Sneaky Peaks #1

I had some spare time this morning so when the kids were playing in the playground I took some pics of what I've created for Scrap-n-Crop's May kit for sneak peaks to show while I am away :-)
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First though here's the cover of my little album I did for this weekend away. You can see some of the inside pages here. It's really simple - just stamping with white Staz-on ink.

And here's a couple more sneaks of the vouchers I made for Lyndon for our wedding anniversary ;-)

Have a great weekend everyone :-)

Busy Busy Busy

I've been scampering around today getting some groceries, keeping on top of the washing and trying to do some work on the May kit for Scrap-n-Crop ... been struggling with that a bit actually - making the time to do it more than anything! My scrap mojo has gone missing I think! Anyway I have managed to complete 3 LO's today, so pleased about that. Still have lots to do yet though ... have something else half started, but now not sure what I am going to do with it! I keep changing my mind! LOL Hoping that the weekend away at Creative Escape will give me a bit more creative fuel and I will come back BURSTING with new ideas and be able to finish the kit off super quick :-) (that's the ideal plan anyway hehehee).

Now I am off to pack my bag and go through my tool checklist for the 20th time (haha) and pack that too - then will be the bag WEIGH ... only allowed 15kg ... me thinks I will be bringing home a little bit of carry-on luggage!! heheee

Wish Lyndon luck with the kids won't you ... although they will probably be perfect little darlings for him (typical!). And I'll be back on Sunday or Monday with an update. Not going to take my laptop away ... that's another extra bag I can do without!

It's Monday!

That's what Aaron tells me when ever I ask him to do something that he doesn't want to! Doesn't matter that it's Tuesday, or even Saturday! It's still Monday to him, so therefore he doesn't have to! LOL They are learning days of the week at school, but he's obviously decided to be a Monday person :-) heheee
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Today I was busy in the kitchen and thought it sounded very quiet, so I poked my head around the corner and found this ... so of course had to grab my camera :-)
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Aaron's reading to Maddison here (making up the story as he goes along even though he is pointing at the words heheee).

Then she saw me and jumped up for a hug. After I obliged with the hug (that's no hardship!) I asked her to sit back down with Aaron so I could get another photo. So she plonks herself down and shoves the teddy aside and reads her own book :-)

And this evening Aaron's teacher emailed me though a couple of pictures of the kids so of course I just had to share them.

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I am assuming that Maddison has been sent to the "naughty" chair here. LOL Look at that face! She's doing all sorts of interesting things at school to test them, like climbing up on top of the desks and I know she got put on the chair for doing that about 4 times in a row! I wonder if this was the time they took the photo ;-)

This one of Aaron and one of his school mates doing yoga I have been waiting for it for a while. Was taken about a month ago and was taken on a hand phone, so not the greatest quality, but I still like it anyway :-) (Not sure if I could do that ... makes me laugh just to think about it actually heheeee)

I am on the countdown for Creative Escape in Singapore. I leave early Friday afternoon :-) Woo Hoo. Have got most of my tool kit organised and all the photos printed I need (plus some extra just in case!). Fingers crossed that the kids are going to be little angels for their Daddy! I am sure he will cope though. ;-)

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Oh Maddison has some new sayings ...

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- Seeeeeeee (actually is sounds more like she's saying ceeeee ... there is a difference between s and c isn't there?) :-)

- Sisssh (fish)

- Bee Bop (Baby Bop from Barney!)

- Allllll right (she's been listening to Aaron, she even draws it out like him!)

- She also puts her finger up to her mouth and says shhh when I am telling her off! (that's from Aaron too!)

- Bobble (bottle)

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Thanks for visiting.

A Smiley Blog Award

One of my on-line "imaginary" friends, Michelle very kindly gave me this blog award. Thanks Michelle, your blog makes me smile too!

As she says, we won't be "imaginary" friends for much longer, because when we are back in NZ in the next couple of months I am hoping we can meet ... and that I get to see her scrap room LOL :-) heheeee (I'll let you know if it really the mess that she says it is!!)

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So I need to share this lovely award with 5 others ... hummmm that's going to be hard to narrow down because I read a lot of blogs that make me smile ... and laugh! So in no particular order;

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Heidi - yeah I know you have already got it ... but that's only because I was slow in blogging it otherwise you would have got it from me first!! LOL Anyway I usually have at the very least a smile when I read your blog ... thanks for the entertainment :-)

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Penny (NZ) - love seeing what you & yours have been up to and your writing and pics of your kiddos always makes me smile & laugh :-)

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Hazel - Okay - I don't always understand what you have written LOL, but you have pics most of the time and they usually make me smile heeheee, and when you write in English I smile more because I can read it LOL :-)

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Penny (KL) - I get a smile from most of your posts :-) I enjoy your sense of humour! Penny actually has 4 or so blogs she owns or "looks after" and they are all interesting reading ;-)

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Janine (aka Angel Gurl) - I know Michelle has already given you this award, but you can have it from me too, because your blog really does make me smile! :-)

Techniques with Acrylic Minis

On Saturday I went to Scrap-n-Crop's Scrap.Abode for a class with Irene Tan. It was a techniques class with a little mini acrylic album. (Should have taken a photo of it in my hand to give you an idea of the size ... it's tiny - fits in my hand nicely!) I haven't used acrylics before, so it was lots of fun. I can see I might have to do some more of these in the future :-) heheee
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So here's some pics of the little album I did. It's not quite finished actually because I didn't put the liquid pearls or silver stickles on the last bits of the album (you can see where I have smudged them where I did put them on during the class!!) so thought I would do it at home. I bought some liquid pearls, but didn't get the silver stickles because I thought I had silver kindy glitz that would do the trick! Ha, do you think I can find it! Must still be in storage in New Zealand! (grrr) so one day the silver stickles will get added, but it won't be this week!
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This is the album all together.

The cover and the ring with embellishments on it.

Pages 2 & 3. The theme of the album was "gallery", so you could do whatever you liked. I chose photos of random shots around Akaroa (New Zealand) when were there last November.

Pages 4 & 5

Pages 6 & 7

Pages 8 & 9

And the back cover.

My cuttlebug got a work out. Love how this little album was thin enough acrylic to go through the cuttlebug. Such an awesome effect.