a new year

 a new year has begun, where did last year go,

 well this year,  i'm thinking that  instead of  doing all the challenges every month.    only do some.    some months 

 some 13 months ago , i bought  papers ,dies, stamps to create double layouts, well they are still sitting on the floor waiting to be done, as i was going to    re vamp my  new zealand  album 

 also   some 5 years ago ,before challenges took over,  i was going to   do our home  album, which i  have done 4 pages of , i have all the  papers  still in the drawer taking space ,

so  thought that this year  i noticed that  123 challenge is having a GAP  year.  so i  may also do this as well and just have a play with things  i have bought over the last 2 years and not been able to get to

i have been busy i  have created a mini  60th album for my brother as well as a  85th album for my mum last year 2017. as well as a holiday  one  a calendar one , halloween  one,  now onto  one at the moment  with  orchid papers  i will try to load some photos up ,when i have more data after 22nd january,  where is it all going ? ? ?? ?  i have created 6 mini albums now with 7th  8th and 9th in the making ,   

im up at the library these next 20 days or so  to use the library  computers. for internet,

 well hope everyone has a happy new year, i certainly am looking for a better year, i must have killed some  china man last year , as i had 11 of my friends   pass away,   i don't want any this year,

 well, my time is almost up ,so   catch up with you soon , is it  22nd yet  lol 

thanks for stopping by

jacqui

scrapbook fantasies #49/2017

ive  just realized that    tomorrow is the deadline and i  have had this sitting for the last few days
 where has the year gone its starting to   rush by the dates

#49/2017 red and green

i have just used  2 doilies ,that i have found in my stash,  and ive had augar and spice studio papers for about  2 years  so about time i started using things
i have added green cardstock  to the centre,

the photo was at  a  dancing xmas  party 4 years ago

well ,see you all next year, im going to be more prepared  with  things next year,   and no onee is going to  die,  that i  know,  this is too much this year with 10 of my friends leaving the  world i  just found out today of another one,   but  going not too dwell on  this

i need to sort out this room,  i havent been putting things away after i use them or  buy them after hearing sad news, so  am going to start with a bright new  happy year,
happy new year to everyone

 stay safe what ever  you  do on  new years eve
cheers
jacqui

kelly anns sketch 3 challenge

here is   sketch 3 of   Decembers challenge

i have used   the new December, Wandering Ivy range , just love this,  with their  blues

 i have used  the Kaiser   banners  black and white ( bought at  kasier browns plains , now closed) 
i   had a protriat photo

i recently  bought a 2nd  cricut cartridge,  that i have been looking for  about 6 years , finally,   found it  on a site  that i just  joined  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1700483313525640/ online anything  crafty,  which i  may  add some of my pre loved  items next year,

 the cricut cartridge is called   elegant edges,  jut love it ,  will use more of it  in the new year

until next year   have a merry Christmas and a  wonderful new year , please stay safe on the roads

kelly anns december challenges

Hi  everyone,
 well  christmas is almost  upon us,  i will go buy stuff tomorrow ,we dont eat much at our household, so no christmas tree  or  any decorations have gone up this year , a first for  me    so only chicken, potato salad and   bread rolls this year, for us,
we are going to my sisters place on  the north side of town about an hour and 10 minute away.

as you may have noticed i havent been on  of late ,i bought a new  smart phone last month and am only catching up  with it  now, with all the bells and whistles , and today just found out how to  turn off my emails  yaa, but  of course while everything was on , it has been chewing up  my data. hopefully,  i have turned everything off and it will stay off  as i dont need over 200.00 bills every month,  of course some of it  for a technication     to come out and fix our home line, which was the whole street,  which the  phone still does not work after 2 days , so have now disconnected it
so i have had no data for  over  15 days , i wonder  how i survived before 2003  without internet, maybe cause i worked   8 - 10 hours a day and didnt own a computer  or  internet,  but  the last 15 day seem to be endless without chatting to my friends
the last  week i have been going down to the library,   nice and quite and cool there , 
my family member has seen that my bill is going to be  over $200   this month,    its a long story, so wont bore you with it ,
so ,  in the meantime,  i have created   4 of  kelly anns sketches  out of the 5  so far ,
I have been trying to clean up  my room with no success  as i  find things and think ,i can use that on , so now have been putting them into bags writing for next album or  for making of next years  christmas   cards
i am hoping that i  will find the floor before new year, i say that every year,  but  really i have to  get  onto it  on boxing day,
its amazing what you find in the drawers that you havent been  to for  a year, i found a present for my friend that i wrote on , give to liz  2015 then  crossed out 2016 crossed  out and here 2017 i will make sure she gets it in 2018. lol then i wil lhave more room in the drawer LOL

so  here are   kellys sketches,  thanks to  kym c for  creating the sketches for the   last  year, i have had fun  creating  layouts and getting some more of my  new zealand  photos  into the album

Merry Christmas  to you all 
 and a  Happy New Year
jacqui

off the air

hi   those who are  following my layouts,

i will be off the air til after 20th December ,as i  been watching too many u tube videos and dont have any data left til  then
im  on my brother in laws  computer and internet, i best not run it up or he will complain
  
sorry for any inconvenience,  but wont be loading my videos of my mini albums til i  can make them small to take and  create  any layout challenge til after Christmas

 cheer
jacqui

hi,
 welcome to my blog, i will try not  to go on forever , i seem  to write manuscripts here

some of you , may have noticed, that i haven't  been doing a lot of online challenges of late,
i have been busy,  life sometimes gets in the way, ( is this what retirement is , to always keep busy like work,? ?   ) although the last few months i seem to only get a couple of challenges done  each month, my diary  tells me that im always busy

   for the last 39 years,  i have always sent  my Christmas cards out  on  1st December, but not this year, i have the cards on the table ,  thats a start,  i think  i will  stay  home on  the  12 th  december to  do them finally,  hope the post  man still works

in 2016,  a good friend, added  me to a 216 challenge, being the beginning of January i just thought it was a monthly challenge,  like ive been dong for the past 3 and half    years,

 in my   cupboard i had  9  boxes of  photos,   216 layouts in a year ,  i  accomplished this and  moved 5 boxes out of the cupboard,  i thought  2017,  i only have  4  boxes left,  so  should be a  piece of cake lol  to get them scrapped  in  the year, well,  the  boxes are still in the cupboard, i thought i would have more space this Christmas
.i think  in the new year, 2018,  i will have to  make a pact to   get  these  photos scrapped so i have room in my cupboard again ,     
so , what do i  do when im scrapping and not doing challenges,im making  mini albums , im used to doing a online challenge and having it loaded up within a few hours, but this isnt the case with mini albums,   here i am  at  album 6  with   ideas of what to do with album  number 7,  8  &  9  albums .gosh,  what am i  thinking , i only have so many hours in a day, and if im  out ,like my diary tells me  i am , then it only leaves a few hours at night, after i  get off chatting to friends online,  to do them, like between  10  pm and midnight , lol  maybe i dont sleep ,  that might the key  ? ? ? ?
 so  after  sunday  10th , i will  show you one of my mini albums , i have taken a video of it, my first video ever,  so bear with me, 

i will endeavor to    show you more of them when time permits
im thinking  i do love the December challenges, but  it  have to be after Christmas, unless i can  get in a day at cropping  maybe ,   ?? ? ??
chat soon, 

123 November challenge

 123  NOVEMBER   CHALLENGE

Another  month  upon us,  where has this year flown.
( 1 )  sketch
(2)  2 words  Awesome  Adventure
(3) 3 colours   green , blue and grey.
  this months challenge  has  great  colours,  blue, green and grey, growing up , i was always told  blue and green should never been seen, yet, i say to people  what colour is the grass  and what colour is the sky & sea. & they meet . and they do look great together.

im going to keep it short, i say that every month, but here goes . . . . . .
products used,
blue and green card stock
Kaisers - Stonewall stencil
Kaiser  -  Basecoat ,  IV collection
Colour  Blast    - Steel  texture paste
Scrapmatts  chipboards -   circle
Krafters Korner   flowers
Ultimate  Crafts -  Bohamian  Bouquet  Gemstones  Flourishes
Resin Rainbow -  bespoke flower  doily
Kelly Ann Oosterbeeks -  Butterflies
in my stash i found a  paper  doily ,  that had grey  flower upon it , so have also inked around the outside of this

I have  used  my  stonewall stencil to  create  a bit of texture on the   basecoat   background as well as on the blue  cardstock under the photos .
after drying  i have  assembled it all together.
i have  inked the  scrapmatts chipboard circle.
printed  out the words,  Awesome   Adventure on white cardstock though my  computer and printer as well as  my sub title  and main total,  Lake Tekapo and  The church of  good shepherd
lucky, the  information  that i had on a piece of paper ( from new Zealand trip)   fitted on to make a photo .

Until next month,  I  wonder if  it will be red or green being christmas month, i will just have to  wait and see.
have a a great time scrapping.