tenaha wilson

2012 Challenge to myself

2012-01-28T14:51:00.000-08:00

With 2012 now here I have made myself a challenge - I must try and catch up with my albums! I am now more than 2 years behind in my layouts so this year I want to make sure that a weekend does not pass without completing a layout. I need to look for the simple layouts and just do them before I forget what I took the photos for in the first place.

I have so much Basic Grey in my stash at the moment and I really love the new paper kits but I cant justify buying any more until I use what I have got. So here is some more Basic Grey layouts in my efforts of trying to use all these papers up...

Tree Friend - Basic grey papers, transparencies, cardboard and stickers, kaiser flowers, Creative memories journalling diecut, fiskars border punch
Family - Basic grey papers, letters, cardboard and transparency, Bazzil card.

Stop Eating the Dog Food - I love this memory. Very Cheekah - up to mischief! Basic Grey papers, flowers, stickers, letters.
BHP Christmas party - family shoot 2009. Not a Basic grey layout. Websters papers, German scrap, prima flowers and pearls.

Grin - Prima flowers, Basic grey transparency and chipboard, bazill card, paper by Cherry Arte and Carolees Creations.

Color Room Challenge 82 and Basic Grey

2011-10-30T01:00:00.000-07:00

Well long weekend in WA - I finally get some time to scrap! I completed the Color Room Challenge today #82. Here is my take on the challenge - to see more go to http://thecolorroom.ning.com/photo/albums/ginger-house. I used mostly Basic Grey papers and alphabets on this page, with prima bling.

Below I also used Basic Grey...

Enjoy your week :)

New Sporting Season

2011-09-30T11:35:00.000-07:00

Well now hockey is over with for another season, a new sporting season emerges - its athletics and triathlon season! Which pretty much means goodbye weekend mornings but at the same time - hello sunshine and outdoors. Looking forward to Seekara's first Little Athletics season and my second triathlon season.

On the scrapping front here a few newer layouts to share...

Icecream: Basic Grey Olivia productsApple Yogurt: Basic grey papers, diecuts, letters and rubons; Kaiser flowers; Websters ribbonSweet: Bazzil card; Basic Grey Olivia paper; Cricut.Thinking of you: Bazzil card; Basic Grey paper; Prima flower; Kaiser flower, pearl and bling; Hero Arts stamp.Critter cards: Bazzil card; Basic Grey paper; Prima pearls; Websters and miscellaneous lace and ribbon; October Afternoon stamps.Picnic: KaiserGrandparents: Kaiser

The Carnival: Kaiser paper, diecuts and pearls; Cricut; Creative Memories alpha.

TTFN xox

Kaiser Saturday Sketch June #2

2011-06-25T17:03:00.000-07:00

I was in need of some inspiration to get a layout done so I hoped onto the Kaiser website and found this challenge.... http://www.kaisercraft.com.au/blog/saturday-sketch-june-2/ . Here is what I came up with....

These layouts were made with Kaiser La di da collection.

With the cooler months ahead, it reminded me of Canberra. Here are some Canberra layouts to share.Product: Kaiser, K & Company, German scrap. Product below: Making Memories, Basic Grey, Kasier & Prima.

Keep warm

Tenaha xox

Color Room Sketch 60

2011-05-28T21:20:00.000-07:00

I really love the sketches on the Color Room and have been wanting to get a sketch done (on time) forever..... I finally got one done this weekend and thought I would share.

Go to the Color Room to see Sketch 60 and create your own version...http://thecolorroom.ning.com/

T xox

Menzies Classic coming up....

2011-05-20T16:08:00.000-07:00

Well now that my founded passion is over for the season (triathlons don't start again until Sept) I have been keeping busy training and cycling with Eastern Goldfields Cycle Club. I am getting very excited. In a few weeks a group of us are heading to Menzies for the Menzies Classic, a road cycle event held every year in the Goldfields. This year it is said to be Australia's richest road race with a few elite cyclists headed our way. Cannot wait for the long weekend to come sooner. For more information head to the EGCC website... http://easterngoldfieldscycleclub.myclub.org.au/

Well the last triathlon race for the season was a lot of fun. I ended up completing my largest distance yet - the Short Olympic Distance event which is equivalent to the longer distance normal events. Gave me a bit of confidence that I am capable of doing these longer distances so I might give them a bit of a go towards the end of next season. Was happy to take minutes of my PB again. I set myself goals to go faster than before and was pleasantly surprised by what I achieved. My times are slow compared to nearly everyone else but I am happy with what I achieved - and really it is about racing yourself (well for me anyway :))

The highlight of the weekend was getting to meet and race with pro triathletes Kate Beluga and Guy Crawford. Kate spends half the year in Australia and the other half in the US racing and keeping up with sponsorship deals. Kate is an Ironman Champ and Guy is a short distance specialist - both legends in my eyes. They provided us with a presentation on their lives and nutrition and loads of inspiration. I was lucky enough to even get to time them in their distances for the pool - I could not get over Guy's swim - it was awesome. I was totally saturated by the end of it though despite being out of the pool - his turns are quite powerful. Kate seemed to have an awesome run on her too - was fantastic watching the competition over the weekend and the rivalry that Esperance tri club gave us - coming up for the day. The best part I loved of the whole day was just how nice Kate and Guy were - not only were they inspirational as sportsman but as people they were so friendly and helpful with anything you wanted to know. Had to show off my pic with Guy and Kate after race...

On the scrap booking front I have completed a few Websters pages I wanted to share...

Thanks for looking...

Another passion....

2011-04-09T15:54:00.000-07:00

Well here is my excuse for not blogging for three months... I have a new found passion.... Triathlons. They are so addictive! I have always wanted to complete a tri by myself and just never had either the courage or an appropriate event to enter into. In January I did my first ever triathlon (why not start at 34!) and instantly became hooked. I now just want to train as much as I can and bet my time each and every time. So far so good. I joined the Kalgoorlie Triathlon Club - a fantastic group of inspirational people and joined a cycling course with Eastern Goldfields Cycling Club. My hubby and I went to the bike shop where we set me up (thanks to Hannan's Cycles!) and I was away. Now I have joined the cycle club as a member and despite being the slowest member, I have a real enthusiasm to just get faster and faster - and enjoy the ride and company along with it :) Best thing about it too is I can fit my training around work, the house, the husband's hockey and the girls' dancing, hockey, guitar lessons and family life in general - LOVE IT!

Next weekend is the last event of the season - the Goldfields Olympic Distance and it will be the furthest distance I have done so far. I am really looking forward to it. Cant wait to meet triathlete superstar Kate Belaquava who is coming up for the event too!

Now for my old passion - scrapbooking! Have not had much time with everyone else going on but still manage to get at least one done a week - my downtime. Here are a few recent ones using Kasiercraft...

TTFN!

Tenaha

xox

Finally Settled

2011-01-15T16:32:00.000-08:00

A few bright layouts to share....

Below: Papers from Sassafras Lass; Basic Grey AbCs; Kaiser rubon; Sassafras stickers; and Websters ribbon.

On the home front... We are finally settled into Kalgoorlie in our new house. We have been so busy each weekend pulling out overgrown garden beds and trying to get the place how we like it. We have started to slow down now, knowing that the house will probably not be how we want it for at least year. But that just adds to the fun. And on the other hand I am just grateful we have a place to go home to each night. My heart certainly goes out to those effected by the floods and fires across Australia. God speed their recovery to some normality in their lives.

Tenaha :)

Goodbye Newman!

2010-11-06T16:11:00.000-07:00

Well we are on the move again. After 4 1/2 years in Newman we are moving on. It will be sad to leave Newman and the good friends we have made but good to go home to Kalgoorlie. Both sets of grandparents for the girls; my brother is still there; the place where both families return to visit; large community with shops, and lots to do; 4 hours from beautiful Esperance; a new home; new jobs and just in time for Seekara starting year one! We are pretty happy and can not wait for this next chapter of our lives.

We have one more week of work left. Then off to Malaysia for a family holiday - come back to Newman to pack up and then go! Fly out to Kalgoorlie on the 2nd December. Darryl and I will both start work together on the 6th December at BHP Billiton Nickel west Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter. Funny that we both worked there over ten years ago and this is where Darryl completed his apprenticeship. Looking forward to it.

On the scrap booking side of things I have some more layouts to share with a Kaiser theme....

Basic Grey Pages

2010-10-12T15:40:00.000-07:00

Here are a few Basic Grey pages I have been doing lately... enjoy!

Above: Using Olivia

Below: Using Porcelain

Above: Using Nook and Pantry

Below: Using Marrakech

Above: Using Nook and Pantry and Origins

Below: Using Nook and Pantry and June Bug

Above: Using Nook and Pantry

Below: Using Capella

Above: Using Lemonade

Below: Using

Eva Thanks for looking

Tenaha xo

Spring in Newman

2010-09-18T22:40:00.000-07:00

Normally this time of year is already nice and warm in Newman but we have had some weird weather - we re still have temperatures in our 20s. That may sound normal for some people but it is cold for Newman. Definitely not complaining though because I know when it gets hot it is certainly going to stay that way for some time.

SO what better way to pass a day than spending time with the family and getting a bit of scrapping done. Here are some recent layouts... Snaps form the Australian War Memorial - using Webster's products.

Above: On top of parliament house - using Cosmo Cricket and flowers from Prima and Green Tara.

Below: I love this photo of Kya and Seekara. They seem to be in their own little world. Products used are from Basic Grey and Kaiser rubons.

Above: Cute photo of Cheekah using products Prima, Green Tara and Bazzill Basics.

Below: I love this paper range from Sassafrass lass - wonderful and bright. I thought it would be perfect for my daughter 5th birthday page.

Time to get some scrapping done. Enjoy the wildflowers

Tenaha :)

Happy Birthday Little Brother

2010-08-21T00:15:00.000-07:00

We recently returned from Kalgoorlie for my baby brother's 21st. We had a fantastic time and were really happy that we were able to make. Jarryd had a great night and it was awesome to see so many family members make the trip to Kalgoorlie and lend a hand the whole weekend. Happy Birthday Little Bro!

On the scrapping front - here are a few of my recent layouts:

PS Today is election day in Australia - I am crossing my fingers for a Liberal Party win but not liking my chances. one thing is for certain - by tomorrow morning we will have a NEWLY elected Prime Minister of Australia.

Happy Voting Day Australia!

Happy Birthday to our darling girls

2010-07-17T06:17:00.001-07:00

The first few weeks of July is busy in our household. Our girls have their birthdays 8 days apart and this year it was Daughter #1 turning 6 and our baby girl turning 2. I had lots of fun this year making their cakes too (thanks to Woman's Weekly for making it even easier...and of course the Thermomix!).

Here are our girls on their birthdays...Oops - I forgot to get candles! SO we used last years candles - after all 5+1=6!

I actually remembered candles for Cheekah's birthday.

And here is some more layouts to share:

Below is a layout completed using papers from the Basic Grey Max and Whiskers Range. I also used a Fiskars punch, miscellaneous buttons and my Cricut for the paper flowers.

This next layout was put together using Cosmo Crickets paper; & Sassafrass letters and stickers.

The last layout I have to share is a nice quick and easy one of Parliament house. I used paper from KI Memories & My Minds Eye; letters by Prima; Twiddleybitz dies; rubon by Creative Imaginations; Kaiser flowers and Prima bling.

Thanks for looking

Tenaha :)

Another month gone by...

2010-07-04T02:14:00.000-07:00

I swear it was yesterday that I updated my blog...obviously not! Well here is a few more layouts to share:

The above and below layouts were made using a new Collection from Crate paper. The papers have dolls all over them and are super cute but I love that you can adapt them to for adult layouts also (below).

Above layout was made using papers from Crate, letters from Basic Grey, Heidi Swapp and Prima & chipboard by Crate.

Layout below as made using papers from Crate; bling from Prima; chipbaord from Crate. Letters cut out on Cricut.

The next layout was made using papers from Kaiser; rubons from Kaiser; pearls from Kaiser; diecuts from Kaiser and miscellaneous lace.

The next layout was made using papers from Prima & Websters; letters from prima; & flowers from Prima.

The next layout is put together using papers from bazzill & Websters; &b letters from Websters.

Stay warm!

Tenaha ;)

My Goodness Me....

2010-06-05T14:04:00.000-07:00

What an insane time it has been. Work has been so full on that I have not had time to update my blog! Here are some recent pages...

Canberra in April 2009 - Rhonda and I present Parliament House! Layout using Devonshire range from Kaiser, SEI and plain Kraft bazzil papers.
Who loves a good scraplift - these next few are Scraplifts from Kaisers Q2 magazine 2009.

And one for hubby - he was so excited to see Harold park last year. We went for a fun night of punting in Sydney 2009. Layout designed using My Minds Eye papers; Cricut & Kaiser drops.

Best get onto a few more layouts - if you live in WA.. enjoy the long weekend.

Tenaha

Happy Mothers Day!

2010-05-07T21:14:00.000-07:00

Happy Mothers Day to all the special Mums, Nannas, Grandmas and anyone who plays that special mother role to anyone. Hope your day tomorrow is special.

A big mother's Day especially to my Mumsy, Mum Wilson, my Nansy and Grandma. Hope your day is wonderful.

Here is what i made for our Mum's -

For my Mum because she loves making notes.....

For Darryl's Mum - some cute pics of the three youngest grandchildren.I used kaiser products to make these cute little gifts above. They were so super easy to make.

Below is a layout i made using some of the NEW Sassafrass products - love these products.And in the tradition of rememberance last week I decided to do up some layouts from April (last year) - the Australian War Memorial.

The layout below is made using papers from SEI and Prima, Flowers from Prima and kaiser, perals from Prima and Kaiser and felt & letters from Prima.Layout below is using papers from Bazzil, kaiser and prima; letters from Prima; flowers from Prima, rubons from Kaiser.

Enjoy your weekend

Tenaha ;)

Lest We Forget - 25th April

2010-04-23T00:28:00.000-07:00

I have been away from my site for a while now - so much going on. Here are a few layouts I have managed to pull together - planning to get some more done this long weekend.

The layout above was completed using the gorgeous Devonshire range from Kaiser. I love this photo of our little boo, taken 3 months ago at my cousins wedding.

The next layout is made using Basic Grey's Nook and Pantry range.

The next one is made from a range that is a bit of an oldie bit a goodie - Basic Grey Periphery.

The following layout was made with a a few different items - Creative Imaginations, 7 Gypsies and Jenni Bowlin Papers; Prima flowers; & Heidi Swapp letters.

The next layout was made using the Gypsy Sisters range.

This weekend is a long weekend for us here in Australia and New Zealand. The 25th of April is recognised as ANZAC day - every year around the two nations we attend dawn services and morning marches to pay tribute to those that fought in the wars to protect our nations.

This morning I attended my daughters school assembly where the children paid tribute to the ANZACs also. The children and invited guests sang and told stories of the tradition of the ANZACs and how their legend still goes onto today. The children sang about the great sacrifices these men and women made for all of us back home in Australia and New Zealand.

Today Australia and New Zealand still have a very strong bond where the borders between the countries only seem to be divided by the ocean that lies between us. In our small town of Newman, where there is a large percentage of New Zealanders, every day we see that example of mate ship where the Australians and Kiwis coexist and will always be there for another. I enjoy the dawn services in our town - it makes me feel proud to be an Aussie and sad that so many lives had to be taken so we could take for granted the freedom we have today.

On Sunday morning - I will definitely be there with the rise of the sun. An early morning to pay tribute to our soldiers is the least we can do for the ultimate sacrifices they made.

Lest we forget

New Forbbiden Love - Bo Bunny

2010-03-14T19:45:00.000-07:00

I love cutsie papers and embellishments and I LOVE the new Bo Bunny range. I could not help but use as much of this as possible - and I still have more to go!

The layout above depicts our youngest girl to a tee - a very funny little girl. At 8 months here she was crawling around with a stubby cooler n her mouth. She wanted to get around quickly carrying things and figured maybe this was best way LOL.

For this layout i used absolutely everything Bo Bunny Forbidden Love.

The next layout was made using Kaiser bling, Creative Imaginations journal sticker and everything else Bo Bunny. This was Seekara at 16 months old.

Another Bo Bunny layout below. Everything on this page is also Bo Bunny.

The cards below were done in a class a few weeks back using Heidi Swapps Invisible papers - the affects with these papers come up fantastic - all you need is a little ink! There is still some Heidi Swapp papers left in store but be quick - they will not last long.
The last layout I wanted to share was made using papers from Sassafrass Lass and Websters; stickers from Sassafrass; chipboard button from Collections; and alphabets from Basic Grey.

Gone Wild!

2010-03-10T04:44:00.000-08:00

Well fashion has gone a little wild again this year with lots of animal prints coming into the fashion scene again - so why not experiment with animal prints on your scrapbook pages. Anna Griffin makes that easy with her new range of papers used on the following layout. Check this range out at RTlicious.

The next layout was made using Nook and Pantry by Basic Grey.

I am still getting plenty of use form all my Sassafrass scraps to make room for all the NEW Sassafrass that arrived yesterday - so cant wait to play with them!

Below is a layout using some Prima paper - check out Rhondas blog for her spin on PRima - very nice! (see favourite sites on my blog).

The next layout was fun - I love Darters - they are my favourite bird. I used Kaiser papers, Kaiser stamps and some lovely Prima branches for this layout.

Better get some sleep before I turn into a pumpkin!

Night Night xo

A few new layouts

2010-03-02T04:00:00.000-08:00

Straight into it - here we go...
The layout below was made using everything Cosmo Cricket - Lovin the Love Earth range.
The next layout - the lovely Kaiser range of Devonshire. Stay tuned for our fabulous class coming up in April using this kit.

I have also used Prima bling and Felt stems and Cosmo Cricket chipboard. Everything else is Kaiser!

The next layout was made using Bazzil and My Little Shoebox papers; & K & Co chipboard.

The following layout was made using Sassafrass papers, diecuts and flowers; miscellaneous buttons & Basic Grey letters.

The following layout was made using free paper from the Kaiser magazine (loving the freebies!); letters from Basic Grey; embellishments from K & Co, Basic Grey and Creative Imaginations; flowers from Kaiser; and lace from Websters.

Kasier Off the page

2010-02-13T14:58:00.000-08:00

Kasier have got some great products coming out lately. Even their packaging is awesome and reusable for storing flowers; rubons; buttons; brads and bling. Watch out over the next few months for some of the great off the page products that they are releasing. I love Kaiser off the page items because they are often very practical and useful also - not just dust collecting ornaments for around the house. RTlicious are hosting two classes coming up in March and April for two of these practical off the page solution - Kaiser drawers (created by RHonda) and a gorgeous birdhouse key holder (created by Jenyce). Our newsletter will be coming out over the next week with more information.

I personally cant wait for the other times kaiser are releasing in march to spruce up my desk... Watch this space.

I love making personal gifts for my friends birthdays and recently my friend Mel celebrated her 34th birthday (haha - sorry Mel). I made her a notebook so she could use for notes from one of the latest Kaiser Off the Page items - here is my sample. I wanted to make it quite simple so it lasts and being a teacher - she needs it to be practical. Hope you like it Mel!

For the notebook I used Kasier BTP notebook; Prima papers and Prima flowers. Rings by Kaiser. Letters by Basic Grey.

The following layout was using Kaiser papers. I also used the Cricut to cut out my diecut backgrounds. Also used was sewing; Kaiser and Prima flowers; Prima bling; and Websters cameo.

I love this next photo - taken last March on my Nan's birthday. This is my Nan with our two girls and Nan & Pop's great grand daughters. I love the bond my girls have with my grandparents. In this layout I used the Cuttlebug; Webster's papers and stickers; Bazzill cardstock; Kaiser paper; Kaiser and Prima flowers; October afternoon felt; and Prima pearls.

This layout was also used for Sketch 41 from Inspired Blue Prints. For more samples of the sketch see http://inspiredblueprints.ning.com/photo.

The layout below was used for the 6th RTlicious challenge - use a shape as an element on your page. For this page I used my Cricut to create the circles, Kasier papers; Bazzill card; Basic grey letters; K & Co stickers.

The next layout is my sample of Challenge 7 -create a layout using photos with no people. The layout was made using papers from Kaiser; pearls from Prima; diecuts and elements from Kaiser; flowers from Green Tara and chipboard from Twiddleybitz.

Have a lovely Valentine's Day!

T xox

5 More Sleeps

2010-02-01T04:24:00.000-08:00

Only 5 more sleeps until the Annual RTlicious retreat! Cant believe it has come around so fast again. We are all so excited and cant wait - the girls are going to have such an awesome time.

I am now into my fourth day of full time work and first official week. I am rally enjoying getting back into the environmental field and cant wait to get out there. It definitely has been a little more crazy around home though but the girls are adjusting well.

Today was also Seekara's fist day of pre-primary - our big girl! She looked so adorable in her green uniform today and had a really good day at school.

On the scrapping front - here is some of what I have been up to...

Pop Star layout above - I cut out some card stock using the Hannah Montanna cartridge; papers include Bazzil and Making Memories; rubons from miscellaneous (I used heaps of different rubons here).

Hair and Makeup using Websters pages and Basic Grey letters.
Nervous giggles - paper from Basic Grey and American Crafts; Green distressed ink; Kasier & Basic Grey bling; Collections words; German Scrap from Wednesday Wishes; and Letters from Basic Grey.

Shes got that Vibe - Layout using papers from Sassafras Lass and Little Shoebox; Fiskars Apron Lace punch; Kaiser bling; kindy glitz; letters by Basic Grey and Jenni Bowlin.

Enjoy the rest of your week

T xo

Happy Australia Day

2010-01-25T22:44:00.000-08:00

Happy Australia Day everyone!

We have just returned from a very awesome day at the Newman Aquatic Centre. The East Pilbara Shire opened the pool to the public and had tattoos and flags for the kids; a really good local band; a free sausage sizzle for lunch; and the slides out in the pool. I think the Shire did a fantastic job managing the crowd of people and the Australian doo they put on today. The party goes until 5 this afternoon and then commences again with fireworks at 8. I think we are so lucky to have such a great event in such a remote part of the northern west of Australia. Well done Pilbara Shire!

Our local Newman resident that received Australian of the Year was our fantastic Doctor - Doctor Leslie Green. So well deserved. Dr Green has been in Newman for 19 years now, he saids. He goes beyond his work too, sometimes staying back to late hours of the night to ring his patients personally to give them test results - we know this because he has done this for us on numerous occasions and we have only lived here for 3.5 years so I can only imagine what he has done for other patients. He has certainly been a life saver for several of our friends and family members. If only there were more Doctors out there like Doctor Green that dedicated their lives to medicine in remote areas of Australia.

Tomorrow is a changing chapter for our family - but a positive one. I start full time employment again as an Environmental Advisor for BHP. I am really looking forward to full time work again and it has just come at a time when it is perfect for our family as a whole. It has been nearly 4 years since I last worked full time. I am really looking forward to the challenges and rewards that the job will bring. And despite my busy schedule - i am still hoping to maintain our busy family life with sports; committees; business and of course - scrapbooking!

Enough chatter - here are some layouts to share...

The layout below is for a challenge for Inspired Blueprints - Sketch 40.

I used papers from Kaiser Craft; felt from Blue Eye Dezines; rubons from Maya Road; flowers from Kaiser and Green Tara; bling from Prima; & trimmings from German Scrap & miscellaneous.

Another Kaiser layout below. This layout used kaiser papers; letters from Creative Imaginations and Heidi Swapp; silver ink; flowers from Prima & Green Tara; miscellaneous dress pins; pearls from Prima & Kaiser; butterfly embellishment from Prima.

The layout below is of my best bud getting married March last year. For this layout i used Burnt Red glimmer mist and a Basic Grey doilie sheet as a mask; papers from Basic Grey, Sassafras Lass & Cosmo Cricket; stickers from Cosmos Cricket and Basic Grey & Chipboard from Cosmo Cricket.
The following layout is some old photos of the day Seekara was christened in Wanneroo, Perth. For this layout I used papers from My Minds Eye & Hamble Screenprints; chipboard from Collections; Cuttlebug embossing folder; stitching with sewing machine; miscellaneous buttons; bling from Prima and Kaiser; flowers from Prima and Kaiser; brad from Making Memories; glimmer mist; embellishments from Prima; and trimming from Webster's.

The next layout also features on our Rtlicious blog site as Challenge #4. For this layout I kept it very simple to obtain my 30 minute deadline to complete my page using Basic Grey everything (except for the journal tag which was My Little Shoebox)!

Well nap time for the little one is over - better go to attend to her.

Ciao bellas,

Tenaha xox

365 well under way

2010-01-17T15:14:00.000-08:00

Last night we had our first official 365 meeting at RTlicious. It was great to get all inspired by the other ladies and to see everyone rearing to go. Some of the participants are completely new to the 365 whilst others are going for the second time round but taking different approaches to see if they can make it even easier or even more creative than 2009. I am so far really enjoying my 365 and making sure I embrace my word for the year - SAVE! Save the memories and save money by using all my scraps!

After finally getting some sort of of organisation into our house after being away the previous week, I have finally managed to get a few layouts done! YEAY! So here's to sharing...

The recipe stand below is something i did up for a Christmas gift swap for our quilting group. I used a Twiddleybitz stand and decorated it with Basic Grey paper, blue paint and Kaiser pearls - easy peasy.

This layout below is very retro - I used Sassafras & Kaiser papers; miscellaneous buttons; Basic Grey & October Afternoon letters; and die cut flowers from Sassafras.

This next layout is made using prestitched paper from Prima - beautiful papers! I also used flowers from Prima; bling from Prima and Kaiser; German scrap; letters from American Crafts * Basic Grey; journalling block & die cuts from My Little Shoebox.

The following layout is using papers from Sassafras; letters from Basic Grey; embellishments from Sassafras; & the painted background was using Lyra crayons and an aqua pen.

I wanted to embrace the red colours in the next layout so I used papers from Sassafras; stickers from Basic Grey (new Sugar Rush); flowers from KI Memories; letters from Websters and Heidi Swapp; rubons from Urban Lily, Amercian Crafts, Basic Grey, kaiser and Hambly; transparency from hambly; chipboard and diecuts from Sassafras & Basic Grey; and pearls from Kaiser.

The next layout is also displayed on the RTlicious blogspot (www.rtlicious.blogspot.com) as our Week 4 challenge - create a layout inspired by media. See the ewebsite for further details.

I used Basic Grey papers fro this layout as well as rubons from Basic Grey; chipboard from basic Grey; and bling from Kaiser.Tea Party! This layout was made using the exciting and romantic new range from Basic Grey. To create this layout I used papers from Basic Grey & Sassafras; letters from Basic Grey; stickers from Sassafras and Basic Grey; miscellaneous buttons; ribbons from making memories and Websters; rubons and chipboard from Basic Grey (nook and Pantry and sugar rush); and bling from Kaiser.

Yesterday we completed a card class using some of the exquisite stamps and montages from darkroom door. We also used some Glimmer mist and glimmer screens, transparencies, distressed inks and Kaiser bling. Was lots of fun.
Darkroom door stamps and montages are of course available in store and to order from RTlicious. Well best I get stuck into some more housework.

Enjoy your week

Tenaha :)

Hello Again

2010-01-15T00:17:00.000-08:00

Well I am sorry i have been a naughty blogger and been a little absent - my cousin got married last week at Burns Beach followed by the reception at Mindarie Marina, in Perth's northern suburbs. The wedding was lovely, the bride looked gorgeous and it is always good to see all the family. Our girls had such a great time and Seekara just danced everyone off their feet - she sure loves weddings this girl!

Left to right: Zoe, Rhiannon (the bride), me, Wendy and Seekara in the front as the flower girl

My gorgeous girls all dressed up - and Cheekah managed to stay clean most of the night! I Love beach sand!

We then got to see one of my closest friends first newborn - Madeline. She is such a cutie. It was just lucky that she was over from Canberra the same time as we were down for the wedding. We had a lovely evening with their family and our close friends in her parents' beautiful home in Singleton.

Proud mum Robin, Surrogate Aunt Tenaha and little Maddie - what a cutie!

On Monday we also got to see our nephew, Darryl's sister and brother law. We had not seen them for 4 years. It was also the first time they meet our little Cheekah. The kids had an awesome time at the Perth Zoo. Seekara still is fascinated by snakes and had to buy an ugly cobra head with a moving jaw - bless her.

Trans-Tasman cousins - Baxter and our girls

As for some scrapping.....

Please check out the http://www.rtlicious.blogspot.com/ site for our latest challenge. Loads of fun.

Here are a few other layouts I have done recently...

Love these papers from Cosmo Cricket- Love the Earth! Papers from Cosmo Cricket; trim from Websters; Flowers from kaiser; kindyglitz; rubons from Cosmo & Basic Grey; Letters from Basic Grey; journal tag from Making Memories; pearls from Kaiser; & Sticker from Creative Imaginations.

Discovery layout used papers from Sassafras lass; letters from Basic Grey; flowers from Green Tara and Prima; bling from Kaiser; small letters from Carolees Creations; & stickers from Basic Grey and Sassafrass Lass.

Friends layout using papers from Kaiser Craft, Bazzil and Collage Press; stickers from K & Co; transparency from Hambly; flowers from Kaiser and Prima; die cuts from Basic Grey; & bling from Kaiser.

Well lots of scrapping to catch up with.

Have a good weekend

Tenaha ;)

The New 365

2010-01-03T12:33:00.000-08:00

I have made an ode to myself this year for my 365 - not to spend a cent on it. I want to capture the memories but without it costing anything and I want to use all my scraps. I have so much I need to use it and what better way. Plus I am sure I will still a mountain on my normal scrapping!

Our eldest girl Seekara wanted to do a 365 this year so I bought her a little journal and she is going to draw a picture in it each day of what her day was like and then we can write the story together - had to keep it fun and simple for a 5 year old. Her first day was hilarious - she drew her sister with her head stuck in the dollhouse - yes Cheekah did do that. Gave us all a big fright.

Here is a sneak peek at my first entry for the 365 and the cover. I used the 365 book from Kikki-k.

I love the new Nook and Pantry range from Basic Grey. Here's what I have been playing with....

Well I am off tomorrow for a week in Perth. My cousin Rhiannon is getting married and we have a mountain of things to do in Perth so it is going to be a whirlwind of a week. We also get to meet one of my closest friends new baby girl (over from Canberra),catch up with my husbands sister and family over from NZ and catch up with family that have still not seen Cheekah (now 18 months old). SO we will be exhausted when we return but it should be a good week.

Hope your week is awesome!

Tenaha ;)

Happy New Year!

2009-12-31T18:39:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year readers! Cant believe we are at the start of not just another year but another decade!

Here is my last page for 2009 for my 365 and my Home for the Holidays Christmas journal.
Day 31:

Write - New Years Resolutions
Photo - Take a photo of myself
Do - Think and write down resolutions
Make - Make a tropical punch or Pavlova
Remember - Past new Years celebrations

Be sure to check out the RTlicious website later today where I will be posting our first weekly challenge for 2010.

Hope you all have a great first day for 2010 and of the the new decade! May the new decade bring you health, joy and happiness!

Tenaha xo

Days 29 & 30

2009-12-30T14:46:00.000-08:00

The last day of 2009! What can I achieve today that I promised myself to do in 2009? Lose another 10kg in one day - I doubt it! 31st December always makes me think of what we have achieved this year and what resolutions may we have perhaps overlooked? Well that's okay because we can set new resolutions today for 2010.... But i will have to leave these for my 31st Dec posting.

Here is Days 29 & 30...

Day 29:

Write - Favourite accomplishments for the year
Photo - Something related to love
Do - Play a board game with Darryl
Make - Darryl's favourite tea
Remember - this year's achievements

Day 30:

Write - the importance of Christmas cards
Photo - Christmas correspondence
Do - Send out thank you cards
Make - Cheekah's favourite tea
Remember - Traditions relating to Christmas cardsWishing you all a lovely New Years Eve!

Tenaha ;)

Day 28

2009-12-29T17:03:00.000-08:00

Peace and rest at length have come

All the day's long toil is past

And each heart is whispering

"Home, home at last".

- Thomas Hood

Day 28 -

Write - About the significance of home at Christmas
Photograph - A favourite place in the home
Do - Organise for New Years eve
Make - Seekara's favourite tea
Remember - Christmas spent at home in the past

Days 26 & 27

2009-12-27T16:51:00.000-08:00

Day 26:

Write & Photo - What we were up to after Christmas
Do - Play with new toys
Make - Thank you cards
Remember - Any decoration take down traditionDay 27:
Write - The best gift received - Seekara won a colouring in competition which she was very excited about
Photo - The gift
Do - Get batteries for new toys if needed
Make - Get the girls to draw in the Thank you cards
Remember - Some memorable gifts

I decide to just add my own slant on the Day 26 & 27 postings saying more what happened on these days.

Now to enjoy Day 28!

Tenaha ;)

Days 24 & 25

2009-12-26T17:57:00.000-08:00

Uh-oh I have fallen behind again. but hey - its Christmas! I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and Boxing Day.

Here is Day 24:

Write - Write about Christmas eve traditions
Photo - Something that means warmth
Do - Go to Xmas mass (we did this Christmas Day instead)
Make - Make a plate for Santa
Remember - Christmas eve excitement

Day 25:

Write - Describe Christmas Day
Photo - Christmas Day moments
Do - Have a relaxing day
Make - A relaxing Christmas moment
Remember - Special Christmas day rituals

Here are a few other layouts to share:

The layout above was made using Sassafras lass papers and ABCs and Kaiser bling - nice and easy!

The layout below was made using stickers, pops, lace paper and papers from Basic Grey's Nook & Pantry Range - very cute range!I really enjoyed making the layout below of our little Miss Mischief. I used papers from Bazzil; Kaiser and Basic Grey; Trim from Websters; stickers from KI Memories & Basic Grey; letters from Basic Grey; flowers from Prima; bling from kaiser and rubons from Kaiser. I also coloured in the ABC letters with textas to match more page better.

Anyway -I better go and get stuck into the Day 26 posting. Enjoy your lazy Sunday!

Tenaha ;)

Day 23

2009-12-23T14:52:00.000-08:00

Wow - It's Christmas Eve already! Merry Christmas everyone. The kids are so excited - especially Seekara who is seeing elves driving cars (seriously cute) and singing made up Christmas carols around the house. I must admit - i love Christmas too so i cant wait until tomorrow morning. We are planning to get up at the crack of dawn (because that's when the kids will wake up!); unwrap presents; have a quick breakfast; head off to morning mass; come back and rest ready for lunch down at Mia Mia restaurant; eat, drink and be merry; rest, swim and more resting - ahhhhh! Cant wait. What will you be doing?

I got home yesterday afternoon to find a gorgeous little parcel of home made goodies from my friend Renee (Rhonda's eldest girl). Renee loves the Christmas and has such a lovely giving spirit. It was such a nice surprise and there is nothing like home made Christmas goodness - needless to say they are already consumed! Thanks Renee xo
And we were totally spoilt yesterday because we received another home made surprise - my Aunt's Christmas card. I was so excited about getting one of these. Aunt Deb is fabulous at making cards and is a design team member for magnolia Down Under - I love this cute card! Check out her blog at Inky Fingers - see my links at side of blog.

For Day 23:

Write - Do you hang stockings? Do the stockings have special meaning?
Photo - Stockings
Do - Look at lights in town
Make - Christmas Brownies
Remember - Traditions relating to stockings and what normally goes in them

Okay - now I need to go out and do my last minute food shopping before a phone interview at half ten and work this afternoon at RTlicious. Crazy day but should be lots of fun.

I hope your Christmas Eves are wonderful!

Tenaha xo

Day 20 & 21

2009-12-22T16:47:00.000-08:00

Yeay I have caught up again!

Day 21:

Write - Significance of light in the holidays
Photo - Holiday Lights
Do - Sit out the front and chill
Make - Paint and decorate paper mache
Remember - Traditions relating to light

Day 22:

Day 22 was talking about holiday rituals - I think it has become a kind of ritual to cyclone track up here in the north of West Australia before and after Christmas!
Write - About the ritual
Photo - The ritual
Do - Read a story to the girls on the front lawn
Make - Jelly bean trees
Remember - Recollections of rituals as a child

Well best get on with Day 23!

2 more sleeps!

TFL Tenaha xo

Day 19 & 20

2009-12-21T23:20:00.000-08:00

Day 19:

Write - Something that reminds you of summer
Photo - Take a photo of summer
Do - Take the kids for a swim
Make - Something from Seekara's cookbook
Remember - Summer and the lead up to Christmas as a child

The actual holidays in hand asks about something you have inherited at Christmas but I don't have anything - plus I think talking about the heat and hot it is reminds me of the lead up to Christmas in Australia anyway.

Day 20:

Write - Write something you feel blessed for
Photo - Take a photo of smiles, hugs or laughter
Do - Take the kids to the park
Make - Shell of paper mache
Remember - How the holidays have changed since before you had childrenLook what came in the mail yesterday..... my Websters paper range of choice and some gorgeous cameos for my participation n the 12 days of Christmas crop that Websters held. I never win anything so I was exited to win this pack - plus I really wanted those cameos. Now just to get a bit more time to play.

Enjoy the rest of your day

Tenaha :)

Day 18

2009-12-20T16:05:00.000-08:00

Well it has been a busy weekend - the weekend before Christmas. We had a few workshops over the weekend and the classes were a lot of fun. But I didn't get a lot of time to play myself so I didn't get to update my Holidays in Hand Album.

I guess the spare time I did have i was uploading my Gypsy - I love it. Cant wait to play. I got a pink one - so me. Will have to finish uploading today so I can start playing and sharing.

Onto holidays in hand...

Day 18:

Write - About good will or giving and its significance at Christmas
Photo - something relating to good will or giving
Do - Teach the girls a Christmas song
Make - Traditional Rocky Road
Remember - A time when you felt the spirit of Christmas

I will try and catch up on Day 19 & 20 today.

Here are some other layouts I have been doing lately.

This layout was made using paper and chipboard from Cosmo Cricket; flowers from Green Tara & ribbon from Beary Patch. Letters were from Basic Grey.

The layout above is made using Basic Grey Eskimo Range - papers; chipboard; felties & rubons. The flowers are from Green Tara.

The layout below was made using Sassfrass lass papers; Sassafrass lass chipboard; Autumn Leaves rubons; Kaiser rubons; & K & Co stickers.This layout below was made from Little Yellow Bicycle paper and kaiser rubons.

Well better go and clean - Enjoy your Monday

Tenaha ;)

Day 17

2009-12-18T18:00:00.000-08:00

Day 17 -

Write - Traditions relating to Santa
Photo - Santa
Do - Send letter to Santa
Make - Egg Christmas tree
Remember - Recall traditions for Santa

Last night we did a workshop based on Colelctions large tags. I had the got idea from Julie van Oosten (owner/designer - Colelctions) and wanted to make my own version using Collections papers, chipboard, calendar, tags and A Child's First Year Cricut catridge. I used the Ciruct to cvut out solhoutwters that suited each month. Here is sneak peak at the project. I really enjoyed making it and I get to enjoy the calndr now all next year in 2010. I hope the giorls liked making theirs too.

Day 16

2009-12-16T21:11:00.000-08:00

Day 16:

Write - What are you most excited about?
Photo - A close up of gifts (I put my mango!)
Do - A Christmas connect the dots with my girls
Make - Gumdrop pops
Remember - Any gift wrapping traditions? (I just left this as I did my story about the mango tree - something that will reoccur every year now we live at this house! What a great Christmas gift from nature - yum!!!!)

Day 15 Posting

2009-12-15T17:28:00.000-08:00

Hello

I hope everyone is getting all their last minute Christmas shopping done - without going too insane. It kind of takes away from that Christmas spirit really. We have such a crazy few weeks here with meetings and dinners and Christmas parties that I cant wait for Christmas Day to come around so we can sit back as a family and exhale! To top it off we have had sick children - one gets better and the other gets sick which means not a lot gets done except cuddles to comfort their woes. I am sure all parents can relate.

Anyways - on with the day...

Day 15:

Write - About hope as it relates to Christmas

Photo - Something that represents what you hope for

Do - Wrap all presents ready to send away

Make - Christmas wreath continued

Remember - Has your ideas of what you hope for at Christmas changed since you became an adult?

Just wanted to share these little notebooks I made yesterday for Seekara's teacher and her two assistants. i used Sassafras Lass papers and Collections chipboard to make some bright colourful little notebooks. These were inspired by one of our customers at RTlicious - Glenys Price. Glenys makes beautiful presents for people by using Collections and covering notebooks. I think its really personal and makes a really nice gift. Thanks for the inspiration Glenys.

Day 14 Posting

2009-12-14T20:48:00.000-08:00

Day 14:

Write - Who do you normally spend Christmas with

Photo - the smile of a loved one

Do - colour in a Christmas page with the kids

Make - start making the Collections Christmas wreath you have always wanted to do

Remember - Recall the usual Christmas crowd

Days 11 - 13 & RTlicious Blogsite

2009-12-13T21:26:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone

RTlicious are starting the new year with a new blog site to keep everyone up to date with everything RTlicious. TO check out the blog look up http://www.rtlicious.blogspot.com/ You can also subscribe so you get up to date information sent to your email so you know news before anyone else.

I have been a bit busy over the weekend so did not really get time to get stuck into my Holidays in Hand. Here is what I have done for for Days 11 - 13.

Day 11:

Write - I wrote about the Christmas parties this year
Photograph holiday clothing - i did the girls in their party dresses fro the daycare Christmas party
Do - organise a charity to donate to at Christmas time
Make - shortbread
Remember - A holiday party from the past

Day 12:

Write - I wrote about another Christmas party that happened on the 12th
Photo - i took a photo of some friends and I at the event
Do - Have a chocolate fondue night
Make - left blank but I ended up making gingerbread men for the Thermo mix Christmas party
Remember - Family must watch shows
Day 13:
Write - About the Christmas tree and the importance of it
Photo - My tree
Do - Checklist and organise last minute gifts
Make - A Christmas tree centre piece with Seekara
Remember - Traditions or rituals with the Christmas tree

We were write busy at RTlicious on the weekend too. We had two classes over the weekend including a K & Co layout and an inchies stand we made.

The layout below was based on Rhonda's lovely pink version of the K & Co range. I made a blue version using a photo of my boy Kya sitting on his ice block - we put a block of ice out in the summer and continually wet the papers down to keep him cool in the summer.

The Inchies stand below was lots of fun! This was based on something that Rhonda created also. Check out the different versions our class participants made on our blog site. We used bits of Collections chipboard, Accent Essential (Cricet), book paper, cardboard, gauze, calico and three papers from My Minds Eye and Jenni Bowlin. We also used a tiny bit of German Scrap and Blue Eye Dezines felt, gold ink, texture paste and a Collections image butterfly. Lots of fun.Below is a layout I made a while ago using the Kaiser range that i wanted to share with you. I wanted to keep it fairly simple because I did not want to distract from these gorgeous photos Tracy Monaghan took. I have now framed one of the layouts in my lounge room - I plan on doing lots of frames like this now.

To create this layout I used Websters lace; Kaiser papers; Kaiser pearls and odd buttons and brads.

Well I think i have an engagement on again each night this week so i better go and get this house organised!

Only 11 more sleeps til Santa comes!

TFL

Tenaha ;)

Day Nine & Ten

2009-12-10T16:30:00.000-08:00

Day Nine Posting was supposed to include you favourite book but I really wanted to include this photo of the girls at the BHP Christmas party from last week - so cute. Cheekah did not start to cry until after I took the photo so perfect timing! BHP put the best Christmas parties on in the whole wide world!

Day 10 posting:

Write - About your favourite holiday sights - I wrote about the South Newman Primary School Christmas concert last night!
Photograph - Something that delights your eyes!
Do - Play Christmas Carols for the kids
Make - Fudge!
Remember - Christmas sights from childhood. Do you try to recreate these now?

You can click on the images to enlarge them and read what I have written if you like.

Have a very merry 11th day of December!

Day Eight

2009-12-08T14:40:00.001-08:00

Day Eight Posting:

Write - About the significance of one of your decorations
Photograph - A Christmas decoration you have inherited
Do - Sing a Christmas song before bed
Make - 10 gift tags
Remember - Places you remember feeling warm, welcome and loved at Christmas?

Seekara and Cheekah have been doing swimming lessons over the past two weeks. Here is Seekara during her Stage 1 class yesterday - well done girl!

Day Seven

2009-12-07T22:14:00.000-08:00

Day Seven Posting:
Write - Describe your favourite Christmas food
Photograph - An item of food that reminds you of Christmas
Do - Play a board game with Seekara

Make - Decorate that chipboard reindeer I have had in the cupboard now for several years!
Remember - Christmas food present in childhood memories. Why is food so important in our memories at Christmas time?

Day Six

2009-12-06T16:26:00.001-08:00

Day Six Posting:

Write - About a Christmas symbol that has meaning to you
Photograph - Take a closeup shot of that Christmas symbol
Do - Go to Carols by candlelight
Make - 10 gift tags
Remember - Traditions with placing meaningful decorations in your home

And here are some previous layouts to share:
Something different for me - a boy layout. Photo taken by Tracy Monaghan last year's Boxing Day of my two bothers and Dad. They wanted to pose with a serious face - dags! I used:

Papers - Basic Grey, Collections & 7 Gypsies
Rubons - Kaiser
Chipboard - Basic Grey
Prima - bling
Flowers - Kaiser

The photo below was taken the same day of my parents with our two girls. Used in this layout:

Papers - Making Memories
Letters - Heidi Swapp and Basic Grey
Ribbon and trims - Making Memories, Beary Patch & Websters
Flowers - Kaiser
Chipboard - Creative Imaginations

I had to share this one - the layout below was completed by my 5 year old daughter. She very much has a mind of her own and does not like me to help - she is very independent and likes doing it all by herself! I love her page - I think she did pretty well for her age and I was really proud of me when she showed me. She has used papers from My Minds Eye, letters from October Afternoon, Ribbons from Autumn Leaves, felt from Fancy pants and Rubons from My Minds Eye.

the next layout to share was taken last year at our youngest girl's christening. I wanted to fit a few pages on the on to tell the story visually as well as verbally.

Papers - Basic Grey
Flowers - kaiser and Green Tara
Bling - Kaiser
Letters - Basic Grey and Carolees Creations
Candle diecut - Prima

Day Five

2009-12-05T15:28:00.000-08:00

Day Five posting:
Write - Write about a Christmas song that has meaning to you

Photograph - Something that reminds you of that song
Do - Watch a Christmas movie with the kids
Make - Homemade Jam
Remember - An instance where you listened to a holiday song.

Day Four

2009-12-04T14:40:00.000-08:00

Day four posting:

Write - Talk about a piece of sentimental holiday decor
Photograph - Favourite piece of holiday decor
Do - Write in and send Christmas Cards
Make - craft item with Seekara
Remember - Decorating traditions that were handed down to you

Thanks for looking

Tenaha

Day Three

2009-12-03T15:35:00.000-08:00

Yeay! I am up to date.

Here are my Day Three postings:

Write - What does the word JOY mean to you
Photograph - A photo of JOY
Do - Print a photo of the girls to include in the cards
Make - Paper chains
Remember - A holiday joy, where and who was there?

Day Two

2009-12-03T13:46:00.000-08:00

Here is my Day Two posting.....

Write - Read the article "Welcome Home" and write your thoughts
Photograph - Something warm
Do - Write a letter to include in cards
Make - Fruit cake
Remember - A specific recipe I made with a family member.

For photograph I decided to think of something that warms my heart and I thought of the joy my daughter gets from Christmas. Every morning she wakes up we go to the advent calendar so she knows how many sleeps to Christmas (and to get her choccie). She loves Christmas time and everything is so exciting for her. That warms my heart.
Here is my Day Two page:

Now I had better get a move on and do the next two days...

Have a good day
TFL

Tenaha xox

Holidays In Hand - Day 1

2009-12-01T15:20:00.000-08:00

Well I have started the Holidays in Hand Album - although I failed to put up my Christams tree and make the gingerbread men I wanted to make! Maybe today.

Here are some photos of my Album so far. Each day we are asked to follow the prompts for Write, Remember, Photograph and follow our own prompts for making something and doing something.

Here is Day 1's tasks:

Write - Family Holiday Values
Photograph - family shot
Do - Put up the tree
Make - Gingerbread Men
Remember - Earliest Holiday memory

Here is my page.

Day 2 involves looking at an article and writing our thoughts on it. It is acutally a really good article that I thought I would share the link. It really makles you think about what is improtant at Christmas. http://christmas.organizedhome.com/reality-check/welcome-home-holidays

I hope it helps you to think about what is importnat to you at Christmas time.

Have a happy second day of December

Tenaha

First Day of Holidays in Hand!

2009-11-30T14:52:00.000-08:00

Oh my goodness - I cant believe it is the first day of Summer. Its time to get ready for Christmas. It is a it of a tradition in our house that the 1st day of December we start decorating. coking and doing everything Christmas. To capture all the merriness, this year I am participating in an online class by Jessica Sprague - Holidays in Hand. The question is how to do it whilst still doing my 365. So i have decided that really i am taking a photo each day when i do my 365 anyway. SO I will just have the continuation of my 365 in my Holidays album.

I am really looking forward to getting stuck into it today. I have been preparing my album and have decided to go digital so i can add all my photos and writing on the computer, type it out,, add any extras if I want and then put it in a 8 inch album. I am going to try and post them daily so sorry for the Wilson overload! Looking forward to the very big challenge ahead of daily blog posts.

Here are some samples of my Cover and 1st page before I have done anything to it - just to give you an idea of what it will look like.

Over the past few weeks i have been participating in the Websters challenges - 12 Days of Christmas. It was so much fun and I met some really lovely ladies. I was even lucky enough to win one of the challenges which I was very wrapped about. I won it for my three with one layouts (see last post). I won my favourite line of papers from Websters (Nature's Wing) and a surprise embellishment. I have never won anything online like this before so I was ecstatic! Will let you know when i get my surprise package!

Here are some more of the items I made with the challenge -

I have also been playing with some of the newer papers we have in at RTlicious -

Little Yellow Bicycle

Another new kit available online or in RTlicious with papers below:

Sassafras of course - watch out for the new lines coming out soon - LOVE LOVE LOVE them!

Anyway must get on with my day - time to put up the Christmas tree today! YEAY!

TTFN!

Tenaha xo

I love Websters!

2009-11-23T01:37:00.000-08:00

Okay - I have gone from Mrs "Hmmm I am not so sure if I like them" to "I Absolutely love them" and want to use Websters papers again and again. I have been continuing the 12 Days of Christmas Crop and been having so much fun!

Here is what I have done over the past week:

Here I created a mini album for my brother and his sister and law as a memoir of their wedding last year. I have used a CD on the cover and transparencies and laced paper as the pages inside. TO view the entire album check out my gallery on http://websterspages.ning.com/profile/TenahaWilson

The picture below is of a wall hanging made as another Websters challenge. I made a Christmas wreath and a birdie as my cardboard shape which I cut out free hand.
The next three layouts was for a challenge using the same paper and seeing different ways you can use it. I chose to do three layouts and used two pieces of the same paper to create these three layouts:

I am also participating in Jessica Sprague's Holidays in Hand. Basically it is to make sure you get the most out of the month and December and capture it much like i have been doing with the 365 Challenge. Come December I will be doing my utmost to post my pages daily - yeah right! I will see how it goes...... Maybe I can get up at 4am each morning to do that one!!!

Hope you are all having fun getting ready for the festive month.
TFL
Tenaha
xo

12 Days of Christmas Crop - Websters Papers

2009-11-15T18:57:00.000-08:00

Hi Peoples

I have been taking part in the Websters 12 Days of Christmas Crop - and it is so much fun. They basically show you an idea a day and inspire you to create something yourself using the latest Websters papers. I have really enjoyed the challenges and the projects are super inspiring. There are also live chats daily for participants which has been awesome. I have met some really talented and lovely ladies on line and their work is just divine. You can check out some of the work we have all been creating yourself at http://websterspages.ning.com/photo but be warned - it is catchy and I have no doubt you will all want to start creating yourself. Make you sure you pop into RTlicious for your Websters supplies!

Here are some things I have been creating this week - as part of the Webster's Christmas Crop.

A shadow box for Christmas - I love making something special each Christmas. I used Websters papers, Kaiser rubons, tissue paper, Glimmer mist, Prima gold branches and leaves and a Collections tree.This was a layout I made inspired by a photo frame. I used Websters papers; Prima bling, leaves and flowers; K & Co rubons; corrugated cardboard; inks; Websters trimmings; Green Tara flowers; and Kaiser pearl strips.

This was a card set I made for a circular tin. I made 4 matching cards which I will give away as a present. This was really fun.

If you feel like making a gorgeous Christmas heirloom, we have just had a class at RTlicious for making an advent calendar. It was a lot of fun. Here is my sample -

There are still some calendars left at RTlicious if you would like one. I have used a variety of new Kaiser Christmas papers and bling to create this calendar and also used a variety of brown, copper and gold paints and inks to finish off the wood and letters. I also used glimmer mists on the wooden shapes.

I have also been working on some new kits for RTlicious. These are fantastic value at $15 each and a great way to get pages done super quickly. Here are some of the layouts I have made with the kits. Be sure to check these out at http://www.rtlicious.com.au/.

TFL
Tenaha ;)

Newman Chamber Commerce Small Business Awards - 2009

2009-11-11T04:31:00.000-08:00

This last week I have not been pumping out as many as I have been quite busy. This time of year is always crazy - as I am sure it is for many of you with end of year windups all starting to happen - at once!

On Saturday night, Rhonda and I (RTlicious) attended the Newman Chamber Commerce Small Business Awards. It was a successful night for the Chamber at large and was a fantastic and fun event. I really urge all Newman businesses to get behind their chamber and support it.

Rhonda and I were honoured to present the Small Business Award for the Home Based Business to the successful winners in 2009 to Pilbara Entertainment. They do a fantastic job and it was thoroughly deserved. Well done also to all of the Small Business & other Chamber divisions award winners and nominees for 2009. RTlicious was very grateful for our nomination this year in the Home Based . Pictured below - R & I receiving our nomination certificate - what wallies we are!

Okay okay - enough babble I hear you say...

So what is happening at RTlicious this week - please come in and check out our HUGE sale. We have 50% of a large range of. It is only from Wed - Fri and any discounts will be honoured through processing of orders through the internet also. The table is jam packed with stuff we want to clear so make sure you pop in!

We are also in the process of making some wonderful new kits up because we know you LOVE kits! So watch out on the web for those.

Also - we have lost a design team member this week in Tracy Monaghan as she returns to her homeland of NZ:(((((( We wish Tracy all the very best for her and her family and we promise to still stay in touch and keep a close eye on your blog spot. We love your work GIRL! We have now gained a design team member also in Renae Smith. Renae is an awesome scrapbooker and we love the fact that she has so many BOY pages for something a little different (contrasting to my many GIRL pages). Check out Renae's wonderful work on her blog site (http://renaesmiths.blogspot.com).

We have also got some gorgeous papers and embellishments in from Little Yellow Bicycle's Zinnia range. These are divine. See below for a few samples.

This layout was made using the Little Yellow Bicycle Zinnia range of laced card stock; bling; clear embellishments and stickers. I also used Kaiser and Jenni Bowlin papers and a Fiskars border punch. The photo was taken last Sept of my best bud Mel and her man Brian,with Seekara, in Karratha.

The layout below was made using papers from Little Yellow Bicycle & Webster's; chipboard from Twiddleybitz; flowers from Kaiser; bling from LYB; clear and sticker embellishments from LYB & Webster's; buttons from Webster's; and the clear quote from DCWV. Trimming was from Making Memories also. The photo in this layout was taken Dec 2008 and unfortunately was the best photo I could get of Cheekah in her Christening dress. It was a 40 plus day and she just wanted that big dress off!!!!

Again I have gone Sassafrass mad. I love love love this range and how it suits just about anything fun!

The layout below was made using papers from Sassafras and Little Yellow Bicycle; rubons from Basic Grey; felt from Blue Eye Dezines; brads from Creative imaginations; felt creature and premade flowers from Sassafras; bling from Kaiser; journal tag from Making Memories; & small letters from Carolee's Creations. Photo taken of Cheekah in Dec 2008.

The next layout is made using papers from Sassafras & Bazzil; chipboard from Sassafras;

flowers from Sassafras and Kaiser; and bling from kaiser. The photo was taken of Cheekah in Jan 2009. Time to get some of those layouts ready for the new kits this week.

Ta Ta For Now!

Tenaha

New Jenni Bowlin & Heidi Swapp

2009-11-03T04:25:00.000-08:00

I am a bit of a Jenni Bowlin fan. I love how her products always have gorgeous colours which can always be used with that vintage type look or alternatively a nice fresh bright look. This week RTlicious have some gorgeous new papers from JBowlin including her cute little journalling cards and vintage image buttons - so so cute!

Below is a photo taken by the very talented Tracy M - or as I like to call her T2. The photo was taken last year on Boxing Day with my two younger brothers. I love this photo. I have used Jenni Bowlin papers; Basic Grey chipboard sticjkers; Websters lace; Kaiser flowers; Prima flowers; Creative Imaginations brad; Jenni Bowlin journal tag and letters were done on the Cricut using Home Accents.The layout below was taken at last years BHP Christmas party of my eldest girl Seekara and our youngest niece Brooke. I used Jenni Bowlin paper; a doilie i got from a garage sale; Sassafrass felt stickers; Basic Grey stickers and chipboard; & Basic Grey Letter stickers. I also used Jenni Bowlin & K & Co journaling cards.

The layout below is of our eldest girl Seekara and her gorgeous little friend Brooke - or little Brooke as we like to call her. (seeing we have older cousin - Big Brooke!) I have used JBowlin & Scenic Route papers on this layout with Tattered Angels Glimmer chips; inks; Jenni B journalling tag; Green Tara flowers; Creative Imaginations brad; Websters trimming; & Basic Grey and October afternoon rubon letters.
The layout below, was made using mostly Prima - love the Prima papers. These papers are presticthed - how awesome is that! I have used Prima & Basic Grey papers; OPrima pearls; Prima flowers; Websters stickers and Basic Grey chipboard letter stickers on this layout.

The photo below was taken Christmas day last year. Seekara had been given a princess costume by her Nan & Pop and she loved it! I love all the accessories it came with. She wore it Halloween this year also. The papers on this page are Basic Grey (Eskimo Kisses) & Heidi Swapp. The circle embellishment is actually a paper from Heidi Swapp in the Invisible range. These papers are so clever. They have a wax embellishment over them so if you ink, paint or colour them in anyway the background is stained but the wax isn't - leaving a gorgeous effect. I used Tim Holtz Distressed Ink - in Worn Lipstick to bring out the embellishment on this paper. I have also used Kaiser bling; Prima butterfly embellishment; Heidi Swapp rubon; Making Memories & October Afternoon felt flowers; Green Tara Flower; & the lettering was done on the Cricut using the wonderful Hannah Montana cartridge covered in some kindy glitz.

Well done to anyone that picked up on the Melbourne Cup. Cant say I did! Damn you Master O'Reilly - that is your second 4th place in the cup - and both times I backed him! Oh well - lucky i had some lovely friends over to watch the race and the kids were all so giggly and entertaining. Hope the rest of your week is cheerful!

Stay cool

Tenaha ;)

We will Remember

2009-10-25T03:00:00.000-07:00

In 2001, 4 police officers died when their plane crashed just moments from the Newman airstrip. It shook the town and certianly the police offciers' families and colleagues. It was the biggest tragedy in WA Police history.

Each year now, Newman gets together to welcome back the families of the officers and raise funds for Police Legacy and those families that have lost a loved one in the line of duty. The morning starts with a ceremony to honour the police officers. The ceremony was certainly moving and makes you think about the tragic loss of life and the spirit of these officers. 8 years on and the loss of these officers still hits hard to the families and the Newman community. The location of the tragedy depicts just how tragic the accident was - so so close to making it home. It seems totally unfair.

This is the first year I have been invovled in the "Bloody Slow" Cup - the rugby game established with the Aussies v. Kiwis to raise funds for Police Legacy. 2009 is the inaugral year of the Juniors and Seniors Netball games. As players we have been invlolved with members helping organisation of the events and particaption such as radio shows, raffle ticket sales, and helping with the cleanup for the site ceremony. I was fortunate enough and certainly proud to be part of the Australian Netball Senior team. What a game it was. I honestly did not expect the support we recieved. The Newman Rec Centre was filled with a sea of Black and White to the left and Green and Gold top the right of the stadium ,and they all cheered so hard I could hardly hear the umpires.

The Juniors got the ball running with a fantastic win over the Junior Kiwis. They played awesome and certianly gave us inpsiration to get out there abnd give the same commitment to winning the game.

Geoff Stweart, our head police officer in town, had given all the senior rugby and netball palyres a speech on Thursday night which really hit home to us all - to make sure we all give the same type of spirit and commitment to the game as these police officers did in their job. I definitely think it inspired us all.

In the Seniors netball game, we trailed three quarter time, and at one stage were 4 points down in the final quarter. We lifted though, and ended up drawing the game with the New Zealand team. A fitting start, I say, with a draw to start the inaugral season. This will hopefully mean even more supporters in 2010 and hence more money raised towards police legacy.

We were very fortunate to have in our team a family member affected by the tragedy in 2001 - Debbie Ruland. We also had an ex-Newman police officer come ckto town to play in our team so it meant a lot to us to have these girls on board and kept us focussed on what the game was all about. It wasnt about an Australian v New Zealand game - it was about putting everything into the game that you could to show that level of commitment those officers did. To show true spirit and make spectators want to come back for more next year. I think both sides showed that on the day.

Later that evening there were other matches such as the Mixed & Womens Touch games and the junior rugby team v. Bayswater. This was followed by the all awaited seniors game. The Kiwis had dominated the game for several years but it was to be Australia's Day with the Seniors bringing it home for the Aussies in the final part of the game. The evening then proceeded int celebrations with music from the police Commissioner's band - The Filth - it was a fantastic evening and I am sure all the events raised lots of funds for Police Legacy and helped the families of the tragedy remember that they will always have the support of the Newman community. Well done to everyone invloved in the weekend.

On the scarpbooking front now...

The layout below was made from papers from Websters; & kaiser pearls, flowers and rubons. SO easy and simple to do!
The next layout was also made from Websters pages and also utilising brads from Kaiser; flowers from prima and Kaiser; bling from kaiser; Trimming from Websters and rubons from Kaiser.

Yes I am getting into the spirit of Christmas very early - I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!! I wanted to get started on some personally made ornaments so I made this matchbox from Tags and Boxes on the Criuct and used papers to decorate it from Basic Grey. I also used an image from Collections that I modified to stage my daughters. Other elements include chipboard, papers and embelishments from Basic Grey.

The layout above was made using papers from Basic Gery Porcelain; stickers from Websters; German Scrap; letters from Jenni Bowlin and Basic Grey; and rubons from My Minds Eye.

Today I am feeling extremely exhausted from the huge week and looking forward to the new week appraoching - hopefully this will be a quiet week!

Hope you all have an easy week yoursleves!

TFL

Tenaha

More Websters

2009-10-19T01:23:00.000-07:00

I have been slowly getting through my Dec '08 stash of photos. I am now ten months behind but it actually does not worry me. I hear a lot of people saying how they like to be to date but for me I prefer to dawdle through and just enjoy the process. I keep a diary too and also take a daily photo as part of my 365 Album so keeping records of what happens daily is already done and therefore it doesn't matter if I don't scrap them until ten months down the track. Plus I love having the freedom of having more photos to chose from when that PERFECT NEW PAPER is released. Everyone has their own method - its just finding what works for you. There is no right or wrong - the only rule is to enjoy the process!

Recently i had gone a little crazy with the new Websters papers and have several other papers sitting there waiting to be used. I hate not using them so I sat there the other week and matched all my photos for Dec 08 to my new papers so I make sure I end up using them.

Here is what I have been doping this last week....
The above layout was made using Websters papers; Collections chipboard frame; Basic Grey letters; doilies; Making memories charm; wool; & Kaiser Craft brads and flowers.

The layout below was made using papers from K & Co, Little Yellow Bicycle & Websters; letters from Jenni Bowlin & Basic Grey; Flowers from Prima; bling & small flowers from kaiser; & rubons from Basic Grey.

I love the photo below of Cheekah. Renee Smithers had bought this hat for Cheekah and I thought she looked so adorable in it. I have made this layout using papers from Websters; German Scrap; Distressed Ink; Prima Flowers; Kaiser rubons; Kaiser bling strips; Basic Grey letters & Kaiser brads. Trimmings from Making Memories.

For something a little different - I love this pic of Cheekah last year. So peaceful and quiet asleep on the beach near Pint Sampson last year. Point Sampson is a little piece of paradise up ion the north west coast of WA, east of Karratha. We spent a weekend there last year and had an awesome time.

I used predominately kaiser papers in this page with the Bushka range - so beautiful and bright! I also used the felt bird from Jenni Bowlin; Kaiser flowers; Kaiser rubons; Scenic Route & Cosmos Cricket paper; Basic Grey sticker & letters from American Crafts.

Make sure you check out the Rtlicious website. We have some lovely new Kaiser and Basic Grey Christmas papers which are all double sided and perfect for even non_Xmas pages.

TFL

Tenaha

Versatile Webster's Papers

2009-10-09T22:50:00.000-07:00

I have had so much fun playing with the new stuff we have had come in over the past few weeks at Rtlicious. Websters, Prima and Basic Grey's new Christmas Range are so beautiful.

We have had a lot of people come in and say - Wow those Webster's papers are nice whilst others have said its just not them - well have you checked out the reverse side of these papers then? They are usually more patterned and therefore can appeal to a whole different audience.

Now, I am not really a shabby chic type of girl. Its not that I don't like Websters papers - because they are so very beautiful, but I find that the floral side of the papers is just not me. Whilst most people tend to go for the beautiful floral side of the papers, I love the patterns usually found on the reverse side of Websters papers. So that way, I guess you can say that Websters really does accommodate to a wide range of scrappers and paper crafters.

If you want some inspiration for the normal side of the papers with the beautiful floral prints - definitely check out Rhonda's and Tracy's gorgeous work on their blogs (see links on bottom menu). But if patterns are more your alley then I guess that is more me - also check out some of the work by Adele (RTlicious Design Team Member) in at RTlicious.

Below is a layout I did of little Chekkahboo on her Christening Day last year. I used papers by Websters; K & Co, My Mind's Eye & Jenni Bowlin; Embellishments by Prima (flowers), Tattered Angels (large butterfly chip), Making Memories (buttons and journal card) & Kaiser (pearls); and letters by Collections. I also used Silver Glimmer Mist.

The next three layouts are made using part of October's new Monthly Challenge Kit - Jungle Bungle. This challenge kit is made up of delightfully bright colours from Sassafrass. And don't be fooled by the papers - these are just not of kids layouts. These would be great for funny adults and teens pages and even your nature and pet photos. You don't have to have children photos to use this range.

The page below was made using papers from Bazzil & Sassafras; embellishments by Sassafrass (chipboard and journal tags); letters from Basic Grey & Jenni Bowlin; Bling by kaiser; buttons from making Memories; & I cut out the sun and sprocket like shapes using Accent Essentials on the Cricut.

The layout below was made using papers from Sassafrass & Bazzil; flowers, chipboard, stickers and journal tags from Sassafras; and trimming from Websters.

The "Wild Child" layout is made from papers from Bazzil & Sassafrass; flowers and chipboard shapes from Sassafras; & the letters from Carolee's Creations and using the packaging from the Sassafrass flower embellishments on the Cricut (Hannah Montanna).

Making Christmas Treats was made using the New Basic Grey range in RTlicious now. This range is so cute - Eskimo Kisses. I have also used papers & stickers from Cosmo Cricket; chipboard from Basic Grey; alphabet letters from Carollee's Creations and BASIC Grey; and stickers from Sassafras. loving the gorgeous natural smooth bazzil in my layouts lately. Very nice - see it is at RTlicious.

Must go to RTlicious for our afternoon beginners class now.

If you have any questions or any feedback please leave a comment - would love to know what you think.

Enjoy your weekend!

Tenaha

I'm back.....

2009-10-05T01:16:00.000-07:00

I have not blogged for a few weeks as I have been away from my beloved computer and went to Perth with the family. It was very nice to catch up with my Perth based family and I had some fantastic retail therapy and cant wait to just have an excuse to wear my new clothes and shoes anywhere I can in Newman - can someone please have a cocktail PARTY!

I had big withdrawals from scrapping though. I took quite a few layouts to do but we were so exhausted each night all I could do was sleep each night. We were all sick the entire time in Perth but we still managed to get all our "Perth List" done and spend some time with our family so that was a positive. My grandparents also got to spend some time with the girls - they are totally smitten over both of them. And it was great to catch up with my little bro and sis n law to see their new house being built (very exciting) and we all went to the show together also. My fave part was the wood chopping competition. I never had seen anything like this before and thought it was awesome the way these guys chop wood! Seekara and I also got to go and do some bridesmaids duties with my cousin Rhiannon which was lots of fun. We managed to get a dress for both of the girls - cant wait to see them so dressed up in Jan. Cant believe my little cuz is getting married in three months time! Where did the time go. Anyways - enough of the babbling... here are some of my recent projects..

I completed this little menu planner as part of an online class i did with Sisters in Style. I just added my own bright colours to it and it a bit more user friendly as something i would use. I have made it into a recipe folder in which I can write any items for a shopping list, plan a weekly menu and make little notes. It is nice and small too so i can fit it in my handbag and take shopping with me. I love LISTS (a trait I definitely got from my mother!) So this little folder is ideal for me.

To make the menu planner i used predominantly Cosmos Cricket papers, Kaiser flowers, miscellaneous ribbons and cereal packet cardboard! Love reusing packet items. Free and just the right thickness.

This layout above was also made using Cosmo Cricket papers - available very soon in RTlicious. I also used readily available papers in now from Sassafrass and Basic Grey (June Bug). Stickers were from June Bug also and bling from Kaiser. Letters from BASIC grey and American Crafts.

This layout was made using Basic Grey Lemonade papers, rubons and stickers; Euphoria chipboard; Kaiser bling & Green Tara flowers.

The layout below was made using the new kaiser Penny Royale papers. We had a class on this last Friday and still have some kits available. The letters were cut from cereal packet cardboard and covered in Penny Royale papers using the Hannah Montana cartridge. I know most people would not even look at this cartridge but it is awesome. It has six fantastic fonts in it plus other items that will get a lot of use. My new fave font Cricut cartrdige! I also used Green Tara flowers, My minds Eye rubons, a Maya Road Chipboard heart, texture paste, a "I Love you" stamp fro Autumn Leaves & tiny little buttons available in various colours at RTlicious.

Must go and create - I am having withdrawals and need to get into it again!

TFL

Tenaha

xox

New layouts from Adele and I

2009-09-19T22:30:00.000-07:00

Today we went to a birthday party for Seekara's close friend Hope. Seekara and I usually make our presents for friends. Yesterday we made this together for Hope. The monogram letter from kaiser was embellished with stickers and Chipboard by Basic Grey - Euphoria, Collections circle, glimmer mist, Green tara flower, Doodlebug bling. Below is a layout of my husbands progress last year with his shed. I got the idea for leftover stickers from Elizabeth Kartchner and wanted to use left over sticker to embellish acetate and sew around the. I like how the circles turned out and now I am keen to cut down on my leftover sticker stash by making lots of embellishments like this. Other elements on the page below include basic Grey alphabets, Pink Paisley paper, Collections small stars, Love Elsie arrow, Basic Grey stickers and Flair Designs alphabet stickers, acetate.

This layout above, was made using some of the new My Minds Eye Range - Breaking Free. Other elements include Autumn leaves felt, Kaiser flowers, Basic Grey Chipboard, Sassafrass paper, butterfly Cuttlebug die, October Afternoon alphabet rubons, Kasier bling and handmade circle posie made by Nanna. I have had it sitting in a whole heap of sewing stuff that my nanna had given quite a few years back and thought what better use than to incorporate into one of my pages.

I love My little Shoebox designs and I loved these cute little houses on one of their papers. I have made this into a card with some kaiser pearls and Basic Grey rubons added also.

Little Cheekah at 5 months - trying so hard to move. I love these cute little pics. It makes me think how fast this year has gone and how Dec is sneaking upon us again. This page was made using Little Shoebox papers, K & Co ribbon lace, Green Tara flower, Sassafrass felt bird, Heidi Swapp letters & October Afternoon rubons. Hint - Noticed I have made the m in "Moving" from to upside down "U"s and the letter N in Moving also - there are lots of letters that can be converted to replace other letters.

I wanted to share with you some of the layouts Adele Waldron had recently completed. Adele is on our design team and a great friend of mine. I love Adele's clean style when she scrapbooks - her pages always look great, although it is quite hard to convince her that they are great. Here are some layouts Adele has done with the Kaiser Loire Valley range - very nice. And a card!

Enjoy the new week!

Tenaha ;)

Creating with the Newman Girl Guides

2009-09-13T23:32:00.000-07:00

On the weekend Rhonda and I had a craft session with the Girl Guides as part of their activities for their annual sleepover event. We had 19 girls aged 5 and up and they created some lovely stuff. Amongst the girls, they made some lovely bird houses, handbags, tissue boxes and mirrors. The girls were all very creative and very polite.

Suzie and Ali had stayed with the girls over night and I must say they do such a wonderful job with the guides here in Newman. If it wasn't for their great work and volunteering there would be no Girl Guides in Newman. It is all because of people like this that we have so many opportunities for our children here in Newman. Now what I have I been up to this week?
I have again been taking the opportunity to use Websters trims (love them!!!) and Sassafras flowers where I can. I have used them on the Christmas layout below. The photo was taken last year at the Newman Daycare Christmas party. The photo of Cheekah was taken by the very talented Anita Lorimer. Thanks Anita - I love this photo.
Other products used in this layout were - Papers from Basic Grey & Creative Imaginations; circle punch; Fiskars Apron lace punch; Sassafras layered flowers; Making memories buttons; Websters red p[om pom trim; Carolee's Creations alphabet stickers; and Basic Grey Chocolate Chip Alphabet.

The layout below was made with a bit of experimentation sewing and ripping papers. I also used on this page - Basic Grey papers, embellishments and alphabets (lemonade range); and ink.

The following layout was made using a kit from the latest version of the Digital Artist Scrapbooking magazine i recently bought online. The magazine had heaps of free kits and it was fun learning new digital skills and creating this layout of my daughter, which I scraplifted the idea from the magazine. I love how it turned out and once i have a little more confidence in it I cant wiat to start exploring a little more...

The layout below was used in a recent layout class. The layout was made using papers from Sassafras Lass (Vintage Yummy); ribbon from American Crafts; staples; Glimmer mist in Burnt Red; Basic Grey rubons (Sugared).

Happy Father's Day

2009-09-07T00:31:00.000-07:00

Happy Father's Day to all the special Dads out there. A big happy Father's Day to my Daddy dearest in Kal, my Pop in Perth and my wonderful husband Darryl. We spent the morning pretty much chilling which was really nice - for once. Darryl cooked a lovely BBQ breakfast - YUM! I am sure the day would have been much better for Darryl if his beloved Collingwood could have won their game! Well done Collywobbles - lets hope they find a pie warmer before the next game against the Crows!

Seekara had her first ever sports carnival on Friday. The kindy kids had just one race - the 25m sprint. They were all so adorable with their starting poses. Seekara came a very close second in her race - and she was so very proud to be wearing her ribbon. She could have come last and she would still have been gleaming from ear to ear. She spent the whole time down the track smiling. I was so proud of her, and i am sure all the parents were extremely proud of their kids - they all did such a great job. The Principal, teachers and volunteers for the day all did a terrific job too - the focus at South Newman is participation and not winning. The Principal pretty much called every one's name over the lines as they raced in and all the crowd cheered first to last - it was a great morning.

Now for some more layouts.......

Little Miss Serious Cheekah in this layout above - Nov 08. She still makes that face. This layout was completed using Kaiser papers, Kaiser flowers, Making memories felt, Kaiser pearls, Basic Grey alphabet stickers, Heidi Swapp mirror embellishments, Kaiser rubons and Autumn Leaves stamps. The Kaiser papers and rubons are available at Rtlicious separately or in the form of great value kits. Check out our kits section at www.rtlicious.com.au.

Doing the layout below this week reminds me of how much has happened this year and how quick it has gone - its nearly Christmas again! I am currently working out what to get everyone this year. I have been slack this year though - I usually start organising it all in July during all the mid year sales. Its so hard to work out what to get the daughter #2. Any suggestions please!!!???

The Christmas layout below was made using Basic Grey Wassail papers and embellishments, Chocolate chip alphabet stickers from Basic Grey, Paper from Scenic Route and bling from Kaiser. Watch the RTlicious space very closely in the next few weeks - we are getting the new Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses range very very soon!

A nice simple card below. I put this together with some scraps from my 1st layout. Papers, rubon, flowers and pearls from kaiser, Flower embellishment from Melissa Frances.The "Adorable" layout was put together with Kaiser papers, Making Memories ribbon, My Minds Eye diecut, Creative imaginations chipboard, My Minds Eye transparency, and Blue Eye Dezines felt. The photo was taken by the very talented Tracy Monaghan who is sadly moving on soon. I highly recommend Tracy as a photographer so if you want some beautiful pics for Christmas make sure you log on to www.therapycatchup.blogpsot.com to see how you can book Tracy before she leaves back home to NZ.

The layout below "Achieve" was put together using papers from the Basic grey Lemonade range, Basic Grey alphabet stickers, Fiskars Treading Water punch, Green Tara flower, Websters lace and Basic grey embellishments. This photo was taken last Nov when Rhonda and I won the Home Based - Small Business Award from the Newman Chamber of Commerce and Industry. We were so proud!

Wishing you all a beautiful spring week...

As Tigger would say TTFN (Tata for now!)

TFL

Tenaha

Windup Season

2009-08-30T05:33:00.000-07:00

I have had quite a busy week this week. This is the season for grand finals and winter sports windups and this week we had 3 of them. Seekara had her disco for the U7 soccer girls on Friday night which was really cute and the girls had so much fun. I have decided to never ever complain about my girls screaming again though after hearing 40+ under 7 aged girls in one hall. Very funny. The event was really well organised and they were all given trophies that looked like bobble heads with bendable arms and legs.... so cute! The girl on the trophy looked like the girl from Bo Buddies on Playhouse Disney! Here are my girls boogieing at the disco!

Later that night Darryl also had his Veteran AFL windup. The theme was a 70s night. He said it was a great night. Unfortunately he didn't dress up though as we had a party to go to afterwards too.

Sat night was my turn for the Pioneers Netball windup. I was so scared about this one. I knew it might be a tad messy. We were private agents and had to enter the clubroom's with a disguise and a mandatory footy jumper. Unfortunately i do not own a footy jumper as such of my beloved West Coast Eagles so I made my hubby's day and wore his damn Magpies jumper. Here is a pic of Amy (our niece) and I ready for the party. I pray to God that no pics turn up of us during the party! There were relays, lots of dancing, lots of alcohol and guys dressed up as netball players serving us! We even had musical chairs which I managed to get down to the last three in. Very good night.

I hope all you AFL fans out there enjoyed the final round of the season proper. I am a huge Eagles supporter and have been really impressed with the last part of the Eagles season. I am crossing my fingers for them in 2010. My husband is a mad Collingwood supporter - and yes all Collingwood supporters are crazy! He is pretty happy with them being in the finals and we certainly will be supporting them in their finals campaign - Go Collingwood! Being a bit of a state patriot I have a soft spot for the Magpies anyway with quite a few talented WA boys in the team.

Now on the scrapping scene... I still managed to get a bit done this week. We have been very busy in store and we even managed to put together some more kits. Make sure you check out our kits online for sale. $15 and fantastic value! The layout below is an example of one of the kits being used. This layout was made using the Kaiser range of Child's Play papers and rubons. I have also used Kaiser felt, glimmer mist, Collections chipboard and Making memories alphabets in this layout.

As you may be able to tell, I have been working on Cheekah's album to try and get up to date. I am now only ten months behind which is pretty scary for a lot of people but then it gives me the flexibility to match my hundreds of photos with the latest papers, which I really like. This layout, below, was made using papers from My Little Shoebox & Bazzil; chipboard, felt embellishment, stickers and alphabets from Basic Grey; word sticker from K & Co.

The photo in the layout above was taken by hubby - Darryl. I don't know whether Cheekah is more scared by the Magpies hat on her head or the camera. She has always been fascinated with Daddy's Magpies hats though. I created this page using papers from My Little Shoebox, Basic Grey (Junebug) & Bazzil; alphabet stickers by Basic Grey and other embellishment stickers are by Sassafras Lass - Love these stickers! The embellishments from Sassafras makes completing layouts so easy and they are so bright and funky too! I used one of my favourite products at the moment also on my layout - Tim Holtz Crackle in clear. Love the dimension and cracked glass effect it adds.

This is Cheekah, above, at three months old exactly. This is the day she rolled over. SO cute. On this page I have used paper from Sassafras & Bazzil; ribbon from Websters (beautiful ribbon!) Chipboard embellishemnts & Stickers from Basic Grey Lemonade, paper flowersfrom Kaiser; and crocheted flower from My Minds Eye.

This photo on the layout was taken on the same day. I have used sewing around the layout as well papers from Basic Grey, My Minds Eye and Sassafras, Stickers from Basic Grey and Creative Imaginations; letters from Basic Grey and pearls from Kaiser.

Hopefully this week is going to be a lot quieter, although we do have the primary school athletics carnival which we are all looking forward to - should be fun!

Hope you all have a great week.

TFL

Tenaha

xox

First Stack

2009-08-23T04:54:00.000-07:00

Our poor little Cheekah had her first real stack today and she has the little grazes to prove it. Poor bub. She has an outrageous fascination with shoes on her hands (yuck I know) and likes to put them on her hands and walk around like a four legged animal at thousand miles an hour... well she was bound to come a cropper eventually, and she did. She fell out the front door, completely missed the door mat and smack onto the concrete on her face. Poor little thing - she still looks adorable though. I am sure the way Cheekah is we are going to have plenty more stacks though.Here are some layouts and bits and pieces i have completed recently.....

The layout below was made using papers from kaiser and Bazzill; embellishments from Fancy pants (felt), Doodlebug (Floral trim), kaiser (bling), My Minds Eye (transparency strip), My Minds Eye (rubon), ribbon; and Glimmer Mist in Sapphire and Silver. Transparency saying is from Making Memories.

I love making cards from strips. I usually get a bit of a pile of scraps from my layouts from the week and at the end of the week, whatever I don't want to keep for something else gets cut up and made into cards. No wastage that way and I get a few quick cards done ready for all those special occasions. Her is a cowboy card I made up - its always harder to do boy cards for me.

The chipboard ensemble below is just me playing with a few chipboard scraps for something to do... as you do. All of the items are designed using collections chipboard. I have also used Distress Ink and of course Glimmer mist on the chipboard. It was lots of fun to make.

The cards below were made using the cute little Collections vintage images and some scrap papers I had left over.

The following layout was made using paper from Bazzil, Creative imaginations, Stampit and Scenic Route; rubons from Kaiser, Maya Road and Hambly; sewing used on the Scenic Route paper ; & Crackle Accents used on the title.

Ohhhh - more cards. This lot was made using a pile of scraps from Kaiser fairy paper. I love the Royal Blue patterned paper in this range. I also stamped on the back of paper I didn't really like (which was plain white on the back) to get rid of it.... nothing wasted here. I also used Fancy pants felt, string, Heidi Swapp corners, Kaiser flowers, brads, water colour Lyra crayons, and various rubons.

I am not overly happy with this layout below but like my husband says - someone might like It. Funny man. I used the paper below from the leftovers I had form the making memories mocha monthly challenge from RTlicious. This challenge has sold out already and submissions are due on the 15th Sept. In addition to the kit I used lace, paint, brads, kaiser & Prima flowers and a Making memories overlay quote.

Be sure to pop into RTlicious. We have a limited amount of kits leftover from the Festival last week so be sure to grab one before you miss out. This week we have the Boxtop layout class on Friday evening to windup our classes for the month of August. Make sure you check the web for the September schedule - we have lots coming up in September and the classes are filling quickly.

Have a great week and happy scrapping!

TFL

Tenaha ;)

Another festival been and gone

2009-08-17T20:10:00.000-07:00

I hope all the Newman locals enjoyed themselves at the Fortescue festivals events over the weekend. We had a lovely time. The crowds seemed to be down a lot this year but it was still a great day and lovely weather. It was great to meet some new faces and see some our lovely customers also.

The Arts & Crafts Exhibition, hosted by the Newman Neighbourhood Centre, was lovely to look at again this year. This event is run every two years and is full of all types of artwork from drawing, ceramics, quilting, woodwork, paper crafts and cooking. it is always great to see so many people getting involved to make it a fantastic event.

Above: Hubby Darryl gets right into tasting the flavours of the food entered in the festival as part of judging.

Below: Some of the children's artwork entered in the Arts & Crafts festival. The twelve inch canvas painting with the little girl is Seekara's painting. She put a lot of thought into her painting. The little girl was her sister Cheekah and the red bird is a rooster flying in the sky - quite an imagination our little girl has.

I had my grandparents here for the weekend so it was lovely for them to come up. They had never been to Newman before and were pretty blown away I think by how lovely our little town is. We are very lucky to live in such a lovely place. Photo below - Nan & Pop with our girls on Radio Hill, overlooking our beautiful town.

Here are a few new layouts I have been working on.

Fun in the Sun layout above: Paper - Bazzill & Kaiser; embellishments - Basic Grey chipboard stickers and rubons, Cricut - Life is a Beach cartridge.

Below, Book Worm layout - Paper from My Little Shoebox & basic Grey; Kaiser bling and rubons; Carolee Creations alpha stickers; Letters cut from Cricut - Hannah Montanna; and Book cut from A Child's Year.Above: A hanging off the page project created with inspiration by Sisters in Style Boutique. Lots of different background mediums and techniques were used to create the pieces of this little house.

Below: Good Thing layout created from paper and embellishments by Sassafrass, rubons from Hambly; white paint by Kaiser; title rubon from Creative Imaginations.

Previous layout above created using Porcelain Basic Grey papers; Bazzill paper; Basic Grey stickers and alphabet; Kaiser pearls, Collections chipboard. Cards above made using the funky Imaginisce range. the paper is embossed with cute little thongs and ice creams.
The weather here is starting to warm up. It is predicted to be 30 degrees here today - beautiful. Hope you all are enjoying the sunshine.
TFL
Tenaha ;)
xo

Fortescue Festival this week

2009-08-10T08:12:00.000-07:00

This Sunday the 16th August is the annual Fortescue festival. The weekend is full of fun and excitement for the races, art festival, fair day on the Sunday and fireworks. We will again be there this year and we cant wait. Make sure you pop in and say hi on the day for exclusive on the day goodies.

Now for some of the pages I completed this week...

The page below was made using papers from Sassafras Lass & Basic Grey. Embellishments by Creative imaginations.
The layout below was made using scraps! I used papers from BASIC Grey, Creative Imaginations, Collections, embellishments by kaiser, Prima, KI Memories, K & Co & Creative imaginations.

My daughter had a party to attend this week so we made her friend a Monogram letter. I hope she likes it. We used My Minds Eye paper, and embellishments by K & Co, Kaiser, Basic Grey & Collections.

I love this photo of Cheekah, below. I used paper from Bazzill, My Little Shoebox and Basic Grey (new Lemonade range). Embellishments by Collections & Basic Grey.

The layout below is made using the new Monthly Challenge kit available now. The new kit is not due for submissions until the 15th October so there is plenty of time to get entries in. The kit is comprised of paper from Bazzil and Basic Grey (Euphoria), & gorgeous felt flower embellishments from Provocraft. Extra embellishments have been added from Basic Grey, K & Co & Making memories.

Looking forward to a very exciting week. I have my grandparents coming up to Newman this weekend also so I am very excited. I am sure they are going to love it. It so beautiful here this time of year.

Hope you have a great week

Tenaha ;)

Warm Up Please!

2009-08-02T12:16:00.000-07:00

Newman usually warms up around the festival on the 16th August, only a fortnight away - and I am hanging out!!! The days have been beautiful here around the low - mid twenties but the nights drop quite a bit to around 4 - 11 degrees . When you are used to late thirty to early forty degrees for most of the year, this can be quite welcomed cooler weather - if only it didn't come with all the little colds and ailments everyone seems to get this time of year. Cant wait for these nights to get warmer up here - we all sound like a symphony of coughs, puffers and ventilators in our household here. And everyone around us seems to have a cold or illness of some sort. Here's to hoping the nights warm up soon and all our friends are family are feeling much better soon. Bring on the warmer weather!

Make sure you come and see us at the Fortescue festival on the 16th August if you are in Newman. We will have a heap of new kits available on the day but these are limited so be quick - first in best dressed!

On the crafting front... I am busy trying to just get rid of my scraps of late to make room for all the beautiful papers we have coming up over the next few months. The papers and embellishments are gorgeous!

The layout above is very typical me at the moment. I love all the bright funky papers coming out everywhere from companies like Sassafras and Basic Grey. The layout above is made using papers from Basic Grey Lime Rickey, Sassafras Vintage Yummy and Scenic Route; embellishments from Lime Rickey range also, Kaiser flowers and Bo Bunny brads.

I have loved making little characters with the Cricut of late. I recently made quite a few fairies and also made one for a friends little girl. I wanted to also make one for her brother but couldn't think quite the right character. I then remembered my Happily Ever After cartridge which you would normally associate with Princesses. Mulan is on this cartridge with her little buddy Mushu (played by Chris Rock in the movie - very funny). It is so cute and I think suits Seb - he is quite a gorgeous little character himself.

The layouts below are from an exciting new range called My Little Shoebox. Check out the range of papers on our web - www.rtlicious.com.au. They are so bright, funky and adorable. Also check out Tracy's blog www.therapycatchup.blogspot.com for some funky ideas using this range.

Also used in the layout below is rubons from Hambly and Maya Road.

Layout above used My Little Shoebox papers, Basic Grey Sugared rubons, Prima flowers, Kaiser bling and other rubons from Maya Road and Kaiser.

I am still forcing myself to use all my scraps up after doing some layouts. I hate having to save the papers to use again because it all just accumulates. It is also a great excuse to dabble in something else and get my stamps out. Here are a few I created this week with nothing but scraps left over from layouts. I love the little owl stamp - my new fave from Hero Arts.

Below is a few layouts from the kaiser All Sorts range. Love the bright colours.

The layout below uses papers from Kaiser and Creative imaginations; glimmermist, Doodlebug trimmings, flowers & bling from Kaiser.

Layout above was made using Kaiser All Sorts also with embellishments from Love Elsie (KI Memories), Creative Imaginations, Crate paper and K & Co. Of course I had to use the scraps to make a card (below).

Enjoy your first week in August.

Tenaha ;)

All day Freestyle at Mia Mia

2009-07-26T01:14:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we had an all day Freestyle at the Mia Mia. It was so much fun and we all got a heap done. Good company, good venue and the room was pumping with creativity. Thanks to everyone that came along for making it such a great day.

I made quite a few Fairies over the past few weeks using the gorgeous Fairies and Friends Cricut cartridge. The cartridge has five gorgeous fairies on it to make up and beautiful flowers, sayings and other embellishments on it. I have now decorated Seekara's room with the fairies. Got to say it is a lot cheaper than Wallies and you can make them how you like. For a boy theme there are also Cars cartridges and other Disney characters for children of all ages.On the layout front I have been busy pumping some layouts out for some papers we have coming out soon. Oh what a surprise - its another BASIC Grey layout below. you will love the new June Bug collection from Basic Grey. So so cute! Suitable for so many different layouts and projects too. I love this paper below from Kaiser craft. Very cute. I have also added some Rubons from Maya Road and Kaiser pearl strips.New Minds Eye collections in store now. They are so divine. And not just for girls either. There are some lovely boy papers coming out soon to suit boys of all ages. Stay tuned.... I have also used a Cuttlebug heart, Collections chipboard and butterfly, ribbon and Junebug paper in this layout.A bit of cardboard embellishment - cheap and easy. I love it. The paper is Melissa Frances and flowers were stamps from Lazar Paperwerx. I have painted the background and used ink and a wet brush to watercolour (as such) the flowers. I have also used Kaiser bling and ribbons on the layout below.New from Imaginisce - i love this paper and they have some cute blings to match. Very summery. Ribbon, brads, overlay and paint also used on this layout. A good way to use scraps! I scraplifted the layout below from an awesome layout i saw on Sisters in Style - one of my fave blog sites at the moment. It was actually really fun to do too. Adele (design team and good friend) also did an awesome layout using the same technique but she did her strips going the other way. It looked great. Another fun project of mine lately - I made some banners for the girls birthdays and have now put Cheekah's in her room. I used Collections chipboard banners, the Cricut (Storybook & Accent Essentials), glitter, Bazzil and some odd paper scraps to do this banner. I loved the end result and is perfect for putting in a child's room or a birthday banner for some one's birthday.
Anyway - hope you all have a great week. thanks for looking...

Tenaha xox

Another flat out week....

2009-07-20T04:42:00.000-07:00

It has been another busy week in the RTlicious camp. We had another kids class this week with the kids completing some gorgeous pages. They loved playing with the Collections fences, trees and little chicks. My layout (above) was based on Rhonda's original layout from the first week of school holidays. For a peek at what some of the girls did check out http://www.rtlicious.ashop.com.au/g/25505/customer-gallery.html.

We completed the Wedding of Yesteryear layout on the weekend also. The girls had lots of fun completing the page and the layouts looked really good. I am especially proud of this layout, being my second published item in April's edition of Scrapbooking memories. The photo is my late Great great Aunt Vi, married in Kalgoorlie in the early 1900s. The photo was quite aged and ruined so I did a lot of work on it on Photoshop restoring it before printing it out in Sepia. I then sent a good copy to my Grandfather so her would have a fixed copy too.

The layout above was made using our new range of My Minds Eye - Bloom and Grow. They go very well with Hambly Screen Prints. A lot of people ask when they come into Rtlicious - "what do you do with screen prints or overlays?" The possibilities are endless... here is jsut one example above. The great thing about overlays is that it can break a page up but still allow your background to shine through. You will love the teal wallpaper overlays and pink overlays by hambly - new in RTlicious. Stay tuned for more new Mind's Eye coming out very soon so stay tuned....
We have these beautiful Kaiser Bohemian Threads papers in stock at the moment. They are quite fun and perfect for family layouts. Stay tuned for the new release of the gorgeous new Kaiser papers being released at RTlicious over the coming weeks - you are going to love them as much as we do.

Our monthly kits have been going crazy at the moment. We have had to put out new kits for upcoming months to keep ahead of you guys! The layout above is from the monthly challenge due September 15th. I love these Making memories paperie goodies. We have also added in some Glimmer chips from Tattered Angels. Cant wait to see all the gorgeous layouts. To vote for your favourite layout in the current challenge please check out http://www.rtlicious.ashop.com.au/g/25509/monthly-scrapbook-challenge.html and email us your favourite layout. Entries close end of July.

I would also like to congratulate Jenyce Lynn, Adele Waldorn Tracy Monaghan for being part of our 2009 RTlicious design team. I love the work by these talented ladies and can't wait to see what they produce. We have a lot of comments about the layouts produced by these girls so it is great to have them on our team.

Here's hoping with school back tomorrow things slow down just a little. Hope all the parents, teachers and kids had a great school holidays. Its back to business as normal tomorrow.

Have a great week

Tenaha

Birthday Galore

2009-07-13T00:05:00.000-07:00

What a crazy fortnight it has been. Our daughters are 8 days apart in birthdays and with hubby on shift work the only way we could have parties for them both without clashing with Daddy's roster was to have them back to back. So we had a sleepover slumber party on the Sat night for 6 gorgeous 4 & 5 year old girls and the next morning we had our youngest daughter's 1st birthday bash. Everyone told us we were absolutely crazy but it actually worked out really well and we were surprised by how smoothly everything went. I think having an extra supportive hubby certainly helps get through all the cooking and setting up!

Of course I couldn't help myself but decorate madly. I made the lolly bags using Bags, Tags and More with the Cricut. I made my daughter's 1st birthday hat with some left over papers, flowers and of course bling and i made the girls each a name banner using the Collections banners. I just swapped the names over for the parties. Here are a few pics from our weekend.

And we had so much fun making the food - especially the cakes. I made my daughter a '5' cake for her actual birthday and lots of individual character cupcakes for bub's birthday. They were so much fun! Rhonda's daughter Renee is such a sweetie - she made Seekara an awesome barbie cake for her slumber party. The girls loved it.

On top of that Rhonda and I made a canvas for the Newman Mainstreet fundraising night which was an Arty Fart theme. We decided to make a 12 inch canvas with a Newman theme. We were really happy with the result and especially happy with the money it raised for the auction. Hubby and work even pitched in and made some things to donate. Darryl's chimera fetched an awesome amount for the auction. He was really pleased with it.

Now we can slow down a bit in the second week of school holidays. The mad birthday season is over and winter sports are drawing to a close. Looking forward to summer....

Thanks for reading

Tenaha ;)

Happy New Financial Year!

2009-06-30T14:02:00.000-07:00

Wow has that gone quick. This time last year I was extremely uncomfortable and eagerly awaiting the birth of our second daughter Cheekah. So here we are this year planning our girls birthdays - Seekara is a big five this year and Cheekah will be one. The girls are 8 days apart which means a busy time of year but at least it os iver and done with one within a week. We have planned the girls parties a day apart to get the rush over with too so it is going to be hectic weekend next week but at least Darryl will be home to share the chaos and joy. Seekara is having a pink pj sleepover with four of her closest friends. Not sure how it will go but I am sure she will have fun.

I certainly had fun doing the invites. They were so simple on the Cricut. I cut Seekara's from Happily Ever After in the Cinderella silhouette and made Cheekah's from Stretch Your Imagination.

The card below was made from Collections inchies and Kaiser bling with Basic Grey Porcelain papers. I actually used the front cover of the paper pack for the tiles as they were the right sized and a good way to use up packaging materials.

This layout was made from the beautiful Scneic Route papers - Sonama. I also used Basic Grey Chocolate Chip ABCs, K & Co embellishments, Collections chipboard and Basic Grey Sugared rubons. Heidi Grace tags were also used.

Something Different

2009-06-22T23:13:00.000-07:00

This week I thought I would have a go at something a bit different. A while back i received a recipe for making my own laundry detergent from Collections owner Julie van Oosten. She was telling em about it and I really wanted to have a go. So on the weekend I made up my concoction and even used my good ole Thermomix to mix the first part. The recipe made ten litres and when I worked it out I end up saving about $10 per lire as opposed to what I am currently using. I have done a few loads and it seems to working well.Last week I also managed to finally finish my scrap quilt. It only took me eigtheen months and it was supposed to be for myself whilst I was pregnant with Cheekah. Oh well, better late than never right. I am really happy with how it worked out and the best thing was I only paid for the backing, wadding and quilting because the rest was made out of my fabric stash. Bonus!On the scrapping front I have been playing with some Collections items. I love all the new six inch papers from Collections and can not get enough of the tiles and new inchies.

The page below was made using Hambly Screen Print, Bazzil, Collections papers, Collections tiles, Glimmer Chips, Basic Grey ribbon, Making Memories & K & Co flowers, Tim Holtz Grunge& Delish Alphabets.

The page below was made using papers from Basic Grey, Making memories, Autumn Leaves & K & Co. Flowers and Bling by K & Co. Letters by making Memories.

The page below was taken this time last year for my baby Shower. The page was made using Autumn Leaves papers - just in at RTlicious. I Also used Kaiser bling and the cute little pregnant women was cut out with Bazzil on the Cricut (New Born) and embossed with the Cuttlebug.

The page below was made using a bit of Fabric, MY Minds Eye and Creative imaginations Papers; Basic Grey Rubons, brads, flowers, and leaves were cut out on the Cricut using the Life is a Beach Cartridge. I love this Cartridge!

Another Cousin, below, was made using the Collections inchies (smaller version of a tile) and using Making Memories embellishments, Kaiser Bling and rubons and Basic Grey papers and ABC's using the Porcelain collection.

Sale Extended until this Saturday 20th June

2009-06-16T19:48:00.000-07:00

For all those avid crafters after a good bargain don't forget to come in and grab a bargain with 40% off store wide. This excludes new stock, albums, and Cricut/Cuttlebug stock.

Here are a few layouts from the week: One wk old: Making Memories papers, K & Co embellishments, Basic Grey and Carolees Creations font stickers, Basic Grey embellishments and rubons, Fancy Pants felt.

Tweet Gifts - Porcelain range of papers and embellishments. Kaiser flowers and pearls, K & Co font.

Bloom - Basic Grey Porcelain papers, font and embellishments, Scrapware elephant chipboard, Making memories brad, Basic Grey Sugared rubons.

Ten little fingers - Basic Grey Porcelain range and Kaiser pearls.

Time flies so fast...

2009-06-09T06:06:00.000-07:00

The photo taken below was taken July last year, when Cheekah was only hours old. Papers used here are Melissa Francis, Kaiser flowers and pearls, Creative Imaginations Stickers, Collections chipboard tree (one of my faves at the moment!) and the cute monkey by Scrap FX. I cut the title from Graphically Speaking and the grass from ZooBalloo Cricut Cartridges.

I have finally started get stuck into my youngest daughter's album. She is only 10 1/2months now but better late than never right?

I cant believe that only ten months ago we were blessed with this tiny bundle of joy that has now blossomed into a bright little motor that never seems to stop. Last night she took her first real steps. There was only a few but enough for my husband Darryl and I to get really excited. It really made my heart flutter and yet at the same time I cant believe my little girl is going to start walking soon. Tonight she took a few more steps and then stood up a few times all by herself in the middle of the lounge room. Although I am extremely excited for her I am also extremely worried - she is so so quick.

Last week I was on the phone to my Nanna. Cheekah was next to me on the floor in the lounge room. Next moment I was thinking where has she gone so fast? She had zoomed through the kitchen to the other side of the house, opened the sliding laundry door and unravelled a whole toilet paper in a matter of seconds. She opens every drawer she can find and every cupboard she manages to open and leaves a wave of destruction where ever she goes. She is such a character though that you cant help look the other and smirk when you are saying "No Cheekah". Sunday night I was getting ready to have a nice shower when I had to rush to the toilet. I had the shower going and entered the bathroom to see my oldest daughter laughing so hard. Cheekah had pushed open the bathroom door, opened the shower recess and climber into the shower - fully clothed. It was pretty funny but i am so grateful that i am not a hot shower person!

Cheekah - very proud of herself having her own shower - fully clothed!

This page is a sample of the latest RTlicious $15 monthly challenge kit full of My Mind's Eye and Autumn Leaves felt! Our last kits have fully sold out so these challenges are not due until the 15th July. Plenty of time to get your pages in. Look on the RTlicious website for more details.

This is another tile plaque i recently completely. I kept this plaque quite simple so it would match the little boys bedroom that he shares with his baby brother. My friend tells me it matches perfectly so i was really pleased. Papers by Creative imaginations, Chipboard and letters by Collections.

Below: I knew I loved this paper but it was just finding the right photos. Here I have used the new large Collections chipboard circles and Urban Lily paper. Embellishments by Autumn Leaves, Creative imaginations and Making Memories.

40% off at RTlicious

2009-06-02T03:51:00.000-07:00

RTlicious is having a huge sale this week so we can deplete some stock! We don't want to have to count too much you see so for the next two weeks only we have everything at 40% off - this does not apply to albums, ordered stock, new stock and associated Cricut and Cuttlebug Stock. Loyalty points don't apply.

This week we had a Baby Shower to attend to two of our special friends and customers - Danielle and Camille. Both are expecting their second children later this month so I made them a card each using the Cricut cartridge new Arrival. I love the card functions that are available on this cartridge. It makes card making very quick and easy!

For some reason this layout wants to go sideways and I cant change it - so turn your head sideways... This page was done using some of the New Prima papers

This page and the following pages were created using dome of the gorgeous new Creative imaginations papers - they are so divine and perfect for those beach and holiday layouts.

Reflections of last year

2009-05-24T21:08:00.000-07:00

The photo below was taken on the 1st July last year. This photo makes me really look back at where Seekara has come from in a year. Poor Seekara had to have her nasal passages scraped, a silica patch put on her right ear drum and her adenoids removed to stop her from being sick all the time with congested ear/throat/nose passageways. Her adenoids were so big it was pushing everything out through her tear ducts so she looked like she was constantly crying or had gunky eyes.

She was so brave for her operation at Colin Street Day Surgery. Her Doctor (the fantastic Dr Harvey Coates) was amazing and so was the lovely anaesthetist who told her a fairy tale as she went to sleep. The poor thing was so sick when she woke up from her operation and she didn't talk or smile until about 11pm that night when we asked her if she wanted some ice cream. We felt so bad that she was so miserable and it made us question whether we had actually done the right thing but we knew we had. In the long run she would be much healthier. Since then she has had a skin graft on her ear drum (the silica patch didn't work). We have the top passageways sorted we just have to get her right with her asthma and hearing loss from all the ear infections she has had on the way. Its funny though - she is such a happy kid and being sick with colds, chest infections and ear infections was the norm for Seekara. It was what she had since she was born so it didn't really bother her. We know now though we are on the right track and in the scheme of things it has been a minor problem compared to what some other kids face every day with other illnesses so we are grateful for that.

Papers used include KI Memories (love Elsie), Basic Grey Bittersweet, Kaiser Craft with embellishments from Tinkering Ink and Heidi Grace. Punch from Fiskars.

I made this canvas for a sweet little four year old, Brooke, for her fourth birthday yesterday. I used papers from Creative Imaginations, Sandylion, & K & Co. Embellishments were from Collections, Creative imaginations stickers, Kaiser bling, K & Co embellishments & Kaiser flowers.

This was a layout for the surprise baby shower that dear Rhonda and daughter Renee held for me last year. They told me it was a Tupperware party! (See entry from June last year on my blog).

I used Hambly Screen Prints, Autumn Leaves paper, Kaiser bling, Cricut die cut (new Arrival). Instead of using a title I took a photo of the Baby Shower sign Renee had made. I like to improvise for titles. I have also written titles in the sand or taken photos of signs as titles in the past.

I love this range - guess who???? Basic Grey of course - Eva range. This photo was taken a year ago when we went out for tea with Ken & Rhonda at the Seasons. I cut out a flower from some lace to make a nice little embellishment also.

Memories.... These photos were taken at my cousin Rhiannons 21st birthday about 4 or 5 years ago now. The photos are of the four older cousins - myself, Kade (my brother) and our cousins Ryan and Rhiannon. We have always grown up pretty close together which is really nice.

The page was made using Basic Grey Granola papers & Collections papers. Embellishments were from Basic Grey, Green Tara flowers and the Cricut.

Junior Soccer Season has begun in Newman

2009-05-19T00:41:00.000-07:00

My eldest daughter Seekara played her first game of soccer on the weekend. It was so cute. I cant believe how small the soccer field is. She is playing for Cosmos in the Under 7 Juniors division. Soccer is huge in Newman. Despite the thought of the 8:30 am games on Saturday mornings (especially with Mum's 8:15 pm netball games on Friday night!) we are really looking forward to the season and watching our little girl get out there every week to have some fun. We really thought she would be too shy to even get onto the field but she loved it. Had to share a snap shot..... On the RTlicious scene. I am still going with some Basic Grey Lime Rickey papers I bought. These papers are so cool - especially for kids layouts! I bought five papers, the chipboard stickers and elements stickers and with some bits and pieces I already had at home have manged to get 5 layouts of this lot so far - with still some more to spare. Here is another layout recently completed:

Basic Grey Card Kits are so easy and fun. Even my Mum( a total non card maker) bought a pack recently because they are just so lovely and easy to do. You just punch the coordinating parts out of the die cut packs. Stick on your coordinating chipboard stickers and follow the instructions with coordinating paper pieces and card. All you need is some glue and either a black or white pen. Perfect for the plane. In fact, recently a friend of mine had a long journey to Ireland so she took a few different Basic Grey card packs on the plane. Good thinking Orla!

I recently completed these cards from the Basic Grey Wisteria, Lima Rickey and Marrakech card packs with my four year old daughter. It was lots of fun and so so easy to do. She had fun too because it was her job to match all the numbers up for each card.

Another Basic Grey layout... This time using Granola and Periphery ranges with Prima flowers and bling.

Mothers Day

2009-05-11T21:02:00.000-07:00

Hi to all the lovely Mothers out there. I hope you all had a beautiful Mothers Day. I have been lucky enough to have my Mum up here for Mothers Day which has been really nice. I get to treat Mum by making sure she relaxes for 9 days and the girls get to play with Nan which is really nice. its a big effort for Mum seeing she has never travelled alone without Dad before and considering her fear of flight and her back pain.

The ball on Saturday gone was beautiful. I thought all the senior students looked beautiful. Here is a pic of our youngest niece with her partner Thomas... they looked very smart together.

Here are a few new layouts. Enjoy....

Using the bright and cheerful new Basic Grey Lime Rickey range

Using Urban Lily, Basic Grey Granola and Marakech range

Using papers from Jenni Bowlin , Hambly Screen Prints, KI Memories (love Elsie) & Sassfrass. Embellishments from Basic Grey, American Crafts, My Minds Eye, Kaiser Craft and Autumn Leaves.

Preparing for Mothers Day

2009-05-04T22:46:00.001-07:00

I'm really excited - my Mumsy is coming up to Newman this year for Mother's Day. It will be nice to have Mum here for Mother's Day and it will be lovely for her to see the girls. I think Mum is really looking forward to all the sports watching too - she will get to see two games of my netball, one game of Darryl's footy game in Veterans and Seekara's first ever soccer game next weekend. Not to mention watching me chase after Cheekah all day saying No Cheekah! which really is sport of its own!

In preparation for Mothers Day this year I decided to make both mothers of our family and my Nan a canvas tile with pictures of loved ones in the tiles. Here is what I came up with:

I have now started making one of for Seekara's little friends at kindy for his fourth birthday this weekend. Will be interesting to see how a boy tile canvas turns out.

I have been doing some layouts for our new released products this week. These layouts are using parts from Basic Grey's Lime Rickey range. Lime Rickey is just so bright and colourful and you will love the big googly eyed birds in the range too.

Can you guess who the Wally in my page is???? Picture taken at Hunter Valley April 2009.

Below is a picture of Maddy and Seekara at last years Newman High School Ball. The students walk into the Recreation Centre in their gorgeous attire in front of the public. It is really lovely to see what they are all wearing and a nice little outing in Newman. We have been lucky the past three years with having a niece in the ball each year. This year the youngest Castelli girl will be celebrating her year 12 ball. I cant wait to see her gorgeous dress on her. Next year certainly will not be as exciting without one of the girls in the ball parade. My sister and law has also been busy with organising the ball's theme and events. Dianne has been involved for quite a while in this and she really is a clever lady. You should see the way they transform a normal gymnasium into a ball wonderland to match each year's theme. It 's amazing. I cant wait to see the gym this year. This year's theme is PARIS!
This layout was used some embellishments from the Lime Rickey Range, Collections chipboard (I love the new little banners!); American Crafts rubons, German Scrap, Paper by K & Co and Cherry Arte; Flowers by Green Tara, Letters - Carolee's Creations, Basic Grey and American Crafts. Cherry Bling from Creative Imaginations.

Been busy creating...

2009-04-26T22:07:00.000-07:00

I have had such a productive week! I have completed 14 layouts now bringing me only 11 months behind now :( hubby has been on nights this week so with the kids in bed I got lots done.

On top of this I have completed a mini canvas for my daughter's friend. It was actually Seekara's idea. She was watching me do my large tile canvas and asked if she could do one for her friend for her birthday - I thought it was a fabulous idea. Seekara helped with the painting, gluing, sanding and inking. See even four year olds can join in with projects like this!

I have now started some mini canvases for my Mumsy, Mother in law and Nansy. I am officially addicted to tiles! Hopefully I will have them ready to show by next week.

Here are a few of my fave projects completed for the week:

Gift for Seekara's friends birthday - using collections tiles, making memories paper, Kasier wood embellishment, Love Elsie buttons, K & Co embellishments and other bits and pieces. Broken jewellery and children's trinkets make great embellishments on these canvases. Even better - go through a man's shed - its amazing what bits and pieces you can find. Check out Tracy's blog - her hubby found some old cupboard handles whilst cleaning out the shed - perfect for a canvas!

My brother Kade and his beautiful wife Jacqui on their night - layout using K & Co papers & embellishments, Letters by Carolee's Creations and Basic Grey. The flower was made from ribbons and some spare material.
Seekara adores her Uncle Kade and Aunt Jacqui - papers and embellishments from Basic Grey Infuse Collection, Scissor Sisters paper, Bird and brackets from Collections, Hambly Screen Prints rubons.

Its not everyday a Newman kid gets to make a sandcastle on the beach - I think Seekara enjoyed it too :) hehe Papers by Creative Imaginations, Seven Gypsies, Collections & ProvoCraft. Letters from American Crafts. Castle and lettering from Cricut Storybook and Stretch Your Imagination.

Me - 7 months pregnant and proud. Basic Grey Granola Collection, Kaiser pearls and Fancy Pants stamps.

Thanks for looking!

Wilson Canvas

2009-04-19T16:14:00.000-07:00

I finished my canvas tonight and was so excited that I wanted to share! I want to complete more now. It was so much fun! I cant wait to hang it up!

Happy Easter

2009-04-16T14:41:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter! Hope you had a lovely long Easter weekend. We certainly did. Lots of photos for Cheekah's very first Easter - that girl loves chocolate. Here is a cute little pic of Cheekah devouring her choccie...

Rhonda and I returned from SIA a few weeks back and just starting to get back into the swing of things again. As well as staying in Sydney for SIA we holidayed in Sydney and Canberra for 9 days with Rhonda and Ken. Together the 4 of us saw heaps, including two tours. Darryl and I (pictured above) loved the Featherdale Wildlife Park. This is only a smallish park but the animal keepers were very helpful and allowed you to touch most of the animals including a python, a tawny frog mouth and a koala. We loved it. The park was part of a tour to the Blue Mountains with Activity Tours Australia. We had a fantastic tour with guide Steve. Steve was so knowledgeable and really made this tour thoroughly enjoyable.

We were also very lucky to have our very own tour guides in Canberra (Paul and Robin Dearlove). Robin is a dear old friend of mine and lives in Canberra with her hubby Paul. They showed us so many things about Canberra. My highlight was the Parliament house tour - the tour guide was extremely full of knowledge and made the tour very interesting. Best of all - its free! The war museum was another personal favourite - this place is amazing. I thought Canberra was really nice. There is so much to do there and best of all most of it is free or a gold coin donation entry fee. We have to go back to see the rest at some stage because two days is just not enough!

Here are a few recent layouts... Enjoy

Using new Pink Paisley range

Using new Kaiser food range
Our kids class from Thrusday 16th April. The girls really loved this class and

did some gorgeous pages. The girls ages ranged from 6 - 13.

Tenaha :)

Off to Sydney!

2009-03-26T21:40:00.000-07:00

Well I just had text message from Rhonda of the Sydney Harbour Bridge! Guess where she is? Darryl and I are off tomorrow also to join them... cant wait. We have a jam packed itinerary - on Sun we are doing the Hunter Valley; Mon Sydney Sightseeing; Tues and Wed is the Scrapbooking Industry Association trade show (so very excited!); Thurs is Blue Mountains, Fri is Harold Park (trotting track - of course Darryl's request) and the weekend at Canberra! Cant wait to see the war memorial and parliament house!

I put a few layouts together this week before I head off. Here they are:

Sketch 77 from Stuck Sketches - (see the link on my blog - Submissions).

Paper - Making Memories, K & Co & American Crafts; Embellishments - Basic Grey, Kaiser Craft, Green Tara; & Lettering - Carolees Creations, Making Memories and Collections. Other - Tim Holtz Distressed Ink - Black Soot.

Singing In the Rain: Paper - Basic Grey, Blue Eye Dezines, other; Embellishments - American Crafts, Kaiser Craft, K & CO,; & Lettering - Making Memories, Carolees Creations, Crate Paper. Other - White pen, water soluble crayons, cricut.

Xmas Morning 07: Paper - Basic Grey, Coredinations; Embellishments - Green Tara, Kaiser Craft, Jenni Bowlin, Basic Grey, German Scrap; & Lettering - Basic Grey, American Crafts.

Naughty Blogger

2009-03-21T15:43:00.001-07:00

My goodness I am a naughty blogger. Cant believe how long it has been since my last entry. Sorry Raquel and Jan - I now have my act together.

What a crazy few months it has been. About a month ago we went to Perth for a few weeks to get some things done. Unfortunately it was not a fantastic trip - actually it never is to Perth when you live in the remote country. it is always full of running around doing all the jobs you cant do up here so by the time you return you are absolutely exhausted and saying "There's no place like home".

On the 21st Feb, my best friend Mel had her father pass away at 2am in the morning. Even though we were expecting it after his battle with cancer it does not make it any easier. Mel is an absolute trooper and always sees the positive side in life. She obviously was devastated, now being the remaining Ogg of her family, but knew that her father was now at peace with her mother. Mel you are a truly inspirational woman in the way you conduct yourself. On top of this she had her matron of honour pull out on her the day her father passed. This was totally undeserved by Mel who is the sweetest soul you could ever meet. Lets just say the young lady was certainly not welcome to any future events.

Once receiving the news we made our plans to go straight down to Perth as soon as we could to be with Mel. She had a busy week ahead of her with the funeral on the Thursday and getting married to her Brian on the Sunday. We wanted to be there to give her all the support we could. IT was certainly a busy week. But all went as well as it could and by the Sunday the rain had cleared up and it was a beautiful day. The now Mr & Mrs Feucs (as Mel's Dad would have said - rhymes with Pukes!) were married at the beautiful Black Swan Winery on the Sunday. It was such a beautiful wedding. So that Mel's parents were with her on the day, the three bridesmaids arranged a locket with photos of her Mum and Dad. She was very touched.

We had so much fun on the Sunday getting ready at the Chapple house. Marnie's Mum Sharon was Mel's Mum (Jill) closest friend so it seemed really appropriate. The makeup lady and hair stylist did such a fantastic job and I swear Mel was looking like the gorgeous Lara Bingle in her gown. I kept saying to her - "How the Bloody Hell Are ya!".

Here are a few pics of the day.

The beautiful MelBridal aprt and forever friends - Marnie, Mel, Robin and myself

The week and a bit after the wedding we then had Seekara's operation on her right ear in a second attempt to fix a hole that remains in her ear after a grommet had fallen out. They conducted a skin graft by taking cartridge from behind the ear lobe and placing it in the whole in the ear drum. Hopefully this will take this time round and Seekara's hearing may return to normal. Seekara was so good fasting all day. The operation was originally planned for 1pm but she didn't get into the operating theatre until 4pm. Trust me - its a miracle that she didn't eat all that day. Our girl has hollow legs. So far all seems well and we just have our fingers crossed that it works.

Whilst waiting in Perth I completed a few pages . Here is some of the latest.

Using the Marakeech Range.

Below was an off the page workshop we recently completed using the Kaiser paper range and Cricut Vinyl. We made the bookshelf look antique.

Cards completed as part of a class recently. There was a few fun techniques involved in this one including using alcohol inks, scratching and scouring!

Rhonda and I are off to Sydney next week with our partners. So exciting. We are going to the Scrapbooking Industry Association trade fair. Will keep you posted....

Keep smiling

Tenaha ;)

Proud to be Australian

2009-02-18T17:02:00.000-08:00

Well the last few weeks has been on a bit of a sad note. It certainly has made our family feel grateful for what we do have, especially each other. Two immediate family members of mine have recently lost jobs thanks to the low nickel price and economic downturn. Both of these people are skilled and trained people so it makes us all a little scared that the economy is having this impact. But with all of this, it is nothing compared to the fact that even though we are a little scared for the family, we all realise after the awful bush fires that at least we all still have each other and we still have a house over our heads.

This feeling of just being grateful for having each other has been strengthened by a recent fatality of a lifetime friend of both of my brothers. This happened all in the same time as the announcement of the awful fires in Victoria. It is very sad how quickly life can be taken away from us and certainly makes us appreciate our own health and life.

My heart goes out to all of those people that have been affected by the bush fires in Victoria and the floods in Queensland, NSW and now WA. Although I have felt very sad watching these events it has also made me feel extremely proud to be Australian to see the bravery and courage of the people affected and the heroic efforts of police, ambulance officers, firefighters, volunteers and ordinary citizens alike, to put their lives on the line to help each other. When things get tough in Australia, our strong Aussie battler spirit certainly shines through.

Here is a recent layout I have completed. I found a picture of my husband and I in 2005 and it reminded me of how I feel so treasured to have such a wonderful husband. I have added the words of our wedding song "All My Life" by KC and JoJo to the page because depicts how I feel about Darryl. I used the Bittersweet range from basic grey and Hambly Screen Prints on this page. I also used my Cricut for the trees (My Community) which made it lots of fun.

Getting the family involved in the 365 Challenge

2009-02-04T20:24:00.000-08:00

I am having so much fun with the 365 Challenge. I love how my husband has also started thinking of photos I can take. I questioned what I could take a photo of one day last week aloud and my husband replied - how about your mess of chipboard in your box! I know he was having a dig but I though - what a great idea! So I took a photo of my organised chaos of a chipboard box - Mostly Collections chipboard of course! That night I sat down to watch a ripper of a semi final between Verdasco and Nadal and emptied my chipboard box on the floor. I then placed all the items into like bags so I could find my chipboard much easier. Remember - what you don't see you don't use! The next day I took photo of my new lovely box of very organised chipboard.

Not only did I get two pictures for my 365 challenge but I also got a very organised chipboard box. When I went to fond an owl the other day it took me 5 seconds to find rather than half an hour of searching and my chipboard spread all over the floor just to find its wings!

I am looking forward to what other ideas my family comes up with. Some other photos I have taken this week is my Vicks Vapouriser Unit (Cheekah and I have been sick this week) and a redback (right before I squashed it and her four mates!)

There are a few girls catching up this week at RTlicious to pool our ideas for the 365 challenge. If you would like to join us or just like to know some of our ideas please fell free to drop us an email at rtlicious@bigpond.com

I just wanted to share some projects from this week. Here is a wedding guest book i finished for my friend Mel. She wanted this as a gift for her sister and law's wedding guest book. I hope she likes it.

The layout was completed using the Bittersweet range from Basic Grey and Collections Chipboard. Check it out at RTlicious.

I had to share this pic - this is my bug grown up kindy girl. She just started her first day at Kindy on Monday. They grow up way too fast.

What a fabulous weekend!

2009-01-28T04:39:00.000-08:00

We all had such a wonderful time on the weekend at the second RTlicious Weekend Retreat. We were very lucky to have the lovely Julie van Oosten of Collections come and teach us for two days with Rhonda and I giving some other challenges and classes over the weekend also.

The girls did such an amazing job of their projects. We all were very inspired by Julie and I must say.. they have all gone Collections mad! We have a tile frenzy going on. Some of the ladies said they went to bed thinking of tile designs... I must admit, so did I.

Thanks so much to Julie for your wonderful inspiration over the weekend and to all the participants for your humour, company and patience over the weekend. (Check out Julie's pics on her blog at http://www.nirvanaelemetns.blogspot.com/) We also would have to say thanks to Mia Mia, especially to Charmaine, Dustine and the chefs at Mia Mia for hosting a wonderful venue and once again providing scrumptious food.

On a personal level i have now well and truly gotten into my 365 day challenge. We have quite a lot of girls now completing this task at RTlicious. it is going to be so much fun during the year to see what interesting photos we all take.

I have chosen to complete my challenge in a traditional scrap album using digital templates. I am adding a touch of hybrid to my pages by adding a touch of dimension here and there with bling, button, thread etc. I am very proud to say that i am up to date and completing my pages week by week - but it is only January... hopefully I can keep this up. here is a sample of my layout for Week 4 2009.

Today I took a picture of my clothesline - I hung my washing out this morning and noticed that I had nothing but bright pink hanging across my line... product of having two young girls I guess. No doubt though i am sure it will be a picture that I will one day treasure when i look back on their little tops and Cheekah's bibs hanging on the line.

I wanted to use these papers for my eldest daughter playing Snakes and Ladders with my Mum. I used Stampit, Jenny Bowlin and Crate papers; Kaiser flowers; Collecrtions transparency, letters and chipboard; Heidi Swapp letters and Carolees Creations letters.

I had a bit of fun putting this layour below together. I used KI Memoires, Basic Grey papers; Kaiser wood; My Minds Eye diecut; Lisa Bearnson stamps; KI Memories and various other buttons. Was lots of fun playing with doodling, stamps and a bit of paint. And best of all I used my scraps!

Take the Challenge

2009-01-19T19:45:00.000-08:00

After reading a recent edition of Creating Keepsakes (January 2009), the team at Rtlicious thought it would be fun for any willing customers to take part in 365 day photo challenge. We thought this would be a great opportunity to support each other with ideas in how we could take a picture a day and scrap it at the end of the year. The best part of this is at the end of the year we will have so much documented.

When Rhonda and I were talking about it we initially discussed that it might be hard for someone without kids. But then we started thinking about the possibilities and the things that we often don't photograph but could be really important in the future. What about things like the view down your street, your backyard, what you cook, where you exercise, your work, friends, your favourite drink - they are so many opportunities out there.

To make it Nice and simple too we are going to encourage everyone to keep their documented year as simple as scrap booking can be - therefore when it comes to putting it together it will not be so overwhelming. I am opting to do the pages as I go so I am up to date each month and scrap a week to a double page.

What did I take a photo of yesterday - the TV! Yesterday they had an inauguration of Obama as the first black US president and I thought this was an important part of history - so I took a photo of it!

If you would like to take part ion the RTlicious challenge and have any ideas of what you think is important to photograph email us at rtlicious@bigpond.com. We would love to hear your views.

Now for another challenge I have decided to partake in...

I saw this challenge on Loretta's (http://scrap.paisleyblues.com/blog) blog and thought it would be a great way of getting my pages done and having a bit of fun at the same. Follow the link below if you want to see the challenge for yourself.

Dawny’s Sketch #6
PaperTake Weekly

Here is my challenge layout. I used papers from Basic Grey, stickers Basic Grey & Creative Imaginations, Letters from Collections, Green Tara Flowers, Red Glimmer Mist, Kaiser bling, ribbon.

4 sleeps to Retreat!

2009-01-19T12:46:00.000-08:00

Wow. We are getting excited now. Only 4 more sleeps to our annual weekend retreat. Make sure you check out Julie's blog (http://nirvanaelements.blogspot.com/) for a sneak peak of what we will be doing. She is so clever!

I am about 18 months behind in my photos at the moment so I am trying to get as much done as possible right now why I can. Here are some layouts I have completed this week:This layout was completed using Scenic Route papers and gives you an idea of what you can do with papers that are full of strips. I have also used some buttons, Heidi Swapp clear flowers, kaiser bling flowers and a Making Memories Journalling card. Letters are by Carolee's Creations.

Using different chipboard elements and My Minds Eye and Basic Grey papers.

Using Basic Grey and Creative Imaginations papers. This was really fun. Chipboard Basic Grey, Rubons Hambly.Papers - Flirtini and My Minds Eye, plain chipboard letters painted white, dry brushed with teal paint and then glittered. Kaiser bling, K & Co 3d stickers, Kaiser rubons and stitching (of course).

Papers Junkitz and Bazzil, Kaiser rubons, KI Memories journakl sticker, sewing, Carolee's Creations letters and larger letters are a mixture of different leftover letters. The latest edition of Creating Keepsakes (January 2009) lists mixed multicoloured letters as a trend for 2009 so don't throw away your bits of ABC leftovers - use them in a layout. To save on space, I have kept a small shoebox and placed individual letters in a small Glad seal bag so I have individual leftovers ABC's together. Then when i want a bit of a mix of ABC's they are easy to find. You cant use what you cant find so I try and make it easy to use when I want them.

I had to share this with everyone - it is so cute, This is my baby girl Cheekah with her older sister's cowboy hat on whilst riding on her rocking horse. Love it.

Retreat - only 13 more sleeps!!!

2009-01-10T15:33:00.000-08:00

Rhonda, Julie and I have been very busy planning for the RTlicious retreat. We are all so excited. It is now less than two weeks away. There are so many special things planned. If you have not registered yet make sure you do - closing date for registration is the 16th January. Check out the RTlicious web for more details.

The Boys layout was completed with items I found raiding my husbands shed. It was so much fun completing the background. I used items such as cable ties, sand paper and an old garden glove. I sprayed them with Sapphire glimmer mist and also used a radiant rain dauber to bring out the colours I want. See what you can find in your garden shed. Guarantee you will have loads of fun.

I completed the following layout and cards using the latest RTlicious kit.

I completed this clock for my friend Megan using a Kaiser Craft clock, Creative Imaginations paper, a Basic Grey chipboard die, Kaiser flowers and letters and numbers cutout on the Cricut.

I completed this layout using Kaiser paper, Collections chipboard, Kaiser rubons, Kaiser pearls, glimmer mist, Distressed Ink (Faded Jeans), German Scrap, stamps and Basic Grey diecut.