Beach Bums - Onemana

It has been a long time since I posted on my blog, so I have a few to share today. This first layout has photos from our holiday in Whangamata. We went to a cute wee bay (Onemana) fishing one day. The wind was bitterly cold, no sun to speak off, the waves rough, but Kate was into being nude, and so decided to once again strip off. The papers are "My minds eye" - flowers, and rub-ons also.

Poppet and Lucy

Unusual colours!!! Not sure if it works, but done now. Poppet is one of very few jersey cows in our herd, and a real pet. Loves a good scratch, and cuddle.

Up2scrap

Well, I have had a fantastic day out scrapbooking - kid free!!! Loved every minute of it, but because I'm such a slow scrapper I only completed one double page over an entire day. Came home to an email from Up2scrap magazine wanting one of my layouts by next week for their magazine, but previously they had discarded it, so I showed it on my blog. It was titled Rainbow Lamb - some may remember seeing it?

Lucy is 4 today!!! Where has the time gone? Had afternoon tea for her with family and friends. Spent last night making her birthday cake and wrapping presents. Barbie dolls were right up there on her list of "wants" and she also wanted a barbie cake, so this is what I made. Hope to get some scrapbooking done later in the week, so check back for layouts.

Last nights effort...

I did this layout of Kate in the Lavender at Lavender Lane (Stratford) back in February. I think I will make it into a double page as I have some more lovely photos from the same day to scrap. Been on the farm feeding out this morning - very crisp, but the sun is out now and we have a stunning day!

Next layout...

This layout is very plain, but I didn't want to distract from the great pics of Lucy and Jorja playing together. I used my date stamp on this - something I have had in my stash for several years and not used. It is a Heidi Swapp brand, and reminds me of the stamps libaries use to use before computers. Only the font is much more trendy! Also used white brads to create a focus circle.

Finally some more layouts to share!

This layout is using the monthly sketch challenge from http://www.scrapboxnz.com/ In real life the colours are a lot better. They haven't photographed very well. Talking about cameras, I'm the proud owner of a new digital. I'm yet to try it out, but am very excited to have a camera that will now fit in my handbag as my other camera is an SLR and large! Anyway, this is Lucy fishing at the wharf in Whangamata with her pink lipstik rod she got for Christmas. I used glossy accents on the lettering so they are, well, glossy and stand out from the rest of the papers.