Cuddle with Care

Evening all! Well, i was amazed, but last night was my first ever night with 2 children and no husband - a 2 year old and a 2 month old - and i actually got to scrapbook!!! By some shear miracle i had both children in bed asleep by 6:30!! I did this month's Scrap the Boys challenge, which was to use household/family ephemera. I chose a gorgeous clothing tag i got recently from Best & Less - it was actually something for Scarlet, but i decided it suited the layout perfectly.

I used PP from my mixed bag of October Afternoon (i LOVE that bag :D ), along with some Purple Pumpkin embellies, some buttons i got from a market a while back, Maya Road chipboard and a random selection from my ribbon box.

The page is about how my little boy was so very sick last week - he spend most of the week on his little couch - either asleep or watching something like "Cars". Poor little man - we couldn't get his temp down for about 4 days!!! So glad he's better now (though i'm not getting as much daytime scrapping done now LOL)

My second LO i did yesterday was for day 29 of the Scrapbooking From Scratch sketch-a-day challenge - based on a recent Becky Fleck sketch. It's a simple sketch and a simple LO, and i just LOVE the outcome. It's a bit of a stash stomper for my old Heidi Swapp stuff - PP and mirrors from her ranges. The bling is Prima - i've had this for ages, but just haven't had the right page to put it on!! THickers for the alphas of course!!

Well, this weekend i'm going to be busy finishing the last sketch-a-day sketch and participating in the Wicked Princesses cybercrop - not to mention snagging some yummy new My Vintage Blossoms embellies at the sale tonight - 7:30 on the blog. I'm also hosting a Stampin' Up! workshop tomorrow arvo, so that will be a lot of fun!!

I'm also going to try to finish the little pair of socks i've been working on all month - they are just newborn socks, but they are plain white and just a boring cable pattern so it's been so boring to knit them!!! I plan to finish them off by the end of the weekend though, because i'm getting a package from The Knitters Studio early next week, containing some yarn for me to start on a pattern that i've been wanting to work on for some time now - 'Skew'. I think this yarn will look GORGEOUS with this pattern - can't wait to see!!!

More 'My Vintage Blossoms' Love!

I officially cleaned myself out of my 'My Vintage Blossoms' stash (though it was fairly small to start with :( unfortunate - will have to build it up again at the next sale!!!) I used the last of it on the week 4 September Sassy Lil' Sketch:

My second share for today is for this month's Kraft It Up challenge which was to use fabric and stitching. I've actually taken the zip and the helicopter motif off an old pair of Calvin's PJ's - he'd put a hole in the toe so there was no way i was keeping them!!!

The PP's i've used are Kaisercraft's Little Toot range. Embelishmetns are from Purple Pumpkin and Sawyers Place. The stamping is an SU! background stamp :D

My Vintage Blossom Love

My Vintage Blossoms has just started a new sales blog and had their first sale last week. I got my purchase in the mail very quickly and have been chaffing at the bit to use them! I did 2 LO's with them today, so i thought i'd share my creations!

Both of these pages are for the Scrapbooking from Scratch sketch-a-day comp (yesterday's and today's sketches). I'll share today's first because i particularly love this page (plus it's got 2 blossoms on it :D ) I've used a gorgeous new range from Pink Paisley - i just love the colours in this range - purple, pink and aqua are my favourite colours, so when i saw them in combination in this range i just had to have it all!!

Aren't those purple and black blossoms lovely? I've totally fallen in love with them and i can't wait to get some more next sale!!!

I used the last blossom in my pack of three on the next page. It's quite a busy page this one and i was partly inspired by the sketch-a-day sketch, but that made me think of a LO i'd seen in creating keepsakes most recent magazine with a similar background to this - they had cut out scalloped squares and punched apples. I used my nestibilities to cut all the artisan squares and a SU! punch for the hearts - it's actually a punch of 3 hearts, but i just used one of them. This made it a bit easier with positioning because i had to punch in pretty much the same spot every time (or i would loose more of my paper!!!) This page cleaned out my October AFternoon 5 & Dime papers - i'm just amazed how much use i've gotten out of this kit - it's been really fab!!

I think this caramel blossom really adds something to the page - an element of softness and femininity in an otherwise masculine page. Love it!!

If you want to order blossoms or other 'my vintage blossoms' embellishments, but you don't want to wait for the exclusive blog sale, you can check out the range Krissy has available at Wicked Princess.

My 100th Post!!!! And the last week of sketch-a-day

I can't believe it, but this is my 100th blog post!!! To celebrate i'm doing a giveaway - a fab scrap pack could be heading your way!! If you want a chance to win this pack, you need to share my great news on your own blog and comment below with a link to your blog!! Plus, don't forget to become a follower of my blog :D You've got until the end of the week (Friday 30th), and i'll be announcing the winner and sending out the pack next week :D

Friday 30th is also the last day of the sketch-a-day comp at Scrapbooking From Scratch - but it's far from over!! If you haven't joined in yet, there's still time - you have until October 15th to do the sketches and expand your album with some great inspiration!!!

Here's a few more of the pages i've done in this great competition:

Scrapboutique had a cybercrop over the weekend too. Unfortunately the only thing i had time to participate in was the speed scrap on Friday night, and here's what i came up with:

Can't wait to see all your fab blog postings - don't forget to be sharing your creations as often as you can!!!

I *heart* Purple Pumpkin

Have you discovered Purple Pumpkin embellishments yet? If not, you really need to - they add a whole new dimension to your scrapbooking!! I just love all their cute buttons and other embellies :D They are having a design team call right now, so if you do love their embellishments and would like to represent them, head on over to their blog and put in an application - i already have!!

Each month they have a challenge too. I managed to get this done last night. This month's challenge was a 123 challenge:

1 lollipop/flower

2 doilies

3 buttons

Here's what i came up with:

My 1 lollipop/flower is that cute little white flower in the middle of the doily. The 2 doilies are the aqua crocheted doily and the while paper doily, and the 3 buttons are the 3 Purple Pumpkin blue/green buttons. I've also added in a couple of MME buttons from the Lost & Found 2 range, which is what the PP's are.

And the story behind the title? Well, since Calvin can't say 'v', he calls himself Calma! Cute huh? He's been pretty sick this week. Today is the first morning in 3 days he's woken up without a raging temp, so i'm pretty happy about that. It's meant a lot of snuggle time with mummy, which i can't complain about too much, but it's been difficult to get anything done, that's for sure!!! Today is normally his daycare day, but he won't be going :( Such a shame because i was looking forward to going shopping without a toddler!! I have photos to print, since this weekend is cybercrop weekend over at Scrapboutique!! Hopefully i'll manage to get out anyway. I'd say i'll end up putting him in the pram and Scarlet in the baby bjorn carrier though - he's not going to want to walk in the mood he's in!!

Well, i hope you all have a great weekend, and i might see you around at the Scrapboutique 'Spring Fling' cybercrop!!

Busy, Busy, Busy!!!

Well, i don't know about you but September has been a HUGE month for me!!! My son turned 2 last week, so that involved having the in-laws stay and LOTS of cooking :D It also meant lots of great photos to scrap!! But i am yet to get to print them!!

Here's the cake i made for Calvin - he loved it!!!

There were lots of candles to blow out - a cake on the night of his birthday, then the next day at daycare and then the following day at his party!! He knew ALL about the cake this year - and something else he totally understood was opening presents!!!

But the best present of all was his new sandpit!!! (or 'sandpit' as Calvin calls it!!) Or maybe it was a visit from Nanny and grandpa!!

We also had a visit from some old friends - people we went to uni with!!!

Now onto scrapping - Calvin has been 'scrapping' with me a bit this month!! This has made it easier for me to be able to put some finishing touches on pages i start while he's not around!!!

I've been continuing with the 'sketch-a-day' contest over at Scrapbooking From Scratch and so far i've done 19 of 22 days!! It's not too late to join in if you are interested - you have until October 15 to upload all your LO's and earn as many points as possible :D Here's a few of my favourites from the comp:

And this one was for the Sassy Lil' Sketches Blog:

As was this one, which is today's sketch :D

Remember me saying that i won a prize pack from Kaiser? Well, here's a Saturday sketch i created using my prize pack!!!!

I hope this mammoth post has given you lots of inspiration!!!

Sassy Lil' Sketches

The day 7 sketch for the 'sketch-a-day' comp over at Scrapbooking From Scratch was a sketch used for this month's Sassy Lil' Sketches. Here's what i came up with:

I really loved working with this sketch, and i'll be checking out more of the Sassy Lil' Sketches in the future for sure!!! I'd be stocked to win this one as the prize pack is from Authentique and i've been LOVING their papers lately - been finding it hard to get my hot little hands on their new range too!!

In other news, i'd like to give a shout out to the ladies over at Purple Pumpkin - remember the blog comp i entered last month? Well, i won!!! I've got a lovely pack of Purple Pumpkin goodies heading my way - can't wait to get them so i can have a play!!

I also want to give a shout out to the ladies over at the Kaiser blog - where i won 'runner-up' for one of last month's Saturday Sketches!! My prize is a FULL COLLECTION PACK :D Here's my LO, in case you were wondering which one it was - I've lused the lovely new 'Miss Nelly" range and some old Kaiser roses. I'm ecstatic to win this one, as it's a personal favourite LO :D