Challenges at Scrapbook Dreamer.

I am having fun at Scrapbook Dreamer. We are having a month long cyber crop in the style of Back to School. We have been doing Layout challenges along the lines of maths (using top 10 lists on your page), literature (using book titles as page titles) and much more.

I am goign to miss it when it is finished at the end of August.

This is the store that I am guest Designer for in September, check out the link.

The above LO is a mini book I am making to document all the new emotions I will feel as a new mum e.g. fear, scary thoughts, happiness. Its about 6x6 and spiral bound.

I hope you like it.

Blogger is playing up.

I think Blogger is playing up on me. When I open my blog it doesn't show anything.

I hope you girls can read it.

Well Im still here, waiting patiently for bub, Peter is not though. Everyday he has a stern talking to bub to tell bub its time to come out. Lol

This is a 6x6 canvas I did at Shop and Crop, they had a cyber crop on Friday night and we did this Father's Day canvas in a class with Sally Donovan. I love this canvas, the whole canvas was so easy to make and i think it looks great.

Well better be off to bed, Im hoping you girls can see this.

Great news and an update.

Just thought I would update the photos of my belly. These were taken today so I am exactly 39 weeks.

Mum took the one of Peter and I and Peter took the one of me alone.

Good news. Over at Scrapbook Dreamer, they had a Guest Design Team call. I was emailed today to say I am Septembers Guest Design Team member. This is an American store so I am very excited to be part of the team for a month.

Laura even asked me if I wanted to pick what supplies I recieve but I said Id love to get a surprise and get a pack right out of my comfort zone. Can't wait to recieve my pack and start.

Today was mums birthday so we baked her a Roast chook and baked vegies, also a chocolate cake for dessert and choc chip cookies for a snack. It was a great day and we all had fun.

Will post a LO tomorrow, been very slack this weekend. It has been busy but also with the pains last night, scrapbooking was the last thing on my mind last night. Lol

Thanks for the comments girls, I really appreciate them.

I did a Layout class with Beth Jarrett on Friday night at The Scrapper Stash and this is the LO I created. Beth, I loved this class, love the chat and loved the whole atmosphere. You did a great class and should be very proud of yourself.

Been cyber cropping this week at Zig Zag but so far haven't completed my challenge LOs.

Last night I wanted to scrapbook but started to get painful contractions/BHs and walking around was all that could help it so we decided to go to bed at 11.30 to get an early nights sleep but when I woke up this morning.... nothing. Grr When is this baby going to come out and meet us?

Its mums birthday today so she is hoping I have bub today but it really doesn't look that way at all. Stubborn bubba must want a birthday all for its self. So we are having mum and dad over for tea, a roast chook and baked vegies and mum and I are going to do some scrapping.

Will post later if anything else happens.

Good news about bub.

I went to the doctors today for a check-up and he said bubs engaged and finally head down bum up.

This is great news as I was dreading the possible breech situation, althought I would have done anything to ensure bub arrives safely.

Peters getting nervous and everytime I ring him at work, he thinks its time. Lol

Mum and I are going in to Kmart tomorrow as they finally have a white cot and as the sale starts on Thursday, the lady said we could layby it early. I have been wanting a white cot but couldn't get it in so now Im excited that bubs white theme is going to work.

Well better go, will upload my LOs to Adel's Creations. Just editing to say I completely forgot to upload my LOs so have done them now. I also added my Masters LOs.

Its 10.30pm here and Im buggered so Im off to bed. Pregnancy must be catching up with me now. Talk soon.

Loving the postie. Lol

Don't you love the postie when he is nice to you.

Today my postie dropped in my Heidi Swapp Love your Handwriting book that I brought from Scrap World.

Not only that but the Rebekkah Erickson frames I won in the mini cyber crop and my order from Scrap Heap.

Love the look of this book and can't wait to try out some of the exercises.

Thanks for the comments girls, I had to laugh at your comment Fran about telling Peter to do what I say in labour.

I will keep you updated and post when I have bub.

Until tomorrow, stay safe and take care, Mel.

Still here. Lol

Hi girls, just wanted to let the girls at Memories and More know that Im still in one piece and have been busy scrapbooking instead if chatting.

I had to get my Embellished DT entry finished and it took longer than expected so I had to limit my chatting time to finishe the entry.

Sorry for giving you a jump but I wish I was in hospital too. The last 3 days have been so painful, I have been aching from head to toe, getting pressure pains down south and pains in my lower belly.

Im hoping to have bub soon. Lol

Thanks for the wishes and thoughts girls, its nice to be missed.

Day 2...

Day 2. Mum came around today and we scrapbooked. We both did a bit of sewing on our pages and they looked excellent.

My technique today involved tracing my flower mask onto white cardstock, cutting it out then colouring it by mixing Perfect Pearls with texture paste and painting it on. For the stem I used green and brown chalk.

I then added some flowery fuzzy rubons which is a technique mastered in itself Lol. I hate rubbing them on but love the texture and effect you get from them.

I will upload tomorrow when I take a good photo of it. Well I better start on my other LO that I am planning. Using photos from Claudia's 1st birthday. Will edit this post tomorrow with the Blossom LO.

Night girls, Mel.

Editing to add my Layout- not the best photo as it is overcast here and I blurred out her face for privacy.

21 Day Challenge...

When I was reading Beth's blog today, I was reading about the 21 day challenge by Rhonna Farrer.

I have decided to join this idea and my habit I want to break is that I take my scrapbooking for granted. I know this sounds like a weird habit to want to break but I want to focus on technique and doing each LO for quality not quantity.

So each day for the challenge, I want to focus on learning new techniques and how I can apply them to my pages. I am not going to burden myself with a goal like I want to get published because this is about me and my time.

I want to learn to journal more, like my handwriting more (my Heidi Swapp book is ordered) and I want to work with the photographs and products more.

I am loving the LOs I did on the weekend. The handcut LOs took me half a day but the effect was so worth it so thats what I want to do more of. Even if I only get 1 LO done a week, I am not going to scrapbook just to quickly get the photos on paper, Im going to do it to create a master peice.

So tomorrow, I am going to alter an ideas book then on Thursday I will buy a spiral bound journal to write in then I can start my 21 day challenge.

I hope I can do this. Mel

Broken Wings

This is a LO I did on the weekend of my nephew Jack. The challenge was to use 4 different PPs and 1 had to be floral.

He is such a cutie here, I can't believe he is now 7 years old. Where does the time go?

I had a heap of fun cyber cropping over at Top 50 on the weekend but only did 2 of the 3 challenges.

Thanks to the girls who left comments on my scrapping space, I love it but do miss my room now. Peter has said when bub starts to crawl, we will either install a gate and railing to keep him or her out or I will share Peter's room with him.

Its a scary thought that bub could put buttons in his/her mouth that I drop so we have to be safe than sorry.

I was complaining to Peter about my uncomfortable computer chair so he brought me a new one which is so much kinder on my hips and back. I can actually scrapbook now without being in pain. Gotta love my boy.

Last night, Peter and I went to mum and dads for tea to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary. Wow, 30 years. Well done mum and dad. Peter and I are coming up to our 2nd wedding anniversary in November and 5th 'dating' anniversary in October, wow how the time flies. I told Peter we are taking baby down the coast for the weekend as Im still waiting for my honeymoon. So that should be nice to get away, just the 3 of us.

Well Im heading over to Adel's Creations to add this weekends creations, I did 4 LOs this weekend but will only upload 2 as 1 is for a DT application at Embellished and the other I have uploaded here (Broken Wings).

Thanks for all the comments girls, I really appreciate them. Mel

Scrap Space.

This is my scrap area. Peter helped me rearrange it the other day so I had a permanent home for the sewing machine.

Top left photo is my scrapbooking table. The $1600 dining room table that I begged Peter to buy, and as we weren't using it, I pinched it.

Peters concerned I'll put an eyelet through it, Lol.

Bottom left is my sewing machine table, I pinched the computer table so Peter is using the smaller table.

And the right hand side picture is my tower that I brought from my LSS, it holds my prima stand, my paints and all my other supplies, and my 4 paper racks that are looking bare as I sold all my papers that I didn't really like.

So this is my creation area, love it all as its not cramped but its cozy.

I am heading over to Adel's Creations to add my latest 2 LOs and BTP item I made, so if you want to have a look, the link is on the right.

Until tomorrow, stay safe.