I've Won Again... YAY!!!

I got an email last week saying that I'd won the "Try this Technique" challenge for Sillhouetting on the Scrapbook Creations Website. I don't know which layout has won it though. I'm still waiting for them to update their website so I can find out. That's why it's taken me so long to post it on here cause I was wanting to include the layout as well. When I know which one it is I'll come back and share.

I am so excited. I'm stalking the posty for my $200 worth of Kaisercraft and Stampin Up products. Should be here any day now. I love it when they come. It's like Christmas.

Stuff to Share

I did Kinda duty with Bailey yesterday. They had their End of Term BBQ, which I think is a bit too early. They still have next week left of Kinda before school holidays start. It was always fun doing kinda duty on the party days when Micayla was in kinda because they made it a real party. I thought yesterdays party was boring. The kids just had a sausage in bread and a pop top that the committee had organised. No "party" involvement at all. Not even a theme for the kids to dress up or anything. In Micayla's year the parents would get involved by providing a plate of food for the party and the kids would have some sort of dress up. There was always lots of mums to help cause it was fun to do. We are not even given that opportunity with this group. Even for Fathers Day, they didn't have a day at Kinda with the dads. They said they will be doing something for the dads next term but that's not Father's Day. It's really quite dissappointing. Anyway, I did take some photos of Bailey at Kinda yesterday.


This is all the kids sitting around eating their sausages. Bailey didn't even want his and I ate it. He's gone off his food lately, don't know why.



These are shots of Bailey playing with some of the things at Kinda.





Then I started mucking around with him and he started pulling faces. It started off nice and then I think he was over me having the camera in his face.

Father's Day

Adrian wasn't feeling very well on Father's Day so we had a pretty quite day. The kids gave him the presents they'd bought and made from school and kinda. Bailey gave him a set of Cougar coasters, a key chain in the shape of a heart with a tiny wee little picture of his dad opening a present that he'd drawn. The present was a bit of scribble. It was so cute. He also did a hand print with a poem and some questions on the back that the teacher had him answer.

Some of the questions were:

My Daddy is the best daddy in the world because..... "he lifts up swing sets"

My Dad likes to eat....... "Vegies, everything"

My Dad is "Older than Mummy" years old.

Micayla gave him a photo frame and a Worlds Greatest Dad laminated certificate that she decorated herself.

We went for a drive to Frankston Motor Bike track, we are applying for membership there. We met up with Marty and Julie and Scott and Tania. They all had their bikes out riding around. Then we went to visit Adrian's parents before Adrian went off to play Soccer with Scott.

An update on the scrapping I've been doing.

This is the photo album I made for Sharelle and Baby Peyton. I have left places for Sharelle to put photos into the album. I have also made her a gift box that was filled with hand cream, chocolates and a little bottle of Kahlua for her.

This is the sample layout I have done for the Monthly Themed Challenge on the Artypants forum. This month is a sketch provided by Becky Flecks Page Maps. Check out the forum and have a go at the sketch yourself.

Peyton Sienna

Welcome to the world

"Peyton Sienna"

Little sister to Paige

Born 31st August at 8.00am

A nice little size of 6 pound.

Congratulations to Sharelle, Brian and Paige.

Can't wait to meet her

Sharelle is the one photographed in the slide show below (a couple of posts ago)

Catch up Week

I've been busy doing nothing really. Just catching up on lots of stuff I've been wanting to get to.

Firstly, I completed 5 layouts for the September Design Team Pack for Artypants. Can't show you these layouts yet but I will when Jodie has released the kit. The amazing thing for me is this time I didn't leave it to the last minute to meet the deadline. Jodie now has them all with the step by step to be printed on the packaging with at least a week to spare.

I've had the kids home on curriculum days from school and kinda. So I've been running around organising paperwork and photos for mine and the kids passports.

My darling friend Emma has a masquerade party to go to, so I whipped her up this mask for her to wear. Hope she likes it.



We've bought the kids a new motorbike. Micayla grew out of the Suzuki JR50, so Bailey has that all to himself now. It's still a bit big for him though. But now Micayla has this one, a Honda CRF80, which is also a bit big for her, but she'll manage. It's time for her to step up and learn to ride with the gears. Her knees were up around her ears (so to speak) on the JR50. This one will last her a long time and then Bailey will grow into it (in about ooohhh 20 years PMSL)



We went to Marty and Julie's place in Cockatoo last Saturday for Brandon's 6th birthday party. Of course the kids had a ball as they do. We ended up staying there for pizza for tea. No photos from this day though.

Well it's time to go now. Sharelle's baby is due today (hope she's not kept waiting too long for their baby girl to be born) and I still have to get stuck into making her present. That's my next project, before I scrap Kath's cast from when she broke her arm falling off a horse.

Until next time. Bye for now!!!

Sharelle's Pregnancy Photos

Last Saturday (16th August) I went over to my beautiful friend Sharelle's place to take some photos of her preggie belly. We had so much fun. I pampered her first by doing her make up for her and then took lots and lots of photos of her. 280 actually. I wanted to play with my new camera and she was happy to get some nice photos for herself. I wanted to share some with you in the slide show below.

I'm really pleased with how they turned out, considering I only used natural lighting and sheets for back drops. We used whatever we had handy actually. The sheets were pegged up on a couple of tall lamps that kept wanting to fall down LOL. So amature! But pleased with the result in the end anyway and they look even better printed. I know Sharelle's really happy with them and that's what counts.

Luke's 1st Birthday

It's hard to believe that Luke Overdyk is already 1. We celebrated his 1st Birthday last Sunday and here are some photos to share.

Luke on one of his presents. Looks like this one was a hit!

Bailey and Kaytie played really well together. Kaytie was going wherever Bailey was. They had a ball together on this see-saw. Every time Bailey fell off backwards, Kaytie would copy.

Bailey was having a ball pushing the kids on the swing. First Kaytie, then Luke. He was giving Luke a spinny ride.

Just a couple of snaps of my kids while playing with my camera. Who's idea was it to invent party whistles???

Time to do the birthday cake, but Luke didn't want all the fuss of the singing of the happy birthday song.

He just wanted to eat the cake.

Let me at it. Get away all you other kids. It's Mine!!!!