An old blog is new again - Back Blogged

The first blog I created was Jilly's Place back in 2008.  Are you surprised to know that I had never posted anything to it?
I have decided to spilt all of my scrapping from my personal stuff so Jilly's Place will be operational from today.  I will have links between the two so if you are interested in what we are up to outside of the scrapping world drop by and don't forget to leave me a comment or two :)

Jilly xx

Where have the past two months gone...whoops make that 3 months!!(written on the 27th of November 2009)

This is where I start my back blogging.  Confussed?? well so am I, I have to remeber all that I have done now!!

Jilly xx

A Day with A Friend

Jerremy and Christopher were born on excatly the same day about 8 hours apart. There were 3 boys born on the 18th of July 2006, the third being Zac.

It is really great to compare these guys as they go through their 'stages'. Chris being an only child, soon to be a big brother. Jerremy, essentially growing up an only child with lots of extended family and Zac being the youngest of 3.

Chris was so keen to climb over the 'bridge' with a little help from me. In the end he was virtually doing it all by himself - clever devil. Jerremy has inherited his mother's fear of heights so would baulk at the 3rd of 4th rung. He did eventually go all the way over, conquering his fear.

We got the boys together for a play date to make Father's Day gifts. They painted paddle pop sticks and we made them into photos frames with a photo of the day.

A Day of Scrapping

Well I have done it!! I have finally finished a LO for a challenge ([NoCrapJustScrap])and it is not even the end of the month. I started it yesterday and came unstuck when I decided to try to make the rubon. Instructions that I followed can be found here http://www.rubberstampingfun.com/rnapage.html
My only advice would be to NOT spray hairspray on the print after to seal. It tends to react with the ink and go speckled.

I loved using the cricut to cut the tools and in hindsight I probably should have made the mower a dyecut too.

But all in all I am very happy with the way it turned out. Look out world...do I have some LO mojo or what????

I also spent some time scrapping with a friend today. The kids had a play date and I helped her make some cards.

This is what we did.

I think she did a fantastic job and the cards look just great.
We are going to make Father's Day gifts next week so stay posted.

[NoCrapJustScrap] August Card Sketch Challenge

Yah another Challenge down

Here 'tis

Used the cricut to cut the ribbon holder tags.

Love these Kaiserkraft Stamps. Stamping is so much fun...now why didn't I know this sooner??

Wow...what a night!!

An invite to dinner saw my little mate and I out with friends for a yummy steak at the Cattleman's Bar and Grill.

Had a little catch up to do when I got home with CYBER SCRAP BINGO...so many words to cross off...what fun.

Getting late but decided to start the challenges of the weekend, 123scrapbook and scrapbookingmemories.

Finished the August card challenge. I am so pleased with how it turned out. I hope Scotty likes it.

One Challenge down...now...can I do a LO??

#4 - Merry

Card #4 - Completed today

I tried outlining the 'merry' and I tried writing inside it. Not sure which way I like it better.

www.123scrapbooking.com.au

Rudolph Club #3

Yah I have finished two more cards.

#3 - Christmas Twist

Visit 123scrapbook.com.au

Awesome Gallery and Forum

7 Weeks have passed....................

My, doesn't time fly when you are having fun....or in my case buying a house...well it has been fun too, I must admit.

http://www.scrapbookingmemories.com.au/scraproom/index.php?content=all&chunk=arbu&user=4145

I have just uploaded a few images of some recent card to my Scrapbooking Memories scraproom.

Will put them up here in time.

Quick one for now....bed is calling me

Nighty Night x

Rudolph Club 2009

This year I have decided to get organised BEFORE Christmas instead of not being organised at all.

I have joined to Rudolph Club on 123scrapbook.com. Every two weeks they are providing us with a new card layout and full instruction on how to make it.

I am making 3 of each card so at the end of the 24 weeks I should have 36 carefully created cards. The biggest problem will be deciding on who should receive on. They should go to friends and family who will appreciate the time and love that went into making them. So if you receive a store bought card from me this year know that you didn't make the grade!!

Here is the first one I attempted, titled 'Peace & Joy'. It incorporated a few new techniques and was very fun to make.

The Second card is '25' I started this last week and finished it yesterday.

My biggest challenge is not having the same materials and having to improvise.

I'm a bit behind!!

Wow, how does so much time get by without Blogging?? And I was so good before I went away for the long weekend. I promise to update this weekend - I'll add some of my new cards I have created and hopefully I will share my finished projects from the Expo.
Till then
Jilly x

Eatin' Beets LO

So finally...here it 'tis.. my first LO in over a year.

It took me 9 hours to complete, with very few interuptions I might add. Oh yeah there was that scrappers block!!

If I continue at this rate, don't take any more photos I should have what photos I have, done about 2079.

I had the layout in so many different arrangements before I settled on this one. I am happy how it turned out. I don't really like journaling and after I read it I knew I need to add more in.

I had loads of fun making this and a big thankyou goes out to the girls from my 'scalhints' yahoo group, Sher, Denise & Heather for their help in the wee hours of my morning.

Sher sent me the SVG of the beetroot I used. Isn't he cute. Have learnt from this experience to not use fluffy paper for piecing. Too hard to make look perfect.

Would love to hear some comments...and ways to make this whole process quicker!!!

Cheers Jilly :D

The Countdown is on!!

Only 11 more sleeps before I begin my journey to the Scrapbooking and Papercraft expo. Can you tell I am excited??

I now have 271 scrapbooking videos on my Creative Zen. I will have lots of time on public transport to watch them and learn from them.

I will post a list of the best ones when I return.
I got quite a lot from 'The Pink Stamper' and Dan (Dan99)

I have also downloaded the bus and train timetables today and now that J is sleeping I am going into the craft room to get my expo kit together.

As another weekend draws to a close....

A riddle for you

What do you get when you cross this

With this?

??????

Well... You need this

to get this

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And finally you have this

Lucky he's cute!!!

It's a pity I was so angry I couldn't even think straight enough to get the first picture of the series.

I have now learnt to keep the batteries out of the trimmers.

Completed Day 2 Week 3 of C25K

Whoo Hoo I can run for 3 minutes!! It nearly kills me but I can do it. By the second run of the set my legs feel numb so there is no pain thankfully. By this time I have my breathing under control, and it really matters what song is on the podcast. If it has a good beat I can get into the rhythm and loose myself in the music. I may not be able to loose any weight at the moment but I feel my fitness improving.