Xmas and new year wrap up and my favs of 2009

Oh dear I am such a naughty blogger. I have just realized that I haven't updated my blog for a little while. Oops lol I think I have made up for that in this post. So you may want to grab a coffee.

Ok here goes.
Xmas Missy was up at 6.00 and all excited about the pressies under the tree and in her stocking.
Here is one of the few I snapped. She wasn't sitting still long enough for me to get many.lol
Her favorite pressie from Santa is her Bop it. Just loves it.We had breakie here with friends Jane and Jim and Santa came round on the back of a ute to deliver some lollies out front. Here is Missy waiting for him. Not very patiently mind you.We were all surprised when he called out Merry Xmas Asher as he tossed the lollies out from the back of the ute. We think Santa had words with Uncle Gareth. lol After our friends left we headed up to my parents place where we caught up with my sisters. Missed my brother and the five kids this year as SIL refuses to spend xmas lunch with anyone but her family.
After that we came home for a bit then headed out again, down to Mandurah to spend dinner with Craig's side. Home late and we all crashed.
The next few days we did not that much at all. I took Missy out to the movies to see the chipmonk squeakel with a friend, we went and seen Avatar with friends the next night.
New years was a quite one. Friends over for dinner and videos. We we so engrossed in the video that we didn't even know that new years had passed.

As for scrapping well I have done a bit, mostly working with my next Lime tart dt kit. Boy it is yummy. Want to see just what I have been playing with then pop on over and check it out on the blog. I've been having fun for sure.
Here is a little of what I can share.
52 Weeks.
Well no more pages scrapped yet. Have the pics printed though.
A birthday pic
A Christmas pic
and a pic of this layout.I created it for a challenge over at Artistic and seeing as I started my 52 week album with a pic of my first layout of the year I thought it would be good to finish it with my last.
I am so glad that I kept it up. I so didn't think I would. I will have to take a pic of my chunky album.
I also played along with two challenges at Mystical and created this layout for my friends sisters albumand this one for our family album.I also managed to finish of my last dt layout for the year over at Just scrapbooking using one of the pics from Missy's birthday photo shoot.
Favorites of 2009.
2009 seen the start and ending of some great scrapping vetures for me and I thought I would share with you all my favorite projects from each one.
ASJ
Lou asked me to join her extremely talented team. I had a lot of fun jacking last year and I am staying on for this year.
This was a scrap diary for last year. lol I just finshed altering this years one a little while ago.
Scrap Therapy
After 1 1/2 years on the dt there it was time for me to move on.
This page was created for a sketch challenge during one of the cyber crops.
Scrapping the music
It was also time for me to leave my first ever challenge blog team. This is my favorite layout done for one of their challenges.Ad this-blog no longer active
After playing along with one of their challenges I was asked to join the team. I stayed on for about five months.Lime Tart
I joined the very talented team. My first ever kit club dt spot. I am enjoying playing with the scrummy kits that Philippa puts together.
Here is my favorite Tart layout although it isn't mine now. lol I scrap napped my friend Julie's gorgeous little girl and she has the layout now.Purple Onion
Not a new dt spot last year but Michelle has asked me to stay on for the next year.
Just scrapbooking
Not only did I start teaching here but I was also asked to join the design team.
Here is my favorite class layout and my favorite dt layout.Let's get shabby
Would have to be one of my best ever scrapping accomplishments this year. After a chat with my friend Mandy where she said she was going to try and find a shabby challenge blog I mentioned to her that I didn't think there was one and that she should start one. Well that was just the push that she needed and Lets get shabby was born.
Here is my first project created for our challenge blog.and here are a few just because layouts.

Well if you all have made it this far you have done well.
Till next time as always thanks for popping in, any comments and happy scrapping.

Some creating

I have had a nice mid weekend end and will miss them when I swap my days over next year to working Wednesday,Thursday and Friday.

Wednesday has become my day, well three hours or so of it as I have to pick up Missy from school at 2.30. I pack up some of my goodies and head on down to Just scrapping for some scrappy time. I managed to do my next shabby layout and the two pages here for my 52 week album.

While I was there I handed over one of my dt layouts for this month.

I got to work with some of Bella papers and I struggled for a bit there. Those holes in the die cut cardstock really bugged me. So much that I ended up coving them up. The photo is one of the many I took a few weekends ago of Missy in her new outfit.

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Ad this

The new ad is up. This week Elzia wanted us to do a layout a well as a card.

My layout

and card.

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I have caught up with my 52 week album entries and here they are.

Week 42

Week 43

Well that is it from me for now. Will pop back in on Sunday if I manage to get some scrapping done that I can share. Till then thanks for popping in, any comments and happy scrapping

Ad this, some Purple Onion and some news too

Well my mid week weekend is here again. I so love having two days of in the middle of the week.

Tomorrow I am of to scrap at my lss for a few hours and then having some friends over to scrap tomorrow night.

Here is some stuff I can share.

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Ad this

Here is the new ad

and my page.

with some pics of Missy and one of her friends having fun at a halloween disco a few years back.

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Purple Onion

Here are two ATC's.

This one using one of the butterflies from the Butterfly set and Autumn from the Season definitions set.

And this one.

Using thePlain small block, Doodled flower set, the Doodled foliage set on the same page as the flower set and the For you sentiment from the circles ll set.

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As for my news. Well after a year and a half I have decided to step down from my dt spot over at Scrapping the music. I have had a great time being on the team and have made some awesome online friends along the way too. So going to miss all of you STM girls.

Well that is all. I think I will call it a night. I'll pack for my crop in the morning as I am beat right now. As always thanks for popping in, any comments and happy scrapping.

Ad this, ASJ and the surprise

Yeap I'm back. Three posts in three days.

Here is what I have to share with you today.

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Ad this

The new ad is up and when I first seen it I knew just what I was going to use on it.Since I first stumbled across Ruby Street ages ago when Mandy and I were doing heaps of blog hopping trying to find just the right team for the shabby site I have been a lover of the kits and have accumulated a few little dress cuts outs. I so wanted to use them on a layout but the trouble was finding just the right photo for it. None of the ones I had here of Missy or even myself really seemed to suit the look I wanted so I headed down to Mum's and raided her photo album for some old pics of me.I ended up pulling out some more of my vintage yummies from What is old is new and some flowers from De-lish as well and I am so happy with the way this one turned out.

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Aussie scrapjack

and the suprise.

Wow this month at we had a free for all. We got to choose our own jacks and I chose to jack one of my favorite layouts of Mandy and boy was it soooooo hard not to let it slip out. Mandy and I chat via email at least once a day, several sometimes, especially when we have new challenges or voting for Shabby being sorted.

Here is Mandy's stunning page.

I love the way she used the Basic Grey bird cage stamps and I used that as a starting point for my layout although I ended up cutting mine for the paper instead of stamping them.

Anyway I had better go. I have got to get dd sorted out and ready for a play date and a sleepover tomorrow, pack for an all day crop followed by a crop night at a girl friends.

Yeap I so can't wait.

As usual thanks for popping by,any comments and till next time happy scrapping.

Some scrapping.

After a long and tiring day at work I'm finally here to post some pages. One I forgot to post yesterday and my new Scrapping the music layout.

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Scrapping the music

We are continuing with our first week of the month tv theme and this week it is Gilligan's island. I so loved watching this when I was little and when I was looking for a photo to scrap I just couldn't go past this one of Missy A taken while we were on holidays in Albany onboard the replica brig Amity.

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Mystical Scrapbooks

Are running a family ties competition and this is the layout I did for the challenge.

Using some of my older stash of Basic grey, some of my vintage goodies and my latest fav thing to do with my basic grey leaf spray stamp. Stamp it on the reverse of the paper, roughly cut it out,turn it over, doodle leaf image and finish of with some water colouring.

Well that is it from me for now. I'll be back tomorrow with my Ad this page, hopefully my Aussie Scrap Jack page and a special surprise for some one too.

As alwasy thanks for popping in, any comments and happy scrapping.

Ad this and have you seen

Just having a veg out day at home today. Not too much else you can do without a car is there. Asher had a freind sleepover and the little monkeys were still up at 11. Lucky for me I was still up. Will be going for a walk in a few ticks or so down to the shops.

Well my old scrap goodies are all bagged up and ready for the garage sale at Just scrapping this Sunday at 12.00. Just waiting to get the car back so I can run them down. lol I had to re check 130 odd bags of goodies as I had the wrong letter code written on them. When I usually shorten my initals I go with JAM, my first and middle names, it is sort of like a nick name I guess. Any we had to have a letter code for our baggies and I was given JAD but I automatically put JAM down on the sale list.

Any one who is a local pop on out as the sale is a lot of fun and you never know just what you will pick up.

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Ad this

The new ad is up

and here is my page

I tried to do the balck base thing but it so wasn't working for me. Hope you can all play along.

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Lime Tarts

Have started a fortnightly recipe challenge. Click the link up there to see what it is all about and what you could win.Here is what I have done as a sample using one of my Grunge paper flowers . lol I had to add to it as for some reason I thought that we had to use two papers not two maunfactures papers.

I got my next pizza box from Lime Tart today and love what I have got to play with this month. All kits will all be revealed tomorrow.

Thanks for popping in, any comments and till next time happy scrapping.

Ad this and Lime tart

Ooops I'm a naughty blogger. Totally forgot to show my latest projects for Ad this and Lime tart so here they are.

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Ad this

Here is this weeks ad.

And my page.

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Lime Tart

I got to work with the Half tart this month and enjoyed playing around with these scrummy papers.

Here is what I came up with.

Philippa also popped in some Grunge paper for me to do a product showcase for the blog. Seeing as I am enjoying making flowers I thought I make some out of the grunge paper.

Here they are, Three on cards, one to be shown shortly and the rest waiting for that right project.

and some more cards.

This one using one of the gorgeous Sarah Kay stamps that Philippa stocks. I have so far resisted temptaion to add any to my stash but was lucky enough to get a few images in a stamp swap we did with the other dt girls. This stamp is one I couldn't resist seeing as I am a lover of most things owl related.

Make sure you pop into the blog as something new will be starting soon.

Till next time thanks for popping in, any comments and happy scrapping.