DONEY DRIBBLE

Quick update

2012-02-29T22:33:00.001+08:00

Just sharing some recent layouts...trying to get up to date!

Did this one for Stuck Sketches, but with the time difference, was a little late to upload (even with a whole extra day this month...slack aren't i!?)

This one would have fit the Scrap the Girls
criteria perfectly, but I'd already completed it before I read the challenge! no cheating here!

TFL!

Apparently.........

2012-02-03T22:19:00.000+08:00

It's time to update AGAIN! And here I was thinking no one paid attention to my blog but since some of you are hassling me to update, I guess that's not true. I am pleased about that!
I'm not going to worry about the stories...I'm just going to put the photos up. Then I'm going to get back to this regularly...PROMISE! I just haven't been scrapping as much as I used to :(

These 3 above are using January kits from Country Papercraft

Diaries I covered for the kids to use at school. They chose their own papers and even added some of their own touches!

Finally finished this......way early for next Xmas! (Bet you thought I was just late from Xmas just gone??!!) lol! At least I have all year to collect little knic knacks to fill the boxes.

This layout was finally published in SM in December. Was supposed to be last Xmas but it was missed and then suddenly it just appeared this year. Not complaining mind...happy to be published WHENEVER! They used this lo as advertising in lots of other craft mags too...stoked!! I have another one coming up shortly. Submitted it last year also and suddenly they just emailed out of the blue and asked if it's still avaialble!? Of course it is as I haven't submitted anymore since!

And finally adding a great little gieaway link I came across while checking other updated blogs...
Aren't these just gorgeous??????
Follow the link over here for a chance to win.....but even if you don't there's some awesome inspriation on Samantha's blog! (Eye Candy Magic)

Ooohh... I can share this one now because it's in the hands of the birthday girl! Hope she loved it as much as I loved making it......

Had to borrow this photo to showcase this lo as I was in Perth delivering Caitlyn to School (Year 11!!) while mum sent the boys off to ther first days here......1 in year 9, 1 in Year 7 and 1 in Year 4! We are going to have our own 1st day photo on Monday now I'm home. It will be the first day that I'm sending them all off to school and also the first day of a whole week rather than the 2 days they went this week! So technically it will still fit my theme! lol

Right, I think that will do for now. I'm sure there are more, but I'm working off 2 computers at home and the work computer.....my photo organisation has got a little behind. As I'm going to update regularly again, I will just add more as I find them/create them!
Thanks for staying around/coming back....

Rach

Where did the time go????

2011-11-20T18:11:00.000+08:00

I keep thinking it's about time toupdate my blog, but then I think about what a big job it's going to be...so then I wait even longer so it's an even bigger job!! I'm sure last time I did that I promised myself to never let it go so long again. But I have wanted to share some things lately so I am going to do a very brief update and then I'm going to keep up to date...REALLY!!!

So since July, I have.......................

Given up work to open a Scrapbooking shop! (This is a canvas I made to put on our counter!)

I Also completed my ambulance training

Just a quick update with some of my recent scrapping....it's not all of it as most is on my laptop and I'm not! But I will add to this post as I get to it.

Busy weekend!

2011-07-15T22:25:00.002+08:00

Last weekend a local lady organised a retreat in town (well 70kms out of town!), and a couple of friends and myself thought about going. But we decided to save our money and stayed home and had our own mini retreat. I kicked DH and the kids out and we had a sleepover and scrapped the weekend away! So much better than packing and being organised...and no shopping so we saved plenty!
Not a hugely productive weekend for me but mostly because I didn't get organised due to not having to pack anything. Here are some I did get done, along with a couple which were in the Country Papercraft midmonth newsletter. Thanks for looking!

Update time

2011-07-08T22:38:00.000+08:00

Thought a quick catch up is in order! Bits and pieces of everything!

Some just for fun, some for my design work at Country Papercraft.
I get to scrap all weekend so hopefully will be back early next week with some more to share!

June Scrap the Girls

2011-06-24T17:35:00.000+08:00

This month's challenge was a colour challenge. I had some photos picked out which were perfect and then I used those for my Design pages instead. So last night I chose another photo (from my small stash of girlie photos...thank goodness for 6 nieces since my only DD doesn't like me taking her photo!) and luckily inpsiration found me in time!
This is the colour combo required:

And here's what I did with it:

Isn't she cute??!?! Even if she is a first class dag!
My scanner has chopped off a couple of edges. They're actually there IRL (I went to a lot of trouble to punch the overlapping pp's and line them up so I KNOW they are there!)

Thanks for looking.

Rach xx

Newsletter Day

2011-06-15T21:56:00.000+08:00

The June newsletter is out at Country Papercraft here's what I created this month using first the kit:

And this one showcasing the stash of the month being Bella:

That's all for now.....

Rach

Peak Charles

2011-06-06T16:41:00.000+08:00

We ere going to go camping this weekend, but between kids sports and the weather, we decided on a day trip to Peak Charles which is close to where DH grew up. He last climbed Peak Charles with his family in 1985. He's been wanting to do it again ever since (well everytime we drive past the turn off!) Finally we took a few friends yesterday and off we went. Luckily we didn't know quite how big it was until we got there, or we may not have attempted it!
Each time we thought we were nearly at the top we went up another section only to find another mountain in front of us. You can't see the peak from the bottom so we were really disillusioned! Luckily the kids ran ahead and were at the top well before us. (We mums thought the dads were keeping up! Note to self: less talking means more energy to climb!) once we caught up tot he dads and they told us the kids were up top unsupervised we had to push ourselves to get up there. So many times we could have stopped but i didn't trust anyone else to take photos for me...I needed to see it for myself! It was soo worth it.

And since the Challenge this week at iheartfaces is "From a Distance", I thought it appropriate to enter a photo from yesterday (my first time entering!)

It was hard to choose, but I think this one probably sums it up best!

Better head off to my niece's disco themed 7th birthday party now (I'm not invited but I am allowed to deliver the disc of dance music she requested and take my camera!)...thanks for looking!

Some challenges

2011-06-04T12:30:00.001+08:00

This weekend was my turn to set the challenge at Countrypapercraft.
I've designed a sketch and a page to go with it. This was my sister's favourite photo of my niece so it's fairly special. I hope I did it justice.

Here is my Kraft it Up Challenge for this month (a bit earlier this time..lol!)

And these are using the June design Kit at Country Papercraft

Thanks for stopping by...

Rach

Kraft It Up!

2011-05-31T20:00:00.000+08:00

Oops! Did my entry for Kraft it Up last week and thought I had already linked it but I hadn't! Today's the last day...lucky I didn't remember tomorrow.
This month's challenge was to create a lo without any patterned paper. I've done these before and never been happy with the end result, but finally I've created a page I'm happy with, despite it not having any pp!

Quite simple.....but hopefully effective.

I've just arrived back from Perth where I managed to sneak in a trip to Ikea to buy some boxes to fill the shelf my BIL has just donated to my scrapping room. Finally everything will match (and hopefully fit!) Can't wait til tomorrow when I have a day off so I can start shuffling and trying to find new homes for everything! Stay tuned.....

TFL.
xx

Scrap the Girls

2011-05-26T23:23:00.000+08:00

The month is nearly over so finally I have gotten around to completing my Challenge!
My "Important Female" is my one and only DD. (well, she's always the second "D", not always the first! That's why it was so nice to scrap a nice page about her!)

And this one I did for MSR (My Scraproom Rules!) at Scrapping Outback

This was week 1. I'm not sure if I'll get Week 2 done as I have to head off to the city. :( But i'll try! :)

Thanks for looking!

Quick update

2011-05-06T17:07:00.000+08:00

Got a busy weekend planned....quick dinner tonight with friends who left town a few years ago, then off to a 30th birthday celebration where we get to get all frocked up and eat chocolate (what more could a girl want!?) Tomorrow footy season starts with a 7.30am check in at the next town, so that's definitely an early start for us. Sunday is the start of soccer. Bad timing since I planned to have a ME day being Mother's Day and all...oh well.
And somewhere in there I need to squeeze in a few more visits to my new nephew Oliver born yesterday.
This week I've had a trip to Perth and Bunbury (2000 kms in 2 days!), the boys have had squash, soccer and footy training already, and when I arrived home last night, before I had to turn around and go to a soccer meeting, I found my house full of family coming for a roast dinner! Shame I couldn't stya and eat with them but it was yummy just the same.
Phew..is it any wonder I had to come home from work early with a migraine!? had a nap though and feeling ready to take on the world again.
Right...the update I promised!

These are the pages I did for the newsletter at Country Papercraft

April Kraft It Up

2011-04-28T15:21:00.000+08:00

Have missed the last couple of KIU challenges, but managed to get one done this month!
This lo is showing off my new hair colour which people tells me makes me look just like my beautiful big sister.. (clearly she was prettier, her eyes more sparkly, skin more gorgeous, etc....) Even my nephew says we look alike but his mum was waaayyyyy prettier! He's 8.....completely honest!

Requirements:

1 piece of Kraft cardstock (Yep)

2 photos smaller than 6x4 (yep)

3 different Alphas (hope it's a minimum deal as I went over!)

4 different patterned papers (easy!)

5 different embellishments (stickers, rubons, flowers, buttons, ribbon)

Loved this challenge....TFL!

Happy Easter!!!!!!!

2011-04-26T13:20:00.000+08:00

Hope the Easter Bunny has been good to all of you! The Easter Bunny even visited me this year...can't remember the last time he came (normally I just buy my own...just to be sure I don't miss out!)
We started the day with an Easter Egg Hunt with my niece and nephews and their cousins. Then headed up to the farm for a family Easter day.

Finally been back out to my craft room as well! Here's a couple of layouts I got done this week.

This one shows some of the photos I took of my SIL and her family this week as they count down to the birth of baby number 3!

This one tells the story of my eldest DS bringing home his box he made in woodwork, only to have me tell him I made one identical in year 8 woodwork! Priceless!

And yesterday myself, my daughter and my niee had a hair-dying day! So we've all had a change. nothing new for them but I never dye my hair! Scary stuff but I love it!

Chance to win!

2011-04-07T16:10:00.000+08:00

Never one to ignore a competition...thought I'd share it with everyone.
Handmade by Suzanne is giving away vouchers, and all you have to do is add Handmade By Suzanne’s badge to your blog and a link back to our store AND post the details of the competition on your blog.
Easy Peasy!
Done!

Just for Laughs

2011-04-07T09:03:00.001+08:00

Just sharing the latest layout. It's my turn for a Thursday Challenge at Country Papercraft so here's the page I created.
it's a little bumpy looking as I accidentally left it on a non-flat surface overnight! Also had to use my phone to photgraph it since I haven't had time to play with my new scanner and all the programs on my new computer! One day.......

Thanks for looking!

Another month sneaks by..........

2011-03-27T21:57:00.000+08:00

I knew I had been busy, but I didn't know I'd been THAT busy that a whole month has gone by between posts. Naughty me!
It's not scrapping that's been keeping me away! Just all those life things again.
This week was our faction carnival at school. Since I run the Canteen, that was quite a busy couple of days for me. (Plus all the pre-planning and prep!)
The week before I won tickets to see Rihanna in Concert so I HAD to drive to Perth to see her! That was a nice surprise. I managed to get 2 extra tickets from a friend so I could take my 2 eldest children and one of my Daughter's friends (A Rihanna look-a-like!)
So yesterday I did this lo for a weekend Country Papercraft Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue...check!

Using up a bit more of my March designer kit again from Country Papercraft

And this one is fairly self explanatory!!!!!!! Yep...FINALLY got published! It's taken since September when they told me, to actually get into the Mag, but it was just as exciting (once I actually realised!) as when they first advised me! There was supposed to be 2 but hey....1 is ok by me...for now! The lo itself is almost 2 years old now though...hope people don't think that's as good as my scrapping gets! lol

Speaking of Designer kits.......here are the layouts I did for the March CPC newsletter. Excuse the quality of the photos...my printer/scanner died so I had to resort to photographing and it hasn't been the best weather for that! Luckily I now have a new printer/scanner but also a new laptop and I haven't worked out yet how to scan and stitch efficiently like I could before.

Until next time.............thanks for looking! xx

Scrapathon

2011-02-18T23:27:00.000+08:00

Last weekend I went to a Scrapathon at the lovely Gayle's house. Gayle almost wasn't there (daughter..ripstik..cast.... uh oh!) but her friends and other daughters did a great job getting ready for the group of ladies that were coming along. There was a reward for "she who scraps most" but sadly it wasn't me! I was in the race for a little while though... I did manage to scrap 7 pages so that's enough of a reward for me.

I did this next one last night for my weekend challenge at Country Papercraft

And this one for Challenges at Scrapz.biz University

Phew...wish I could scrap that many every week! Maybe if I wasn't working+catering+P&Cing+meeting teachers+creeating work rosters & soccer teams and fixtures, etc...I just might be able to!

I'm going to Uni!!!!

2011-02-08T19:42:00.001+08:00

Well online Scrap Uni anyway!
I've just discovered a great new challenge at Scrapz.biz and I've decided to join in. Have done the first 2 challenges already so I can't fail completely!
This one for media staudies - how we rely on modern media

And this one Behavioural Science about the behavioural charactersists of self or someone close, so mine is about eldest DS who has juts turned 13 and gone off to high school. I'm sure there will be lots of changes coming so thought I'd better do the "now" before I can't remember how we was!

Right, better get back to studying..don't want to fall behind!

Some layouts to share

2011-02-06T10:11:00.000+08:00

You'd think with all the fun photos I took at camping I'd have done a few lo's by now but life is just way too busy at the moment.
I did get one done..... I got eldest DS to stand behind each window after I realised 4 windows/doorways lined up at this old Telegraph Station. He's a bit out of focus but that's ok..He was in a dark hoodie anyway so not sure how much of his face would have been visible!

This next one is using some more of the January Kit at Countrypapercraft I didn't love these papers but have to admit they were perfect for some of my Bali photos. This is my neice and 2 newphews who came to Bali with us. We forgot completely to take a photo of them together until the day before we left, but managed this nice one when we went to Jimbaran Bay to watch the sunset. Having said that I just realised we didn't really do any of just my immediate family. Have heaps of group and individual but didn't manage any typically touristy family shots! Oh well, guess when you take 7 children with you, there's not much time to set up formal photo shoots....it's enough to know where they all are all the time!

Been working on my kit lo's for this month, with the newsletter due any day, so I can share those then.

My other 2 nieces dropped in yesterday and I got them to dress up and pose for me. They are only 1 and 3 but they were quite happy to play along and even do some of their own poses. Then I had to play on Photo shop (which I am new at and COMPLETELY unexperienced with!) but I can see already that I am going to have lots of fun with it.

Been camping!

2011-01-24T20:52:00.000+08:00

Well it's been a while since we camped but this past weekend we took off with some friends for a few days break. Took us a bit over 4 hours to drive 180 kms to the campsite! Yep, lots of bumpy roads..but lots of fun. Rocked the kids to sleep fairly quickly on the way home!
It was too windy to do much fishing but otherwise pleasant enough. Even some historical sites to see while we were there..and I got to play a bit with my new camera. The kids were quite good at helping me try a few things..the rest I snuck in!

Just a sample of the hundred or so photos I snapped over the weekend!

Before I left a friend asked me to make a wedding guest book for friends of hers who were getting married on the weekend. I'd never met them but I had fun creating aguest book which hopefully they loved. I loved it and it earnt me a huge box of maltesers for camping and some cash from the naughty friend who insisted on paying me for having fun in my craft room!

And I also did this fun layout for a Cyber Crop at Country papercraftt to raise funds for the Queensland Flood Appeal.

That's all for now. Spent today getting a few things ready for school. Hoping to finish tomorrow so I don't have to think about it until school actually starts next Wednesday! One to deliver back to boarding school, one starting high school this year, 2 still in Primary School....bet I WILL have to think about it before then!

Almost forgot!

2011-01-19T10:06:00.000+08:00

In the midst of all the happenings between Boxing Day and the Funeral, I did manage to find an excuse to scrap (like I said....it's Therapy!!)
I wanted to make a book to have at the wake for everyone to write funny stories and memories for Lish's hubby and kids to look back on and remember her like we do.
So this is what I came up with.....(with no plan, just to make it pink, purple and red the colours Lish wanted for her wedding in March)

And then my niece asked if I could make a Xmas prezzie for her best friend who had been away for Xmas (luckily, buying me extra time!) I had so much fun making Lish's I made T's in the same style. I just had blank white c/s pages in it so she could write, doodle, stick photos but apparently she thinks it's too pretty to put anything in so she's just going to look at it! LOL...see how long that lasts!

Another month DID go by!!!

2011-01-19T09:33:00.000+08:00

I've been putting off updating because I knew this was one update I didn't want to do, but I've decided to get it out of the way so I can get back to scrapbooking.

On Boxing Day, I lost my beautiful big sister after 4 long hard years fighting cancer.
She fought hard right until the very end, never admitting defeat and always with a smile and positive word ready for anyone who felt sorry for her. Typically, she let us get Christmas out of the way (even though it wasn't our usual celebration, it was good for the kids that it was fairly normal, as we've known for a couple of months that time was limited.)

We had a beautiful service, bright colours only. We had hot pink flags, everyone wore the brightest colours they could find, the coffin was pink and a friend and I snuck in and "blinged it up" to make sure it was fitting for "The Dancing Queen". We told funny stories, a friend sang, we laughed and cried but overall we made it a celebration of life rather than a sad occasion.

I made a slideshow for the funeral which was quite therapeutic. (Luckily my boys had asked me to make a slideshow of their skating antics, complete with musical backing the week before, otherwise I would have had no idea where to start!) I think I did quite well, though it was time consuming scanning all th old photos as I had to stop and laugh and cry at lots of them!

And this week I made a canvas which was going to hang on my wall, but might just grace my mum's instead. I'll probably do another for myself, Lish's mother-in-law and best friend, as it definitely is therapy!!

Just before Xmas we went to a friend's 50th, where wigs were essential! As the night wore on, we decided to swap wigs with every song change, with hilarious results. I've scrapped some of my wigs but some of the others were really quite funny. It's amazing what a difference hair makes to some people.

This one is using the January kit from Country Papercraft My youngest DS and my BF from Primary School's eldest DD in Bali. We just spent the weekend together and let's just say these 2 are following in their mother's footsteps and are destined for a love-hate relationship for a few years yet!

I have got quite a few new photos to work through, though not as many as usual since I lost my camera on the way home from Bali in November and had to resort to a point and shoot of my dad's. Certainly not as inspiring and way more frustrating than my DSLR! So last week in Perth I picked up my new Canon DSLR (same as previous one...though I soooo wanted to upgrade...just not a good time of year to be doing that!) And DH bought me a photography course for my birthday. So soon as I get rhough that I can officially call myself a photographer! People always ask me to take family portraits and weddings and things but I don't take their money since I'm not "qualified"...but that will all change soon! Wish me luck!!

Off to my scrap room now to get ready for a Cyber Crop happening at CPC - Country Papercraft this weekend. Marg is hosting an actual Crop in the Shop to raise money for the Flood appeal, so the rest of us are going to play along at home. Please feel free to join us. :)

Not letting another month go by.....!!

2010-12-12T16:52:00.000+08:00

The days are just rushing past, there's barely any time to scrap!
Today I've been helping at a Sausage Sizzle for school, but I had to come home and scrap since I haven't done any for ages!

I just did this page quickly for the Scrap the Boys Challenge this month...Dancer or Prancer?? My boys are most definitely dancers! Everytime I pick up either of my cameras or my phone, I find new photos or videos of my boys and my nephews practicing their dance moves! The latest is the "shuffle". Check it out on you-tube if you can't see it in these photos! lol

Using free papers from a recent scrapping magazine. Grunged it up a bit since it was purple (just liek Callum's shirt so I could get away with it!)

And this is a canvas I did for my friend Barbie for a Secret Santa Swap. She guessed straight away it was from me, so I guess I wasn't a very good Secret Santa! lol

The other couple I've done are for the Design Team so can't show those just yet! Couple more days....