Ikea and Kaiser Craft

 Ikea is sooo one of my favourite places to shop for the home.. Cheap and funky and miles and miles of selection for the home and kids rooms and nic naks.  I picked up this cute box there 12 months ago and I have been looking at it for months on end but I didn't want to touch it until I come up with exactly what I wanted to do with it.  When I saw this absolutely stunning range from Kaiser Craft.... Charlottes Dream Collection I got my head into gear and got started within 24 hours.  I have just given you a sneak peak.  I have just the top to finish off now.  I am in love with it.  It is all about me and what I love.  It is for no one else but me.  So I have put a lot of me in it and what I love.
I will hopefully finish my project tomorrow night so if I do.. I will post photos.

I have just searched through Ikeas website for the box but they must have deleted the line.  Which is sad as it's a very cool side and nice deep drawers.  Im sure there are other alternative wooden boxes we could use again.
Well off to bed for me.  My husband has been in Melbourne for 5 days, home for one and then off again tomorrow for another 3.  So into bed for snuggles while it is nice and cold.  So glad he supports me in this  beautiful hobby that I have.
Night night to all you special ones out there.. Take care, keep warm and keep up the Vitamin C.


Moonie x

A beautiful new little life

I have one daughter.... but I also have another who is my daughters BFF..... Wee Bonnie had a hubby girl of her own this time last week.  She had a beautiful little girl who she named Ava Jade.  Bonnie is going to the best little Mumma... she has been longing to be a mother for so long even though she is so young herself.  But she has a very supportive and excited partner and now living a very happy little life together. 19 seems so young but I was 21 when I had my Danielle and she and I have the best ever relationship and I would not trade that with the whole wide world.  Bonnie will be the same with little Ava.
I thought I would share a collage I put together with a couple of beautiful pics of Bonnie just 2 weeks before she had Ava.
I will post a photo of the layout I put together for Bonnie and it will go on a canvas for Avas room.  What a special picture for Ava to have in years to come.  These are the most beautiful sensational pregnancy photos I have ever seen.  I looove the lighting in them.  Wish I had them done.  I did... but nothing as gorgeous as these.

That's all from me tonight. Way too cold for this chook to stay up.  Need to catch up on some well earned sleep.  Looking forward to having the next two days off.  Keep warm Aussie girls x
Moonie x

Yippeeee quilt finished!

I have only made one big quilt before... It was for my daughter when she was 4 years old.  It has only just died... and that was after finally giving it to my sisters pooch who loved it.  It had a few age holes in it so I thought instead of giving it to St Vinnies Ted could have it and he loved it.  So I was pretty happy with getting a good 16 years out of it.  When my daughter left home I did the blubba cry for months and months and I decided to make another quilt since she left and took hers.  It took me forever to find the exact fabric I wanted.  I hadn't seen what I wanted.. but I knew what I wanted.  
I walked into a gorgeous shop Dew Drop Inn in Hervey Bay Qld over a year ago and fell in love with this special collection.  It took me about 9 months to put together.  I didn't do it every day and every week as I have a heck of a lot of other projects on the go too LOL
All I have had to do in the past few months was put the binding on.  I finally sewed it on yesterday with the machine and hand stitched it on the back last night in bed.  Soooo happy to throw it around the bedroom and snuggle into it.  I love the colourful fabric I have chosen and I love the birds on the back of it.  We have a king bed and this actually fits on top of a queen size.
See my clock on the bedside table... well it was midnight when I finished hand stitching... and yip.... that's when I turn into a pumpkin. I felt like Corey when I finished.  He claims Daddy's spot in the bed when Daddy is away.

I am loving this cooler weather.  I am hoping for the rain to show tomorrow for a few days.  We just put our 3rd water tank in so lets hope it fills up.  Looking forward to a nice big fat hot bubble bath.  Perfect weather for it.
See you back soon 
Moonie x

My Minds Eye May Challenge

Well this was certainly a challenge for me.. It is the most different challenge I have come across but was pretty keen to give it a go.
Click on this link to check out the My Minds Eye May Challenge.  
The challenge is simple: use "masculine" colors or embellishments on a girl page, or use "feminine" colors and accents on a boy page.  And that it is....  but a bit more difficult that you think. Especially when you are used to doing boy pages and colours for your boys and pretties for the girls.. but it was lots of fun.  
I have used this gorgeous  LOVE ME Collection from MME. I actually love it as my DS is the apple of my eye.  So the love them and hearts suit him full stop.  I have added a few sequins into the cute banner and pulled apart a Lost and Found brad and changed it.  And of course he is my favourite person so this sticker was perfect to tile the page.

So off you go and see what you can come up with.  Lots of fun and out of your square.


Thats all for tonight and thanks for stopping in to have a wee bo peep.



Moonie x

Just you Dad

Sadly and suddenly about 7 years ago I lost my Dad due to a stroke and then followed by an aneurism.  I have scrapped only 3 layouts of my Dad and I struggle each and every time to do one.  I have got 2 put a slide I have tried to scrap but I get so stressed trying to put them together that I end up putting them away for another day.  My friend Tarrah put me to the challenge of giving this challenge a go along at Handmade by Suzannne.   Go and give it a go..... here is the link.  Below is the gorgeous sketch that was our inspiration designed by Nadia Cannizzo.  

I fell in love with the sketch and this is my take on it.

I must say I nearly gave up on putting it together as once again I was stressing something shocking as it was a layout of my Dad, but after putting it aside for about 30 minutes this time and not months on end I completed it and I am pretty stocked that I finished it.  Now I can sit proud and look at it.  My Dad here was a young and very good looking 23 years old.

The products I have used in this layout are:

Imaginary Chippy - Just you

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist - Pear

7 Gypsies Journal Tags

Scrapware - Doily

Kaiser Craft - Sweet Nothings Ppaer

Jenni Bowlin Bingo card Park - A Boys Life
Echo Park - This n That tag - Dad
Graphic 45 ABC Prima
Graphic 45 Old Curiosity Shoppe
Kaiser Kraft "25 December"
Ruby Rocket Flower
Prima Bling Button 
Doily
Prima bling button
Delish Washi tape - with birds on wire


Well I am already in my nighty are ready to get comfy on my couch for the evening.  Nice and chilly here at the moment so I think we might be in for a cool night.  Off to do some blogging x
Luv Moonie xx

Bird is the Word

Well here goes.... I am on a roll and I am loving getting out of my comfort zone.  Im loving putting together layouts with a different and yet interesting criteria these days. The criteria was pretty easy for me on this challenge along at Bird is the Word.  It was simply the word SMILE
I picked out my photos and it was obvious to me these were the pick of the crop.  One reason Mandy is my BFF in the whole wide world and 2... we are always laughing.. So first step easy peasy.. 
Second step was to find some pretty pink paper to match.. I loved this paper when I bought it and I felt in the mood for some girly stuff going on.  I started to scrap the page and was thinking about my title when I looked down at the journalling already on the page... and waaaalaaaaa... there was the word SMILE already on the paper for me.  So.... I had lots of fun putting this together and I am pretty pleased with the end result.  So why not give it a go and go over to Bird is the Word and give this challenge a go.
Here is my layout.

I had a fantastic and relaxing few days with my friend Tarrah McLean from near Sydney.  I put her on the plane earlier this evening after a great day down in Brisbane together.  She is such an inspiration and is one of the coolest scrappers I know.  Love how she puts her work together with such ease.
Take care girls and catch you soon
Moonie x

My Take........

Well a new day today and Tarrah and I have been out for our daily coffee and window shopping. Bought a few bits of clothing and home with smiles on our dials.
Tarrah has inspired me to give a few challenges a go.  It's so much fun as half of the thinking is already done for you.  From a sketch, using a palette of colours, or even just the embellies you are required to use.  It gets me out of my wee square we can tend to get in.  I am loving the challenges at the moment.
Last night I come across this challenge by 123 Challenge.  I loved the criteria out of a lot of the challenges out there for this month.  It was simple and cool I thought.  

• The colour orange
• The word enjoy
• Twine

So here is my take on the challenge

Products I have used are:
my2angels car charm
October AFternoon - Boarding Pass
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist - Tiger Lily
Making Memories Felt Alpha
Kikki K Twine
My Minds Eye - Fly a Kite - Bingo Paper
Echo Park - A Boys Life
Basic Grey Brads
Buttons
My Minds Eye - Big New Journal Card
Scrappers Floss


That's all for now.. Off to Daisys tonight for a good girlies night in 
Moonie x

Scrap the Girls May Challenge

I love this challenge this month over on at Scrap the Girls... Pretty cool I was thinking with the neat Quote.... "Having a Sister is like having a Best Friend you can't get rid of.  you know whatever you do they'll still be there".

There is only my sister and I and lucky for us we are like best friends...  We are so different in so many ways but each love each other and respect each others differences.

 In this layout I have used:

Kaiser Craft - Photo Friendly - Vagabond

My Minds Eye - Lost & Found Breeze Paper

Pink Paislee Parisian Anthology - Fancy Filigree

Prima Alphabet Stickers

My Minds Eye Miss Caroline paper

Kaiser Craft Flowers

Twine

Tim Holtz Bulldog clip

My Minds Eye Lost and Found Brad

Sam & Lucy Word Stickers

Doily

Versa Color Pinecone

Donna-Salazar Queen Bee Stamp

So if you feel like a good challenge pop on over to Scrap the Girls and have a go.

I am having the best time with my girlfriend Tarrah McLean from Berkleyvale NSW.  She got $9 flights about 8 months ago to the Sunny Coast so we are super happy to have 3 full days to ourselves scrapping and shopping and going out for brunch also with my beautiful friend Monika Ejmont.

We are off to Daisys tomorrow night for a huge night in.  Cant wait and so excited.

Have a great rest of the week girls.

Lots of hugs

Moonie girl 

Wedding Bells

Hi girls... well how cold has our temperature turned...?? I am in love with it.. I love the cooler weather but only for a short time.  I enjoy snuggling up in bed with my hubby and DS.  Nothing better in the world.

We are pretty lucky as our days are to die for gorgeous and sunny so we really get the both of both worlds in our Qld summer.

After doing a few too many layouts of my DS lately I could feel a bit of prettiness coming on.  I love this photo of my DH and his daughter who tied the know only 7 months ago.  

I have used the beautiful Kaiser Paper here. When I saw it I actually snapped two of them up as I just love it.  It is so pretty.  I have inked up the edges and used my machine to sew around the inside edges.

I used the cool Sizzix Paper Rosette that I just love.    

I have also attached some pure hippie Hemp all the way from Byron Bay markets.. Im sure it smells like weed LOL... but it is a beautiful twine..  A Element Collection butterfly.. some of my favourite butterflies to use, Tim Holtz Beautiful stamp, Kaiser flowers and resin flowers finished with 

my2angels gorgeous wine glasses charms.

The little pearls are from Blossoms.. You can get these at some Scrapboooking stores and also Spotlight stores.

I painfully pleated this pink gorgeous velvet ribbon and hand stitched it at the back of each pleat.  I love the look of this but don't do it very often as I am sooo fussy and it does not always turn out perfect.  But I love the end result.

Thanks for looking girls.. Your comments mean a lot and now its my turn to go off and stalk some blogs x

See what you have all been up to.

Til next time

Moonie x

Brisbane here we come

I cannot wait til the June long weekend as I am heading to Brisbane to the Paper Craft show with two of my very special girls.  Monika Ejmont and Tarrah McLean.  We go each year and splurge and bludge in our room at the Ibis.  We have so much fun.  Jump on the beds, eat in bed LOL, go out and enjoy the restaurants and markets at Southbank, do some girly shopping, and of course indulge at the Craft show.  It is a great weekend away and I love the inspiration I get there from other scrappers and all the awesome products that are out there for us to purchase.

This is my first year I have entered in the layout competition.  Unfortunately I didn't get into the final 20 but here is my layout I submitted anyway.  I love it because I just love this photo of my darling boy.  He still has his little teeth and has a few missing.  Replaceable photo!!

So here it is.  Just thought I would share it tonight with you.

That's all folks

Have an awesome week and keep warm.. mmmm so nice and cool here in Qld right now

Luv Moonie x

Time out

Well we are lucky enough to be away at the moment at Byron Bay NSW.  This is our 4th year of coming here for a week as my DH competes in the Yearly Ocean Swim Event.  There should be about 2000 competitors tomorrow morning taking part.  It is always a fantastic day on the beach followed by a big BBQ lunch.  This time of the year it is always on the chilly side at night time but the days are gorgeous.  We stay on the beachside caravan park in our caravan and we just love it.  We do nothing but res, read, crochet, blog hop LOL, walk the streets of Byron and make sure we go into each shop at least twice, swim, lay in the sun, and of course I do the lighthouse walk each day which is 7.5km.  I love the tranquility of Byron.  There is just something about this place.  Everyone is chilled, the cars are happy to give way to you while you break the law and jay walk, the little restaurants are awesome and are fully booked most nights, people are busking in the streets, the awesome markets are on Sundays here and it is just the perfect family time for us to bond and just hang out with each other.

 Can't believe how big my little man is getting.. his legs are so friggin long its not funny.  He is still so close to my heart and strokes my hair and tells me 157 times a day how much he loves me. Blessed!!!

 These two... best ever mates x

And of course I had the hard job of taking the photos while sipping on a cold drink LOL...well someone had to do it.. giggle x

DH and DS are out in the surf on their boards half of the morning and afternoons catching waves. DS @ 9 is getting good on the board.  Nothing like a father and son Bond while out in the ocean catching waves together.

Life is great... It could not get much better.. I have a beautiful support husband, two children who love me  to bits, a family who I adore and I am happy as me as a person.  I am content in life and just wish my besties were around me much more x

Moonie girl x

Finally

I have had this gorgeous 7 Gypsies frame for a couple of years and I have been busting to do it but I have just been lazy to organise my photos.  I got some great shots of my besties when I was up north last month and these are the girls that mean the most to me.  Like I have put in my quote.. Friends are like diamonds... very rare and hard to find.  You can have lots of friends and aquaintences but to have dear friends who are there for you through thick and think forever and ever, well they can not be replaced.  I have had a few girls in my life that have come and gone.... you will always get that.. but these ones are the special ones.... there for life!!

I have used the sweet paper by Prima.  I love it.  So soft and feminine.  So now it is ready to hang in a special place in my home.

Thats all from me tonight..... Loving this cool weather..... so yummy to snuggle up
Moonie x

Darling Harbour

When I discovered the App Leme Camera..... it was a week before we went to Sydney.. I was amazed at how many photos I took on my iPhone and just what I took on my camera this holiday. I love this App so much.  I love the colour and that you can change the frames etc.
We had an amazing time as we always to in October each year.  We have or Camera House half yearly AGM there each year.  We always stay in Darling Harbour as it is so close to so many amazing places and sights.
this awesome park had just been updated and finished.  It has a lot of pumps and water buckets to play with, a 15 metre flying fox, climbing ropes and of course lots and lots of space.  Corey was in heaven.  We stayed there for nearly 2 hours.  Good for Ken and I as there were cafes close by that we got take out coffees to sip on while taking photos.

I love this Short Stories paper collection.. They do such an amazing design every time they bring out new collects.  I love the fact that they are a bit vintagey and at the same time awesome colours and great for our boys.  There are so many gorgeous and beautiful papers that come out, but I get so excited when Short Stories bring out a new collection.

It was so nice to be back at Daisy Chains Scrap books on Friday night.  I love going there on my Friday nights.  Lots of fun and laughter.
Got the day off tomorrow so I'm pretty excited to have the whole big fat day off all to myself :-) Ohh except I have a morning date with my baby.


See yas all and have a great week x
Moonie 

Inspiring Teresa Collins

Well how fast does time fly.  I cannot believe we are nearly into May!! Holy cow!!
I have just had 2 and a half weeks off work.  The three of us drove up to Mackay to see all my besties who I dearly miss every single week, and then carried on to Townsville to see my daughter who turned 21 this week.  She had two weeks off with me this time so we had the best time catching up and just hanging out together and doing her favourite thing at night... watch movies.  It was awesome.  I took my copics with me and my crocheting to get some more squares done for my blanket I am doing my DH and DS.  I am getting there but its pretty slow as I have to fit it in with everything else I can't stop doing.

My DD come home with me on the last last 5 days.  It was great.  I so miss having her around with me every day.  That's life... But not as we know it.... by Derryn Hinch.


I fell in love with this totally gorgeous paper collection by Teresa Collins when I saw it.  I love love love vintage for a start and secondly I just love the way the lemon yellow compliments the light soft vintage paper.  So totally beautiful.


I have had this photo of one of my besties up in Mackay for 2 years now.  She come down and spent a week with me and she left her children behind so it was splendid for her to have a break.  She now has another bubby.  Lily is only 7 weeks old.

Products I have used are:

Teresa Collins Every Day Moments collection

Collections Butterfly

Button

Twine

Ruby Rock-it Nostalgia Floral flower

Handmake flower

The Greatest View doily

Kaiser Crocheted doily

Ribbon

Heidi Swapp chipboard letters (painted up)

Glossy Accents 

Maya Road Kraft Envelope

Martha Stewart butterfly punch

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Adage Ticket

And of course this paper is perfect for some beautiful cards.  Here is one that I have made but I have made about 6 more using the range.  

I hope you all have lots of mojo happening at the moment.  I am loving being back in my scrapping room.  It's my favourite place to be at night time.  Apart from midnight... that's when I get my calling for bed.

Have a great Sunday.   I can't wait to wake up in the morning.

Moonie x

Another Corey layout LOL

I love doing layouts with Corey in them but since my girl has left home,.... I soo miss taking photos of her. She is a naughty girl and does not take any photos anymore.  I need some recent ones of her to scrap.  I miss scrapping her.  So when I am up there in a weeks time... I will be annoying the buggery out of her.

I plugged in my portable hard drive through the week and I plucked out some older photos.  I love seeing them again.

In this layout I have used:

October Afternoon - Rocket Age paper

Simple Storeis paper

Making Memories velvet Brads

7 gypsies tag circle

Twine

Ppink Paislee cushies - Meingue letters

Teresa Collins Off the Edge Brad

This range of paper is so cool for boys.

It is nice and bright and cheerful and yet so boyish.

I am happy to have finished work for the week.  Only a day off and then back into it.  Stock taking again next week.

Cant wait to see my husband.  He has been away in China for nearly 2 weeks.  He is very homesick and can't wait to see us.

Night night for now

Hope you are all having a fantastic weekend and for those lucky girls at the Brisbane Craft show.... Wooohooo... Im jealous x

Moonie girl

Discover Life

 I love these photos of Corey on Tangalooma Island after discovering a beautiful starfish in the water washing up to shore.  His eyes nearly popped out of his head.  He felt so lucky.  He loved to look so closely at it and loved the detail of it.

In this layout I have used:

Kaiser Craft Photo Friendly paper

Kaiser Craft Seaside Collection - Escape, Beach Huts and Rock Pools

My Minds Eye brad

My Minds Eye - Fine and Dandy Paper - Dapper

Imaginisce - Scooter Vacation Paper

Natural twine

Chipboard Circle by www.scrapbookingcraft.com.au

Hessian from Spotlight

my2angles Turtle charm

I love the Kaiser Craft paper with all the words on it. It is a lot of beaches around Australia.  Nice to have this in my layout.

Thanks for popping in

Moonie x

Kaiser Craft Technological Collection

Well after a huge week at work and not having really a moment to spare except at night time, I was soo looking forward to my Friday night in with the girls at Daisy Chains in Nambour last night.  I love going there. It is so the highlight of my week after a full week at work.  It is a total feel of put your feet up, left have our favourite thai take aways for dinner, put some music on or a girls DVD, share or crafty loves which don't always just include scrapbooking LOL.. There is a bit of crocheting sneaking in, the love of iPad and mac books, a bit of my quilt been thrown around and whatever the girls are up to at the time.

I really and truly miss flicking through the photos on my computer.  I transferred a few thousand about a year ago over to my portable hard drive.  I really miss looking at the older photos. So.......

I dug out my portable hard drive .. so I looked them up the other night and ohhh.. I can't believe how much especially my Corey has grown.  They sure do the best part of growing growing in these early years.  I loved this photo when it was taken and I still love it now.  So I had to go and get it printed and it just told its own story on this cute as Kaiser Craft Technological Collection of papers and chipboard pieces.

I put this together with such happiness and felt proud doing it for Corey's album as I knew he would think that it ROCKS... more than the other layouts I do.  When I showed him this morning he said.. wow Mumma.. this is your best ever layout ever!! Haahhahaa I knew it.

A list of what I have used:

Kaiser Craft Paper - Technologic Collection

Kaiser Craft Wooden Flourishs - Cogs

Teresa Collins - On the Edge Brads

American Craft Thickers

Crate Paper Stickers

Bakers Twine

Buttons

Karen Fosters Scrappers Floss

My Minds Eye - Miss Carolyn - Celebrate Token Paper

I hope you all have a nice weekend.  I only get tomorrow off.  My hubby is off to China for 2 weeks so I am hoping to get lots of creative projects happening or and finished in between work.  The house will be a bomb zone with all my machines out and whatever else my liddle heart desires.

Night night for now.. 

I have just printed out my wish list for Duty Free as the clothes are too small for me and my feet are too big for their shoes. LOL

Moonie x

Sun kissed x by my2angels

wers, Filigrees and New Arrivals

Creating your own flowers with Filigrees and Mulberry Flowers is so easy
using a few products
and it only took 5 minutes!

Yellow Mulberry Flowers Script Stamped with Vintage Photo Distress Ink

and then layering and adding a yellow rose to finish it off

without the filigree

with the Filigree

The flower has been added to a layout, based on Sun Kiss Nectar Fields