2 posts in a matter of days. I have got the scrapping bug big time at the moments. I managed to finish the masculine page of Glenn that I was scared of, and I also wanted to share a Wedding page that I have done.

I just wanted to share some layouts that i have done over the past few weeks. The first is of me baby-well not so little daughter Ashleigh and the second is of my husband Glenn and his brother Matthew.
I was never to sure on using large letters on a page, but i was happy with the way this layout turned out.

This is a basic layout using the Cricut machine to do most of the work. I never feel very comfortable doing masculine pages. I find it hard to work out of my comfort zone. And who said you cant use flowers and ribbons on a boys page. I still manage to find room for them. I have given myself a challenge to work on pages that i feel are way beyond me - meaning masculine. I am working on one of Glenn at the moment that is taking a little longer than i had planed. I hope to share that with you soon. Give me girl pages any day.

While i still love to Scrap, i have found a new addiction in Card making. Here are just a couple of basic cards that i did for a class.

Did anybody go to the Pink Concerts last month? or better still get photos? I was a great concert. The girls didn't want to come with me so this month i hope to surprise them with their first ever concert-Cristina Aguilera. It should be fun..I can just imagine myself being the groovy old girl in the mosh pit.....ha

Well i hope you all have a great time with the kids over the school holidays..

Busy Busy Busy

I remember a saying that my mother used to use all the time when i was a kid and it drove me nuts, but how true she was....Remember the saying "There are never enough hours in a day". You would think that after I sold my salon that i would be crazy to think that being self employed once again would be any easier than the first time. I must admit that now the girls are getting older, they are a lot less demanding of my time or should i say "It's no longer cool to hang with your parents" and the internet, telephone and ipods are much more interesting than us old folks.. I know there are never enough hours but one thing i didn't think would happen so fast and that's my baby girls growing up so fast, it's like one minute they are so dependant on you and the next they are young teenagers trying to find there own way in the world and the best you could hope for it that they dont sumble to often. I just want to hold onto them and never let go.. The best thing about them growing up at the moment is thay are starting to realise what a great friendship sisters can have and they love the camera and are willing to stand next to each other and take the most beautiful photos....

This "My Girl" layout was done using the Cricut Machine.

I hope you all had a great mothers day. I got to spend mine exactly as i wanted....and the girls even chose a gift that i really needed - a new wallet and a block of chocolate. I lasted all of 24hours which in my book is good.

I hope you all have a great week.

Scrapbook Memories-May

WOW my first layout in print. It seems like it took forever. I submitted this layout way back in September last year. For all of you who have been wanting to submit but are to shy to, go on just do it. I got knock back after knock back, but you just need to keep at it. I still get knock backs but maybe what i am submitting is just not what there looking for in the current issue they are working on... I see some of what i think are the most beautifull layouts at work and yet the owners tell me they got knocked back...

We all have our own style and as long as you are happy with the end result that's all that matters. Hey maybe i should start a magazine for us scrappers who get rejected all the time....hahaha.

Well this is my style. I hope you like it

I hope you all have a great week.

Take care

Hello everybody

I can't believe how fast these past few weeks have gone. I really didn't think it had been that long since my last post. Things have been really busy at work and by the time i get home and do all the family duties they girls have well and truly planted themselves at the computer table and i have to fight the girls all night for it and when i do get on all i get is "mum how long will you be".

Thank god for laptops. I'm really enjoying the teenage years........yer we have our ups and downs but in general the girls are a lot of fun at the moment and they still like to hang with us every now and then. As usual they have a better social life than we do.

I hope everybody had a great Easter. We spent time at home this year. We had planned a trip to Newcastle to see my sister and her family but somehow work had other plans. I did manage to get some me time at my table, which was great. I love it when i can put my head down and the ideas just keep on flowing. Isn't it funny that it only ever last for a short time before you get scrappers block again.

As you can see, i am still under the influence of Carol and Joanne with this layout. You just have to try 3D work. It's very addictive as are cards once you get a few under your belt.

"Happy Birthday"

This card was done using the Cricut Machine. (Wording and Flowers)

"Best Wishes"

I hope you all have a great week.

Yee Ha

Well i did it. It's 12mths today that i gave up smoking. I can say I do feel better for it, but I'm not to fussed on the extra weight that i gained. So I joined Bootcamp again this month, and i must say it felt great. Having a month off was a bad idea. All those promises i made to myself to go to the gym more and eat less. Lets just say that didn't happen.
This month i have made new promises to celebrate the 12mths effort. Eat the right food and work harder to work of the extra weight. I've done it before so I know I can do it. Will keep you posted.

I have been loving this rainy weather we've been having. To me its the best time to scrapbook and not feel guilty that no work is getting done outside. I have a thing for making cards at the moment, so as soon as the camera battery charges i will share them with you. I will also share the other 3D page that I manage to complete.

Have a great week

Jody

I know Feburary is a short month but is it just me or has this month just gone by so fast. It's been a busy month at work and home but I have managed to get some layouts done.

I am a fan of Coral Janson, who is the 3D Queen of scrapbooking and my sister-in-law who also does great 3D work and even though paper tole has been around forever with cardmaking, Carol just makes it look stunning when it is incorporated in Scrapbooking. Both Carol and Joanne makes it look so easy that i decided to give it a go. This was my first attempt at 3D Scrapbooking and i must say " I am Hooked". I hope you all like it. Even Glenn like this page that much that we put it in a black shodow box and it will soon have a place on a wall.

I hope to start another 3D page this week se with any luck i will have another to share soon. On to other news. If you didnt know it already, i am a huge fan of the Biggest Loser-"go BLUE team' I'm back of to bootcamp in March. I must say that I did enjoy having the month off, but its amazing how quick your fitness level drops even after you promise yourself you will go to the gym more to make up for not doing BC. I sometimes think i just exercise so i dont feel so bad about all the wrong food I eat. I am a real sweet tooth. If anybody knows a way around this please let me know.

I hope you all have a great week.

P.s I'm going to be an Aunty again....My sister is 10wks along.

February 6th 2007

Now the girls are back to school, Glenn & I are back at work. It's like holidays-what holiday's.

It wont be long and they are back before you know it.. Has anybody seen any Easter Eggs in the shops yet. Oh hold on, they will put them on the shelves the day after Valentine's Day.


We took the girls and friends to Wet 'n' Wild on Sunday. I think we saw the girls twice, sorry three times the whole day. 1-when we got there and were giving them the run down on the rules of the day. 2- lunch time and 3- when the water park closed. We all had a great time.
Sorry to say that we only applied sunscreen 3 times and still managed to get a little red. I think we were all in bed by 9pm which is early for us, and gee did it feel good to sleep in on Monday morning.
I didn't join up for Boot camp this month. I did however wake up at 6am for a moment and smile to myself because i knew that the session was about to get started and i knew what they had ahead of them that morning.
2 minutes each of sit-ups, push-ups as well as grunts and the best way to finish the session of is with a 1-klm time trial..
I plan to go back in March, but in the mean time i have an itch to get some serious scrappin done. I still plan to hit the gym. I have this addiction with Step class at the moment. I must admit i do feel a little guilty that i didn't join up this month. (Ask me how guilty at 5am on Wednesday morning....hahaha)

I did this page of Lateisha and her best friend Sarah over the holidays. I'm still getting used to the whole using black and white card but i really am starting to like it.

As you can see i still have this thing for ribbons and flowers. I got Lateisha & Sarah while they were in a silly muck around mood and gee did they play up to the camera.

I did have some good news last week. If you remember late last year i was hoping that i was going to have my first page published, and i thought it got rejected. Well I'm happy to say i got a contract and my page will appear in Scrapbook Memories 8-11.. I cant wait to see it in print...It just goes to show you should never give up trying.

Thanks for stopping by and cant wait to finish some cards I've been working on.

I hope you all have a great week.

Jody

Another year of memories ahead

I hope everybody had a wonderful Christmas and an even better New Year. Glenn had to work this New Year so the girls and i watched the fireworks on TV (wasn't Mr Newton a treat) and i scrapbooked until 2am in the morning. I haven't done that in a long time so it felt good, I'm normally in bed by 10.30pm.

Now that the girls are growing up and can amuse themselves, they are having the best holidays ever. We have been to the movies a few times, spent time as a family by the pool, got out DVD's and had pajama day's, it's been nice. We even booked Foxtell before Christmas in hope that the girls would enjoy that while on holidays, but when the guy came to install it, we had 2 drops of rain and he said it couldn't be done so now they have to wait until February. NOT HAPPY .

I'm going to miss the time with the girls when they go back to school. I'm one of those mums who really enjoy time with the kids on the holidays. I'm a bit of a work-aholic, so what time i do spend with my family is special.


Now the girls are a little older and like to pose for the camera.



Thought of the day: If your partner was to pass away- would you remember what they felt like?
I know it's not something that you want to think amount, but how often do you spend quality time with your partner. This thought came to me when i realised that both Glenn and I were spending very little time together because we were just to busy with "life". Does that make any sense? Even if we just go up to the local shop, we never leave the house without a kiss goodbye, it annoys the girls but i just hope that one day they will understand why.

I just love the photos i have used on this layout, but until now never really knew what i wanted to do with them. The photos really say alot so i want to keep it simple.

Well that's all for now, I'm off to do another layout. I have the bug at the moment, so fingers crossed.

Thanks for dropping by and i hope you all have a great week ahead.

P.S. Boot camp is a real hoot this month.

Time goes by so fast.

Where does the time go. I didn't think it had been that long since my last post..but it has. At lot has happened this month..
* My eldest daughter Lateisha had her 14th birthday
* I have just about finished another month of Bootcamp
* Glenn and i managed to get 90% of our Christmas shopping done in 2 days
* I'm about to be draged out to the boxing day sales.....this will be my first time...
and Christmas will be forgotten about in a week

Well i hope you all had a wonderful Christmas Day..
We spent Christmas Eve with the Glenn's family. We had a greate day eating, swimming, eating, swimming, eating a little more & kids swimming a little more until we all complain that we have eaten to much and are water logged.
All I can say is bring on January Bootcamp because after what i have eaten over the last 24hrs, i think im going to need a very good work out.
We had bring a friend day on Saturday at Suttons Beach. I am so glad we dont do it on the beach all the time... I was so glad when Glenn said he would come along to see what i have learnt to love so much. He did enjoy it and i managed to hold my own and not make a fool of myself . I knew he would do well as he has a pretty active job, but i think he forgot how i felt in my first week way back in November... I felt like i had been hit by a truck - I could feel every muscle i forgot that i had and the second day after your first is always the best...haha. Sorry I can't stop laughing.....Glenn is sooooo sore and wouldn't make any sudden moves and wasn't in a hurry at all today...but in the end he did say he liked it... He said he still wont give my any sympothy as its all self -inflicted.

Starting Bootcamp was the best thing i did. I was close to lighting up again as my easy fix to loosing the extra weight i gained after i quit smoking , so now if you ask me if i want a smoke or want to go for a jog....the jog wins every time...now if you don't find me scrapbooking you will find me in the gym/bootcamp.


Speaking of scrapbooking, i would like to share a layout i did after we got back from holidays in October. You cant rush these things.

This is one of the rare family photo's now that the girls are getting older and it is no longer cool to be seen with us.. I hope you like...I hope to get a few pages done over the next week while i'm on holidays....fingers crossed.

I hope you all enjoy the holidays and have a safe and Happy New Year...See you in 2007

Bootcamp....Hooyah

Hooyah.....we did it...we survived Bootcamp

If you had asked me 4 weeks ago to name any of the people in the photo i would have said "Yeh right", and today when i was showing Glenn the pics i had taken i was happy with myself that i could name everybody... these have been my new friends 3 mornings a week for the past 4 weeks, while we all try our best to get fit. Some have had some great results Steve(middle-top of tyre) lost 10kgs, with a few of the girls having great results loosing up to 6kgs, but what we all got out of it the most was improved fitness and the pleasure of making new friends. I must say the funniest person i have met in a long time is Jo (middle-bottom of tyre) and just because she is hidding, Jamie needs a mention as well. My fitness partner in crime is Kylie (front left) We have very similar fitness level and found it easy to push each other that little bit harder.

Now if you ask me do push ups on my toes, grunts or go for a 40minute run, i am happy to join in. (Well maybe not to happy to do the grunts.)

For the past weeks these guys have brought out the best and the worst in all of us, and the best this is that most of us are coming back for more in December.

You do grow to like them after the first week.

Here you see Sarge Griffiths doing his punishment for calling Sarge Magiver by is first name.

Well, i survived my first week at bootcamp. I even have injury to show for it. Well not a full on injury, we all have a very nice (nasty) rash from rolling around on the grass. It's hard work, but i look forward to seeing the results in 4 wks. I have notice that my fitness level has increased, so thats something. I do plan to scrapbook a page about Bootcamp. I already have a name for it -"The Good, Bad and the Ugly" For those of you not sure what boot camp is. If you watch The Biggest Loser when Bob takes them to the beach for their work out - well thats how i would explain it. Lets just say i have a new fondness for those people on the show.

I am still working on a layout at the moment that has been bugging me for the past week, but i would like to share another layout that i did while i was on holidays.

I'm still in the wedding mood. It was the most romantic wedding I have been too in a long time. There wasn't a dry eye in the chapel. (Including the Bride and Groom) The Chapel overlooked the ocean and with the sounds of the waves , the soft breeze, it all made for a beautiful setting.

Everything about the day was just so prefect.

I know holidays are for relaxing and spending time with the family, which i did. But i couldn't help myself. Here are the pages I got done on holidays.

Now the holidays are over, it's back to normal life and time to loose the extra few kilo's that spending time with good company and fine food has put on.

I started Bootcamp (fitness program), this week so fingers crossed i will be a new person in 4weeks. I have taken a before photo and cant wait to see the after shot. Will keep you posted.

Well i hope you all had better luck than i did with the Melbourne Cup. Hands up for a public holiday in Qld.....

A weeks holiday is never long enough. I need another week of to get over the one i just had..
It was nice to get away. The weather wasn't that flash for the first half of the week, but made up for it at the end. The girls and I did loads of shopping. Cairns Central was great retail therapy.
I think we should have shares in SUPRE' by now. The girls and I spent a lot of time at the resort laying around the pool. Glenn wasn't into the shopping like we were...don't know why... he didn't get left out. He went out with the boys Go kart racing, Deep Sea Fishing and of course they got a round of Golf in before the wedding.


The wedding was just beautiful, it was in a little chapel on the beach front. It was a small gathering with just 12 of us all in total including the bride and groom. Which i think made it all the more special. It was the first wedding i have been to where all the girls went barefoot to the reception...including the bride. We had the reception on the beach. It was just great. The food was just to die for. (Look out Boot camp here i come) I cant beleive how good food taste when your on holidays. Glenn and I both came home a little rounder. Food taste so much better when you don't smoke. (It's been 6mths now)

Just in case your wondering..I did get some Scrapbooking in. I only got 2 pages done, but i was happy with my efforts. Will share with you as soon as i take some photos.

How bad do you have to be to be called a "Scrap-a-holic"? Glenn and I are taking the girls to Cairns for a friends wedding tomorrow and as much as I've been looking foward to this trip all year, I am also looking foward to getting some Scrapbooking done... I know most of our days are full with sight seeing, shopping, sight seeing and more shopping, oh and a wedding, but you must agree with me when i say that scrapbooking is a great way to unwind after a nice day in the tripics..
Mind you i love this rain we are getting tonight, its also good scrapbooking weather.
Well I'm of to pack (there's nothing like leaving things to the last minute).

I did this page a few months ago and now the magazine doesn't want it i can finally share it with you all. Lucky i have thick skin...it wont stop me from trying again. I hope you all enjoy it.. This is my darling Ashleigh. (Just got contract for this layout 24-1-07...look out for Vol8 No11)yeh ha they want it after all.

Have a great week everybody and will talk to you all next week when we return to normal life....

Well i'm sorry the holidays are over. I really enjoy hanging out with my girls. It was finaly warm enough to use the pool for the first time since we had it put in way back in May. You couldnt get the girls out, and towels, my god why cant they learn to hang them up to dry instead of using 10 towels a day.
Do you ever think to yourself "why the kids are busy, i'm going to get creative" and then when you sit down you get scrappers block. I hate when that happens. I started this page and it turned out completley different to what i had planned. I love doodling at the moment so all my pages have a little. I had no intention of doing it on this one but as you can see i couldnt help myself.
The girls don't get to see their cousins very often and as usual Lateisha looks like she is enjoying them, but they just love her and Ashleigh gets to act like a 2yr old and get away with it.

Well today we all got to watch as Australia said good-bye to a great bloke Steve Irwin. Like many of you i shed a tear. Many in fact. !!!!Crikey!!!!

Today i am able to finally show you the page I was working on a few weeks ago. Sorry i couldn't show you earlier but i just wanted to wait to hear back from the magazine. Lucky I have thick skin. I am happy to say that i did submit a layout that go accepted. Will keep you all posted when that comes out. Just goes to show that you should never give up.

Well here it is.. Yes you see right, this is Lateisha with a smile on her face.

I cant beleive how fast this year is going. My mother used to say " There are never enough hours in a day" I used to hate hearing that, but now i am older, how true she was.
I had a great week-end with the family, the big boys went fishing again. I had planed to scrapbook with my sister-in-law, but we spent the night on the computer with her giving me lessons on how to do my blog. We did get our scrapbooking gear out and look at it, I even popped a flower, now all i have to do is finish the page. I'm working on one of those pages that is going to take me a few days. I need to get up and walk away pages. Will let you know how i go.

My Passion: Scrapbooking

I was introduced to Scrapbooking 6yrs ago by a old friend of Glenn's. I dont like hosting parties but i was interested in seeing what this Scrapbooking was all about. I invited a few family and friends around and we had a great time. It didnt take long to get hooked. My sister-in-law Joanne and I didnt take long to find all the Scrapbook stores on the Northside of Brisbane. We had no idea at what we were getting ourselves into (neither did our husbands) . Glenn was like any other husband at first, if you asked him what he thought of a finished page he would always say "that's nice babe". After a while i would slowly get some input from him. Now he will look over my shoulder and say "why dont you add this or why dont you add that". It's nice to know he appreciates what I do. Ashleigh likes to Scrapbook with me and is always will to pose for a photo. Lateisha on the other hand always gives me that look as to say " hurry up mum", i dont think we will see to many pages with Lateisha and a smile on her face.


One thing i love about Scrapbooking is the people you meet. I have made many friends while doing this craft.
I like that Scrapbooking is my time, time for me to be me, not a mother, not a wife, just me, let my hair down kick my shoes off and just get with the girls and talk about anything and everything that pops in your head. I love Crops, they are a great way to get to know your Scrappin friend and have a few laughs.

I have been inspired by my sister in law over the past few weeks.. I have always been a fan of her work.

Both our husbands have started to go fishing a lot which means more time for us getting together and scrappin. Here are just a few of my favorite page that have done.

One day you will all see a smile on Lateisha's face.

I was having some problems working out the photo machines at Harvey Norman and somehow managed to print around 20 photos in 6 x 8 size, I didn't think anything was wrong untill i had to pay for them..thinking that i would have been just as easy and cheaper to print them out myself at home, it wasnt untill i picked the photos up that i realized i had made a mistake with the size. So now my new favorite size of photo is 6x8. I must admit they are very easy to work with.

If you wish to view more layouts please visit My Layouts.