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This blog has been temporarily abandoned ..... never fear I may be back blogging in the future ... I will pop in and keep an eye on my blogger friends though :) yes I have abandonment issues .... but its all ok

Just a quick reminder that Cherpea Designs July 2010 Grab Bags will only be available until July 30 so if you want to snag them at the amazingly ridiculous price of $3.00 US you had better hurry! Cherpea's Personal Use and Commercial Use bags are just full of yummy goodies and you will definitely kick yourself later if you miss out on such a steal!! And WOW thanks everyone who has grabbed my QP freebie - I'm so chuffed that some people actually liked it enough to take the time to download it hehe! If you haven't grabbed it yet please feel free to do so - it will be available until the 30th. Download HERE Check out my previous post for the links to the other Cherpea CT girl's blogs to grab their gorgeous QP freebies as well!! Don't forget if you would like to win a free Personal Use Grab Bag just repost this blog post or p ost on Facebook and come back and leave me the link and you could go into the running. I have decided to extend the deadline to the 29th...

I promised you earlier tonight that Cheryl had been working on some fabulous goodies and now I can reveal that it is Grab Bag time at Two Little Pixels and she has 2 ... yes TWO great new Grab Bags in the store tonight! And they are a steal at only $3.00US!! WOW!! There is a lovely Personal Use Grab bag that is stuffed full of gorgeous goodies.... the previews are linked so click away!!!! and a Commercial Use Grab Bag that has three fantastic goodies inside that will help you out with all your digital designing needs! And did I mention that they are only $3.00 US each lol ... I did? Opps hehe! but you have to hurry they are only in the store for a week and then they are broken up and placed in the store at full price! Now I COULD post sneak peeks here and reveal all to you but that would be cheating soooo instead I hid the previews inside the zip for the FREEBIE QP that I made using the yummy goodies. So if you like the QP feel free to grab it here and have a peek inside for the ...

Things have been happily tooting along here at my place .. work..home..kids..scrap .. the usual. We just finished the school holidays and the kids are struggling a little to get back into the swing of things - knowing my luck they will just get themselves sorted and they will be back on holidays for the September break lol. But apart from that everything is going really well. Pippi is settling in nicely and it feels like we have had her with us always. We do have a couple of small issues with her but that is to be expected with a rescued dog - she suffers from separation anxiety, she is very aggressive towards other dogs (little dog syndrome) and she has food issues - but apart from that she is the most adorable loving little dog you ever did see. She has hubby wrapped firmly around her little paw! She has some cute bling now with her name and phone number on it and she is now FINALLY registered with the local council (thats a whole other story!). Here are a couple of recent photos of...

I am so EXCITED!! I have a new blinkie to add to my collection .... check it out ....... I'm now a proud member of Kaye Winiecki's CT!! Woot woot! Thats right - I'm so thrilled! Kaye locked the door to the forum so I couldn't get away from her team which was hilarious as I was planning different strategies to get her to let me stay includung hanging on to the door frame as she dragged me out ROFL. Thankfully she is letting me stay and physical violence was unnecessary. Its so much fun working with Kaye and her felty goodness! And she really has some amazing Collaboration partners too! This month I was overwhelmed to work with this AWESOME Birthday collab between Kaye, Karah Fredricks and Kate Hadfield called Bring on the CAKE ! and here is the page I made with it - Tasha's 8th birthda y! Credits here Well I have loads of other things to say but its dinner time and Merlin is on in a minute so I had better rush off - I'll be back in a bit!

Just popping in to say HI ... online is the only place I can say anything at all as I lost my voice a couple of days ago and I've gone from sounding like a chipmunk to sounding like a squeaky toy and now I am almost mute apart from grunting noises LOL ..... dont you love Winter and colds and flu???? Anyway I'm just stopping by to show you a page I made for the latest Template Challenge at Pickleberrypop starring my adorable Pippi! Here is my page - Welcome Pippi ! I thought you might like to see this Carol ;) Credits here Ok its not a great night for me coughing wise so I will leave it here for now and catch you on the flip side!

and her name is Pippi! Say hello to the nice people Pippi! She is a twelve month old black and tan Terrier X and she is the tiniest little thing, not a heck of a lot bigger than a chihuahua. She is a Best Friends Rescue dog and has been fostered after being neglected and starved. We adopted her yesterday and we already love her to bits. It is taking her a remarkably short time to settle in, she was on the couch last night with the girls watching TV, she slept on a little bed in Tasha's room (where both girls slept) and stayed there all night, no wandering around whimpering. She waited until this morning to do her business which was a pleasant surprise as we were not expecting her to be house trained! It is hard to tell with adopted dogs where they are at with their training. Right now she is sitting in her bed having a nice grooming session at my feet after running around the backyard with Bella like a crazy dog until her toes got cold :). I really want to thank you Carol for your...

Yes another epic fail on my part - my P365 has gone the way of the dodo and become extinct .....sigh! I could offer a lot of excuses like - my point and shoot died a month or two ago and I couldn't be stuffed carrying my big one around everywhere - but its not the only reason. I had dropped off before my point and shoot passed away. I guess I just lacked the commitment and enthusiasm for the project this year, well at least the whole 365 part of it. So I probably COULD still do a project 52 or maybe a Project 12 instead. Hmmmm maybe all is not lost. I also haven't blogged because sometimes I wonder if I am all alone here at this blog site? Apart from the lovely Carol and Deb I really don't think anyone really reads my blog so it all seems just a tiny bit pointless. I feel like I am waffling away to myself sometimes hehe. Anyway ..... at the moment I'm thinking about blogging and whether to do it or not ........ Not sure...........

I really have no excuse other than I am completely forgetful and that is pretty much it - I did my Project pages at the beginning of the week but totally forgot to post them but I am here at last so tada ... here are my latest P365 pages :) I'm so pleased that I am still going along with my Project 365 this year and that I am keeping up to date with my pages - this template by Leora seriously makes the whole process so painless and I really believe that this year I might make it AND if I do Carol I am going to get them put into a photo-book!! Week 12 Credits - Designs by Leora Week 13 Credits - Designs by Leora As you can see from my project pages life has been a whole lot of "the everyday" stuff going on around here. School, work, housework, shopping and sleeping has all been on the agenda. I think we have forgotten how to go out and relax! It is hard for Bella at the moment as she gets used to the demands of high school homework and assignments and I have to say I have...

Well I'm sorry but I haven't been here for a bit - the ADSR and CT requirements have been taking up a fair whack of my time but the race (for me) is over now for another year so I am hoping to have a little more spare time for you my dear blog! Speaking of ADSR here are my last few pages ... Challenge 9 - Create Art! credits here Challenge 10 - Life is our Canvas Credits here Challenge 11 - A little birdie told me ...... Credits here Now the final challenge is being done by the lovely Deb as a roadblock and is a card and envelope - apparently there was some drama about the last challenge but we dont buy into all that rubbish so as long as we get checked off we are happy. We have had another fabulous race and all kudos to the team at NDISB for all their hard work, we cant wait until season 6!! I had better post my P365 pages now - I am only two weeks behind and while the photos aren't anything amazing they are of my day-to-day life in all its humdrum glory lol Week 10 Credi...

Its just a fly by posting this evening as I am in the middle of doing dinner but I just wanted to post these pages before I forget! I have had a busy weekend scrapping, firstly I finished my page for the April edition of the Artisan Notebook, then I finished my two ADSR pages for this week! Not a lot of housework was done sadly as I am still recovering from the darn virus I got last week. Hubby and I seemed to go back down hill yesterday but we are crawling back today. I hope I am heaps better tomorrow as I am undertaking my first ever day at Bella's High School Tuckshop! Eeek I have no idea what I am doing but the lady I spoke to today seems lovely - so fingers crossed I don't cut myself or burn myself (which is invariably what happens when i go near a kitchen!). Anyway without further ado here are my latest ADSR pages: Challenge 7 - My Bucket List In this challenge we were required to list 50 things that we want to do before we kick the proverbial ummm bucket! Credits here C...

Eeek I can't believe its been two weeks since I posted last! It seems like only yesterday but man it's been pretty busy so I guess the old adage is true - time flies when you are having fun (hmmm not sure about FUN exactly!). Things have been flying along here until this week when we all ground to a halt with a yucky virus that struck down the whole family. Sore throats, headaches and fevers abound, the kids had two days off school, I had two days off work (1 for them and 1 for me) and Tony even took a day off for the kids too. But thankfully after an icky few days we seem to be emerging out the other side. Needless to say that did cramp my scrapping style but I have been going a bit over board the last couple of weeks as you will no doubt see from my post. Since I last posted Bella's underdog netball team came up trumps when they took home the trophy and grabbed first place from the season favorites! A more exciting game I have yet to see as they were tied all the way thro...

Yes I know .... I am slipping but really I have been so busy playing catch up with my CT and ADSR scrapping, newsletter contributions, posting and all the family stuff sometimes it get a bit much and the last place I want to sit is at the computer in the evenings (my favorite time for blogging lol)! Home life has been especially busy this week with netball training, tennis, parent information nights, netball semi-finals (which Bella's team WON woohoo! into the Grand finals now!) and I have been busy at work too! yikes! First of all here is my latest page for the project - I am just loving these templates of Leora's - so crisp and clean, it really makes it all about the photos and not a major scrapping exercise! Week 7 Credits - Designs by Leora I'm so happy to be racing with ADSR season 5 with my BFF Deb and it was great fun to kick it off with this first challenge - about your partner. We had to scraplift a page of our race partner and make it all about her - so here is my...

Now that the February edition of the Artisan Notebook is out I can finally post my January pages with joyful impunity! So here for your viewing pleasure (I hope lol) are my pages ...... one page is for the Just Write Challenge section .... Now and Then Credits - here and one is for an article on one of our talented designers over at Pickleberrypop - Carolyn Rose Kite .... Alway be with me Credits - here In other scrapping news Deb and I were thrilled to discover that we were allowed to register late after we discovered the ADSR season 5 team nominations had closed - Ernie and Theresa were kind enough to throw open the gates to us after they discovered that a number of people had lost touch with the site after the "troubles". So now Deb and I are racing once more in our fourth season of the Amazing Digital Scrapbooking Race so stay tuned as I struggle to cope with crazy deadlines, tricky challenges and a partner that lives across the globe while having a BLAST at the same ...