrap.- and that doesn't even included any travel photos!!  Off to the print shop i go!!!

Well, hope you are having a nice long weekend,

Thanks for popping by,

Sue xxx

I'm back....back to reality!!

I am back....and back to reality!! Holidays are wonderful times aren't they??

If any of you who don't know we have just spent the month of August overseas in Europe...visiting our AFS daughter Angela for her wedding in Germany, then we travelled onto London for a week and then onto Italy for 9 days. We did a 4 day tour of Tuscany and the Cinque Terre, then spent 5 days in Rome exploring.

We had the most amazing trip - my highlights were spending time with Angi's family and just been there for her wedding was incredibly special. Going to London - visiting Buckingham Palace, spending time with my pen friend Doris from Berlin, seeing those iconic Red phone boxes and Big Ben, visiting Stonehenge, visiting the Cinque Terre was ticked off my bucket list, and visiting the Colosseum and the Pantheon in Rome were my fav. parts if I just sit here and think back.

I posted a few pics on facebook or instagram along the way if you follow me....but I will post just a couple here. I just love Bavaria - the southern part of Germany...it is so beautiful!!

 Angi and Baris

 Those Red phone boxes and Big Ben

 Waiting for the Change of the Guards

 a coffee & scone at Buckingham Palace



The Colosseum

so that is just a quick look at our trip....wonderful memories. Now to decide what to do with all my photos, how to scrap them or which ones to go for.....pondering on this at the moment.

 

But in the meanwhile yesterday I sat at my scrap desk...struggled to find the Mojo and where to start, what is in this stash I got here and how do I do this again????? I will give it another go today!!

 

Stay tuned....and thanks for popping past here....

if you do pop in leave a g'day or say hello, it's always nice to know that someone does pop in for a looksee..

 

Seeya soon,

 

Sue xx



 











when you were One...

As I was filing old photos that were sitting in envelopes on my desk I came across these...oh dear little Eli back in 2008....and just couldn't file them away without scrapping them. That was enough inspiration for me to cut paper and do some sticking!!

Here is the result:

I've had the urge to use feathers of some kind lately....and found some already cut out in the Glitz "Wild n Free' range embellishment pack amongst my stash...so that was enough for me, then I found I had the matching stickers which had a dream catcher on it. I was on a win!! All completed without too much procrastinating (as I usually do!).

Hope you are finding some inspiration amongst your scrap stash in this cold weather!

Catchya soon,

Sue xx