Well what a Week

And is now over hopefully...

On Friday morning, after everyone was ready to go to school and kindy, there was a smashing of glass, screams, running, blood, a mothers nightmare beginning to unfold. I saw my son first who had blood running all down his face, then my oldest daughter who had cut herself on the inside of her elbow. It was a very large piece of skin sliced to a flap on her arm, so after wrapping everyone in towels we rushed to the doctors surgery. Lachlan was luckily just lots of small scratches all over his face but Alyssa's arm was more serious. She had just missed all the arteries etc in her arm but had a large flap of skin the doctors and nurses had to deal with. They ended up just steri stripping the skin in place as where the injury was, was a little hard for stitches.

I now have a window to get fixed but the good news is the kids are almost good as new.

So everyone is good all sorted.... although the irony was I already had an appointment for myself at the doctors that morning for a lump that I had found on my breast. Yes not something women really want to ever find but the doctors are doing everything to answer my queries and I am being sent to more tests.

We had a day at home on Saturday to clean, re cooperate, and the kids spent time with their dad.

Today (Sunday) was packed a picnic and went to the beach and park. It was a lovely day and nice to do something with Steven who normally works on a Sunday.

Here a few pics of our day.

This is Lachlan, Alyssa and me. Photo taken by Nara.

This is me with my babies (yes I know they are not babies) My twins. Photo taken by Alyssa.

Chasing Steven with sticks..... hmmmmm more danger?????

My three cuties posing for me, yes I can see more layouts in the making... maybe a Christmas card for Nannan and Granddad.

And lastly a photo of Steven and me. Yes I like this photo and I took it too!!!!

So a good end to the week, kids are now asleep so we can start a new week in the morning.

Kelly

New Layouts

Here is a picture of Alyssa and Lachlan. This is just a classic pose for these two. They have a very close bond as a brother and sister so that was fitting for the title. I used a variety of rubons, and stickers to make the title. This is a colour combo i have never used before and I love the result. 2 aged 3. The black and white photo is one I adore of the twins and well it just fell together this one.

This is the twins kindergarten photo together. I used HEAPS of raindots here for the background, swirls in the corners with kaiser rhinestones, and a piece of patterned paper from a magazine I purchased AGES ago!

Nara as a fairy! This is here dressed up in a fairy costume I made her. I used my two new fiskars punches on this one (threading water and Leave it to weaver) Instead of using one piece of ribbon to thread through the slots I used two! I really like the result. Then I punched out a variety of circles with my fiskars squeeze punches and a flower punch to make the title and embellies down the right side.

This is a picture of Nara with her hair in french plaits for the first time. I used a couple of flowers from http://funkyfairyinspirations.blogspot.com/ out of the doodlementals range decorated with Kaiser rhinestones. Ribbons, alpha brads and alpha stickers finished it off.

Weekend workings

Here are a few things i made over the weekend. I brought a new pad of 12x12 papers from my local Warehouse Stationary, and the colours just inspired me! Green has never been a colour I would purposefully choose unless requested my the kids, but I am loving this combo of green and brown! I chose 6 pages of patterned paper, a variety of ribbons, kaiser pearls, rubons and stickers, flowers, and chipboard elements to make a kit to get my projects going. This is a layout of me. The picture was taken at the restaurant at the top of the gondolas in Christchurch. Here I used the flower paper and striped paper on the brown card stock. I made a matt for my photo by scrapping the edges with my craft knife to shabby them up then used a brown ink pen to "ink" the edges. Odd flowers from my stash, ribbon, Basic grey letter stickers and lastly kaiser pearls.

This is a Dairy that i covered in the paper as well, chipboard quotes and pearls, am so pleased about this and the dairy only cost me $3.90!!!!

A set of cards for most occasions, using the 6 papers I chose to use over the weekend, ribbons, flowers, pearls, chipboard elements, and rubons.

15 tags I made today to finish off the 6 pages of paper. These are going to be used on Christmas presents, ummmmm are you sensing a theme here???? I am LOVING these colours!

This is a card I made for my niece who turned 10. I used Hedi Grace flowers and heart, scrap patterned papers and Bling!

Thanks for looking.

Kelly

Mare Layouts

This is a page I did about Nara and her 4th birthday cake. Dora was the cake theme. I used Dena Design papers to make a stitched together cake on the side, birthday stickers I had Rak'ed to me and Chipboard quotes.

Lachlans 4th birthday cake. Cars movie was the theme of his cake. More birthday stickers a chipboard arrow I got in a swap, and some magic mesh.

Lachlans Kindergarten photo 2008. Love the cheeky smile here! I used a variety of free papers from a scrapping magazine, spotlight ribbon, Metal photo corners, Kaiser rubons and Rhinestones.

Nara's Kindergarten 2008 Photo. Dena Design papers, Kaiser ribbon, Rubons, and Rhinestones placed in a circle, ( loved the effect this has).

Alyssa's School 2008 Photo. Dena Design papers, Kaiser flowers rubons and rhinestones, brads, and a variety of other flowers I got in a monthly swap on fiskateers.

Recent Layouts

Here are some recent layouts I have done over the last few months. All are 12 x 12. This first one is of my three kids playing on our tramp in the fall leaves. Nara and Lachlan were making "Leaf Angels" I really liked the way this page come together. I am not much of a green and orange person but I found it "worked". I used a fiskars paper and a sticker pack that I had gifted to me and kaiser rhinestones for a bit of bling.
This is my eldest daughter Alyssa all dressed up for a friends disco birthday party. I used a variety of Dena Design papers available at the Warehouse, ribbons from Spotlight Kaiser flowers and rhinestones, and Fiskars stamps for the title.
This is my wee man Lachlan...posing! Love the simplicity of this. Fiskars raindots flourish the corners and Spotlight ribbon, plain cardstock and yes Kaiser rhinestones!
Me..... what else do I say? Lachlan took this photo one morning (thanks honey) but I had to scrap it as I hate my photo being taken and this well isnt that bad. I used Dena Design papers, Spotlight ribbon, Kaiser rubons and pearls.
And finally I love Love LOVE this page. It is one of my favourites EVER. I made the photo of Nara black and white, framed it with flouro pink card and used a fiskars stamp with white ink to stamp the larger photo mount. Spotlight ribbon, Fiskars stamps for title, Kaiser flowers and rhinestones, and a strip of cardstock cut with my scallop blade on my trimmer to make a side border.

Cards, cards, cards

Here are a few cards I made over the weekend. I am slowly building up my supply as I have exhausted it over the year. I don't make alot of cards I am more inclined to actually create scrapbook pages, but have alot of scraps from magazine packs that I need to use up, so here is the start!
For this card I actually stitched around the outside. This is a technique I haven't actually done before so i was quite pleased with my first attempt. I then added a strip of paper from my scrap stash, a chipboard element from Lil Davis, Kaiser pearls and a clear sticker.

This card was fun to make, I cut a circle in the middle with my fiskars USE and circle template and stuck green paper and a chipboard flower on the inside of the card.


I made a cupcake this weekend too!! Yes with a Kaiser pearl in the most exquisite colour (chocolate) as a cherry! The papers are more from my collection of scraps.

But low and behold the most productive thing i actually did was sorted out and cleaned up my work table. Hence the name of my blog Created Chaos.... every time I create, I make a creation and leave chaos all over my work space!! So yes a good and a bad thing, chaos means I have had fun, but the clean up is ..... well...... not so much!

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