SCRAPPING SHARING

two more LOs that i scrapped for the lounge cybercrop this past weekend.

this challenge was set by naomi and we had to scrap a "non-person" LO and use the colour combo of blue/green, white and pink + use some strip journaling on the LO.
this is the view from the rear balcony of jim and joan's (the "outlaws") unit at tweed - i never get tired of looking at it.
you can check out the everyone else's LOs for this challenge here

and this is my LO for Kym's challenge - we had to use a piece of recycled clothing, ie: tags, buttons, labels etc; 3 small photos (i cut down big ones to make small ones); a large title; and journaling with the word love in it!!!
my recycled piece of clothing is the pocket off my most favourite ever pair of jeans - i literally wore those jeans till they fell off me.
again you can see the gallery entries here

hoping to get back later in the week with some more scrappy shares....so until then -
be happy, stay safe but most of all.....
remember to always to look for the things in your life that make you smile
~~ and let those you love, know that you do ~~

~*~ LIVE OUT LOUD ~*~

shazz xo

GRAB A COFFEE....PULL UP A CHAIR

i could sit and write screens and screens of babble to catch up on what i have been doing but would anyone care to sit and read it - dunno......so point form it is.

* HEART CARDS is doing well...haven't spoken to Jodi to see if any cards have arrived yet but plenty of people seem to be making cards and lots have asked for fliers to be sent to them.
thank you everybody for your support.
and remember...it's never to late to get involved.
see here for details.

* let me introduce the newest member of our family....MISS COCO
she is a red toy poodle and despite my initial misgivings that it was "too soon" after losing Molly, she has fitted so well into our family.
even Mark seems besotted with her.
now to just get her toilet trained.

* Matt had a ball in NZ
Matt with his friends and their balloon hats.
he said that it was "the best time of his life" and he is hoping to save enough money to go back again next year for the youth camp.
one of the highlights of the trip was getting up one morning to watch the sunrise and then driving across the island all day to watch the sunset that night. i guess he was on a skinny part of NZ !!!!

* Jake was inducted as school captain a few weeks ago. i was SO proud of him and even more thrilled that my mum came along to see it all happen.
his thank you speech at the end of the ceremony had everyone talking - even the Mayor commented what a great speech it was.
i think the school community chose well when they elected him to the position - no bias here of course....LOL

* Kait has settled into high school really well. despite none of her friends going to the same school as her she has made some lovely new little friends and seems to have settled into the routines and hustle and bustle of high school life.
she hates the homework side of things - but who didn't.

* I still haven't found a job yet. had a few "thanks but sorry" letters and emails which were hard to take at first and made me feel pretty awful but i guess things are tough out there in the big wide world at the moment. something will come along - sooner rather than later i hope.

* a big congrats to my friend Ruthy on becoming a "noni" for the very first time. who wouldn't want this beautiful soul as a "noni" i ask you....???
she has already scrapped some LOs about Logan's arrival and i suspect we will see lots more as this dear little man grows up.

* i was honoured and blown away to be asked by Julie over at A 2 Z Scraplets to be a member of her DT - thanks to a recommendation from my beautiful gal-pal, Shari
Julie's Scraplets are just gorgeous and some of the designs are so intricate. i have had fun creating LOs and cards using them. here is one of the LOs i CAN share
there are more to share but i have to wait a little while until i can.

* i have taken on an admin role over at "The Lounge".
rondelle has asked me to co-ordinate the swaps and keep them on track and i am also in charge of keeping the Lounge's Blog up and running. lots of things in the pipeline so keep on checking back to see what we are up to.

* speaking of "the Lounge", there is a cyber crop up and running there this weekend.
pop on over and have a look at the challenges and the galleries too.
there are some awesome scrappers out there.
here is my take on challenge 3 - the sketch challenge
this is my mum and my aunty gail (mum is on the right). i just love these photos of the two of them together and i am thrilled with the way this LO turned out.
by the way, start to finish, this LO took me just under an hour to complete - fastest LO i have ever completed - EVER !!!!!!

* it's only 5 weeks until the Stick and Giggle retreat up at Marburg.
am i ready....???
well kinda - ATCs to complete, kits to pack, costume to get organised, class to plan.
am i excited....???
DAMN STRAIGHT I AM !!!!

I hope to be able to bring you some more happy scrapping in the next few days but until then....
be happy, stay safe but most of all.....
remember to always to look for the things in your life that make you smile
~~ and let those you love, know that you do ~~

~*~ LIVE OUT LOUD ~*~

shazz xo

STILL KICKING

hellllllllllllllllllllloooooooooooooooooooooooo
is there anyone out there....???
i hope that you are all still out there and haven't deserted me. i really haven't felt much like blogging since we lost molly...it is a little easier but some days i am just so sad and depressed that she is gone.
silly i know cause she is at peace and out of pain but i still miss her terribly and often call her name without thinking.
anyways.....having her picture staring at me from my blog every time i checked it and hearing the song i had playing didn't help so i took a friend's advice and am going to start posting again.

i have lots of news to post about but for now i want to just post about one thing

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"HEART CARDS"
"HEART CARDS" is a project to help the families devastated by the recent bush fires in Victoria.
we are asking all scrappers, card makers and paper crafters to make 10 thank you cards that will be distributed to families affected by the bush fires. it will allow them to write a personal thank you note to anyone who has helped them.
you can read more about it --> here
and if you would like a flyer to hand out to friends or post on a noticeboard at work or school, please email me (shazz64@westnet.com.au) and i will send one to you.
this will be an ongoing project so if you can't help out this time around, maybe later in the year.

i promise i will be back with more news soon.

until then....be happy, stay safe but most of all.....remember to always to look for the things in your life that make you smile
~~ and let those you love, know that you do ~~

~*~ LIVE OUT LOUD ~*~

shazz xo