The rest of my NSD layouts...

So I completed a bunch more layouts for the 2peas challenges.
This is what I got done...

The first challenge was a colour inspiration, you could either go with their combo or find a combination of things around your house to inspire you. So I gathered up a few bits and pieces ...

and so this was my layout I came up with.

This page was for Challenge #4 - Continue the Morph

 

This card was for Challenge #7 - Using Polaroids

 This page was for Challenge #8 - Beneath the layer (Using the negetive)

 This page was for Challenge #5 - Using bright colours

and lastly this was for Challenge #6 - Play with Confetti

Sorry for the super long post, I just knew if I didn't get them up all at once I wouldn't do it!
Have a great day
Hayley

NSD extended...

I really wanted to participate in NSD this year. I didn't know of any crops happening and in reality I couldn't be gone all day with breastfeeding the baby anyways. But I really wanted to get involved. I figured Two Peas would have something going, I do find being in a different time zone a little tricky for these things, especially things like chats etc. But the list of challenges was great.

Then I started receiving email challenges from Big Picture and their challenges were awesome too! Then I heard Studio Calico's challenges were interesting so I popped over there. Can we all say Overwhelmed! Overwhelmed with goodness though. So I did the logical thing and thought well which one closes first, that's how I'll do it. So Big Pictures closed on the Sunday so I got two layouts done for there. I could have done a bunch more if I had a little more time. Studio Calico and Two Peas did allow more time which is awesome.

So enough blabbing on...

I did this page for Challenge #2 at Big Picture, it's a challenge from Ali Edwards - Grab a photo from a few years back and a photo from today and tell a story about the way things are different or the same. 

This is a page I have wanted to do for a long time and it fitted the challenge perfectly. 

And for Challenge #7 - Create a layout using three colors that are found next to each other on the color wheel. I must say too that uploading for a challenge at Big Picture is super easy - I really liked that.

I haven't posted to any of the other challenges yet but I will share my layouts when I do.
Hope your having a fab day
Hayley

Party all night long...

Those drain/sewage/cctv guys who are parking outside my bedroom window every second night with loud grinding noises and flashing lights are really cramping my already broken sleep schedule. Phew I am pretty tired. When I fantasise about being up late and having a social life again, this is not what I meant. I hope they sort it soon, it's been going on for a long while now. So if I don't make much sense, don't judge, just go with "she is super sleep deprived".

I got some photos printed and now I can finally scrapbook a few pages of the baby. I have purposely delayed printing them to make myself finish off some photos that I was being a bit slack about. So I did my first one of GG, Sissy 2 did manage to smush herself into a photo too. Poor baby, not only does she have to try and hold that head up, she has to hold the big ones head too!

I used mainly Girl's Paperie on this but I was pretty thrilled to whip some heidi swapp tape on there, man that stuff is old. I am trying to work something old onto every layout at the moment and it's not nearly as hard as I thought it would be.

Now to the opposite of super old, is exciting and new! YAY!
I did this page using my new 6x6 Studio Calico pad - I think it's Classic Calico 2. I so enjoyed this one and it came together so fast, pleased to have this birthday done as she has another this month!

Oh and I got this title from the Silhouette store last week on clearance, Bargain! I do want to get a subscription but I will wait for a sale and just get what I need for now. I am loving this machine and I think I have used it on every layout since I have purchased it.

I'm off to try and get something done now, I'm hoping to get a couple of  Mother's day cards finished up, wish me luck and any energetic vibes gratefully accepted.
Have a great night
Hayley

Back to school today....

Phew! The school holidays are over.
I do like my children honest, it's not them, it's me and it's the lack of routine. It does me in. I try and be all laidback but it's just not me, that's the husband's job. So this morning as I did the school and kindergarten run, I noticed lots of parents frantic and disorganised and here I was in my element, totally calm and relaxed. As I pulled in my driveway I exhaled, everyone was where they needed to be, on time, with everything they require. I feel like I've already achieved something today!

So it's just me and the baby at home and wow is it quiet. It's lovely.

So anyways on to crafty stuff...

I've been trying to work my way through some older photos, not really old ones, just ones that I got printed then didn't really bother about. Some have a story, some don't. I am reluctant to scrapbook without a story. I will do it, I'm just not always happy with the result. I'm also challenging myself to use up some older products, so you will see some old bits and pieces on my pages. I am totally thrilled when I can do this and make it work.

So the first page....

I have wanted to do this photo for a while, my husband Jamie is so laidback we joke he's barely moving! He is patient and relaxed and kind with our girls and just a great Dad. I wanted to use up some of this Odds and Ends 6x6 pad from Cosmo Cricket. I am finding using my new Silhouette Cameo is breathing life into some items I am not excited about anymore. I don't have to love every page, but I am content with it.

Do you see that Making Memories paper clip? That thing is super old. Thrilling!

Ok, second page...

So now that my new baby GG is 4 months old I am realising that I have photos of Sophia (my second daughter) at the same age and you guessed it, I haven't scrapbooked them. So I don't get confused with the photos, because it does look like I photocopy my children, they are so similar as babies, I thought I better get them done. So no journalling here, just a lovely baby.

Unlike the Odds and Ends pad, I have had no trouble using up this MME Love me 6x6. I adore it. I am really fond of grey. I did sneak in the odd old item... the Making Memries brads and the Martha Stewart felt flowers. I may use this one as the title page to her baby album since I didn't include any journalling.

So now that I've blogged I feel like I have achieved again. On a roll here.
Must do housework now..
Hope the sun is shining wherever you are
Hayley

Challenge 8 - done!

I got a some new bits and pieces the other day... one item was the Amy Tangerine Sketchbook 6x6 pad. I loved the previous release of hers and only have scraps of those papers left. The colouring on these are a little brighter than I usually go for but I decided to give it a go.

I've been continuing to participate in Shimelle's challenges over at her blog from last week, they are such great challenges, I wish I could finish them all. So if you're looking for some challenges for this weekend, head on over there, you can find her here.

This page is for Challenge 8 - Stamp just once. Use a stamp that you should use more. Ha, ok! Ok how about use a stamp you haven't used before, which is most of them! So I used this enjoy the journey Tim Holtz stamp and I like how it turned out, I will have to leave it on my desk and add it to a few more pages I think. The papers are all from the Amy Tangerine Pad and the title is a Loni Stevens design from the Silhouette store. I am loving on the washi tape right now. Oh and the page actually has a small thin black piece of cardstock top and bottom that I must have gotten rid of when I was a little crop happy earlier.

I find party photos with loads of people and loads of action harder to scrapbook, but I wanted to document the amazing unbreakable Hello Kitty pinata that I made because it was darn funny. Lucky we have strong children, any less stamina and they would have given up. Lots of chuckles for the parents.

Off to try and get another challenge done.
Have a fab day!
Hayley

Another two challenges done...

Two is better than none, right? I was so hoping to plough through a whole heap but life gets in the way. I have made some progress and I'm going to keep working away at them. It's not too late to join in if you want to, head over to Shimelle's blog, you can find her here.

I completed challenge #7 - which was called putting it in a pocket.  We have a huge amount of photos from our trip to Bali and it was great to get another one done.

I'm trying hard to use up some of these Basic Grey Olivia products, I still like them but it is definately harder for me when I'm  not excited about them anymore. I cut the today and the camera on my Silhouette. This is the last of my larger Maya Road Envelopes, only the tiny ones left, I have really enjoyed those.


Then I skipped ahead to challenge #12 - I am going to do some of those inbetween but I really need to get some pictures printed. So challenge 12 is to use one photo twice. As soon as I saw the challenge I knew exactly which photos I would be doing. These ones of Liv when she was a baby, my absolute favourite one.

I really enjoy using the 6x6 pads, I find I'm doing this more and more, I have always pretty much been a B side scrapbooker anyways but the scaled down patterns really appeal to me.

Must head out now to do the grocery shopping... can you hear me groan?
Things are getting a little desperate though, I can't really put it off any longer.
Hope everyone is having a sunshiney day, it's a bit drizzly here.
Take care
Hayley

Oh happy day is right!

Guess what? I managed to do another page today! Somewhere inbetween, laundry, backyard cricket, feeding the baby and refereeing the other children, I got one done and it's only 2pm. Woohoo! I am really enjoying the push participating in these challenges on Shimelle's blog are giving me. Sometimes it's just the starting I have a problem with, the challenges are great at alleviating that problem.

So I skipped challenge three because I really wanted to do challenge four. Challenge four is scrapping with yellow and grey and one other colour. I chose black for my other colour. I have such affection for yellow, as a child it was always my favourite when everyone else liked pink and purple. It is my daughter Phia's favourite too, which makes me go "awww, like her mama", although she calls it "Lellow".

Supplies: Cardstock: Kaiser, Patterned Paper: October Afternoon & MME, Washi Tape, I cut the film strip, the title and the 2010 tab on my Silhouette.  The "oh happy day" I downloaded from jules you can find her great blog here.

I am hoping to be back later on today with another page done, that may be a little ambitious but I'm gonna go for it.

Have a fab day people.

Take care

Hayley