Christmas in September?

Time for Sketch #71 from Little Shop of Sketches.

This sketch seemed a perfect excuse to use my chipboard Christmas tree, so I finally did a Christmas LO. For some reason I hate doing Christmas layouts! Don't know why... I just do.

Anyway, here is my take on it:



Don't forget to come and participate in the fun over at Little Shop - you could win a prize just for doing what you're going to do anyway!!! Gotta love that!

Hope you like and thanks for looking :)

Take care
Kim xx

Muffin Around... with daddy

I found myself with some spare time so thought I'd give the September sketch that the lovely ladies at Crafty Sketches put together a go.

This meant 3 pics... OMG!! What to choose??? I ended up going with these 3 of Luke and Daddy eating some fresh, chocolate chip muffins - only cause I let Luke choose which pics I scrapped (I mean, it is his album afterall! LOL).

I love these pics coz first Luke has to compare sizes, then say 'cheers' with their muffins and then finish eating. 'Cheers' is something we've always done when we eat the same food. Yes,... I know... bumping food isn't totally hygenic but who cares when it's family??!?!



Hope you like the layout and thanks for looking :)

xx

Sketch #70 at Little Shop of Sketches

I love this fortnights sketch from Tanya Leigh at Little Shop of Sketches. Maybe it's because I just love this photo of Aurelia and I, or maybe it's because I've done a 'girlie' page, which I never get to do (not that it's really girlie, but you know! LOL). Or maybe it's for some totally other reason.

Whatever it is, I hope you like the layout I created. Tracy captured this picture of Aurelia and I when we were all at the park this autumn. It's not often I'm in pics, so I just had to preserve this one!



Come and visit Little Shop to see what the rest of the DT created and have a go at the sketch... cause this week is when the prizes start! And who wouldn't want to win a prize just for doing what you love???

Take care and thanks for visiting

Kim xx

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