Daring Cardmakers!

Well this week I was able to join back in with Daring Cardmakers to do this weeks dare. I have find my mojo and scrapping up a storm. 

 

This weeks dare with Daring Cardmakers…

On the Edge

We’d love to see you making use of all sorts of border treatments; scallops, trims, pleats, or anything else which makes the edges of your papers and cards look special. You could use Border Punches, Die Cutters, Lace, Fancy Trims and that’s just for starters – let your imagination live right on the edge this week – or maybe even go right over the edge! Check out the blog to see what the DT have made this week to start you thinking.

 

Here is mine

 

 

 

Don’t forget to check out the blog for the other design team’s cards.

 

Happy Scrapping!

 

Tanya Leigh

My layouts!

Here are the 2 layouts I did on Saturday night, I gave myself a shock that I did 2 layouts. It normally takes me weeks to do one sometimes.

This is the layout I did for White with 1

White with purple and circles.  I don’t like the colour purple and it was hard to do but it came out ok. 

 

And here is the layout I did with Neen’s kit.

Now this layout is stepping outside the square for me with different companies but hey I did it and I like it..LOL!!!!

 

 

 

Off to get Noah from kindy now.

 

Till next time

 

Tanya Leigh

Getting better!

Well after another visit to the doctors and new antibiotics I am heaps better. Still have my asthma but I’m guessing that won’t go till I am 100% better.

I felt like scrapping last night so I did 2 layouts.  1 layout I scrapped in a colour I don’t like and it’s for White with 1. Once I have a photo of it and I send it to Susan I will share here.  The other is using one on Neen’s very cool kits.

It’s the Little Things

Don’t forget to check out Neen’s kit blog.

 

And I have some winners from the last post. 

Debbie

Mieke

Rochelle

Gaye

Angela

Sandra

 

You are all getting something in the post, please email me at

tanya.leigh@xtra.co.nz

with your address details and I will send them off to you. 

I still have some mags and photo’s vouchers left so leave me a comment and you could win. 

 

The week before the holidays I had my hair coloured and Neil told some photo’s of me today. The only nice one’s were with Noah.

 

Well, enough for tonight.

 

Till next time

 

 

Tanya Leigh

Still sick and giveaways!

I am back to the doctor this afternoon as I am no better.  I am on antibiotics which doesn’t agree with me. Makes my chest tight and a few other side affects.  Not flash!

Still can’t do alot due to my asthma and even going up the stairs takes it out of me.  This is being going on now for nearly 2 weeks, I just wish is would GO AWAY!!!! I have things to do…LOL!!!

 

Anyway on a happy note….

Some of the sponsors from Mt Hutt Retreat were vouchers for 6×4 photos from Harvey Norman and Norman Ross and I have some left.  So if anyone leaves me a comment I will put them in the draw to win photo vouchers.  I have more Norman Ross vouchers than Harvey Norman.

And also I have some Scrapbooking Innovation Mag #2 left so also leave me a comment and you could also win a copy of that. 

 

Well better go and take it easy, till next time

 

 

 

Tanya Leigh

Sick,Quarantined and A & E!

I am sorry I haven’t answered the emails that you guys have sent as the last week I have been in bed with the flu and still not right.

I have been at the doctors twice this week and while there I had to wear a mask along with everyone else that was there.  It sure is scary to see the doctors like that, saw first hand what the hospital was like last night.  I have had fevers, the cough, runny nose, body aches, sore ribs from coughing, chills, headaches and because of all this my asthma is playing up.  The doctor gave me Respigen and some pills to help me breath. The last week has been hell.  I ended up at the hospital for 6 hours last night with not being able to breath. I am taking around 11 pills a day to make me feel like some sort of normal.  

Just trying to keep from the boys getting the flu as it isn’t nice and the doctor said he doesn’t want to boys to get it. 

The doctor did say there are two types of flu’s going around at the moment but they aren’t testing as it cost to much money.  GREAT!!!!!

 

Anyway, I’m heading back to bed now to keep warm.  Be back when I’m normal….LOL!!!

 

 

Tanya Leigh

 

 

Happy Birthday Neil

 Thursday 2nd July was Neil’s birthday. He turned 37 but for what ever reason he thought he was turning 38.  LOL!!!!!

Neil always has his birthday off work and the day started out great, Neil wanted pancakes so made them for the 3 of us. Jarrod, Leigh and Noah gave Neil a card each and I gave him a card also.  He got money from his parents and when he has some sort of idea what he wants I will go and get it.  Neil is hard to buy for and he always says he doesn’t want anything.  He is so not like me….ROFL!!!

After dropping Noah at kindy in the afternoon Neil and I went to Tony’s Japanese restaurant.  They cooked our lunch in front of us, which was very cool.

Neil had a great day for his 37th Birthday.

 

Happy Birthday Babe!

 

 

 

Tanya Leigh

Rasberry Giveaway!

Check out here!

 

Rasberry are having a great Giveaway. Open to international people to, gotta be good.

 

 

Tanya Leigh 

Like one time at scrap camp…..

This is the saying that Debbie used over the weekend and it made all of us laugh.  It was a awesome weekend. We all got to meet the lovely Janine. I picked Janine up at Christchurch airport at 11-30am on the Friday and we headed for Mt Hutt. It was a great trip and there was even some snow on the side of the road.

This photo was what greeted us on the road up to Mt Hutt Retreat.  It was cold but we had 2 fires and a very large gas heater for the weekend so we weren’t cold. 

Here is the group photo from the weekend.

 We had the lovely Janine founder of DigiRosa there for the weekend taking a class of a 8×8 hybrid layout. I really enjoyed the hybrid class and am thinking of doing more. 

This was my layout I did for the class,  isn’t wee Noah cute?  LOL!!!

And this was my second take on Janine’s class

 

We did a class designed by Nic Howard

I just need to journal on this and it’s done.

And another Nic class that I brought the kit and never started so camp was a good place to start and finish it…LOL!!!!

And this layout is using one of Neen’s kits….

It’s the little things

 

This is our student Nin playing swing ball for the first time.  I’m still not 100% about this layout as it’s very different from what I do but I stepped outside my square and just did it. Neen’s kits are just awesome so don’t forget to check them out.

Neen also sponsored some kits to the retreat which the winners loved. Thanks Neen!

I also finished off some other layouts but most of them I still need to journal on so when I have they will be here. 

The spa we had for the weekend was well used by a few people.  Lisa, Bee and Kathryn got in. 

 

Well, that’s it for now, more later. 

 

 

Thanks guys for an awesome weekend. Roll on 2010! LOL!!!

 

 

Tanya Leigh

 

Wouldn’t these look…..

cool in my scrappy room….LOL!!!!

 

I’m in the middle of doing my scrappy room up and it’s going to be pink, black and white and these would be perfect. 

 Rusty Pickle Trucks!

 

 

 

Tanya Leigh

Catch up

WOW!!! Doesn’t time fly when your having fun. I haven’t posted since my birthday, how sad is that. 

I have been busy getting things sorted for the Mt Hutt Retreat which is 19th, 20th and 21st June.  Not long now and I know I’m looking forward to the break away. We are having all the sponsorship goodies arriving and the last of it arrives next Thursday just in time….Well I’m hoping it arrives Thursday…LOL!!!!

We have 11 sponsors for this retreat and we have some awesome prizes. Check out the retreat blog and see who the sponsors are.  Haven’t been doing alot of scrapping as haven’t had the time but lets hope I can get some done at the retreat. 

Neil is away in Wellington this week for work so not alot of work being done, just keeping the kids happy and the house in order is enough I think. My car went and had 4 new tyres today and is in the garage for a few things done to it and a WOF and Noah and I even washed it today.  Looks like a new car…LOL!!

Jarrod’s been playing rugby this season and he is doing really well. He is playing in the U13’s and he is having a awesome time.  Training 2 times a week and last Saturday Jarrod scored his first try and got back of the day.  He was over the moon and still is and can’t stop talking about it.  I told him if he scored a try on my weekend I would give him $10 and the first thing he said to me was ‘pay up mother’….I mean how rude….LOL!!! I am soooo proud of him.

This photo was from a few weeks back on a nice day…

Jarrod is the one by the line just about getting the ball.

 

Well must go, lots to do.

 

 

Tanya Leigh