latest LO

"making r.e.t.i.r.e.m.e.n.t. plans........at 15"

LAYOUT OUT FOR PUBLICATION :)

this LO was {kinda} inspired by the lovely Gina and her

Apr 123 chllge LO...tho now I look at it.......its quite different!! ;D

I used the fabulous 'He's savvy' kit from Scrapbook savvy,

it has such yummy stuff!!

what I've been up to lately......

well.........I don't often make cards,
but I was inspired to make this one from ...

this new lounge cushion I bought.

and this is a new piece of artwork I bought a couple of weeks ago!

I totally luv this canvas...I think its typically me...organised CHAOS! ;D

it has all these amazing random abstract tiles....LUV IT and such rich colours...

BUT haven't got it up on the wall yet :(

This is what we got up to today...

we drove for an hour or so, just to go for a swim in this

beautifully crystal clear, creek & waterfall. The water was

so cold and fresh, it was magnificent!!!

We had such a lovely family time....

so worth it!!!

then we called in at the war cemetery

and had a lovely wander.

such a magnificent old tree on the grounds

and besides how it looks.......they all had a fabulous time! ;D

They were all so proud of themselves, as I was distracted taking

some photos.......they had organised this shot themselves

and were all ready and waiting when I came looking for them :D

...and as you can see DH has fractured his wrist,

so I had to do most of the driving. Its slowly healing

but he's really hanging out for this itchy cast to be off!!

I hope your Easter and your ANZAC holiday were safe & relaxing.

Just hoping that you & your family remembered the true meaning of Easter.

Enjoy getting back into school & work!!

GBU

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here tis.....

first ever cybercrop...

.....on at CWC this Thurs night, 7:30pm SA time, so I'm pretty sure it's the same time here! luv to have you join us {yes...I'm hoping not to forget this time!!} it'll be great to chat and seeing as I'm up to date on my study, then I can enjoy myself guilt free!! ;D hope your week has started off well, week 1 term 2......WOW time is flying by! GBU x

lil Red Rocket...

ooooooo......you'll have to go and check out this funky blog!!!! She's having a sale next Fri 15th April........and this amazing give away. you've GOT to go and check it out! :D

come & 'Chat with Charm'

in the craziness of life atm, I thought I'd already blogged about this wonderful new forum that Charm has created..... but alas, I haven't :( {rectifying the situation now!} 'Chat with Charm [CWC]' is a new online forum where you can find out about all the amazing challenges that are 'out there'. Its a great place to go and chat....and make friends......and chat.... and be inspired.......and chat.....and discover a heap of challenge blogs that I'd never even heard of (now thats not hard!). So pop on over, there are regular Thursday night online chats and you might just be inspired to get scrapping, or to take it up {Shell & Leesh!!!!} luv to have some more Territory girls there with me! X

WW1 April....

WHITE+OLIVE+TWINE= luv this combo! A LO about our DS14 going out on his very first croc egg hunt!!! He was in his element....the first of many me thinks! ;)

the paint looks black, but its actually very dark olive :)

TFL!

school hols for us here........YAY!!!! catching up with study & SCRAPPY time

.....and hopefully catching up with some friends for coffee!

GBU

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WW1 march

challenge requirements for WW1 this mth are:
white/bright pink & an artisan shape.

this was an interesting chllge as I don't
often do pink!!! ;)
I managed to find a picture of DS1 dancing
with his cousin at christmas!
too sweet!

the title is song lyrics that I can't get out of
my head lately.......
"so I... will dance... with Cinderella"
I think it suits it perfectly!!

Hope you like and please leave some luv
so I can come & visit you!

GBU
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in between study....

.....I've managed to do some scrapping...YAY!!!!!!

this one was a 'just coz' LO for DS3.....he had an epic LEGO battle
one day....11 yr old big boy style! ;)

total annihilation....blood & everything! ;)

This LO was for a sketch chllge set by the lovely Mal,

it needed stripes on the background, unusual placed journaling

& a big flower (I've folded mine into quarters, its been sooooo long

since I've used a flower)

want a give away.........

...then go check out this AMAZING blog !!

She's had an incredible amount of traffic thru
her place in the last year or so {75000 WOW}
and has put together an amazing, generous
GIVE AWAY!!!
{just scroll past....(and stop to drool)....the incredible denim LO
and you'll find the post!}
Thx for the opportunity to enter Nic.
Don't forget to pop on over.

Will upload some of my LOs soon
just need some down time.
I'm enjoying my study
but it just takes up so much time and
brain power! ;)

Well at least I've managed to clean
the bathroom and tidy up round here!
YAY family will be happy!

have a great day, catch you all soon
GBU
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just a couple more

and here is a LO I did for WW1 Feb chllge.........

then totally forgot and got too busy to upload

them in time! :(

I had fun doing it anyways!

..."1974".....vintage LO...another shot of my big sis and me.....aaawwwww!

luving these flowers! so easy to make!!

some new LOs

so...I'm just over at Bons doing Taras first ever class...YAY!
and its gorgeous!
so while I'm waiting for paint to dry,
here are some of my latest LO's

this is a 'just coz'...'UP, UP & AWAY'
our boys when they were a lot younger! ;)

a christmas shot of my bro & his family ;)..."gotta have a lil bit of crazy at christmas"

and this LO (I'm really happy with)...with the Feb kit from Bons!

'DOWN ON THE FARM'....thats a shot of me & my sis.......a very long time ago!!! ;D

and i had a go at hand making a CK flower (thats what I call them anyway, Charm/Kerry flower)
luving how it turned out!

GBU

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life goes on.....

...yes it does!
so the clean up with Carlos has happened,
took 3 weeks mind you, to clean up all the tree rubbish in
our yard!! Yes there was that much stuff
and so little time!

Settling into some sort of routine at work...
finally...YAY! but now I've come
down with this stoopid flu! :(

well its the beginning of another month,
so you need to pop on over to this site for this mths chllge.

it is: light/medium blue, to/2/too & doilies
...huge scope for the imagination there, so come
and join in with us!!!

take care all and have a great weekend!
GBU
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just a couple more...

shots!
after some hard work, helping neighbours get trees off their
driveways....
it was such a nice time first thing
in the morning, to have all the neighbours
out wandering and chatting, exchanging stories about their night.

...and of course, what else would you do with a fallen tree, but CONQUER IT!!!
Boys have had a ball climbing and exploring all the fallen trees in our yard

CYCLONE CARLOS came for a visit....

well here are just a few shots to show you all
what we've been up to the last 48 hours!!
Nothing really, after tidying up the yard on Tues night,
we've spent the last 2 days, pretty much housebound
by the wind and rain!
Thank goodness Carlos was not a big fella, we've even had
bigger electrical storms than him....he just ended up doing some damage
then choofing off....and hopefully he will disappear altogether!!
Most of the damage in the photos was done in about a 10-20second freak gust
of wind that came thru about 10pm on Tues night.
Hubby & I were sitting on the lounge, wondering if we should just go to bed
when we thought there was a chopper overhead as there was
this weird 'whoop whoop whoop' sound, then the air pressure
suddenly changed, and our ears popped from the change...after running
around and totally shutting half closed louvres, we looked out
and saw some of the damage. Incredible that it was so quick and so powerful!!!!
This was what we saw as we surveyed the neighbourhood first thing
the next morning!

...scenes from our local park, about 100m from our house...

there were about 25 trees like this......just totally flattened!!!

my beautiful rosewood in our yard...totally uprooted!

huge coconut palm leaning on our carport roof.......notice how close the table is!!

another coconut palm, knocked my pot over, but thankfully we don't think its damaged!

....my big beautiful rosewood gone :(......

coconut palm over the driveway...and you can see on top of the carport roof.....another large coconut leaning on it...

this is INCREDIBLE......thank goodness it fell on the road, didn't damage any property...right across the road from us!

view from our front yard...

uh oh....can't go anywhere!!!

....some random shots
I can't even think very straight to put them all into
order, so they're just as they come!
a huge coconut palm resting on our roof!!!! just missing our glass outdoor table!!

neighbours tree down in our backyard...

very blurry shot of our outdoor chairs {i was a bit shaken at the time and couldn't think straight enough to stop and take a decent shot!!!} the chairs were stacked, but in the big gust were

blown over, and you can only just see in the right corner, there were 2 chairs blown right across the yard, ending up underneath fallen palms...

the view as soon as we walked out the door the morning after....

just some of the rain...

...the clean up begins!!

..so just some shots of the clean up process
.....think it's going to take awhile!!! ;

this house is right opposite ours... helping out the neighbours....whose tree fell in our yard!

chopped the coconut so we could get out of our house!

DS2 ALWAYS loves getting in there with tools and getting dirty!!!

.....so thats a very short and not too detailed diary of our last few days.....

So really, most of our city has escaped with very little damage from this cyclone! There has been localised flooding and some houses near creeks have been flooded, and some houses have been without power for 24-48 hours, but we have been so blessed to have escaped with very little damage! We truely are under the shadow of Gods protective wings, and for that, I am truely grateful!

GBU

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the secrets out.............

YAY!!!!!
:)
as a lot of you will already know.........
I've been accepted as a creative team (CT)
member for this amazing challenge blog site....
'1 2 3 challenge'!!!

I am super excited and looking forward to being
challenged myself this year!
heres my example of the challenge this mth

* colour : cream
* word: about
* technique: upcycling

{every month there is different criteria
so I'd luv for you to pop on over and
have a go! }


luv for you to leave a comment ;)
(nice to know someones reading this)
chat soon
GBU
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WW1

so this is my WW1 LO for January!
Criteria this mth were:
* white
* royal/navy blue
* banners
I'm really happy with how this turned out!
{sorry for the dull photo.....very droll, but IRL
its great, just trust me!!} ;)

GBU
thx for looking!
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