Been a busy girl

Well to add to my checklist, i have finished my altered paper mache mask to send off to Dianne, also my mini tea bag album to send of to Robyn, i cannot post pics of course cause they have not received them yet :)

This is the beautiful mask that i received from Debbie at Glamourgirls, it is absolutely gorgeous, love it sooo much,

I have been working on a couple of canvas, this was was just mucking around with glimmer screens and texture paste on some chipboard, with glossy accents,

And this is a vintage one, i got a few material images from arthurs emporium in manukau, quite a few month back and decided to finally use one :D

This is also a mask i was just playing around with, its a plastic one, but i had fun creating it, used pva, pearl ex powders, utee, beads, rub'n'buff and a few other things

30 things to do before im 30

Well i did this book awhile ago, but while reading carols blog, it reminded me about it,
Bare in mind its not fancy or full of dimension cause i planned on carrying it round with me as a check list, it has 30 things i want to do before im 30,

I wanted to make sure that i got all the things ive always wanted to do written down so that i wouldnt forget and then remember when its too late.

Heres my lil list ;) the ones marked in bold have been acheived

1. Learn the Samba
2. Ride in a hot air balloon ( im terrified of heights but have to do it)
3. Buy some shares
4. Have another child
5. Get my bachelor in nursing
6. Save $2000 dollars (easy enough)
7. Paint a painting
8. Go out of my comfort zone
9. Go to Ireland
10. Have a body im happy with
11. Buy a house and decorate it my way
12. Learn and master German
13. Pat a tiger
14. Travel to the South Island
15. Have classy nude portraits done
16. Be debt free with the exception of a mortgage
17. Go to a stage show
18. Find complete inner peace and happiness
19. Write a song
20. Give up smoking
21. Learn to maitain a budget(hahaha)
22. Fly first class
23. Do something unexpected
24. Finish my tattoo
25.Get health and life insurance
26. Go to one of the islands
27. Get something published
28. Go swimming with dolphins
29. Be happily married
30. Start a retirement fund

When the boys are away.... The girls will scrap

Well now that Lachlan is off to Kindy, its been giving me time to scrap and try and find my mojo again, i havent done a layout on Lachlan in 11 months or more, so decided it was time to sit down and do it!

I also sat down and tried to do more than one photo too, i found a few photos from a girls night out in December that ive been wanting to scrap, for awhile,

Well hopefully the tiny tid bit of inspiration ive found will hang around and grow, then should be able to get out a few more :)

Yay done some layouts

Well i was finally able to sit my bottom down and get some scrapping done, i did this layout on our lil girl Bella, just love this photo of her in the garden :) She is definitely a character all of her own, she likes to sleep behind your neck up on your shoulders like a parrot, which in all honesty is great when its cold!

This is another layout i did using the SBS Monthly Kit, think it was mays kit, really enjoyed playing with this.

I did manage another layout too but thats for the Winter Warmer Challenge over at SBS, check it out here, theres heaps of prizes and even gives you a good excuse to do more scrapping.

This is for the Ribbon Doll swap over at Glamour Girls, was neat to go out of the box and make something different for a change, sorry ofr the bad pictures the crackle and glossy accents dont photograph too well.

And last but not least thought id leave you with a photo that might warm you up a bit, even Bella and Allie cuddled up to keep warm :D

Weekend Blurb

Well i havent done much scrapping lately, been too busy with other projects, i did however manage to get a canvas done that ive wanted to do for ages :)

Here are the 2 latest swaps from SBS,

The first one is Black n White and the second is Oriental, all these cards are so gorgeous, feel lucky to have them in my collection :) Thanks girls.

We went and had a day out at Paradise Valley, down here in Rotorua, you get to go on a really serene bush walk, drink from the natural spring if you like, feed all the animals, beware of the pigs though as they give a nasty lil bite :( but you get to see the lions being fed aswell.

Arnt the lil bambis cute :)

April/May Update

Well I thought it was about time for an update, things have been very hectic round here, made the move down to Rotorua safe and sound, and nothing got broken or damaged on the truck, extra bonus!!! :D

Back in March, we had a March Madness swap on Glamour Girls and i created a niche canvas for Ngaere,

Amongst all the chaos, this wee girl came into our lives, Lil Miss Bella, shes a Sydney Silky, and a lil bundle of joy, very affectionate, but also a lil on the agressive side, must be a female thing i think :D
This is how small she was when we first got her,

And this is her now.

And couldnt resist a photo of Allie, bathing in the sun,

Also my lil collection of owls is growing, i picked up these lil cuties last week.

Will post up some more tommorrow got some Atc Swaps to share as well as a few other piccies

March Update

Well i guess its time for an update isnt it? .....

Well things have been a little busy round here, i just got back from the hospital, Lachlan just had his grommets put in his ears, not a very happy chappy, i think the worst part for me was holding him while they were putting him under, watching you child struggle while someone, a doctor or not is covering their mouth with something i just not natural, especially when they are saying "help mummy help". Think that may have scarred me a little for life, damn doctors!

Also been organising things to make the big move down to Rotorua, gunna give it a trial period and see how it goes, tired of Auckland and all the dramas that come with it. If all fails back to Auckland

Been trying to find a tattooist that will finish off my back piece for me, my tattooist did the runner on me and alot of other artits dont like finishing others work, i till need it to come down to my right hip and a lotus flower over the top of an older tat, plus a few more dragonflies intertwined in the vine

Ive still been busy doing crafty things, finished my piece for March Madness over at Glamour Girls, will post up a picture once Ngaere had received it, also just putting the finishing touchs on my Matchbox Shrine, since Lachlan had decided to help out and put some lovely vivid over it.

Also been doing a few ATCS aswell, the first one is me playing round with beeswax and serviettes and pearl ex, the first photo shows it in a dull lit room and the other is in the sun, realy love the way beeswax comes out, and the transparency it gives.

Heres a few pic of all the beautiful swaps, al from such talented ladies
Now for the swaps first up is 2 swaps from Scrapbook Dreams, first theme is Valentines/Love and the other is Bugs, Arnt they neat!

The we have the latest swap just finished from Scrapbook Studio, theme was The Sea, All f these were just gorgeous,



And this set is from ATC Groupies, the theme was Water, they are all so awesome,