Just a short note before i head away on the Stampin Up retreat.....yippppeee... this is my first retreat so I'm a little excited...But before i go here is the "Beauty" layout for those of you doing this weeks Design Studio....good luck....and remember....3D work is fun....
Have a great week-end girls and i will see you when i get back.....with loads of new card ideas......in between all the lollies and chatting, lollies, chatting......

Ps.....Pink was bloody awesome........and i can still mosh with the best of them.....mind you i think my girls were a little embarrassed.....but i had a good time....

have a safe one

xxx

I thought it was about time i posted a layout.....Here is one i did for this weeks Design Studio...

Every 3 weeks during the V8 Cars season Glenn and I have what we call a "Lazy" week-end...It's the one week-end a month that we spend doing absolutely nothing....and will any luck it will rain so we don't feel guilty about lounging around in our pj's, falling asleep on the lounge during the race...and I'm my case....waking up just as the race is on the last lap......But it's our time together and we look forward to it.....but i have so much creative juice in my head at the moment....i have two scrapbook workshops to plan for as well as a card making one..... So not falling asleep watching the race for me this week-end.......I'm really keen to see how much i can get done.....

Have a great week-end guys and go Lowndes.....

I am so excited....I had a visit from my brother Steven and his wife Gail this week.....i haven't seen him for nearly 6yrs....It was SO good to see them.....it was like no time had passed......the only change was his grey hair or lack of.......we spent four days catching up on just about anything and everything....and then they tell us they are coming back up at Christmas time.....and with them they will be bringing my nephew and his daughter.....little Summer.....she is two now and from the way talk about her, she is just beautiful.....
So all this sitting around for the past few days has really got the creative juices flowing.....mind you i have now been given a new subjuect to scrapbook.....you guesed it.....Summer......and much to my delight......you got...girly pages.....
Have a great week ahead.....

Why do long week-ends always feel so short... We decided that after 3yrs, we need a week-end away....so we packed up the girls and off we went....and now that the girls are getting older, we are getting to that stage where the girls would rather not come with us....but dad put his foot down and as it turned out we all had a great time....We headed for Alex Heads up the coast...

We stayed at the Seaforth.....and it was great.....here are some photos....this was our view from out balcony

Why is it that while your away trying to unwind.....that you spend the week-end eating total crap.....i feel so sick after the amount of naughty food that i ate.....look out gym here i come.....actually one thing i thought was really good.......i didn't end up taking any scrapbooking stuff away with me and even though i did take my gym gear....i didn't use it........i was so proud of myself.....i can honestly say that i did have a relaxing week-end.....

Even though it was a little on the cool side.....well for me anyway.....Glenn and I did manage a nice stroll along the beach.....we even sat and watched the over 55's surf contest....and let me say, that while they were out in the water....you couldn't tell weather they were 15 or 55....they were really good.....Glenn even picked up some really flat and interesting pebbles along the beach....he said they were for my pages that i was going to do on our week-end......well i take it I'm doing a layout now.....As for the girls, they spent most of the week-end in the room watching movies......and we took them shopping as usual.....then back to the room for more movies....well next time they can stay home......mind you they did have fun once dad had a few drinks and they decided to have a pillow fight at 10pm.......

Night In with the girls....

OMG don't we just love taking photos.....well we thought it was about time....every week or so, the girls and I get together and catch up.....Krissy and I decided it was time to crash Nic's house and of course Krissy's camera is never far away.....we were meant to get some stampin done, but as usual we got very little done.....maybe next time.......

As you all know, boy layouts are not my strong point but i thought it was about time i shared some layouts with you.....The first was for out "Kits", the second was for out Cricut Class and I just had to throw in a girly one.....we are just waiting on few items and this will be available again as a kit.

They are all nice and easy, which is really good when you have scrappers block.....We are going away for the long week-end, and being the night owl that i am.....you got it......I'm taking some scrappin stuff with me......so fingers crossed that the nice sea breeze and ocean views gets my creative juices flowing again.....have a great week-end .......xxx

The Day that Burpengary got flooded

We have lived in this area for the past 13 yrs and I must say we have never seen anything like it before.... We've had heavy rain before, but nothing like this....Since the moment I woke up until about 11am the rain just didn't stop.... It took me 1hr and 5mins to drive my daughter to school....only to be told to pick her up and hour later......anyway I went to work as usual and my mid morning I was just in awe of what was going on outside work.....I was walking a customer out of the store when I looked across the road and saw the intersection.....My god....i couldn't believe it....but what was even funnier was watching the idiots driving thru it......and then later in the day....kids playing in it...I think we lost count of the amount of cars that got stuck in it.....The shops around us were all closing so i decided to do the same.....just as i was leaving the sun was starting to shine.....but the funny thing was.....there was an eery feeling around.....like you were in the eye of a storm....maybe I'm weird but it was just strange.....

As usual, Glenn missed it all and was sleeping..... So i went home and when he woke up he wanted to go for a drive and see for himself....by the time we got down, the sun was well and truly out and had a bit of sting to it and the water had started to go down......

We also wanted to look at the bridge that is the centre of our lives as we drive over it up to 4 times a day......

Now check this out....The bridge has a walkway that goes under the highway......here is the street light leading under the bridge....

And this is the local park....

They say we have more rain on the way......If you have to drive in it....please be safe

xxxxx

My saying of the week.

"It's easy helping them grow up, but it's even harder watching them grow up"

Our youngest daughter Ashleigh turned 14 today, and as usual she was spoilt rotten...one of her presents was a new camera....Both the girls take the best photo's and know that good or bad i will scrap it.....so you can just imagine how many photos I have to play with....Ashleigh has taken this photo herself all i can say is "bring on the photo's".....

Looking at this photo also makes me take a step back and look at my girls, I'm so proud of both of them....Don't get me wrong, I am far from having perfect children, my god they are teenagers after all.....and no angels....but like any parent still so proud.....

Ithought it was about time i shared some layouts. Here are a few that i have done for the Design Studio as the "Created By You paper Crafts". And yes your eyes are seeing right.....there are some boy layouts.....and my model is my darling nephew Brandon.....he is such a darling little boy and takes the best photos.....

Have a great week-end.....

The past few weeks have been very busy.....I had a birthday over Easter and can tell you that Glenn got be the absolute best present ever....4 Personal Training sessions at the gym....I know to some that would be the worst present in the world but for me it was the "bomb'....My trainer Jodie is just the best.....tough but she does boxing and that is ssooooo goooooodddd....mind you for the following 3 days after a session, i know I'm alive...well i can feel all those muscles i didn't know i had.....
We stayed home over Easter but have decided to try for a holiday in June. You will soon learn why......
For Glenn's 40th late last year I got him a voucher for 5 V8 fast laps down at Qld Raceway.....Well we finally booked in and at 5am.......yes 5am Sunday i dragged myself out of bed and away we went.....When we got there we couldn't believe how many other people were there ....there was just people everywhere....mind you we didn't know what to expect....
Glenn signed in, got into his race gear and then went to debriefing.......half hour later and he was ready......he headed straight for a car.....here we were waiting for him to jump into a Holden but no he got a Ford.....not that there is anything wrong with that....but anyway.....and away he went...He had a blast......He said it was just the best....So girls if your looking for something for the man in your life why not....He is already planning the next time....but he said 8 laps instead of 5 would be better.....you just start to get into in by the 4th lap and then its time to pit.....
For his 30th I made him jump out of a plane, 40th put him in a V8 car....now what can i do for his 50th.....bungee..........

So after our V8 Experience and then watching the V8's on TV we are looking at heading to Townsville in June for the V8's. I'm still trying to talk him into going to Bathurst....

Dont you just love getting creative......I went to a PMS at Vicki's as week or so ago and now Iv'e got the stamp bug big time.......So I cant wait to go again this friday night to the Stampin Up launch of the new catalogue.....and i have even decided to go to my first retreat....and yes you guesed it...it will be the Stampin Up retreat in July....
Here is my latest creation.....I know to some of you that this may sound funny.....but i now know how to use my blenda pens.......thanks Vick.........im learning all these new things with stamping and i cant wait to use then in my layouts........

OMG...I am feeling so sorry for myself today.....you see i had my first PT session yesterday and boy can i feel it today....i feel like i am walking around with 20kgs on each leg....as you all know i am a huge fan of the gym, but i normally stick to the group fitness classes....

Well as i do before every birthday, i start to think just because I'm getting older, it doesn't mean i have to slow down.....i mean I've been going thru this every since i turned 30....well as another one draws closer i thought i would prove that your never to old....so i booked in for a Personal Training session with Jodie at Fitness n Motion.....(my favorite hang out)...Now i chose Jodie because i know she likes to put a little boxing in the mix....well i walked away from my PT feeling on top of the world...i was so impressed with Jodie and my workout that i booked in for another.....so really i have nobody to blame but myself, but yes it is feel sorry for myself day....mind you I'm still going to class tonight......

Anyway enough of my self pity......I have been busy creating yet again and i thought it was about time i shared some ideas...I haven't done any 3D for a while so here is one i prepared earlier...this is the You & Me kit.....Oh and this just has to be my fav photo of my girls at the moment....and the most recent....now the girls are getting older they are slowing down with the amount of time the spend in front of the camera......Teish starts her Make-up section of her course soon and i just know she will love the camera then......

And as we can see, I am back to doing "girly" once again..... I really enjoyed doing this layout of Ashleigh....I always do teish and ash always gets left out....well not anymore.....she had been taking some beautiful photos of herself...and i have finally got around to getting them printed....so yes this one i really enjoyed doing.....

I thought it was about time i stepped out of my square and stopped working on white.......so with this one, I went for Black instead.....now this was a first for me......but i was so pleased with the way it turned out....

Have a great week-end guys, I'm off to my first PMS night at Vick's so i cant wait to see what great cards we create....chat soon xxx

I finally worked it out.......How to change the background of my blog that is.....It's a long story but now it's done i can have some fun playing around and making some changes..... But can i just say how much i enjoy Scrapbooking at the moment.....For those who know me well, you will know how long it can take me to do a layout, well let me just say that i did 3 layouts in one week-end....so proud of me.....I have even got the Card bug at the moment...
So I thought it was about time i shared a little with you all....

Who says Card Making isn't as much fun as scrapping...I have done so many cards over the past few weeks. Once i get my blog sorted i will share a few more with you.....

Have a great week-end and share more with you all soon....

How time fly's .....

My weeks holiday was great....I got to bug the girls and also annoy Glenn for a full week....well sort of.....

We got the girls the Twilight Books - all 4 of them for Christmas. So if any off you have them you will know they are not small books by any means.... Well.....my darling little Ashleigh spent from Christmas day till the day before School went back, reading the 4 books.....it annoyed me that much, that i went to see the movie....and i must say it wasn't to bad. Now she is bugging me for the 5th book.....I know what it looks like, i just have to find it...

And Check out what Lateisha's been up to.......It has turned into a daily event now.... so every time we go out we let Teish drive so she can get the 100 hrs needed....as it is, she needs to drive 2hrs a week....and where we live everything is only 5 or 10mins away.....

I did manage to get some scrapbooking done, but while i was getting excited over how creative i was getting i was neglecting the layouts that needed to be done for classes........and when them penny finally dropped i can tell you that the pressure was on.....mind you i do find i do some of my best work under pressure....

And i cant forget Glenn's new toy......I think the picture says it all..... could the smile get any bigger?

Well as you can see, i am off to a great start with my New years Resolutions......

1 Exercise.....doing well

2 Scrapbook for me.......well this is going ok but by doing this i am falling behind getting my class work done....

3 Be a better Blogger.......well that one speaks for itself.....I'm still working on it.....

4 Being a better friend......well this one is going well......I've had a few get togethers over the past few weeks......and it's be so nice to catch up with everybody....

Well i think that will do it for now.....i do have heaps more going on but I'm having a brain overload at the moment....

Take care

Today is going sssoooooooo slow......Not that I'm going anywhere but I'm on holidays from 4pm today......yee ha....I have a full week to annoy Glenn and the girls.....they are sssooooooo going to love that....

I only made a few New Years Resolutions this year.....
1 Exercise more.....this one i know i will keep.....
2 Scrapbook more for me.....not just because i have to....
3 Be a better blogger.......check back in a week to see the changes.....
4 Be a better friend

You may think that last one is a bit strange, but i have a friend who has 5 children and i have only met 3 of them....yep that's right....we send each other Christmas cards every year, well to be honest she always sends me one and i always forget to reply but this year i did send her one....and you want to know the sad thing......she only lives 20 mins from me.....
2009 is off to a great start for me already. I hope that if you did make any resolutions or just made goals to work towards, i hope all goes well.....

Here are a couple of projects i want to share.

This desk Calender was inspired by a workshop i did with Lynette Carol from K & Co just before Christmas.

This is also another Calender, this was my 2008 Masters Entry that for those of you who know me would know i stuffed up, when i sent the entry in i left out a layout which made it null and void.....always this year....

And last but not least.....................

I finally did it.....I Joined Stampin Up.....

I was introduced to Stampin Up mid to late last year and just fell in love with it....I can see myself doing this for a very long time. If you think Scrapbooking is addictive.... well you should try Stampin up... I couldn't hold of any longer. The benefits of joining we just amazing....I look forward to my year ahead and plan to share some of my card designs very soon...

Gee this post seemed to take me forever to do....It's nearly time for me to close up shop so i'm of for now. I've raided the shop with loads of layouts in mind and i really hope i get to do plenty next week.....

Have a great week ahead

Jody

xxx

Happy New Year

I hope everybody had a great Christmas and a smashing New Year....I did manage to see in the new year....just...i had planned to spend it scrapbooking but in the end i was cardmaking instead...you guesed it...Glenn was working again this new year but has already put in to have next christmas night and new year night off.....fingers crossed...don't get me wrong i did have a nice night with Ashleigh and of course Lateisha has a life and had a party to go to.....
Speaking of Lateisha......She got her Learners Permit last week.......so in other words, if you life in my area.....stay of the roads......haha nah she isn't to bad....we have been letting her drive the automatic just so she can get some confidence on the road and then we will get her a few driving lessons......but i must say I am pleased she got it.....on her 3rd go....
We had a great Christmas. this year was at Mat and Joannes and they day was really nice. Joanne like me likes to make a fuss and the table decorations we wonderful...I already have my thinking cap on for next year for our turn... I love this photo.....one because i don't have a lot of the four of us together ....and two cause i think it's funny.....I'm the only one standing up straight....how nice of the girls to make me feel tall....haha

Have a great week-end

xx

Sweet Sixteen

This was a party that both Glenn & I were not looking forward too......Lateisha was turning 16.... I was a little excited about the idea of her birthday as well as taking her to get her Learners permit.....But first we needed to survive the party...
We have been pretty lucky with both the girls not really wanting a birthday party since being in High School.....so when Lateisha came to us and asked to have a 16th come farewell(leaving School) party....we thought "how bad could it be"........we were thinking around 30 kids maybe.....she just laughed and said more like 70.....we thought ok, but deep down both of us were not so sure...I know 70 may not sound like that many to some people, but to us it was...
We registered the party with the police, organized security and arm bands......all was going well until about 5.30pm when we had a storm roll in.....well as if the yard wasn't wet enough as it was, from all the rain we've had over the past few weeks.....
The party got started and in the end we had about 80 teenagers........all seem to have had a really good night and we were surprised when some kids said how COOL it was that they had to been checked into the party with there names being marked off and arm band being put on....
I must say that they did keep us busy all night keeping an eye on them and we were very lucky that only 3 out 80 that decided they didn't like each other....but all was under control pretty quickly and by midnight most had gone home. We ended up with about 30 who decided they wanted to stay the night and the next morning they ended up in the pool by 8am then we served them up bacon,eggs and toast and told them all politely that we wanted them gone by 10am......
4 loads of washing towels later, sweep and mop the floors and the house was semi back to normal.....mind you i still have to re wash the towels....mud really sticks.....
And this is what the yard looked like the next morning....


I was really surprised that none of them did the slide down the hill in the mud....because back in my day...."I would Have"

Just wanted to share this OTP with you all. Julie from A2Z Scraplets gave me a clock kit and asked me to work my magic. At first I was a little unsure, but once I got started I couldn't put it down. I must say one thing "I am so over fringing circles".
I have given myself the challenge to look outside the square. So this is what I have been doing. I am used to working with "pretty" so when I venture away from that it's a little strange. One thing I have been challenged with over the past few weeks is Vintage. It really isn't me but my god, once you get into the swing of things, it can be very addictive.

I'm a little sad this week. Why, because my eldest daughter finishes school this week and will venture onto Beauty College next year. Were ok with her leaving school in grade 10. If anybody knows her you will know why. She is the type of girl who will really thrive when doing something she really wants to do. She did work experience for two weeks in a beauty school earlier this year, and lets just say she was a different person every afternoon when she got home. She wouldn't shut up, and i say that in a nice way. She was always so excited when she got home and she would sit down with dad and I and go thru every detail of her day and what she learnt and what she was going to do the next day. That's when we knew where she was heading.
Oh and one other thing.....If you live in my local area, you might want to stay of the road from the 6th of December.......she gets her learners permit....hahaha....why do they have to grow up so fast. Why cant they stay in little forever......nah let me re-think that last thought....

Have a great week everybody

Don't we just love Christmas? I just love the look on the girls faces first thing on Christmas morning....but you know there is one thing i don't like....and that's spending lots of time and effort making Christmas cards and giving them to people who don't appreciate them...so over the years i have just stopped giving them, but this year i have decided to do something different. This year i will be giving Christmas tags instead, at least this way they can put them on the tree....well that's the idea anyway....I still want to play with different shapes and ideas but here i my first one...

How good is Pink's new album....I've only been a fan for the past few years & I saw her last time she came and it was a great show, I couldn't believe how quick her tickets sold out for her Brisbane shows, well fingers crossed she puts on a few more otherwise were heading down to Melbourne for the week-end next year.... actually the more i think about that the more i like the idea, we have always wanted to take the girls to Melbourne....mmmm now that has me thinking......

Well this isn't going to well so far. I thought it would be easier to load the pics first, but as you can see my computer skills are going well.
I have a few ladies asking to have a look at my brag book that i taught at the workshop a couple of weeks ago, well here it is... this time i created something close to my heart, my darling husband and my girls. Maybe that's why i enjoyed and found it so easy to put together. sorry i could post all the pages but this should give you a good idea...they have been very popular and are a great gift idea for Christmas.
I feel like i have so many layout to catch you all up on, so with any luck i will share them with you soon....


In the mean time, for those having a punt on the big race....Good Luck....and for those who like myself will probably run out of time because I'm to busy at work (or Scrappin cause I'm behind in my class layouts) to go and put bet on....have a great week....

Till next time, take care....xxx

OMG has it really been over a month since my last post...where has the time gone....So much has happened.... Lateisha came down with G/Fever for about 6wks, then we had Glenn's 40th birthday and then we have workshops at the shop this week-end. Yeh i think that about sums up my last few weeks..... I have managed to do some layouts. But I must say i haven't done as much as i would like. Well I'm getting hurried up by the girls....Ive been on too long...yeh right all of 5 minutes.....

If your not busy, why not come and join us at the workshop. Head over to Created By You blog for more information.

Have a great week-end.

Jody

xxx

I've been wanting to share this layout for what seems like ages....and finally I can.
This layout and card were done as part of the Amy Butler Sketch Challenge done for Scrapbook Memories Vol 10 No 6, which by the way is out now. I've never done a sketch challenge before and i found this very hard at first, but once i got into it, I really enjoyed it and was happy with the end results.

I hope you all have a fun and creative week.

Will chat again soon.

xxx

You know your life is getting way from you when *1- you celebrate your 17th wedding anniversary *2 - your eldest daughter has been doing the practice test for her learners permit & *3 she only has 10wks of school left before she leaves to study to be a beautician, oh and i forgot one *4 you notice that your not as fit as your used to and you notice a few more wrinkles than you had the last time you looked...
Don't get me wrong, I still think Glenn is the yummiest and most sexiest man on the planet and i am so lucky to have spent the past 17yrs with him and look forward to the next 17, but it also tells me that I'm getting older. I don't normally think about all this stuff but so much is happening this year. We have Glenn's 40th in a few weeks, then Teish is 16 in yeh about 10-11wks and our baby girl was 13 this year. Teish cant wait to leave school and do Beauty and has her next 2yrs all planned out. She is already talking about leaving home when she finished her course.....What ever happened to staying home until you got married........And to top it off....now that the girls are getting older they don't need me as much......or that's what it feels like....but in saying that, i have had more time to scrapbook or should i say ...make cards.....here is one i whipped up the other week...we did this in class this week and it was good to see everybody interpretation of it......and as usual the photo does not do it justice.

As you all know, i am a huge Scrapbook fan but when it comes to card making, its not my strongest point, so here is one of my first attempts at stamping. I personally think it's cute and to be honest i look forward to expanding my knowledge in this area......it is so much fun ....and addictive.......

I'm off for now but I hope you all have a great week-end.

I thought it was about time I stopped in and said hi.....
Well give me a head cold anyday. I've been down and out with the flu and I'm finally back up and running trying to catch up....mind you I do have to say that sleep is so over rated, and I am so over that feeling of trying to swallow razor blades, so anybody who has it at the moment, I feel for ya..........and Dr Phill, if anybody wants to know what's going on in the world of Dr Phill, just let me know......

I did my first layout yesterday, my god it felt good to be back in the land of the living...I felt like i have'nt scrapbooked in sooooo long..... I will be able to share a few layouts with you tomorrow....sorry i left the camera at work......

Oh one more thing, how's this .....who has ever heard off a fire wood guy going on holidays in the middle of winter......what was he thinking.....we have been out of fire wood for the past couple of weeks.....i know, i know,, we live in sunny Qld.....but I'm like a frog at the moment, and our house is freezing......i rang a guy the other week and a "no show".....mind you i did sound like a horse when i rang.....he probably thought it was a prank call......well i finally got onto another guy and he rang back tonight to say we will have wood first thing in the morning.....so i will be as happy as a pig in mud......

Well I will be back real soon to share some layouts with you....

We decided that I already had enough germs and didn't need anymore so I hope all who are going to the EKKA have a great day, and enjoy some Moorish Nuts(showbag) for me.

Take care

Jody

xxx

Ps:....take a look on my sidebar.....when i wasn't sleeping or going through boxes and boxes of tissues, I did manage to do some surfing on the net....i came across some very talented ladies, and if you haven't noticed, i have a new addiction.......Cardmaking.....my god that is so addictive once you get started......will share some cards with you soon.....

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie

Oi, Oi, Oi

Hey everyone, I thought it was about time I shared another layout with you. This layout was in this months Scrapbooking memories. OhOhOh i have a new addiction. Cards, well i have been doing cards now for a while but i have really got the bug at the moment. I have not long been introduced to stamping....my god is it addictive..almost as bad as scrapbooking. No guese as to what stock i will be adding to the shop now.

I finally got up enough courage this year to enter the Scrapbook Masters...I decided at 8pm on the Sunday night before the competition closed....and had to have all 4 designs finished within 36hr, in order to make sure my entry got to them in time cause we all know that Express Post means 2 days overnight.. All was going well, entries all finished and done, all saved to disc ready to go, I even decided to save a disc for me, while doing so i got interupted and didnt add a layout to my disc. Can anybody tell where im headed with this yet... Well you got it, i sent the wrong disc. I was so please with my entries and was going over the disc when i noticed what i had done. I can't beleive it....how stupid am i.....Well there is always next year.

Well guys, I've got the flu at the moment and my 5 mins of feeling normal is just about over. Have a great week-end.

Jody