A couple of layouts

It's a very wet and cold day in Melbourne today so it's been a great day to stay inside! I have the house to myself and my plan was to get heaps of creative things done ... alas I have done less than I wanted to in that area.

But I did spend a couple of hours re-organising Rob's office, creating more space for him. It certainly heated me up - even took my jumper off!

Here are a couple of layouts I have completed recently.

This layout was for a challenge for Sketch Inspiration using a very old photo.

Hopefully I'll get the photos for the other things in the next couple of days.

So, till next time ..

Fitting everything in ...

Life is one constant source of activity ... work, wife, mother, friend, creator, planner ... there is always something to do!  I muse over people who say they are bored, there is so much to do and see and discover.  I love the busyness and I also appreciate the need to be still and reflect and be grateful.

I am also amazed at the productiveness of others, especially those with young children.  There are so many amazing women who look so organised and who constantly share the creative pursuits they follow - and they do so much of it!  I don't get to bed till midnight most night and I still don't get as much completed!

So to all those wonderful women who produce abundant creations, I salute you!!

I have been not only working hard (who loves to do bookkeeping? Arrrgh!) but have had some time to do some of my favourite things - scrapping, card making and creating altered journals and photo albums.  My christmas card making is ahead of schedule - yay!

Once I retrieve my camera from my teenage daughter, I will take some photos to share what I have done.  Hopefully tomorrow.

So, till next time ...

Latest creations ...

It's certainly been chilly in these parts!  It's so cosy to stay indoors and potter away with my scraps and paper.  I even got to re-organise some of it and discovered things I'd forgotten about!!

I'd really like to get my christmas cards done well before December this year - so, with 21 weeks to go, if I want to make 100 cards, I need to complete around 5 per week - quite achievable!  Just need to get myself organised - I'll keep you updated!

I've been continuing on with my creating and here are some of the things I have done -

I love doing these vintage cards!

This was one I started at the SIA Trade Show 2 years ago!

Thought I's share this fun image also!!

Till next time ...

Really getting in to it!

It has been a busy week or so and I didn't get any scrapping done last weekend but I am certainly on a roll ... and loving it!

It's been quite a cold winter in Melbourne so far - we've been spoilt over the past few years with only a few cold days - but I am so thankful for our wonderful heater that keeps me very comfortable.

Even though I have lots to do, work wise, I find that being able to get out of my left brain and into my right brain to create, helps me to be more productive all around!  So, work doesn't suffer, I don't suffer and the rest of the household doesn't suffer!

Here are my latest layouts...

Till next time ...

Mojo's returned ...

It's a funny thing isn't it - creativity!  There are times when it seems such a struggle to get the juices going and to happily create ... and then there are the wonderful times when everything seems to flow and it's all too simple!

Well, thank goodness my mojo has returned and I am delighting in being able to get out the photos and go with the flow.  Perhaps it is also to do with the early nightfall and the cold nights when it is cosy to be able to set myself up in my room, keep warm and potter around to my heart's content!

Anyway, enough of the sentiments, here are some of the layouts I have created for the NCJS challenges ...

So while the iron's hot ...

Till, next time ...