I love this layout of Lori and I ,we both have the same middle names.

"Find your Path follow your Bliss".

This is what I have been up to lately.I loved making the bling crown.

This photo cracks me up.Ratbags.
Title "Wicked Bestfriends" and the small amount of journalling says 'most of the time'.

This is my Jack of Ann's layout.To check out Ann's layout clink on her name on my sidebar.

This is the layout of "Mocca" our new puppy."WE HAVE OUR MOCCA".I had fun scrapliftting Ann's layout.Thanks Ann.And congratulations.

This is my latest layout for Scrapbook Essentials Comp'.It was show your technique.

My was hand stitching.

I love this photo of Max he was so funny around the water.He love it and hated it.
Funny.But he did enjoy his ride on the jet ski.He didn't like it when he and Daddy fell off the biscuit.
Mind you I didn't like it either.Mummy moment.


I can't ever get to take a photo square.It's so frustrating.

Saturday morning and we went to pick up our beautiful Chocolate Brown Lab from Robyn.Thanks very much Robyn.This is Katelyn and Max meeting puppy.Oh they just loved her.She is so cute.
This is her back at our house meeting Spotty and Cuddles Brown.
Playing ball om our new lawn.Yeah it is really starting to look good after all our hard.(The Lawn).
Our Little Lady having a sleep on her new blanket.So cute.We are so lucky.After years of wanting a dog we now have one.Growing up on a farm and around lots of dogs ,I really want a dog and now is just perfect timing.I love watching Katelyn and Max playing with her.Boy is she hard to get a good photo of.On the go all the time.

Thanks for checking our new baby out.

Go the Alblacks!!!!!!!!

This is my layout for this weeks double layout challenge at Scrapbook Essentials.I finished it late last night and I am much happier with this photo that I took this morning.The one in the gallery is terrible.I will just have to get my layouts done earlier so I don't have to take the photo's at night.


Guess what we get a puppy tomarow.Yippee.I can't wait and Katelyn and Max don't know yet,so I can't wait to see their faces.I better get going,I am helping Mum pull up her carpet today.

Thanks so much Kelly for the neat happy mail.Kelly has sent me these awesome scrapping treats for 'Playing it Forward" with her.

Kelly the felt needle book is very cool.Thanks for the fun.I better go and start getting packs ready for the ladies I have drawn out to play this with.

Paying it Forward.

Ok so I am going to Draw everyone out for "Playing it Forward",because I so couldn't leave one person out.

So Hannah,Ann,Julie and Annelie I hope you enjoy playing it forward too.

Annelie I just need your address,I will PM when Scrapbook Essentials is all well again.

Ladies I will arrange some yummies over the next few days and send your treats to you very soon.

Thanks for playing with me.And making more Happy Mail for everyone.

Play it Forward!!!



My name was drawn over at Kelly's Blog( http://memoryfairy.blogspot.com/ ) to play it forward,so who would like to play with me?

Leave me a message and we can have some fun with happy mail.


Yes! Its time to "pay it forward"!!! If you dont know what that means.. then dont worry!!

Here's the idea...I will send a gift (something handmade or something bought) to 3 random people who leave a comment on my blog!! The only thing you have to do in return is "pay it forward" by making the same promise on your blog.So, if you like this idea and a bit of 'happy mail', please leave a comment on my blog!!!

Sounds like fun!!!

Thanks Kelly.

Here are the cards I have been promising to share with Shell.These are some of the cards from previous card swap at Scrapbook Essentials,if you are keen to join in, come and check it out over at SE.

This month's swap is Girl's Birthdays.

Here's the link:http://forum.scrapbookessentials.co.nz/viewtopic.php?t=1490

This is my layout for this weeks comp' over at Scrapbook Essentials.I am relly happy with it's.And since i showed it to Max he has started to better at getting dressed in the mornings.LOL.So now I have to create one about staying at the table while we are eating.Oh and 1 about listening to Mum and Dad.LOL.

I love this layout I did when I was Scrapbook Essentials Monthly Guest Designer.I love Katelyn's Smile.

Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around (original clip)

The post for this Awesome song is on the post below because Blogger and I are not friends today.Cheers ,Lynda.

This was " Our Song" nearly 13 years ago at our Wedding.We had it playing while we signing our wedding register.Loved it then and love it now.

The very funny thing was Regan(my younger brother Dave best friend) was doing the music for us.And the music that I walked into was very quite so when Regan turned "Love is all around" on it fair blasted out.It sure got everyone attention.LOL.Poor Regan had no where to hide.

So Regan I will also share this song with you today!!!LOL

So SE Girls can you tell what I am going to be doing for this weeks challenge.LOL.

Tony I still feel the Love all around.XOXOXOI.I love you,Honey.And please be careful on the slopes today.

This is my layout for last weeks Competition over at Scrapbook Essentials.We had to make 2 home made embellishments,so I needle felted the heart and tick.And altered the love chipboard.I love theses papers.The colours aren't the best,sun hides alot in the summer.

Max is into being a Rock Star at the moment.He cracks me up so much.

Here is my brother Dave with his daughter Lori.

Here is some of what I have been creating lately.

Really enjoy my scrapping lately.It helps to keep me busy and tired.LOL.

I loved doing Lori pages.I haven't really done many baby pages ,so I think I will start Max and Katelyn's soon.Where to start??I so wish I knew about scrapping before I had my babies.

Well I better head for bed,I will put some more on tomorrow.

This was lots of fun,I was at a local store this week and these papers jumped out at me.Janine had them out for a monthly mini kit challenge.So I had to do a page with only theses papers,cs,ribbon,brads and flowers.Lots of fun.I should of taken a photo before hand.
Sorry its not the best photo.

I should say more but my family will want dinner soon.LOL.

Wow you need to go check this out over at Scrapbook Essentails.Sounds like lots of fun.Meg has been busy arranging this for us.


So run and check it out over at Scrapbook Essentails now!!!!!
Here's the link: http://forum.scrapbookessentials.co.nz/viewtopic.php?t=1439

I will see you there soon.Sign up today.

Katelyn and Max have also been busy making cards for a swap at Scrapbooking Essentails.

Opps ,sorry I haven't rotated the images.

These are Max's cards on the left hand side and he is very proud.He gave 1 to his friend Luke at his 5th birthday party this morning.

Katelyn's are on the right and now I can't stop her making cards.Her Dad was laughing at me last night because she kepted coming out with full sheet of cardstock and wanting to cut them up.And I couldn't say to him they are $1.30 each.LOL.

We have been counting for my Brother Dave and Sister-in Law to come stay and bring our new baby Lori to see us and yesterday Dave told us the wrong day and we now have to add another day onto ours sleeps we have been counting.Katelyn and Max aren't happy.10 more sleeps.

I can't wait to hug Lori.And at the same time I am very nervous about meeting her.Sam would have been due in a little under 1 months time.And it's not much fun and it should be a very exciting time.Life isn't always perfect.

This is the start to Katelyn and Max's Etsy animals,they choose

the fabric,ribbon,buttons and thread.We are about to tackle them now.So stay tune if you would like to see the finished animals.

Katelyn's!! Max's!

Janine and Mike visited us at the weekend and we had lots of laughs.I made Janine 2 skirts and Tony and Mike played play station. Janine helped Katelyn and Max with there book reviews for Winter Warmers Programme.Thanks Janine.And thanks for the lovely meal we had out at the Gintrap.

Thanks for your company guys.Mike I hope you don't mind being out shone next time you take your wife out for dinner in her new skirt.LOL