Scrapping on Father's Day??

Gosh! I can't believe I've been lucky enough to do scrapping on Father's Day! But with the earthquake in Christchurch, Paul got called away to work for a while.

And Luke was in an 'accommodating' mood, in that he played nicely by himself (save the frequent request for me to 'transform my transformer, please muummy?'), so lucky mummy!

Anyway, I managed to get this LO done for the September sketch challenge from Stuck?! Sketches. I've been wanting to scrap this picture for ages and this sketch seemed to fit perfectly. I love it. He was out in the bush, playing at Uncle Mike's creek - naked, of course - and growling like a wild thing!! LOL

A day of Scrapping!

Today Tracy and Aurelia came over to spend the day. This meant the usual cakes from Callums Bakery (YUM) but also an afternoon of scrapping!! WOOT!

So I managed to do this LO for a sketch challenge for Scrappin Patch. Love this paper and think it really encapsulates the fun time that Luke and Aurelia were having on the ferris wheel at the Easter Show back in 2008!



And here are a few LOs I did 2 weeks ago, just before I dislocated my elbow. This first on is of Luke with his brother, Peter. Doing a LO of the two of them was special for me as we don't get to see him often, so hopefully lovely memories for them both. Luke had me cover the climbing frame behind them in a sheet so they played 'tent' in it. I think Peter wasn't that impressed but he played along. What a sport!



This one is at the mall where they had a bouncy playland up one weekend. Luke had a ball - he was only meant to be in it for 5 mins but I think it was about 25!!



Thanks for a lovely day, Tracy - great way to spend a rainy day.

Hope you guys all had fun too.

xxx
Kim

Sketch #69 & a dislocated elbow!

The last 2 weeks have been somewhat painful. I fell over and dislocated my right elbow. Which meant a cast for a week and now a bruised arm from above my elbow to my wrist, and an arm I can hardly use or straighten.

Anyway, I still have a life and obligations. And I wanted to make sure I didn't let the team down at Little Shop of Sketches with this fortnights sketch.

So I painstakingly put the LO below together using my left arm only! What a MISSION!!! I couldn't cut, stamp, paint, etc etc, so it's pretty basic. Here is the sketch:

And here is my LO:




Go and have a looksie at the awesome pages the rest of the team did over at Little Shop of Sketches. Tanya has some amazing prizes coming up in the future, so go check it out, give the sketches a go and be in to win!!

As for the arm now... I still can't touch my ear or lean on it - it's literally blue and yellow all over! I can't put on my mascara with it, blow my nose or close the car door. But it's getting better.

Take care and if you fall over, bend your arms!!!

xxx
Kim

Parties & Sketch #68

Hey!

Well, it's Sunday night after what seems like a very long weekend, even though it's not been longer than any other. However, my BIL has his 50th birthday party down the line last night so we went away for the night. Sleep was not plentiful so am feeling a bit worse for wear.

To cheer me up though, I get home and find that sketch #68 is now up at Little Shop of Sketches along with my first layout for them as part of their design team! Yippeeeeeeeeee! Here is the sketch:



And here is my take on it:



I tell you... wiring those stars together on that wire and trying to get it circular over and over again, was a pain in the proverbial!!! I ended up gluing them down as I went. Anyway, I love these pics of Luke and I. There were more in the series so just choosing 3 was sooooo difficult! I don't often get pics of us, and I have to say Paul did a good job getting these.

Hope you like it and hope you try out the sketch yourself sometime :)

xx
Kim

Wow! Me, a Designer!!!

I'm soooo excited at the moment. Tanya Leigh chose me to join the design team at her amazing site "Little Shop of Sketches". Go and check out the site - you'll find it in my list on the side... for some reason I can't make the link work from my post!! ARRGGGGHHH

I've used Tanya's sketches so many times before - I find it takes the added 'thinking' out of trying to decide how to layout your page, and when I don't have much time to scrap, it simplifies it. All I need to do is choose everything else - I know - that's not easy sometimes, but it makes it so much quicker!

My first 'assignment' goes live later this week and I can't wait.

To apply I had to design 3 layouts based on her sketches. Here are my takes:

First a Layout of daddy and Luke. So sweet - their first strawberry crop together. Luke was so proud of it. They went outside every night and watered it and cared for it. It was so cute and so nice to see the bonding with daddy - who could do no wrong!!



Next one of Luke and his best friend Joseph, playing together in a big egg. They sent half the time SCREAMING! Talk about ear piercing!



Then, lastly, my little angel sleeping in the car. I see visions of him when he's an older man here!! LOL



Hope you liked. Take care and keep in touch.

Oh, and did I mention... I'm SO EXCITED!!!

xxx
Kim

Crying Face...

This LO is for Crafty Sketches August challenge.

I REALLY REALLY tried to keep the colours just to green and blue, but in the end my need for more colour won out and I had to add the orange bird but I think it makes the layout.



Thanks for looking :)

xx

Would you believe it???

I know, I know!! I've said it before, but this time I mean it... I'm going to make sure I update my blog regularly!!! LOL

So... to start with I've done this LO for "Stuck Sketches" 1 August sketch challenge. I enjoyed doing it - I don't often get to scrap photos of Luke and I coz I'm always behind the camera! Anyway, hope you like it. Luke loves it - he likes the caterpillar! So much for all my hard work!



Here are a few of my other latest layouts:

This one was for "Scrapbooking by Design" July challenge. You had to use the words "Attitude is Everything". I love these pics of Luke boogying to the song he's singing - along with the glasses and hat!!



And this one was for Up2Scrap July sketch challenge. I'm not sure how I feel about it...


So... if you're reading this - take care and hope all is well!!! Let me know you've visited and please come again.

xxx
Kim