My baby boy is THREE

Well he was three on the 19th of May, but we celebrated today with his pirate party. What a little bundle of joy my TJ is. All the parents who came (with the invited kindy friends of course), all told me how much they love TJ, how he is always smiling and hugging them when they drop their child off at daycare :)

Sooo...we had a Pirate Party today. Only 19 children here!!!! Amazing, the RSVP was for Thursday and we only had 4 RSVP by then. Ah well, he had an awesome party, we are all exhausted, but in true scrapping style, I managed a few pages.

Here is the little man (all jaundiced, before hitting the lights at the hospital) at 3 days old. I have used the new kit "Sent From Above" by Carolyn Kite (available NOW at Scrap-n-tag -see below for preview and link to the kit!)




Image is clickable- will take you to Scrap-n-tag!

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And this is the little man today! Just over 3 years later! :) This is the title page for his pirate party pages which I am slowly doing. I used Beckie Wallace's Pirate's Booty for this. I love love love this kit!! I asked at Digital Candy if someone could make a pirate kit and Beckie jumped right in to make it :) You can grab this awesome kit at DIGITAL CANDY or STONE ACCENTS STUDIO



And while this isn't a page...this is my little family all pirated up before his party :)



AND...to add to all that, I am working on my wedding pages. I will come back next week and upload a few!! I am using some BEAUTIFUL quickpages by Amie at Baubles-n-scraps! They are soooo pretty. I am about to grab the kit to finish off all my album to have a totally themed album! :)

Anyway, report card time here in Australia, so that is where my head will be for the most of it for the next few weeks!

Catch ya soon!!

Angie xx

NEW KITS!!

Well... I have 2 fantastic kits to show off this evening!

Firstly, Beckie Wallace has this beautiful "Save The Last Dance" kit! Perfect for Proms, weddings, first loves...the layout potential is ENDLESS... You can pick it up at Stone Accents Studio and at Digital Candy



I did a layout of my brother and his wife at their wedding last year with this! Second marriage for both and they have finally found their true love! *awwwwww*



And JUST RELEASED is ScrapShana's gorgeous new Coco Bella!! How pretty is this kit??!! I love all the elements! :) Available at SCRAPHEAD


I am starting to go BACK to my older photos to scrap as I am running out of current ones. So here are my 3 loves in September 06!



Til next time,

Angie xx

SCRAPSHANA SALE!!!

Click on one of the links below to visit Shana's Stores... Lyrics with AngieElements with Elaine
Click one of the links below to be taken to my stores:
Scraphead.com
Bits2Kits.com

AND don't forget the blog train challenge...it is still going!!
See below for the other links :)

Blog Train

Here are the challenges for ScrapShana's CT Team.
Challenge 1 -Lyrics With Angie
Challenge 2 -Elements with Elaine
Challenge 3 -Photos with Kathy
Challenge 4 -Techniques and Progressive with Ilona
Challenge 5 -Templats and Flip It with Pam
Challenge 6-Scraplift with Shari
Challenge 7- Templates with Tami
Our designer: ScrapShana
Rules

1. You must complete the challenge by the specified date to be eligible for the posting bonus.
   
2. You must post your layout to the Scraphead Gallery and post a link to the layout in the comments of the challenge.
   
3. Links to posting bonuses must NOT be shared with anyone else. Links will only be available for a short period after the challenge has closed.
   
4. There are seven challenges. If you complete all seven, you will receive an entire album of quick pages and an extra something from ScrapShana!
   
5. Have fun!

Til next time,
Angie xx

New Layout and a little about TJ

I was debating whether to go into this on my blog, but I thought I may as well. Last Friday, my little boy went to hospital to have his first botox injections in his calf (and possibly his thumb). He has a mild form of cerebral palsy (spasticity) where his left side of his body -arm and leg (muscles)are really tight. He went for botox in his calf muscle (4 injections) and is a part of a "Thumbs Up " study, where they are injecting half the kids in the study with botox in the thumb muscles and the other half with a placebo (saline). Regardless of the type of injection in the thumb, all the children get the same OT and physio and home p
rogram afterwards. When the study is finished, we will find out whether he had botox or not.

Anyway, Friday was a pretty hard day. Loj (hubby) couldn't be with us as he had some faculty retreat day for work, but luckily my parents came along. TJ had heaps of appointments all morning before the injections (starting at 830am) and had to fast from 7am. He then had to wait up in day surgery for 3 hours!! I swear he was an angel!! We finally were called down to theatre at 215pm. I went down with him and they suited me up to go in while he went under the general anaesthetic. I have been there once before when he was first diagnosed with CP and needed an MRI to confirm it... it broke my heart then and it did again. There is nothing worse than watching your child fight the gas and try to rip the mask off and then go all limp :( :(:( They shooed me out of the room then and I cried all the way back up to the ward.

He wasn't under that long and was back up in cuddle mode in the ard within 30 minutes. His OT then put a cast on his arm and hand to push his thum in the outward position. He was just an awesome little man. He had the cast removed today (Thursday), but his physio looked at his leg/ankle while walking and diecided to put a cast on his leg and ankle today (he wears that for 7-10 days). Poor little man is turning 3 on Monday and will have it on!!

Anyway, the point of this post is that the following layout was done for a scraplift challenge at Digital Candy, but is of the two of us before he went to theatre.




Kit used is Harmony by Baubles-n-Scraps.

Below is a 2 page spread of the day. I used it for a template challenge at Digital Candy, using a template by Chrissy W and "What Dreams May Come" by Flergs.



Don't forget to check out the challenge below!!

QP FREEBIES and a LYRIC CHALLENGE

I am very excited here!!! All of ScrapShana's CT are hosting a blogtrain challenge series. Each of us will host a challenge for you to complete. You then post your layout at SCRAPHEAD (leave us comments on our blogs so we know you have done so) and you will get 2 QP freebies for each challenge you do. We are all using the same kit of Shana's- Blue Jean Baby, so if you complete all of the CT member's challenges, you will end up with about 14 QP freebies which will make a lovely coordinated album! :) **You cannot combine challenges**


Sooooooooooooooooooooooo....what is my challenge??? I am hosting a LYRIC CHALLENGE! Complete it, post your layout HERE and I will send you these 2 QP Freebies :)

****PLEASE REMEMBER TO PUT SSBC (ScrapShanaBlogChallenge) at the beginning of your title and post in my comments here, so I know you have played along!! *****


I want you to use the words (some, all- whichever you choose) in your layout. It could be the title..

Come What May

Never knew I could feel like this
Like I've never seen the sky before
Want to vanish inside your kiss
Everyday I love you more and more
Listen to my heart, can you hear it sings
Telling me to give you everything
Seasons may change winter to spring
But I love you until the end of time

Come what may, come what may
I will love you until my dying day

Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place
Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace
Suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste
It all revolves around you

And there's no mountain too high no river too wide
Sing out this song and I'll be there by your side
Storm clouds may gather and stars may collide
But I love you until the end of time

Come what may, come what may
I will love you until my dying day
Oh come what may, come what may
I will love you

Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place...

Come what may, come what may
I will love you until my dying day

Here is my layout as an example! (although, I can see, your children, pets etc able to fit in with it)-


Credits: Kit- ScrapShana- Young Love; Template by QueenPamedalah


Stay tuned for more CT challenges!!!


Angie xx

The White Dress

I knew my little ballerina would love this dress. I bought it for her when I was in Sydney. I used ScrapShana's Sweet Serenity Kit
(available at Scraphead) for a template challenge at ScrapHead

Angie xx

Happy Mother's Day!!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all Mums!!! I have had a lovely morning. Weas given my pressies from my two angels (a voucher for an hour's massage and Kylie Minogue's new perfume!!!) and was given a lovely breakfast. Then the kids toddled into my mum (who has been visiting for a few days) and gave her some pressies too. One of which was a scrap album I was compiling using layouts of her and the kiddos!!

Below are two pages (the title page for the album and Nan and Charlotte 4 years ago!!)






Carolyn Kite has this BEAUTIFUL kit in her store at the moment "Flowers For Mum" which I used for these pages. She even has a freebie bracketbook page in her store using the kit.


Click on the image below to be taken to the FREEBIE!!!



Have a wonderful day everyone!!

Angie xx

A Granmother's Love, using ScrapShana's Wisftul mini!

ScrapShana has entered a competition at Scrap Orchard called "So You Think You Can Design", putting designers through their paces. She has made this gorgeous mini-kit "Wistful" for her first assignment. The cool thing is, you can get it FREE at Scrap Orchard now (along with all the other designers' kits)!!!



Here is my little play with the kit "A Grandmother's Love"


Til next time,
Hugs...
Angie xx

Some new layouts

Well I have been a scrapping fool this arvo/night. Two of my designers have new kits out, so I played around with them!!

Carolyn Kite- Cool Summer



Click on the kit tobe taken to her shop!! HURRY, it is on sale for only $3!!!

My layouts with this gorgeous kit :)






Amie at Baubles 'n Scraps also has a new kit, Garden Gala which will be release this coming week. BUT...if you pop over to Digital Candy this weekend you might sneak a peak in a grab bag !!

Here are my layouts with this amazing kit!!




It is a long weekend here in Queensland, so hopefully I will get a few more layouts done before going back to work on Tuesday :)

HUGS,

Angie xx

SCRAPSHANA'S NEW STORES

I am so so so so very excited. ScrapShana has finally decided to sell her amazing UNIQUE designs again. We have all been so lucky (well those who have visited her blog) to receive some awesome freebies, but now... you can get MORE!!!

"Where could one go to receive such amazing products?" I hear you all say! LOL...

SCRAPHEADS Oh...all Shana's stuff is 40 % off there at the moment!! and Bits2Kits (where they are all 25% off)...

BUT...if you also go to her blog RIGHT NOW...she is giving away her gorgeous "A Mother's Heart" kit (all her CT used it to make the wonderful bracket book freebies!!!)!!
Click on the kit below to be magically transported to Shana's blog where you can get it FOR FREE!!



Congratulations Shana! I am so proud of you!!!

Angiexx

NSD SALES!!

How fun is National Scrapbooking Day?? (even if I am INTERnational lol)

A few of my dsigners have SALES on ...

Green Elephant Designs by Nicoli has 33% off her store at Designs In Digital

She also has 2 cool grab bags (one boy, one girl), available only at Hot Spot Scraps on sale from 3-5 May. Here is a peak at the boy bag:

And a layout I did with it (adding in leaves from Carolyn Kite's My Sunshine kit)




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DESIGNS BY BECKIE WALLACE...




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CAROLYN KITE at Scrap-N-Tag

Pirate's Booty!!

I was so excited when Beckie Wallace released a PIRATE kit! TJ is having a pirate party later this month for his 3rd birthday, but needed some pirate pics for his invitation. I thought they were too cute for JUST the invitation, so here they are showcased by Beckie's Pirate's Booty and using ScrapShana's Template.



You can get Beckie's Pirate's Booty at Stone Accents Studio!!

Bye for now xx

Adorable You Kit for FREE at SAS

Adorable You by Beckie Wallace, available Free with Purchase only at SAS!

Check out this FANTASTIC KIT by Beckie Wallace!


TO GET IT GO TO STONE ACCENTS STUDIO