Exciting, Excitng, Exciting!!!

Firstly:Yesterday i received my official acceptance into uni as post graduate in a special needs education course.Full time, so im back studying, which i love. Oh and of course ive had three job offers for contracts this week as well..no work last semester and three contract offers in a couple of days.. Which i had to say no to as i really want to go back to uni. And with Jack still little its the best oppurtunity.
Secondly: You know the other week when my son broke his foot and i was late for an appointment? Well...I was so surprised to find out id been asked to join a design team at "The scrapbook princess". That was the interveiw i was late for...lol Really didnt think i had a chance after my late appearance but....I was asked to join....Its one of my local scrapbook shops. So that will be fun..We have a meet and greet this weekend, so looking forward to meeting the other ladies on the team. They dont have a web site up and running as of yet but its on the books and when it does ill put up a link..

Thirdly:I taught my first online class last Friday at Chooks Scraps, and it was sooo much fun..And im happy to say quite a few joined in and even some new chooks in the hen house joined us..So i cant wait to do another class. Love teaching, wasnt as scary as i thought...

Here is the completed white space layout and a link to the gallery so you can see everyones layouts from the class..

Here is the link to the gallery:.......Chookscraps online class July..

Now i havnt really scrapped a lot as i thought id have a go at the for keeps Awards for excellence.Well thats thrown a spanner in my works.Ive found a few photos i love.. But thats it, im stuck for inspiration. I dont know what they look for?..And ive attempted a few, but then think, Is it good enough?..So ive sat and looked at photos, paper and mags, for a week now and cant seem to get anything done. Even so much so that i havnt really scrapped much at any ccs this week..

So here are the layouts i have completed

The photos i used in these two layout were old photos of Jack that i decided i just had to use again..lol For another album, his beach album..


So thats mynews and show and tell....lol.... Hope you all have a fabbo week and ill catch up later..

cheers Fran

Have some exciting news,

Im hosting an online class at CHOOKSCRAPS on friday 13th July..

Its on white space. Now i know im one of those people that have to clutter up my page and never know when to stop..lol..

But i do love the simplicity of white space layouts, the elegant lines and the design of white space layouts. So if you arnt busy, and would like to step out of your comfort zone. Join me and the chooks over at chookscraps for a free, use your stash online class.

Here is a preveiw of what we will be creating

And here is the link to find out more.....ONLINE CLASS:

CHEERS fRAN

Its always the way isnt it...a quite few days, rest and relax...one meeting to attend in the week have to be there at 10.30
Good time, enough to get up have coffee,shower: relax leave with time to spare..Easy..
OH NO!!!!

I am awaken at 8am by my 14 year old son, "mum there is no bus money are you driving us?" yeh hang on..
Just about to get out of bed, 20 year old son speaks up "Mum i need to go to the doctors"

Why? i ask..." I think ive broken my foot". How? "Last night at bowling, kicked a bowling ball.".

Oh great. pile kids in car, drop off at school get to doctors..doctor running late, and its already busy..wait...wait.. see doctor, need xrays..

great havnt put petrol in car and havnt got key card to get any..

panic about running out of fuel. get to xray, not even enough room to sit..

Get xray back, pile 20 year old son in car with crutches, tell him to make another appointment to see doctors this afternoon..

"but mum!"

I dont care, self inflicted silliness, had been drinking as well.

Bowling alleys and alcohol dont sound safe to me on a good day...

Im late!!!!! which i was by 30 minutes..

no coffee, no time to shower, no food, throw on clothes, grab portfolio...

panicking, grab fuel, speed, get there in a huff.... and they were so nice about it..

grrrrrrrrr, isnt it always the way...._________________

Any hooooo, i have some Chookscraps DT work to share

First off my finished layout from the pack i showed last month:

So much in the pack, enough to do a double with leftovers...

This was an urban lily pack...im not a pink person but loved the outcome..

The rest are just layouts from the week to share...

So thats all from me for now..
But before i go just wanted to send my well wishes and love to Anthea, on her babys upcoming birth.....
cheers all..

Well an uneventful week for me this week although i did get to a crop with the girls from EMM, and that was fantastic. Love chatting with other women who have a passion the same as mine...

Also EMM are having another retreat!!! Wooooohooo, yes ive circled the date on the calender, checked luggage is still in working order, let the family know i wont be home that weekend.Im going on another retreat!!!

And the response this time was.......
"You are so daggy mum...."

Hmmmmm wasnt the response i was expecting. Still how could i expect them to know the excitement i feel on geting away from nappies, washing, making meals, doing dishes, mopping floors and just general household mother duties...None of that on my retreat...nope..cant wait to get away.. Oh and yes that is about all of my social life for the year..

Except for the odd weekend here and there of Karaoke at the pub...And even then i hear,

"Oh mum your soooo embaressing"...lol...

So didnt do a lot this weekend, but as usual i have some to share, as i did do a lot of DT work which i cant show just yet...but...

Ill show you the gorgeous May chooks pack Lorraine sent me, just devine....couldnt wait to use it...have a look..

Had heaps of fun creating with the pack..
Now to share some layouts ive been doing..
This was for my BOM at EMMM Emmies: about my school days..I chose to do mine on a crush i had on my music teacher way back in year eleven....
And a mini book i made for my MIL....

Now for the exciting news from last blog entry.....

Last weekend i joined in a cyber crop at Scrapping Around...and i won a challenge but i was also asked to be their first guest designer ..wooohoooo So will be doing somthing special for thewm for August..very exciting..

Oh and also....

Acacia Paper craft sent me thier adverstising for Scrapbooks Creations August issue and they have used my layouts and mini books in the advertising...

Very cool i thought!!!!

So there you have it..till next time. keep safe!

cheers Fran..

Oh Ive been a bad blogger, so i should make up for it..

Aint it cold...brrrrrrr, and i love it!!!!!!

Give me rain, give me snow, give me 10 degrees and below..

Give me a beanie, give me a scarf, sit round the fire have a good laugfh.

Too cold to wash or hang out the clothes, too cold to shop with my runny nose.

I love this weather please give me more:

Turn on the heater close the door,

Put on my slippers and my old dressing gown, the rain outside is pouring down.

Give me my coffee , my scrapping gear and my cake:

Time to play and have fun and create...

Hmmm that just came to me thought id just be a poet..lol.

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Now last weekend i joined in some cyber crops

Chook Scraps had their cyber crop, and Lorraine always gives the best challenges...

123 had their cyber crop but i havnt started them yet as they are not due in till the end of the month but i have completed their monthly challenge.

Scrapbook city also had their cyber crop and i managed a couple there.

And a new scrap site ive found, Scrapping around, had their cyber crop on.. Some great challenges there also..

So now for show and tell.

These two layouts were for competitions at The craft attic and EMM.


So im being a bit quick today, as my fingers are a bit cold...

So i have some other news to share but ill pop back in tommorrow to share that...

Cheers

Exciting news!!!!

I found out on the weekend that i was a finalist in the

SCRAPBOOK CREATIONS COLOUR COMPETITION!!!

Yay...dont get any thing for it,

but it was on display at the

Brisbane paper crafts festival..

Mine is second row fifth from the left....

I did the green and black challenge..
Thats good enough for me...lol

Now i dont have a photo to share of it as i didnt think to take one before i sent it in...

so will have to wait...

I do have some layouts to share.

From cyber crops and competitions.
So here goes...

Double layout for EMM sketch..

EMM challenge pack:

This layout was for a cyber crop over at Embellished.
Also from Embellished, the monthly competition asked for a moment layout..

Over at LSBS i joined in the cuber crop and managed one layout, a sketch...
This layout is for 123 CHALLENGE BLOG:using polka dots, birds and stamps
This layout was from Crafting in style cyber crop. It was Jolenes sketch, which i loved..
Ok so thats all for now..

cheers Fran

This post is just to put up my mini album about me from the Make Believe Masters over at Scrap therapy, as their web site has been playing up and wont allow anyone to upload photos. So i have met the deadline and am uploading these photos to show i have completed the challenge..

Front page:
Inside pages.



Ok thats it for now...cheers Fran

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACKSON!!!!!

You turned two today. I cant beleive how fast it has gone. I love you my precious boy..

LOVE YOU!

Exciting news for me!!!!

Well actually two lots of exciting news...

First off i was asked a while ago to do a guest design team stint for Acacia Ppaer Crafts. They sent me the most gorgeous papers from Daisy Buckets designs. Loved using the paper. aND SOME mAYA ROAD CHIPBOARD TAGS..Well it seems they loved my work so much they asked me to join their design team full time!!!! Yay..

So if you go to this link it will show my guest design work on their front page.

ACACIA PAPER CRAFT

So now i have my next package full of exciting papers to work with yay!!!

Now exciting news number two.

Ive finally been published....In SM vol 8 no 12......

Now i know that ive told people i wasnt interested and that was because i sent this one layout in, it was excepted, i sent it to be photographed and then i heard nothing. So i gave up and couldnt be bothered..lol

Now i see its in print....And its kinda exciting..lol

And it certainly was a surprise as i was told by Jolene, after congratulating her on being in the mag and she informs me that im in it too...lol.

too funny...

Now do i actually get paid for that??

It was actually on my list last year, to be published and join a design team. Ive done both and now im happy..

So here are a couple of layouts ive completed on the weekend.


Must go need to do dishes..
cheers all...