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It's Friday!!!

... and it's a beautiful day.  It's 9:00am and the kids are at school, the washing is done and on the line, Lachie is playing with lego as usual (thankfully we seem to be past the 'i-must-shove-lego-man-head-up-my-nose' phase.... which is a good thing) and i've been to pool for laps this morning!  Swimming is such a civilised way to exercise.. no impact, no sweat.  love it. 

... and i've gotta start by saying that i'm soooo thrilled to have won a giveaway pack from the amazing Miss Wally!!!!  I can't wait to get my Chip Chop Shop yummies in my hot little hand.  Thanks so much Leeann!! xxxx

OK... it's the middle of the month and we all know what that means. It's time for the Stuck?! Feb 15th Challenge. I'm a bit late i know, but i had to hold this post over until my intro... and it's my intro day today over on the Stuck?! blog if you want to have a little peek *blushin*.... i really enjoyed this one and i must admit to using a little 'artistic license' with it... but it is there.

{a break in the chaos}

remember the little sneak?...

and here is the sketch:

As usual, i shrunk it and shoved it in the corner.. :)) i just LOVE this Glitz pp and again, i felt the need to grunge (which is starting to become a habit). Plenty of Tim Holtz tape and stickers, along with some really old metal embellies that i dug out of a forgotten drawer, including the clock hands on the right of the pic to reinforce the circle element in the sketch. I also stitched a rectangle beind the pic instead of using pp. Head over to Stuck?! and check out the awesome CT creations for yourself ... then have a go at the sketch!! :))

I've also had a little time this week to have a go at this month's challenge over at WW1.  The Challange was White/Brown and something vintage.

I had another sheet of that gorgeous ink resist cardstock on hand, so i just had to use it again.  I painted a chippy lamp, used some gingham fabric, thread, sheet music rubon, glimmermist and paint splashes to cover the brown component, added a white flower and doiley and painted some metal embellies and chippy fence white... then used some old book paper (slightly whitewashed) and some beautiful prima lace for the vintage element.  i also crackled the chippies to add to the whole vintage feel..... and this is what it looks like:

{happy birthday to me}

I took this photo on my birthday last december.  After we checked in to our room at the Hilton, we went for a walk down the Queen Street Mall in Brisbane and had some lunch.  When we came back, the staff had left us this bottle of bubbly on ice.  so nice.  :)

Thanks so much for stopping by and i really appreciate the time it takes to leave a comment....  :)

jules
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