What have I been upto?

It has been a while since I last posted....and so much has happened. Convention in Sydney, a weekend away on the farm with Judy and Morris....the kids had so much fun, well we all did actually. I'll post some photos later.

But the last seven to 10 days has been devoted to my youngest Jacob, who has type 1 diabetes. Back in January of this year Jacob took the huge step to try the insulin pump to better manage his diabetes. We have had a few ups and downs along the way but overall the positives out weighted the negatives. He had even put weight on, which is a good thing as he is very thin. Well the last 2 line changes have been a real nightmare, even with numbing cream on to make the cannula insertion pain free, Jacob still refused to have his line changed.

So as always we have respected Jacob's rights to his body and gone back to multiple injections. Maybe with time and support Jacob will decide to try the pump again and overcome his fears, as the flexibility with the pump was awesome.....

My eldest, Courtney performed in the school musical a fortnight ago and how proud was I, all the hard work that she did with rehearsals really paid off, the whole cast were absolutely amazing. Even all the work and personal time that the teachers put in showed....

Now to the fun part, one of my recent creations.....

I'll be back later tonight to post some more.....

So take care

xoxox

Scrapin Mel

Convention is almost here!!!!

I have been so busy, creating for convention. Aren't these so cute. I found this tutorial to make these little top note bags here, http://paperpleasing.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/04/top-note-purse-tutorial.html

The fabric flowers attached to the front of the bag have been made using the bigshot and circle die #2 and a heat gun.



So I wonder which 8 lucky people will receive these as our group swaps......

I have also made 50 of these bag-a-lopes as swaps



And 50 of these pocket die purse too as swaps.....

So in total I have 130 swaps made for convention.....so I can not wait to see what I receive in return for these swaps....

I will show you what I receive from convention when I return.

So until then.....take care

xoxox

Scrapin Mel

Just Add Ink Challenge

I just love VINTAGE and the everlasting memories that it brings....those to cherish of an era gone bye.... So here's my take of vintage for the JAI challenge. This is an absolutely gorgeous photo of my children's great grand parent Kevin and Gladys Mulcahy on their wedding day in the 1930's..... Look at the detail of Nana Glad's wedding gown and veil.

First of all, I dyed the pretties flower with baja breeze ink, let it dry and stamped over the whole flower with French Script in close to cocoa. The clear button has been inked with white staz on and the diamond background stamp (looks like spring) and then threaded some chocolate chip ribbon through the two holes. The lace on the side of the board is from my stash along with most of the buttons except the baja breeze. The chocolate ruffled ribbon is retired ribbon original and the the DSP has been torn, sponged and layered to created an aged looked that ties in with the photo of Nan and Pop.

I have used a dymo gun to type out Mr and Mrs Mulcahy which has been sponged in baja breeze and close to cocoa. The scalloped edge tag behind the photo also has more dymo labels which have our gran parent's full names, so that our children will be able to know a bit more about their family. The love sediment was created using my circuit. Hopefully the rest of my creation is self explanatory otherwise let me know.....

Be sure to pop over to JAI(www.justaddink.blogspot.com/) to check all the other fantastic entries.

Oh, Courtney is still alive and made it to 15 LOL!!!

Recipe:

Retired French Script stamp and Looks like spring, ribbon originals and chocolate chip ribbon, pretties flower, close to cocoa and baja breeze inks, staz on (white), clear button, baja breeze buttons and other buttons from my stash, lace, retired parisian breeze DPS, baja breeze card stock, note die, big shot, small clip board, scallop punch, dymo gun, glue dots, circuit and sponges.

So until next time, take care...

xoxox

Scrapin Mel

Just Add Ink Challenge

Back with another challenge from Just Add Ink, which is also a card for my daughters birthday next week. But then again, she might not make it to her 15th birthday LOL!!! The ATTITUDE and FLOOR ROBE is unbelievable at the moment but I do LOVE her to bits. Apart from the phrase she's going through at the moment, Courtney really is a beautiful young lady and has a lot to offer.

Anyway back to the challenge, be sure to check out the other entries at http://www.justaddink.com/ or even add an entry yourself. I love the colour scheme this week, with kiwi kiss, chocolate chip and barely banana.

I thought I would give the water colour crayons a go. I love the effect and the simplicity of the end result. I coloured the Medallion stamp with chocolate chip, summer sun and old olive crayons. Once I was happy with the colour on the stamp I spritz the stamp lightly with water to make the crayon bleed on the stamp before stamping onto the barely banana card stock.

I used chocolate chip card stock as a matt and a co-ordinating flower brad for the centre of the stamped medallion. Chocolate chip ribbon was used to create the bow before putting together on a kiwi kiss card base.

Well wish Courtney luck over the next week, no I'm only joking and I'll be back with some birthday pics.

So until next time....take care

xoxox

Scrapin Mel

Just Add Ink challenge

Back again with another challenge for Just Add Ink.... http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/2010/04/just-add-ink-11.html so be sure to check out the other entries....





I had another play with my Bigshot and Top Note die and came up with these cute little bags. So far I have made 30 of these as a start for swaps at convention. So if you are there, you may be able to get you hands on.

A close up of the two step bird punch that is available in the new mini catalogue and the gorgeous rich razzleberry card stock that Stampin Up has brought out as a new in colour....

Another angle of the little bag. Hope you like it.

Any way until next time....

xoxox

Scrapin Mel