October Sketch Challenge

Here are my attempts at this month's Sketch Challenge on the SM Forum. These are of our Bali trip in 2001, such a fun time and still wish we could go back...can't believe those buggers wrecked Bali for us, I'm scared to go back now that I'm a mum, guess that changes your whole perspective on things, hey?!





Daniel has drill tonight at the station, so lets see if I can do something tonight...

Cheers,
Sar

Go on..laugh at me... ;)

This is a post I just put on the SM Forum, thought I'd put it here too...

Embossing Embarrassment...

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Just thought I'd give you guys a laugh...

Anyone who has read my blog will know I've been having trouble of late with embossing and am yet to get the hang of it. I tried again on Saturday night with no luck...but now I know why...

I was at my girlfriend Alicia's place yesterday for a scrap day, there were five of us there just scrapping and chatting and having a good time. Got to talk of embossing and the fact that I'm crap at it. Another girl Kindra was saying how she did embossing on some invitations and it was a hassle...ink, powder, heat on every single invite.

So my brain started ticking over...I had that blank expression on my face, then it clicked...I had to think twice about even telling the girls what I'd just thought of. But I did...and boy did they laugh...

I DIDN'T USE ANY POWDER!!!!!!!!!! Just ink and heat....then got frustrated that nothing was happening so just inked and left it as it was. Can't believe it, I forgot the most important step of embossing...adding the embossing powder!! Couldn't believe it, how embarrassing....

Only this one time I did this though, I promise...every other time I failed at embossing I DID use powder but just overheated or something....

Maybe next time I'll have more luck, eh?!

Cheers,
Sar

My mum...

Last night I decided to just grab some of the new paper I've bought (Blush - Basic Grey, just gorgeous) and do something with it. Had this photo of my mum with Georgia, its a bit blurry and out of focus but I love it anyway. Its a really truthful photo...mum has so much fun when she is here and just dotes on my little girl. I used chipboard for the first time in ages...haven't used it much since I got my Cricut. I was gonna emboss it, but I still can't get the hang of the ink and heat gun...think I need to do some lessons or something in this?! Anyway, heres my page, I love it.



I have a scrap day at Alicia's, so hopefully I'll have something to show for it tonight. Bye for now!

Cheers,
Sar

Tagged!

Thanks for tagging me, Loz... ;)

Here are my answers, pretty funny...

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet, current car) Leiba Forester

2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (favorite ice cream, favorite cookie) Boysenberry Choc Chip


3. YOUR FLY “GUY/GIRL” NAME: (first initial first name, first 3 letters last name) Swar

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) Pink Elephant

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born) Elizabeth Wollongong


6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (first 3 letters last name, first 2 letters first name) War-Sa

7. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd favorite color, favorite drink and add” the”) The Purple Water

8. NASCAR NAME: (first names of your grandfathers) Glynne George


9. STRIPPER NAME: (favorite perfume, favorite candy) Baby Doll Bullets

10. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s and father’s middle names) Therese John

Classic! And I tag...Leesh, Kristy, Lisa, Nicole & AnnDee.

Cheers,
Sar

9 months already...

My baby girl is 9 months old today, I can't believe it! Where does the time go? She is growing up so quickly and seems to be doing new things every single day. The personality on this child is amazing, she is so happy and bubbly and just smiles all the time (well, not ALL the time but you know what I mean!). My Georgia, don't you think she is gorgeous?



And here is my scrap effort for the day, I'm reasonably happy with it but not totally. I had big ideas with the Uno cards and all, then kinda got stuck and it turned out pretty basic. This is Cooper, 11 months old and still such a chubby baby!



Its really weird you know...I have sooo much stuff in the way of scrapbooking supplies (and just keep buying more!), yet I hardly use much product at all and feel like all my pages are really basic and looking sorta the same? I don't know, maybe I'm in a rut, think I need to experiment more or something. My pages always seem so neat and tidy, which is not necessarily a good thing. I think its because I scrap under pressure, never enough time to do anything, fit an hour in here and an hour in there...therefore rushing to get everything finished, or finished enough that I can say its done and put it away. Anyone else know what I mean?

Cheers,
Sar

Photo Swap

I have entered a photo swap for the first time ever...I've just completed the first layout for one of the girls on the SM Forum and I'm pretty happy with it. I never knew how hard it would be to scrap for someone else!! Its really difficult to know when to stop and if they'll like it etc...I'm pleased to say that Wendy loved it and commented as soon as I put it up on the forum, THANK GOODNESS! I've only just sent my photo off today, so we'll wait and see how that turns out. Its a photo of the kids for my album, which i obviously never do cause I'm too busy doing the kids albums to touch my own!

So anyway, my dining room is officially trashed, me and my neice Emma have spread scrap stuff absolutely everywhere. You should see how good Em is getting at scrapping...she isn't even 12 yet, and amazes me with what she does! Here is her double layout for today of herself and her bf Brittany. What you think?



Clever chook, huh?

Cheers,
Sar

Uh Oh....Look what I just bought!

See what happens when you're up at 4am in the morning....you remember something really cool on ebay you were watching and you just HAVE to check it out before you go back to bed. Half my luck, with ten minutes to go I won these unreal Love Elsie sets! And for less than $40US each...gotta be happy with that!





Missed out on Roxie, but never mind! I'm gonna be in trouble.... ;)

Back to be for me...night night...

Cheers,
Sar