birthday week

I have a few photos this week so I will just get stuck in

First, my $1000 winning scratchie, yes some people do win!!

Next my delightful son and his girlfriends giving me their best couple look (NOT)

Miss Geo is 12 years old today and here is her mouse cake

and lastly my eldest niece is getting married on Saturday to her lovely man and I wanted to make her a special card, so I did xx

So its a bit of a long one

busy busy thats me.  first up better scrapbooking newsletter has a couple of my layouts in it. 

And here are Aprils challenges for Better Scrapbooking

April Layout Challenge - Create a layout using chalks.  You make like to use chalks for your title, on a border or on the edges of your photo mates.  Lets see how many different techniques with chalks you can use on one layout.  Have fun, and get messy.
April Photo Challenge - Perspective, perspective, perspective.  This has been inspired by the winning photo of March's photo challenge.  Take a photo using an unusual perspective.  Who knows you may even inspire next months challenge (LOL)
April Project Challenge - Create a fun Easter Basket - with some lovely decorated eggs inside (these eggs could be bought chocolate eggs if you like).
April Card Challenge - Create a fun pop-up card of your choice.  You may like to create an interesting way for a pop-up to pop-up.

All entries to the online gallery challenges need to be uploaded to the online gallery before the 30th April.  If you are unable to upload your photo feel free to email it to http://nz.mc961.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=megan@betterscrapbooking.co.nz and she will upload it for you.
All entries go into the draw for a fun scrapbooking prize from Better Scrapbooking Ltd. 

And then wow I have had a fun weekend.  well Friday night really, remember how I said I won an Auction for a crop night with Trina McClune and Louise Williams well we have had it and what a awesome night,  Trina made us all feel so welcome and even her Hubby had done baking YUM, the table looked fab and she had made us STUNNING bags with goodies in them, Louise brought DELICIOUS ginger slice (how did she know that was my favourite??)  anyway see photos

 Lovely Ladies having fun!

 Delish bag with my intials on it and yum yum goodies that where inside

So Thank you very much lovely ladies for the wonderful night!

another day scrapping

today is the day I meet with my friends to scrap away the hours, I'm working on my mum and dads cycle holiday album.  My folks cycle all the time, mum even has cyclist calve muscles (cute i know) anyway they keep going down to Otago to cycle the rail trail.  next week will be their third trip so I though I should do an 8x8 album for them, stole their camera and took all their photos.

scrapnn people cycling isn't that easy

oohhhhhh so cute look at my mum and dad I love them to bits!!!

mum loves to take photos and is quite good at the self portrait thing.

catch ya later xx

brrr snow

yes you read that correct brrr snow, and indoors even lol yes Geo and I went to snow planet today with a charity called Ride For Life.  Awesome group of people hope all goes well for them!

 they even gave the kids cool as beanies to keep, of course Geo had a flower in her hair that she removed to put on her hat!

had a blast xx

and just before its next month

here is my layouts I did for this months better scrapbooking.  Lucky me to have so much yum stuff to play with.

Ive finally finished the secret album Ive been working on but the lucky lass isnt getting it till next month so I will have to wait to post pictures,  I did take a quick snap before I sent the album off.  (lucky)

Ive been sewing my little fingers off, just sent away 4 little bears to their new home and then in the mail arrived teeny weeny new born clothes from a mum who would like 7 bears, some peoples stories are heart breaking really.

oh a happy note today is my darling hubby and I anniversary 17 years wehave been co-habiting 13 of them as a awesome married couple. LOVE ya Darlin xox

giving a plug

Hi guys just a wee plug for Louise Williams over on face book auctions for christchurch go have a look she has some amazing stuff that the scrapbook community has donated.
Here is what Louise said

"On the 22nd of February 2011, Christchurch, NZ was hit by ANOTHER massive quake. This time there are many fatalaties and extensive damage to the city that was already struggling to recover from the first quake that struck in September last year. In a bid to do SOMETHING to help, I'm organising auctions to raise money to send to them to help with the immediate needs and future rebuilding of the city. We have a lot of amazing items being donated by artists and scrappers who are giving supplies to be auctioned, with 100% of the money raised going to the funds to help. This is the facebook group that you need to join so you can register to bid, auctions will be running from Saturday, 5th March. To register you need to email me at info@eidou.com with your name, address and email and I'll be in contact to give you a paddle number. All bidding is done silently, so when you want to bid on an item you email me the figure you'd like to bid. I'll update the auctions as bids are received. When the auction closes the winner will be contacted for payment (I've set up a separate bank account for these auctions, and all transactions are totally transparent for anyone who wants to see it but 100% of the funds will be donated). The winners details will then be forwarded on to the contributor so they can send the item out directly. Ok... any questions sing out to either me or Debbie Blincoe and thank you all for your support. Make sure you register, bid high and let's help those people recover from the rubble down there. L xx"

seriously go look there is some great stuff and not to rub your noses in it but I picked up a cricut gypsy for $105!!  but before you think Im not giving enough so far I have won three auctions and spent $285 will tell you more when all the auction are done and dusted
xx

ok so I have been so slack

It started out Innocent enough, the kids managed to use up all 50 megabits whatchamacallits in 10 days so for the the other 20 days of the month we had slower than dial up speed no uploading no downloading...face book wouldn't even work :(
and then another couple of weeks slipped by, camp with miss Geo and getting better scrapbooking design team stuff done and then the EARTHQUAKE and before you know it Ive not blogged for two months.

here though is a photo from my daughters class on Thursday, they had their RED AND BLACK day early as they have a teacher only day on Friday (today)

Miss Geo is second from right front row!

any how Ive been doing heaps of scrappn but cant show you, its a surprise for someone 21st and you never know who is looking and I would Hate to ruin the surprise maybe later though I can give you a sneak peek.

Better Scrapbooking has their latest newsletter out betterscrapbooking.co.nz check it out!!! some of those design team ladies are smart cookies.

right I PROMISE that I will blog better

xx
Chris