flatus

We are avid Mythbusters fans and they did a segment about Flatus that we thought it would be fun to do. So armed with personal recording devices (notepad and texta on a beaded necklace, we recorded our 24hours of flatus. 

Lots of fun with some very interesting results.

christmas 2018

With harvest being a bit tricky this year we've not finished prior to Christmas which is unusual for us. This year was to be a Firth Christmas as last year we spent it with my brother as it was our first Christmas since Dad passed away.

With partners and kids away on Christmas Day, we all celebrated Christmas on Boxing Day. We drove over on the actual Christmas Day to Adelaide in the heat and spent time with Sharon and Steven that evening. It was our Christmas Eve.

The next day was loud, busy, relaxing, noisy, family, hugs and lots of banter. And it was our Christmas Day. And it was perfect.

These guys just rocked it. I'm looking forward to next Christmas's coordinated wardrobe effort.

Harvest was calling so we hot footed it back home early next day. It was effing hot (Pt Aug was 46) but thankfully the aircon in the car copped remarkably well and the engine didn't over heat, thank goodness. We were home in good time and out to the header he went. 

14 hours round trip driving for 36hr stop over in Adelaide. And it was all worth it.

explore

Gotta love a silhouette cut file. 

tumby bay christmas pageant.

I took the Trishaw over the hill to Tumby to visit our sister Cycling Without Age chapter on Thursday for the Uringa Christmas lunch for the residents there to have a look at it and for them to have a chance to go out for a ride in it. It was awesome to see the enthusiasm there as I took out 10 passengers for a lap around the block and along the foreshore to feel the breeze and to smell the salt in the air. 

On Friday evening was the Tumby Christmas Pageant and I had two very excited +90 year olds in the front for their unique perspective of the parade.

We stopped often for their friends to trot out into the slow moving parade for them to hug, a handshake, a kiss on the cheek or a quick hello for the passengers. Kevin and Melva, were absolute gems. So excited, throwing out the lollies with abandon, blowing crazy amounts of bubbles and certainly didn't want to get out of the trishaw when we finished up. I loved their zest for life and thanked them for being the ambassadors in Tumby Bay for others to see what the trishaw is all about.

Nipper the Crab, the Tumby Bay mascot, danced alongside us with our 50 different versions of Jingle Bells playlist. She certainly did have twinkle toes.

I was excited to feel and see the impressive amount of interest from the Tumby Bay community for their upcoming trishaw, due late January.

Natasha Clark instigated the dream and has worked long and hard towards it becoming a reality. With help from Lisa Fitzgerald, who wrote the successful grant, and Julie Elliott who loves (??) the paperwork side of it so they ready to GO GO GO as soon as their trishaw lands in Tumby.

Merry Christmas Tumby Bay, and we here at Cummins, cant wait to see your 2019 Christmas present get on the road and the bike path right along the seafront.

present & in awe

Love the watercolours in this one. Paints pinched from Gina's paintbox. xxx

movember 2018

Every now and then I set up a photo just because of the embellishments I have in my stash or have found recently. And Movember is just such a case. I found the big mo as a drink straw fun thing in Kmart recently, and I knew I had the tiny little mo's that I found in Cheap as Chip ages ago. The Moustache style guide is from the Movember website. And the green circle embellie mo was as and punched out from patterned paper. The little strip of mo's under the photo was the reverse side of a product company strip that's on 12x12 printed papers.

cool

Layout lifted in essence from Stefanie Ried. I was able to use all sorts of bits and pieces. All I kept in mind was a basic colour scheme throughout which was mint, pale yellow, kraft, blue and black. The only leave from those colours was the round question mark paper clip, but I love it so I wanted to use it with the circular theme.

merry christmas

Apt timing for this layout as its December, even tho the photo was taken 2011.

The silver snowflake embelly was found in Kmart a couple of years ago, the Merry Christmas was a cake topper, the holly doily in our local IGA last year and the holly leaves in IGA this year. The fine silver mesh was from Cheap As Cheaps a year or so ago.  And the poinsettia is years old from Prima. I use the berries from the hollies to make up the centres of the poinsettias.

eagles

The minis coach and I worked on a secret squirrel project during the 2018 footy season with the players. All the kids knew was I had to take a couple of photos of them in their guernsey and an action shot or two.

The coach had the brilliant idea of making footy cards with their own footy photos, their number, their stats and a comment. These cards were presented at the end of the junior season at the Club Junior Count night.

The kids (and parents) LOVED it. 

I must acknowledge and thank Lisa Warner, Meryl Weetra and Kate Hancock who supplied action photos for those players I wasn't able to get. I couldn't have done it without their help.

cas swim carnival

did you spot the boo boo? I certainly didn't but Mr S did in 10 seconds flat. Can you beat his time and his attention to detail?  I sure failed haha.

do your thing

Something I strive to really instil in my kids is to be different and own it. Don't be a sheep and follow the crowd. Be authentic and do your thing.

club christmas

I found the Father Christmas embellie in Kmart last year and put it aside for when I do Christmas LO's.  The big beard on it was a perfect tie in for the photo of the LO. 

🎅

merry scrappy christmas

I just to keep the blooper pic of the LO being photobombed by Munchkin while I was photographing it.  

And without the fuzzy head in the way. ;)

memories

scraplift of a LO I found on Pinterest from Christin Gronnslett with a Tiff twist.

Still loving the woodgrain after all these years.

awesome memories

Been finding my groove with the Cameo and watercolours lately.  

(LO posted with permission)

amazing brothers

A friend's mare had a month old colt that I asked if the kids could meet. Already Sean and Cash were eyeball to eyeball height. This was taken 7 years ago, and needless to say Cash has longer legs than Sean now.

all star athlete

Gym was a love for you. You could throw yourself around pretty well and the confidence you gained was awesome. 

amazing africa

Africa as a photographic destination had been calling me for years and in 2015 I realized that dream. It was everything and so much more. I will be back.

this...

I have to say this is the most prettiest layout I think I've ever made. Cocoa Vanilla Midnight, Vicki Boutin watercolours and a cut file from Paige Evans.

this.... makes my heart ache. Times like these only happen in school holidays now that Annie is away in college. So these times are all the more precious.

ps. did you spot the typo (insert roll eyes).

beautiful moments

Oh Cocoa Vanilla Midnight range has well and truly stole my heart. Picked up the range on Thursday from Scrapworkz in Port Lincoln and by Friday night this layout was done. Cut file adapted from a christmas card file. 

and then this happened

So within a blink of an eye she has gone from newborn to 16!

 Wait!! What??

 How did that happen??

So proud of Miss Annie. So flippin proud 

x

small stuff

sometimes less is more as is the case for this layout. Journaling is on point, no embellishing, a large well constructed title and backing cardstock is all that is needed. 

Job done.

remember this

scraplifted from another scrapbooker that I don't recall the name of (my apologies her). My bad. Is there anyone that can help me with a name?

#scrapshack2018

massive massive 4 days away with the tribe.

practise

picture perfect - the pink hat

perfecting the pin drop

This one is one of my all time faves. I just love the tropcial feel to it, the sewing and the little cluster of embellies. 

merit award

Had a bit of fun making a shaker box with mesh and sequins with this one. To keep the colour sequins from mixing, I ran the LO through a sewing machine, sewing diagonally from corner to corner leaving a little gap to pour the sequins into each pocket. Then I sewed that gap closed. Easy Peasy.

maths award

not all layouts have photos ;)

love

Without a doubt, every time I want to journal in a circle I need to google/YouTube how to do it. And I'm pretty sure every time I do I find a new way of doing it.  Always learning new tricks.

i smile, i laugh

let the beauty of what you love be what you do.

leap of faith

I had a little whoopsie with the f on this one. While sewing the line of thread the f got all hooked up in the foot of the sewing machine. I ended up raising the foot and hand winding the wheel and manual feed the page through over that bit of it to get it done. I then had to come back and make a couple of small cuts with my craft knife to get the f to sit flat again.

That little awesome icecream used to be a paperclip that I've had since forever, found in Kmart.

hello awesome

scrapping onto large photos is da bomb. quick embellish and its done. move on.

beautiful

One of my faves from a recent #wwww scrapbooking weekend.

Inspired by a LO that was posted somewhere on Pinterest.

authentic

A very simple LO that really didn't need embellishing.  

well hello there

This LO was pretty emotionally tough to do. Dad passed away last August and its nearly the anniversary of when he left us.  but I am so very very thankful for the photos I have of him with his grandkids.

Dominoes was always played when the kids visited. It was their game of choice.

Thank you Amy for he perfect domino embellishment.

happy

Amy let me know about this amazing paddock of salvation jane (patterson's curse) that she seen because she knew I was looking for one for a photoshoot with my kids back in 2011. (I've just noticed I had 2010 stamped on this LO).

So I packed up the kids one afternoon after school and off we went. And the late light was perfect, it was calm and and warm. And I've had many photos to scrap from this shoot.  Gotta love that.

gather memories

enjoy

love a sequin or two.

dream

scraplifted from Mandy Melville on the Vicki Boutin blog

crappy carp

I seem to be leaning more towards templates for my scrapbooking. I guess its because I have a selection of photos for that story/occasion and I can't just settle on one to tell the story.  This LO is the perfect example.

I do love printing directly onto linen texture white card to get that canvas look. Lots of white space on this one and that little fish I've had for a looooong time waiting for a fishing LO.

cool kid

2011 was so long ago. Large photos make for easy and quick documenting a moment in time.

bootcamp

adventure

A big adventure was to fly to Adelaide without Mum and Dad. And to have a weekend with the cousins.