Happy Birthday Mathew

Our oldest son Mathew is 23 today. Here is a snap shot of him with his nephew Isacc. Don't they both look relaxed LOL.

SALEABRATION 2009!

Yippeeeeeeeee its SALEBRATION time with STAMPIN' UP!
There is no better time then now to get some great free stamp sets from the catalogue on the left then right now.
me by email if any of them are of interest to you.
SaleABration runs from January 1st to February 28th 2009.
Customers:
If you spend $100 you can select one of the four stamp sets in this year's SaleABration Catalogue.

Want more FREE stamp sets??
Spend $300 and you will get:
3 of the SaleABration stamp sets,
PLUS a hostess stamp set from pages 17 - 19 of the main catalogue)
PLUS $30 to spend on other items from the catalogue.

Hostesses:
Host a workshop with sales over $600 and get a SaleABration stamp set in addition to the regular hostess rewards.
New Stampin' Up! Demonstrators:
Join my team during January/February and in addition to the super starter kit (product and business supplies valued at $560 for $324, that is 40% off) you can choose an extra stamp set up to $79.95. Please email me if this is a tempting offer and you'd like me to send you some more information. (This offer is for Australian residents only if your in another country go check out the Stampin' Up! website and locate a demonstrator in your country.

The end of 2008

OK its the last day of the year and here I am thinking of some goals for my own scrapping for 2009.

My goals need to be realistic and need to include my DT work for Scrapping Around, but I also want to challenge myself a little if I can.

So this is what I would like to achive for my personal goals :-

Layouts:- 1 a week so thats 52 for the year

Cards:- 1 a week so again thats 52 (for family and friends)

OTP'S:- Create 1 a month so thats 12 for 2009

Photos :- Take atleast 1 photo a week of something different. Now for me this isnt an easy one but I think its achivable. By different I mean something that catches my eye or even a new purchase for our home.

Scrap my stash before I buy new items...now thats going to be a tough one what with all the new products around.

I also want to learn how to use Paintshop elements 3 better.

Submit layouts to a few blogs and maybe a few mags just to see how I go.

Be a better blogger...been good so far butr hey we all know how time can slip by when things in RL happen.

Here are just a few items I have finished over the last few days of 2008 that I thought I should share with you all.

Kaiser wooden words Live, Laugh, Create!

I used the following items:-Kaiser Silver Paint

Kaiser Purple Paint

Silver rhinestones again from Kaiser

Green Tara Purple 2cm flowers

Kaiser 2cm flowers in white and pink.

Kaiser 3cm flowers in dusty pink

Live out LOUD LO

I used the following items:-

Heidi Swapp mask

White paint

2 scoops brads

Queen & Co - Mini Sprinkles Sonic Bloom brads

DM

Bazzill white cardstock

Glitz Designs - Sublime Collection - Journaling

Glitz Desings - Sublime Collection - Doodle Flower

Heavens Blessing LO

I have used:-

Bazzill - Powder blue CS

Urban Lily - Baby Denim stripe

Crafty Originals Chipboard word - Heavens Blessings and cut the S off Blessings LOL

Crafty Originals - Chipboard Storks

White paint

Spearmint paint

Yellow paint all from Kaiser.

Twinkling H20's mini pots in Oyster, Buttercup & Bashful Blue to give the sean on the Chipboard.

TLC rub on mini letters.

Close up of one of the Storks So tell me have you set any scrapping goals for 2009 as yet? if you have why not pop on over to the Scrapping Around Forum and join myself and other members in keeping track of your goals for 2009 just for a bit of fun and inspiration.

New Scrapping Toy

Today I got my new scrappbooking toy. I am finally the proud owner of the Sizzix BIGkick.
I love the pink and white that this machine can in thats for sure. And I have so many of the older Sizzix dies that it isn't funny at all. Just didn't use them for ages as my Big Red Sizzix machine had been well and truly over worked. Now I will be able to use the cuttlebug embossing folders that I have with ease instead of being frustrated that the folders wont fit lenght ways into the machine.

I so love the fact that with this machine I am able to use other brands of die cuts. Yes I am sure it will void the manufacturers warranty for the Cuttlebug Embossing folders but hey I will be very very careful using them.

Have just been on Scrapping Around and they now stock lots and lots of the Cuttlebug embossing folders so that will be my next purchase this evening and I don't have to leave the house to get them :)

Busses and Daisy Don't Mix

As you can see from the pictures below Busses and my poor Daisy don't mix well at all.
Silly bus tried to pass me yesterday morning while I was on my way to work.