making pretties

I've decided to start making pretty craft things for my home again. It keeps me happy and I like having things around that I've made.
I received this lovely hanging display for Christmas, and finished decorating it yesterday. I've wanted something to remind me of the fruits of the Spirit for ages -- hopefully to remind me how far I have to go!

the sweet taste of summer

I did this today using nearly all 'old' stash -- the only new things are the My Little Shoebox stickers and the Sweet Cakes jb.
And yes, I do know May isn't summer -- except in Port Douglas LOL

W00T!

I am so pleased with myself, I may be old but it seems I can still learn new tricks! In the Jan Creating Keepsakes mag, Jessica Sprague offered a free Photoshop template which I downloaded and used to create this LO of Jacks' VacSwim lessons this summer.
I'm already planning to do another using the same template, it was quite easy and very satisfying!

Jackies' blog and giveaways

If you haven't already, please check out Jackies' blog. She is a lovely and very interesting lady in Sth Africa, who scraps and does a lot of Photoshop tutorials (very easy to follow and will definitely add some pizzazz to your photos)
She is celebrating 20k hits on her blog, with a giveaway, and you can check it out here.
http://scrappintimes.typepad.com/scrappin_times/2009/01/20-000.html

CAN YOU SURVIVE???

To take part in Scrapbooking Survivor you must commit to the length of the competition, as others will be relying on you for the most part of the Challenge.

Sign ups are accepted UNTIL the 14th January - on the 15th January you will be divided into two teams and the fun and games will begin!

Competition will run until there is one person left standing, the ultimate

Scrapbooking Survivor!

the Family (well, part of it)

Missing a few people here (like 8 plus the unborn babies) but still this is a family shot of us on Christmas Eve -- the only one I have of the 5 of us together I think.

what's with the weather?

Summer isn't what it was when I was a kid....

must be all that global warming eh?

SALE SALE SALE!!

Wow, check this out for some super bargains!

http://hdscrapbooking.com.au/forum/index.php

the Tree

I can never get a really good shot of our tree. This year I took photos of our ornaments instead, and scrapped it for our Christmas album.