Creative Team work for Donna Duncombe

It is just a new thing but I am part of the wonderful Donna Duncombes creative team.  I was using the Summer Days kit found at Funkyplayground Designs

  The credits for this page can be found here

The credits for this page can be found here.

A Photo Book to explain hospital visits

This activity is a little less impulsive but none theless if your child is in hospital for a long stay for frequent stays then perhaps there is a story to tell.  So a story book with your own photos just might be the ideal solution.  This will take a little work from you but the results will be long lasting.  Over the next couple of weeks I will put a couple of templates that can be down loaded just to help you get started.

While I am working out how to create a template or two for you I thought that I would just share some of the pages I have created

1.  First up is this blog post.  Diagnosis and Recovery

2.  Here is another page and blog post about medication

3.  What about this one It's That time of the year.

I have taken ages to sort through my blog posts to find these links so now I need to work out a different menu system on my blog.

Dare to try Hybrid

I have an adverse response to any crafting activity that involves scissors.

This is very ironical considering that I started my digital scrapbooking journey through more traditional card making.  Now I wonder what I ever did without the delete or undo buttons on my faithful Photoshop programme.

I am seriously in awe of the incredible talent that hybrid artists have.  Take a look at The Hybrid Chick and you will what I mean just as a start.

Moving on and in conjunction with my budget managment refinement that I have been doing, I started by really liking the ideas of  Dave Ramsey.  This fitted really nicely with me because when we lived in Brunei there was very little access to any forms of plastic cash.  Cash was always necessary when doing the everyday shopping.  In fact I have been using cash for quite some time but this post just refined things a little more for me.

One thing moved to another, well really I just added Daves post to my favourites and stored the idea for a while.  Finally I was templeted to be more proactive when I discovered this project by Kelleigh Ratzclaff which came with a freebie, envelopes (how hard could they be).

Oh such lovely envelopes and I just had to make them.  I even have a stash of paper from my card making days sitting in the cupboard along with some double sided tape and a fabulous pair of scissors.  Oh yes I have the most lovely, accurate(except when I am using them) and sharp scissors just begging to be used.

So in no time I had 8 fabulous looking envelopes which I am particularly proud of.  I have no idea where I am going to keep them but my wallet is not suitable. 

Wordless Wednesday 21 July

Here is my Wordless Wednesday post

This is what life looks like after you have been out jogging the road with Dad and run full speed into a tree.

McKenzie was more sorry about how she was going to look than anything else.

Ode to my Daughter

So this is not an ode but something I have been thinking about in our house especially since my daughter will turn 10 this year and has been coming home from school talking about diet.  Now I know that there are plenty of dietry issues in our house as Hayden doen't eat enough caleries to sustain life so I am alway thinking these things.  This event with my daughter really got me thinking about things to be building into our life now so body image etc do not become issues.  So here is my list just randomly written as I thougth about them.

• As mum I am trying to be a positive role model.

• Listen hard to you as my daughter and help you feel valued

• Support you in all your sporting endeavours by becoming a hockey mum.

• I want to encourage you to take risks. Not just any risks but to climb trees, race go carts ride the waves etc etc. so that you have no need to take extreme risks later.

• I want to help you respect yourself as you grow into a young woman.

• I will be there to support you when you screw up,

• I will support you to develop postitive self esteem. Love who you are both in body and mind.

I even scrapbooked these thoughts so they don't get lost in cyberspace.

Here are the credits

Monday Menu 19 July

Again here we menu making.  I always link to the Organising Junkie so pop over there a take a look at some of the other magnificent menu posts.

Monday  Spaghetti Bolignaise

Tuesday  Sweet and Sour chicken

Wednesday  Steak, potato and salad

Thursday  Steak n Kidney crockpot (my own recipe)

Friday  Nachos

Saturday  Pumpkin and lentil Soup

Sunday  Leftovers

Paper Folding

As promised I would write a post about recycling all those bits of paper. You know the ones that your child has drawn on while stuck in their hospital bed. The ones that are not for pinning on the board or giving away. I always have plenty.

First up there is the the paper planes and helicopters.  I know that everyone has there favourite way to make these so instead of confusing you all I thought that I would challenge you to find a new one to make.  I am linking you to this fabulous site, The Best Paper Airplanes.  It has both line drawing and videos to help.  I love the table of the best to make.  It is linked.

Anyway, today I thought that I would focus on a couple of other simple but fun little things you can fold and make.

So today the children and I had some fun making a couple of these.

Jumping Frog

This jumping frog works really well.

Rabbit
This link also has a little story that goes with making the rabbit.  As you can see mine requires some decoration

Pirate Hats


I have linked this just in case you needed instructions but any technique will do.  In fact this link has a whole lot of variations for you try as well.  Imagination can come into play.  What about a firemans hat, a gardeners hat, the list is endless.

Here Baby (teddies name.....yup it is a long story one that Andre can tell some time) models the hat from todays play.  Well the one that is till in one piece.

and of course my children had to make their paper planes but they were so hard to photograph.  I will have to try another day.

Creative Team work for Lindsay Jane

So I just love this kit Water Fun

Here are my pages

I did this page for the Nuts4Digi Word Challenge.  This month the goal is to use the quote.  Credits for this page can be found here at Nuts4Digi

The second page is really me still catching up on all those fabulous summer snaps I took

I love the elements in this kit.  The credits can be found here

Favourite Free holiday Fun

So the photos say it all but my son thinks that this is his favourite part of the school holidays.

From afar this is the look but this is the best shot....

I hope your holidays found some free fun.

Wordless Wednesday 14 July

My 6 year old took this self portrait while wearing his fathers sunglasses at a theme park.

I love the shot.