kids arguing?

Not a normal scrappy post from me today.....
I wanted to find out if anyone else out there has the same issue I am having. Do your kids fight with each other of a morning?
Mine don't do this every morning, but when they do, it really drives me nuts and then makes us run late!!!
They usually only argue or fight over the tiniest little things, like one of them has touched something of the other ones!!! or they change the channel on the TV and the other wanted to watch the other program....GEEE, it gets a little annoying after a while. The arguments take over what they should be doing.
Then I constantly have to ask them to get dressed, put shoes on, find school hats, brush teeth etc etc. All while I am trying to pack bags and make lunches as well as get ready myself.
I am sure I am not the only one this happens too?
Please leave a comment and let me know I am not on my own!!!
Donna

more creating

Another Friday night of scrapping with the girls. Didnt go for as long this time, but still had 4 hours of scrapping time, which is more than I would usually get in a month! I managed to complete 2 pages plus a double (Can't believe I'm actually creating some double pages, as I find them so hard. But being surrounded by double page ideas in the store is really inspiring)but by creating these I'm actually getting through some photos.
This first one I finally tried some paint on bubble wrap and like the effect. A photo of me and the kids in the pool on a very hot summers day.

And I really love how this one turned out. This was taken last May at the movies. I seem to be using a lot of Orange in my cards and layouts lately, not sure why, but love this page.

And lastly, here is the double page from a work Xmas party a few years ago (had way too much to drink, which may be obvious) but so glad I finally scrapped these photos.

Thanks for looking
(till the next Friday night scrapathon)
Donna

new scrap pages

Last Friday night I went with a friend over to Scrapbook Cottage for 6 hours of un-interrupted scrapping! Had such a good time and got quite a bit done. Here are some of the pages (there is one more but I will add that to my SU! blog). This one is from last Winter when we took the kids to a local shopping centre as they had set up a mini ice skating rink. Aiden struggled a bit and needed our help, but they both loved it. I actually used quite a few photos on this page, so if I keep going to these Friday night scrapathons I might end up seeing my photo stash decrease!!! I must try and print more of my photos in this smaller size so then I can use more on my pages.


This one is from a recent family outing to Katoomba to see some waterfalls (I wanted to play with my new DSLR)


A quick page of Aiden listening to an ABC disc the year before he started kindy. (page uses Studio calico kit)


This page I'm also very happy with. I have been waiting for quite some time to scrap these photos from when we went to the Gold Coast almost 2 years ago. I had wanted to try ZORBING last time we went, but just ran out of time. SO this time I really wanted to try it. We weren't really sure how we were going to do it with the kids in tow, but when we got there, we realised kids cold go as well and yes, ours wanted to have a go. So Jason went first with both the kids, while I photographed and got some young girls to video it for me. After their go, it was my turn. The kids were allowed to have 2 goes, but Aiden didn't want a second go, so Tahlia and I went. This time Jason photographed and the young girls were happy to video again for me (and I in turn photographed their turn). It was so much fun (but over very quick) and I'm glad I had tried it. It was like being on a slip n slide (as we went in the ball filled with warmish water). Just very hard trying to get back out. Lots of laughs were had thats for sure. (I still need to add journalling to this page and I will write something similar to this post and use hidden journalling so it doesn't take up space on the page.

Thanks for looking,
Donna

Bright and summery

here is one of the other pages I managed to complete on Mothers Day. I'm still trying to stick to my plan of using an item from my stash on every page that I have had for more than a year (this page includes the black and white flower and the black chipboard scroll)
I tried to make this page nice and bright to tie in with the bright fun photo. I also used one of my handmade flowers (the red one) and think it suits the page well.

Thanks for looking
Donna

Holiday page

Its been a while between posts again, but its been so hectic lately. I did manage to squeeze some scrapping time in on Mothers Day (because it was my day after all), and I managed to finish 3 pages. Below is one of them. This photo was taken on the Gold Coast 2 years ago and I recently bought the transperancy overlay, thought they went well together. Well I'm happy with the final result anyway.
Thanks for looking
Donna

Niece and Nephews

My sister recently gave me this photo of my niece and nephews and I thought it was gorgeous and it was screaming to be scrapped. So i chose some summery colours and embellies and this is the result:

(sorry about the colours looking a bit washed out, just couldnt get the right shot)
I have used lots of items here including: Stampin up, cosmo cricket and kaisercraft pp, stampin up punches, kaisercraft rhinestones and rubons, prima packaging, my own handmade felt flower, cre8tiv felt pieces, 2 bugs in a rug stickers, jenny bowling journal spot, maya road flowers, misc chipboard, bazzill, stampin up hemp twine.
I am trying to use at least 1 scrapbooking related item that is more than 1 year old on every page I complete at the moment to get through some of my stash. (And I know I am not the only one to buy things coz we love them, them they sit in the stash forgotten about for ages!!)
So on this page the items that are over 1 year old are the word stickers, chipboard piece and the yellow flowers. So I managed to used 3 things instead of 1! Yay.
Thanks for looking
Donna

challenge page

After challenging my friend Aleta to use my scraps from my page Crazy Kid (see a few posts below) this is her result. What a good way to make use of leftovers that would probably only sit around in your stash for years and years, never to be used again.

Thanks for looking
Donna