More creating

So interesting and fun to follow someone else's method of constructing a layout.

This is the second for Gigi's Crepe Paper, Ribbon & Trims class....

I am soooo happy with this.

The pic doesn't show up how pretty it really is.

The ruffled ribbon border is a bit hard to see - its crystal organza.

A lovely technique for some fluffy girly texture.

I think I'm allowed to show you these now.

Both appeared in Scrapbooking Memories mag a month or so ago....

Golly gosh....how cold is it today???

Crepe Paper Ribbon and Trims

Taking part in Gigi Kennedy's Crepe Paper Ribbon & Trims class at http://www.kimarcher.com.au/ - 3 layouts plus lots of cute mini projects......love her style......heaps of tricks and tips.......having fun!

Here's my Layout One.....

.....and a little bit closer....

The latest on the Pups....

we said bye bye to our beautiful boy Dale on Thursday....

.....who knew it would be so hard?

He went to a gorgeous older couple....he snuggled happily into their arms and off he went.

They are growing so big now - and CHEEKY as the devil!

Not quite as "puppyish"....but still SO cute!

Bit of a photo shoot with the girl-pups yesterday....

we were going for the muddy wet-dog look....lol....

BIG BERTHA

POPPY

SKY

SUNNY

Lots going on over at Design Dollies....

Start my DT stint next Thursday the 1st.

Be sure to look out for my first layout!

Happy Sunday.

xxx

Who luvs winter boots?

Me me me!!!

And I found these TO-DIE-FOR ones at this website

....what's more, the prices are unbelieveable!

Looooove the 80's leg-warmer look of the red ones......too funky!

A layout I did last night during the ads on Masterchef (that session with Jamie Oliver was so awesome, wasn't it!).....

The kids beg Tim for a quick spin on the quaddie whenever he returns from cattle work....

HECK - no helmets....bad BAD mother....don't report me!

Cute farm critters cut from Reminisce papers and a scrap of burlap fabric for the "farmy" look....

Have I shown you this one yet? A double I whacked together.....ten pin bowling photos from earlier in the year (very original title don't ya think....)....Liking this simple design that fits on 7 normal size photos with no cropping.....

This is my house at the moment......complete CHAOS with builders stomping around overhead.....

.....but I'm not really whinging....

.....I really really love our brand-spanking shiny new roof.....

.....too bad it makes the rest of the house look kinda sad....

Oh well, ya gotta start somewhere!

Still reading...

Persevering with my quest to READ MORE BOOKS IN 2010....

getting my way through this one at the moment...

....starts off at a bbq with a man slapping a child that is not his own.....an interesting look at marriage/family/parenting in modern suburban Melbourne....rather confronting at times and some rude bits.....you can read a review here.

Have this one waiting in the wings....

What are you reading right now?

Plan to scrap this weekend....?

Try out this funky colour combo.....

PURPLE ORANGE & WHITE

....it's this weeks Design Dollies colour challenge.

Check out their gorgeous examples and enter yourself!

Prizes at the Dollhouse are MEGA and the winner is drawn randomly......any one can win!

Happy Long Weekend

How are you spending yours?

It's only 10 o clock and I've already created this little number with those dreaded school pics you never know what to do with....(OK, I'm still in my jim-jams and the house is a mess, but I'm still impressed with myself)

......used this Pencil Lines sketch.....

.....some Jenni Bowlin mini bingo cards, some free paper out of Scrapbooking Memories mag (that stuff does come in handy every now and then you know!) and various bits and bobs.

The little gingham apple comes from Koko Vanilla.  Sweet!

Day's like today can trick you into a false sense of comfort....you look out the window and the sky is clear blue, the sun is shining brightly.....you throw on jeans a a t-shirt, go outside......and FREEZE!

It's reached a whopping 10 degrees so far this morning.

Keeping the fire stoked and staying indoors I think.

Scrapping anyone???

A new layout + other happenings

Played with the latest Pencil Lines sketch today.....
Pics of my trampoline-aholic Kate.
Journalling says:
"I swear you've spent half your life airbourne!"

Zoomed in.....(no Thickers in the right colour so I cut out some fun foam for the lettering & dontcha love the froggy brad by Imaginisce)....

We've had rain for the last week! I'm talking decent soaking rain.  This was SO long coming and VERY unusual for this time of year here....we are extra grateful for the puddles in the dams and the greenery in the paddocks!

A tip: NEVER get your plantar warts removed in Wintertime!  It's been 2 weeks and I still can't fit into my shoe.  A little nippy in the toe area.  A bedsock and a man-sandal is my footwear of necessity right now.....fuuuuunnk-y!!!

Winter is ultra busy in the Hackney household with sporty things happening....

Fun Run.....that's Mimi out the front running her first ever race....

Soccer......Beth & Mia were happy to be under 8's team mates....

Mia decided to have a go at goalie for the final match of the carnival.....eeeeek!  So nerve wracking!

Zone Cross Country for Kate.......she came 2nd and is now off to the regionals later this month.

In the middle of all this Mum and my brother Tim came to visit to celebrate Bethie's 8th birthday (and also Tim's the next day!)........I made her an ice cream cake of course (what else would you want on the coldest wettest most miserable kind of a weekend???)

Finally, I have some more puppy pics for you to go gaga over.....taken today, at 5 weeks of age.....they all have names now.

This is Sky.....

Bertha (eyes open) using Paddy as a body pillow....

Poppy - looking hopeful.....

Dale hogging the ball.....

We also have Sunny....but she is such a cheeky livewire.....all the photos I have are of her racing off the edge of the shot in a blur!

Happy days to everyone.

xxx

Say Hello Dolly!

I've been sitting on some some rather exciting news for the last little while....and now I can REVEAL it at last....

HERE

I'm moving in to the Dollhouse! Yeah baby!

So come and play Dollies with us...you know you want to!