*Blush Blush*

Thank you Veelana, for these awards, its very kind of you to think of me and I feel very honoured :),

Thank you for thinking of me award is presented as a sincere thank you for awards and nice comments, it doesn’t have to be passed on today or ever but its such a nice way to show people how much you appreciate them.

I would like to forward this on to:

Mrs Miles who always puts a smile on my face with her messages and wishes – OOOOH and she’s got some wonderful CU goodies “BARB’s Glitter Eggs” she’s giving away made with a few of my sisters - KIMB’s CU items.

And to Veelana, for presenting me with these awards and sending me a sunshine beam when i’m down in the dumps, thank you! (I know u have it but it JUST has to go back to you for being so wonderful!)

KIMB’s: For always inspiring me, helping me and being a PHENOMIAL sister! (I could never have done this without her)

The next award comes from Veelana

1 - Pass it on to 10 other deserving bloggers.
2 - Link back to the blogger who gave you the award.
3 - Link to the bloggers you passed it on to, and leave them a message on their blog.

This award is flying over to the following people:
KimB – Inspires and encourages people to do their best, works harder than anyone i know, does AWESOME work and still makes time to help others!

Livia – Who’s working like crazy on her awesome blinkies and thank you for making mine so beautiful!! You ROCK!

Jazzy – for creating such stunning word art

Gina – working hard at helping others with her tutorials

Loucee – creativity on tap!

Crops – working hard and working harder

Beth – BEAUTIFUL WORK, always

Renee – Who is very inspirational and attacks her drawings with vigour, awesome stuff!

Snowmoon – Working so hard at so many STUNNING freebies :)

Kristine – Who works hard still keeping her most wonderful sense of humour!

Hope everyone has a GREAT weekend!!

Head Gone, Body Missing

Hi everyone,

Sorry not much news today, the head is gone and the body is missing so if anyone finds it PLEASE RETURN!!

My friend Mercia emailed a message to me:

YESTERDAYS GONE ! mmmmmmmmmh– SO LEAVE IT ALONE!!

I think the above is the reason for me being a bit “faraway” today LOL, without my yesteryears where am I today hahaha, got me very confused!! (Although there are quite a few memories I’d love to forget…….you know those one’s where you caused ******!!!)

But while the rest of me was somewhere else, I put together my little mushies for a Designers Resource Pack, they come in the usual seperated Black and White PNG and PSD template format and include the Art templates as well.

They 25% off this week only: $3.45, normal price: $4.60

MUSHROOM TEMPLATES

hugs to you all!

Humpty Who?

Okay, been reading some more useless information LOL, the origins of nursery rhymes. It seems that the composers were forced to disguise their commentary on current affairs in the form of children’s rhymes or risk swift imprisonment or a nasty death, so these rhymes were written as cleverly coded comments on society.  Many of the well known rhymes refer to British politics of the time or where used to spread gossip about royalty – (mmmmh Ladies watch your tongues LOL) which was punishable by beheading or being burnt at the stake……… NICE!

Mary Mary Quite Contrary…. This Mary refers to the English Queen Mary Tudor – nicknamed Bloody Mary, a catholic who wanted to rid England of Protestants. Mary’s “garden” was apparently an allusion to graveyards full of Protestants who met untimely deaths because of their religious beliefs. The “silver bells and cockle shells” growing in her garden were instruments of torture while the “maids” were the machines that beheaded people in a similar fashion to the guillotine.

Jack and Jill…………clumsy jack is France’s King Louis XVI who was beheaded in 1793 – Jack fell down and broke his crown… His wife Queen Marie Antoinette met the same unfortunate fate….and Jill came tumbling after. This rhyme was made a little more child-friendly by indicating that Jack didn’t die but mended his head with vinegar and brown paper……… now we also have the origins of Zombies!

Humpty Dumpty………Contrary to popular belief, the giant “egg” depicted in illustrations of this rhyme was probably a large cannon used during the English Civil War. It toppled off a tower and could not be repaired. The words “Humpty Dumpty” was also slang for a short, stout person and some academics are convinced that the unfortunate hero is King Richard 111 of England who was hunchbacked. Mmmm guess who had scrambled eggs for breakfast.

and a lot less bloody……. Baa Baa Black Sheep.  A sharp comment on tax implications for citizens in the 13th century. One third of the tax went to the local lord……”one for the master”, another third to the church…….”the dame” and the last cut to the farmer…….”the little boy who lives down the lane.”

What are we teaching our kids LOL!

I had a little bit of fun yesterday and ended up with something to share with you all, was running around like a mad thing collecting all the last bit of green left in our garden LOL!! so here’s a CLUSTER LEAF FRAME FREEBIE for you.

You can grab it here:

http://www.4shared.com/file/94648629/13f076eb/gs_clusterleafframe.html

Off to try and get more work done, Caden’s day nanny hasn’t been to work now in a week and she’s down for a nap…… playtime for me.

Running on Candles

Hi everyone,

OOOOOOOOOHHH who ever said candles where romantic LOL!!!

Been running around with candles, gas cookers (yep kim - this ones not a camp out, wish it was hehehe) and cold feet, our power was out for most of yesterday and last night - if it gets a fraction cold around here almost everyone turns on the heaters and Eskom decides to “cut off” our little town to feed the big city with extra power LOL!  So its gonna be short and sweet today so I can get back to work before our energy supply runs down……. and while my feet still feel warm!

Here’s a stunning brag page made by Gina using my Easter Garden Kit and ITS A GIFTIE to you all from her, THANKS GINA!!! PLUS She’s done all this while on holiday using her mobile!!! You can grab it from her site: http://geezee-whoknew.blogspot.com/

and we have some more eye candy from LYNO who used my Easter Garden kit for Livia’s  DSO LYRIC CHALLENGE !! How AWESOME is this, she really captured the essence of a lyrical daydream! Love the introduction of black and white around the border and her pic of JamieLee.

If you participate in Livia’s Lyric Challenge you’ll receive her GORGEOUS posting bonus kit:

I’ll have something for you soon, just a bit slower than most so stay cool to all you people in spring fever and warm to us here in sa.

hugs to all

Grandma’s Apron

Morning to you all,

Our local paper “ons nuus” (our news) ran an article on the history of the apron in their latest edition and I just had to share it with you! It goes to say the principal use of grandma’s apron was to protect the dress underneath – because she only had a few and it was easier to wash the apron than the dresses. It also served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven, drying children’s tears and on occasion was used for cleaning out dirty ears! LOL! It’s other uses were to assist in the chicken coop – carrying eggs, fussy chicks and half-hatched eggs to finish hatching in the warming oven.  When company came the apron was an ideal hiding place for kids running from puckering lips. It served to keep grandma warm and those big old aprons helped her bring in chips and kindling wood into the kitchen, carried veggies in from the garden and carried the peels and scraps back out to the fertilizing area’s. It was used to quickly dust the furniture should anyone pop over unexpected and when dinner was ready, grandma walked onto the porch and waved her apron to signal to the men that grub was up! It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that old-time apron that had so many uses! Remember – grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool. Her grand-daughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw out (YEP THATS ME!! hahaha)

People would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron!!

I had a wonderful surprise from Jazzy and Loucee this weekend, they sent through some beautiful work they had made with my new kit I got all excited again LOL!!

EASTER GARDEN KIT

Just a reminder that its still 25% off until Wednesday,

Normal price $5.80 – now selling for $4.35

This is a Beautiful LO from Jazzy using a picture of her and her mom set in the 1948-49. I adore the word art and vintage feel she’s given this masterpiece! Her word art really adds a special  finishing touch to any layout. (Thanks Jazzy, its beautiful!)

And Loucee has done it again!! Her creativity just keeps flowing!! Look at all the beautiful details she has added!!

Kim is so right to call her the HYBRID GURU!!! Loucee  has cut the goose out and layered her with foam pads as well as doing some of the leaves!! Lots of work there and it came out beautifully!! She also added a bit of gold to the leaves and around the edges of the card and added gems!! Aren’t they stunning, I love the gems on the goose, given her a beautiful face lift heheh!! (thanks Loucee  you’ve gone to so much trouble and lots of work to produce a fantastic card!)

Have a great day everyone! I’m off to thaw out supper LOL!

Thursdays Views

Hi everyone!

Its a chilly day here in Dullies, winter is on its way, I’m starting to layer myself in triplets, cant move LOL! Thanks everyone for your lovely comments, really appreciated.  Yippee, AT LAST!! My lil ones 2nd set of bottom tooofs are out! She’s been so mizz over the last few days…. (and for Mrs Miles there’s a hello greeting for you at the bottom of this post from Caden)

But as promised I’v got some more LO’s to show off by Kim CT using my new Kit - EASTER GARDEN

This AWESOME one is Loucee’s Stunning Easter Parade, its so beautiful! Love the photo of her daughter, it makes this lo so special.

and here’s Jenni’s little bundle of joy taken 15 years ago, she is to Sweet!! Love the “cradle” she’s created!

oooooooooooooh and Kristine’s “Evil Easter Bunny” who hides things in her dishwasher and leaves the kid a letter to find things LOL!! (It even left something unbeknown for me to find in one of my folders hahaha but the other “bunny” found it!!) Thanks Kristine, Its Awesome!!

This one by Livia  - Smile!! ITS GORGEOUS, you cant help smiling back!! (thanks Livia, its fantastic, love it)

And I got a real surprise! Renee DID 2 Layouts!!! Thanks a mil  Renee, wow - feeling very spoilt LOL!!

Hi all and a special hug to Mrs Miles, I’m doing the pole jig and I LOVE going round and round and round and round and……………

 

My sis has loaded me with admin today so going to go and sort out my inbox before she wallops me on the head (PAYBACK time from when I used to chase her with a hairbrush LOL!)

BLOWN AWAY!

Morning to all,

Iv been blown away!! I have never experience "team work" , generosity and willingness as what I’ve experience over the last few days!

Kim sent out a request to her CT team to see if anyone would like to play with my new kit - and VAVAVOOOOOMMM!!! The next thing my inbox is exploding with the most AWESOME LO's !!! I cannot believe how everyone just jumped in and helped – and I’m just a stranger to them! Made my eyes water - badly! I’m not usually such a softy, but these guys touched me deep down!!

Kim and her team, plus a huge thank you to da boss Bunny and the bunch at DSO, you all simply the best!! Thank you all for your trouble, I’ll never forget how awesome you've been and truly appreciate what you have done, I most certainly could not have done it without you all! You have restored my faith in human kind – that’s for sure!!!

HUGS TO YOU ALL!

So now we have the reason why Kim couldn’t get any of her own work done LOL!!!! - Yippppeee, thanks to them my first kit is in store ………………..

Here she is: EASTER GARDEN

The kit has a “story book” feel as you’ll soon see with all the different layouts telling their own “story”. Perfect for your Easter or Garden photo’s, filled with hand drawn elements and gem cluster flowers, bugs and “leafy” things. The papers can also be used for any occasion – 6 Solids and 10 prints.

Its 25% off at the moment for a limited time only.

Normal price $5.80 – now selling for $4.35

Some close up details for you………

NOW FOR THE EXCITING BIT!!!!!

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOhhhhh a Freebie!!!! My Sis – KimB, made this AWESOME QP freebie for us all using the Easter Garden Kit, yikes who could ask for a better sister!! Wow, I’m so in debt to her already LOL!!! Thanks Kim, ITS BEAUTIFUL!!

You can grab it here:

http://www.4shared.com/file/92266542/b260e5c3/gs_kb_eastergarden_QP.html

And we have some more VaVaVoom………………..

Grown with love by Beth showing the “men in her life”, its AWESOME and got a wonderful warm feel to it - and the “littly one” is to CUTE, i want to gobble him up! (Thanks Beth!)

How’s this BEAUTY by Crops!!! Its got such an enchanted feel, its GORGEOUS!! (Thanks Crops)

I’m going to have a HUGE PROBLEM as I can’t post everyone’s Layouts today and they are ALL SO STUNNING!! AAAAAHHHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOO i hear you shouting in the background…………………………. (Okay maybe a few more today but will have to post the rest tomorrow or you going to run out of coffee!!)

OOOOOH, Isn’t this Just ADORABLE!! Done by Renee, so full of fun, I hope the bunny remembers the rest of us - he seems to be so busy!! LOVE IT, its STUNNING!! (Thanks Renee)

LOL!!! Don’t you just LOVE THIS!!! This ones by KimB, when Nathans birthday fell on Easter Sunday and he started the day off finding his first egg!!! and look at the little monkey! He’s grown so big now! ITS AWESOME SIS!! (Big HUGS)

…………And tomorrow I’ll have a tale to tell about Kristine’s “Evil Easter Bunny”, Loucee’s Stunning Easter Parade, Livia’s Smile and Jenni’s little bundle of joy!!!

*yawn* am now a bit “moeg” (sleepy), was so excited about my kit hitting store that I couldn’t sleep last night LOL!!!

Hugs and Loves 2 all

Its a Rainy Day Monday

Hi everyone!

WOW!!! A HUGE thank you to those who left such warm welcoming messages!! You have no idea how they were appreciated! Thanks so much!

After hunting furiously for my feet i managed to locate them - first the left but it was minus a few toes and then the right found with all the appendages! They still a bit edging and feel like they about to take off again hahaha!

My sister of course came to the "rescue" and i no longer feel quite so amputated....

and here we go………………..!

As promised I have a little something for you, a FREEBIE MINIKIT designed for KimB's March Colour Challenge.

I had a lot of fun and hope you'll enjoy it, you can grab it here,

http://www.4shared.com/file/91890778/4d547a86/gs_kbmarchcc_01.html

Have you seen my sister Kim’s new kit, CAMPING OUT yet? Its so magic when she brings out her paint brushes, I just love the variety this kit has!!!

OOh we've had such rain today sending the temperature plummeting down, its sooooo freezing here, think I need a warm me up something or other..............Im off to find it!

Have a wonderful day

Introductions

Hi everyone,
I think iv just gone grey over the last few days trying to figure out how this web works hahaha, (kind of like when cell phones first came in and your parents struggled to use them and you ended up having to explain everything..............patience is greatly needed - If it wasnt for my sister Kim I think I would have lost it completely, she is just so gentle with me, she's been unbelievable with all the help!! THANK YOU KIMBO!!

As you can see Im new to the scapping world.
Yep all my sisters fault hehehe, she's my hero and inspiration and now im just hooked.

Im still chief bottle washer, nappy and bib manager for my family which consists of little Caden our latest addition and our other 4 kids (Jazzy, Speedo, Tutu who are gorgeous little pugs and Nix our eldest pavement special) plus my awesome hubby and when I remember - there's me to.

Iv been following a few of Kims CT sites and finding the work you have all done absolutely STUNNING!!! Cant wait to start my side, which will be soon I hope (there's kim going *groan* cos she knows im going to be on the phone to her going H E L P,

I'll have a little something for you soon using KimB's March colour challenge, but in the mean time dont you just LOVE my blog page?? My SISTER KIM AGAIN (she's just the best!!!), she designed it for me and its so me that I chunked when I saw it!!

time for a nappy change..........