I ❤ MY FINE LINES!

Since my mini me' little personality started to shine through I have not laughed as much as I have these past 3-4 months. I looked in the mirror for the first time in a longtime today and actually saw myself along with those fine lines creasing the corner of my eyes. Sure I pop the mascara and eyeliner on ( I try to keep up appearances, lol), but I havent taken stock of the physical changes in me especially since becoming a mum and what I saw in the mirror was a very different me staring back...and you know what I like her!

My husband says he see's me differently since I have become a mum, I didn't think it was that obvious. But he seems to think I am sexier, thats gotta be a good thing, hey! But I dont see that, I see, weekly menu planning, shopping lists, a must do the dusting of the skirting boards tomorrow, oh and don't forget to ring the mechanic and book the car in. I know these are all everyday things that millions of women across the globe juggle daily but when you have a kid (and for 40 years I didn't) you realise how precious time is...OMG you realise how at the speed of light time slips by!

All I can say is I don't really care, all I am cheering for these days, my time as and the opportunity to be a stay at home mum watching in wonderment how this little boy makes me feel so happy...I wonder what you must think of me, but mostly I wonder how you must feel now that you have discovered your finger fits in your nostril, I suspect pretty happy with yourself !

Thank you my cheeky little archaeologist for making my heart sing and for those new fine lines that make me, me!

DARE 2 DREAM

I realise now more so than ever before that having a child not only means a lot of joy and happiness but it also presents itself with the importance of thinking about what kind of advice you would pass on to your children. 


Amongst so many possiblilites the one thing I truly want for Tig-let is that he never lay idle...that he experience life to its fullest, I know thats a cliche but I still stand by it as one of my top 5 pearls of wisdom. Dare to dream, be true to yourself, dont procrastinate & simply make your aspirations come true. 


This layout is about just that it is also about wanting Tige to see the world to experience people and their countries and make some amazing memories to cherish something I wish I had done! ahhh I hear you say but it is never too late, and yep so true my time will come when I am a Super Annuate, ba ha ha! The colour inspo came from TCR and this weeks palette #74.

I used a bit of Basic Grey and the little clocks are glass pebbles created by Handmade Halo, go check the store out. Thought I might add that the clouds are inked using a handcut stencil I created sometime ago.

I also thought I might sub it for this weeks word challenge 'Memory' (which I used in the journalling and as extra accents on the page) at Bird is a Word Challenge site, go check them out they are currently looking for new DT members and sketch artist which I'd love to apply for, one of my pet loves is designing sketches but I just dont have enough time with my other DT commitments..

Okay better go, little Tig-let is whinging and crying poor poppet needs a sleep. Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a great Sunday and a wonderful week!

I MAY NOT BE GLAMOROUS BUT...

I am always honest and true...oops just a tad late in loading up my DT digi for The Color Room, here is palette #71 and my layout for this week hope you guys like it. I used a cute little airplane element that I photographed to create a digi embellishment from but you can get the real macoy from my friend Cozzie's online store called Hand Made Halo in a bronze colour only :)

I had a lovely weekend catching up with friends, I saw Tan and met her new bubba boy Jed who is just way too cute for words, so teeny tiny compared to Tige but for how long I wonder...I am guessing this kid is going to grow up quickly and tower over Tige but for now Tige looks massive compared... here is a pic of the 2 boys exactly 6 months apart!

Here's one of the two of them testing out their vocal cords, I wonder who has the biggest set of lungs?

and here is my precious little grumble BUMble bee, feeling very sorry for himself because he is teething at the mo! OUCH!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful week! xox

OUR LITTLE ADVENTURER

Faaar out I am sure my weekly posts start the same way every week with 'where do the days go?', but it really does shock me that time flies so quickly. Tige is now 5 months old and growing so quickly I just want the clock to slow down. I spend once a day taking at least 300 photos of him and can't delete any of them. This in itself is becoming a problem because I haven't got the storage so have to get yet another external harddrive just for photos of Tige and load that one up too tee hee.
Here is my little chappy looking so very cute...

The one below is not the best technically speaking but it makes my heart sing!

So its now Sunday and after a funfilled weekend hanging out with the girls eating chocolate (thanks Heather your a bad influence tee hee) and cooking up a storm I completely forgot to load up this weeks palette and DT layout for The Color Room...oops I'm bad, anyways fabbo palette and an awesome sketch this week so pop into TCR for a look. Here's the palette and below that my digital LO using all my own digital elements.

Okay better scoot...have a great week everyone and thankyou so much for stopping by!xox

COLOR ROOM PALETTE #52 IS HERE!

Morning all,
Master Tige is having a snooze right now so thought I'd upload my latest LO for this weeks palette at the Color Room who is celebrating its 1st Birthday this week. If your in need of a challenge and inspiration go HERE to check out the palette and for some eye candy in go to the GALLERY, its never short of inspiring designs and techniques.


This week I decided to do a digi LO of my mum and aunty when they were little girls. I used the JW-Digi Scraps 'Mayflower' Kit for the flowers, ribbon and string frame, the rest of the elements are mine including the ornate patina frame which you can have for free just right click on its image below and save as a .png .

Its also been a busy weekend with little Tige changing so much I have had to keep the camera pointed at him constantly. He is now smiling much more and talks under wet cement, quite the chitty chatty my boy is, here are a couple pics of him looking sooo cute I melt everytime I see him, tee hee

Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoy the free digi frame and if you do use it let me know would love to see your work!

SCRAPPIN HAPPY!

Me again, and I am feeling on top of the world!!! Can I just say I am absolutely lovin' being a mumma! Tige is an absolute dream bubba, oh yeah sure we have some sleepless nights and he's a milk fiend but for the most part the little Tige-let is just dreamy! I was asked today online by an old school friend if life had changed heaps already and could I remember what my life was like before the little man arrived...it was an interesting question because I realised that although it has only been 3 weeks it seems a lifetime ago that I only had myself and Dan to think about. 


I guess the biggest change has been that for the past 40 years I have only had to consider me(a fairly selfish existence I am sure) but now I can finely understand how truely amazing an experience it is to be a mother to have a little person so reliant on you and that indescribable love you feel... its all so consumming. So YES!!! My life has massively changed and no I can not relate to the old me anymore I'm loving the new me much more the multi tasker, the milk maid the new mummy!


The only thing that remains from my former life is my scrapbooking and I have some exciting news that I'll be able to share very soon with you all, but have to hold off just for another week so stay tuned for that newsflash. I also have some ATC's and layouts to share with you that I have managed to get done just prior to Tige's birth and during these past 3 weeks, so here goes...


Here's 2 layouts I have done over at 'The Color Room'

Here's the first layout I've created of Master Tige called 'Celebrating Our Boy' and below is Palette#46 that I drew inspiration from.

this one is called 'I'm so Happy', using Palette#47 for inspiration.

I also managed to get some ATC's completed before Tige was born, they are all for the 'Fullsleeve Swap' This one was  for the thme Architectural Detail. I paid homage to one of my fave mid century architects of all time the fantastic Mr Harry Seidler and did an ATC of the house he built for his parents 'The Rose Seidler House'. I opens up to expose the house and a pop up of an iconic chair of the time 'The Butterfly Chair' which is pool side.

this one is also for Fullsleeve and is for the theme 'Sign's' so I thought I'd try to re-create the old bus signs but create one of the beaches along the SE Qld coastline.

Okay well thanks for stopping by, keep smiling a wide one! xoxo

MASTER TIGE HAS ARRIVED!

Hello everyone! I am so excited to finally tell those of you who dont already know that our little baby arrived on the 7th February 2011. We got ourselves a gorgeous little baby boy called Tige Daniel. He arrived by C Section at 3:44pm in a golden shower...hmmm yeees you read it right Master Tige in true boy form peed everywhere on his way into the big wide world, twas a glorious sunny shower that provided many laughs for the theatre staff.

He weighed 8pd 1.5oz and has managed to pop on a further 470grams this past week so we are very pleased to say the breast feeding is obviously working.

Tige is such a cute placid little man, only getting grizzly when he is wet or poo'd his nappy and of course when he is hungry, though thankfully he is soon off to sleep after a belly full of grub. We had a bit of a restless week last week but I think thats because he had a massive growth spurt plus we were settling into home life which BTW is just fantastic to be home even though my loungeroom looks like a Baby Co showroom floor...guess thats my lot for the next few years until it transforms and morphs into a Toys R Us showroom then a teenage bunker!!!

We have nick named him 'Little Birdie'... this is namely because he chirps and tweets like a little magpie but also because he has a rather unbecoming habit of flipping the bird!!! He sometimes sucks his middle and ring fingers, but on occassion the middle finger slips out and slides up his cheek gesturing the forementioned signal or slots snugly into his nostril, just way too funny, well atleast to us, but I must nip that one in the bud otherwise there could be some awkward moments at Woolworths or visiting the doctor if I don't instill some polite behaviours!

Here's our Buddha Baby rubbing his belly for good luck!

We are so happy and excited to be able to say we are now the proud parents of a bouncing baby boy its been a long time in the making and finally Dan and my dream has come true...thanks so very much little Tige for choosing us we promise to be the best parents we can possibly be.

Thanks for stopping by. xoxox