I've survived!

Thanks for all your concerning emails about my where abouts the past week or so!

I have had a bit of a shocker - vomiting kiddies, infected elbows (on Tbird) and me myself just not having a great week (that spiraling downwards depression sort of feeling) trying to shake it off and get back to normal!

We survived Tbirds party - she had  fantastic night last week - we had nine 8-9 years olds, although I had to referee a punch up (seriously!) and there were many many spats at each other, all in all they are a great bunch of kids and they did actually sleep (from 1am till 7am) Made a Krispy Kreme cake drizzled with melted Cadbury Dream chocolate - of course the kids were too stuffed to eat it after all the junk they had had, so I heated the Krispy Kremes up for breakfast - and the kids all loved it. I will share pics of the decos, and all the stuff soon.

So I owe you two weeks of Sunday Scraps... (and tomorrow will be another one again)

Sunday Scraps - prompt 23:

Raid your scraps!!!! I want you to only use pattern paper scraps (no cutting into a new piece) and maybe a cardstock background :)

I had such fun going through my big tub of scraps - and went with a whole range of papers - For this first one, I cut my scraps into little squares all the same size - painted my background cardstock with Modpodge and laid all the squares down, then went over the whole thing again with modpodge, once dry, I stitched over areas and then added the photo etc.

The second one is simply using a circle punch to punch out scraps in the same colour range - I adhere them to the page with tape then stitched over some of the elements. Even the photo mat was a scrap from my scrap tub!!

I don't often head into my scraps, but found I was really enjoying myself as I was thinking about what I had created with the papers originally!

So onto the next week....

Sunday Scraps - Prompt 24:

This week our DT theme for Shop and Crop was Poppets - I simply LUUURRRVVVEEEE poppets and when ever I create one I always think "why don't I do these more often?"

So this week - Create a layout using a poppet! Here is a great link to a site where you can find fantastic paper dolls and all kinds of clothing patterns - and you can either print them in colour or just print the outlines - I altered mine a bit in this first one - making the bodies bigger for my bigger girls etc, but it was great fun to play around with the patterns and clothing - so the site is http://www.makingfriends.com/index.htm - and just look around for paper doll templates - and simply add your own photo face instead of the head!

The second one has my own hand drawn bodies - and really shows the personalities of my family - Teasha is always doing those blasted bunny ears behind Laurens head, Marnie of course is a wild little thing and that face is so her!

Journal 2008:

So I thought I should update with my journal too - still going strong - here a few weeks worth......

 

so there's a few weeks of my journal - will update with more pages soon.

...and I can't end a post with out documenting something ULTRA cute that one of tribe have said.... Lately when I ask the divine Miss M if she loves me - her answer is always the same "I love you BIG MUCH mum!" (how seriously cute is that?!!) Did a layout last night with that exact title - will share it later next week! She is exactly a month off turning 3 - THREE! Where did my baby girl go???? Love this munchkin so much!

Thanks for stopping by! JEN

Comments

[Joyce]

more absolutely gorgeous pages Jen,

might even have to copy that top layout- love it!

Now off to play with poppets ( for the first time, but you make it look so easy!!)

[Rachel Schryver]

Hey Jen,
Soooooooooooooo glad your back and I hope all is now well at your place.
Just wanted to tell you that I just ADORE those poppet pages!
Cheers,
Rachy. xxx

[Anna Pontikis]

Good to have you back Jen, I was wondering if all was okay. I don't know you personally but it was a while since you blogged and I thought maybe something was wrong. I guess we all have those times when life gets overwhelming and everything happens at once. Gorgeous pages and I think I will certainly try the scraps pages as my scrap papers box is overflowing.... Have a great day. Anna

[Miranda]

I so do love your work. I gonna have to try and make a layout with those poppets. And as for your journal, I am really in AW here.

[Laura]

Have missed you!!

Glad you are back!

Laura

[Jenifer Higgins]

Love the layout about what the girlies want to be when they grow up! My four-year-old wants to be a mermaid too. How funny!

[lynda p]

Well it sounds like u have everything under control now! sorry to hear about sick kiddos....
it was great seeing it didn't stop u from creating! i loved your pages..and journal
i'm wondering if u could give some names of sb stores that u frequent. my friend is heading over to sydney in july for world youth day..and she'll have some free time here and there. also..the place where u picked up your "journal" is that local to u?
if u can give me any tips of what she should see that's off the "tourist" route that would be great....
hope to hear from u..
lynda in calif, usa