A Christmas Roundup................

Once again Christmas was full of love and joy, and 10 year old excitement. DS was beside himself leading up to Christmas. He knew he was getting a quad bike from us, but had no idea what Santa might leave, and I don't think he really cared ~ 2010 was all about the quad. I was a little mean and told him the delivery mans truck had broken down and the quad wouldn't be delivered until later on Xmas Day. To keep him away from the garage I told him it had been sprayed because there were white tail spiders in there ~ oh, the little lies we tell to keep the magic alive. Needless to say there was a fairly loud squeal of delight when I sent him over to the shed to let the dog out when he got up at 6.00am. Seems that gone are the days of waking him at 8.00am to open presents.
Anyway here's a little look at our day:

Wrapped and ready to go

The all important key ~ at the top of the tree!!

Family

So, once again, it's over for another year

Cheers.............................Leanne

SALE TIME.........................

20% of ALL STOCK

Excludes clearance items

Available until Friday 17th December 2010

LOVE SCRAPPIN 

So head on over an bag a bargain for Xmas

Cheers...............................Leanne  

December Sketch Challenge..................................

was my task this month at Scrap Pile:

My example is still in the making, but will feature very soon

Cheers...............................Leanne

Recipe Challenge .................................

at Love Scrappin;
was the challenge set by Suz for the DT this month.
The recipe:
-you must have a one word heading
-1 to 4 photo's~up to you.
-would like to see a banner on your page
-buttons
-handmade tag with written journaling
-handmade flower
-paint or glimmermist somewhere on your layout
-stamping

I had the pleasure of working with Prima Marketing Road Trip 
and the result:

I scrap the way I cook, recipes are a guide ~ the flower just wasn't right!!!
Head on over and have a go at the recipe and have fun


Cheers........................................Leanne

Scrapping Update..........................

not a whole lot of scrapping has gone on, but I do have a few updates:
October Scrap Pile DT Layouts
I loved working with the Bo Bunny Cambridge collection teamed with a variety of Prima products:

November Scrap Pile DT Layouts
Another fabulous pack of products: Websters Pages and Prima oooooooo la la:

The layout above is of me lunching beside the Nile River on the first day of our recent holiday.

Cheers...............................Leanne

Golly Gosh.................................

what happened to the past month???? Life has been extraordinarily busy in recent weeks, hence the neglect of this poor blog and minimal scrapping. But first a little update of our recent holiday. Egypt was fabulous ~ everything is on a grand scale and there is definitely a WOW factor!! I didn't enjoy the culture or the food as much as Vietnam, but what we saw was mighty impressive:

Only a brief update, but as I scrap the photos I will upload here.

Cheers...............................Leanne

MIA...........................

but I have a good excuse......................we've been holidaying in Egypt and we had a sensational time. Back at work now, but have had a few days in Sydney at a training event, so still trying to catch up.
Will upload some photos shortly (we downloaded them and the hard drive died, so need to reload ~ thank heavens they were backed up!!).
Also have some layouts to upload as well ~ in a few days........................


Cheers for now.................................Leanne

Stamp Camp.........................

Two or three times each term a group of us gather together for a scrapping night which usually revolves around a Kaszazz workshop. This past weekend a couple of us joined the Kaszazz stamp camp at Riverwood Downs. It was a fabulous weekend of uninterrupted scrapping with a variety of challenges on offer it you were so inclined. I decided to participate in 2 of the challenges. The first involved a challenge pack and this was the result:

The second was more open with the criteria being: Kaszazza products and altered chipboard. Fortunately I had taken along my Vietnam holiday to scrap and had an appropriate photo to match some Kaszazz papers, and the result:

Whilst in Vietnam we attended the ex-pats Anzac Day ceremony at the Intercontinental Hotel in Ho Chi Min City. To alter the chipboard I first inked, then stamped and then applied Dimensional Magic;

I had a successful weekend in the challenges with this one winning it's section and a second in the challenge pack competition.

Looking forward to next year's camp already............................

Cheers......................................Leanne

Whoops...........................

where have the past 3 weeks gone???? Life has been busy. Our old house has been sold and the final moving and cleaning completed. Another two weekends were spent at Riverwood Downs and here we are the end of September and holidays have begun!!
Nothing to share on the scrapping front ~ been way too busy and distracted to scrap :-(, but Suz at Love Scrappin has designed a fabulous scrap tote that is exclusively available HERE. Want a peak??

This unique HAND MADE scrappers tote is one of a kind and features 2 internal pockets,one for essentials and the other for pens,brushes,scissors etc.It has a removable base it's roomy enough for 12 x 12 papers,cutter,mini caddy,basically your scrappin necessities.The material used is Heather Bailey-Fresh Fusion.Its approx 46cm wide by 38cm deep ,handle27cm.It also features a hand made frayed flower closure.

Anyhow, that's all from me, catch you all soon..........................................


Cheers..........................Leanne

And the Theme .....................................

for September over at Love Scrappin is VINTAGE!!! Head on over to the Love Scrappin blog and check out my tutorial on creating a vintage banner as an embellishment for a layout. And my vintage inspired layout:

Was up early for soccer this morning, so I'm heading off for a little nanna nap. Hopefully I'll feel a bit more like scrapping after that.

Cheers.........................Leanne

Finally...............................

I feel like I have had a weekend after months of my weekends disappearing into nothingness or being consumed by "must do" activities, and surprisingly my mojo has returned. I have been finding scrapping difficult lately, too many other things to think about, but this past week I got back to my old habit of planning layouts in my head and gathering supplies. Then yesterday when I sat down to scrap it just all fell into place ~ easily ~ just like it did before the craziness began.
And the result of my efforts ~ my Scrap Pile August DT layouts:

And, just quietly, I am very happy with the results. Anyhow, back to work tomorrow, so it's off to bed for me.

Cheers..................................Leanne

August challenges.................................

are up and running over at Scrap Pile. This month I am taking care of the Sketch challenge. Desperately trying to use up some of my older stash with this one:

The sketch and all the details can be found HERE.

Cheers.............................Leanne

Hello World.............................

I'm back!!!!! Yes it has been almost a month, but I have a good excuse ~ moving and no internet. The move went relatively smoothly, but was totally exhausting. We totally packed up one house, moved and completely unpacked in 8 days. I then had 3 days of my holiday left, but most of that time was spent pottering and organising.
On the scrapping front, I only managed my Scrap Pile DT layouts as it was way too difficult to scrap from boxes and the boxes had to be packed. I had the pleasure of working with the gorgeous 7 Gypsies Avignon range and couldn't help but add Prima goodness:

Tammy has settled in well and provides us with plenty of laughs. Think she will also become a fav scrapping topic too :)

That's all for now, boy it's good to be back................................

Cheers.............................Leanne

Scrap Pile DT Layouts......................

for June!! How embarrassing is that ~ I haven't even visited to upload my Scrap Pile DT layouts. I had the sensationally gorgeous Scrap Within Reach papers and accessories to work with. These papers are gorgeous, heavy weight with lovely designs perfect for all the males in your life. Totally enjoyed woprking with these papers and here are the results:

These papers and accessories can be found HERE.

Okay, time to go and pack some more and get cracking on my July DT layouts

Cheers.....................................Leanne

Oh Dear...............................

where has the time disappeared to??? This past month has been crazy, but I had no idea that it had been 4 weeks since I visited this little part of cyberspace. So. what has been happening??? 12 weeks ago we decided that enough was enough in this neighbourhood and it was time to move. A few manic weeks of preparing this house for sale and then it was on the market. The plan was to sit tight and sell this property before making any moves, but that didn't last very long. After a trip to the bank and investigating the cost of renting if we sold before buying it became apparent that the best option would be to buy regardless of if this property was sold. And of course with that decision made, the perfect property came up. After a week of drooling at it over the net and a trip to a nearby display village, we decided to take the plunge and have a look only to have our hopes dashed as there were already buyers on the property. After a few days of major disappointment we got back on the horse and started trawling the real estate sites again. A country drive one Sunday afternoon renewed our hope and the search was on again. Meanwhile the dream property was still on the net. A couple of weeks later there was still nothing that interested us, except the dream property, so off I went to the agent to find out what was going on. Thirty minutes later I was viewing the property and 2 hours later an offer was made. The offer was accepted a couple of days later and the the legal wheels began to turn.
Fast forward to today and this house looks like a disaster zone as I pack it ready for the pending move. Settlement is Wednesday and the official move is Friday. Needless to say we are all riding high on excitement here. I never dreamed that we would purchase a property that not only met ALL of our needs but seriously meets our wants as well, including a gorgeous dedicated studio room for me :-)
So, that's the last 12 weeks in a nutshell, scrapping has been minimal, but I do need to upload my June (how embarrassing) DT layouts for Scrap Pile and then get back to the packing.

Cheers....................................Leanne

June Sketch Challenge......................

at Scrap Pile was my challenge to create this month. I decided on a sketch to utilize multiple small photos. And the sketch:

And my layout:

Upload your intrepretation to the June Sketch gallery before midnight 30th June to be in th erunning to win a Scrap Pile voucher.

Cheers..........................................Leanne

A New Tutorial...................

has been loaded on the Love Scrappin blog. The month of June is dedicated to flowers. Head on over and have a look at my Concertina Flower tutorial. Here's a sneak peak of my layout featuring the flowers and Basic Grey Origins papers available at Love Scrappin

Cheers............................Leanne

Weekly DT Challenge....................

I had the privilige of setting the final May weekly DT challenge at ScrapDango last week. My challenge was to create/alter the background of a layout using stamping, heat embossing, masking or a combination of these techniques. And my example layout:

Have done a little scrapping today, after spending most of the weekend going through my supplies, reorganising and purging. No point packing up stuff ready for the big move that I don't really need. Will

reveal latest efforts shortly.

Cheers..............................Leanne

Scrap Pile DT projects..........................

for May featured the gorgeous Glitz Designs Vintage Love paper range and embellishments. These papers are lovely heavy wieght and double sided with subtle vintage patterns.The vintage journaling cards are versatile and suitable for a wide variety of layouts and are not particularly "lovey dovey".

Cheers........................Leanne

ScrapDango GDT Reveal.....................

A few months ago I won a scrapping competition ScrapDango and the prize was a Guest DT position. Heather sent me the fabulous Spice kit which featured Bella Man About the House papers, Cosmo Cricket alphas, the new Basic Grey Basics border and journal stickers and a variety of chipboard pieces:

My brief was to create a variety of layouts

one of which had to be a double layout

and an OTP

 This is a seriously good kit for all your male or boy layouts and absolutely perfect for scrapping those upcoming Fathers Day photos.

That's all tonight. I'll be back tomorrow with my DT layouts for Scrap Pile.............

Cheers......................Leanne