XMAS CELEBRATIONS

the xmas card I made for my darling husband Baden ..
my soul mate, my best friend..... I love you so much xoxox






WE HAD A FEAST !!!... Jair cooked a lamb on a spit YUMMO !!!!
we all had such a great time... Tara and Jair had made up lots of different cocktails ( I had to pace myself as I was driving home .. one cocktail and lots of water for me ) heaps of yummy food... and a magnificent pavlova for dessert.... home made sweets, Rocky road, white christmas delicious...
thanks so much guys you really excelled yourselves....an amazing xmas dinner !!!
THE FOOD JUST MELTED IN OUR MOUTH....
love ya both to bits xoxox




we had our own entertainment !!! Dakota singing !!









THANKS FOR LOOKING .. hope all of you enjoyed your xmas
love and hugs Heather x

"Come walk with me in my garden"

for all you garden lovers out there come walk with me :)
I am passionate about my garden .....
I SPEND MANY HOURS EACH WEEK TENDING TO MY GARDEN... I love everything about nature and for me there is nothing quite like sitting out in the garden on a beautiful spring day, with a good book, a steaming cup of coffee, and a muffin...
(gotta have the muffin!!)

soooo relaxing and peaceful!!!!
I love soaking up all the sounds of nature and watching the garden gilded by the afternoon sun, taking on a radiance all of it's own ....

thought I'd post some early morning shots of our "garden room "where we often have "a lazy sunday morning brekkie"

this space is like an extra room where we have family gatherings and aussie "barbies" with friends and generally is our entertaing area....

we have a large table in the middle of this area so there have been many "scrapdays" here with my scrappy friends !!!!
FUN, LAUGHTER, FOOD, WINE & A LITTLE SCRAPPIN' LOL ha! ha!




my ferns thrive here .....they love it and are very happy !!




one of my fave spots at the bottom of my garden .."little shy girl"




PEACE



hope you have enjoyed walking through my garden with me..
I will post some more photos next year..

much love, peace and happiness to you all for xmas and in 2011.
hugs from heather xo

"SHABBY CHIC"

I had some beautiful little GRAPHIC 45 paper flowers in my stash and today I decided to create a page using them together with chipboard embellies and a photo I had already printed on to cardstock ....

looking at it now I do think I could have edged the Heidi Swapp clock with some creme paint to make it pop .. but hey it's a bit late now .. LOL

I feel they all worked well together though .. ?? do you agree ??







thanks for droppin' by and having a look
hugs and laughter
heather xo

BLACK & WHITE with 1

I felt in the mood for using black & white paper with one other colour
this first page is B & W WITH RED.
I also added an extra photo on a pull out tag to avoid clutter..
looooovvvveee these shots xoxoxo








BLACK & WHITE with BLUE ..
I adore this shot of Ella ..she was "NOT HAPPY" !!!!???
she wanted to take a photo of me so I took advantage of this "LOOK" then I let her take one of me !! soooo gorgeous ... I have journalled this and tucked it inside the pocket..
scrapbooking has really changed the way I take photos !!???
ELLA laughs when she sees this shot now !!!






thanks so much for droppin' by
hugs & laughter ....
heather xo

"SCRAP THE GIRLS" December Challenge

MY FIRST TIME JOINING IN THE "SCRAP THE GIRLS" CHALLENGE..
this month is colour combos..the choices were
red + green
blue + orange
yellow + violet

I decided on the blue + orange ..









while I was on a roll I decided to scrap another page...
it's great to get some of these older photos scrapped !!!!!




thanks for droppin by
and I am very excited to be receiving so many comments ..
thanks everybody I LOOOVVVEEE reading them xo

hugs x

KIU.... DECEMBER CHALLENGE

this month our challenge was to use Kraft paper, a xmas photo on a page using non traditional colours... with the addition of knots somewhere on the page.
I chose to use pink and black ....
some transparency, masking with glimmer mist, hand made flowers, and little bits and pieces.
and a gorgeous photo of ella Jai eating some berries xoxox
my knots were tied with black wool...






thanks for droppin' by
I'd love some feedback if you have time
enjoy!!
hugs and love from me x

MORE "SIMPLE" DESIGNS TO SHARE

SOMETIMES I LIKE TO CREATE SOME VERY BASIC AND SIMPLE DESIGNS AND ALLOW THE PHOTO TO DOMINATE.

love these shots of Mark when he was a toddler... soooo cute.
he was such a blondie when he was little...... gorgeous memories ... xoxox
scrapbooking is such a marvellous tool for recording history for future generations to enjoy and learn about times past.
LOVE IT !!!!!
boys pages are always more difficult for me to create so this time I decided to add some FLORAL paper ..what do you think ????
I lovvvveeee using black and white shots they allow me to use ANY colour scheme....



stamps and rub-ons are such a great addition to a page... quick and easy .. !!





thanks for droppin' by gals
have a great day ... enjoy
HUGS FROM ME xo

ROCK 'n' ROLL CONCERT

RECENTLY OUR FAMILY WENT ALONG TO ELLA'S SCHOOL TO WATCH HER AND HER CLASS PERFORM IN A ROCK 'n' ROLL CONCERT..
it was so much fun !!! reminded me of my "teenage" years...
I rolled ella's hair in hot rollers as she wanted "curls" ..
she had her clothes all picked out ready to wear ...
smiling all the time & singing at the top of her voice she looked soooo gorgeous ..
love ya to bits darling girl :) we are all so proud !!!
special congrats to the teachers .. you did an amazing job .. fabulous evening ... sooooooo good!!!




I added tags in an envelope to include journaling ...



well done Ella Jai we loved your concert.
thanks for droppin' by everyone and hope you call by again soon
thanks for all your gorgeous comments..
I just loooooove reading them they make my day xoxox
enjoy your weekend..
love Heather ... hugs x

"SCRAPPING OLD PHOTOS, SIMPLE & BASIC"

I decided to scrap some "old photos" .. using some very basic designs and techniques for these pages.. adding journaling and printing the photos on cardstock to create another dimension to the page..
I also added a mini book to this LO in order to showcase more photos with out clutter.








thanks for droppin' by .. enjoy your weekend
hugs from Heather x

TEXTILE SAMPLES

Hi everybody ... thought I would post a few of my textile samples.
this has been my first year at college learning about TEXTILES ...
this final unit has been APPLIQUE.....
which I have really loved!!
we have learned 6 different techniques to apply designs to fabric...
below are a few..

I chose a flower theme.
this pink, purple number is using the "FUSED" technique.



red, black and white has been just "A LITTLE BIT ADDICTIVE" with me ..
this flower is reverse applique..
TECHNIQUE ....placing 3 or 4 layers of different fabric together and stitching a design on the back then cutting into the fabric from the front, to expose different colours...
the 3D effect does not show up very well in the pics. oh well !!??




the next two samples are using the "FUSED TECHNIQUE"



my little graphic number ... love this one .. my favourite:)



I have combined some of my scrapbooking style with these techniques
hope you enjoyed looking
thanks for droppin'by
hugs from me
Heather x

"KIU" NOVEMBER CHALLENGE

THIS CHALLENGE WAS TO USE SOME DECORATIVE EDGES and I gave myself a double challenge to apply this on a boys page !!!
I decided to use various size scallops as my edges and one of my favourite colour combos red, black and white.
this photo of my gorgeous grandson Dakota was taken on Fathers day... september this year 2010 ..
you are growing up so fast.. mate !!! love ya xoxo






thanks for droppin by
hugs from me
Heather x