Jasmine's Scrapvine

I Miss - Once Upon A Sketch

2012-03-15T13:08:00.000+11:00

Hi Girls,

Hope you are well.

I have turned off my word verification as I know it is harder to comment now with having to type the two words that most of the time I just guess what the letters are and hope for the best. I have been pretty lucky not to have received much if any spam but I did receive a comment yesterday on my last post from F.T. It read:

"Nice effort, but you can do more better than this"

How funny.
Or maybe it is a real scrapper trying to tell me something......

So this fortnight we would like you to join us at Once Upon A Sketch to create a page using this sketch:

And this journaling criteria:

Finish this line "I miss...".

Tell us about someone you are missing right now and why. Your journalling can be as long or as little as you like, but we want to hear all about someone you are missing!

Ideas for journalling: missing time alone with your partner, missing your old self, missing your children because they are off to school, university or living away from you, missing your children being young, missing a friend you have not seen in a while, someone in another country, someone that has passed away, a mentor whose advice you could use, a relative you wish you lived closer to, someone you regret having an argument with, missing a pet

Remember that you are allowed to also create a card or altered project based on this sketch and theme and instead of the journalling criteria you need to use a quote.

I decided to base my sketch about DS1. He is now 10 and is hitting that pre-teen phase, still too young to understand it all but knows everything - apparently. With the bullying issues at school and the jealousy of his brothers, sometimes that happy, good natured boy disappears for a while. We butt heads often but at the same time, we have a very close bond and he will always come to me first. I hope we never lose that.

So my journaling reads:

"I miss you sometimes Wesley
I miss the boy who is happy
I miss the boy who smiles
I miss the boy who doesn't backchat
I miss the boy who plays fair
I miss the boy who shows respect
I miss the boy who does not hold a huge weight on his shoulders
I miss the boy who isn't growing up so fast
I miss you sometimes Wesley"

I rotated the sketch and used my photo as the long strip of pp.....and I just loooooved using the black cardstock. Everything else on the page just pops.

We have soooo many wonderful sponsors so be sure to check them out here to see what you could win.

Until next time.

Jasx

Thank You

2012-03-12T20:20:00.007+11:00

Thank you girls for your gorgeous comments and support about my DS and the bullying issue. It amazed me how many had been through a similar thing.....Hopefully in time it all sorts itself out. Thanks again.

It was a long weekend in Victoria this weekend and we certainly made the most of it. I think we have just stopped. Sport, Moomba, lunches with friends, How to Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular....

On to a little scrappy business.
Bird Is The Word challenge today is to use the word Charm/Charming in your title or journaling.
Now I had to create a page about hubby right?? Well not really but it was a good opportunity to do so.

I received a voucher a little while back from Scrapfriends for a win I received at Get Picky.
I put my order in last week and the parcel arrived 2 days later. How fabulous was that for service?
I ordered some papers like the one above which have an already created background (I did the border in black paint but the rest of it was on there). Awesome.
I added some depth and layers and texture but for those times when you don't have the time to get messy...perfect.
If you want to see them you can do so HERE. There are some fabulous funky dark and grungy designs too.
Scrapfriends also have a fabulous mix of flowers (not that I bought many.....lol) and are also having a DT call at the moment so check it out....(you would think I was on the payroll but honestly, when you get great products and great service....)

Well, after that looooooong post, I must be off to get organised before "Revenge" starts. Are you watching it? I love it.

Night.

Jasx

Playing Catch Up - Still

2012-03-07T10:18:00.000+11:00

Where do I begin?

All is good but you need to know that I need to be organised to function and well, the last couple of weeks I haven't been so I feel like I am still trying to catch up.

We had an incident at school with DS1 last week.
To cut a long story short, there are a few boys in his year and they are not nice at all. They have bullied our son here and there over the past year and have done so again this year.
This happened again last week and also to one of DS's friends (who was physically abused by these boys) so it just shattered us. I cannot believe boys at the age of 10 can be so mean. And the parents? They should be accountable too shouldn't they? We are dealing with the school about it and the other mother has taken the matter further so we are hoping this will end. We have picked up the pieces and moved on but unfortunately DS became sick with a cold as did I so it is only today that I am feeling a little better and thought I should try and get back into the daily routine.

And get organised.

I have a couple of Scrappy deadlines by the 20th of this month and I am freaking out a bit....like I said, organised me is normally done by now but......

So popping in with a quick scrappy share....

Bird is the Word this fortnight is using the word DISCOVER. Remember, you can use this word as part of your title or in your journaling (which I did this time).

So now I am off to take DD to swimming, then to buy footy boots for DS and new shoes for DD, then to take DD to MIL so I can go to work for a bit, pick the boys up from school, then go and pick DD up from MIL, then take DS to footy training, then to meet the family for dinner as it is MIL Birthday......
No wonder I cannot catch up....lol.

Is your day just as crazy?

Jasx

P.S. Congrats to Sue Plumb who is expecting TWINS. May the Force Be With You Sue.....lol.
No you are a lucky lady. I hope everything goes well for the remainder of your pregnancy.

All About Me - Once Upon A Sketch

2012-03-07T09:18:00.000+11:00

Once Upon A Sketch

March 1st Challenge

Journalling Criteria/Theme:

All About Me!

The focus of your journalling and the theme of your layout has to be based on YOU and something/s that you are really good at. Don't be shy! We are all good at something as small or as big as it might be.

Ideas for journalling: being a good mum, cooking, talking, understanding people, organising, cleaning, gardening, studying, computers, fashion, exercising, scrapbooking, good at my job, maths, languages, writing , drawing, painting, photography, running, craft, sewing. Maybe you can talk about an aspect of your personality..your sensitivity, your 6th sense, your patience, your strength or bravery, your ability to stay positive.

Remember that you are allowed to also create a card or altered project based on this sketch and theme and instead of the journalling criteria you need to use a quote.

You MUST combine our journalling criteria with this sketch..

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Prizes

How would you like to be our Guest Designer for April? This is the challenge where you have the chance to win a spot on our design team for the whole upcoming month simply by winning this challenge. As well as being our Guest Designer, as chosen by our Design team, you will also receive this GORGEOUS kit from Berry71Bleu 's etsy shop....

Papers from GCD (sweet surrender collection), Journal, Lace trims, Fab Scraps metal embellishments, vial of silver glitter, set of clear stamps from 7 gypsies, Tag from Berry71bleu, paper flowers, prima flowers, Rhinestone vintage-style pendants,sequined picks, butterfly, adhesive faux pearl, glittered skeleton key ornament

Lastly we LOVE to encourage EVERYONE here at Once Upon A..Sketch to play along with us NO MATTER your skill level or scrapbooking style. SO we have 2 prizes us for grabs for 2 RANDOMLY chosen people.

Firstly, another prize from our ongoing sponsor Berry71Bleu. One randomly chosen entry will receive this GORGEOUS handmade tag from Berry71Bleu. Here is an example of the kind of tag you could receive..

Our second prize for one RANDOMLY chosen person will be 2 paper collections from FeatureArt...

Good luck everyone!!

Things to consider when playing along...

**This is an international blog, so anyone can enter

**You are free to combine Once Upon A..Sketch challenges with other challenges. We don't mind at all!!!

**You are allowed to create a card, layout or off-the-page item based on the provided sketch and additional journalling criteria. If you are creating a card or altered item you only need to include a quote.

**You are also allowed to flip or rotate the sketch or alter it to suit your needs, but please make sure its still recognisable.

**Post your creation on your blog or an online gallery and link it on the right hand side of this blog using the Link tool. Please provide a direct link to your post, not your entire blog.If the link tool is down, please leave a comment on the comments section and link your layout there.

** The deadline for this challenge is midnight March 14th, Australian Eastern Standard Time . The Design Team will vote and the winners and the Top 5 project will be announced soon after the challenge has finished.

**You may enter as many times as you like

**Also, please consider turning off word verification for comments on your blog.

White With 1 March Challenge

2012-03-01T13:03:00.001+11:00

Hiya girls.
My posts are getting shorter and shorter.....still chasing my tail fitting in kids, work, life, etc etc.
I must try and think of something exciting and funny to say next time....lol.

White With 1 this month is to create a page using White + Kraft + Layering.

I had these photos from another little project you might see in a few months so I thought I should use them up and this page went from somewhere unknown.... to somehow here....not sure how but in the end, I loved the result.

A close up to show my layers.

And a wee bit of texture

When we have a free day on a weekend, we generally head out on a Road Trip. This particular day we went down to Mornington in Victoria and had a play on the beach. I hope the kids will grow up remembering the different places we discovered on our trips.

Jasx

Kraft It Up Feb Challenge

2012-02-24T19:43:00.001+11:00

Good evening.
Just popping in before the weekend.
The past two days have been a record busy so I am posting this then off to bed to watch TV, take the laptop with me and blog hop a little.

When I started my page for Kraft It Up this month (which is to create a page around LOVE and to use Pink), it was nothing like it ended up......mmmmmm. I had to base it on Kraft and I had it on a patterned piece of paper so I cut and cut and cut a little more and then I hardly had any paper left so then I had to come up with something else and I must have had Julie Winks in my head because I sort of headed down her road.....which is a pretty good road to travel I think...

A page about our LOVE after 17 years of marriage.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Jasx

123 Challenge

2012-02-22T13:56:00.000+11:00

Thank you for your Birthday wishes for the boys. They had a great day and when they were going to bed, Benjamin said "Why does this day ever have to end?".

This month's challenge at 123 Challenge is:

the word/s are: FRESH or FREE
the colour: FUSCHIA
the technique: FRAYING or FRILLS

Now I went a bit crazy with the fuschia on white....It just looked noice.

Short and sweet today.
Have a great afternoon.

Jasx

Chantelle's Giveaway

2012-02-21T14:14:00.000+11:00

Just a little bit of eye candy for you girls.
Head over to Chantelle's blog and you too could be in the running for this gorgeous pack.

* a pile of coloured doilies
* bag of mini doilies
* bag of wooden buttons
* pink, blue and green paper flowers
* small bingo cards
* story book cards with twine
* 5m pink twine
* 3 white blooms
* vintage book print paper doilies
* white paper doilies

All you need to do is leave a comment and be a follower of my blog ☺ and if you share this on your blog, I will add your name twice to the draw ☺

Winner will be drawn on Wednesday 29th Feb.

Hurry on over.

Happy 8th Birthday Benjamin & Lewis

2012-02-20T19:56:00.000+11:00

Eight years ago our family went from 3 to 5 in two minutes.

Our twins were born at 33 weeks with Benjamin being born first followed by Lewis 2 minutes later.
They were so tiny and fragile.

Benjamin weighed 1.732g (3lb13oz) and Lewis was 1.792g (3lb15oz).

They were very healthy so we were really fortunate. They spent their first10 days in a humidicrib and arrived home after 4 weeks in the Special Care Nursery.

Benjamin

Lewis

Then the fun began.

Fast forward good times, hard times, funny times, and not so funny times.....well not so many of those which is good.
I have always said twins are easier than my singletons.

And now they are 8

Happy Birthday Boys.

Mumx

Scrap the Girls

2012-02-18T15:39:00.000+11:00

Hi Girls, short and sweet today.
Just popping in with my page for Scrap The Girls this month.

The challenge was to use:

LOVE in the TITLE

TURQUOISE as the DOMINANT COLOUR

and CHIPBOARD

Pretty easy to play along with when Turquoise/Aqua is your favourite colour and when you have a photo of a pretty cute chick on your back and you had been saving that gorgeous Imaginarium Designs chippy butterfly for something special.

Hope you are having a great weekend. My twins are turning 8 on Monday so as a surprise we have invited two of their besties for a play tomorrow.....they will be so excited as they don't get to see these boys very often since we moved.

Then I guess I had better think about presents, family for dinner on Monday night etc etc.

I used to organise weeks in advance but now, a couple of days before....or even the day before.....or even on Monday when they are at school......definitely by Tuesday though.......

Jasx

Happy Birthday Ellen & Once Upon A Sketch/Get Creative

2012-02-15T13:32:00.000+11:00

I would like to start by wishing my God Daughter Ellen a very happy Birthday.

She sent me a message on Monday telling me she had been looking at my blog and loves my work and was very inspired. How sweet is that? Thanks Nelly.

Therefore, it is quite fitting that my page for Once Upon a Sketch/Get Creative this month is all about her....
She is so elegant and beautiful and I wanted my page to capture that.

So this month, Once Upon A... Sketch has teamed up with Get Creative

The Get Creative gals have come up with some fantastic interpretations of the OUAS sketch challenge, which you can check out HERE.

This also meant that the Once Upon A... Sketch gals got to work with the fabulous sketch by Irini Liolia over at Get Creative.

This is the sketch we worked from:.

And here is my interpretation:

We are delighted to see so many of you embracing the Once Upon A...Sketch sister blog Get Creative this month. Thanks so much for playing along with each of us.

For Once Upon A... Sketch Feb 15th Challenge details and the Get Creative's fabulous interpretations, head over HERE.

Over and Out.

Jasx

I Heart them AND there was no Camping trip.... :(

2012-02-13T16:10:00.001+11:00

Well, the boys didn't go camping. They were going with a friend and his son who couldn't make it and the weather was looking ominous so they stayed home.....Another time....(and I will try and help them be organised)

So instead we had a very lazy Saturday at home. Love those days. Miss E did not even get out of her pjs for the day.
And Sunday we went for a drive to an old homestead and I captured some fabulous shots. My kids are not the most co-operative and trying to get lighting, camera buttons and placement together as quick as I can doesn't help.
And, I was not expecting such a fabulous backdrop so the kids were dressed as mix match as could be....now I will plan to head back another day and capture some more shots which I can use in colour too.

I did manage to take our Feb Family Photo which was this:

I have a canvas coupon and have been trying to capture the right shot so I think one of these might be good.

And everyone was being very impatient and I could not set the shot up how I imagined so I might have to give it another go. It also didn't help that a rabbit ran out in front of us and then we spotted 3 kangaroos about 100 metres away.

And one more.

Now getting onto a scrappy share.

Bird Is The Word has a new challenge word: HEART

I created a page on my scrappy weekend the other week using a heart shape as my word which I made out of wire again (a bit addicted to the stuff). And I wanted to keep it pretty simple and made some yummy hearts by adding texture paste to a chippy heart, using it is as a stamp and then using eye shadow to colour them. I then had the textured hearts left over which I am using on other pages.

I have tried to photograph white pages in every room of the house, at different times of the day and they always end up a shade darker on one side so sorry about the quality. If you have the trick for photographing white pages, please share....

Ok, bored you enough so better go. Thanks for having a peep.

Jasx

WW1, Get Picky and a Woot woot for my Mum

2012-02-10T09:54:00.000+11:00

Gooooooood Morning lovelies.

I have to begin my post by giving my Mum a big toot. She had her first acceptance by Scrapbooking Memories for a gorgeous page she did. If it goes to publication I will be sure to let you know when to look out for her.

Get Picky's challenge is to use this photo as inspiration for your layout, share the story and include 4 photos.

I had the perfect pics sitting in my "to scrap stash".

Now the circle framing DS....how did I create it?? Well I wanted to use the ribbon somewhere on my page and beside me was the left over of a double sided tape roll which I use as a circle template. So I used it to wrap the ribbon around and wala, a frame.

And now my WW1 page for Feb. The challenge this month is to use White + Lemon + 3 photos.
Again, these photos had been sitting in my "to scrap stash" for a long time. And I did not have any lemon paper so I created a background using mist and doilies as a mask.....
This is a bit "pretty" for me so not a fave but I think it goes nicely with the photos anyway.

I wrote the journaling in yellow so it is a bit hard to read but it says "as hard as you try not to, I can always make you smile".

Well my friends, it is time to go and pick my gal up from Kinder.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend.
DH is supposed to be taking the boys camping......I am not sure if I should call Child Welfare or not. He has a tent, mattresses and sleeping bags. But he says he is organised. Not sure what they are going to eat, drink or wear.....he told me it was a boys trip and they don't need much so as much as I want to get involved (I am holding onto the door frame to stop myself ) to make sure they are looked after.....I will step back and let it be a 'boy's trip' and I will be there to cuddle them when they get home and re assure them they are safe....lol.
But I am sure I will be back Monday to tell you they didn't end up going.
But, if they do go, the Princess and I will have a nice quiet weekend at home......ahhhhhh, the serenity.

Jasx

Catching up

2012-02-06T14:56:00.000+11:00

Wow, the school year has just begun and I feel like I am chasing my tail already.
I have a very long list of things to do, phone calls to make, appointments to keep and people to catch up with now that the boys are back at school.....so crossing off one thing at a time.

Scrap for Help

The simple rules for this challenge are:

**This is an international blog, so anyone can enter

- If you want to participate the following Challenge with a layout or card, it should follow the project made by Celine Navarro

- You need to use muslin or surgical bandage in your recycled material item

- You will always find our challenges in a rule to use recycled material, this rule is fixed,is required to contain this item in your project,to be eligible for the draw.

- The deadline for this challenge is midnight February 29th

- The Design Team will vote and the winner and the Top 5 projects will be announced soon after the challenge has finished.

- You may enter as many times as you like and combine this with other challenges.

- Also, please consider turning off word verification for comments on your blog.

With muslin/gauze being my favourite item at the moment this was pretty easy to create.

And now catching up on my photo a day.

Day 2 - words

I have a timetable for the boy's homework this year so each night we have three activities with each of them alternating between Spelling/Writing, Reading and Maths.

This was a photo of a piece of DS's journal about Day 1 of Grade 5.

Day 3 - Hands
These little hands are so busy

Day 4 - A Stranger
This was a hard one but we ventured into the City on Saturday so I took the opportunity to snap a pic of many strangers but the lady in yellow heading toward me was my stranger

Speak soon.

Jasx

Bird is The Word - Journey & Photo a Day for Feb

2012-02-02T20:14:00.000+11:00

Good evening girls.

Well the boys started a new year at school today and DD started 4yo Kinder.
The house has been so quiet without the boys and I have completed so much in a day.
They all seemed to have a wonderful day. Great classes and teachers and a good start to the year. YAY.

Here are the crazy bunch before first day of school this morning.

Now on to a scrappy share.

Come and join in the fun at Bird Is The Word using the word JOURNEY.
You will have the next four weeks to create a project using the word JOURNEY.
As always, you are welcome to use the word as a title or in the journaling of your project.
And if you need some wonderful inspiration, just head over here and see the fabulous pages by the DT. Gorgeous work.

I have had this photo for soooooo long and have always wanted to scrap it and this was the perfect challenge for it.

And I am joining in with Fat Mum Slim's February Photo a Day which is this:

So day 1 - Your view today
I took this whilst walking the pooch. This is the view from the park around the corner and you can see the City of Melbourne in the horizon.

And I have to say a BIG BIG thank you for your gorgeous comments on my last page. Your words are my encouragement and inspiration to keep working. Thanks again.

Jasx

OUAS teams up with Get Creative for February

2012-02-01T22:00:00.000+11:00

Hi everyone! A new month means a new challenge and we have something pretty interesting for you this month.

Here at Once Upon A...Sketch, we are nearing the end of our first year and during this time we have noticed a huge amount of support from many countries around the world and we are incredibly lucky that our challenges are supported by so many people from all different parts of the globe. One of these countries is Greece, and we have come to realise that we receive many entries from such a small country where scrapbooking is so new, so we had a think and decided to team up with another challenge blog based in Greece and run by our very own Irini Liolia called Get Creative. How exciting!! We have decided to become "sister" blogs, because let's face it...most of us scrapping are women and is there anything stronger than a sisterhood? So for this month only, the Design Team from Once Upon A..Sketch are guests over at Get Creative and taking part in THEIR 1st and 15th of the month challenges and the Design Team from Get Creative are guests on Once Upon A..Sketch! Thus a new bond is formed between 2 challenge blogs.

So head on over to Get Creative to see what our team did with the challenges and maybe play along too.

Oh and never fear! We have been keeping an eye on some other countries and their blogs too and we will do this again with some very popular blogs from other countries.

February 1st Challenge

Journalling Criteria/theme: LOVE

February 14th is Valentines Day here in Australia and in many parts of the world. For this challenge we would like you to create a project about the one MALE you love. And we do not mean just your partner or spouse. We mean any male in your life.

Ideas for journalling: You could journal about the love you have for your son, father, grandfather or a special person in your life or any pet.

Remember that you are allowed to also create a card or altered project based on this sketch and instead of the journalling criteria you need to use a quote.

You must combine our journalling criteria/theme with this sketch

Just a quickie

2012-01-31T09:37:00.000+11:00

Just checking in with my page for The Color Room this week.
The palette is just delish and they had a fabulous sketch too so I had to play along.

And just a quick thanks for Malinda, Leonie and Melissa for an awesome scrappy weekend. Lots of laughs and I managed 7 pages. I am getting better each retreat....although I still waste a lot of time....but then again, that's the fun of it.

Have a great day. We are off to pick up school books and then off to a friend's for lunch.

Jasx

It's Masters Share Time

2012-01-27T12:47:00.000+11:00

Warning - Long Post

Hi Ladies.

I am just about to head off on a Scrappy weekend away with Malinda, Leonie and Melissa.
Just the four of us this time. So so required.....school holidays are wearing that little bit thin. I think the kids will enjoy me being away too.....lol.

So I have popped in to leave you with my pages that I entered for the Scrapbooking Memories Masters competition. Although I didn't make Masters, I am thrilled to be on the Creative Team which has turned out to be a bigger challenge for me....

So my first page is based on the sketch provided by SM. I will also add in my inspiration/blurb thingy bit that we had to add with each page.

"I wish"

I wanted this LO to capture the true, natural expression and personality of my daughter. She is a deep thinker and a ‘big’ talker and at the time I created this LO quite a few times each day she would begin her sentences with “I wish” and follow with something about being a mummy or a lady so she could do something that I had done or spoken of.
I wanted this LO to be natural, pretty, feminine and soft which is everything I would use to describe Emma.

And the next page was to include a 5x7 photo.

"Childhood"

During our “Farm Day” we went to a paddock full of hay bales.

The children climbed the bales and ran across them and down them without any fear whatsoever.

This photo captured two 3 year old girls, high off the ground, without one care or fear in the world so I wanted this LO to capture the innocence of their childhood.

I wanted it to include natural, soft, feminine elements like those captured in the photo.

I wanted to highlight the girls so I duplicated the photo and placed a bracket around them.

My double feature was published in the mag so I will just show you a sneak and my blurby bit.

"Best Day Ever"

I was inspired by the wonderful day my children experienced on the farm and I wanted my layout to tell the story and show each child riding the horses and to capture their reactions.

I loved this color combination as they were neutral colors for the theme of this layout.

I wanted to keep the natural theme of the farm so I added some raw chipboard pieces like the fences and barbed wire and also the string.

The main element I wanted to capture was my title. This summarises everything this layout is about.

And my last page was to include hidden journaling.

"My 5 Strengths"

I recently completed a survey which identified my 5 strengths, so when I read the criteria of hidden journaling, I thought that this theme would be perfect.

So I built a LO around myself and I wanted it to “pack a punch” in some way because it was about being ‘Strong’.

I began with a large photo of myself (which is something I wouldn’t normally do) and I wanted the embellishments and paper to be feminine yet in bolder/stronger colours. I also wanted my hidden journaling to be created in a unique way and I think the result was exactly what I imagined.

I wanted the design and details to all tie in as you opened the page.

So if you made it through, thank you.

Hope you have a fabulous weekend. I am sure I will.....

Jasx

Show us your Stuff

2012-01-23T15:18:00.002+11:00

Hey girls, just a quick share.
It is very hot in Melbourne and I need to go and feed the kiddies their afternoon tea.

I created a page for Show Us Your Stuff using this sketch (which I have rotated).

The aim is to also use something hand made which I will explain in a min.
Now I don't really enjoy creating big circles from sketches (not sure why) so I try and come up with something a little different.

I was in Sportsgirl a few months ago and they stocked headbands made from wire and little flowers, just like the ones we use. Well I figured that I had plenty of them in my stash so I went to Lincraft, bought some flower wire for $2.49 (there are approx 50 pieces I would say) and made one of my own for DD.
So we had a photo shoot in the garden (you will no doubt see more of the pics at a later date) and I created another band for my page for the circle element.

Look at those big puppy dog eyes.
I captured some beautiful photos this particular morning but DD just wasn't happy about posing. Later that day the poor darling had a high temperature and was unwell for a couple of days. That could explain the dark eyes.

Ok, off to prepare that snack.

Jasx

Remember - Bird Is The Word

2012-01-20T16:38:00.000+11:00

Hello fine ladies.
How are you today?

I have just popped in to share my Bird Is The Word page with you.
Our new challenge word is REMEMBER.

I was sorting through some photos and I came across two of my DS when he was 18 months old, so 6.5 years ago now.
And it is photos like these that make me realise why I love this crazy, addictive craft (apart from sticking bits of paper onto other bits of paper and adding pretty flowers). It is to create memories because time goes by in the blink of an eye and it is so easy to forget the little details.
So these photos were perfect to look back upon and create a memory. I just wish I could have remembered some finer details.

And I couldn't choose between color and b&w so I had to go with both.

Yesterday was a bit of an exciting day for me scrapwise.

Firstly I went to the Op Shop on the hunt for a new desk for my scrap room. I needed something big enough to scrap on (lots and lots of room) and would also be big enough for my computer and work area. How excited was I when the perfect desk was sitting there waiting for me for $90? It has two sets of drawers (5 in each) with a large piece that sits across the top of both. It is HUGE. So I have been re-organising and shuffling and when I finally get it all set up, I will post a pic for you.

So the second happy scrappy thing was when I returned home with my new found desk, there was a copy of Scrapbooking Memories sitting at my door step (my dear postman puts my magazines at the door for me so they don't get damaged) and saw my first published Step-by-Step article. I had to submit it way back in Oct so it was exciting to finally see it in print.

I hope you have a fabulous weekend.
I am getting my hair cut and coloured tomorrow. It has been way too long since the last.
I would love to know who keeps colouring my hair grey......they must do it when I am asleep.
Or maybe it is the fact that I have 4 kids.....lol.

Take care.

Jasx

Hello 2012 - Once Upon a Sketch

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January 15th Challenge

Journalling Criteria:

HELLO 2012 or GOODBYE 2011?

For this challenge, the journalling theme is new beginnings, upcoming adventures but also saying goodbye to yet another year.. Are you glad 2011 is over? Are you looking forward to starting fresh in 2012? What are your goals or resolutions for the year ahead? What are you most looking forward to? Or maybe you can journal about your thoughts for the new year.

Things that you can journal about: a new job, house, baby or new scrapping adventures or Design Teams. Are you taking time off work? Are you planning a holiday somewhere? Maybe your children are starting school or you are getting a new pet. Or you could tell us why you are glad 2011 is over or why you will miss it. Anything goes really!

Remember that you are allowed to also create a card or altered project based on this sketch and instead of the journalling criteria you need to use a quote.

For some amazing inspiration from our Design Team, just visit here.

And here is little sneak of my page:

Using a gorgeous Imaginarium Design clock and flourish which I inked and then used dimensional magic on.

And the page:

Thanks for calling in. I do hope I have inspired you a little.

Jasx

My gorgeous God Daughter - Scrap the Girls

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I have played along with Scrap The Girls this month which is to use a Monochromatic theme on your page.

I love monochromatic and this time I thought I would try something a little different and use earthy tones.

My God Daughter has just finished a Fashion Design course and has designed some beautiful clothes as well as modeled some for her friends. She has the most stunning photos and when I saw them I knew they would make some beautiful pages.

I am sure she will be popping up in more of my pages in the future.
She is truly stunning and oh to be young again......

Have a fabulous weekend girls.

Jasx

Winter is here again

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Wow, what a wild, windy and cold day in Melbourne. From 40 to 17. How do we do it? Unfortunately, the kiddies don't have any winter clothes that fit them so they are still wearing shorts on this cold blustery day.

I have popped in to share my Scrap For Help page with you. Our aim is to create pages using recycled materials, whether it be one or many.

Now I promise this will be my last Christmas page, but like I mentioned previously, I have really enjoyed them this year, well last year....lol.

In my page I have recycled my Christmas paper, some music paper and a paper bag. I tried to create the look of a wrapped present by tying the ribbon as you would on a parcel and then I scrunched the top and bottom as if the parcel is being opened.

I will get back at some stage to share my Masters entries with you too.

Until next time, take care.

Jasx

Kraft It Up January Challenge

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Good afternoon beautiful ladies.

We have just arrived home after a weekend away. It is my hubby's Birthday tomorrow so we took him away to relax and get away from work for a bit.

Unfortunately when we arrived at our destination, they had double booked and said that I had rang and cancelled my booking. Not sure why I would have packed 4 kids and a husband and a car load of luggage if I had of cancelled my booking.
So they rang around and we found some accommodation down the road at Anglesea. Luckily for us, this place was much nicer so we won in the end by receiving better accommodation at the same price (for us, not so for the original accommodation who would later receive the total amount).
And because of the mix up and inconvenience, DH decided to un-stress me by booking an hour massage for me. How sweet is that? Well after being pampered for the hour, I booked him one also as a Birthday present. He enjoyed it just as much.

So we had a great weekend, chilaxing with the kids but home now and yep, 3 loads of washing later.....

I am also playing catch up a bit with my posts. The month is shooting past already.
So I am here to share with you my final page for Kraft It Up. I have had a wonderful year and I look forward to seeing the new team's work over the coming months. Thanks Mel for having me on the team.

This month's challenge is to use this color combination:

Please remember your base must still be Kraft Cardstock or Kraft Patterned Paper, you can then add the additional colours from the swatch!

The colours matched perfectly for some beachy photos I had taken in Queensland.

Well I hope you are having a fabulous weekend too.

Thanks for stopping by.

Jasx

Another Giveaway - Manorhouse Creations

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OMG. Who would not want to win some gorgeous flowers by

Here is what you can win

…a bag FULL of flowers! There are 3 to win!

(I quickly counted and there are about 50 in one pack and 25 in the other 2).

TO WIN…….

* ‘Follow’ our blog

* Leave a comment about Manor House Creations flowers – what you think, what you love, what you don’t love…we want to know!

* ‘LIKE’ Manor House Creations on Facebook HERE.

* Leave this image and a link to this post, on your blog.

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The prize winners will be chosen at the end of the month (31st January, 2012) for the best and most useful comments. MHC want feedback!

So anyone can win! But we’ll be checking to see if you have done all 4.