Pieces of Hayles

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Reveal day @ Sketchabilities

It's time again for the 2nd reveal of the month over at Sketchabilities, and it is a great Xmas sketch. I have chosen not to go with a Xmas theme, purely because I have no Xmas pics at all.

Here is the sketch...



and my layout using Lily Bee papers and stickers plus some Prima flowers and doily.



Don't forget to upload your layouts via Mr Linky twin this months prize from Technique Junkie

Sunday, December 12, 2010

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...

Monday, December 6, 2010

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!

Monday, November 29, 2010

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!

Thursday, November 25, 2010

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.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

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.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

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......