My Baby is all Grown Up

That’s right… my little baby has turned 4. Where has the time gone?! She had a wonderful birthday and got spoiled rotten with tonnes of presents and hugs and kisses. Here are a few pics of the Birthday Girl…

The Birthday Girl

Blowing out the candles

My final layout for Songbirds is now up on the site… pop on over and have a go at the challenges. I have had this photo of Wayne’s niece for a while now and finally found the right way to scrap it. She was soooo beautiful for her first ever school ball and I love this photo.

Turn Your Golden Face Into The Sun

And just for a bit of fun I had a play in photoshop with some of the new digi stuff I have got lately to come up with this layout for Angie’s cool sketch challenge site. She has a great scketch up there this month and I felt inspired enough to play along

Happy Birthday

That’s all from me for now. Wayne’s parents are staying with us at the moment so I’ve been a little quiet on the scrapping and forums. The kids have been loving having them here and it is great to spend some time with them. I think the cold weather is knocking them around a bit though… they are used to temps between 20-30 and at the moment we are getting between 4-17. LOL

Bye for now folks.

Luv Kirsti xoxox

OK, you can slap me now :D

Yep, that’s right… you can slap me now for neglecting my poor little blog so much lately!

So much has been going on here… just the usual family dramas and I’ve been feeling very out-of-sorts for the last few months. I’ve been doing some soul searching and trying to find answers to some of lifes more perplexing questions (not with much luck I might add). Every time I start to get things mapped out again and feel like I have a little control back over our lives, another curveball gets thrown my way. With all the stress, doing things for myself has become so much more difficult. I am finding that my passion for scrapping is fading and I so despertely don’t want it to. I need to recentre myself and focus on what made me enjoy scrapping to begin with. I need to remember it is all about the memories of my family and take some of the pressure off myself. I’ve made a few really big decisions when it comes to this… the first one being to step down from my CT role at Songbird Scraps. I feel very privileged to have been a part of the team there for the last 7 months and wish all the girls the best. I’m sure Songbirds will continue to thrive… and for those interested, Skye has put out a new CT call for another 3 positions!!!

There are a few more announcements to make in the coming weeks. It has been a difficult time and some very hard choices but I think I am doing the right thing for myself and my family. But no…. I am most definitely not quitting scrapping. I have lived and breathed scrapbooking for the last 5 years and would not be myself without it. Like I said, it is time to recentre and find the passion I had when I started.

I can share a couple of things I have been working on…

Sneak peek July 2nd Lyrics for Songbird Scraps

July Sketch challenge for Ready, Set, Scrap!

Sneak Peek July CC Layout for Ready, Set, Scrap!

My baby girl is turning 4 on Sunday so we have Wayne’s parents down from Kununurra for a visit. I cannot believe she is four… where has the time gone? I am really missing my baby lately… I love the little girl she is but can’t help but miss those cute baby moments. Like when she was quiet and didn’t run around the house screaming! PML

I had better go for now. I’ll be back with an update again soon. Take care all

Luv Kirsti xoxox

Forgot my blog again

I swear I must be going senile… I totally forgot my blog again! I’d forget my head if it wasn’t screwed on LOL

Not much has been happening around here… school holidays start today. So far so good – no wars have erupted yet. Ashlea will be 4 in just a couple of weeks. I am having a really hard time accepting that my ‘baby’ really isn’t such a baby anymore. She’s grown up so much in the last 6-9 months and has become a little girl with huge attitude.

Rachelle has had a big two weeks… she finished off doing the MS Readathon and managed to read an awesome 27 books!! Last count she had raised $65 with a few sponsors still to come. I am so proud of her! She got an Honour Certificate at school two weeks ago and then yesterday her class presented the whole school assembly. She was the first person to get up and talk to welcome everyone and ask them to sing the national anthem. Poor little thing got so embarrassed… the microphone wasn’t working! They fixed it and she was an absolute legend getting up a second time to do her bit. I have to admit that she was the only kid that I could hear and understand right at the back That’s my girl!!!!

News Flash!! There is an awesome new online scrap store to check out… The Stamp Spot. The gorgeous Marcia has just opened the cyber-doors on the 1st July and is going to be adding more new stock really soon so go and have a look! If there is anything you are after, feel free to ask and I am sure she would love to help where she can!

Scrapping wise I’ve only got a few things to share.You really have to take a squizz at the new challenges for July at Ready, Set, Scrap! They are just awesome this month and I am hoping to actually get some done this time! Also, Songbird Scraps now has a new ning community. I have to admit I am getting a little lost while trying to work it out, but make sure you come by and have a look… the new challenge will be up real soon

Ok, photo time….

First July layout for Songbirds

That’s all for now my lovelies. Hopefully I will be back again soon with another update. Take care,

Luv Kirsti xoxox