Australia Day!

Well today is Australia Day!!! I am feeling pretty good today so I have managed to get heaps of washing done and a bit of housework. I was finally able to open up all the windows and air the place out. It is beautiful in here now. DH is at his work putting new shockers in our 4wd and doing a few smaller bits and pieces to it. We are off 4wd'ing for the day tomorrow so it is a good excuse to get all those things done.

Due to my morning sickness, I haven't been too enthused about scrapping lately. I am trying to get all my CT requirements met which I seem to be on track of atm. There are so many ideas running though my head so it's pretty frustrating that I don't have the energy to get it all done. Hopefully I will start to feel more normal soon enough! I am only 7.5 weeks along so it could be a while.

I am planning on going to a crop on Sunday with the Melb EB Scrapping gals. I am really looking forward to it although I won't be doing any scrapping lol. I will have to check out what all the fuss is with paper scrapping. And I will be child free as DH is taking Coban to visit his great-grandfather in hospital. He loves to have 'Boys' days. And so do i lol.

I haven't posted in here for a while so there are a few LO's to show.


I used Laura Burger's Country Grunge kit~ available at DigiScrapShak.



I used Michelle Conrad's Seasons of Change~ available at DigiScrapShak.



I used Catrines Subway kit~ available at PolkaDotPotato. This one was for the January sketch challenge at DSS.

Oh No!!

Tuesday seemed to be going so well. It seemed luck was on my side until about 4pm....

It was a stinking hot day and Coban and I were spending it inside as I wasn't feeling all that well. We don't have an air conditioner but we do have a pretty effective evaporative cooler which we had on. Suddenly the electricity went out. Apparently the smoke from the bushfires had played havoc with the main electricity supply to Victoria. So for 2 hours, Coban & I suffered through the 40 degree heat with absolutely no power.

To make matters so much worse, DH called me at 6pm to say that he had just crashed my car. Now to many people, a car is a car! But I love my car. She is just awesome. I think she's pretty sexy and boy can she can move lol. Enough about my love affair...

DH wasn't sure whether she would be fixed or written off as the steering line was snapped and he couldn't get a look inside to see what else was wrong. DH had her taken to his work so
they could evaluate her situation.We are fully covered so we will be fine no matter what. But apparently after having a quick look over, they think they will be able to fix her up. So now it's just a matter of waiting for the insurance company to hurry up and give the go ahead.

DH sent me some photos of her today. I hadn't seen her at all since the accident.

What a surprise!!!

I am in shock but so deleriously happy right now!!
We went and had our scan this morning which was wonderful. Unfortunately it was too early to hear any heartbeat but we did find out that we are having twins.

Yes, that's right, TWINS!! I could have fallen over if i wasn't lying down lol. I SO never thought i would have twins but both Daniel and I are over the moon. I'm sure it will be tough at times but not everyone has twins so it is such a blessing. Now to find a bigger house lol.

My Spiderman!!

Just thought I'd post these photos of my little Spiderman. One of our friend's younger brother had a masquerade party for his birthday last night and as I was not feeling too well, Daniel took Coban along. I remembered that my Mum had bought Coban a Spiderman outfit for Xmas which had a little mask so we dressed him up and he looked SO cute. Surprisingly he enjoyed wearing the mask.







I have managed to get a couple of LO's done over the past few days too. I am feeling pretty yuck all day now so my MOJO is slowly being drained.





It is my FIL's 50th on Saturday night and we've decided to drop Coban off at my Mum's for the night. Daniel and his mate have been asked to be the entertainment. They do acoustic covers and are awesome. I will obviously not be drinking and will probably be ready for bed not long after the party starts but i will do my best to stay awake. It might be difficukt to keep things under wraps though as my belly is growing into a noticeable little bump. Oh well, not much i can do about it.

I am having an ultrasound this morning so i am sitting here drinking some water (YUCK) but luckily i don't have to drink TOO much. I will come back in and update after the scan.

New Layouts!

These are some more wedding photos. I used the double layout sketch that came as a freebie in the January DSS newsletter. It is made by Darcy Baldwin. I used stuff from Jen Wilson for this layout.


This is DH & I on our 3rd wedding anniversary last year. The kit is 'Black & Rose' by Nandinha Menezes~ available at PolkaDotPotato.



This is my 'Bicky Tin' #4. I used lots of different stuff in this layout.

HUGE New Year Sale!!!

~~EST~~

How many people read my blog???

Let's see......

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year.

We have just gotten back from a camping trip near Deniliquin. We headed off Saturday morning and arrived at the campground about 1pm. We stayed in a Youth Camp called Four Post and It was just perfect. The camp was right on the edge of a river so each day we headed down there for a play. Coban, being such a water baby, had a ball. We had to put a life vest on him just in case and he looked so adorable.

I planned on an alcohol free weekend but got sucked into a few drinks on New Years Eve. Only a few glasses of wine and a very small amount of Bundy. One of the guys we were there with gave me the Bundy can to drink as that was always my drink of choice before I had Coban. I managed a couple of mouthfuls just to keep him satisfied but left the rest when I headed to bed at 2am. Apparently everyone else followed suit not long after that.

I managed to take 120 photos so I was pretty impressed with myself lol. DH kept telling me off for not leaving Coban alone. I couldn't help it, he was so cute!

Coban was pretty grumpy for the whole weekend. I think it was due to his teeth coming through but who knows. It was pretty hot while we were up there. He didn't like sleeping too much which drove me mental! Normally he is in bed at 7.30pm and sleeps right through but the first night he was awake till 10pm!!! And then up again at 6.30am.

Oh I forgot to mention that we took our new 4WD away with us. It is so cool!! DH actually took me for a little drive in it which is a big thing becuse it's manual and I have never been able to drive a manual. I did pretty well too. Stalled twice as I was taking off but was darn good by the end. (It was only about 200 meteres driving but i did change gears lol)

We are heading off on a 4WD trip over Easter with the same group of people that we spent the weekend with. We are heading up the Oodnadatta track and depending on time, we will hopefully be going to Ayers Rock. I am so looking forward to it!! I am a bit hesitant to tell Mum as ahe is paranoid about dingo's and babies but she will get over it!! lol
My FIL is lending us some stuff for our 4WD so hopefully we will be all loaded up and looking the part when we head off. I just need to get a good first aid kit from St Johns.

Here are some photos:

This is Coban squished in the back with all our stuff surrounding him lol.


This is Coban with baby Summer.


Swimming in the river with Daddy.


After his swim.


Resting in the boat. What a cutie!!



Part & parcel of being a boy; playing in the dirt!


Playing totem tennis with Alicia.


Daniel taking a power nap whilst getting beer tipped on his head.


On to some other news, the first ever Dingo Lingo Journal has been sent out. For those that don't know, it is the newsletter that Trish Jones has put out. I am on the newsletter team and have an article in there about realistic layouts. I have a signup link in a previous post so you should all sign up for it. The newsletter is heaps different to what you would expect. I am biased but I think it's great.

Well all the Christmas celebrations are over here and Instead of having a well deserved rest, I have to start packing bags. We are heading up near Deniliquin somewhere to go camping with some friends. I have a horrible feeling that it is going to be ridiculously hot so I'm just hoping that i'm wrong. We will be leaving Saturday morning so I'd better get a wriggle on.

Christmas was great as usual!! Poor Coban has been cutting his 2 bottom canine teeth and was pretty miserable for about a week. He was so over Christmas! He did score some fab presents though. Something has to be said for Grandparents that are all divorced and re-partnered. Coban was SO spoilt!!
Coban's Stash of presents

His new Art Easel from Nannles & Pop.

Daniel & I did pretty well too. He scored a heap of camping things including a yabbie net which he is thrilled about lol. He also got a big Maglite which will come in so handy when we are 4WD'ing. I got 2 bottles of perfume. 1 being the new Kylie perfume 'Darling'. Yummo!!! I also got magazine subscriptions to Scrapbooking Memories and For Keeps. Can't wait for them to arrive! A new handbag and Evermore CD from my MIL. And my gorgeous little boy gave his Mummy a Capt'n Jack Sparrow figurine. LOVELY!

My new man, I mean figurine.

My Gorgeous new handbag.

Photos from Christmas morning

Just posting these photos from Christmas morning.

Another LO

Here is another LO i did a couple of weeks ago. This one has actually been picked up by Scrapbboking Memories mag.

Well I have been so busy with the lead up to Christmas that I have just not had the energy to post in my poor old blog. Sorry Mum!!

I have all presents bought, made & wrapped. Phew!! I can't wait to see them all under the tree. We have Daniel's parents and their partners coming over tomorrow morning to open presents. Then I will be making pancakes for breakfast. I'm not much of a bacon and eggs kinda gal so it's pancakes or toast lol.

I baked a carrot cake yesterday so we will leave some out for Santa along with a mug of hot chocolate. I had to taste the cake first just to make sure I didn't give the poor man food poisoning before he'd finished his rounds lol. It's not bad!! Coming from the world's most hopeless cook.

All I have left to do now is make a potato salad for lunch tomorrow, pack our bags to stay at Mum's tomorrow night, fold the clothes and put them away, Iron some shirts and put all the presents under the tree. Then I can head off to bed for a sleepless night. I am such a child when it comes to Christmas.

I hope I get plenty of photos to scrap. Last year I forgot to actually press record on the video camera and the few photos I managed to get were pretty blurry :(.
I think I can do better this year.

Oh, I forgot to say that I won a $30 gift certificate to Jen Wilson's store!! It was part of the raffle we held for Michelle Conrad at DigiScrapShak. I can't wait to use it. Her stuff is unreal!!!

I have quite a few LO's to show. They have all been done in the last couple of weeks so there a number of them.

Luckiest Girl Alive!!

I feel like the luckiest girl ever!! I received my Secret Santa parcel in the mail today. I could not open it quickly enough LOL. I received two of the most beautiful things I have ever received in my life. Personally made by ~Cat~ and I LOVE them.

Firstly, a beautiful clock to put above my desk...


And lastly, this stunning canvas ...


Thank you so much Cat. You are the sweetest. *MWAH*

Hot Days!!

It has been so hot here for the past couple of days. I am well and truly over it! And with all the bushfires over Victoria, we are blanketed in smoke. It is horrible. I feel so terrible for everyone in and around the towns affected. I am hoping against hope that the rain will come and give a bit of relief.

Yesterday I met up with Rach & Clair and had such a lovely time. The kids seemed to have fun too. A bit of mud and water really kept them occupied lol. Coban spent half the time sitting in the dirt playing with sticks though. He is such a boy. Just loves to get dirty.


Sorry I haven't got too much to say at the moment. I just can't think properly in this heat.

Sneak Peek as promised!!

I have finally finished the paper & alphabet that I was designing for a magazine. Here is a sneak peek. Sorry it's so small. I can't give too much away now can I??

Charity Raffle at DSS!

At Dss, we are holding a charity raffle for one of our designers, Michelle Conrad. Unfortunatley her house was hit by a flood last month so we are trying to do something for her and her family to help them out over the holidays. Check out the full ad at DSS here.

Jen Wilson has so generously donated $500 worth of gift vouchers for her products so it is well worth checking out!!

3rd Wedding Anniversary

Tomorrow is my 3rd wedding anniversary! I am SOOOOO excited about it because Daniel & I are having dinner and then staying the night in the gorgeous hotel that we had our wedding reception in. Every year we have dinner there but we are spoiling ourselves this year!! After all that's been happening, I think we deserve it.

Coban is going to spend the night at his Grandpas and Daniel will pick him up early Thursday morning and bring him back to the hotel. We have a late checkout so we thought we could make use of the pool and everything.

I am pretty organised for Xmas this year but for some reason i feel really unsettled. Like I have a million & 1 things left to do. I really only have 2 otp projects left and 7 other pressies to buy. Although the other pressies are all going to be at least $50 each so I'd better get a move on or i will have no money!!

I am also very excited because some of the Melbourne EB scrappers are getting together on Saturday. This will be the first time that I have met any of them and I am really looking forward to it!!

That's about it from me. I have so much to do at the moment but just can't seem to motivate myself.

CT Call for Claudia Campbell!!

I have just noticed at DigiScrapShak that Claudia Campbell has put out a CT call.

You can find her stuff here.

I Dare Ya!!!

Ok, who's game to click on this blinkie??!?


Go on, I dare ya!! While you're there, sign up for a rockin' good time!


Also, check out the Trish Jones Layout Extravaganza!!!

Trish is giving away 1 of her Full Senses collection each week for the next 4 weeks!!! There are 10 kits in total in this collection.

By using any Trish Jones Designs product in a layout (at least 90% TJD) and posting in the DST gallery, you have the chance to win. Check out Trish's blog for more info.

So much happening!

So much has happened and is still happening in my life at the moment. We went camping last weekend with some friends. We went up near a place called Rushworth in Vic. It was great to get away for a few days. It was so hot the first day, then rained on & off for the remainder of our stay. It wasn't too bad though as there was a cabin thing for us all to sleep in. We all just brought our swags in.

The weekend just gone, we headed to a school fete up the road. I am such a sucker for fetes.lol
It was the school that Daniel's step brother and sister go to so we caught up with them.

Then on Sunday we headed off to see my FIL play guitar & sing with another lady. They used to be in a band together but now it is just the two of them. It was such a glorious day. Pretty hot but there were heaps of friends and family there so it was great to catch up with them all.

We also booked a hotel room for our 3rd wedding anniversary on the 6th Dec. We are staying in the hotel that we had our wedding reception at and also having dinner in the restaurant. We have dinner there each anniversary but decided to go all out and stay the night too. FIL is having Coban for the night and Daniel has the next day off work so it should be a great night!!

Now onto digi news!!
I think I am officially booked up for CT's now! I am now on the PolkaDotPotato CT & Trish Jones' newsletter team. I was also just asked by Amy C to be on her CT!! I applied for Amy's team when she put out her call but didn't get accepted due to the fact that i'm already on the DSS CT but she emailed me yesterday asking if I would join her as she had seen my latest work!! I am so chuffed and also so busy!! LOL No time for a job now. PMSL.

Here are a couple of LO's that I have done recently.
Kit used: Fundamental Fun by Trish Jones Designs
Kleenex Crusader credits

Kit Used: Dreamy Lemonade by Summer Simmons
Sunshine Credits


Kit used: Quiet Soul by MDesigns
Morning After credits


Kit used: Brownie Points freebie by MDesigns
Play Credits


Kit Used: Antique Lighthouse by Lucy Marino
Curious Boy Credits