Scrappy Kea

till I start at Queenstown Primary as a release teacher in a 0.54 position. Half a teacher LOL. Until then I am releiving at a local Kindergarten - only an 8 minute drive from home which is good considering I filled up with petrol today - my first tank over $100 so I'm not doing too badly there (I don't normally let the car get this empty). Last weekend I worked on the layout below - using more October Afternoon of course. the photo is one we took when up in Marlborough wine region in one of the school holidays last year. I did the following layout for the first weeks challenge at Scrap In Style TV - had to use two things from a list - I went for rubbish bags and paper towel. Don't you love our pretty blue Southern Lakes rubbish bags? I glimmermisted the paper towel before stitching it to the layout. the rainbow stamp Vicky had designed for one of the SBO kits way back when was a perfect addition... with some watercolour crayons from Stampin Up (I just got a cool r...

This card and envie were for a challenge - Project Catwalk Week Two at SIStv - had to use the cellophane outer from some supplies in the creation of a 'green' card and had to create a matching envelope using newspaper. 'meadow' glimmermist green felt Prima and October Afternoon patterned papers Love Elsie 'toby' stickers Pink Paislee stickers sewing machine buttons

I was 'dared' to take inspiration from a fashion mag page & make it about winter... took the simplicity of a single figure on the page and the grid like pattern of the tiles and put them in my layout. Happy 50th dare No. 8 Wired . Have a few more ideas on this one... will see if I get them done though. materials: Stampin Up notebook designer series paper; Fancy Pants felt snowflake, MM rub ons and I cut the title from paper scraps using 'red tag sale' in the cuttlebug. On the snowflake I brushed some Jo Sonja's opal dust - love that stuff. Have you been to Kiwijackmeup lately? They have a jack of Heidi Barclay awaiting your 'jacking' and I think you have till Friday 25th to do it... but don't quote me on it. From heidi's layout I used the arrow and the 'collection' of items around a corner as well as a frame of patterned paper around the photo. materials: white cardstock lightly sprayed with antique rose glimmermist which was in the...

This is one of my new favourite paper manufacturers. Love this range: daydream & love the range Vicky has been working with too (have that in my 'shopping cart at Scrapbook Outlet NZ ). Have really been enjoying playing with stamps too. October Afternoon Patterned paper & journaling card Prima flower Lucy's Stamps 'children stamp' on back ground stamped with Black SU ink Heidi Swapp journaling spots October Afternoon patterned paper, die cut shapes and journaling cards Rubbadubado toitoi and piwakawaka stamps October afternoon patterned papers & some MME patterned papers Making memories foam stamp and Fancy pants journaling stamp with 'close to cocoa' SU ink October Afternoon label manilla card with journaling

this paper range - angelique is very romantic, elegant and theatrical! perfect for some reflective journaling and our children's shows that we are required to watch and participate in! They went to 'the princess and the pea' at a small theature last week which was a real live performance. Hopefully we can get to 'snow white' when it comes to central Otago next month. Prima papers, lace and flowers BG brad misc. sequins in flower centre. October afternoon dotty paper & green strip Prima paper for the journaling & prima flowers BG brads MM foam stamp for the swirl owl stamp from previous SBO kit prima glitter letter 'M' MM glitter pink 'E' Maing Memories 'now' Prima papers and flowers MME 'adore' bingo card and die cut shapes BG brads Heidi Swapp journaling stickers (thanks Janine AKA Angel Girl).

My Minds Eye more nice thick papers new in at Scrapbook Outlet NZ ! the first 3 layouts go back in time by a few years and the last one is more recent. I'm kind of running out of alpha so having to explore different ways to create titles - could cut them on the cricut but that would be too easy LOL. papers: MME Garden Party Range October afternoon scallop strip - daydream Bam Pop journaling frame Fancy Pants stamp MM buttons Scenic Route lettering SU - close to cocoa ink MME Garden Party range papers October Afternoon 'daydream' green paper Owl's from previous SBO kit MM paint for title October afternoon 'daydream' journaling card SU black ink & 'wild about you' bird stamp Pink Paislee and MM lettering stickers MME garden party patterned paper Heidi Swapp wide tape American Crafts ribbon Scenic Route lettering MME die cut flowers - garden party range MM paper bag paint

Andrea sent some of the Prima range that she just got in store at SBO. Funnily enough both layouts are about clothing belonging to my oldest daughter!

gotta love term break... two posts in one week! I created fossick using some of the Ki lace paper from Scrapbook Outlet and some scraps from my overflowing pizza box, really enjoyed stamping onto the different textures with some of the big fancy pants swrily stamps that I got at SENZ South last year (was given them after using them for some make & takes I set up for Scrapbook Outlet) I have been busy putting class stuff together for SENZ in Welly later this year over the last couple of days - so sweet and twinkly! This layout is such 'an everyday moment'. It's in the friday night challenge at Sketchbook which was all about the 'everyday' Nic H style. This story still makes me giggle.

the dare was to use pipecleaners... initially I was thinking these circles would make great dandilion heads, then flower centres and then they became soft accents on a baby page. I used some of the new Prima and October Afternoon papers from Scrapbook Outlet NZ - I love pizza boxes. Other bits include some glitter lettering from a past SBO kit & pipecleaners from the kids art box. Girls are 'creating' and E is getting frustrated that the lego bits won't go together... hmm it's only the end of week one of term break.

Was fantastic. This term has been soo full on and has brought about many changes for me the chance to get away and just create was brilliant! Here are two layouts I created that are up at the SBO gallery also. I had my last day at Frankton Playcentre today where I have been working on Wednesdays through this term. They have a parent who is keen to take on the supervising which is fantastic - Playcentre is all about the parents being the teachers! I only have 2 days left at Queenstown Playcentre where I have been involved for the last 5 years - Ethan was about 5 weeks old when we first went - it was a life saver for a mum with three children under three and as the centre needed a trained supervisor I did the training & then even did a grad. diploma in ECE teaching (already had a dip in teaching -primary) as I needed to understand this whole Early Childhood Thing. For the last 3 years I have worked five mornings a week 9- 12:30 during school terms at Playcentre and now that Ethan is...