Color Room Challenge 82 and Basic Grey

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

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

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

Hi

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....

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....

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

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 :)