Some More of Me!

Here's the latest pages of me...

Week 2 (because the last Week 2 page I did was actually Week 3, had my dates all wrong!). This page is about me meeting my gorgeous cousin (well, kinda cousin) Donna, on my QLD holiday.



Why kinda cousin, you ask? WELL, its a funny story actually...

Donna had been a customer since I bought Savvy, and then we became friends on the Savvy forum. Soon after we became Facebook friends. One day Donna messaged me on FB to say that I was 'friends' with her cousin. I replied saying 'ummm, no....thats my cousin!'. Long story short, Donna is my Uncle's niece....SO, we're kinda cousins! Cool huh? What a small world though, it amazes me all the time.

And this one is all about Cooper starting school, and Mummy having to say goodbye to her little boy.



Another Savvy crop coming up this Thursday, let me know if you'd like to join us! :)

Big catchup post!!

Well, its been a busy week which was followed by a VERY busy weekend! Friday night crop @ Savvy, busy day Saturday with birthday parties & footy rego, then scrapping Saturday night with Juzzy. Today, another rainy day so Kindra & Alicia came over to play...us downstairs while the kids played upstairs (and trashed my clean house in the meantime, argh!).

ANYHOO, lots of layouts to show, I think there are still some from before this weekend even...so here we go. :)

I'm absolutely LOVING the October Afternoon Report Card range for all the school photos I have to scrap at the moment! This one is a just because of Cooper & his preschool friend Clay.


This one was the January 15th Sketch over at Stuck Sketches, just perfect for this page of Cooper and his other best friend from preschool, Jonty.


This one is Sketch 172 over at Pencil Lines, and I used the She's Savvy Kit for January with a few added bits & pieces.


I'm being a bit of a challenge queen at the moment and taking up any that I can find time for...I was very excited to win last month's prize over at Crafty Sketches, so have given their new sketch a go. Just LOVE this one, had fun playing with the dimension of cardboard and lots of layering.




Ok thats enough of a share for now, I'll show more soon...its time to relax this Sunday night before another big week starts!

Cheers,
Sar

Inspired Blueprints Feature!

A new month, a new sketch and an exciting new announcement!! Inspired Blueprints is featured this month in Scrapstreet.com Magazine!! Scrapstreet is a very hip and cool ezine with tons of inspiration and great features. IB is featured as a "Blog with a Purpose"!! How great is that?!?! Sketch 41 and Card Sketch 41 along with the Design Team's samples are published as well as an in-depth write-up about our site !! The article starts on page 25 here!!!

Here is the newest sketch and my take on it, this is one of my fave layouts from my time so far at IB.

Sketch #41


And my take with this gorgeous photo of Emma, the first photo I took after coming home from a photography course with Janine Kaye about a year ago.


Come over and check out our friendly little Ning community, you'll love it!

Cooper is LOVING his first week at school, and keeps telling me how much fun big school is. I'm one happy mummy. :)

OMG! Sold Out?!

Sold out on the first day!? I never thought I'd see that so soon into this whole kit thing we're doing over at Scrapbook Savvy....but thats right, the She's Savvy Kit is sold out already, at 9pm on the 1st of the month. Unbelievable. Thank you so much girls for all your support, I'm so excited and so pleased that we are putting together something you obviously love! Can't wait to see what you all do with it...we better have LOTS of entries in the kit challenge this month!! ;)

Luckily for everyone else though, we still do have some of the He's Savvy and We're Savvy Kits left. Here's a look at the the whole kit...I'll even be mean and show you the one thats already gone. :p

She's Savvy


And a layout I've created with this kit, using the February Sketch over at Savvy which this month was created by our brand new DT Member, Anthea. Don't forget to join in on this one before the end of the month and you could win $25 to spend in the Savvy store.


He's Savvy

I played along with Peta over at SFS last night with a blind scrapping challenge, and here was the end result using this brand new He's Savvy kit.


And finally, We're Savvy!


You'll have to head over to the forum and check out the posts from Loz, Lisa & Emma on this one to see what they've done with this one.

I know kits selling out is exciting, but its not THE MOST EXCITING this that has happened today. My little (big) boy started school! He looked so handsome in his uniform and made his Daddy & I so very proud, waving goodbye and being SO VERY HAPPY to be at school. No tears, no sadness, just a very keen little boy who was excited to be starting big school. Love you Coop, and good luck for an amazing first year. And of course, some photos to finish off.







Anyway, nearly bedtime, early start for boxing training in the morning!

Its got me...

...the bug that has been going around me for a week, that is. Everyone has had it - Bronte, Georgie, Emma, my sis, my BIL...I thought I was homefree...but NO! There I was, sitting at Sandras getting ready for a fun filled night of scrapping when it hit me. I thought I felt off because I forgot to have lunch and haven't eaten much today...but no, definitely the bug. Was sick in the car on the way home, luckily I'd picked up a plastic bag on the way out of Sandras or things could've been VERY messy. :(

So here I am, lying on my bed with my laptop. The kids are at Mums. Dan is at work. Its very lonely which would otherwise be lovely...but not when I'm feeling crappy AND sad because I have such a big weekend planned with my friend Deslie's 40th on Saturday night and then Linda's little boy Jared's 3rd birthday on Sunday morning. Fingers crossed it passes quick.

So anyhoo...to brighten the mood, here's a layout. A just because for my 2008 QLD Holiday album, another 6x12.



And something else cheery are February Kits being released in just three sleeps! Here's a sneaky peek if you haven't already seen them in the forum or newsletter.

February He's Savvy


February She's Savvy


February We're Savvy


Remember, with Lisa's recent resignation from Savvy this is the last We're Savvy kit she has designed. :( The other two gorgeous kits were designed, as usual, by Sara.

Hope to see you in the store on the 1st. :)

And hope I'm better by then.... *sigh*

Inspired Blueprints Sketch #40

Wow, the numbers are getting higher and higher over at Inspired Blueprints...can't believe this is already our 40th sketch! And its an awesome one at that...I had fun doing the circle photos (haven't done that for awhile!) and also learning how to use Donna's spellbinder thingo in the meantime. Here's the sketch and my take on it.




A busy Monday here, have been getting myself sorted and organised...that time of the year is fast approaching where its going to be all systems go. Cooper starts school, my crops go back to full swing, Dan studies pick up, dancing, nippers, etc etc etc. I'm tired just thinking about it....so I'm making sure I'm organised and have been putting dates in the diary and making sure we're set.

Wish me luck!

Layout Catchup

Just a couple I scrapped while on holidays that I haven't posted yet!

This one is an old Stuck Sketch, I think from October. Miss Emma...the scrapping machine!


And this one was a Becky Higgins sketch from a recent CK Mag.


I headed downstairs tonight after we FINALLY got the kids to bed after the excitement of my nephew Sid's birthday...I was in two minds...to scrap? Or to put away the massive pile of layouts that was sitting on the scrap desk waiting for me. So what did I do? Can you guess? I scrapped! Hehe!!

I'll show you tomorrow, another 6x12 for my '08 QLD Holiday Album. Maybe I'll put those layouts away tomorrow... ;)