Remembering our Christmas Traditions

 

I've been thinking about what made my Christmas special as a child:

• One new Christmas decoration Mum would buy each year
• Putting up the Christmas tree on December 1 while listening to the cricket on the radio/TV
• Putting up Christmas lights on the house
• Opening doors on the advent calendar (nope - no chocolate just a picture behind each door)
• Wrapping presents on Christmas Eve (to avoid any poking or prodding)
• Opening some little gifts from Father Christmas from our personal red felt stocking to keep us amused and leaving Mum and Dad to sleep peacefully!
• Mini cereal boxes for breakky on Christmas morning
• Waiting until after Church on Christmas day to unwrap the presents
• In later years, going to a Christmas eve service and coming home to a midnight snack of hot chips!
• Grandma's roasted stuffed sausagemeat
• Backyard cricket on Christmas day
• Catching up with the family
• Watching the Boxing Day test (OK did I mention we are a cricket loving family?)

More Double Jeopardy

I just could not resist telling you all about Set 2 of Double Jeopardy. This one is Christmas themed - Double Jeopardy: Holiday Edition. It included seven Christmas 24?x12? papers, to make seamless double page LOs. I just can't wait to put them to use.

To give you an idea of how wonderful these 24�12? papers are, here's a Christmas page I created last week using Double Jeopardy: Bright Basic Solids and Prestige & Holiday Prestige Bundle.

Studio Matters Coupon for Studio mgl

Check out the Scrapbookgraphics blog daily this month for coupons - and look who's first up!

Welcome to Day One of
Celebrate the Season
@ Scrapbookgraphics!

Today we are celebrating with Studio mgl Scraps!

Use coupon code TrezeP42
to take 20% off one order
in Studio mgl Scraps
now through December 24th.

Studio Matters

Ziska's Black Friday Sale

mgl Scraps 50% off Sale!

 

mgl Scraps

I got blogged - this time on Studio mgl CT blog
mgl Scraps CT Blog Archive CT Interview Featuring Melissa

Speedscrap and Chat with Studio mgl

Come and join us in the Scrapbookgraphics Chat room on Sunday the 23rd at 8pm EST for our next Speedscrap! Melanie has written the instructions for us will be hosting the chat.

Everyone who posts their completed layout and links it up on the blog within the set time (to be announced on the night) will get some fabulous goodies! (Previews coming soon!)

I hear it will be an advantage to have Cinnamon Breeze, but you can all join in whether or not you've snagged the kit yet!

To make sure you don't miss out on the fun, why not take a moment now to update to the latest version of Java, and on the day remember to make sure your pop up blockers are off. You can test logging in today! If you have any trouble, you can PM mshanhun at DigiShopTalk or Scrapbookgraphics.

You don't need to be a member of Scrapbookgraphics forums to participate - just use whichever user name you'd prefer in the log in page. But why not join up? There are heaps of cool challenges and a friendly bunch of people waiting to meet you there.

See you Sunday 8pm EST! :)

I got blogged.

 

Franziska's Scrap-Blog: Sugar Rush

Check out Double Jeopardy

After hours of paper flipping and blending for my double page layouts I am so excited to let you know about Monica's newest product

 

Tired of joining and flipping papers that never quite fit to make your double page LOs? Well, no more! At the request of my CT Melissa (mshanhun), I have created Double Jeopardy: Basic Bright Solids, a collection of ten 24"x12" papers for you to use in your double page layouts. These were created at 7200x3600 dpi and so are truly a single paper, rather than a blend of two.
Scrap for Hire friendly!

I just love these!

Here's a layout for my theme album I did today with it!

I won something cool!

 

A subscription to Digital Scrapbooking Magazine! Thanks Scrapbookgraphics!

Studio Matters

See below for the blog train :)

Digital Scrapbooking Day Blog Train

Monica and Ellie have got together to do a great collaboration kit called Bubblicious

The Creative Team girls have been working hard to create some freebies for you. We've a great big collection of unique quick pages for you to collect, from both Monica and Ellie's CT.

You can pick up your next quick page at Melanie's blog

Apologies in advance if you can't comment on my blog- for some reason Spaces is not allowing you to comment if you don't have a Windows Live/MSN/Hotmail account. Looks like I'll have to get a funky blog like the Studio mgl CT :)

 

Enjoy DSD!

Digital Scrapbooking Day Sales

Studio mgl

50% off everything in Monica's store and a free kit with $15 purchase. Coupon code for free kit will be emailed to you!

Studio Ziska

Ziska's Grand Opening 50% Off Sale

Digital Scrapbooking Day Sales

Studio mgl

50% off everything in Monica's store and a free kit with $15 purchase. Coupon code for free kit will be emailed to you!

Studio Ziska

Ziska's Grand Opening 50% Off Sale

Pitter Patter

Time to share with the web world a very exciting piece of news - Phill and I are expecting our first baby!

So far the baby is growing well according the doctor and my first ultrasound. I've had a bit of morning sickness for the last couple of weeks and can't seem to sleep through the night, but we are both thrilled to be parents. Phill's been helping me out heaps and I'm feeling a little better this week (I even did the shopping today!)

The baby is due on the 6th of June 2009 and we've already been showered with baby cakes, well-wishes and gifts from family and friends. Thanks everyone you are so sweet!

I was chosen as Page of the Week at Scrapbookgraphics

I Can Scraplift That: Page of the Week 10/14

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Hi everyone! Here we are at week two of the combined challenge to Scraplift the Page of the Week. I am loving this new arrangement!
I love this week's pick for its warm, shimmery sunlight, the beautiful, rich colors, and, of course the design as well as the sentiment. Please join me in congratulating mshanhun for this week's ICST/POTW for her page, Engaged. Please be sure to stop by her gallery and leave her some comments for this beautiful page. And mshanhun, please stop by and answer some questions so we can get to know you better!

I was chosen as Page of the Week at Scrapbookgraphics

I Can Scraplift That: Page of the Week 10/14

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Hi everyone! Here we are at week two of the combined challenge to Scraplift the Page of the Week. I am loving this new arrangement!
I love this week's pick for its warm, shimmery sunlight, the beautiful, rich colors, and, of course the design as well as the sentiment. Please join me in congratulating mshanhun for this week's ICST/POTW for her page, Engaged. Please be sure to stop by her gallery and leave her some comments for this beautiful page. And mshanhun, please stop by and answer some questions so we can get to know you better!

mgl Scraps CT � Blog Archive � The first challenge of many

Check out the new mgl Scraps CT blog.
Our first challenge is a Scraplift - with a $5 GC to Studio mgl to give away
http://www.mglscraps.com/ctblog/?p=77

mgl Scraps CT � Blog Archive � The first challenge of many

Franziska's Scrap-Blog: Free Spirit

I got my layout blogged! Mine is beach day - the third below.

Franziska's Scrap-Blog: Free Spirit

Free Spirit

Finally Mon and I got together and managed it to finish a collab!
Check out the various shades of pinks and blues. With lots of cardboard balanced with acrylic, chrome and glitter, Free Spirit is filled with elements that would make it perfect for any kind of layout. Boys and Girls can be scrapped equally well with this kit!
And these Papes are from my talented CT:

KayjayAnnette
MelissaDebbie

New Blogs

Check out Monica's new blog here

Also, the Creative Team blog I've been working on with the girls is finally going live tonight!

Monica has a Grab Bag

Check out Monica's store at Scrapbookgraphics for lots of goodies and don't miss out on her October Grab Bag - there's only a couple more days you can get your hands on it!

Here's a layout I've done with part of the Grab Bag

Pyjama Party @ Scrapbookgraphics

Thankfully it is day time for me!

Our Esperance Weekend

Stu, Kelly, Justin, Melissa G, Meran, Ben and Becky, Phill and I set off in 3 cars from Kalgoorlie BP Truckstop at about 4:30 thanks to Stu's guineas pigs (you had to be there) and drove for 4 hours in the rain.

We stayed at Yot Spot apartments 3 and 4 on the Esplanade, which were really lovely apartments. After the early risers walked up to the jetty, we headed off to Cape Le Grand in the morning, and after climbing the rocks at Hellfire bay thankfully the sun came out and we were able to enjoy swimming (well Ben Phill and I) at Lucky Bay. We got home in time to see most of the Grand Final too. Games, a walk around town and more games, another trip to Hellfire bay for swimming (6 fish!) and another quick dip rounded off the weekend for us. We had dinner at Gibson Soak on Saturday night and celebrated Stu's impending birthday with a yummy cake. We all headed off to Kal on Monday morning.

Check out the photos at our Picasa or Facebook pages.

Cute dialog box of the day

I just love it! Don't eat all my bandwidth!!

Trish H. Designs: Summer Romance... according to our CT!!

Check it out - my page got blogged :)

By Melissa

Trish H. Designs: Summer Romance... according to our CT!!

A happy week

We've been blessed to have Lauren stay for the weekend, well she got in on Friday arvo and left Wednesday morning.
I've basically lifted this from Lauren's blog, apologies for the plagiarism! Plus added a few details :)
We have done some cooking (pasties and choc melting moments), scrapping (Dad's pressie and Lauren's ball) and piano playing. We had a games night on Friday night and then one of their friends' 4-year-old had a birthday party Saturday. After church we went to a park with some of their friends. I saw emus, cockatoos, kangaroos and peacocks.
I've made a couple of pages today


Now it's time to get back to marking assignments!

Fonts

As some of you you would know I love fonts. There's just something about getting the right one to express a feeling for a page, letter or document.

I've been invited to create layouts using fonts from Studio Fontologie.

Spring

Although this photo is a few weeks old now, we are pleased to repot that our garden is growing, the shutdown at the Smelter is over and life is returning to normal. We enjoyed having Phill's parents in town at the start of the month and Lauren is coming to Kal at the end of this week. The weather is warming up - after the obligatory cold snap for Race Round (windy too, to blow dresses and hats around).

I've been helping out with the programming of the services at Kalgoorlie Baptist for the last few months and on Sunday sung at the Kalgoorlie Town Hall Centenary Celebration Service (about 350 people came). I'm still tutoring at ECU, still playing piano and singing at church, and still working on our curtains!

After Phill working such long hours for the last couple of months with the shutdown we are looking forward to our weekend away with homegroup in Esperance for the Queen's Birthday long weekend. We celebrate Ben and Becky Noordink's birthday in style on Sunday with a great party - and as usual we are busy with lots of work around the house. The latest photos are on the Picasa site. Leave me a comment if you want the address (my blog is public now...).

Well that's all for now - hope you are doing well :)

Free Spirit

More news - I'm now on Monica's CT too and I got a hold of her and Franziska's New Kit Free Spirit

Today I did a few layouts with it

Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the world yet?

Thanks to Mike for the link!

Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the world yet?

Have a look here for more info

Lefties Rule!

Ok, so I'm left handed, but did you know that I descend from the famous clan of left-handers??
There's an interesting article here: Are you Kerr-handed?
Theories on Left-handedness and Laterality
For example, the Kerr clan of Scotland is infamous for their predisposition towards left-handedness. 3 This feature, known by the Kerr as being "Corry Fisted" or "Kerr-Handed" can be understood as a culturally reinforced trait that was supposed to aid these Scottish warriors in methods of warfare. Due to their common gene pool, however, this trait can also be understood a genetic characteristic of the Kerr clan.

Some Recent Layouts

Click the photos for credits :)

Trish H. Designs: End of Summer

I got blogged again!! Quoting Steph here:

 

I'm so proud of our CT(I say ours, even though its Trish's... LOL) and I constantly love to show off their hard work and dedication to Trish!!! One of Trish's very newest kits is called "End of Summer" and our CT has done some gorgeous work with it!!!
Here's a preview of the kit:

And here are some gorgeous layouts that our ct did with it!!
by Melissa

 

of course the other girls did great layouts too - see the original post for more Trish H. Designs: End of Summer