August 123 Challenge.

Ooops I should have been on here earlier to let you all know the new criteria for the 123 challenge for August.

1. Lots of Bling
2. A Self-Portrait (Arrggh!)
4. More than five colours.

So come and join in, you have until the last day of the month to get your layout in and you could be in the running for one of the great prizes!!

Some photos......

Here's a few pics of the very 'Pink' party that Ella had, all of them have been taken by the very talented Megan. For some reason my computer isn't allowing me to download my photos so I've pinched Megans, hers are a lot better than mine would be anyway, lol.

We've survived!!!!!

Well the Princess is happy and very pleased with how her 4th Birthday Party went, Huddy is raring to go and on a sugar high and Col and I are totally knackered!!!

We've had such a fantastic but frantic few weeks here with Andrew, Sharon, Max and Mima staying here, a surprise visit from my Mum and Dad (which was the best birthday present ever!!!), my 40th Birthday and Party (which I'm still recovering from and which my Darling Hubby did such a brillliant job of organising), a wonderful surprise visit from Miss Kirsty for my Birthday, a huge sale at The Scrapbook Princess and now Ella's 4th Birthday. We've survived though and have had an absolute ball the whole time but being the 40 year old that I am now I'm finding I don't cope too well with all these big things happening now, especially when they all happen at once, lol.

I will be back tomorrow with photos to update you all but I really need to go and just vege on the couch for now, lol.

Oh Me Oh My!!!!

A while back I applied for a Creative team position on the 123 Challenge blog thinking it would just be good experience to apply and lo and behold I made the creative team!!!!!! I'm a bit gobsmacked really, I wasn't expecting it at all especially seeing I've only done the last 3 months challenges. I loved doing them all and love the fact that it pushes me to use or do things that I wouldn't normally do in my scrapping. It's lots of fun so I urge you ALL to have a go!! The 123 Creative Team has been announced now so check it out on the blog.

Congratulations to all the very talented ladies that also made the Creative team.


I'll be representing an online site on the 123 Challenge blog - Scrap with V so I will be popping over there as soon as the craziness calms down here and introducing myself to all the lovely ladies there. :)

Here's my layout for this months challenge : Use string as a border, Use Orange, Green, Pink & Maroon {will allow Red} & Stamping.


















Also the next 123 Cybercrop will be held on Monday 17th of August starting at 7:30pm - we would LOVE to see you there! MORE DETAILS SOON!
Winners of the 123 June Cybercrop will be announced Soon!

Big excitement in the Fletcher house!!

The first is that we have Andrew, Sharon, Max and Jemima arriving here next Monday for nearly 2 weeks and the kids are so, so excited about having them here. I love the way they all play so well together (not that it looks like it in this photo taken last time they were up here), we are planning a few special days out with them to make the most of their visit. I wish they could stay longer as I know their visit will just fly by so fast and we miss them all so much. I know Sharon's response to that would be to move back home but unfortunately it's not that easy. I wish it was. We will just have to make do with the couple of times a year that we see them.

The second excitement is that Hudson has finally decided that he wants to wear big boy jocks!!!!! He tells me he's not a baby anymore but a big boy so needs to have his 'wiggle' jocks on. I'm very excited about the idea of having no-one in nappies anymore but not really looking forward to the time I know it is going to take him to get it all down pat and all the accidents I'm sure he'll have. Keep your fingers crossed for us that it happens quickly, lol. It also makes a little bit sad as it's just another sign that my baby is growing up, sob, sob!

I want to go on this!

Check this out- what a treat.

I think this would be classify as one of my perfect getaways, time to get messy and create and time to indulge and be spoilt, what more could a girl want?????

Had a great time

We had the Scrapbooking Expo on here last weekend and Ruth and I were lucky enough to be able to go on Sunday and Monday to do some of the fantastic classes on offer. We did 3 on Sunday and then spent Monday morning shopping and checking out the beautiful layouts on display followed by 2 more classes. I had a fab time, learnt lots and did some beautiful layouts (well they will be when I finish them, lol).
I did a photography/photoshop course with the very talented and lovely Rachel Richter and learnt heaps, so this week I have been playing with Photoshop Elements and realising that it really isn't that hard or scary. I just wish I had learnt some of these things 18 months ago when I got it, lol. Thanks Rachel!!!
We did the most gorgeous layout in class with the very talented Loretta Grayson which involved lots of layers, stitching and making a picture rather than a layout as such. I still need to finish off mine but you can check out what the finished layout should look like on Loretta's blog. I really love her work and loved doing this type of layout, something I would like to do more of.
Ruth and I also did a class with the new Making Memories Noteworthy range with Gail Pierce-Watne who works for Making Memories. I absolutely love Making Memories and the Noteworthy ranges are so, so divine so I loved all 3 of the layouts we did.
I will post photos of them all as soon as I have added photos to them and finished them off.
So this week I have spent just trying to catch up after such a busy weekend. Feeling pretty tired, which hasn't been helped by the kids having bad nights the last few nights. Ella woke up screaming last night and we finally figured out that the tiny little torch she insisted on taking to bed with her, she had rolled onto and turned it on giving herself a fright. So after comforting her (and Huddy who she woke up) and putting her in our bed she then woke up a few hours later screaming again from a nightmare, poor little thing she was really beside herself, which breaks your heart but isn't great in the middle of the night. I will catch up on sleep one day, lol.

Hope you're having a happy week :)

WoooHoooo!!!

I decided to challenge myself and do a layout for the blog 123 Challenge for last month. I checked on the blog this afternoon and lo and behold I won a prize!!!!! I can't really believe it, it's a huge surprise, particularly seeing it's the one and only challenge or competition I have entered before. I won a voucher to spend at the online store ScrapTherapy which will be fun trying to choose what I will get, not sure how much its for, $20 I think.

Here's the layout I did for the challenge. You had to use a CD as an embellishment, at least 3 different patterned papers and a 5x7" photo or something from the garden used as a stamp. I went with the 5x7 photo. I used the gorgeous Scenic Route papers from the Lynden range which was their Easter range, such beautiful spring like colours.

The butterfly is a Heidi Swapp Acrylic one that I covered the back with a butterfly from a serviette (thanks for that Ruth!!).

Also another one using a photo taken early last year, I just can't keep up, lol. Lots of machine stitching on this one which you can't see in the photo but which adds some texture to it, love these Dreamstreet papers. gorgeous colours. I think I have thing for green at the moment, lol.

Some flickr goodness!!!

1. enchanted castle in the clouds, 2. Colorful Seafood Sign Rockport, Massachusetts 2008, 3. Pink Sweet Hearts, 4. rose cupcakes, 5. Vacation Owl - nice texture, 6. Untitled, 7. Orange Chocolate Tart, 8. Untitled, 9. Untitled, 10. Untitled, 11. Sequin Jar, 12. Jar-o-Fluff, 13. WIP: Future Craft Room : 4/27, 14. My craft shop in the barn during the summer season., 15. Just hanging around, 16. Last scrapper standing - round3

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

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Just thought I would share my photos from Mothers Day, I don't have any of just me and the kids really so I asked Col to take a few when we were out for lunch. As you can see it is an impossibility to get one of me with both kids, they just wouldn't both look at the camera at the same time.

Ella just tried to strangle me with her cuddles and Huddy wouldn't stop kissing me long enough to look at the camera, lol. I still love these photos anyway, that's just them.

I saw this idea with the spiderwebs in the cut out spaces somewhere ages ago (sorry I can't give the credit properly) and then remembered it for this photo of Ella in her spiderman suit. The other bracket came off and I didn't realise until after I had taken the photo, hate the fact that supposedly sticky letters never stick! Otherwise I'm pretty happy with this layout, for a change lol.
This is made with the latest kit from Scrapbook Princess, you get the patterned papers, 2 cardstock, a chipboard frame, 3 flowers, 1/2 metre of brown ribbon and a sheet of grungeboard for you to play with. Pretty good value for $10 really. I used my new 2 inch square punch which I love (thanks Andrew for carting it all the way home from the States for me).