Blue Moon Doillie Challenge

I thought this was a fun challenge to do

Its the Vintage Doillie Challenge..

Yep, there are my doillies

A Basic Grey one and a paper one....

"A Family Gathers"

That adorable little possum in the blue twin suit is me!!

Born to Create Sketch Challenge - January

Here is my Born2create

January Sketch Challenge

Remember when i used to be a biker.....

i was so scared of this thing!!

I rode from Gunnedah to Tamworth via Quirindi

and i had a few scares!!
I am way too panicked to be a biker!!

Scrap Theray - Blind Scrap

Allie from Scrap Therapy

hosted a Blind Scrap last night..

Here is my layout

"Riding Cross Country"

i heart faces Week 4 - Texture

I heart is having a texture challenge

this week

Well, i tried to play with the whole

Photoshop Texture thing

and yeh, aint happening...

So i cropped a photo that already had natural texture...

Cropped quite alot so its not that clear..

But anyway...

Here it is.....

Visit their blog and check the other

great textured photos...

here

New A2Z Scraplets Layouts

Here are some layouts

for A2Z Scraplets.

Scraplet Word "Happy 3"

"A Happy Couple"

(Not any more though....)

Shapes Scraplets "Wedding Bells"

"My Wish List"

For other wonderful layouts from the DT
Click here

Australia Day 2010

About the closest i got to Australia Day Celebrations today

were decorating the Awards Ceremony last night

These columns were a hit..

They went from the awards, to the nationalisation ceremony

today and then one to the Nursing home

and the other to the Aged Care Hostel.

Beats putting a pin in them....

Emelia has been at the pool all day

but its so hot

So i caught up on some ironing,

scrapping and some blogging..

A combined 50th Birthday Celebration.....

So, does that make it 100 Years then???

WOW!!! lol

Here is Vaughn & Mariann

both celebrating their 50th Birthday!!

We went out there for a Luncheon on Sunday!
It was so hot!

But they had a lovely spot setup out the back

with the breeze...

This is their family...

Gorgeous girls..

And here is the cake the girls made..

I made some cards.

Im getting better with the cards i think..

I dont put the war paint on that often

so i thought id better take a piccie..

And look at the height of my sandals

I dont wear anything higher than a jogger usually!
Ive got very bad ankles..

But i managed to stay upright

even with some cruisers under the belt!!

Shabby Chic, Butterflies and Bows Challenge - January

Here is the new challenge for

Shabby Chic Butterflys and Bows

The criteria is:

white and gold ...
lots of bling
and a music sheet or xmas poem ...

Here is my layout:

I have music pp, and a poem, lots of bling and white and gold...

"Music for the Soul"

Prima BAP Challenge - January

Back to the grind....

Here is my

Prima BAP for January....

A little different for me in that none of my papers

and embellies match like id like them to.

But that was the point...

Experimenting with that style they talked about in SM

last month...

Forget what its called....

Emelia likes this layout,

especially the title..

She says "It is like your flying!!"

"Learning to Fly"

Coona Photos - Camp Dolbel

We are home again!!
Got home yesterday afternoon after pulling down camp Dolbel..

Its all very exciting setting up

but pulling down is a bit of a job!!!

Emelia did show jumping and cross country

yesterday

and honestly, these instructors

who were on the olympic team or olympic instructors themselves

were so positive and refreshing!!!!

Rather than criticizing the horse and

saying how bad he his,

they actually taught her how to ride him

properly using leg aids

and hand aids rather than jerking at his mouth!!

With this kind of training its going to make riding Solo

so much safer and pleasurable!!

So the best money i have ever spent!!
And not once did we hear "This horse will kill her"

We heard lots of "This horse has so much potential"

And then they showed her how to get the most out of him

even getting on him themselves so they can experience what he is doing, so they could teach Emelia how to correct it!!!

I cant speak highly enough for this course!!!

Emelia was in with a varied group of people,

including two adults.

All of whom has been riding their whole lives

and here is Emelia two years into her riding career

and learning at their level and excelling

honestly, a mother couldn't be prouder!!!

ANd also, she is graded D grade by persuasion by us...

She was actually jumping and clearing B Grade!!!

Here are some photos...

He wasnt a fan of jumping into the water though.. This is where the instructor got on him!!

This was a B Grade jump

Look at this one!!

They are flying!!

He is so tiny and the only horse to get a clear round even with much bigger horses.. Like 16 hands!! Solo is 14 hands...

He didn't mind coming out of the water

I cant wait now to see where this eduction will take them!!

Scrapbook Masters Honerable Mention - Forever Frame Box

As you may know by now

I recieved an Honerable Mention

in the 2009 Scrapbook Memories Masters

for my Frame Box - Forever

So I thought id share some photos

and closer shots

as the Mag photo really doesn't do it justice...

Here it is.

In the magazine, i noticed some flowers

had came unstuck and all you see are big white circles

although i notice in the mag

that i wasn't the only person this happened too!!!

SO here is the fixed version

The photo is actually done using layers...

I have used the base photo

and then about 6 layers

with each layer cutting more and more

from the photo

kinda like paper tole.

And the flowers and swirls are tucked between the layers

to create a look of us standing

in a garden

And its called "Forever"

cause hopefully we will be together for that long.....

Im going to check any blogs of the Masters now

I am totally inlove with the work of a couple of them.

I have to tell you, i am so impressed with some of the projects

and i feel so privilidges that i was classed

amongst some of the other brilliant HM's.

Featured Layout on Prima

How awesome that my layout has been featured

on the PRIMA blog for the

December Build A Page....

My friend Ness got the top spot

AGAIN!!!
Im thinking that maybe she should share it round.... lol

Im so pleased she has though, what a thrill

go check her layout out here

Coona Day 2

We are roasted!!!

I put sunscreen on today for the first time

and i got burnt so bad!!!

Honestly, i think suncreen just attracts the rays with some people

normally i just go brown!!!!

I took a heap of video today

not many photos though...

Poor Solo is so tired!!!

This is how tired he is...

Bareback in a bridle...

He ain't going anywhere he don't have to!! lol

Ok, thats it for me again....

Seeya

Week 3 - I heart photos - We are family

I heart faces this week

Is "We are Family"

But im not at home with all the family,

and i am working from our travel lap top

So i have had to improvise with a "Self Portrait Facebook style" photo

of the family i have available...

So here is Emelia, Solo and I

Straight of the camera... there is no photoshop on this one.....

Go check out the other entries here

Eventing Clinic at Coonabarabran...

Well, here we are at Camp Dolbel.....

We are camped out at the local showground..

Starting to get used to this again, but as you can see, we are quite ruffing it!!

We are using Mum & Kens little van, We have power, which means i could straighten my hair this morning!!! It gets so poofy!!!

I am in the van and Emelia is in the tent...

Quite a good little camp...

The dunny and showers are behind us..

We are here for a 3 day eventing clinic with Solo.

Just to have a play, nothing serious...

They are doing dressage at the moment..

So not a spectator sport, so i am here updating for you guys...

We took him out to the cross country course yesterday which is public access..

Its a great little course...

Then today we went out with the instructor...

He was pretty good, until we got to the water jump!!
Which we did take him to look at yesterday

and he did jump it after some carry on

But today he put on quite a show!!

Jumping out wasnt a problem...

But jumping in!!!

Well, he didnt like that one bit!!

But he did it eventually!!!

Then ended on a good note....So all in all he wasnt too bad...

Im so missing scrapping though.. I didnt bring anything with me at all!! I bought a book which i finished last night because i couldnt sleep.... There are no books in Coonabarabran. But i did find a coffee shop which sold scrapping stuff... But it was all really old stuff... Like 2007 Kaiser....

Dunno what i am going to do tonight..

Although Stu did have a suggestion!!!!

See my mum in this months Scrapbook Creations

Mum was stoked when she found out this layout was accepted for publishing!!!

Final Scrapbooking Masters Reject Article....

My final MASTERS reject item is my shape layout.....

I totally adore this!
And it took days for me to complete..

Yes thats all hand embroidery around the bear...

Its made from felt and pp.

The photo sits out from the layout on board...

And then embellished as a normal layout...

I still love it!!
Would make an awesome gift.. but im gonna keep it....

More Scrapbook Memories MASTERS rejects.....

You will see the NON REJECT ITEM

in this month MASTERS EDITION!!

It was my mystery Item...

Dont know what page yet, but will let you know when i do...

Page 121.. Thanks Julie!!

This layout is my Double

"Rock Diva"

I still really like this layout.

Its my favourite double layout that's for sure...

Tomorrow is my shape layout

Its really really cute!!

My Scrapbok Memories MASTERS Rejects....

Ive just got a message from the beautiful Lindy telling me that details are up on SM Forum about what has been published in the MASTERS MAG.

So does this now mean i can share my projects???

Ok, i will do it one at a time...

Here is my Single layout
"A Promise"

Looking at this now, its just so not me...

Funny how our styles change so much

I think this was the beginning of my experiment with bulky layouts...

Come back for another project tomorrow....

Might do the double layout i think....