We have just had a wonderful holiday in Oz .As my darling hubbie Tony has just turned 40.And he wanted to have a family holiday on the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast.
So here's Tony on Surfer's beach.




Katelyn,Max and Tony at our Hotel in Surfer's. The kids loved the pool.








Tony and Butch on the Superman ride at Movie World. First and last time for Tony.

Loved meeting Sherk and Fiona.

Do you have Wishblade, CraftRobo or Silhouette?

Well if you do here is a cool blog that has some cool lace numbers and alphabet files for FREE!!

Check them out here: http://ymbd.blogspot.com/2008/08/two-new-freebies.html

Very cool site.
Check out rest of the shop while you are there.
Meg had some of Catherine's journalling cards in one of her kits a few month's back.

Check out the pirate's and coffee tags!!

Want to win a Scrapbook Outlet NZ August Kit?

Sounds great!!!So here is my layout for it.

Sorry for the bad photo.

Thanks for the fun SBO,I now have another page finished and it's another one about me.LOL.

I have created this layout for a challenge over at creative Therapy: Do you like your name?

I had lots of fun play with this layout.I used Pink Paisley papers and Hero Art stamps.

This is my l/o for July'08 Sketch#2- at The Sketch Book.The sketch was created by Janelle Richmond.

Oh boy this was a ripper.The very talented Lusi Austin come to visit us at The Sketch Book for our Friday Night Challenge.Are you ready for this.... Lusi give us 15 minutes to complete a layout.Eek.I didn't quiet get mine finished in 15 minutes.Thanks for the fun.This sure tested alot of us.LOL.

Check out Lusi's Blog here: http://lusi-austin.blogpost.com/

I am not sure how I managed to upload this one again.LOL.

Here is my take on a sketch over at Scrappin Patch.I have turned the sketch on it's side to suit my photo's.Thanks for the inspiration.

Check out Scrappin' Patch, here is their gallery .

I have used Pink Paislee papers.

So here is a shot of behind the scenes of the Mucking In show.It was very emotional to watch,most of the crowd were crying.

So if you would love one of theses awesome Firth's Outdoor Fireplaces get in touch with Mark at Firth's in Napier and he will get you awesome fireplace and put you in touch with an Awesome Spunky Plasterer I know.Opps....I mean a great guy who knows what he is doing!!!


Awesome job Tony,I am very proud of you!!!! So Honey when are you building our one?????



Max and Katelyn are so proud of their famous Dad.LOL


Kris and family we hope you get many happy hours of fun and games in your new backyard.Enjoy!!

If you want to know more about Firth's Outdoor Fire Place's look here:

http://www.firth.co.nz/ProductItempcid=40.html

3 generations of Manning plaster's.Not quite.But Tony is the 3rd generation Manning Plaster.So cute our little people loved that their Dad was on TV.They were so proud of him.Morning talks at school.
Does doesn't the fireplace look so cool.I am so proud of Tony.He was under alot of pressure doing this job,which he did in 3 days in a row ,which should have taken abit longer.And not being able to get everything close to his work area.Lots of heavy equipment and product.
Here is Mark from Firth's(thanks for all your help Mark),Tony the garden designer(we hope hope your foot has healed Tony),Jim the host of the show and a "hard case",Tony No 1 Plasterer in the Bay,Harold Tony's Dad who he learnt his trade from and Max and Katelyn(the 4th generation plasterers!!)LOL
This is Kris and Tony.Kris such a Lover Lady.Here she is thanking Tony.Congratulation's Kris enjoy your beautiful garden for many years.Well deserved.

Tony is modeling the Tee's we had made for the Mucking Show.
We had a few made as Tony's Dad and Brother Steve helped and Katelyn and Max wanted 1 each.Oh and hats,a must in Sunny Hawkes Bay.LOL.All good to help with self promotion.LOL.Fun thing was the paver guys had done the same thing and had choosen the same colour T-shirt.Funny.
So here is the Firth's Outdoor Fire Place starting to take place.It all comes in casted sections ,which have to be put on a foundation.Each section has to be put over steel which is cemented into the foundations.So this is a very heavy and tricky job,lifting such big heavy section up over the top of the steel.Then the fire bricks are placed.
Here is Tony on the left,his Dad Harold in the middle and his brother Steve on the right.The guys in the background are the pavers.LOL.

Now for some reason blogger doesn't like me uploading to many photo's at once and I am going to try and add the rest without having to do lots of post.LOL.
No sorry can't seem to do it.

June's Card Swap RAK was draw by the cute Max.

Drum roll please..............goes to Alison!!!

Alison I hope you enjoy your stamps.I will pop them in with your cards.



And because I have 2 children we had to do 2 draws.So our 2nd place goes to MandyB. Draw by Lovely Katelyn.

Mandy your prize is a surprize as I have just decided to do 2 draws to pretent world war 3 happening here.I will pop it in with your cards.So to be so mean to you.Surprize happy mail will be fun!!




Enjoy your cards Ladies.

Here are all the beautiful cards I have so far for June's card Swap over at "The Sketch Book".Don't they look great.Huge variety.Our theme is Friendship.

NZ POST may have lost some again,we are just looking into this at the moment.
And beacause it was our first card swap at The Sketch Book ,I decided to do a RAK draw for everyone who entered the swap.


So I got these's little beauties today from Hastings Rubber Stamps.Aren't they just so cute.Fingers crossed Ladies.I will draw it in a few days.
Here are my cards,I had lots fun doodling.














And if you would like to join this month's swap ,the theme is stitching.Check it out here: http://sketchbooknz.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=377

"creative Therapy"......What is your dream home?




















Check their site out here: http://creativetherapy.wordpress.com/

Here is my layout for the Friday night Challenge over at The Sketch Book.
Not the best photo but what you get with night photo's.I had fun doing this.
We had to use red,white and blue and some stars.

Here is my layout for No 8 Wire.The challenge was to stamp a background paper and embellishment.I have used BG papers,PP alpha stamps,Maya road and Kaiser stamp which reads "Live well Laugh often and Love much."

Great challenges -thank No 8 Wire Team!!

Ok so this morning Katelyn, Nana and Marion(our lovely next door neighbour) head off to a local high schools annual big book sale.
Nana spent $85 and Marion $15 and Katelyn just helped to make Nana's bill high.LOL.

Anyway this beautiful little girl brought books for everyone.Max got some animal and cars book's ,Dad got rugby books x 2.And Nana got lots of her fav's authors(about 30.)

Anyway check out what Katelyn choose for me.LOL.But look closer at the ones she is holding.I nearly snorted when I saw them.Funny.
I can so see why she choose them.She was going by there colour and design.So my daughter,nice colours and flowers.
Can you read the covers...Adultery...The Clothesline Diet Club and Wives and Lovers.I am so keeping these's and wrapping them up and giving them to her when she turns 21.LOL.
So Sweet and only 8 and half.Katelyn I Love You so much Honey.You crack me up every day.
Nana you are so not taking my children to a video shop!!!!!!!Can you imagine what they might come home with.My Mum had not even noticed what Katelyn had choosen until she gave them to me at home.LOL.Tony nearly wet himself when he saw these books.

Funny day here.How is your day treating you?

Lynda and mad family.

Yup I haven't been here for ages.But I have been getting lots done.I have ticked off quite a few jobs.And I have also been kepted busy with working at school.Which I am loving.It so rewarding.

We have been busy doing lots of little things helping family lately.Dads bull sale which is 3 days of hard work.But lots of fun.I love being on the farm.It's so relaxing,oh thats when you aren't making 10 loaves of sandwiches.LOL

I did get these's great photo's of Katelyn and Max wear My Grandad Gordie's hat which I love very much.I hadn't seen my Grandad's hat for over 21 years and it brought back lots of good memories.I haven't journalled the layout's ,as I am going to ask my Dad to do that for me.












This layout is Tony and I enjoying a nice cold beer at Cardrona Hotel.Very cute Hotel.We had a great time there.Katelyn and Max loved the gardens and playground.


















Max look's abit like a little old man here.LOL.
He is so cute and proud.




















This is me helping Tony on Mum's new house we are building for her at the front of our house.

















Well I am off to bed now.Thanks for calling by.Cheers Lynda.

Here are the cards I have made for Lesli's International Card Swap.I had a great time doing these's cards.Thanks for the fun Lesli.


Here is a link to Lesli's blog.She and her friend have just started doing sketches ,so do check them out.

Lesli's Blog:http://dragonflytime.typepad.com/dragonfly_time/

I haven't blogged for a quite a while.

I have just been and checked out Scrapbook Essentials Friday Challenge and its great as always ,thanks to Megan.

The challenges is to have a bird on your page,2 patterned papers and a 5x7 photo.

Some of the Ladies said they didn't have any birds in their stash,so I wanted to share these little owls that I made with my finger prints and a few lines.Katelyn,Max and I have been creating these's alot.They are so easy and lots of fun.