WILL WONDERS NEVER CEASE

i signed up for the EMMies over at EMM when they were announced back in march.

never thought i would ever have a chance in hades of ever winning any of the rounds but thought it would be a great way to get inspired, stay motivated and get some scrapping done.

and lo and behold, after a hectic morning or trying to get "stuff" done for bonfire night at the school and giving plasma (a fortnightly occurance for me) and the dreaded grocery dash, i came home, logged onto EMM and found this

to say that i was very excited/shocked/stunned/speechless would be an understatement.
i NEVER thought i would have had a chance against some of the other girls who have been scrapping along with me in the EMMies comp.

here are, dare i say it, my winning entries for april.
(ALL my EMMie entries are in the slide show in my side bar that i will update each month)

this is the LO i did using the challenge pack that we purchase each month from EMM
- great packs and heaps in them.

this is a LO for my BOM. we had to scrap a LO about our siblings.
i have a very uneasy relationship with my brother and sister from mum's marriage to dad so i journalled about how innocent we were when this photo was taken (circa 1968)
it is one of the few photos i have with my brother and sister.
lots of hand sewing on this one to the point i made my fingers bleed !!!

this LO was part of the guest designers challenge for the month.
the VERY talented marg was the guest DTer and challenged us to use paper layering using at least 3 different PPs.
love these pics of me and my boys.

this LO was based on a sketch that was provided...AGAIN i had issues with re-sizing it.
spent hours cutting out the flowers from felt as well as han sewing but this has to be one of my favourite LOs that i have done.
i love this pic of our gorgeous girl but sadly the journalling is all too true...she is growing up way "too soon" for either mine or mark's liking.

and finally my mini ribbon album about the EMM retreat.
see all the details in this post.
we are required to complete and OTP every two months for the comp.

so there you go....i am still stunned that i won.
but i have had this silly grin on my face all afternoon.

hope you have had an equally rewarding and joyful day
remember to look for the things in your life that make you smile
~~ and remember, let those you love, know that you do ~~

~*~ shazz ~*~
xo

HAPPY THOUGHT FOR TODAY
running into friends you haven't seen for a while because you are both so busy and feeling such pure joy and that instant bond of unfaltering friendship as you hug each other and say how wonderful it is to see them.