A few weeks of happy mail

I have been so spoilt over the last couple of weeks, not only have I won a couple of fantastic prizes. But the girls on the Allcraftz Forum have been sending me Raks (Random Act of Kindness) as part of our monthly Rak list.
I have gotten a lovely rak from Anna, Sharon, Cherie, Ruby and Avie.
I wish I had taken photos of all my goodies now so I could share them (actually you can see a little of Sharon's great little note book in the photo with the HUGE flowers) I really love what everyone has sent me. It is so great to open up mail with yummy goodies in it. Big thanks to Ruby for the DST! You have no idea how much I needed it :)
Avie 'owed' me a COM (Colour of the Month) for the Feb/March COM. But we had held off her sending it as she wanted to send us a house warming gift. Avie had been running behind on sending it but sent it on Thursday. To my delight I opened the door to receive a PIZZA box lol, I thought it must have been an order, but no it was my goodies from Avie.
There was a lot of awesome scrapping gear, yummy herbs and two (TWO) beautiful wind chimes!!! The wind chimes took a bit to get up, (the heaviest one falling down, and having me {stupidly} sticking my foot out to 'catch' it.. which hurt lol).
THANK YOU AVIE~!~ I LOVE IT ALL

I can't wait to plant my herbs!! I have also gotten some seeds off of Bubblefrog in a WW (wishing well) and also I think I got some from LouLou for a COM/WOM (Word of the month). If I didn't get seeds I know LouLou sent me some AWESOME gloves which I like using while I am out gardening.

Learn how to make a spinner card

THE BEST WEEKEND

Mate!!! I have had the best time ANSD was the best event ever!! The top of ALL Internet parties, heck the top of all REAL parties!! I have so much to tell, I don't know where to start!!!! I am going to do a post about ANSD tomorrow (well that would be later today) but here is the Icing, the Crème Da La Crème.

 

"This prize is the official Allcraftz National Scrapbooking Day Award. It goes to one person who was in her element the entire day! She was entertaining, helpful, attentive, and more! If anyone asked a question about anything she was quick to answer- or get the answer if she didn't know it- and went out of her way to be a fantastic unexpected addition to help things go smoothly. She was also an active member leading up to the day, and a valuable asset to our member list. This person, simply for being herself, has been awarded the Allcraftz National Scrapbooking Day Award for Outstanding Excellence in All Areas. Her Prize is one you will all want... she will receive free product once per month for the next 6 months including high quality NEW release items. As they come in a package will be chosen and sent to her before anything even is listed. The total value of her items will exceed $1000. And the winner is................

 

I was so excited, couldn't wait, which one of my beautiful friends was going to win this tremendous prize...

2 Mins and 10 seconds later...

 

The winner is............ ELIZABETH *name in hiding*

Congratulations!

 

 

THAT'S ME~!~ I just sat dumbfounded, literally. Mouth open wide as could be, and for the first time in my life SILENT.. Well apart from the incoherent aaahh hahah oohoh hahah gaahh sounds coming out of my wide open mouth.

I can't thank Ebony enough!! This is such a wonderful prize! It is a wonderful honour.  Thank you Allcraftz! She is so naughty, because she told us all there would be prizes and what they were, the raffles etc, she mentioned that there would be a 'kindness' one or something along those lines, but she said prize, not MOTHER OF ALL PRIZES!

I found this really cool site yesterday, it has so much SCRAPPING info on it, links to publication calls, Dt calls, competitions, retreats, challenges, sales.. pretty much everything scrapping that us Aussies can join in on. If you know of an event, you just email the lovely Gabbie. She will do her bit, and get it on the site for you.

As for the competitions, the have links to other off site competitions, but they are also holding somen themselves. They held one yesterday for these YUMMY stamps... Donated by Lime Tart. Aren't they cool?? To enter all you had to do was leave a message on Aussie Scrapbooking's blog... Well some lucky so and so won them and... ok ok the so and so was ME :O how cool!!! I am really really excited. I don't often win anything, so I am totally stoked. Today's competition entry requires you to spread the love for Aussie Scrapbooking. With the chance to win a pink Smiggle tin, filled to the brim with some yummo goodies!! So why not drop over and try your luck?? You never know what the scrapping gods might give you.

Big thanks to Aussie Scrapbooking and Lime Tart. I can't wait to play with my new stamps!!

{mates}

This is my entry for the Challenge Monochromatic on white at Purplescraps forum. This month their cyber crop is sponsored by Allcraftz. So I thought I would pop over and have a go. On Friday night I won a $25 voucher to spend at Allcraftz, so that is really cool! It is the first thing I have won at Allcraftz. I have a second challenge I want to do, but I am not sure when the entries have to be in.. Also the Purplescraps is down at the moment. Anyhow hope your having a good Sunday!!

Ok well when the site came down I didn't have the instructions, and we were supposed to have a flower (or more) on this lo, so I had to change it. I think I like it better now.. Notice how much MORE dodgy the second photo is... I don't think I will EVER be good at taking photos of my lo's

This was also done as one of the challenges. You had to follow a sketch, and although you could 'change' it around a little, I didn't do so, apart from turn the actual sketch around. I will add the sketch if I can find it.

Had a great time over at Purplescraps. THANKS for having us Girls!!

THE PRIZES!!

12 x Daisy D's 8x8 paper pads- super nice colours and fantastic quality.

6 x Daisy D's 12x12 kits- theme is "romance", colours soft, heritage style...

1 x Kaiser Craft OTP kit, including paint, papers, wood ribbon box, etc.

I am also offering:
*3 x Prima Flower Collections- will include an assortment of flowers in all styles, shapes, sizes, etc...a very decent collection for any scrapper including over 100 flowers from ranges such as Heavenlies, Sprites, Obsessions, Belle Fleur's, Felt's and more.

*10 x $10 vouchers

*$1 for $1 order prizes - every 25th order placed on the day will get the same value of their products back in a voucher for later use. For example, if the 20th person spends $30 they get a $30 voucher back (can not be used on that specific purchase though), if they spend $300 then they get back a $300 voucher.

*Kids prize packs including an assortment of stickers, and embellishments for all children who participate in our kids section- with a "Kid's Choice" major prize for one child on the day- including 10 packs of dimensional quality stickers, ribbons, buttons, brads, flowers, stamps, ink, cardstock, album, paints, and a few other things!

*Surprise prize for all who complete a class and/or challenge on the day.

AND the two prize below for our raffle- I hope you have all kept your card with your raffle numbers on it!

*1 Stampers choice major prize- including a 12x12 Fancy Pants set, a selection of Stampendous stamps, 1 x AL single stamp, 1 x Imaginisce single stamp, 1 x Heidi Swapp Stamp, 1 x 7 Gypsies stamps, 1 full set All Night Media Clear stamps, 1 x Stampers Inspirational DVD, 1 x dew drop ink pad, 1 x colorbox cat's eye queue ink set, 1 x 7 Gypsies inks pack, 1 x clear stamping block, 1 x embossing heat tool, 2 x embossing powders, selection of 50 sheets of A5 Coloured cardstock. Approximate value in excess of $300.

*1 scrappers choice major prize- including a 12x12 Fancy Pants set of Chipboard, 2 packs each of Kaiser Craft bling and pearls, 1 box of Prima mixed flowers, 1 x Bazzill mixed 12x12 pack, 1 x 7 Gypsies 12x12 album, 1 x Daisy D's collection pack, 1 Basic Grey Precision File Set, 2 packs of Queen & Co felt, 1 x rub-on's assortment lot (5 packs, different brands, etc), 1 x Dimensional Magic, 1 x double-sided tape, 1 x Tim Holtz Grungeboard, 1 x bling brads pack, 1 pack of ribbons/trims, 1 x EK Success Rub-on tool set, 2 HOS chipboard packs, 1 x All My Memories large tote. Approx. value in excess of $300.

JAM packed!!

Here is the schedule for ANSD at Allcraftz on the 7th of June, if you haven't joined the forum yet DO SO!! I haven't posted the prize list yet.. I will do that tomorrow ;) It is going to ROCK! You can even get 'popped' which is getting prizes for just being in the forum!!

9:00am   Here we go! A brief introduction & welcome, with some rules for comps listed
9:15am   Children's Chinese Whisper challenge details listed with roster
       AND Kid's first mini Cyber Crop (CC) style challenge listed
9:30am   CLASS- Basic Grey Mini Album class with Hannah
9:45am   Adult's 1st CC style challenge listed
10:00am   Treasure Hunt (a sample of this was in a previous newsletter- this is a larger version)
10:30am   Product Challenge details listed (for those receiving free product for this challenge)
10:45am   Essay Competition details listed- "In 250 words of less" style.
11:00am   DEMO- Sharon will be demonstrating a fantastic product for us
11:15am   Product Launch #1
11:30am   Puzzle Game (Find-A-Word)
12:00pm   CLASS- Mini Album with Sandra
12:15pm   What's That Game
12:30pm   Kid's 2nd mini CC  style challenge listed
12:45pm   Adult's 2nd CC style challenge listed
1:00pm   Break (Lunch)
1:30pm   Product Launch #2
1:45pm   Quiz Game
2:15pm   Raffle draw #1
2:30pm   Kid's Drawing Competition details listed
2:45pm   Puzzle Game (Crossword)
3:00pm   Break
3:15pm   Scavenger hunt- there are two separate ones, one for kids & one for adults
3:45pm   Kid's 3rd mini CC challenge listed
4:00pm   CLASS- Hannah's Daisy D's Card Class
4:15pm   Product Launch #3
4:30pm   Adult's 3rd CC style challenge listed
4:45pm   Raffle draw #2
5:10pm   POP FEST! 20 minutes of multi-fast popping!!
5:30pm   Special Competition
6:00pm   Break (Dinner)
7:00pm   Kid's Speak- Kid's Prize list, Chinese Whisper winner, etc
7:20pm   Special Project Challenge
7:30pm   Adult's Final CC style challenge listed
7:45pm   CLASS- Hannah's Infuse Class
8:00pm   Game (Where is it?)
8:15pm   POP FEST!
8:30pm   Final Puzzle Game
8:45pm   Winners Announced
9:00pm   Award Ceremony and Close.

Weekend fun

I participated in the Allcraftz Cybercrop last weekend which was a lot of fun, we had a theme of Somewhere Over the Rainbow. The challenges were really cool.

There were 3 different challengs,

1. Brown and Blue only LO,

2. R.A.I.N.B.O.W Challenge, choose elements that correspond to those letters ie. R = Red or Rhinestones etc,

3. was to create a fan from the template.

All the girls did a great job. I only got one challenge done as I spent most of the weekend with Mick. He even had a Monday RDO, which was cool, but also bah in a way as I could have done the challenges while he was at work.. AH well!! I would rather be with him than scrapping alone lol. We spent pretty much all weekend either chilling or in the garden. Was a really good weekend. I'll leave you with a picture of my Lo and some of Michael and I out in the Garden...

I will be spending some time on the forum purple scraps this weekend for their Cyber Challenge. Allcraftz is sponsoring the challenges.

So Sad

This is so sad. It is a story of a precious little girl who was abused until she died. There are different versions of this story, all fighting to be the one that is right, but in the end who cares which one is right, this poor little girl died. No amount of 'right fighting' will bring her back.
I post this one month from the 28th of April, as I was not aware of her day.

Cool Opal Technique

Another cool Demo

Sweet Demo!!

This cool Demo comes from http://goannafive.blogspot.com/
Thanks for the info it ROCKS!!
Hope my info helps you :)



Embedded with permission.

Help Me, Help Me

Do you know if this is a plant or a weed?

  Do you know what tree this is?

 

Do you know what tree this is?

What about this one?

These are things in my new yard that I am not sure about. The top one plant/weed I am thinking about getting rid of but I want to know what it is. Same goes with the Strange twiggy tree.

Late night visitor

When Michael was going to bed I heard this funny little growling noise. Michael said he thought it was a possum, I went outside and sure enough it was. Trouble was very excited that this guy was hanging around. I am wondering if this little creature has come over before and whether that is what Trouble is breaking out to try and get to.. Not that Trouble is going to be able to escape soon... We have bought a dog electric fence, especially made for troublesome dogs.. I am sure once he see's it the memories of farm life will come back to him and he just won't go near it.. Here's hoping.

I *heart* the postman

Yummy Yummy Yummy. I got yummy mail yesterday. I bought this kit from Michelle at ScrapBookit. It is so super yummy I just had to take some photos of it. I didn't do it justice but omg it is yummy. I can't wait to make something.. But What?? I am not sure what I will do with the kaiser book.. Probably a birthday book I need one of those.. Or maybe an address book, I need one of those too haha. I have seen them made into quote books, which are lovely.. but I don't use many quotes or have enough for a book of favorites LOL.. Hmm decisions, decisions, decisions!! (Don't be looking at the junk on my desk either!!)

Front Back

On another note, here is my mother's day card. Made first and foremost for my mother and secondly for the challenge over at We Challenge You

Have a great day. I will it is raining here (well it was) and I hope it continues to do so all day :D

Where is the Sydney..

 

This is a lo I created on the 14th & 15th, well really I created and had the idea on the 14th, but it took me to the 15th to stick all the bits down lol. I did this as part of the Chinese Whispers Thread on Allcraftz. The photo is taken in Geraldton, Western Australia. The Lady is looking out waiting and hoping that her son would be home soon. It is made to honor and remember the H.M.A.S Sydney. I created this Lo using Bazzil in 2 blues, Tim Holtz Distressing Ink, Chipboard letters, Embossing Powder, Paint, Opals, a Fancy Pants Stamp, some Embroidery thread and a bloody good photo :D

Hope you like it, thanks for stopping by!

Australia National Scrapbooking Day!

Hosted by Allcraftz for you.

This is one of those BIG things. Here is what is happening...

Classes on the day will include (and possibly an extra not yet listed) the following:
*Basic Grey Aspire Mini Album class- Designed by BG designer Becky Fleck, on the day run by Hannah. Details of this are listed in the store already for purchasing- an absolute bargain for items with a retail value close to $100- not to mention the learning experience for those who have not completed an item designed by an internationally well know designer. The kit includes enough items to create a complete album, with left-overs for other uses also.
*Card Class with Hannah using Daisy D's "Attic Heirlooms" collection items. The kit for this class will include enough product to make HEAPS of cards. Hannah will show you 3 new card designs which you can then use to make more using the techniques. It will also include some pre-stamped images, phrases, etc- embellishments and more. Cost of this class/kit will be approx. $10.
*Mini Album class with Sandra. Sandra will be using the fantastic Teresa Collins goodies, along with some 7 gypsies embellishments and oh so much more! Sandra is our "Celebrity Designer" for the classes on this special day. The cost of the kit is yet to be decided but we will do our best to keep it priced so those on all budget levels can participate.
*Infuse Layout with Hannah. This LO is STUNNING. Feminine with plenty of class, style and sophistication - and incoporating a range of new skills that you can use plenty of times in future. The cost of the kit will be $10-20, final costings have yet to be discussed (waiting on the specific colour cardstock we need LOL).
We have been told by BG that we should allow 2.5-3 hours for the Aspire class. Considering Sandra is also completing an album I would think her class will go for a comparable amount of time to the BG one. Both Hannah's class pieces, her LO and cards, will take much less time to complete- with fantastic results!
For those interested in doing all 4 classes you will also receive a 10% discount on your class purchases. As more details are finalised I will let you all know. All kits will be sent towards the end of May ready for you to create with on our special Allcraftz National Scrapbook Day.

So if that isn't enough to get you OMG OMG OMGing, just wait til I share some of the prizes with you...

Beauty is everywhere

I have done this page as a challenge for the blog We Challenge You. This is sponsored by my favorite shop Allcraftz for you.

I haven't ever done any stiching on a Lo which was part of the entry rules, so I kept it to a minimum as I didn't want to bugger it lol.

I used stamps, flowers, chipboard, grungeboard, h2o's, bazzil and chatterbox paper.

Our house..

Wow where to begin. Michael and I bought a house. We have moved out of our rental one and into our new place. We haven't unpacked yet.. We have too much stuff I fear.

It is a lovely 3 bedroom home, 1 bathroom, kitchen/dining room and lounge. It has a huge big shed for Michael and has a small garden shed as well. There is a pretty big back yard for our own veggie patch and we have even invested in some fruiting trees. I have so many hopes and dreams for this place I hope we can make it a reality.

Now that we have our own place we also have the phone on... WHOOT! Soon we are getting Broadband and then I will post on here regularly lol.

New Technique

I taught myself this ages ago, but semi forgot how to do it lol. I got a refresher course on a forum that I am on. I haven't done another one but atleast now I can remember how I made these LOL. I used Paint.NET which is a free program.

I am a bad Blogger

I haven't blogged for ages... ok.. what has been happening... I will back post so I can add photos, but here is the run down..

• Went to Wangaratta and up to Harrietville for the Scrapbookit Retreat (View photos here)
  
• I didn't scrap much. I spent alot of time talking.
  
• Met some lovely people there.
  
• Made some cool altered stuff
  
• Did a couple of classes
• Went to Paperific
• Met a cool scrapbooking pom named Zoe, we plan to meet up again
• Got to see a few of the ladies I met at the Scrapbookit Retreat
• Made lots of Makes and takes
• Bought lots - lol
  
• Went to Bundaberg for my best friends commitment ceremony (view here for pictures)
  
• Got to visit all my old mates
• Got somewhat drunk on one night
• Had a night out with a new boy (a 6 year old, lol)
  
• Went to Brisbane with Mum for an early Christmas present in late Nov-early Dec
• Stayed in the City
• Walked 700miles to a scrabook store for a free class... which nearly killed mum and I
  
• Went to a free class at Scrapbook City, had a lot of fun there, bought a lot!
  
• Ate out every night for a week
• Went to the Casino
• Entered Scrapbookit altered item comp and came in Runner up, won a lovely paper pack.
  
• Went to Murtoa for Christmas
• Got some LOVELY earrings from Michael. The Diamonds in my earings are larger than the stones in my engagement ring lol.
• Got a pretty pendant from Mick as well
• Mum gave me some yummy Scrapping stuff
• Mum also gave me an altered word - Create which I love.

I can't think of anything else atm.. I am going to post some of the things I have scrapped lately.

Back to Bundy

I went back to Bundaberg for Chon and Chrissy's Commitment Ceremony. I went for two weeks, stayed at Shannon's in Brissy for a few days on each side of the trip and also stayed at Katie's. Zoe was kind enough to board me for the week and a bit that I was in Bundy

Shannon's crazy hand fed Bush Turkey

Shannon, Lindsay and Me at the Sushi Train

Chon & Chrissy Chrissy's sister, Lynn, Chrissy, Chon, Me, Jason

Chrissy's sister, Lynn, Chrissy, Chon, Me, Jason

Me and my hot date :D Declan

Scrapbookit Retreat 2007

Mum stretching her legs

Mum and I having a break at Glen Rowan

Lesley, Michelle and Me after Michelle broke Lesley's Sizzix

Explosion box class Card class, this one was SOO much fun and easier to keep up with, even though we didn't make all the cards we were supposed to :)