Post Christmas

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. We had a busy couple of days that included a birthday celebration as well.

Kiddos had a fantastic day and were very spoilt.

Just a couple of pics... Ali with her new doll (I never imagined that I would ever buy a Cabbage Patch Doll but I adored this one as soon as I saw her) and Andrew opening his long awaited water pistol.



I felt like I snapped away all day with the camera but I am really unhappy with the photos. I have a stack of photos of the kids but hardly anyone else. Must remember this in the future.

I forgot to take a photo of the stockings that I made the other night but they are the same as these ones I made a couple of years ago. They are about 2ft tall, fully lined and hand and machine stitched. I made the template for the Santa from a Christmas card I got a few years ago. These are the stockings I made for Andrew & his cousins.



And finally...

It's time...

It's time to invest in some albums...



Hope to get into some scrapping soon. Spent Wednesday night cleaning out my room so I am ready to go now that I can actually see the desk.

Wishing you all a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

Hope it's a great one.
Scrap Ya Later
Sharon

T'was 3 days before Christmas...

The big day looms...
All the shopping is done.
Pressies will be wrapped tonight.
One visit to Spotlight and some grocery shopping and then I am staying away from that place!!

Christmas cards are done. I didn't save one to post here either.I have already decided on the design for next year. They are going to be very simple. NO CUTTING, NO GLUING and NO TYING TINY LITTLE RIBBONS!!

On the scrapping front. Not to much going on. I have done a couple of collections frames for pressies...

This first one was for my cousin's little one's naming day...



This next one is for my sister & BIL.
I had started a wedding albun for them but there was no way on earth that I was ever going to get it done so I put this together instead. I am really pleased with how both of these have turned out. The frames were picked up in the bargin section in a framing shop. Perfect!



Other than that I have been working on a couple of Christmas stockings. I have been sewing and hand stitching on MATERIAL instead of CARDSTOCK!!! LOL!!! I'll post a pic when they are done.

Another Christmas pic of my little possums...



Andrew's Christmas wish list...

1. A really big water pistol.
2. A picture of Santa.
3. A little Water Pistol for Ali.

How gorgeous is that?!?

MERRY CHISTMAS

to you all. Wishing you and your families a safe and happy holiday!!!

Scrap ya Later!

Cheers

Sharon

YAY!!! It's here.

My copy of Scrapbooking Memories Masters has arrived!

I have had one look through already and am so inspired by what i have seen. (And so many times I said to myself...why didn't I think of that! LOL!) There is some really great stuff in there. I'm ready to get creating for next year.

I was so excited to see the work of my beautiful friend Debbie Kingston there!! Go Deb!!! You are awesome!

It was also fantastic to see the work of so many others I know from on the net and some that I have been able to meet in real life. Congratulations to all the Scrap Needs girls too! Congratulations Carole Janson. And Michelle Grant your work is awesome. It was wonderful to see you with a couple of HMs there too.

Now for my little bit. I was thrilled to receive an Honourable Mention for one of my layouts. It's right there on page 146! It's also the first time I've actually been on a page that I have had published, except for my backside on a layout with the kids. LOL! They did manage to muck things up though. The title and product list is from my single layout. Oh well! (Does that meant they were both featured then???)

These were my submissions...

Double layout (HM)



Single Layout - This is one of my favourite layouts.



Monogram



OTP - This an activity folder for Ali.



Thanks for visiting. Take care.

Scrap Ya Later!

Sharon

13 years ago...

It was exactly this time 13 years ago that I was running late for my own wedding.

I did this layout a few months ago to celebrate this day...



If I could actually find a photo I would post it. Oh well.

Scrap Ya Later

Sharon

Photos with Santa

Well it's that time of year again when mothers plonk the kids on Santas knee and hope they can get one photo with them smiling.
Ali was not having a bar of Santa this year. She screamed as loud as she could then just put her chin down and refused to look up. It was actually quite funny. I haven't seen her do that before.
Andrew was a trooper and chatted away to Santa and encouraged Ali but it just wasn't going to work.
In the end Santa shuffled over to the side. Ali sat up next to him but turned her back and held on to the edge of the chair with all her strength. At least she wasn't screaming now. With the help of a few fluffy toys we got a couple of giggles out of her and she relaxed a bit.
So here it is...My gorgeous kiddos and Santa...


Off to do some scrapping tonight at the Scrapbook Lady in Pakenham. Yay! It feels like forever since I have done any. Haven't even unpacked since I was thhere last time so that will make it easy.

Still waiting for my Masters entry to return home. I guess 99 other people are too. Only 14 days until the mag is due out. Cant wait to see it!

Take care

Scrap ya Later

Sharon

A Couple of Quickies from the Weekend...

I had a lovely day scrapping with Deb at Scrapbook Lady in Pakenham on Saturday. The time just seems to fly by though. I started both of these layouts and finished them off at home on Sunday night.
These are some of Ali's first photos just after she was born. I had some papers picked out for this but then saw the new BG Blush range and just had to use them. Yummo!!!
This didn't scan very well so the colours are a bit off. I will also do a second page with a couple more photos and the journalling.



This next one was a fun layout of Andrew's trip to the Monster Trucks...

Gotta love that fake smile!



I have some cartridges for my Cricut to play with over the next couple of days. I love my little bug!

Also got the Santa pic done today. Will post that soon. Cute story to go along with it. Isn't there always with Santa pics!?!

Till next time. Take care.

Scrap Ya Later

Sharon