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The orange and yellow hues in our choices this month reflect the changing leaves on trees as we enter into Fall, and are perfect for a variety of seasonal projects! Halloween, Fall and Thanksgiving are just a FEW ideas for using these products. (They would also fit in for spring & summer for our international scrappers.)

If you would like to WIN a few of these products simply peek below for details!
Today's Picks Include:
Tropics Paper-840976
New Alpha Letter Stickers in Orange and Yellow-531096, 531102
Trellis Roses in Orange and Yellow-533144, 533151
Jewel Box Butterflies-532376
Say It In Pearl Centers-530679
Sultan Centers in Autumn Gold-535094
Gypsy Petals in Burnt Orange and Goldenrod-531621
Donna Downey Wildflower Iron-On-920234
Country Elegance Hydrangeas in Orange-533465
Parlor Petals in Sunflower Yellow-534423
Crystal/Pearl swirl in Burgundy-530471
Gossamer Wings in Dark Orange-533953
Medicci Flowers in Orange-532949

Lots of scrapping going on here!!Read on below to find out more!!Oh the fun,laughs,food,layouts,giggles,great new product's from Bo Bunny,great prize's and friendships!!Above are some of the lovely Ladies enjoying a good chat around the open fire.Such a great place to be!!

Scrapbook Corners Retreat!!


We sure had a AWESOME time at the first ever Scrapbook Corner Retreat at the weekend.
We all meet at Stoneycreek Camp just 20 minutes away from Taradale.
Janine and Roger put on a great time for everyone!
We were all warmly welcomed and showed our cabins.Then we got stuck into our passion......Scrapbooking....painting...drawing!!!!!
And Talking!!

Checkout the beautiful view.It is such a beautiful and relaxing atmosphere!We were treated like Queens.Mark and his team treated us to beautiful and health food.Endless food.It just kept coming at us.And we had NO dishes to do!!NO cleaning!!Queens I tell you!!

Here is Janine and Mark having a giggle!!Mark was our photographer as well!!!Jack of all trades!!He is such a trooper!!!He had to use a few camera's ,as you can imagine with that many scrapbooker's around.LOL

Mark is now doing the draw for second prize in the awesome raffle!

Thanks Janine and Roger for the great weekend.Book me in for next year!!!

I will share some layout's over the next few day's,I just need some time to take some photo's.

Check this out!!!

Great family time!!Cute cousins, they have all just got out of the bath (oh that was a mess in there after all their fun)LOL.So they decided to dress-up.Cowboys,Shopping Queen and Angel!!
Lori sure does like sing star!I have got some very funny video for her 21 Birthday.She liked the feel of the Mic on her tongue and licked like an Ice Cream.So funny.

Max is teaching her to dance.

Lori had lots fun at the park with Katelyn and Max!!

We have had a great time this past week!!Dave(my Brother),Erin and Lori arrived for a surprize visit.Only Mum and Tony knew they were coming.
So last Sunday we had to take Lori to Marine Parade Park for a play.Get a Ice Cream at at 'Lick This' at Marieland.

Fun times here for Max with Dad,playing on the tipping surf board.

Breakfast time at the Manning's with the Bradley's!Are't they all cute.

We had to bake Lori a Chocolate Chip Crown cookie.Katelyn ordered a crown too and Max went for a Plane cookie!!Oh these's kids are so cute!!

Hey where did my cookie go Katelyn!!Don't eat eat it.Poor Lori had a terrible time trying to keep her Dad away from her cookie.She calls biscuits ,Piscuits.So cute.

Testing

Max and Tony called me this morning to see the Sunrise!!It look so beautiful,rising up through the fog.It's hard to believe that the Marine Parade just behind the the grape vines.Napier is such a beautiful place to live.I love living here,where Tony built a beautiful home.And we are having so much fun planting a beautiful native garden.I must take another photo of the native hedge,we planted it just over 2 years ago and it is growing so fast.We have really noticed a big increase of native birds hanging here in our garden.They are so beautiful.

Have a great weekend everyone.Iam off to Scrapbook Corner tomorrow for a day of scrapping and a whole lot of fun and laughs.

Have fun if you are off to Senz.

Here is my layout for Week#4 Winter Warmer competition over at Scrapbooking By Design.
Check out the action here: http://www.scrapbookingbydesign.co.nz/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=729

I got the patterned paper from my LSS Scrapbook Corner :Die Cuts with a View : Green Paper Stack ,it's beautiful and I am having a ball play with this stack of papers.They are so cute.
I also used 7 Gypsies -Newburgh also from Scrapbook Corner.I cut my flowers and Butterfly with my Slice.


Check it out here: http://www.scrapbookcorner.co.nz/index.php?cPath=119

Janine would love to help you with any enquiries.

Here is our Sunday Lunch!Sorry I forgot to take a photo of it cooked.Boy it was lovely!!
It's from the " New Zealand Healthy Food Guide" !!Max and Katelyn loved it and it was so healthy.
It's in July mag' on page 24.Check it out.

Pot-Roasted Chicken!!












Today is Max's first ever "FUN DAY" at school !!And we got woken up to him yelling it's 'My Fun Day'.
We nearly had a heart attack.
We baked Chocolate Chip Biscuits last night for his shared lunch.He took a board game to play.They also painted lots today.


He is very tired now.
He is also 'Student of the Week' , to add to the excitement.In this photo he is standing front of his
'Student of the Week' poster.

You are looking so grown up and handsome my Darling.

This is what Max choose for Kate's Challenge over SBO!!I think he likes stickers.As you can guess I had to put some back.

Kate's challenge was to let someone esle pick the photo and product to use in a layout.



And of course both my children wanted to play.So I have 2 more layouts done,that's got tobe a good thing.



Here's Katelyn what choose.She wasn't happy when I said I had to do the layout.LOL



















"Tickled Pink" is Katelyn playing in the garden at Grandies and Gail's after doing some farm work.


















"King for a Day" is of Max just over 12months old in Nana Den's garden for a photo shot with Shayne.Poor little guy wasn't very well.But he still looks so cute!!

Katelyn and Max thanks for helping Mum with my scrapping!!You Guys Rock.And next week we can do some scrapping together!!Yippee only 4 more days to the holidays!!

I have just had fun turning a photo of my beautiful children at I really love, into a awesome sketch and it took hour's!!!..............no not really I fib.It took maybe 5 minutes.It was so easy!!

Thanks to Carol sharing this fun site!!Thanks Carol.




Check it out here: http://www.dumpr.net/

This one is for the Bazz Challenge at Scrappin' Patch!I really enjoyed this.Check it out here: http://scrappinpatch.co.nz/coppermine/index.php

Here is my layout for Dely's Shabby Chic Challenge over at Scrappin' Patch, we were to use pastel's ,I had trouble sticking to it.LOL.So much so that the one below here I did, then I realised it was meant to be pastel colours.I think I need to read better or should that be retain info' better.

Going Buggy: All My Favourite Things - Blog Candy Giveaway Scroll down for New Posts

Going Buggy: All My Favourite Things - Blog Candy Giveaway Scroll down for New Posts


Wow it must be Blog candy day!!

Such cool candy.Check it out!!

Stamps, Paper, Scissors and Donkey Smiles: Celebrating 75,000 Hits with some Big Blog Candy!

Stamps, Paper, Scissors and Donkey Smiles: Celebrating 75,000 Hits with some Big Blog Candy!

Wow check this out!!Very cool candy.I am loving those beautiful flowers!!

I have created this for the WINTER WARMER COMPETITION over at Scrapbooking by Design for a multi photo layout.they are running competition for 5 weeks.And you can enter at anytime.this is to do a christmas.Come and join the fun.

A very quick layout of 'my funky do'.I love these papers from Rose Moka.

Loving these beautiful bright papers.

I did this layout ages ago.It's been a the LSS.Scrapbook Corner (Napier) where you can get these's awesome chipbaoard's from Buzz and Bloom.

Just loving Max's messy face here.I think only a mother could love a face in this state.LOL

I had some fun making pinwheel flowers from "Studio Calico", thanks for the instructions Ladies.