August Sneak Peaks...

Only a few days away now and we are releasing our August packs... here is a sneak peak...

www.enchantedscrapbooking.com.au

Enchanted Layouts....

A little late but I have finally got around to scrapping one of the Enchanted Fairy Fun Pack "It's a Jungle Out There' from June... I Loved this pack the little transparencies were just gorgeous, and the colours in this pack were divine... and I managed to get two layouts out of this pack!!

School holidays are coming to an end (yippee). Luckily throughout the school holidays the weather has been good and we have been able to keep busy in order to try and stop Aidan and Joshie from slaughtering each other. Honestly, I dont remember fighting with my brother like these two do. They have the perfect Love/Hate relationship...

The only other 'biggish' news we have here in the Voute household ... is Little Mathew started Daycare this last week... and he LOVED it.. was ever so happy to go off for the day, and he was Super Happy when he got home... but Tuesday night he was tired and fell asleep pretty early... My baby is growing up so fast... in a few days he will be 9 months... and when I think about it that seems unbelievable... where has all the time gone!!!

Until next time...

Enchanted Cybercrop Layouts...

Last weekend... we had the Enchanted Scrapbooking July Cybercrop... and here in Coogee we had a massive blackout all Friday night... so NO Scrapping or chatting for me that night... But over the course of the weekend I managed to get 2 of the 3 challenges completed...

This Layout was my go at Tracey's Blind Challenge... and I am very happy with this layout. This is the second time that I have attempted this photo... I didn't like my first attempt, hence the absence of that layout... but I am happy with this one.. and from a distance it looks like I have created a Huge D for Coogee Dolphins.. .and it was totally deliberate... NOT!!! LOL
And this second layout I did for Wendy's Guest Designer sketch challenge... It was a great sketch to interperate... and I am so glad that I 'finally' scrapped these pictures... finally matched them to some papers... and I just LOVE this layout... I love Joshies giggling face even though you cant see it properly... It so makes me smile. Mathew was about 5 weeks old here and these were probably some of the last photos we took in Darwin...

And this bottom photo I snagged the other night... Justin was playing with all 3 boys and I noticed them all dressed in RED... so I quickly grabbed my camera... what a perfect photo for a future layout!!! LOL

Thats all for now... more layouts to share soon...

A mega update & another Cybercrop!!!

It seems like such a long time since I updated this blog. Perhaps because I have been 'meaning to do it' for a week now???

We have been fairly busy, particuarly last Sunday when we had footy and a birthday party on in the same afternoon. I have managed to do a little scrapping. Have had a little bit of 'flu like symptoms' niggling at me... so the concentration span has been wanning...

But I am hoping to be ALL GOOD this weekend, not only are we busy socially - more footy events and matches, but also a BBQ) we are also having our July Cybercrop at Enchanted Scrapbooking... a little earlier this month... Tracey is jetsetting off again lucky devil.

This month at Enchanted Scrapbooking we are celebrating 'friendship' and as such our theme for our Cybercrop is Friendship... Lots of awesome challenges, our infamous bidding war, competitions, prizes, and friendly chitchat with all our Fairy Friends at Enchanted... should be fun.... Our Cybercrop advert... (if you post this pic on your blog, and let us know about it... you will be in the running to win a Mystery RAK)

A couple of layouts to share... I did this one for one our June Product/Technique challenge... using

And this one... cant remember when I actually printed out this very gorgeous pic of Joshie (taken almost 9 months ago in Darwin) but I found it and it blended wonderfully with these gorgeous papers... I had drawn this sketch from a layout I liked ages ago.. (sorry I cant remember who it was now... so if it looks familiar please let me know so I can credit you!!). Really happy with this layout... perhaps I should covertly scraplift more often???? LOL

And lastly some cute photos of the boys...
At Bathtime - Mathew is sitting up in the bath now... but still loves to lay down and splash about.

My little baby spunk... TOO COOL Mathew....
Sydney Park... last Thursday Joshie, Mathew and I AND Ella went to Sydney Park in Sydenham here in Sydney (LOL) with Sarah and Harry (Oliver, Harry's brother is in Aidans class... now Harry and Joshie are 'Best Friends'). I hadn't been there before but Sarah assured me that it was great... and it was. A awesome bike track for the kids, complete with TRAFFIC LIGHTS!!! and a great play park with monsterous slippery dips... Josh had a ball, Mathew enjoyed the sunshine and ELLA LOVED IT. It is also a DOG friendly park... so off the lead she could be and she could run free... and that she did... straight into the muddiest puddles right up until we were about to get into the car (take note of Ella's 2 toned look... the black labrador half is actually thick squelshy MUD!!!!!

A Cybercrop & Scrapping

Well after the dramas of the past couple of weeks life in the Voute household has gotten back to normal. So here's hoping that is the extent of our dramas this year!!!

This coming weekend we are having our June Winter Warmers Cybercrop at Enchanted Scrapbooking... we are really looking forward to it...there is lots happening, excellent challenges, our infamous Bidding War and a chance to become an Enchanted Guest Designer, in one of the most 'easiest' competitions EVER!!! So pop over to Enchanted Scrapbooking and check it out....

And this week I have managed to do some scrapping ... Finally!!!
I had wanted to scrap this photo for some time... and the Enchanted Scrapbooking June Picture inspiration challenge provided me enough inspiration through the colour scheme and the gorgeous quilt in the picture to create this layout... Very happy with this one and you just gotta love my black pea pod!!! LOL
This second layout has been created for the blogsite Scrap the Boys... Had to use a red, black and 'one other colour' layout. My other colour is obviously Blue (my favourite colour!!)

Well thanks for looking and I hope to see you all at the Enchanted Cybercrop this weekend...

We have a WINNER...

Our Slice of Life Competition has come to a close at Enchanted Scrapbooking... and to say the least it was an enormously hard to pick a winner.. were so many awesome enteries week after week... but we only had one Making Memories Slice so there could 'unfortuately' only be one winner... and the winner is KirstyP... every week her layouts were great... she interpreted the challenges excellently... and I would personally like to say....

Congratulations Kirsty

http://kirstypiper.blogspot.com/

RSVP Virus...

After getting out of hospital last week Mathew was doing really well but then at the beginning of the week he started coughing and went down hill... so back to Emergency we went... and straight through to the doctors. He was put on oxygen as his oxygen satuation levels were well down... and then we were admitted... After a not so nice nasal test it was found that Mathew had the RSVP virus... a typically 'not bad' virus for older people... but one that loves knocking around infants and one that can weaken the lungs (so now we have to keep an eye on him in case he developes asthma in the future)... and for most of our stay Mathew was a sick little boy... BUT .... like all virus' he suddenly got better and one started wondering 'why' we were still there???

Well little man DIDN'T want any fluids so our stay was even longer... we were not going home until he started drinking again... little rat bag... Finally and Thankfully he decided that he was thirsty and started drinking ... right in front of the doctors (this made mummy very happy!!) and home we came... YAY.....

So I am behind with my scrapping...

At Enchanted ... our Slice of Life competition came to an end... WOW... some of the layouts the girls have done are wonderful... how a winner will be decided I have NO idea????

Cheerio..



hopefully some layouts to share next time...