Here are a few great shots of yesterday when I took Corey and my friend Leanne and her cute as a bug daughter Chloe to the strawberry fields to pick some sweet fresh strawberries.. and boy oh boy were they just gorgeous. It is so lovely to see the kids enjoy the outdoors and yesterday was a splendidly beautiful sunny day. After we got a 1kg punnet each for the kids we headed to Cotton Tree park next to the water and had a picnic and let the kids play in the park. Corey was great with wee Chloe and she just followed him everywhere. She was on top of the world.








I love days like this......... a beautiful day outside for the kids.
That's all for tonight. I hope you are all rugged up as it is soo nice and cosy. Love this weather so much.
Moonie x

Scrapbooking Memories Mag!

I cant wait to hit the shops on Wednesday and purchase this months SBM. This is my first ever publication and Im pretty excited.. So to all of you lucky girls who subscribe to this.. yaaahoo for you. I love this mag... it's so full of inspiration and beautiful creative work.
Day off tomorrow and I am taking a girlfriend and her wee girl strawberry picking with Corey and I then off for a nice picnic in a park for lunch. Then off to see either Shrek or Toy Story x

Bye for now
Moonie

Got my Laptop back.. woohoo

Well I have only had my new laptop for a month or so, but I had to give it to a friends IT guy to sort out as I bought an AVG virus protector which seemed to want to block out all internet!! I have only just got it back after 4 days and I must say I coped so well with it away.. got to bed early..OMG but is good to be back in the online living.. OMG that sounds so desperate.. Oh well.. so be it..
But the good thing is that I have a couple of layouts to share with you.
This layout is very special to me. Yes it is me on my wedding day with my gorgeous flower girls and brides maids.. but more important.. this is my Dad who I lost just 12 months after this photo. And it is the last photo we had together as he lived in NZ and me here. It has taken nearly 5 years for me to scrap a photo of my beautiful Dad. I still cannot come to scrapping one of him on his own, but I am over the moon I have scrapped this. And I know my Mum will be very proud.




This next one I did Friday night at Daisys. I see so many layouts using animated prints and I just love them but seem to struggle with them.. so I was determined to try and put one together. Love this photo of Corey when he was just a wee 4. Gee they grow up way too fast.


Nice to be back online and I will go and check out lots of blogs tonight. Cant wait to go and purchase this months Scrapbooking Memories to see my first ever layout published. Thanks SBM!!!! You're the best x
Moonie x

A truly inspiring girls weekend

I decided to do a couple of challenges for a change this weekend. I did part of my book I am doing for myself and between looking after my girls, trying to keep my big open house warm, keep the music going, keep Corey entertained for the first 3 hours of my Saturday I managed to get two layouts done. I cannot believe these other girls scrap like flying friggin rockets.. I am sooooooooooo slow... I procrastinate and put on and take off... but hey... thats just me I guess. In this layout I used the gorgeous Websters paper which I have only ever used once and that was on a card. And also the Pink Paislee scalloped printed paper. Go over to Artastic Challenges and check them out. Coolest site. In this layout below I used the very cool 7 Gypsies PP -Ecriture, Pink Paislee PP- Shooting Stars and Starlight bright, October Afternoon letter stickers, Cosmo Cricket lettering, Little Yellow Bicycle Fabric Borders, Bo Bunny candy brads, punched out starts inked up, Jenny Bowlin yummo buttons, and I think the cool vintage camera is from the Mama Razzi range. I was a bit adventurous and gave it a bit of a squirt with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist. This layout is my take on the Stuck June Sketch Challenge.

Thanks girls for coming to my house and scrapping all day Saturday. I think we covered 15 hours of scrapping.. well I did by the time I plonked my tired weary body into bed. The Brisbane girls left about 8.30pm after a yummy cook up of Barbies famous Nachos. They were such a hit by all 7 of us. And a special big hug to Tarrah who come all the way from the icicles on ya snozz NSW. She was an absolute darling girl to fly all the way up here to meet me and play all weekend. We finished our day by going to my favorite spot just meters from home for brunch before heading to the airport again.
Lisa Kamphius, Mwaa and Tarrah McLean
Ok, girls.... thanks for stopping in and saying hi.... now off to check out my bloglines x
Moonie x

Thought you would all get a chuckle out of this girls x

Mykonos Greece with Cocoa Daisy Destinations

Check out this link here ...... and you will drool. I seriously want to get away and go to one of these retreats before I die. Does that sound too dramatic?? I do hope not. But I would kill to go. How much fun, adventure, inspiration would you have on one of these trips.
Check out the site and have a read and a dream. Truly it slips your mind into the world all us committed scrappers would love to be in.
Ok, time for me to get some beauty sleep.
Night night
Moonie girl x

LOVE

Just a little something I bought myself the other day. Looks perfect on my bedside table. Love home decor and love decorating and creating... Bye for now Moonie x

New Release from My Little Yellow Bicycle

Check out this gorgeous funky new line FREE SPIRIT from My Little Yellow Bicycle. I am not really a full on colorful scrapper but otherwise I do love bright colors, but I am feeling a gorgeous special book for my Danielle and her bestie Bonnie is in the making. Teenagers love this sort of style so I am sure to be buying up a storm when it is placed on the shelves at Daisychain Scrapbooking.

FS-165 - Chipboard Stickers and Embellishments with thermography and embossing (18 pieces)

FS-185 - Epoxy Stickers with glitter accents (49 pieces)

FS-190 - Clear Stickers with glitter accents (24 pieces)

FS-197 - Jewel Stickers (16 pieces)

FS-201 - Canvas Stickers (22 pieces)

FS-220 - Fabric Favorites (15 pieces)

Clear Cuts

FS-230 - Clear Cut Shapes with glitter accents (30 pieces)

Rub-Ons

FS-305 - Rub-Ons (3 sheets, 63 pieces)

Quite cute don't you think??

Click here to check out the rest of the range.... yeah baby yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, I cant believe how the weather temp has dropped so much... but I am loving it. I am in my jarmies by 5 and all rugged up ready for the cold nights. Today I spent the whole day just spring cleaning the house, doing windows and lots of other bits and pieces as I had time for it. I love being home on the weekends and just hanging out here and going no where. I was peed off that I even had to get in the car and go and get the pool water tested. After I finished, I plonked myself in our media room with all the curtains open as the warm toasty sun was coming in. I played on my laptop listening to music DVD's which was the perfect Saturday afternoon for me. My husband has been away for nearly two weeks. We have just opened up another Camera House store in Rockhampton this week so he has been away setting up camp up there. Will be nice to have him home even though life at home with just Corey and I is bliss... but only for a short time.. Gotta have that complete family package. Love it and love life.. Hope you are all well and happy and rug up tight tonight. NOT HAPPY JAN about not being able to make it to the Brisbane Scrapping Expo. I could take Corey ... he would be happy for probably two hours pushing it as he loves to scrap too.. but I want to cruise along without any pressure for about 5 hours... so will have to give it a miss. So all of you out there who are going or went... have fun. I'm just thinking of the money I will be saving. Well that's I am thinking. See you all soon.. thanks for stopping by.
Moonie x

My favorite local cafe just 4 minutes of peddling on my pushbike from home. Life couldn't get much better.

Love Sundays x

My girlfriend Lisa Hayes come over last night to have a scrapping night. We had lots of fun procrastinating for hours first but then got down to the serious nitty gritty of designing. I did this page of.... you guessed it... Corey boy. I have so many beautiful scraps left from layouts I so really wanted to use them up. I got inspired using these colors as I took some funny passport photos of him at work the other day. Passport photos are so shockingly serious. I take so many each week for people and they all hate them as they look like mug shots. So Corey and I had some fun along the way being silly. I used these three photos in his layout so the soft aqua color of his school uniform started me off as to what color combo I was going to have.
As you can see I have used my new Cuttlebug which I am really excited about. After Jenny showed me how to put your sandwiches together for either embossing or cutting.


This one I did of my Danielle who I am dearly pining for. I scanned the gorgeous picture of her the other day at work and I was so surprised as to how beautiful the colors come out. She is 4 in this photo and was so full of laughter and life. The background sheet is the Making Memories Addie diecut Scallop, October Afternoon PP, Sassafras cardstock stickers which are gorgeous, K&Co Diecut leaf, Bella Velvet Alphaz and a few other bits.
I love this pic of her. Time has just gone sooo too fast for me. But she is the happiest girl up in Townsville so as much as my heart aches for her, it is smiling inside that she is happy because that is the most important thing to me as a Mum. To know my children are as happy as they can be in their wee lives.
See ya all now. Corey and I are off on our push bikes to Mooloolaba to see the brave sensational Jessica Watson our one and only teenage girl who sailed all around the world on her own make her entrance in to her home town.
Moonie x

June Sketch for Crafty Sketches

This months sketch has been designed by Lindy Gillespie for Crafty Sketches.


Get in and have a go girls... this looks like we could come up with something interesting... so I will be looking out for your creation...
Send your take on this layout to:

craftysketches@gmail.com
$30 Voucher up for grabs, gotta be in it to win it.
Moonie x

A2Z June Challenge

June Sketch Challenge ...

Here's this months fantastic Challenge Sketch, designed for us by Design Team member, Liz Weber. Thanks Liz!!

The Rules:
You need to create a layout based on the sketch above.
Its open to your own interpretation, but it must be recognisable.
One entry per person.
You do not have to use Scraplets on your layout BUT if you have some in your stashes, feel free to put them on your page.
This competition is open to EVERYONE!!

How To Enter:
Email your layout
by 30th June, 2010,
to
challenges@a2zscraplets.com.au

Quote of the Day

Hahaha I love this one....

Prima's Beautiful Paper

I have been really busy the past few weeks with work and learning all that I have to in our Camera House shop. I did not realize just how much there was to learn but I am certainly getting there. I have stepped down from my two DT positions that I had as my time is very precious right at this stage of my life so it is best for me do this... but the good thing is that it has freed me up to scrap whenever I feel that sudden urge to do a page with full inspiration going on.
In this layout I have used the gorgeous Prima Printed paper, a bit of music note paper that I bought from St Vinnies, Basic Grey rubon blingies, MME Lush brads which are so sweet, and a K&Co tag. the background paper i have used is lovely. It is from the new Basic Grey Cappella range.
Thanks for looking x
Moonie x

Second ever Double Layout.

Here I have used the coolest printed papers by Basic Grey, MME, October Afternoon and the Orbit Maze by Crate Paper. The spotted border is from Crate paper and I just thought the combination of the three printed papers worked really well. I have having a thing with RED right now? Isn't it funny without thinking about you, you suddenly see this duplication forming of either a color combo or some other embellishment which for a few layouts becomes a bit of an obsession. Like you said Kim... It does give the layout a bit of a POP..LOL

I have been playing with PS CS3. I edited these photos of Corey which were great color to begin with using a couple of actions from Pioneer Woman Photography. I am finding it really hard to find some tutorials on how to use the actions but I find if I just play using different actions and then look to see what effect it gives my photo... I just start over and try again.. I guess it's the only way to learn when you are by yourself. Lisa Hayes and I want to get our heads together one night and have a brain storm using PS. Will be good but somehow we are struggling to find that free night. The story of LIFE
Thats it for now.. I hope you all have been getting creative over these few cooler nights we have been having.. I am loving the cooler weather. Love the snuggling up in the mornings and at night.

Moonie x
By the way, does anyone know how to post these layouts so they are beside each other as I see them when I click on Preview?

Bo Bunny Mama Razzi PP

I am in love with this Mama Razzi paper range from Bo Bunny. It has a very grunge look to it and very masculine which is nice to find sometimes as there are so many beautiful pretty full of colour papers out there but I go mad on paper like this when it is released. I have done a layout of when we went to the Night Safari Zoo in Singapore.. Ooops just no photos of animals. It was impossible for me to take shots of the animals as we were not allowed at all to use our flashes. A couple of people didn't have their ears turned on and used the FLASH!! OMG!! Deaf ears.. Poor animals. So we just enjoyed looking at the awesome different animals. The biggest rats in the world were not to be sneezed at. They were absolutely disgusting.. trust me.

After doing two layouts Friday night on my Corey boy, he was riding his push bike past me yesterday with his thumb up saying... quick Mumma take a photo of me to scrap!!!!!!!
Like I need any more photos of HIM!!! Boys - Men.. they think it's all about them.
I was looking for a DVD for Danielle yesterday and come across this gorgeous photo of her in her drawer. Sorry DJ. I have not seen it before but was taken at Dream World on the water log.
I love this picture as it is a true photo of her being so happy. I love you Danielle all the way to the sky and back.. ok... crying now.. omg... ok, moving on.
I have used the gorgeous Pink Paislee 365 Degrees Range. Ooooh my... the papers are so delightful, happy, colourful, and I love the swirls on the papers. So many to chose from but here is my layout. I got some inspiration from Karen Knight off a layout she did. She does cute 8x8 pages.
Ok thats it for me right now.. off to have a lovely coffee with my Kenny boy. Beautiful day here again in paradise. Man I love this weather. To die for. Hope you are all having a great weekend.
Moonie x

Daisy's Scrapping Retreat

Here are two layouts that I managed to get done last night at Daisy's. I must say I do love both of these photos of Corey. I quite often put my finger on his nose talking to him and Danielle caught this one on film..LOL... and it is such a cute photo. Our kids are so lucky with the photos that they are going to have when they are our age to show their children. I have 3 photos of me when I was a wee one. I hate the fact that this is all I have but my parents did not have a camera when I was younger. I spose this is why it is so important to keep such awesome memories of them now.
In this layout I have used the gorgeous Fancy Pants Road Show PP, a K & CO rubon that I have put on to the left of Corey fitted in perfectly, Little Yellow Bicycle clothesline range pp,Collections Elements cut out bird, Cherry art chipboard heart, SEI PP- grannys kitchen and some thread and lace of course.


I am trying to teach myself Photoshop CS3. I have many brushes which are to die for, but along with working two jobs, keeping a house, being a mother, wife, scrapping, gyming and basically just living each day.... there is sadly not been enough time to put in to practice this PS. But I am determined to put more effort in and just play and learn. I love the effect that I have created here using the brush down the bottom and top corner. Next time I will use a lighter colour brush up in the top right hand corner as it is too dark. I am loving the sepia effect and love this photo even more as Corey is so proud to have finally lost some teeth. He lost 5 in 7 weeks.. the Tooth Fairy has done a runner...

I have used the gorgeous Basic Grey Cappella range here. Go and check it out. Beautiful for some vintage pages. I made the frame just from cardboard. And used the gorgeous Martha Stewart punch. Ohh how I love her punches.
Ok, well I have spent the day with my boys today.. done a big spring clean of the house and now everything is up to date... so off to Daisys again for a night shift again. I got there last night at 5 and got into my warm bed with my warm husband at 2.55am this morning.
Thanks for popping in and saying hi
Moonie x

A few more layouts from me x

Just loooove my wee Corey with this cute as a bug look on his face. This was taken when we lived in Cardwell up in Far North Qld. The ocean was our back yard. Beautiful but only for a holiday for me. Only 1000 people in the town and I was the only arty farty one there :-(


This is my gorgeous Danielle dressed up in her graduation dress playing around on her day off with her girlfriend taking pictures on the beach. I have used the word" Princess for a day" from A2Z Scraplets.

Well thanks for stopping bye girls... there is some gorgeous work going on out there.. so many talented people and it is so nice to read all of your blogs too.
Keep happy and enjoy every single day.
Moonie girl x

Designing for A2Z Scraplets

These are my last couple of layouts I have designed for the gorgeous Julie Cotteral from A2Z Scraplets. I have been designing for Julie for approximately 7 months and I have loved every single week of it. Sadly I have stepped down from this position as I have such a full on life right now and I am struggling to meet deadlines. Julie is ever so understanding about life and where it can take you and all the challenges that are sent our way, so I thought this was the best decision for me right now. I know life will slow down but while I feel overloaded, I think it is the best decision to take a back seat and not be stressed about designing. I will still be checking out the blog that Julie puts up and I will make sure I still enjoy submitting some of the challenge layouts Julie has each month.


Here in this layout I have used the gorgeous insert from the New Scraplet
"Star 3 - Large Frame".
In this layout I have used the gorgeous florish scraplet which I have actually painted and then gone over the top layer with Glossy Accents Crackle. I love this stuff and it gives the FLORISH a lovely vintage look. I love these photos of me and my boys. It was taken down at Dream World last year and I have edited them in PSE and given them the vintage sepia look then sandpapered the edges of the photos. Also used the gorgeous Martha Stewart punches, lace, rubbons, Prima flowers, Heidi Swapp journalling sticker, and more bits and pieces of yummies.

Thanks Julie for looking after me. You are simply the best you must know!! I love your creation with the gorgeous fun scraplets and make sure you keep them coming. Keep your eyes open for new scraplets being released each and every month on the A2Z Scraplets. They just keep getting more exciting.
Ok, it's late for me now... and I can hear my pillow..or huthband calling me so goodnight to all you lovely friends out there.
Moonie x

Quote of the Day

Now and then I get my scrapping room in a bit of pigsty and have stuff everywhere except where it is meant to be... so since it was such a lovely day at home yesterday I thought I would spend a few hours in there giving it a clean up... along with this I decided to have a complete change around. I spend most nights in there and I love my room as it is my space.
Check it out....