Oops....my poor little blog has been very neglected :0( It's been such a busy month, I've rarely had the time to come online. Life has been very hectic and I've had to make a sad decision. I'll no longer be designing for One Stop Scrapping. I have been so busy, I don't have the time to keep up with it all. I'll miss doing the challenges for the girls and all the little challenges Tracey set for me, but sometimes, something has to give. I'm sure the girls won't miss me, there so many great scrappers there and I can't wait to see their beautiful work in the gallery. Congrats to Rachael for joining the Design Team!! You rock girl :0)

Not much time for scrapping, but Karlene came over on Friday night and I had no choice, lol! Which turned out to be a good thing because I had a couple of projects due for Wilma I didn't know when I was going to fit in. Just sharing a couple of pics of my storage box and layout I made using Kaisercraft Pina Colada papers - I love this range, so bright and fun!!

On an exciting note, I have two layouts in this month's SM magazine!! One In the pet's gallery " I Love My Dog" and another in the Encore gallery, "Playtime"!! Exciting to have two in there!! Might have to sub something this month, I haven't subbed to SM in a while. I have a project coming up in SC in the next couple of months which is very exciting! I had a goal at the start of the year to try and get 5 layouts published this year and a Product challenge for SM. So far I'm up to 14 publications and a feature project for SC ( didn't think that would ever happen, lol) still working on the product challenge, lol!

Speaking of products - there are some awesome workshops this month over at 123 Scrapbook. Teina and Karlene have worked some magic with texture paste and will hold a technique workshop and a class in the next couple of weeks. Head on over to the forum to check it out! Also, don't forget the 123 Scrapbook Cybercrop at the end of the month too!!
Thanks for dropping by!
Monica.

PINK!!

That's where I was last night!!

I got a phone call from Kars first thing in the morning telling me her Mum was sick and would I like her ticket to PINK??? Umm......................YEAH!!! I felt bad for Kars' Mum,as she had been looking forward to it, she is an absolute sweetheart and I really love her for thinking of Me!!

The show was amazing, unfortunately I have no photos. I tried to smuggle my camera in, but because of the big lens they wouldn't let me take it in Grrrr......would have had some brilliant shots! She is so amazing! Her show is fantastic, we had a ball!!!

On the scrapping front, I still haven't done any scrapping. Going on two weeks now. I have just been flat out and haven't had the chance to sit down and do anything. I have a layout to share I scrapped about three weeks ago, lol. Tracey at OSS cut out the little birdie for me and prettied it up with glitter and a bit of flocking, he's so cute.

It's been so cold here....we had ice on our cars a few mornings ago!

This is definitely the coldest winter we've had in years. Brrrr............looking forward to Summer already, lol!

Have a great day!

Monica

Long time, no post....it's been a long weekend.....
Most of my time was spent chasing after children! We had a houseful on Monday, I'm glad I only have 3 kids, I don't think I would cope with more, lol!

The Scrapbooking expo was on this long weekend!

I had a great time at the craft show on the weekend, went along with Karlene and met up with Renee! It was so exciting to finally meet her, didn't realise she would be so tall lol! Have you seen her work? Check it out here http://www.flutterbys-and-fairies.blogspot.com/

check out Kars work as well here http://www.funkstreetdesigns.typepad.com/ these girls are always inspiring, extremely nice people and wonderful friends. Can't imagine my scrapping world without their daily inspiration and barrels of laughter. Did i mention I spend too much money? LOL! It was all worth it but ;0)

I did a step by step layout class last week, thank-you to all the wonderful girls who came along on the night. It was so much fun and I can't wait to do it again! This is the finished layout....

and here are a couple of cards I made to go along with it.....

The first card, I made for my SIL who is not well. She loves getting home made cards, so I hope this one cheers her up!

Thanks for dropping by

Monica.

If you're looking for a little inspiration, check out the 123 Scrapbook sketch challenge, this month it's a multiple photo sketch, which I don't do enough of..here is my example for the sketch

Had a terrible weekend, I spent most of it sleeping. I had the worst case of the Flu I have had in years. A few people asked if it wasn't that Swine flu and I can say no it wasn't, just your regular flu. I'm feeling a lot better but, so thanks for all of your concerns.

We are getting ready for the scrapbooking show on this weekend. I'm helping Tracey set up the One Stop Scrapping stand on Friday and helping during the weekend. Also meeting up with friends on Sunday. Karlene and I have been planning this day for ages and we are really excited we'll finally get to meet Renee (Ludlow) on Sunday! She is a hoot!

I have a mini album to share today. I made it using scraps of Kaiser Country Grove paper I found at the bottom of my stash :0)

I used a few other bits and pieces, but mainly just scraps!

Well, hope everyone is well and staying healthy out there.

Have a great day.

Monica

xoxo

well lucky for us it stopped raining in time! Only part of our yard was underwater, so we were very lucky! The worst is over thank Goodness. The bad news is, we had to cancel Emily's party today, we had ordered a cake for her and everything, but our yard is a swap - it wouldn't be much fun for the kiddies or us for that matter!

Just a quick layout to share - still loving the Lass ;0)

Thanks for dropping by

Monica.

The weather here in Brisbane is horrible! It hasn't stopped raining for a couple of days now, it's miserable. We found out that a part of our yard floods - right next to our pergola, so slowly the water has been creeping up and it now looks like our back patio is going to be underwater. There's not much we can do about it, but hope it stops raining soon!

I have a few layouts to share, firstly a random challenge I did over at 123 scrapbook, I had to use paint, include 3 arrows and paper tearing, here is what I came up with...

The next couple are some layouts I did for Tracey at OSS - love these papers so much and it gave me something completely different to work with this month!

Now, back to my flooding back yard - sigh - gotta love living in Queensland!
Thanks for dropping by!
Monica

Well, I have managed to tidy up my scrapspace finally and I can actually see my desk, which is a big help! I still need a bit of storage, but the things are looking a lot better now ;0)

I had a little play with some Sassafrass Lass this week - I just love these papers to bits!

Besides this, I have been working on some projects that are the complete opposite to Sass Lass, but I just don't seem to have the time lately to sit down and scrap . I'm always too busy or too tired. The move took it out of me, Michael wanted to rent this house out in 5 years, but I have said I'm not moving again! We want a bigger house, so we are building up in 5 years, but there's no way I am moving again! It was a nightmare!

We have decided to go green too! We're going solar, getting a heat pump for our hot water tank and we've got new water saving shower heads for the bathrooms - ours is pretty funky I'll have to take a photo of it and post it here. The toilets and tap wear are going in later on, luckily Michael works in the industry and we have got some great stuff coming.

I had a great day today - 4 blissful hours by myself shopping at Ikea and Spotlight! I can't remember the last time I went out by myself without the kids, so it was nice to have a bit of me time! Hope everyone out there had a wonderful day too!

Thanks for Dropping by.

Monica