Puppy moved in

My son has a puppy she is 11 weeks old and we have had her for 3 weeks , it's been fun and hard work watching her over the time we have had her in our home.A puppy is so much like a baby NO has become a word I use a lot these days as I teach her right from wrong.She has became a great friend and I look forward being round her of a day.

She is finding her teeth are a great tool and her gums have been so swollen with teeth coming through the last week or so , she loves to play with a yoyo and pinch my bright pegs.At the moment she is alseep under the blanket next to me all cuddled up and snuggled in tight.

Mia is cute and loveable

layout of myself my son took my photo

Photo Share

Rose in my garden this winter

My son's new Puppy

Ch 8 - Paper Bag Album

My very 1st paper album I created , enjoyed
this ch and will create some more of these albums

Front Cover of my album

Pages 1 & 2

1 minute old and having a cuddle

pages 2 & 3

Mum's 1st cuddle

1st family day watching cricket with Dad

pages 3 & 4

6 Months okd playing with the cat

crawling very fast away form me

Growing up very fast and exploring the lots

almost 1 very active and lively

I have finished my first competition in the scrapbooking world ,
Thank you to Lynnie and Krissy
for some great ch's it has been fun but very ch"ing along the way .
All the layouts where great and awersome from the other ladies
who did layouts as well .

Ch 7 Double Layout

Ch 7 was a double layout , High up went to
a National park in Tassie and walked to the
highest point had a great view.
Sorry it's taken on a slope due to the light reflecting
from the photos

A Passion for Craft Comp weeks 5 & 6

These are my layouts for week 5 and 6

So far I have entered every week

Passionate Scrappers Comp - week 3

Swirl was created using my cricut I cut one from card stock then drew round the pattern and cut it out by hand ,adding hand drawn stitches with a penline.

The layout has pink chalked wiped over it and around the edges of the cardstock
Teen Days lettering was cut with my Cricut Expression machine
Pattern paper lady was swen to around and then glued onto cardstock
Hand drawn stitches have been added around the edges of the layout

week 3 for A Passion for Craft Comp

you can find details here about the comp which is still running for a few more weeks
A Passion for Craft Comp

Passionate Scrappers Comp -week 2

Passionate Scrappers Comp

ch for week 2 was a sketch set by the DT over at A Passion for craft

This is my week 2 layout

Please check out the gallery you will need to be a member there is some awersome work from everyone doing the Competition .

We are at week 6 and if you pop over to A Passion for Craft you check all the ch's out for yourself

Passionate Scrappers Comp - week 1

Passionate Scrappers Comp

week 1 ch layout

I have entered a comp at a passion for craft it will run over 8 weeks
every week there Dt sets a new ch that has to be completed within the time frame
this was my week 1 layout

Cricut was used for the words and lettering
a layout about why my hubby is my inspiration every day of the year

please pop over to A Passion for Craft and check out all the ch's and layouts uploaded in
the gallery there is some awersome work from all the ladies

Embellishments - Title
are made with m Cricut Expession die cut machine


Flower Mask
Title is done by my Cricut Die CutMachine
Felt us painted to achieve the right colour

photo and Layout Share

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Firework photos

Fireworks Australia Day weekend
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18th cake I made for my son
Happy 18th Marcus -
I made this cake and then
his older brother placed candles over it everywhere ,
must say it was very yummie .

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Friday, March 20, 2009





Roll of Dice Challenge

3 people needed to set the criteria for me to create a layout withmy Criteria was paint,flowers and blingThe background is painted and the flower stem , flowers where added to the stem, bling finished the flower centres off . Title is always done with Bling. Journaling is done the side of painted edge.Challenge was created for Roll 2 Create

wishing Victoria all the best for recovery and rebuilding

This last week we have seen so much of Australia under flood waters and then the awful fires in Victoria.

I can't say I know how they are feeling becauseI'm not there in person but I feel sad and have cried lots when watching the news.

When my husband heard the news Sunday morning he said they will call for help I'm sure he was asked to go as a fire fighther and chief of our local tem , he said yes straight away to the call, I need to go and help the other fireies.

He has been gone all week and due home Friday we saw him on the news and he rings me everyday , his sister talks to him of a evening then e-mails me with updates.

I have never been away from him for this long I miss him heaps but I know he is coming home to me Friday it makes me wonder how much aching Victoris families are going through when so many lives have been lost.

There are amazing stories coming outof Victoria and slowly as the week goes on there are blessings arising which people are hanging onto for hope

Victoria will recover and will rebuild I wish them all the best as they work out where to start

I have given and my hubby gave his work time up we are proud he was able to help and he will go again if the call is put out to the Tassie fighthers again, it makes alo realize what a special person he is in this field of work.

Then today I was talking to family members there are 3 from one family doing things and my bil as well

SIL - Making fire uniforms of all sorts
SIL - Hospital nurse/sister
BIL- helping with insurance

My DH - fire fighther

They have all different training but they are all helping Victoria in there areas of work makes me proud to be Aussie and part of there family.

Leave you with his question

What have you done to help?
What have you done different today because of the awful week Australia has had?
When did you last ring or cuddle a family memeber ?

Kit Layouts

Created these layouts from Kits at A Passion for craft online store the kits are priced really well and they have a range of kits for everyone.

Do you ever wonder?

Do you ever wonder what makes people tick or come up with ideas.At the pool the other day my son and a friend where talking about making the earth floatable it all game around due to way our earth is changing,

I asked what would you use to float it with ,"beer can and coke cans" was the answer I then asked what would you hold it together with "stickytape" was there answer

As I asked each question all the answers related back to something really simple in each ones home which they use every day of the week .

they are 14 and 15 years old but they had some great ideas and plan

My question to you is :- What can you do today for the world - even if it's a samll thing in the long run it will add up

I work at a shop and a person brought 2 drinks and asked could he pop the empty containers in the bin I said leave them on counter I'll pop them in the recycle bin

his coment was Cool Thanks thats great

it was onlysomething small but made him feel good

here's a huge catch up for those who follow along

The court case is still happening and hopefully soon we will have an out come of some sort

My middle son rolled his car a few times but everyone was okay it caused a few headaches at the tie but all is well now and all teens are happy again

I resigned from my job yep I did - lots of reasons but sometimes you have to step back which is what I did and it was teh right thing for me .Sure it was good money but you know what money isn't everything and I know I was placed here to do more than work for good money

It has changed the way I look at things and the way I supply things for my family ,it gives me time to spend with every child(sad when you don't know your own child up street), to enjoy other peoples company and do some things for me but most of all it has given me my freedom back and now I'm less busy which I love.

it's also given me my easy nature back again I don't stress much but when things get on top of me I get crabby and annoyed easy and thats what was happening so I have made the right choice for myself

I did achieve my goal of being coordinator but I never said how long I would be one so I'm happy as I still achieved my goal

since Christmas my dad got the shingles and is okay they ope to come and stay next month
my youngest soon goes back to school but he has had a great school holiday woth lots of trips here and everywhere

Blue Tongue Lizard

Blue Tongue Lizard in my back yard happliy sunning himself

Winner whoooo whoooo

I did a CC at A passion for craft site over the weekend and today I found I won a voucher

It's spent already and I had great fun shopping .

I really enjoyed myself creating these projects for the cc last week

soon to come galleries

Over the coming weeks I will be adding lots of my work by slide shows and galleries

I hope it will be a place to have all my work in one place and share everything I have created with everyone over the last 4-5 years

will take me a while as I have lots to upload but will upload little at a time

A Passion for Craft - DT Call

Design Team Call

We have 2 positions available on our Design Team for 2009.

If you’d like to be considered, here’s what we’d like to see:

Here’s what the position will involve

6-month commitment, with the possibility of continuing on for another 6 months

· 2 layouts per month OR 1 layout and 2 cards per month·
1 OTP per month ·
Articles posted on your Blog·
Links to the store , blog and gallery from your blog·
Product review once a month ( this can be part of your blog entry)·
1 class per month ( rotated with other DT member)·
1 CC per month Applications will start now and will close on the 31st of January

The design team will be chosen and announced on the 12th of February.

Questionnaire.·

How long have you been scrapping?
· Have you or are you on a design team if so who and when?
· Other crafts that you enjoy.
· Where do you find your inspiration?
· If chosen what can you offer this store?
· And other information about yourself
.We would like to see new creations with the following


These must be new and must not be submitted else where or published.

· 1 layout using chipboard embellishments
· 1 layout with no photo and a handmade embellishment
· Set of 3 cards Christmas Theme creation using stamping.
· 1 OTP project or altered project
· Regular chatting in our forum so we can all get to know each other
.A Passion For Craft Forum

Please email your questionnaire to sales@apassionforcraft.com.au. Please load all your creations into our Gallery in the folder marked for the appropriate category.http://apassionforcraftgallery.com/index.php