Tagged

I was tagged by Narelle aka Sassyscrap the other day. I have been slack and havn't done any thing. So here it is.


1)Post these rules
2)Each Person tagged must post 8 random (interesting) facts about themselves.
3)Write a BLOG post on these facts.
4)At the end of the post 8 more people are tagged and named.
5)Go to their blog and leave a comment telling them that they are tagged.

I'm not very interesting but here are some facts.

1. I have been in a country that had declared war.

2. I have no toes on one foot. I'm quite strange.

3. I love Star Trek.

4. I am half Russian.

5. I used to dream of being an Olympic showjumper.

6. I have worked on a live news program. I got the sack rather quickly. Very stressful.

7. I play piano.

8. I did a Bachelor degree even though I flunked high school.

I am going to Tag

Felicity
Sue
Michelle
Sarah
Melissa
melanie

Here is a layout I did for 3AS which had to have purple. I think I over did it a bit. I didn't like this layout at first but its growing on me.

Amazing Trees

I just received an email from a friend with some amazing trees. I won't share all of them otherwise I would be in trouble.






I have also been tagged but I have to cook dinner now and I will come back later :)

I Miss you Mum

I put in a layout of my Mum in for the Scrap World Back to Reality Challenge. The challenge this week is called Big Brother. The layout had to include a family member or a friend with journaling.

As I tried to finish this layout I felt it could never be good enough. My mum had died when I was very young. Maybe I shouldn't have done a layout of her. Brings up emotion.

Here it is.




Another layout I had been working on is one of me walking/climbing on Mt Buffalo. I am quite scared of heights especially if I feel unsteady on my feet. My husband is a climber who works for a company called Vertigo. So going for a bushwalk with him can be a challenge for me.

Here is the layout.



I used watercolor and acrylic paint on the cardstock and Rouge De Garance papers. I had fun doing this layout but it took me ages as they all do.

Hmmmmm

I noticed that there has been 125 hits to my blog. I'm quite amazed that so many people have looked at my blog. I will confess a lot of those hits have been me trying to fix up the problems I have been having in learning how to do everything. I really like people leaving a message. It makes me feel really good :) But also its great to just have this for the sake of it.

I got a album kit from Jen Hall and I am really looking forward to do her class. I need to learn so much more. Jen is so creative and I need just a bit of that.

On more of a personal note my husband has been working all day and he is going to work tonight on a different job. He is a rigger and at times he has dangerous work to do. I find it hard to think about it too much.

Hopefully I'll get some scrapping done tonight and finish off some layouts.

Watercolors, the mountains and a challenge.

I received watercolor trays with my Tarisota kit
There was also a little brush I could fill up with water. I gave it ago but could not manage any more than a kindergarten painting. I did better when I was 5. I will post as soon as I have finished. I wish I was a bit more artistic.

Last week I went to a crop organised by Kiti Q and Bon's Scraps.
I really enjoyed myself but didn't finished my layout. I'll post this one soon too. But while I was their Mark Ethan and Ella went to the mountains and came back with some great photos.









I have entered a challenge at Scrap World called Back to Reality based on reality tv shows.

Here are my first 2 layouts.

week 1 - Project Runway

A layout with fabric.




week 2 - Survivor

A layout with the bare essentials, patterned paper, ribbon, chipboard. Allowed to use lace too :)





I didn't realise until I had half finished the second layout that the photos were almost the same.

Thanks for looking :)

My first blog.

I thought I would post one of my favorite layouts to start my blog with.