more Bootcamp layouts!

fat belly pics

Thought I'd share a few pictures of how big I've popped out in the last few weeks. Matilda is very put out that she can no longer lie on my tummy to have a cuddle and instead just rests her head there. Cant wait for the bub to move and freak her out.

The other night Chris was trying to listen to the bub using the stethoscope. It really doesn't like the idea of being prodded (hence the hour and a half long morphology scan - where the tech couldn't get clear shots!). So as Chris was prodded my belly with the stethoscope the bub gave him what for and gave him a solid kick! Chris thought I had hiccuped it was so big!

Hope this is not a sign of a head strong child!

more bootcamp layouts.

Slowly getting more layouts done. Im almost out of scrappable photos of Europe!! I still have lots of developed photos of buildings etc that I cant get into scrapping just yet.

10 pages down - 15 to go :)

scrapbook bootcamp

Im trying to complete 25 layouts before the 6th of march, in a bootcamp challenge set by a scrapbooking website. Started the weekend before last and have only completed 6 layouts so far! The idea of the bootcamp is to use up as much of your stash (suggesting to use 50 pieces of patterned paper) that has been stored for years and is just been buried under the new piles of paper.

Im pretty guilty of this. I tend to buy new things and stick it on the old - forgetting about it all. So im digging deep and finding some paper bought years ago. As well as paper Im trying to use up old embellishments.

Have told Chris that if I get it all done that I deserve a little scrapbook shopping spree! lol. kinda defeats the purpose hey?

At least some more of my europe photos are getting scrapped finally! only took 2000 photos when we were travelling. You never know, i might get to the New Zealand photos from last year!! SHOCK!

Baby Shopping

For those of you who dont know yet - Im pregnant! I'm due on 9th of June. Which, I know, is ages away, but we couldnt resist buying a few things yesterday.

I wanted to get the major furniture bought and set up these holidays though. Because I figured, next holidays, I will not be feeling like doing much :P

So we bought the cot yesterday from Ikea. My mum and MIL came with us, and bought all of the accessories to go with it. I chose a bit of a retro theme. I think it is so so so cute!!

Here are some photos of the cot set up - without the mosquito net though. Because we havent decided where the cot will go in the room just yet, so didnt want to start drilling holes in the ceiling. We also have a matching mobile and night light that isnt in any of the photos..

We will definitely keep you up to date as we do up the nursery. BTW - we do not know the gender - the blue wall was there when we bought the house!

I Completed an ATC set

First of all, let me explain what a ATC is. ATC stands for Artist Trading Card, which are consider miniature pieces of art that are passed on to others. They are usually created as a set with a centralised theme.

And even though I am by no means an 'artist' I was required to make 12 ATCs for a calendar group I am part of. Each participatant will receive one of the set and as I am also a participant, I will end up with 12 ATCs all from various people.

They are just for fun. People will hold onto them etc. Some people display theirs...

So any way. For my set I decided to use just one word for each card. Words that depict life or how we should try to live our lives. This is my very first attempt at making a set and I am really happy with how they have turned out.

One the back of each ATC, I printed out a copy of all the other words in the set and stuck them on.
These are them individually.......



I get no choice in who gets which one...and because I cant decide which one to keep Im posting them all off to the person who is putting together the calendars and distributing the cards.

NZ TRIP

A few photos from our NZ trips! Thought Id better share some....