So I was checking every one blogs out and saw that Janine W has given me a You Inspire Me award, thank you Janine and for your kind words too. I will think about who I want to pass this award onto over the next few days.

So I have over the last week been busy in my room sorting out my scrapbooking area. So here are the shelves before photo.

and the after photo...I know there is still lots of stuff on them but it is actually more sorted and everything has a place rather than just thrown in there somewhere.

My scrapbook desk which i don't use as much as I use to as i have become a standing up scrapbooker. But when i do journalling or use my stamps i sit down at this desk.

My desk that I stand at to scrapbook...with my draws with all my scrap bits of paper and rubons chipboard and lots of other bits and pieces.

The other side of my desk with a few more bits and pieces

And here is my layout for the celebrity challenge over at The Sketch Book....we had to use some embossing in the layout. Not sure if i like the 5 and may add a bit more blue on it not sure yet.

I thought since yesterday I have some younger photos of Liam that today I would share some of Steven. This first one is to carry on with the Liam sleeping on the floor photos and some of the comments I have had about how kids sleep in weird places,LOL well this is Steven I think he was about 9months old and fast asleep. i really don't know how he managed to go to sleep like this...must have been very tired is all I can say.

The highchair sleeping beauty is Liam and the sofa and monkey sleeping beauty is Steven. This is the last photo of Steven before he became a big brother.

Look at all the hair Steven had and curls too...so cute

And check out that smile/giggle.....what was he laughing at? He found Liams little baby cry very amusing

An this is Liam's last night photo...lol he took a blanket this time

Bits and pieces

I didn't realise just how many clear stamps I had. So now to find room somewhere to put them, but they look great and I'm sure now that they are all sorted and where I can see them I will use them alot more.

With the photos of Liam sleeping on the floor I decided to go through the other photos I have of liam and found this one of him when he moved from a cot to a bed, and for the first week he went to sleep on the floor in his room or hallway and this one which I thought is so cute of him asleep on the sofa that was next to his bed.

And this one that I love also of him and his giraffe. He use to bum shuffle around the house carrying him with him where ever he went and then when he started walking he would drag giraffe behind him but the tail.

I see a mini album in the making.....

...as Liam is slowly creeping his way out of his room and into the hallway as each night passes by(he will be in the bathroom by the end of the week which is opposite his bedroom),LOL....how he can sleep like this is beyond me.

Ive been tagged....

I have been tagged by Vicki...so here goes

10 Years Ago - I was 20 and planning my wedding, making my own wedding invitations and heart shapes RSVP cards. Working in a plant nursery 4 days a week.

5 Things to do Today - baking muffins, biscuits. make fishcakes with the smoked fish given to me to put in to the freezer, washing(which seems to be endless these days),make a start on sorting the sleep out or do some more sorting in my scrapbooking area.

Snacks I Enjoy - cheese and crackers

Things I would do if I was a Millionaire - Buy my own house, have a holiday with my boys, open my own scrapbooking shop.

Places I Have Lived - Tuakau, Port Waikato, Waihi

So some friends that I would like to tag are: Janine(aka Mummymoo), Tanya(my sisters) and Trace

Might have to add light the fire to the top of my to do list today...its rather cold this morning, and we have rain here again. I don't mind the cold so much its the rain and then the wet bottoms of pants that I dislike. I have been slowly sorting out some more of my scrapbook area and hopefully later in the day the light will be better to get a photo. Over at Stampin' Scrap there have been a few links of blogs with some great ideas on storiing and sorting your scrapbook area. I have been sorting out my acrylic stamps into DVD covers so will upload a photo later today.

Got a bit more sleep last night all though Liam woke up at 11pm and climbed into my bed....maybe he doesn't need his room I can just use it as scrapbooking room,LOL.
Right time to get myself sorted have a good day everyone and I hope its not to wet and cold where ever you are.

Here are a couple of photos of what Im doing with my acrylic stamps. Such a simple idea and an easier way to store them than the plastic sheet they come on. The second photo shows how shocking I am at cleaning my stamps...never mind I will do better next time,LOL.


And nothing like a lovely hot chocolate with marshmallows to warm me up in my all time favourite snowman cup. I have noticed that there are some of you who have a thing for owls or birds when it comes to scrapbooking....for me I love snowmen. And at xmas time this shows also with all my snowmen decorations, not sure what it is about them that I like.

Opps sorry thats the wrong way you just have to turn your head for the hot chocolate,LOL

Girls night in challenge

Here is what I came up with for the Girls night in challenge over at Stampin' Scrap. The challenge was to use material and sewing on a layout. So I dragged the sewing machine out and dusted it, as it has been some time since I used it last. The material was given to me awhile ago, so it was nice to get to use some of that. The sewing isn't the best and i really should get some scrap paper and just try different settings and things to get use to using it.

Looks like its a great day for more decluttering and sorting today since this rain looks like its here to stay.

The boys have been home all weekend and I'm so tired....Steven hasn't been sleeping very well at all and going to sleep late and then waking up early and he can survive on very little sleep but I'm afraid I need more that what hes allowing me to have. Hopefully I will catch up on some sleep tonight with Steven away for the night. And I don't know whats up with Liam but he keeps going to sleep on his pillow on the floor....very strange children I have. Normally its Steven that sleeps anywhere but his bed and for years Steven would sleep either on the floor with no blankets other times under his bed(which I must say made it near impossible to get him out and put him back in bed)and he use to pull his mattress half way of the bed like a slide and sleep on it like that. These days he tends to stay in his bed, thank goodness cause hes getting rather heavy to lift back into bed.

Sleepy Head

Well after a long night last night with Liam not going to sleep till after midnight he was well and truely tired tonight and was ready for bed and asleep before 7pm. He went to sleep on the floor at the doorway and was watching me on the computer...so cute so had to get some photos.

too cute, love kids feet

back in bed for the night hopefully

And a few of this weeks goodies...I'm really loving the K&Co Urban Rhapsody range and I'm looking forward to getting some up to date photos of myself with my boys to do the Rhapsody mini album.

Okay here is my take on sketch 5 over at Stampin Scrap. This is a photo (left to right)my Aunty Lorrie, gran and mum.

here is Stevens writing he did the other night and comment form his teacher. He did homework again last night and this morning when we got to school was very proud with himself and told his teacher he had done more writing. YAY may this last for some time and we have hassles free homework nights

After a couple weeks of not child minding in the morning this has started again this week. i try to find something fun to do for one of the 3 mornings and this week it was making these fun faces. Liam wants to make a girls face and named it after the girl I care for 3 mornings a week, and Steven well he comes up with some funny names, and he has called his facey. So they had fun making them and want to make another one tomorrow.

Pick up the scholastic book club from school today...these are going away in the present box for Steven for his birthday and Xmas. This is his latest addiction at the moment anything I Spy and you have his attention, Where's Wally is the next best thing to I Spy. I was a bit sad once I had left school as it was play time and I saw Liam sitting on his on his classroom step by himself just watching the kids playing. I asked him today who he played with at school and he said he was just sitting on the step waiting for Steven so he could play with him. I do hope he will find his own friends soon.

Today while out and a bout I found some more paper with swirls on..I have already started a layout with this swirl cut out.

So after popping in to Janine's blog over the last couple of weeks and seeing all the decluttering and clean she has been doing I'm now motivated to get my house sorted out....so starting off small I got this wooden container from the warehouse painted then painted some chipboard letter and stuck them on. Then I got some plastic containers from the $2 shop and then sorted the boys pens, pencils, felts and crayons so this looks alot better than the mess they were in before hand.

I also got these containers from the warehouse....after getting the latest Creating keepsakes magazine and seeing some ribbons in jar I liked the look of them and thought I would give these a try and I really like the affect, so will grab a couple more next time I'm in town again

Black is the theme this weekend

Okay so since it was Friday the 13th-black Friday there were a couple of challenges that were themed black. First one was over at Stampin Scrap and it was to use black cardstock as your background....since I have sadly run out of black cardstock I did a black canvas instead....so this is what I came up with. I really love these photos of Liam although I look at it and think his face looks so naked without his glasses...but these photos were taken at kindy about 4 motnhs before he got glasses. I will do a canvas for Steven too during the week.

This layout was for over at The Sketch Book, that challenge was to use black and white and one colour. Since I didn't have a black and white photos(although come to think bout it the photos above are black and white arent they...LOL oh well never mind)so i did this layout for Tanya using a photo of Cody for her....yes I know boring more swirls.

BOM layout

Here is my first layout out of the four for the month of June over at The Sketch Book. The journalling is hiding under the photo for this one....and again more cutting out of swirls/flowers.

Todays layout

Here is to days layout which is a scraplift of a layout that I got from a website some time ago.


Also something that is quite exciting for me this week I handed in a application to kindy for an untrained reliever teacher, after the head teacher asked if I would be interested in this. First it has been so long since I have been out there working and doing this and then at some stage doing ESW work too with kindy is great as they are in school hours and holidays are the same and I just love the kindy environment. So it was exciting for me, nothing may come of it but we will see what happens.

Also I would like to say thank you Hannah for pointing me in the right direction for bloglines..........why have I waited this long to get that sorted, what a BIG time saver bloglines are, so thank you now I have more time for scrapbooking,LOL

I'm so Proud of you

Todays creation is a layout of Liam when he got up infront of the school and did his poem. The circle is a CD that has got a video clip of him both at home and at school doing his poem, the I covered it with some paper and added my journalling onto that. I dont know if you can tell from the photo but he was so nervous but did really well. He was upset that he didnt get a placing but I told him that in my eyes he came first. And for Liam this was such a big thing for him to do, 6months ago he would never have got up there infront of everyone and Im so proud of him for doing that and giving it ago.

Celebrity Challenge No.1-Jennifer McGuire

Okay here is my take on the 1st celebrity challenge by Jennifer McGuire over at The Sketch Book. I turned this into a double layout and love how it has come together. After doing that last layout with the vine I cut out I'm now loving the affect of cutting vines/swirls out of paper(thanks Janine aka mummymoo for that as my latest addiction,LOL). Now when i go to buy paper I look for anything with a swirl that i might be able to cut out so look out for more swirls to come. Also look this is another layout and no chipboard, more stickers for the title

Creative Friday

Okay have been catching up on a few layouts that have been started and sitting waiting for me to finish off. So today was the day, I have a few challenges for a couple of website that are coming up but I wanted to finish this small pile off first. At the moment I LOVE chipboard and most pages that I do have a chipboard something on it, usually title or arrow,lol. But the possum eyes layout has no chipboard and I really like it. I went back to using some creative memories stickers that I have had for some time now and I think they look great...so this might be a start of a sticker addiction, but I wont hold my breath, LOL.

Good-bye 20's, hello 30's

I did sit down at the computer last night to post about turning 30 but I was so tired so went to bed instead, so this birthday post is a day late but better late than never. I had a really good day that start with us nearly being late for school, be a first time that the boys slept in for awhile so that was nice but then it was a mad rush to get organised and up to school. Arriving at school Liam thought he would announce to both his class and Stevens class that 'MY MUM IS 30 TODAY'....did you get that loud and clear lol. Steven didn't want to go to school cause he was worried that he was going to miss out on birthday cake and my party. So I think I manage to explain to him that when you get older you don't always have a party and cake.
Got some lovely goodies in the post, these lovely Autumn Leaves swirl stamps from my best friend up in Auckland, cant wait to have a play with them.

Some of you know that I have a bit of an arrow addiction, so you can imagine how happy I was to have received these from mum, Maya Road 72 arrow set.

These goodies are from Tanya plus she gave me some money to go towards the grungeboard alphabet that I got from SE the other day.

It was the boys night to go to their dads for a few hours so he took them shopping to get me something and came back with this lovely Delicious cupcakes set. Which had a book of lots of yummy cupcakes, some printed cupcake cases, 2 icing nozzles and piping bag and 5 icing stencils...very cool. And it all came in a very nice box which I'm going to scrapbook into a gift box or something. Steven also picked out a special gift for me, a word search book (that he hasn't yet got) and a pack of coloured paper that he has been asking for for some time now...so I opened it and then he asked if he could use it,LOL. Very sweet of him and its the thought that counts ah.....

And look at this young man....Master Cody bear now nearly 6months old and growing so fast.

So thank you everyone for you birthday wishes and goodies that I have received both yesterday and today.

Liam did really well with his poem yesterday and I was so proud of him getting up on stage infront of everyone.