suuny Saturday

It was a beautiful day here today and I think the sunshine really lifts everyones mood! I finished my los and cards for the next round of scrapbook apprentice earlier in the week (I'll post a few sneak peeks soon :) but didn't seem to get much else done since then, except these ...


I bought the blank letters in Wal Mart when we were in Florida last year and have been meaning to cover them ever since. So I finally dug them out and covered them with some gorgeous BG Phoebe papers that I have been saving for ages and put them over the doors in our sun room, which is where I do my scrapping.

Easter weekend...

We had a lovely Easter weekend ... Declan was off work on Friday and got to do lots of bits and pieces around the garden. The glasshouse is full and I'm looking forward to a flower filled summer! We went to the Botanic gardens after church yesterday and got some nice pictures of the beautiful tulips ... the colours were just amazing. I do feel like I need a bit of a detox now though after too much Easter egg. I felt like I had chocolate running through my veins when I was going to bed last night! (Not that I ate that much ... just more than normal :) So I went for a swim this morning to try and undo some of the damage and feel a lot better now.
I did this lo a couple of weeks ago, about a visit to Dublin Zoo last summer. I love this StudioCalico paper ... yum!

Tuesday musings

Well the Easter hols are in full swing and it's so nice not to have to get up early ... and spend some 'quality time' with Oisin. My little monkey will be 6 next month!!!! I really can't believe it.
I did the lo below a few weeks ago about one of the funny things Oisin keeps saying at the moment; Are you thinking what I'm thinking? (Sorry the photo's not great).
Now to try and decide what we'll do today .....

Round 5

Firstly, I would just like to say thank you to everyone who voted for me in the last round of the Scrapbook Apprentice competition . I'm very happy to have made it through as there was a huge number of votes this time and it was very close! Voting has now started for round 5 so if you would like to take a look just click here. The challenge this time was ribbons and I have to say that everyones work looks lovely ... who knew you could do so much with ribbon!!

It's a fine line ...

Had a conversation the other day with Oisin that went something like this:
me: I hope Ryan (Oisins friend from school) is better from the chicken pox. I had them when I was small and still have a few marks from them on my forehead!
Oisin: Oh yeah, I think I see them. Is it all those lines (said as he runs his finger across his forehead ... repeatedly! )
Needless to say, I wasn't too impressed and had to go check in the mirror to see just how bad those lines on my forehead were:)
I had been wanting to scrap this photo for a while and realised last week that I had the perfect papers in a StudioCalico kit from a few months ago. Of course this was before Oisin was old enough to notice Mammy's wrinkles!

Tomorrow is the last day to vote for this months scrapbook apprentice (and it's really close!) so if you haven't voted yet, head on over to the Creativity Life blog.

monday ... again!!

Is it just me or does time speed up ridiculously the older you get? The weeks seem to be flying by at the moment. Hope you had a lovely mothers day ... Oisin made me three lovely mothers day cards, and a poster so I was a very lucky mammy :) Of course I forgot to take a photo of the card that I made for my own mam ... must see if I can sneak a pic next time I'm visiting. I actually managed to get two los done on Saturday (almost unheard of for me). It's the first time in about a month I got to do some pages just for myself, although I have done quite a few cards over the last week or two. I love the photo in this one below.



And you still have time to get you name in for the Creativity Life blog giveaway if you would like to win some scrapping goodies.

Giveaway!!

Thought I'd let you know that there is a giveaway on the Creativity Life blog at the moment. The prize is a set of goodies just like the ones we got to use this month. The colours are bright, bold and gorgeous! You can see them used in my sneak peeks below and here is the picture of the prize. All you have to do is become a follower of the blog. Good Luck!!

sunshine and sneaks

Well it has been a gorgeous few days and the sun continued to shine today. I know its only the middle of March and I know there was snow less than two weeks ago but it's hard not to get that summer feeling! Where's the sun screen ... where's the ice cream :)

I have a few sneak peeks for the next round of scrapbook apprentice and actually have five pics for you this time as we had to do an extra item this month! Hopefully you'll get to see them in full if I make it through the current round ... voting is very close so far! 

Blog Birthday

I just realised that it was a year last Saturday since I started my blog!! So, dear blog ... happy birthday:)  Haven't been up to much crafty stuff this week for some reason but I am heading to Laineys crop tomorrow and hopefully will get something done there. I need to do quite a few cards with Mothers Day and lots of birthdays coming up, and I still need to finish all my CraftEire projects. 

The lo above is about my littlest sis who just loves dogs. And yep, she is a good bit younger than me ... there's twenty years between us!

It's a beautiful day ...

... the sun is shining, it's not freezing (in fact it's actually a bit warm!) and I have an article in Scrapbook Magazine that just came out today!! I'm so excited as this is the first time I have ever had a article in a magazine. The article is called 'Introducing' and features four of my los :) So I'm feeling a little giddy today :) :) :) :)

I think I have posted some of those los here before except maybe this one. I really love this page even though it's a pretty simple design. I like the big photo and the clear buttons and of course the BG archaic papers which are some of my all time favs! Have a great day :)