Week 1 Challenge @ Paula's

This is my LO for Paula's 6 week challenge over @ Paula's Scrapbooking Place, I've joined in as it will make me scrap at least for 6 weeks!!! Miss Ebony is heading the challenge with all of her wonderful samples anyone can join in so check it out @ http://paulascrapbookingplace.blogspot.com.au and if your looking for inspiration check out the link to eb's blog from there, you wont be disapointed:) I know I've been promising and promising new designs and they ARE on their way I'm just a little swamped with orders and if I had that magic remote Adam Sandler had in click I would definately be up to date:) Hope you all enjoy the LO I really like this one, it was such a great day Jakob had been asking for ages to go mushrooming and Leigh and I had'nt been since we were kids!! Mind you coming from a farm I didnt have to travel far!! We all had so much fun and the first lot of mushies we found were on our very own block!! These sorts of pics are the ones I treasure most as its everyday things we get up to as a family, I think its important to capture the everyday things and not just the perfect looking portraits, when looking in mags these days you can definately see this trend all the time which is just brill! Whats your favourite style of picture? I would love to know:) Send me comment and let me know!!
Cheers Janelle XXX

Welcome Dilberts

Today I thought I would share something I've actually sewn myself, for those who know me know I'm not one to follow a pattern very well so this was somewhat of an acheivement for me!

Of course if you make one for one child you CAN NOT not make one for the other, so Jakob got blue dilbert and Gemmy got the pink one. This pattern was extremely easy to follow and its from the Melly and Me collection. I love their work and have a list as long as my arm of things I would like to make of theirs! They make heaps of different softies, bags and all sorts of goodies if you would like to check them out just type in http://mellyandmetypepad.com.au/ and check it all out! Anyways must run these button orders wont magically finish themselves so ta ta for now.

Happy Creating

Cheers Janelle XX

Something non crafty

Hello everyone! I have something to post that is completely non crafty. Every once and a while I like to get out in the garden and get my hands dirty and it was such a beautiful day that myself and kids got out and weeded the vegie patch. I must admit I'm not the best gardener over winter but once the sun pokes its nose out I'm there!! Since I had both kids at home due to school holidays nothing crafty was going to get acheived inside so out we went and attacked! So it went from a weedy mass to a nice clean palete ready for planting, if your wondering about the little red bowls their for catching the snails, you fill them full of beer and over night POW you have bowls full of snails that got drunk and died!! Hubby reckons this would be a great way to go!! So if you have snails taking over your garden and dont like to use all the nasties give it a go, it truly works! I must go as today is raining and the kids are quiet watching a movie, I'm off to see if I can get something acheived!!

Happy creating

Cheers Janelle XX

Missing In Action

Hello all! I hav'nt run away to another country or ran off to join the army, the reason for my 'missing in action' is for the past several weeks my health has'nt been the best but I've been assured that all is OK and I'm getting back on track! So the production line of buttons has been quite slow and I'm slowly gathering speed again so fingers and toes crossed some creative things to share will be arriving shortly! I've had some orders to complete then I'll be creating a few new buttons which I'm VERY excited about! If anyone loves dinosaurs or has little men in their lives who do STAY TUNED or maybe you have some little fairies that love to sit on a magic mushroom? I just might have something for you!! Anyway must run to finish off these orders then I can get cracking!!
Cheers Janelle XXX

Scrapy pages to share

Hey all I was lucky enough to have an unexpected scrapy day with dear miss eb on sunday and I even got 2 whole LO's completed which isnt too bad for me as I can be the world's slowest scrapper sometimes. We did a sketch challenge and then went on and did our own thing. You can check out ebs @ http://welcometoebsspace.blogspot/ and see our VERY different styles! I'm really enjoying the whole sketch idea as it really makes me complete something, you should give it a go!! Not much else to post half way through some more designs, will be back with those REAL SOON I promise!! The photos in my LO are of my dad and DD, they really do have a special bond and the other is of DS, this is what happens when you let your then 4 yr old do his own hair!!!! Must run.

Happy Creating

Cheers JanelleXX

One of those weeks..............

Hey everyone, have you EVER had one of those weeks where you wished it would finish or start again? Luckily I dont have them too often but this is one of those weeks! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! DH is away working for a couple of weeks which provides me with plenty of uninterupted crafty time when the kidlits go to bed! But of course it is already thursday and I dont seem to have achieved ANYTHING!! And I'm not happy! Anyway enough of my gripes, I am determined to churn out a couple of ideas that have been floating upstairs, lets hope the rest of the week gets a bit better and I can turn those ideas into something fab for you all to have a look at!! If you are in need of a crafty 'look see ' Check out my very talented and fab cuz Sue at http://suejoy.blogspot.com/ She does plenty of cool stuff from quilting to scrapping and all other inbetween. And just a reminder has anyone checked out miss Ebony Vanderstarre in the latest SM magazine? She really does know her stuff and is excellent for getting the creative juices flowing! I'm lucky to have her on tap I guess! But then where would she get all those fab buttons she uses hey?!!! Any who must run, hopefully with something to look at very soon!
Happy Creating
Cheers Janelle XX

Scrapy Night

Hey guys just thought I would share with you a page I finished at Miss Eb's on friday night. The last friday of every month we try to get together with a couple of friends and have a crafty night, I love it because I dont get to scrap that often and its a good chance for me to get some done. Its a LO of DH and DD, made with some influential help from Miss Eb, of course! We took a sketch and went with it, you should try it sometimes its great if your'e like me and can stare a piece of paper for 2 hours!! Anyone who's looking should check out ebony's blog @ welcometoebsspace and if you have the lastest SM mag she's located there too. Must run hope you all like, dont forget to leave a comment so I know your'e looking!

Happy Creating

Cheers Janelle XX