Just some photo's

Nothing creative to blog this week, but I am sure I will have loads on Sunday after our Crop.
This is what happens when I am at work, and kids and hubby are at home on mid-term break. My hubby kept me posted yesterday with photo's via email.



I then got an email showing me what was for desert when I got home. This is what was attached.

I was actually quiet impressed with Hubby, because normally he takes awful photo's, but yesterday he got the focus right. Oh and I was so impressed with his attempt at baking !!

Scrappy Challenge # 11

So here is my take on this weeks blog challenge by Kim. The challenge here was to use a sketch by
Ronda using the word 'Today'. The scan unfortunately did not come out to good so for those that can't see the title it is called 'Celebrate Today' .
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I do believe it is important to take a bit of time out to think about what we should be grateful for. That we should celebrate the little blessings we have. Sometimes I find that when I am down, I think about the things that I am blessed with and I thank the Lord for this it makes whatever burden I am carrying a little lighter.
So on this note, here are some of the things I am blessed with :

• Three beautiful children and a fantastic husband that I have been married to for 15 years.
• I have been blessed in my career and job and I love doing what I do.
• I am blessed to have been offered an opportunity to live and work in the UK, with this comes a whole host of other blessings.
• I am blessed to have fantastic friends, friends that I have made through this fabulous hobby, scrapbooking.
• I am blessed with my my health.

Color Combo Challenge # 93

I had a fantastic scrappy day today ! I took the day off from work because I had an appointment for Aidan for his eyes. The appointment was cancelled first thing this morning because the doctor had called in sick so I decided to spend the day scrapping and it felt so good !!!
Here is my take on this weeks Color Combo Challenge. I created the purple background with my new Stampin Around Spot On stamp from Stampin Up. I stamped on the Fancy Pants clear flowers with black staz on ink so that they would stand out a bit. (not sure if you can see this clearly though.) The BG Off Beat papers I used from my package I received this morning.
I finished another layout too for another challenge due at the end of the week, which I will share with you soon. Just a bit tired tonight and going to bed after posting.

Just a quick LO

I did this layout quickly, in between me sorting out supper, and bathing Emma. While I was putting it together I was thinking to myself that I must not 'faff'. I tend to 'faff' allot with my pages with then results in a time consuming LO. Presently, at my pace of scrapping, I am never going to make a dent in my stash, and that is scary.
So my action plan to make space for more stash is the following:
1. Do quick simple LO's
2. Have photo's on hand, because this is one thing I am never organised with. When ever I go to a crop I land up rushing around just before leaving trying to print photo's, which then lands up being a disaster and normally don't accomplish much and I then resort to faffing.
3. Plan LO's, by keeping a journal of inspiration.
4. Make presents for family and friends.
5. Offer RAK on my blog to my readers, (now I am not sure how others do this, and for what occasions, then again do we need an occasion ?) I know that one of my scrappy buddies offer RAK for challenges. I have seen another crafty blogger do it at a certain number of visitors. So if you would be so kind comment here so I can see your thoughts on RAK and when one should offer it.
6. Do mini albums.

Pencil Line Sketch #105

I just managed to finish this now this morning , just before the next Pencil Line Sketch is loaded today. Really great inspiration here on their site. Thanks girls.

Scrappy Challenge {10}

I did this layout for a Kim's blog challenge. The challenge here was to use 5 different stamps on a layout, including stamping the back ground. I loved doing this simply because it was a challenge to put together a boys layout, this is mainly because I have plenty of flower stamps that I use often, so I tried something different.
I stamped the background with a Hero Arts Background stamp and did other bits with various acrylic stamps.
One thing I do have is tons of stamps, acrylic as well as block mounted which I hardly ever use, but I will definitely be using them more often now because I really like the effect.
The colour combination is not something I would normally use but got my inspiration from Colour Combos Galore
Thanks for the inspiration Kim, it was great doing my first Scrappy Challenge !!



Here is a picture of the products and some of the tools I used to create this.
{Stamps : Autumn Leaves, Fancy Pants, Wildflower, Imaginisce, Hero Arts Background Stamp}


And here is a bit of scrappy mess. I love creative mess and it feels so good now that I don't have to pack up everything each time I scrap. Before I was confined to the dinning room table, and packed up at each meal time, it eventually became such an issue for me that I didn't scrap much. Now I have a little bit of space in the spare room and loving it.

Pencil Line Sketch #104

Here is my take on this weeks Pencil Line sketch #104 , by Dawn Inskip. I love this site, the inspiration and talent is just amazing. I must be honest though this is my first one, simply because I don't scrap as much as I would like to. Hopefully now that I have converted the spare bedroom into a scrap area for me, this will now change :)