Daisy Chain Retreat

I love this photo of all the regulars at Daisy Chain Scrapbooks.. This was taken at our August Retreat. I did not get much done as I think I was a bit burnt out after submitting my work in for the Masters.. but over all we have a fantastic weekend and is always a good weekend just to catch up on one anothers gossip and life stories.
From the left is Tenneal, Lisa H, Sheree, myself, Alaine and sitting down is Suzy and Jenny.
Thanks for looking.
Hope you all have a great week. I am lucky enough to only be working Monday and Thursday this week so it is great to have some me time..
Moonie x

This is a layout I have been wanting to do for such a long time but has been hard for me to scrap. Although I lost my Dad 5 years ago tragically to a Stroke and Mum and Dad were divorced, they were still the bestest ever friends and soo looked out for each other for all the years after their marriage. Mum has remarried and Dad and John get on like brothers.. It may sound weird to some people.. but I wonder why.. what is wrong with two or three people liking each other as friends just because their marriage didn't work. I have been blessed to have my parents love each other for all their lives.. All our family get togethers involved Mum and Dad and John and all of us..
Anyway this photo was taken in Feb 1964. My Mum was 20 and Dad 22. Mum made her own dress and veil all by herself. So clever.. I must say I get my creative talent from Mum.. She has taught me so much and now I am even teaching her things.. It's just awesome.
Loved using my cuttlebug to make my flowers... I have also bought this gorgeous Water colour Iridescent Medium. You just paint on lightly to paper, flowers... anything to give it that extra BLING look that I soo can't get enough of. This one I have is made by Winsor & Newton. $12 for a good 75ml bottle which will last me my scrapping years ... umm maybe not.
Thats all for tonight. I have the next 3 days off so I am soo happy about that. Nothing better than hanging around home doing what I want to do.
Night night
Moonie

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This was my frustration at the Retreat!!

Phew... Time to chill out!

Well after a huge 4 weeks.. my batteries are officially flat!!
I have not been so busy with life, work and scrapping for a long time. It has been big but I am glad I got done what I set out to achieve. I have just had a lovely weekend at the Daisy Chain retreat in Nambour. These retreats are always so much fun. Barbi feeds us up like there is no tomorrow on her yummy goodies which we all love, we had lots of laughs but sadly this time round I had absolutely no motivation. I was if anything getting so totally frustrated with myself. The more I couldn't think the more I got frustrated so I had two layouts I just put to the side. I managed to get 2.5 layouts done. I am nearly finished one of my Mum and Dad on their Wedding Day which is so special to me. Just have to get my hands on some flowers I have in mind to be able to finish it off.
So now I can at least take a big breath in and feel free that I have no commitments on for the following 7 days except work. And I only have to put in two full days this week so that is great.
Here are my two layouts I got done this weekend. Can't believe this is all I got done though.

This is my sweet Sam from Mackay who I got to see when we were up North two weeks ago. Learning the wink was so funny.. They are such characters at this age. Looove this paper too.

And this is for a friends Mum. Marni is on the left who works for my sister and keeps my hair nice and blonde.... :-) This is a great family portrait of them all. I am putting this on a canvas for her and it is being sent to her Mum as a gift.
I have used the Heidi Swapp printed crate paper which I have glimmer misted then sewn ribbon over the top roughly. I've also used the Martha Stewart punch and Tim Holtz Scallop Die Cuts.
So that's it for me for this week my friends.. Terrible week for blogging but hey, we have weeks like this don't we. Life just gets so crazy.
Take care and off to check up on all your blogs for the first time in a week.
Moonie x

I need more time!!!!!!!!!!

Hi my girls out there... I had a fantastic week away up North in Far North Qld visiting my girl. Was a fantastic time and we had good bonding time again.. Pity it goes so fast but at least I know she is safe, happy, got all her unit sorted out and was so exciting seeing all her new furniture and housey stuff she bought. I have been on a mission though since I got home which was just Wednesday night. Silly me decided to give the Scrapbooking Memories Masters a shot. Never done it before and I have been procrastination about whether I should put myself to the challenge or not for the past 4 months. Well, 6 days before the deadline.... Yip.... I have decided to dive in and give it my best. Hence the reason I have not blogged or been on bloglines. I have told my Husband and son that I am not available til Monday night. I have just about finished my off the page product, and it is Saturday afternoon. I have just decided last night what to do for my Double layout using Memoriabilia and no idea for my single layout using a recycled item. hahahahah... Mad.... I'm thinking yes... But I am pumped, motivated, excited and am fully going for it. So I will be back when I can finally come up for air... Love to you all out there and the best of luck to all you creative clever chickies that are submitting your work for the Masters also. What an absolute challenge to pick a winner out of soo many submissions. Bye for now Moons

Tim Holtz - Gotta love him

Hi everyone.. I hope you all have had a good weekend so far.. not sure what's happened to our winter..Crazy weather. I am indeed not ready for the summer temps to come on it. No sir ree..
I have been having so much fun playing with the Tim Holtz Lost and Found 12x12 Paper Pad and embellies that I have gathered up in the past few weeks.
This soo special photo was taken of Corey when he was only 5 days old and full up on Mummas milk. He was so easy to place wherever we liked. I have had this photo in a frame for 7 years and it just dawned on me the other week to take it out of the frame and scan it. So that's exactly what I did and I also changed the color to a bit more of a sepia look.
These are some of my most favorite girls.. We had so much fun on our wedding day doing the photo shoot. From the left is my daughter Danielle, then my blista Tanya, Mwaa, my bestie Mandy Moo from Mackay, her daughter and then my step Daughter Tammie.
Looove loove loove these Webster's pages. They just are so easy to creative with as I have this so romantic feminine feel to my mood when I scrap with them.
Lastly here is the boy again... Ohhhh Danielle I need you to send me some photos so I don't look like I am obsessed with scrapping your wee brother.
Here is Corey just moments after entering this world. I have used the gorgeous Fancy Pants boy overlay. I love it. I have had it for ages and finally got to use it how I wanted. Also I have used My Family printed paper and Road Show printed paper, Martha Stewart punch, EK Success scallop punch, my new Banner punch and a few bits and bobs.
I thought I had done pretty good this week on my inspiration. I managed to get the last two layouts done last night at Daisys.
Love my Friday nights there!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for looking.
Love Moonie x

Well I have been very busy all of last week. I did about 35 hrs in our shop and I was run off my feet. Hard to keep up with life, housework, being a Mumma and a wifey while at work from 8.30am and home again at 5.45pm. Lucky for me it is not all the time. I am really enjoying working in the lab now. More so than I did when I first started.
With all of this we had a terrible tragedy in our family. There has been a motor bike accident and we sadly lost a family member on Thursday night. We are all in such shock with this accident it pulls you up so far in your own life. You never know when your last day on this earth is. I know it is a very sad subject but also girls... this is LIFE.. and we are living it. So please remember to be kind, happy, make sure you achieve what you want to and once again... make sure you are happy. We only get one chance at this life.. we don't get to come back and give it another shot.
You all mean so much to me and I love being online and having a chat with you all. You are all so inspiring and keep my love for scrapping going.
Love you all
Moonie girl x

Someones trash is now my treasure

I so love garage sales and love to get a bargain. I think it is in all us girls to a certain point. Ken and I went over to the neighbours place today for a coffee and a catch up. My eyes popped out when I saw this lovely shabby white book case in her garage. I had a million visions in my wee head. LOL..
So I did ask her what she was doing with it and she said she was putting it on ebay. She is an ebay queen. Buys and sell lots with success. I was lucky enough to be able to buy it there and then off her for $40. What a great buy!!
So I come home and jiffed it up and gave it a little TLC and here it is.


Just another bit of white furniture to add to my scrapping room. Love it x
I hope you all had a lovely weekend. I worked all day yesterday. Done about 35 hours this week. Got tomorrow off and heading to Jimboomba.
Take care and love to you all
Moons x

Obsessed and Addicted

I am a self confessed obsessed and addicted Scrapbooker.. I have been arty farty since a was a wee lass and I have done everything from sketching with pencil, sewing, quilting, mosaic designs, Painting on canvas and love playing with home soft furnishings and decor. I have been there, done that with these all but still like to paint when I get the time... but scrapping... I feel this immense crave to scrap every week. And it's a wonder why when you look at sites like this....Pink Paislee!!
The new products and paper that people are designing each and every week is outstanding and we get the full benefit of it. So go over to Pink Paislee and check out the new ranges they are bringing out soon. Just soo yummy I cannot wait to get my hands on it.

Now I'm off to check out your blogs girls.. been a full on week and feeling pretty quiet right now.
Love to you all
Moonie x

I have currently got my grubby wee hands on Tim Holtx 12 x 12 Lost and Found Paper Stacker which is sooo gorgeous. It has 36 exciting full on vintage pages with full pages, strips, clocks, cards, script writing, bingo cards.. the absolute lot!!
I love it. I have not done anything to this background paper... this is it.. just plain ol' grungy. In this range he also has the Shabby Vintage which colors consist of pink, blue and sepia tones. It is divine.
I just had to take the opportunity while Corey was on his scooter in front of me on the Caloundra boardwalk to snap this shot of his cute toosh.
These are his new Pumpkin Patch jeans we got a couple of weeks ago.
Normally I tell him to take off his good clothes when he is outside playing but I know these will be too short for him so I told him he can live in them if he wishes... and he looves them.. won't take them off. They are nice and comfy and look hot :-)
Thanks for coming by and checking out what I have been doing.
Happy scrappin girls
Moonie x

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The beautiful Websters page paper..
I once again loooved putting this layout together using these beautiful papers. They just have such an elegant feel to them. I have sprayed the pages with Glimmer Mist. You can never see if online but IRL it is simply beautiful.. Just like my girl. This was her Graduation night. Many proud tears from Ken and I.
Thanks for looking and I hope you have been scrapping away.
Moonie x

This one's for you Mum

I am looooving this Bo Bunny 'Mamma Razzi Range" of PP. Love the grunge look and my new 12x12 Tim Holtz PP pad I have just seems to blend in perfectly with it. Make sure you go over and check out Timmys range of PP. He also has a Shabby Chick range and this consists of blue and pink and vintage colors.
I have used Tim Holtz Distressed Crackle Paint on my A2Z scraplet. This color is Soot.

My journal ling is hard to read so I will let you read it here:

At some point in our lives we come to realize that there is only few people in our lives that are always there. Mum you have been such a supportive role model in my life. You have never been judgemental, you support me in whatever decision I have ever made, you have always listened, then advised. I have also been blessed with the best ever Step Dad who also have always listened to me and been a great pillar of strength. I love you both.

Ok off to work for my 10 hour day. Grrr...... oh well,.,.,.,. need that cash to support my gorgeous habit.
Have a great week girls...
Moonie x

My Sunday

After not feeling well for days Ken decided to take Corey and I to lunch right on the beach. It was just what I needed. We had a massive walk along the beach pathway while Corey rode his cool scooter (which I might add his Auntie Tanya found outside someones house in a pile of rubbish that the council pick up - great score). Then we had the yummiest lunch and then come home. Was nice to have a family day together as we get so absolutely tied up in our business and life in general. We are always so busy - all of us I am meaning... and it is so important to take time out to realize what a great life we have and just how blessed we are to be perfectly healthy.
Love to you all and thank you for sharing your comments on my blog xx Just love it
Moonie x

Stuck Sketch for July

Go on over to Stuck Sketches and give this challenge a go. I am really enjoying participating in a few challenges at the moment. I have only really done about 4 ever since scrapping and I am finding it great because if the challenge or sketch does not appeal to me I just simply move on to the next. There is heaps out there and Stuck always have a good sketch.





Below is my take on the sketch.
I did have a photo of me there but found that this sweet wee pea looks so much more inspiring instead of an old boiler .... hahaha

I hope you all had a good weekend. I had a lovely quite one with my family. Well needed.. Haven't been feeling crash hot so was nice to have nothing on.
See you all through the week.
Moonie x

Go over to the Purple Pumpkin and check out these absolutely gorgeous hand made buttons.... oooh soo delicious.


I know there are some talented ladies out there but things like this just blow me away. Make sure you go on over to this gorgeous new blog.
Also: There is a giveaway!!! Go here and check it out.

Anyway, to celebrate the start of my new blog, I thought I'd have a giveaway! (This is as well as my regular monthly giveaway) The winner will receive a cute embellishment pack just like this one, in whatever colour combination you choose.






To be in the running for this prize, here's what you need to do...

For 1 entry be a follower of this blog
For 2 entries post this on your blog with a link back to here. (I'd really appreciate this part!)

Leave a separate comment here for each thing you do, and at the end of this month I'll draw a winner.

Simply Devine

This was the day of my 40th birthday in December last year. And these are my great friends of 14 years from Mackay who now live in Brisbane. Their surname is DEVINE so the title to me was truly appropriate. They are mad, whacky and just as stupid as me and thats why we have the best ever friendship. Not too much to this layout which is a change for me. The orange spotted pp is Kaiser Craft Jungle Bug Collection, script pp is one of my ever favorites October Afternoon Tea Towel, blue pp is Fancy Pants - about a boy, Cosmo Cricket Yummy tag, and a Farm Fresh tag from October Afternoon. I have covered the stars and applied Glossy Accents on the top for that luscious glossy finish. Home all weekend thank goodness for a quiet family weekend indoors by the look of the windy rainy weather outside. That's all fine by me as I am loving feeling guilt free being inside all weekend. Even have Corey next to me scrapping a page himself. He loves it. Have a great weekend. Moonie x

Well I am certainly feeling the cold winter temperature here today. It is probably also because I am inside with Corey and not outside. I think it is always colder inside than out during the day as we have tiles throughout our house and glass everywhere. Great summer home.. freezing cold winter home. We are just chilling out watching The Jungle Book as Corey had a his baby molar tooth taken out today and a spacer put in replace of it. He got a big chip out of the tooth so had to get it taken out. He had the gas and of course a couple of needles for the extraction but is not feeling too flash. I feel for him as I would hate something permanent in my mouth I had to get used to.
I got my grubby liddle hands on this gorgeous Tim Holtz Vintage Shabby Paper Stack the other day and I am in love with it. It has pink and blue and vintage color paper in the stack. This is the girly card I made for my friend who had a bubby the other day. I love the Tim Holtz grunge paper which is what I used on these flowers. Once they are cut out you can use the end of a pencil or scissors and bend up the petals on your flowers.
Thanks for looking...
Moonie x

Cool A2Z chippy

I just wanted to share this layout with you as it is not a new one I have done lately but I guess I am loving it as it is a favorite photo of my darling girl Danielle and her Dad at Dream World. I love these photos how they come up and everyone has so much fun dressing up.
My journalling reads:
Father and Daughter WANTED!!
Daughter 18yr old gorgeous brunette, extremely innocent like, but highly dangerous.
Father mid 40's and wildly cunning.
Love the A2Z scraplet I have used here. I have used a rub on on it with the REWARD $10,000. Very vintage looking.
Thanks for looking x
Moonie xx

7 Gypsies Printed Paper

When I first saw this paper I thought oooh that is so not me... but put myself to the challenge and put this together last night. I must admit it took me a while, but it did scrub up ok. I am loving the new Tim Holtz range out and all his wee bits and pieces. The are awesome to use in vintage layouts and the ideas never end using his products. I have a Teresa Collins Journal tag in here, bits of Tim Holtz and I am loving his measuring tape... 7 Gypsies PP, lace, Bella Lettering, Jenny Bowlin button and a Collections overlay (which is the sweet butterfly).
This is for you Lisa Hayes... hope you like it of you and Dunc.
Thats it for now. I did a ten hour day today so I am in my lounge with a nice cold beverage and being waited on. So nice. Looks like a big juicy T bone for dinner. Mmmm
Thanks for stopping in
Moons x

Big Bluemoon Contest

This is humongous... we have lots going on DaddyO so hold tight- your on your way to a blast from the past - your driving up for a malted milk shake so sit back enjoy your drink while you scrap away.

This is such an exciting challenge.. lots of gorgeous giveaways which all of us would love to see in our mail box so go ahead to BlueMoon Scrapbooking and check out the criteria of this awesome challenge.

This is to all you gorgeous girls out there x