My Bad

No, i haven't blogged this last week... but i have scrapped!

Bit of a mixed bag kinda post really, so i thought i'd start with this...

... the last washing of the bibs.  The soccer season is finally over {{big sigh}}!!

oh, i love that the kids are passionate about it...

and i love the camaraderie that they experience from it...

and i love that it keeps them fit and active...

and i love the social interaction...

but i also love that we get a break from it for a little while too! 

The big trips to attend carnivals and the constant pick ups and drop offs and training for

three out of the four kids do take their toll.  Just last weekend Troy traveled 2.5 hours

to get to a carnival with 2 of the kids, refereed and watched games all day,

then had to drive the 2.5 hour return trip at the end of the day.

Big Committment!

But it hasn't been all work and no play this week   :)

Over at the Boxx, we played a bit of a game with a 'Scrap Build'.

A group of 10 ladies progressively added one element or 'step' to complete a page.

Each time a step was added, each player posted a photo and instructions for that step.

It was really fun to play and amazing to watch all the different lo's completed,

especially considering we all had the same instructions!!

This was what i came up with...

go and check out the amazing range of lo's for yourself.

The fortnightly challenge over at the Boxx was to use up your scraps.

Absolutely no fresh sheets of patterned pp were to be harmed in the process...

which was really easy for me!  i could use scraps on the next 20 lo's and still have mountains left... :)

Here is what i did...

... and finally...

i just scraped in with the second Scrap the Boys lo this month...

a lo using ribbon.  I scrapped an old pic of my eldest boy Cooper...

(can't believe i've never scrapped this one before).

Not wanting to take anything away from the blue of his eyes in this pic,

the only other blue i used was a little cluster of ribbon at the top left and bottom right of the lo,

using the ribbon and Coop's pic to create a visual triangle with colour.

Hope it worked  : p  ...

oh .. and i'm not sure if the 7Gypsies Gaffer Tape counts as ribbon, but i accidently

ripped some to start with, and i quite liked the effect... so i just went with it  :)

hope u like:

... and the journaling up close...

thanks for stopping by ... 

jules

x

Funny Story

For the latest Scrap the Boys challenge, i couldn't resist telling this story.

During a recent camping trip i asked Maddi to keep an eye on Lachie for me while i started getting some dinner organised. Being a super adventurous toddler and camped near water as we were, there needs to be a 'designated babysitter' at ALL times!! Ten minutes later i looked up to find Lachie happily tossing stones into the dam ....... while tied to a tree!!!

Good on you Maddi! ... I've gotta give it to you honey for thinking outside the square though ... :))

I started out using the sketch... but it all went a bit pear shaped.

We had to use stamps in some form on the layout, so I used Kaisercraft 'duchess' scalloped border around the edge of the page and a Kelly Panacci memo stamp for extra journalling. Oh, and i also used a date stamp at the bottom of the journalling

... and i just adore these flocked damask pp's from MME.

I really liked the colour contrast with the Basic Grey Recess range paper i used as a background.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by... xx

Scrap The Boys

Here is my Scrap The Boys layout ...

amazing inspiration from this collection of ladies... good stuff!

... and some more...

Thanks for visiting ... :)