Award time

Thanks Tina for the award!
The rules of the award are:
1.The winner can put the logo on her blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3.Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4.Put links of those blogs on yours.
5.Leave a message on the blogs of the girls you’ve nominated...

I nominate:
1)KimB cos I love reading her blog and she has daily freebies!
2) Denise from Bless This Mess-she shares so much of her artwork and makes me laugh.
3)Amy-Designer Cheese-love her amazing photo's!
4)Erica-Zane-E-cos she is a fabulous GAK! (Erica will get what that means!)
I know I am supposed to nominate 7 other blogs, but can't think of others right now and am stressed for time!

Goodie Post.

It's been a while since I last posted! Seems like forever!
First up my new products are in the shop!!
Forever Friends


As well as the 4 lacey borders

I have this little Freebie Quick page made with Forever Friends for you.
You can Download it HERE for a limited time only.

I took my kids to the Nature Reserve on Sunday. I love going there, if you are a regular of this blog, you will know that , I often post photo's of my visits there.

Here are some more as well as a little video clip for you which you can WATCH HERE of the nature reserve. IT is very short, under 20 seconds.
IT is almost spring here in South Africa and I love this time of year! All the cherry and apple orchards start to bloom, and around here, we have a lot of Almond and Cherry Trees, so wherever you drive you just see sprays of white or pale pink. The Oak trees are also finally gaining their leaves again. And the grass is scattered with little pink flowers. Such a delight to drive these days and come across these small wonders everywhere! I take my camera with me wherever I go now!





I wanted to also show you some recent CT layouts I have done for my various CT's I am on.
First up, my own sister, Jen-aka Chaoslounge. Her new kit Climbing Trees is out at Digital Candy and is gorgeous!





Then Amy Cheeseman-She has a new kit, really beachy!



And Kim has a new gorgeous kit out called Just Because.
You can get it DSO.


This is me (dark hair) when I was 17, in fact I had been dating my now husband for about 4 months then already. The other girl in the photo is one of my longest friends. This was done with Jen's candy jar.
I have another new kit coming out next week. Here is a sneak peak!!
And then finally....
A freebie with my Forever Friends kit.

no longer available as a freebie
Would love to hear from you! I'll be back hopefully tomorrow.

Ouch...oweeee...grunt....groan

Yip I thought so! Going to gym twice in one day is not a good idea. I repeat: It is not a good idea unless you like pain! And to top it off, I thought well I am sore already I might as well carry on and went again this morning...I know...no need to say any further!

Anyway.... Today I wanted to share with you a QP I made with Amy Cheeseman's permission using her beautiful Walk in the Woods kit! You can purchase it at Scrapbook bytes!




Download HERE.
Please Leave Amy some thanks too!! Amy'c Blog

Photos, crafts and a freebie!

So today is a little bit of everything rolled into one! I think I went a bit mad today, I went to gym this morning and again in the afternoon! I have a feeling I might be sore tomorrow!!
First up I wanted to share with you these two collage's I made. They are for sale here on my blog through Setcom. See my sidebar for details. *scroll down*
They are both A5 size, hanging from a pretty ribbon to hand up for inspiration or decoration.
Made with acid-free products.

Detail of one of them. The butterfly is raised off the paper.
Today it was a lovely day and I was outside with the kids and the camera and we came across these two lovely, but very different ladybirds. My daughter had the idea to take them both and stick them both in this flower and so I got snappy!! I love how they came out. you can click on them to see bigger if you like.


This one I managed to get of one of them opening it's wings to fly off!If you click on this one and view it larger, you will see a tiny insect in amongst the pollen. Fascinating as I never saw that at first, only when I took a look at the photo on the PC.

In this photo, you can see the ladybirds face, so adorable.
And we also spotted this pretty butterfly.

Along the theme of birds and such. Look what I have coming out this weekend

And lastly I made this word art for you with KimB's permission with her new kit "softly sweet"


sorry no longer available

Would love to hear from you if you download it! Thank you and please don't share illegally in yahoo groups, upload managers, etc, rather direct them here to download for themselves.

Thanks and I will be back tomorrow for more!!

Its a Happy Ending!

Wind blowing, rain lashing -this is my Tuesday!
Whew! What a day.
I forgot to show you the photo's from last week when I took my children to watch "Pinocchio"
Kim and Jen-(and any other fellow SA's) you'll appreciate this-check out the chickens on the roof and the vodacom adverts! LOL!



I have a little freebie for you!! Tomorrow my kit-Happy Endings will be on sale for $1! That's right! Just $1!!
Only the 17th.
So here is a little Quickpage I made for you!
I hope you like it!

NO LONGER AVAILABLE, SEE MY SHOP
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Rain, Rain...and did I mention rain?

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It has been raining here for ages...days and days! I think for 5 days now. I went to my sister in law for the weekend on Saturday and this is what our main road looked like...





Of course the kids thought it was exciting and asked when we could "row" down the "river"!!
Anyway it was nice to get away for a bit and just do nothing! I hope you had a good weekend!
Before I go, Denise gave me this little award! Thanks Denise!

The rules for this award:
1. The winner can put the logo on her blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of the girls you've nominated.

Then Laura tagged me {sorry I am soooooooo late with this!}For the "share the love award"
I am going to combine the awards!!!

I nominate the following 7 blogs:

1) Amy Cheeseman
I love her amazing photo's!
2) KimB
She makes me laugh everyday and I can always email her for advice and help and she is always willing to help plus she is so generous!
3)Secrets of a Butterfly
Kat is so sweet and kind and if you are looking for a breath of fresh air, pop around to her blog!
4)Artsymama
Kari continues to be one of my favorite bloggers, so uplifting and creative.
5)Weeds and wildflowers blog

I can't think of 2 more right now...sorry!


One last little photo cos I just love the colors and this is what inspired my country fresh kit!!

Just a short post today....

I am quiet sick...been in bed most of the day..but there is only so much of that I can take!
I wanted to post the LO I did for Jenni! With her two brand new kit's! The first one is called Dear Diary. (available at Digital Candy) Jen loves her bright colors! I did this one of my son when he was 10 months old.

Here is one of a friend of mine and me and I used her "Secret Window" kit
As well as the following two...was for the sketch challenge at Digital candy..not crazy about them, but anyway.....I rarely do sketch challenges, I find them very restrictive....I like to do my own thing! Even when I scrap lift,I start off with just one thing I liked about the lay out I want to lift, and then I go off on my own tangent! lol! By the time I am done with it, it hardly resembles the LO I was lifting!!


Anyway..off to flush my head in the toilet..maybe then I won't feel like a bus has driven over me!

Pretty pictures to share...

Over the weekend I went with a friend for breakfast in a cute nearby town. I love this place!
Em..if you are reading this...I thought of you while walking around and remembered our lovely day we spent here..going to the exact same places! Enjoy and don't forget my kit "flutterby" is only $1 today only!