Completed Album

Back in June last year, I attended a retreat in Bruce Rock. Whilst at the retreat, the beautiful and very talented Amie and Sharyn both helped me create two albums from scratch.  I just got the "bones" of the albums done at the retreat and have been very slowly working on completing the first one.
It is now finished....YAY!!!!!
I might still add some bits and pieces later but at the moment I am really happy with it.
I had far too many photos to fit the album so I made a heap of little mini albums that slot into it.
Now I just have to finish the second album before attending another retreat in May and convincing the girls to help me start another album!
Here are the pics!
Love Nic x

 

 

 

 

 

Stuck?! Sketches

I had a lovely day today, firstly Kristy, Simone and I went to the Boulder Markets and had a wander around then Kristy, Tanya, Dee, Jenny and I had an afternoon of scrapbooking.
I decided to have a go at completing the Stuck?! Sketches 15th January 2013 challenge and I was really happy how it turned out as it was the first 12 x 12 layout I have completed for ages.
Love Nic x

Here is my layout:


Here is the sketch:

Update on Project 366

Last year I started Project 366 with Kristy and Jenny, which is based on Becky Higgins' Project Life.

The aim was to take a photo a day for every day of the year and put them into an album.  I managed to take a photo for quite a few days of the year but only managed to get January into the album!!!
So, even though we are now into 2013, I am aiming to get Project 366 completed this year.
Here is some of the pages to date.
Love Nic x

Tranquil

In my last post I spoke about my project this year called One Little Word.
My word for the year is "Tranquil". 
The aim is to complete 12 projects throughout the year which help keep this word intertwined in your life.
I have told Dean about my word and shown him the craft projects that I have completed so far.
Dean is always very supportive of everything I do, but sometimes..................................

Our two cats are not allowed in our bedroom unless we are in there as they scratch and claw the carpet.  The other day I had just had my shower and as I opened the door to go out of the bedroom, Agro tried to rush me and get into the room.  So I am yelling like a banshee at him saying "OUT, OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT!!" then I hear from the other room Dean calling out "Tranquil, Tranquil". 

Of course, he thought he was hilarious!!!

Anyway, here are my completed projects to date for One Little Word.

Love Nic xxx

Hello 2013

It's the end of the third day of a new year and I love this time of the year.  It always feels refreshing and exciting and I look forward to what the year may have ahead for me.
I had a really nice Christmas and New Year.  We spent Christmas in Perth and caught up with lots of family and friends, some I hadn't seen in about 30 years!!  We were back in Kalgoorlie for New Years eve and spent a very balmy evening on the balcony of the Palace Hotel with a great group of friends.  We even managed to stay up and see in the New Year!!
This year I am taking part, along with some of my other scrappy friends, in a scrapbook project called "One Little Word" by Ali Edwards through the Big Picture Classes website.
You choose your "Word" for the year and each month you receive a prompt for a creative or writing project to complete which relates to your word.
My word for the year is Tranquil.
We have received our January prompt and I have already started working on the first project.
Even though Christmas is over and done with, I thought I would post some pics of the rest of the cards I created.
Love Nic x

 

Christmas Card Frenzy

I had a great afternoon scrapping last Sunday with Kristy and Tanya.  I made a heap of Christmas cards and absolutely loved doing it.
Hoping to get the rest of them made this weekend.

 

I also made a card for my Godson who turned 5 this month.

And we got very spoilt by Tanya and Adam as they gave us this gorgeous little cat for Christmas.

Love Nic x

Nearly December!!!!

WOW!! I don't know where the year has gone!
It seems like only a couple of months ago that I was blogging about it being a New Year and here we are sliding into December.

OK, so a bit of an update in what is going on in my life.....

Sadly, just over 2 weeks ago, my Grandmother passed away and although it broke my heart to say goodbye to her, I know that she was ready to go and I will treasure all the years we had with her.  

On a brighter note, I was able to be in Perth to celebrate my niece's 5th Birthday with her and made a cake for her which you can see below.

Life has been so full on lately doing great things with great people and really enjoying ourselves.

As you can see by my lack of blogging, I haven't done very much scrapping at all lately but last night I went to a Stampin Up party and we made 4 Christmas Cards which were designed by Demonstrator Jessica Kassman.

I had a fantastic time meeting new people and making cards and I am now totally inspired to start making more cards!

Here are the fabulous cards that Jessica had us make.

 

 

Love Nic xxx

Retreat

Last Friday morning I caught the train to Merredin and was met at the station by my gorgeous friends Sharyn and Amie.  We drove to Sharyn's home in Kellerberrin, had lunch, then set off to a scrapbooking retreat at Bruce Rock which was held by Country Papercraft.
Marg holds these retreats on her farm and there are spaces for 12 people at a time.
Accommodation on the farm is in either the old railway barricks (which originally came from Merredin) or a donga which they are currently renovating. 
Marg has a HUGE shop which we all scrap in and meals are eaten in her house.
I shared one of the railway barricks with Amie and Sharyn was in the donga with another of her friends.
I had a fantastic time and spent most of the weekend laughing...and I also did a bit of scrapbooking!
I don't have any pages to show you as I spent all weekend making up two albums out of cardstock (thanks to Amie for her incredible patience and skills as my "teacher").
The "bones" of the albums are made but I still have a HEAP of work to do decorating them and putting in photos etc. so I will post pictures as soon as I have finished them.
I am posting a photo of a layout below which I started two weeks ago and have only just finished this week.  I am really happy with how it turned out.  I have also posted a few photos from the retreat.

Lots of love

Nic x

 

The room that Amie and I shared

Everyone hard at work

Sharyn and I went for a walk on Saturday afternoon and the dogs joined us (the other dog was camera shy).

Some of the locals

Caught out with some of my purchases!! 

Can you tell we don't have a scrapbook shop in Kalgoorlie!!

White With 1

One of my New Year resolutions this year was to play along with more scrapbook challenges and like most of my resolutions, this one has fallen by the wayside. 
We are now almost halfway through 2012 and I have finally completed one challenge...yay!!!
So here is my entry for White With 1.
The criteria was:

WHITE
+
PALE BLUE
+
FLAGS

Love Nic x

A Holiday and a New Hobby!

Just under two weeks ago, we got back from an 11 night cruise to the South Pacific.  My beautiful cousin Leanne and her fiance Keith were married during the cruise and I was also lucky enough to celebrate my birthday while on the cruise.
This was our third cruise and we have already booked another one for next year as we enjoy them so much.  There is always so many different things happening throughout the day when you are on the ship and one of the things they offer is quilling which I have wanted to learn for a while now.  I missed the first day of quilling as I was doing something else but the second day, I decided that I would make sure I went along to see what it was like. 
When I got to the bar that it was being held in there was no-one there except me but as I was sitting there, contemplating finding another bar that I could at least get a Margarita from (as my bar wasn't even open to buy a drink), in came two ladies and a man.  I looked hopefully at them thinking that maybe they were wanting to learn quilling as well but one of the ladies was getting her picture taken with a bronze "Bengal Tiger" so my hopes started to fade and my thoughts went back to a Margarita...but then, one of the ladies and the man left and the younger lady stayed so I got up the courage to ask "Are you here to learn quilling?" and she said "Yes", I was delighted that I was not the only person there and went and sat next to her.  This lovely lady was Courtney and she was just one of the wonderful ladies I met at quilling. 
That night, I showed Mum the card I had made and she decided to join me the next day and every day after that which was really great and I am hoping that she continues with quilling so we have a hobby in common.
I had a fantastic time learning this ancient papercraft and am really looking forward to using it in my scrapbooking and cardmaking.
Below are some of my creations I made whilst at sea.

Lots of love

Nic xxx