Here my layout for my first time joining in the fun over at Challenge Me Happy!!!It's a colour challenge this fortnight!
Thanks for the fun Annelie and all your great team.

http://challengemehappy.wordpress.com/

Have your creation in by 14 th July to join in on the fun.

Check these's beautiful flower's out!!

http://ourbrightstarsandus.typepad.com/charmscreations/2011/06/sale-another-giveaway.html#

Yippie a new Challenge Blog here in New Zealand!!

Annelie is starting a challenge blog go check it out here!!

http://challengemehappy.wordpress.com/2011/06/04/your-first-chance-to-win/

Good luck Annelie!!

*GIVEAWAY TIME**
For our current challenge click here.
Hello there!
How would you like to win one of these?
The absolutely gorgeous May kit from My Scrapbook Nook??
Once Upon A ..Sketch is giving one, right now!!
All you need to do is this..
1. Follow the Once Upon A ...Sketch Blog2. Copy this exact information and post about this on your blog, together with the May kit picture and a link back to Once Upon A Sketch. 3. Make sure you also post the information about the current offer at the Nook listed below.
3. Link your post using the Link Tool at the bottom of this post!
That is it! You have until the end of the current challenge, which is midnight May 31st, Australian Eastern Standard Time. I will draw a random winner soon after.
My Scrapbook Nook is offering a wonderful offer for a limited time only!Sign up for 6 months and receive the May kit for free......great deal!
Or Sign up for 12months and get the 13th kit free!!!!!!!!!
Kits value between $31- $34 – Yours for only $29.50. This way we ensure that you receive a fully loaded kit each month. We will also offer combined shipping with any add-ons or goodies from the store you need.
http://myscrapbooknook.org/kit-club/
Tell a friend and if they sign up email us at orders@myscrapbooknook.com and give us your friends name and we will give you a $5.00 store credit. Good only while supplies last.Go for it!

Wow check this out!!!I am so excitted to share a recipe with Tamar and her wonderful team of creative friends.And everyone who loves to follow her wonderful blog.
Thanks so much Tamar.

I just love how Tamar makes this look so inviting and simply divine.So cute!!

Christmas Recipe - Day Ten

Here is what Tamar had to say on her blog!Thanks again Tamar:

Can you believe we have already shared 10 fabulous days of recipes? I’m so loving them all this year and I have been quick off the mark to make quite a few.
Today we share a lovely boiled fruit cake recipe from Lynda Manning in NZ. I personally love a boiled cake recipe -the cake is sooo moist and delicious. While I am not a fan of fruit cake the rest of the family is so I will have to give this a whirl for sure.

Lynda says “Please don't tell my Nana Dossie my Dad likes it better than hers!! LOL. My hubbie isn't much into Christmas cake but he always asks for this cake for Christmas!!

Download Recipe ten

So going bake this cake now.It's yummy!!Katelyn and Max love it too!!

Here is a sneak of my class I am teaching at Scrapbook Corner next Tuesday night at 7pm.


We are going to be playing with lots of Tim Holt yummies...masks,alterations and his awesome woodgrain embossing folder.If you are keen to come and play leave a comment and I will send you details and book you in for some fun with us.
I just love Tim's little bird!!!He is so sweet.

Wow go check out Lee's awesome blog and her Esty's site.She has lots of cute scrapping treats!!

Links are below!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/thechipchopshop

http://thepaintbrushgoesspottie.blogspot.com/

I love lee's cute bird's!!

If you have teens they might very well be into these's cool papers.They are very Twlight looking.
Check them out here. http://www.scrapbookcorner.co.nz/product_info.php?cPath=168_169&products_id=818

Janine has them at Scrapbook Corner in Napier.

Here is some of the beautiful papers Janine now has over at Scrapbook Corner.Check them out here :http://www.scrapbookcorner.co.nz/index.php?cPath=168_169 .

I have played with these great papers from
Creative Imaginations
- Breathless Range and Janine also has this awesome chipboard chandeleir.
I love chandeleir's.

Have you seen this new cool shopping site??They have such funky clothes,shoes and lots more for great savings!!!

Go check it here:

http://www.Nzsale.co.nz/registration.aspx?invitedby=Bubbles girl

Lots of fun and funky things!!!

Go here to check out more Prima beauty: http://prima.typepad.com/prima/

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.