Not much time for Scrapping

Well this month so far has pretty much been a no go for me in the scrapping sense.....between working a couple extra days, non stop Xmas shopping, parties and just general life I'm buggered!

My mojo seems to have disappeared as well and any layout at the moment is an effort. My last two where such a disaster...LOL so Yeah won't be sharing those!

I did manage to get to the first ever Storyboard Kits Crop night, and had a ball. Great bunch of ladies, great atmosphere and definitely an event I must put in my diary!

So I did manage a couple of layouts....



and also this layout using Novembers Storyboard Kit...



Now that my Xmas shopping is pretty much done, I am hoping to have a go at a couple of challenges tomorrow, fingers crossed my mojo has come back to me!!

Till Then...

Nicknames....

Last month at Challenge Heaven, the theme challenge was Nicknames.

So I created this layout of Nate, and the fact that we have always called him Nate Nate since he was born and since he started talking he has always called himself Nate Nate, and I actually think he thinks this is his actually name.....Whoops!!



I have used a few different ranges of October Afternoon plus some sass lass stickers, 7 gypsies, Purple Pumpkin button (how cute is it??), and MME Papers.

Also I have been meaning to share some pics from our recent holidays in Coffs Harbour...so here they are.

We stayed at Darlington Beach and they had this awesome slide into the pool, I never thought the kids would go on it let alone Nate, but he did and loved it and constantly nagged Damo to take him on it!!





Isabelle is not a water baby like Nate, she was more than content to lay on the sun lounge and chill out!!



Obviously I have more, about 400 actually....lol, but will save some others for another day!

Anna's Nov Sketch

I thoroughly enjoyed using the new Pink Paislee range Sweetness for this month's sketch over at Anna's Craft Cupboard.
Just love the colours, the pinks and chocolate brown...yum!! and those gorgeous flowers, just screaming out to me to cut them up....and so I did!

Here is the fab sketch by Wendy....



and my layout, how cute are these two kids!



Thats about all.....happy scrapping!

Good Times....

I finally got around to having a play with Octobers Storyboard kit, I have been so busy I haven't even picked up this months kit and now Decembers is due out soon as well which I am really looking forward to as it is full of Xmas goodies, which I am desperately lacking at the moment.

Totally love these kits as you get so much out of them and can be used for both male and female pages! Such a great buy!

So I did the Inspired Blueprints sketch #60



and here is my page, normally I don't really scrap with purple but conveniently enough we had a wedding that had a purple theme....Perfect!



the only pieces I added myself were the Prima flower and the 7 Gypsies stickers.

STB Challenge

I have always loved the challenges at Scrap the Boys and have finally got around to doing one of their challenges. This is for the November 2nd challenge of altering chipboard. I have glimmermisted the chipboard and used the sketch provided.





another sketch challenge was over at Challenge Heaven using an Inspired Blueprints sketch....



and love these pics of Nate playing in the garden with this snail he had found and how he was so curious with this little critter.



Haven't scrapped as much as I would have liked this month, as it has been a very busy month for me and Dec will not be much better, but don't forget to check out the great sketches over at Sketchabilities for a chance to win an awesome prize pack.

Unconditional Love....

I originally did this layout for Octobers Kraft it up challenge but never got around to posting it so here it is anyways. I have used Octobers Storyboard Kit plus a few pieces of my own.

I totally adore this pic of Belle and Nate, it just shows how much these two totally adore each other, and that big cheesy grin on Nate's face is priceless!!



Hoping to sneak off soon and scrap as I really don't have much to show this month Plus I got a heap of new goodies for my birthday which I am just hanging to play with.
Hope your day is great......

Sketchabilities Reveal

Well I'm back from holidays and still trying to catch up with everything!! We had an awesome time but it is so nice to come home. Should have some pics to share once I upload them. Now that I have nearly caught up with the housework hopefully there will be some scrapping time for me this arvo but in the meantime here is sketch #35 at Sketchabilities

Here is the sketch for you....



and my layout using some Graphic 45 papers



Hope you like it and get a chance to play along.....don't forget to use Mr Linky so we can check out your creations!!