Just a short note to show you my prize from winning Jingle all the way over at

Mystical scrapbooks:

Gorgeous isnt it..lots to scrap with!!!! Thankyou Donna!!!

Also as promised everytime i make an entry i put in an inspiring blog or the like...try this one:

A new sketch blog..........A PAGE FROM MY SKETCH BOOK!

nOW......Some layouts to share..

Thats all for now..cheers Fran

Hi all its Friday here, not long till school goes back now!!!

Well as its Friday SCRAPBOOKING 4 LESS is having thier cyber crop tonight..So why not pop on over and check out the challenges..here is a link....CYBERCROP!!!!

If your looking for a good blog to check out try this one....HELLO MY NAME IS HEATHER..

Its a very pretty blog and quite inspiring..

And a layout share...

Cheers and have a great weekend!!!

Well its finally happened, my eldest kids have moved outta home!!!!!!

Now i know ive been waiting for this day with anticipation,,,,two spare rooms, means a scrap room, smaller food bills, no worrying about them being out late, no arguements and no more sibling rivalry...

But....

But,,,,

im feeling very lonely and ...hmmmm, childless.

Yes i know i have two others at home, still when i think of my babies..lol, out in the big world, i feel a page of my lfe has turned, a chapter closed....

and when i told craig just how i felt, with my little chickens flying the coup...

his reply was

......lets feather the nest with more chicks!

Now i do hope he means the feathered variety, or perhaps a puppy or kitten....

But i really cant complain cause they have been home every day since they moved out on Wednesday..lol..

Phone rings..."mum how do we put on the electricity?..."..

Phone rings... "mum could you come over and bring my clothes out of the washing machine...?"

Phone rings....."mum how does the washing machine work?"

Phone rings....."ummmmmm do we have gas or electricity????"

car pulls in drive way, all the kids pile out...'mum can you make us a list of all the things we will need in the kitchen....

"mum do we need a shopping list?

what do we put on the shopping list?

how much will it cost?

how do we pay bills?

can you come shopping?

yes this was day one and the others have been pretty much the same...

and this is monday and still two kids are here, getting dinner, cause they havnt planned out who will be cooking what days... using the dryer, the computer, asking for some money...

Hmmm so much for moving out....lol..

so i really shouldnt complain!!!!

now i have some layouts to share...

The layout above was from a sketch over at scrapn art>>>>>>over in my side bar..check it out

And a blog that ive come across that you may be interested in.....

Janet hopkins, its all in the details...

she has a great range of OTP that looks devine and is very inspiring..go check it out!!!

thats all for now..cheers and catch you all later!!!

This layout used October afternoon..

Happy new year everyone!!!!

And i have some news i can now share...
I made the DT for Scraplounge....HERE!!!

And my duties start today!!

First up i created the sketch...

and here is my example..
so pop on over and have a go at it and go in the competition...

And here are my DT designs using october afternoon..very pretty papers but easy to use for a young boy as well....

So how was your new year?

Mine was quite.....but i loved it!

cheers...

Wanting a place to check out..i came across this site the other day and cant help but keep going back....i love kits they are sooo easy when its all done fore you.....

Sweet Spuds

Yay i can share my DT work from scrapbooking 4 less. This month i was the card maker..so here are my cards using Creative imaginations paper.

Hope you all had a wonderful xmas....

and just a few layouts to share

So chow till next time....

Check this out..A great Aussie Christmas song!!!!

Well i have two great pieces of news to tell, and another i have to wait to tell....ooooohhhh i cant keep secrets...just ask my kids...any whooo..

The first is im officially a member of Scrapbooking 4 less design team

Go HERE to read their newsletter.

So ive already done some scrapping for them..will show as soon as possible...

Second piece of news....

I came first over at Mysticals jingle all the way comp...

Wow was i stoked....
here are a few of my last layouts...

As you can see ive changed my blog....loving red at the moment!!!!

Now as for a blog or site i love to visit...

MELISSA FRANCES..

Her work and design team work are gorgeous, go check it out for some serious inspiration for the xmas season!!!!

For now ill just leave you with some layouts ive done recently....

When i get back on i hope i can share some more news....

cheers!!!!

Once again ive been a bit slack....

Ive had two birthdays this week...

one son turned 15..happy birthday gorgeous boy...

and eldest son turned 21....yes 21..

OMG, im now officially old!!!!!

and he is so handsome and truely im so lucky to have him...very blessed..

and its the last week of school..so..

ive been very busy..

Now ive been taking xmas photos to find one for the xmas cards, seems only jack wants to join in this year..well i knew it was comming....so will share some of my faves....

We had our end of year singing concert...and i used my new camera and got some very freaky shots...will share....
And have been entering in Mystical scrapbooks Jingle ALL THE WAY COMPETITION AND LOVE USING ALL THE OLD XMAS PHOTOS.... so thats been fun...

But the most exciting news for me is.......

I decided id like to join a design team again and applied and got as position with
SCRAPBOOKING 4 LESS...

check them out..cant wait to start designing for them...

Oh and i nearly forgot..

A cool blog to check out is.............

Koko vanilla designs..

Her stuff is gorgeous and you can purchase it.....

Well thats all for now...

cheers Fran

Oh its been way too long i know..and so much to catch up on...so dot point will have to do....

• have job next year at beaudesert, so still moving
• Nick graduated year 12 and had his formal...see pics below.
• i received my new camera, nikon D60
• Alexs 15th birthday on tuesday..
• Mikes 21st birthday on Sat 6th...he doesnt want a party so going out to his fav resturant for dinner...
• Brought myself a sizzix big shot so i could have embossed cards..have made one so far and love it!!! see pic below....
• Had our xmas crop day at jodys on sat just gone..always have fun..
• And im joining in at Mysticals jingle all the way comp...love using all last years xmas photos before i start this years...
• But ooops have already started taking this years..
• we put up the tree today..its always been in red and gold but Steph wanted a change so now its apple green, blue and silver...
• Oh and we have set a date for our wedding...April 4th 2009...

Well thats about all ......

Oh dont forget to pop on over to another blog i love to visit....

Shimelle.....check her out...

I also have some layouts and photos to share..

Niks formal....

My first card using my sizzix machine...

well thats all for now..ill try and post again this week..cheers