A trip to Mars

So my day started off farely normal, cleaned the house, did the washing, did the shopping, got abducted by aliens - yes you heard right, a whole bunch of them came down from Space and took me to Mars.

Oh you want proof. Okay.

I snapped off some photos on my mobile phone - yes for some reason our phone provider works better in space than it does on earth - any way.

There was a whole group of them in their little domed ships with coloured buttons:

The leader of the aliens was farely innocent looking:

She was driving the main ship with her friend Sparky. I thought everything was going to be okay and then she started talking - and wouldn't stop. She talks about every thing and anything, I don't know how she doesn't pass out from lack of oxygen! Talk about a Jabber-Jaws! Then came her little Second In Command:

Oh yeah she's cute all right, but don't get too sucked in, she can stink out a room in seconds, drool all over you and has two ferocious teeth! Oh and her smile will make you melt! I managed to catch a closeup of the Ship's Leader:

This one has a wicked laugh and the uncanny ability to manipulate you into doing anything!

So our trip was taking a while, I have no idea why they needed me (probably to clean their spaceship no doubt), but I was offered lunch - hmm interesting to say the least. They eat frogs, and swamp jelly. Look!

I told you they ate frogs - little brown ones, even the lily's from the pond. I don't know what he was looking so happy about, but I wasn't sticking around for dinner!

I lost it - ran screaming around the room and managed to con my way back to earth with the promise of Mars Bars and Ice Cream - turned out to be a favourite. So now I'm back on Earth and warning everyone - keep your eye out for these two, they could be visiting your place next!

Colour me happy!

Retail therapy is soooo goooood! Yes I went shopping at one of the biggest scrapbook stores in my area, and just walking up and down the aisles of goodies makes you happy! Even Sophia was impressed as she passed all the glittery things! Here's my haul:Is that the most wonderful rainbow you've ever seen?!?! There's even some bling in there! I even managed to find the perfect sized envelopes for my cards. We had such a good time today at the shops - we found a park instantly where we wanted it, we found a seat in seconds after we ordered lunch (those two things NEVER happen) especially around lunchtime! The only thing we didn't find was a book about going to the dentist - looks like I'll be buying that online. I also took the girls to the library - there's one in the shopping centre. It's huge and the children's area is awesome. The lights are huge jelly fish, the tables are octopuses and the murals are all of under the sea whales, and sea creatures - it's called the Octopus's Garden. We all cozied up on a big sofa and read stories that Amber chose. Sophia just wanted to eat them, and she loves the touch and feel books! Amber also found some wonderful crafty things to do on her last two days of holidays. Yep she heads back to school on Monday - peace at last - I mean, ho hum how quiet will it be? Hehe

Baby in the garden...

I forgot to post this yesterday. This artist over at SB.com {Sigmagirl} posted a layout of a photo printed on Primas (flowers), so of course I had to give it a go to see if it was easy or not!And yes it truly is easy! All I did was choose a photo, then I lightened it a little in PSP (totally your own choice though) and printed it on my PIXMA inkjet printer. I set it aside to dry a bit, then ran a dozen primas through my Xyron (I only have the small "X" shape one). I gave them a good rub to ensure the adhesive stuck well, then peeled them off and stuck them where I wanted them on the photo I printed earlier. Once I was happy I made sure all parts were stuck down well - you don't want bits sticking up when it goes through the printer! I then re-inserted my paper (with flowers stuck on), in the exact way that it printed out before, and then I printed the photo again. It will print directly over the top of the first photo you printed. Once the printing is complete, I would let it stand for a bit to dry, then I simply trimmed the excess paper from around the primas and then attached it to my card. I used my xacto knife to lift some of the petals for dimension and then added some bling. "Cutie Pie" is a stamp, and the ribbon is sewn on with my sewing machine. Go on have a go - you know you want to!

Crayons, Cupcakes, Beados and a baby

Good golly it's been a while - yep still busy studying, not long now and it'll all be over - yay!! So what have we been up to? We made some crayons by melting down old crayons in a silicone heart mold in the oven! We managed to get one of every colour. I just put the oven at about 220 C, and then timed them for about 5-7minutes. I stood by the oven the entire time to keep an eye on their progress. We filled the little molds right to the top, but once melted, the new crayons were only about as half deep in the mold. These would be great in little celophane bags as gifts or party favours! Oh and you could always substitute crayon for chocolate!....Piglet celebrated his 5th birthday! Yay! Amber made the chocolate cupcakes herself, then she requested we put strawberry & cream lollies on the top - with the chocolate sprinkles! The party was held in the lounge with Cutie the snail and Bosko the Rabbit as guests. (Yes we had to turn the lights off and sing - can you see the little lit candle?!)Sophia officially grew too big for her bouncer today - not only did she sit up in it, but the strap broke - okay so she didn't break it, we were given the bouncer when Amber was a baby, my two nieces have use it, and now Sophia - so it's had a good run. Oh and newsflash - Sophia is now 75cm tall - her sister was 73cm tall at her first birthday! Sophia is only 7 months old! Who wants a tiny baby anyway!?!

And Amber has been creating Beedos sculptures - she had some money saved up and has been harping at me ever since they were invented - thankfully I didn't give in the first time - what with all the nasty side effects they had if eaten! The princess on the left is Aurora, then there is the self created "Piglet", and Princess Cinderella.

Phew what a week!

Cheeky Monkey

I found some time to scrap - woohoo! I also found some photos - finally! The first layout is of Sophia sitting all by herself! My cheeky monkey did it one night before getting in the bath - turns out you can sit better on a soft change table than you can on a mat on the floor! Sophia then did it again while we were out visiting. She's getting better at it every day, and loves to sit upright where she can see her toys and reach them - Sophia is also sitting upright in her carseat now too - facing forward where she watches the world go by and she can see her sister a little better.I created my own pp shape, then using my sewing machine I stitched a border in pink. The frilly ribbon is also stitched to the scalloped cardstock. The little animals and flwoers are rub-ons (which I'm never buying again!). I also added the circle card that has milestones on it - I stamped a pointer that points to "sitting still". The title is stamped too. I used a PageMaps Sketch for this layout.

The second layout is of my funny girls playing dolls. We were going to go for a walk one afternoon to pick up the car (it was in the shop), but realised that the pram was in the car (and I wasn't carrying Sophia that far!), so Amber came up with the idea to use her doll pram. I let them drive all around the house (Jas ended up picking up the car on his own). They looked so cute walking around the house - Sophia would bang the tray to go faster, and babble and talk all the way. Then they stopped for a pitstop - Sophia's bottle was ready, and not to stop the fun, Amber fed her in the pram!

The cardstock in the middle is really black (doesn't scan well), the flowers are paper, that I folded in half twice to create buds. The doodling and journalling are done in white pen. The pattern at the top and bottom of the black Bazzill was done with my Threading Water Punch - I just didn't punch all the way to the ends. I've had that bling word forever, and now I finally get to use it!

Yes I've hit the bottom of my stash - it's been a while since I've shopped for supplies!

Princesses on Ice

Guess where Amber and I have been tonight? Disney Princesses on Ice!! It's the closest we'll ever get to Disney Land! It was so pretty, girly and just plain wonderful! Here are some of my favourite pictures from tonight:My own little princess - Amber. All dressed up as her favourite princess - Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) and yes it is rather odd seeing her as a blonde!

Ariel (the mermaid) and her prince - she'd gained legs by this stage, hence there being no tail.

Aurora and her prince sharing a moment

The prince is in the bottom right of the photo, trying to slay the fire breathing dragon - yes that was real fire on the ice! Oh and you can just see, Sleeping Beauty asleep up on the top right of the photo.

Ariel being lifted up by the fishy-folk, while other skaters danced around to to some funky music and bubbles fell from the sky!

Aladdin and Princess Jasmine. There was also Snow White, the 7 dwarfs, Mulan, Malificent, Ursula, Flotsam, Jetsam, Sebastian, The Genie, Mickey & Minnie. It was truly a very magical night, and my little Princess thoroughly enjoyed herself!

I won!!

You know the saying, you'll never know unless you give it a go - well I did and I won! I entered in the June Scrapbooking Challenge over at If It's Groovy - the theme was candy. So I entered my Peeps layout and woohoo I actually won. Can't wait to see what the prize is!

Thanks Deborah!

Playing with my dolly

Our car had to go into the shop to get the dash looked at - a few lights were missing, it's more than annoying in the dark when you can't see the time or where to turn the heat up! - so Jas had to walk down to pick it up. I asked him if we could all walk down, it wasn't far into town, and was a great way to get in a family walk for the day - then he told me the pram was still in the car, and there was no way I was carrying Sophia that far! So Amber came up with the idea that she would use her own stroller! It's cute, pink and would you believe actually fit Sophia in it. They looked absolutely darling together, Sophia would smack the food tray as if to go faster, and would smile everytime she passed by her daddy and I on her little trip around the house. Here are some picks I snapped:
I'm going so fast the wind caught my tongue!
You clocked me doing what speed?!

A short pit-stop to refuel. Amber continued the fun by feeding Sophia right there in the little pram - she didn't want me to take her out! Are they not the cutest little girls ever! Oh and as if that was all the cute you could handle - here's a video:

Sunshine in a card

Here is the last card for the July Card Challenge - we had to use a sketch:

July Card Challenge - Sketch
by TexasMomOf4
Scrapbook.com

and then create our card. Here's how mine turned out:

I used the butterfly paper and cut it into strips. Then I sanded them a little before adding them to the orange Bazzill (base of card). I trimmed some orange ribbon and sealed the ends (to stop fraying) and adheared them to the ard. I used a scrap of vellum with "friend" themed words on it, then topped the ard with a daisy, butterfly and stamp. Oh and I doodled around the edge of the pp. The center of the flower is a disc of yellow card with crystals glued on top - it sparkles nicely IRL. The sentiment strip is raised on 3D foam tape and the butterfly was a small diecut that I adheared with tape in the middle then I raised the wings.

For the rest of the weekend, we spent it over at our friends place, making pizza from scratch - Amber loved this and I have photos coming of her creation! We played Wii, Monopoly (real & Wii), and some Mini Golf. It was wonderfully relaxing although, I ended up terribly sick from the alcohol - smack self in head! It's taken me over 24 hours to get over it - no headache just terribly ill and dizzy - how old do I feel!

We've also had the digger in to remove the excess dirt in our backyard and the days have been crisp but clear so the water has pretty much all evaporated from the trench! Yay!