More Cards

I did the A Year Of Cards for October...fall colours. Yes I used the Maya Road Leaves again!! The papers are cosmo cricket.

Cards

So I finally got motivated and did a class from 2peas in a bucket!! Love the stamping and embossed effect.....I need to do more of that. Of course all the chipboard is maya Road....love the leaves chipboard!!

Give Thanks

This is my new project over at the Maya Road Design Team Blog
Saddly I have been ver slack at posting these last few months....but with the holiday season around the corner I am going to do my best to post lots of chrissy projects!!
This new project is using some of the new CHAS 09 lines, the leaves chipboard sheets and the the Leaves Singleton Stamp and new Oval scallop coaster album. All instructions are avilable on the Maya Road Design Team Blog.

Latest Project

Ok here is my latest edition.....a name banner. My DD friend wanted to make something for her room so this is what I came up with. All the details are on the Maya Road Design Team Blog

New Project Candy Train

My turn on the Maya Road DT Blog today.
I have been thinking of this project for a while and finally here it is.....The Candy Train

More Maya Road Products

Today I am sharing more of my CHA projects with you

Maya Road CHA Projects to Share

So I can finally share with you some of my projects for Maya Road CHA Releases.....Another amazing round of products, I believe I need it all. I have created a collage for you to see all my stuff I created, then I will show each item.

A small project to share

Today is my turn on the Maya Road Design Team Blog This is my project for the week.....a Mini Scallop album. I have to say that I love these mini album sheets, they are great value.
The pictures are from my brother of his baby girl Isabelle, who I have only met once, she is now 6months.
Thanks for the pictures

CHA SNEAK PEEKS

So everyone knows that CHA is just around the corner....Maya Road is starting sneak peeks Keep yours on the Maya Road Offical blog for the sneaks peeks starting this week...

amazing stuff........again.......

Maya Road Summer of Fun Recipe Card Comp

Maya Road are running another fantastic Comp this summer!!Maya Road Summer of Fun Recipe Card Comp

Please enter....there are some amazing prizes!
Check out the link above for all the info.............

NEWS

OK so I have been a really bad blogger!! Heaps has happened....I quit smoking!! 3 months now smoke free!! I have been working....not so fun LOL. I have managed to create a few things. Some of my Maya Road Design Team projects

Mini Album

So here is the mini album I made up for the girls in the Hunter Valley. Hope you like it. The journal pages are empty so the kids can write the journalling

Peek at a Kit for the Girls

So my friends from the Hunter Valley are about to go on a retreat and have asked me to make up some kits for them. I have created a mini album with the October Afternoon Detours papers. This is a sneak peek. I will post the rest of the project tomorrow

Its been a while

Ok so I have been a bad blogger. Lots happening here these days. We brought a new house and move in next week. Today I am posting 2 projects for you. One is from the Maya Road newsletter challenge...use 5 MR items to create a project. The second was an assignment for the Maya Road Design Team Blog All the deatils on how to make are on the blog

Finally a Layout

I actually did a layout. Its been a while but I love it. Used the wonderful October Aternoon papers and created a little bee...I used a kids t shirt as the inspiration

New Blog DT Assignment

Long time no blog I know. I thought I would let you al know I have updated the Maya Road Design Team Blog I made a mini album using some of the new Mini chipboards. More details on how to make it are on the DT Blog

Design Team Blog project

Ok so its been a long time between posts. Its been extremely busy here in Townsville. Steve went to a scary place with the Army for several weeks...but is now home....and gone again!! Life as a COs wife is lonely!! We have had flooding here in Townsville. The roof leaked.....great!! The washer broke down and the clothes dryer.....very handy!! And to top it off my mobile phone got a tad wet.....they say things happen in three's right??? Hopefully only good things will happen now.

Anyway I though I would show you all my latest project I designed for the Maya Road Design Team BlogI played around with Maya Mists.

A Valentines day project

I have made this cute little tag for Valentines day.Lots of Maya Road. I used 1 page from the 2 ring scallop book A heart chipboard book page, some pink trinket flowers Maya Road buttons, and small hearts from the cupcake chipboard set. The papers are Scenic Route and the bingo card is Jenni Bowlin. I copied the leaves shapes and cut them out.

New Maya Road sheers

How cute are these little sheer birds Maya Road are releasing this year?????

Maya Road CHA

How cool is this sticker Maya Road???? This is for CHA this year

Some CHAW09 Projects

This is one of my sample projects for CHA this year. This is a Black Sheer Round Tab Book. I used college press papers. Products also used are Maya Road: Metal Trinkets, Alphas, Road Rage Chipboard, Blossoms, Velvet Ribbon, scrolls II and scroll corners.

Maya Road Sneak Peeks!!

Yes!!!!! Its nearly that time of the year again (CHA) and Maya Road have some sneak peeks happening this week, and of course there is a giveaway as well!! Maya Road Sneak Peek

Arrived In Townsville

Finally we have arrived in Townsville. I do believe that I have forgotten that its soooooo humid here. Its going to take a while to get used too. I have added some snapshots of the road trip and new house. We move in on Monday the 5th Jan, and looking forward to posting some scrapping projects soon after!!

The photos are as follows, 1 is views from the hotel room of Great Keppel Island (Yeppoon), 2 is a photo at the resort of distances to places around the world, 3 is sunrise at Yeppoon, 4 is the 2 boys chilling out in Uncle Garrys pool in Toowoomba, 5 is from the Gold Coast all the kids together, my 3 and my niece(3 weeks......my first meeting) and nephew Reilly (the pocket Rocket).

Hi everyone, its been a while since I posted. We have packed up the house, all our stuff is the road north and the family is slowly headed north as well. We are headed to Townsville as Steve has a new posting there (with the Army)We have crossed the border into Queensland and spent the last 2 days with my cousin Felicity. Yesterday was a fantastic day, we took the kids to the Gold Coast to White Water World (a water pack!!!) and they went crazy all day. I have added some photos for you all. Today we leave for Steves parents place inland small country town for Xmas (called Allora) then on the 27th Dec we are up to the Sunshine coast for 2 days....will post more soon.

An Xmas Ornament

I thought I would show you all my sample of an xmas decoration I will be making for the family. I created a template from a christmas decoration I had. (traced it onto clear plastic sheet) cut it out and used this to cut all the paper. The papers are Pink Pasilee, and the velvet ribbons and snowflake are Maya Road. It was actually extremely hard to take a picture of this. Of course if I had a christmas tree set up it would have been easier!! Ok so here it is.............................

Sneak Peek

I thought I should catch up before the big move north. I was lucky enough to be asked to help create a kit for THE SCRAPBOOK TRADING PLACE this month. I have to say this is a wonderful kit!! A mini book(Maya Road) and lots of yummy Pink Paislee stuff including glitter. So I have nearly finished and thought I would be naughty and show you a little sneak..............

A New Layout

Finally another layout. This is my nephew Reilly.....age 2. He is just so cute. I used the new October Afternoon papers on this layout. Lots of layering here with the circles. I am really pleased with how it turned out.

Snowman made out of Maya Road Scraps

I made this super cute snowman the other day out of some scraps of Maya Road, see the picture below. It only took about 20mins as well, so its easy!!

I Trimmed the small flower circle so it could from the head, then covered both sides with scraps of white cardstock, use the small circles that are in the centre of the MR flowers, ink black and attach to form eyes and mouth, cut a nose from the part of the small circle you cut away to make a nose and cover with paper (or ink) use a branch from the Birds of a feather chipboard to cut some arms and attach from the back. Add a ribbon loop at the top I then recovered the back with patterned paper. Then add some buttons and ribbon, as easy as that and scraps used that we normally throw out!!

New Project

Yet again Ihave been slack with my updates....DH has gone away ......again so things are a little hectic at the moment. I thought I would just show you a little project I completed using Maya Road (of course) and the wonderful Pink Paislee Christmas papers.....nice!!! I will update later with alist of supplies.

New Mini Album

I know....2 posts in 2 days and 2 projects....Imust be ill!!!

I have made up a 2 ring Maya Road Album today, they are great, everything you need in one small sheet of chipboard. Very cheap to make....they would be great little Xmas gifts. Any way I used Basic Grey papers to cover the album and have added random snapshots of my DD Aimee.

A new Layout

Yes I know I am bad because I haven't been on to update for a week!! So I have a new Layout to share with you all. I have recently been inspired by a fantastic Artist I spotted on 2peas.....and have made this layout based on one of her lovely pieces of work Janine Langer (thats a link to her blog and this her 2peas gallery Aline76. I made this layout with Sassafras Lass papers and scenic route as the background. All the chipboard is Maya Road: Borders, Motifs, scroll frames and Johnathan Alphabets and trinket flower. Hope you like it. This is my eldest boy Alex when we went out to the Great barrier Reef in July this Year.

Scrapping with the Girls

I had a great night over the weekend. I got to actually go and scrap with Lorraine, Sherry and Rachelle. It is nice to get out and enjoy a night out every now and then. I haven't done that for a while so I enjoyed every minute!!! Thanks Ladies I made a start on a wreath and a layout (I know not much!!) Here is the now completed layout. I will post the wreath tomorrow, since I am home sick with an eye infection.

Some Maya Road Love

I have been busy creating a little project this week. I made a Maya Road Album up as a tribute to my friends. I used the Maya Road Scallop Binder album, Brackest chipboard set, sheer calenders, sheer flowers, chipboard letters, metal trinkets, flower jems, Scallop Ric Rac, Velvet ric rac, people keychain, heart chipboard bulk album (one page) chipboard butterfly sheet and pins. And the papers are Pink Paislee.

Maya Road Design Team

Ok so its all offical and now both Lia and I have been welcomed on the Maya Road Design Team blog!!! We were interviewed and have pictures of our favourite Maya Road project. I would post a link here but am a little challenged in the art of links at the moment. I have added the Maya Road Design team blog to me blog links if you want to see the post.

Another Year Older.....

Well another year older....headed closer on the downhill slide to 40!! Wow time flies. I got a lovely bunch of flowers from rachelle.....Thank you. They are beautiful. And am booked to attend a photography course starting in another 2 weeks...can't wait for that and got season 3 of The Closer on DVD....I just love that show!! I have already watched it all. I have also spend some time today cleaning...yuck.......until my paper rack fell apart. Now I am on strike!!!!!!! I have added some pictures from today of my beautiful flowers, a snapshot of Alex and one of Latte soaking up the sun.

Winners

Sunday was a big day at our place.....Steve was locked into the arm chair for the NRL (football) Final and Aimee had National Cheerleading Comp....the best of the Aussie Cheer Teams battling for the number one spot. Well The Starlet Teals ROCKED the House and came first in Australia in their category for Stunt and second for Pom. Congrats to the Starlet Teals and well done Aimee!!! here are a few pictures of her with her medals

Pink Paislee Card

Ok so for something different I decided to have a go at doing the Pink Paislee Card Making Day blog hop . I was inspired by katies card and based mine on her card. So here is my card. I glittered Maya Road Hearts and letters and covered some with paper. I loved Katies Tulle so I added some of that down the side of the card and added a Maya Road Pin and Butterfly trinket!!

Maya Road Design team & link for Maya Road Home for the holidays Contest

For those people who receive the Maya Road Newsletter they will notice that there are 2 new design team members.......................ME...................LOL!! I am so excited to be part of this amazing team, and of course Lia also is new to the DT....How amazing!!!! I have loaded my name tag from the newsletter for you.
I have also attached a link to the new Maya Road Contest "Home For the Holidays". If you are after the houses here in Australia try www.scrapmore.com.au

The Royal Cupcakes

I forgot to mention the amazing cupcakes Lorraine organised!! Totally amazing.

A Royal Day

Well crop Royale was fantastic. Lorraine certainly puts on a great event!! Congrats Lorraine on an amazing job. My class went well and I think everyone enjoyed themselves. I have to say that I loved the Royal Morning tea...Lorraine in a cape and being regal....but no shoes on.....LOL I have attached some photos for you to have a look. I got to meet the lovely Lorreta Grayson and Jen Hall which nice.

The Big Day is Here

Finally today is Crop Royale.....its just after 5am......I am a terrible sleeper and I am up and starting to get ready for my class today. Its been a while since I taught a class, so I am looking forward to it. I will post later with some photos for you all.

Crop Royale

Well this weekend is Crop Royale, and I am lucky enough to be teaching a class. I can't wait. There are some fantastic teachers lined up like Lorretta Grayson, Jen Hall and Joanna Baxter. Can't wait to see all the lovely ladies attending. It sould be a fantastic day. Here is a sneak peek of my class.

Busy Weekend

So another week passes by....I had a busy weekend getting ready for Crop Royale on the 27th Sep 08. I am teaching a class, so that will be fun. I have started to pack up the kits.
I have also managed to complete several projects.....yes shock horror!! I got to scrapbook over the weekend. I have attached a few snapshots of my Maya Road albums I got done. One is the Maya Road Gear Book which is fantastic, I put photos of the boys doing fun stuff from when we went on our trip to Cairns. And the other one is about me and the things I love. This is one of the Maya Road Window albums which is also great to work with.

What Your Handbag Says about YOU

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What Your Handbag Says About You




You tend to be relaxed throughout the day. You are naturally at peace.



You are a high maintenance person. You feel lost outside of your normal environment.



You are a very creative person. Your life tends to be a whirlwind, but you always seem to pull it together.



You are practical and down to earth. You tend to be a rather reserved and quiet person.

What Does Your Handbag Say About You?

What Flavour Popsile Are You

You Are a Cherry Flavored Popsicle

You are sweet and friendly. For you, summer is all about doing your favorite things. You are a nostalgic person. You love old fashioned things like ice cream trucks. You savor everything. Every taste of summer, the feeling of the sun, the smell of the beach... Of all the types, you love summer the most.

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Cheer Comp

Well Sunday Aimee had a cheer comp. Its weird to say that since Cheerleading not big like it is in the US. The Starlets won!! Go Aimee. They won their Stunt and Pom routine which is great in the lead up to nationals. Well done. Here is a picture of Aimee in her cheerleading outfit.

Other then that not much happened here over the weekend. All very quiet and peaceful.

I am now the proud owner of a Kansas T-Shirt

LOL Steve has outdone himself.....I am now the proud owner of A Kansas NFL Shirt, OK make that 2!! LOL. As is DD Aimee. I will be sure to wear it heaps.....Its the thought that counts right! The boys are super impressed with their shirts and hats and portable DVD players. I am glad he is home I find short trips more disruptive then the longer ones...not sure why. At least the next trip is not till the end of the month and its to our new posting Townsville!! Only 3.5months to go till the big move.

Steve is home today

I might have been a short trip but we missed him anyway. Steve is home this morning!! Of course the plane has been delayed. But at least he is back. The boys are super excited to say the least, they can't wait to see what surprise they have........

More later today

Little Maya Road Project

I have started to make a little 2 ring layer book about the 3 brats with the new October Afternoon papers, Haven't finished all the inside as I am waiting to get some of the new Maya Road product....mmmmmmmmmm

He is what I have done

I love the look of black glitter on letters!!

Only problem is that it goes everywhere

Mid week Madness

Well we have passed the mid week hurdle....yes. Now that I am working part time again my body has gone into a state of shock....LOL. But its good to being earning some of my own money again, that I can donate to various scrapbook shops.

Steve has now left Fort Polk ( before the Hurricane hit) and they have driven up to Fort Leavenworth. He says its lovely with lots of old buildings. He is staying on base in a VIP room!! What a life. We finally got to chat yesterday which was good. We are looking forward to him coming home though.

Thats it for today I am now going to add a new project I have been working on