I have participated in the Chook scraps Cyber crop this weekend and so far I have completed 3 of the 4 challenges.

Challenge 1
Featuring Hamish on his new BMX bike....he got his Christmas present a few days early

Challenge 2
Taylor in her Jazz costume

Challenge 4

A Christmas card....a plain one without photo's, not the sort I usually make.

Sketch challenge from Chook scraps

So far I have only managed to complete the first of the three sketch challenges from Chookscraps this month, hopefully over the weekend I will get the other two completed...maybe not..

Chook scraps are also having a Cyber Crop this weekend so if you are looking for some inspiration why not join in the fun. The hints have been posted and the challenges will be up later this afternoon.

I am hoping to get some more scrapping done today as well, tonight I am doing an on-line class for the first time so hopefully tomorrow I will be able to show the results of tonights effort.

It could be a busy scrapping weekend for me...

Brandon made the cut...

Tonight after training Brandon recieved his letter from Norwood and much to his relief he has made the cut, he is in the squad of 40. The boys have a break from training now until 19th of January, in the meantime they have been given a daily program which they are expected to follow.

If you read my Christmas letter......

If you are checking out my blog as a result of reading my Christmas letter...thankyou

On the right hand side of the blog you will see a section on other sites I like to visit. It is here you will find links to view Hamish and Brandon in action and just to make it easy they both wear #11 for the Gullies, or instead you can just click on their names and this will take you straight to them.

An update on Craig's knee: His sugery went well yesterday and he even has a small trophy for his trouble. He is slowly moving around, but taking things slowly. As he can't drive for a week I scored the footy training run tonight, luckily for me it was indoors at Pembroke's school gym. Tonight the boys participated in the beep test, agility test and the vertical leap. This time next week we will know if Brandon has made the cut, fingers are crossed.

All three children are now on holidays and are looking forward to the time off school.

A couple of layouts from this weekend

This layout is for the competition I am hosting at Heaven-sent this month.
5 embellishments
4 different techniques
3 papers/cardstock
2 photos
1 one word title

This layout is for the blind challenge over at chook scraps. This is for challenge 1, havent had a chance to get to #2 yet....hopefully later this afternoon I will get a chance.

Happy scrapping.

Karen

December Design Team work

These are the layouts and cards I have created from my Design Team Kit for December.

This photo was taken at the recent October Dance Competitions that the troupe performed in.

Meeting Mary from the design team for the first time, but it felt like we had known her for ages which of course we have through the Heven-Sent forum.

My Christmas cards...I can't make cards without including a photo, the first cards photo is a collage of some of my favourite layouts from recent months.

The tag behind the photo allows for some journalling.

Our precious princess Milo, who loves to hide under the Christmas Tree

Come on summer cyber crop

The challenges have been posted for this weekends cyber crop at Heaven-sent

There are four challenges this weekend, all enteries must be uploaded by Monday evening.

Happy scrapping

Weekend Cyber Crop at Chook Scraps

I managed to finish off challenges 3 and 4 for the chook scraps cyber crop yesterday.


We had to scrap lift one of the Design teams work and I choose one of the layouts by the very talented Sue Maree

I have also been dabbling in a bit of digi scrapping recently, mainly because I have finally been able to work out how to use photoshop elements and I have to say this digi scrapping is a lot of fun.

Happy Srapping

Layouts from this weekend

This weekend I have been participating in the cyber crop at chook scraps so far I have managed to get two of the four challenges complete. Took me awhile to work out who from the chook scraps DT I was going to scrap lift, I have eventually decided on Sue Maree....far too many great layouts to pick from. I shall work on the card challenge this evening.

Taylor in action

What's happening....

I have managed to do a little scrapping in the last few days but I am unable to show as it is for the December DT at Heaven-Sent.

I have also been busy making my Christmas Cards, this year after years of saying I am going to do I am putting in a little newsletter, well maybe it is not so little as a lot has happened this year.

Happy Scrapping.

Karen

It's all quiet on the scrapping front here

No scrapping for me at the moment.

But that should not stop you from scrapping and if you are lost for ideas why not check out the monthly competitions at Heaven-sent this month.

Happy Scrapping
Karen

Heaven-Sent Cyber Crop this weekend

This weekend Heaven-Sent will be having another Cyber Crop.

This month the theme is "Spring is in the air" and we will have 4 challenges over the weekend. Unlike our previous crops we will be announcing the challenges on Thursday evening and we will also give you until midnight on Monday to upload your enteries.

I look forward to seeing you at the crop.

Happy Scrapping

Express yourself

I completed Challenge #3 last night for Chook scraps cyber crop . I have titled the layout Express yourself. The music paper has been in my stash for well over 5 years......thought I would never use it!!!! The jazz troupe performed to "Please don't stop the music" so I thought the paper was perfect.

Happy scrapping

This weekends layout

This weekend I attempting to do the challenges for the Chook scraps Cyber Crop this is for challenge 1.
It is a 12345 challenge
1 button
2 photos
3 brads
4 alpha stickers.....well I used a few more
5 flowers

I am working on challenge 3 and 4 tonight so hopefully I will be able to upload those tomorrow.

Happy Scrapping

Weekend layouts

I had a bit of a scrapping surge last night and this afternoon.
The first layout is an entry for Moira's competition at Heaven-sent and the third layout is my entry for Leanne's comp this month.

The photos of the children were all taken yesterday afternoon, they were suppossed to be helping with the gardening.......




Tomorrow Craig and I will celebrate our 18th wedding anniversary....has it really been that long....

A few recent layouts

A few of the layouts I have recently completed.

October Design Team work

These are the layouts that I have created for Heaven-Sent this month.

Mary, Moira and Leanne have also posted their DT work for this month in gallery so why not check out what they have created.

We also have three great competitions this month at Heaven-sent so please have a look at them as well.

Happy scrapping

Heaven-Sent Cyber Crop this weekend

The Cyber Crop at Heaven-Sent has started.....Challenge #1 has been announced so why not pop on over and give it a go. Challenge # 2 will be announce later this morning.

Happy Scrappin.

Twenty years ago......

Wow how 20 years can go by...Craig and I have been together for 20 years now and in October we will have been married for 18 years. This photo was taken just after we announced our engagement in December 1988.

Charlie came to say hello

Charlie usually spends Saturdays out of his hutch and yesterday he decided to follow the cat inside.

Heaven-Sent Cyber Crop 27th & 28th September

If the thought of watching the AFL grandfinal is too much for you why not pop on over to Heaven-Sent for a weekend of scrapping, there will be 4 great challenges and a game on Saturday night.

Our theme for this cyber crop in "the animal kingdom" - think of your pets, trips to the zoo, garden pets - like snails, spiders etc... (well in my case I would give these creepy crawlies a miss..), there are so many to choose from. The layouts just need to have an animal of some kind..

We would love to see you there, and whist you are visiting the site please check out our monthly competitions.

October 1st will see the new design team upload their latest work and we will see Moira's work for the first time.

I have also added links to the design team blogs at the bottom of this page, so why not check them out as well.

Happy Scrapping.

Please just let me in......

Milo tapping on the door demanding to be let in......

WooHoo Under 11 red premiers - GULLIES

Hamish's footy team did it on Sunday....2008 Premiers...Go Gullies

Hamish in action

Hamish is No 11 for the Gullies which is the red and black team

This month at Heaven-Sent

Heaven-Sent Scrapbooking - Competitions for September 2008: Melissa, Brigitte and Ingeborg created three scrapbooking competitions for this month. All the details of the September Competitions can be found on our forum (or you can just follow this link). Please upload all your entries in our September 2008 Competition Gallery.
Melissa's Competition: Challenge yourself to create a layout using only patterned papers – no plain cardstock allowed. You may use plain coloured embellishments like ribbons, flowers, brads, eyelets and rub-ons but your title should also be patterned too if you use one.
Brigitte's Competition: Do a layout on a male in your life and how they inspire you (father, granddad, husband, brother, friend etc). You must NOT include any flowers, hearts or anything pink.
Ingeborg's Competition: Create a layout using the sketch below (for a larger picture, please check the September 2008 Gallery).
For all three competitions the other rules are the same:
· Upload the pictures of your work in the September 2008 Competition gallery BEFORE midnight on September 30, 2008;
· You can enter as many times as you like;
· The winner of each competition will receive a $ 1o.00 gift voucher to spend in our store;
· The challenge is open to anyone, but you will need to register on our site if you want to upload into our gallery!

WooHoo they both made it

Both Brandon and Hamish's footy teams won today....one more game to go can the boys teams finish as the premiership teams I do hope so.

Go the Gullies

It's a big day tomorrow

Well tomorrow is a big day for both boys if they win they are into the Grandfinal and if they loose football season is over for another year. Go the Gullies

Heaven-Sent Cyber Crop this weekend

Why not pop on over and check the challenges for the Cyber Crop this weekend. The theme this weekend is flowers and there is a very interesting game that will be played this evening 7.30pm (SA time).
Two challenges will be announced today and there willbe two more challenges announced tomorrow.

It's time for finals...

The minor round has now finished and it is time to turn the atttention to finals...
Hamish's team - Under 11 reds has finished minor premiers, not a bad result at all and all very exciting for the boys as this year is the first year they have played for premiership points.... Brandon's team - Under 16 reds has finsihed third. If they loose next Sunday then it is season over for them. If Hamish's team wins they are straight into the Grandfinal and if they loose they get another chance.....It is all very exciting.

I created this layout for the competition I am hosting at Heaven-sent this month. the pink dress in the photo was smocked, sewn and embroidered by my Mum in 1960 as part of her assessment in dressmaking in her final year of school. The other dress I smocked and made in 1986, this was my first attempt at smocking and soon I was smosking lots of dresses for my daughter. Each dress took an average of 8 - 10 hours to smock. Taylor loved to wear these pretty dresses.

A chance to win $50.00 of scrapbooking goodies

What a team !
With great excitement and enthusiasm I would like to introduce our Design Team to you! Five of our Design Team members (Brigitte, Karen, Leanne, Mary and Melissa) have been on the team for a while now, but we also have three brand new team members: Suse Hocking, Melanie Brewin and Moira Coates! All Design Team members are introducing themselves here.

Welcome our team and win $ 50.00 worth of scrapbooking goodies !

With a new team comes a new challenge and chance to win a great mystery pack of scrapbooking goodies! So ... what do you have to do? I would like to ask you to have the most original, creative, funny etc. message on our forum to welcome our Design Team! Please reply to this message on our forum to be able to win! You need to register on our site if you want to post on our forum. Your message has to be posted no later than August 31, 2008. In the first few days of September our Design Team will vote for a winner. The winner will be announced on our forum and through a personal email ... so, what are you waiting for? This is open to all current and new forum members!
August Competitions - Three of our Design Team members, Karen, Leanne and Mary created three scrapbooking competitions for this month. Please upload your entries in the August 2008 Competition Gallery.
· Karen’s Competition: Create a layout or OTP using either hand stitching and or machine stitching to enhance your layout. No digital entries this time please.
· Leanne’s Competition: Create a layout without using photos. You could for example do a page with listing your favourite items or your greatest desires etc. You are only limited by your imagination!
· Mary’s Competition: Create a layout or OTP using black and white photos.

This months comp's at Heaven-Sent

There are 3 competitions at Heaven-Sent this month.

Karen’s Competition: Create a layout or OTP using either hand stitching and or machine stitching to enhance your layout. No digital entries this time please.

Leanne’s Competition: Create a layout without using photos. You could for example do a page with listing your favourite items or your greatest desires etc. You are only limited by your imagination!

Mary’s Competition: Create a layout or OTP using black and white photos.


This is my entry for Mary's comp





Happy Scrapping.

Karen

A little update

I know I have been a little quite lately....having my thumb joint replaced and having a plaster on really slowed me down, and just as the plaster was to come off I was admitted to hospital with a DVT in my left leg....But things are now well on the way to recovering.

So hopefully soon I will have some new scrapbooking layouts to share with you.

In the mean time why not check out what is happen at Heaven-sent this month. There are 3 great competitions this month and the new design team has been announced, I am really excited as I am still on the team and the team has now been expanded to 8.

Happy scrapping...

Karen

Christmas in July Cyber Crop

Next weekend the 26th and 27th of July Heaven-Sent will be having a Christmas in July Cyber Crop, so why not pop over and join in the fun and have a go at the challenges.

www.heaven-sent.com.au

Brandon in action

Brandon kicking a goal and winning a Ruck Tap.

Taylor

Last night Taylor performed with her dancing troupe unfortunately they did not place, but the girls did a fantastic job. They should be very proud of themselves. The grils performed a jazz routine to please don't stop the music.

Last weekend Taylor celebrated her 14th birthday...where has that time gone...

Tomorrow starts a busy for us as Brandon is playing for Norwood metro in the under 15 state championships. It looks like it is going to be a wet week as well, Thursday is the only day that it is not forecast to rain so it will be real footy weather.

I managed to get back into scrapping yesterday, I kept the layout simple and it is amazing how much you can actually do with a plaster on. I also made a few cards which is something I very rarely do. The cards and the layout can be found in the galleries at Heaven-Sent.

News from Heaven-Sent....

Melissa's Competition: Create a birthday layout with at least one candle on it. If you don’t celebrate birthdays in your home then a layout about the birth of Christ and what it means to you will be an alternative, however there still needs to be a candle on this layout also
Brigitte's Competition: Create a layout inspired by your favourite book. You must include a photo of yourself somewhere in the layout.

Our next Cyber Crop will be on Saturday July 26, 2008 and Sunday July 27, 2008. Our theme for this Cyber Crop will be 'Christmas in July'. Check our forum for more information about our Cyber Crops. We'd love to see you there!
Update on our latest products:
* We now have Glimmer Mist in stock! In a variety of colours these sprays will bring shine to your creations!
* We added heaps of Scrapbooking Kits from different companies like Doodlebug Design Inc., My Mind's Eye, Crate Paper, Cosmo Cricket and more.
* The Rub-On Roller from Basic Grey is selling fast, since it is such a handy little tool!
* You got to check out the Alphabets and little Snack Packs with rub-ons from Delish Designs, they are so pretty!
* Last but not least, check out the newest products from Scripture By Design; clear stamps, chipboard and papers!

www.heaven-sent.com.au

I am out of action for awhile....

There will be no scrapping for me for several weeks, last week I had my right thumb joint replaced....

My youngest son could not wait to draw on my plaster.

I willprobably have this plaster on for the next 4 weeks, so hopefully I will be able to scrap again then.

Win a mystery pack of scrapbooking products to the value of $50.00

Would you like to win a mystery pack of scrapbooking products worth $ 50.00?
Yes, that is right; you can win a mystery pack of scrapbooking goodies worth $ 50.00 at Heaven-Sent Scrapbooking! What do you have to do?
Become a registered member of the forum at Heaven-Sent Scrapbooking;
Promote the site ( www.heaven-sent.com.au ) on another site (your blog, another forum, etc.) Please make sure that the owner of the other site allows you to promote other sites and that they are cool with it ;
Include a link to either the main site/ the forum / the gallery / the shop of Heaven-Sent Scrapbooking (you choose, but a link HAS to be included and the link has to be working);
Reply to the announcement message on the forum with the address of the blog or site that you have promoted our site (so we can all check it out);- Do all this before midnight on June 30, 2008.On July 1, 2008 the names of the people that have replied to the message with a link to their 'promotional' message will be put in a hat. One name will drawn and that person will receive the mystery pack of scrapbooking products. How easy is that?

June competitions at Heaven-Sent

This month there are 3 great competitions at Heaven-Sent..

Competitions for June: Three of our Design Team members, Mary, Karen and Leanne created three scrapbooking competitions for this month. All the details of the June Competitions can be found on our forum (or you can just follow the link). You can enter until June 30, 2008.
* Mary's Competition: a LO or OTP using only black and white cardstock and patterned paper. Photos and embellishments can be coloured.
* Leanne's Competition: '2007 in Review';Scrap a layout giving a brief overview of your year in 2007.
* Karen's Competition: Using the sketch provided, please create a layout or canvas. Your entry can be OTP, paper, digital or hybrid. Please look for a larger view of the sketch in the competition gallery for June 2008.

www.heaven-sent.com.au

Taylor

I have managed to scrap a few layouts this weekend, here are a couple of Taylor. In the first one she is two and the second one was taken last weekend at aged 13, she turns 14 in the first week of July.

Heaven-Sent Cyber Crop 24th and 25th May

Melissa posted this message about the Cyber Crop yesterday.

As it will be our first cybercrop, I will take it easy on you all.... I have some great challenges for you to join in as well as a non-scrappin' bit of fun for those who just want to drop by and see what is happening.All of the challenges should be able to be completed using what you have in your stash and a little imagination/creativity. The standard sized photos of your choice should be able to be used and all can be completed digitally too. One layout will require three photos minimum of no particular orientation and another will require two portrait and one landscape photo of the same theme.That is all the heads up that you will need for now, you just need to be ready on the 24th for some fun........

Look forward to seeing you at the Cyber crop.

www.heaven-sent.com.au

Karen K

Brandon

Brandon tackling on Sunday.....

Congratulations Hamish on 50 games for the Gullies

Hamish played his 50th game for the Gullies today, unfortunately they lost.

Brandon and I

Brandon played his first game for Norwood under 15's on Friday night.
I am cheating on the height side as I have 1 inch heels on.......
So far footy wise it has been a great weekend, Norwood under 15's won on Friday night and the Crows won last night. It would be great if the under 11 reds and under 16 reds for the Gullies could win today. Hamish is playing his 50th club game for the Gullies today. I shallpost pictures of the banner later....several hours to make and it will take seconds to destroy.

May competitions at heaven-Sent

This month there are two great competitions at Heaven-Sent

Melissa's Competition: In honour of Mother's Day, let's scrap a page about a 'Mother Figure' in our lives. Journal about what this person means to you.
Brigitte's Competition: Get a photo taken of yourself that is based on the picture from the Hillsong Colour Women's Conference ( ß- see picture ). Make a layout on the theme 'The power of a life sown' based on Hosea 10:12. You can use any colours you like and the photo can be in colour too (although the shown picture is in black & white).

www.heaven-sent.com.au

cyber crops are coming to Heaven-Sent

It's exciting Heaven-Sent scrapbooking are starting Cyber Crops in a few weeks, we would love to see you there.

Here are the details, but pleae do check out the site closer to the cyber crop for more details.

Put the 24th and 25th of May in your diary and remember to drop by and have a go. We will run it over the weekend with 1 challenge being put up each a.m. and p.m so as to allow us all plenty of time to work on each challenge and upload will be by 11.59 p.m. on Sunday night S.A. time.To join in the Cybercrop you will need to be a registered member on our Forum to be able to ask questions and upload images to the Gallery. Prizes will be given for each challenge based upon a random draw for all entries in that challenge, so that anyone who has a go, has the opportunity to win.

www.heaven-sent.com.au

When Hamish met Harry

I have used bark cardstock from TLC and the papers are from Kaiser Craft - Pets Paradise. I have used a brown gel pen for the doodling.

This great offer from Heaven-Sent finishes very soon

You only have a few days left before this great offer from Heaven-Sent finishes. So please come and say hello on the forum we would love to meet you.

Would you like to win a gift voucher of $ 25.00 at Heaven-Sent Scrapbooking?

Yes, you read it right; we are giving away a gift voucher of $ 25.00! We have a reasonable number of visitors to our site every day, but not a lot of them are active on our forum. We believe we have a great little community happening at Heaven-Sent Scrapbooking and therefore we thought we'd encourage 'newbies' to be active on our forum. So what exactly do you have to do to have a chance to win?

- Register as a member of our site and introduce yourself at our forum
- Log on and respond to / start a new message thread on our forum 10 times before April 30, 2008

Please note: the gift voucher will be randomly drawn. The only requirement is that you introduce yourself and that you write a minimum of 10 messages before the end of the month. Members that registered in previous months will also have a chance to win.

Whilst you are visiting why not check out our competitions for this month, remember enteries need to be uploaded by midnight on the 30th.

The Heaven-Sent shop also has a great range of scrapbooking supplies and coming soon is the Creative Cutter Inspirations Machine.

A couple more layouts

I have very few photos of my late mother, so I thought it was about time I preserved what I have. I believe this photo was taken of mum in her late teens, she made the dress that she was wearing. Mum was a very skilled dress maker and indeed very good at all crafts. In a couple of weeks it will be 31 years since she passed away.

I have used Kaiser papers and embellishments apart from the rubons which are from TLC. Taylor used to dance with the Garrick-Stewart school of Highland dancing and this was her first kilt. The tartan came from Scotland and this was the smallest kilt that the dress maker had made the socks were also hand knitted. The braid around the jacket also came from Scotland, Taylor's grandmother got it for her when she was on holidays in Scotland.

I have used the "travelin" hot fudge kit from TLC, inked the edges of the patterened papers, sanded around the photos that are not matted and stamped the images of a footballer over the black cardstock. The journalling reads - I love the winning. I can take the losing. but most of all I love to play. Brandon loves his football.

Thanks for looking

A great offer from Heaven-Sent scrapbooking

Would you like to win a gift voucher of $ 25.00 at Heaven-Sent Scrapbooking?

Yes, you read it right; we are giving away a gift voucher of $ 25.00! We have a reasonable number of visitors to our site every day, but not a lot of them are active on our forum. We believe we have a great little community happening at Heaven-Sent Scrapbooking and therefore we thought we'd encourage 'newbies' to be active on our forum. So what exactly do you have to do to have a chance to win?

- Register as a member of our site and introduce yourself at our forum
- Log on and respond to / start a new message thread on our forum 10 times before April 30, 2008

Please note: the gift voucher will be randomly drawn. The only requirement is that you introduce yourself and that you write a minimum of 10 messages before the end of the month. Members that registered in previous months will also have a chance to win.

We also have 3 great competitions this month, so please have a look at these as well.

partners in crime

This 12 x 12 LO is my entry in the April sketch challenge for Chook scraps. I have used the TLC hot fudge kit "friends 4 ever" as well as rubons from TLC and flowers from Kaiser craft.
Yes my three children are partners in crime but I also wanted to show off my daughters 2 dresses both of which I smocked and made. The indivdual photo of her was my first attempt at smocking.

Thanks for looking.