Guesting for Bella ♥ ♥ ♥ & new house.

I guested for Bella Boulevard a couple of months ago; creating some pages for their newsletter October/November. I LOVE their mix of products & bright graphic colors.
Thanks Stephanie, Laura & Bella for the loot!

Giggle Gasp! by Kim Watson

I used their decorative tape to create the background.

7th Birthday! by Kim Watson

We are finally in the new house! Goodness moving is stressful. I am just so grateful it is all over. Yes we are  surrounded by piles of boxes, which I just cannot find place for at the moment. But we have decided to live in the house as best we can, and treat it as a holiday house until February, which is when we plan to start the house renovations. Thankfully it'll be mostly cosmetic with not too much structural changes. Tersh & I are so looking forward to having the studio built. We are planning loads of natural light & space. I can't wait. 

The local beach:  'Inner Kom or 'Long Beach' as it is called here, is one of the most beautiful places on earth! We are blown away that we have the privilege of being able to live here & we can walk to the beach in 7 minutes which is half the fun. Kommetjie rocks!

Happy Monday friends!
x

Mothers Day + layouts

Mothers Day is special such a great idea to remember the women in our lives that grew us, put up with ournonsense & help mold who we are today.

To honor my lovely Mom... here are some page from the archives.

No. 1 Mother by Kim Watson 
(Using MME products)

 Time to Catch up by Kim Watson

 (Posted with prior permission from the Creative Crafts Group. Page seen in the Fabric Issue of Creating Keepsakes 2011)

 

(Posted with prior permission from the Creative Crafts Group. Page seen in the Fabric Issue of Creating Keepsakes 2011)

And lastly a page recently featured in the Big Picture Scrapbooking Creative Crop.
I want to Mirror You by Kim Watson

 

For a FREE download of the MIRROR title, see here>>

Happy Mothers day to all the wonderful Mom's out there.
I am so glad you stopped by.

School's out + Layouts!

Yay! school is out for the year & the kids are on holiday until the 18th January, oh help me please! Good thing it is Summer though, keeping them occupied is so much easier when the weather is good. Oh wait...Summer hasn't arrived here in CT yet, instead we have chilly rain & hail. Gone are those hot barmy nights & days of perpetual sunshine of last year. Waaaah!

The last week of school was a hectic one... I was up & down to the school everyday helping out with bits & bobs. It was so much fun for the kids though. Here are some photos especially for the Grandparents.

Cross Country challenge:
Mr Max came first in Grade 1.... he was ecstatic to hold that awesome trophy in his paws to say the least. 

 

 

 Miss Cassidy had her end of  Grade 7 dance & was the Belle of the Ball. At 13yr she is growing up to be a beautiful young lady. A bit too comfortable behind the camera though LOL. Could be the result of the scrapbooking Mama with the camera perpetually out, that caused that?! It was a fun night of dancing, great food & 'makeup' because it was a special occasion :D I still can't believe she is in High school next year. Boo!

 

Max's class had a fun day at Camp Faraway.... water slides & obstacle courses. It was freezing but didn't deter the kids from getting wet!

 And for some scrapbooking projects!

She Inspires by Kim Watson

Using Fancy Pants 'Off to School collection'. A page about how my Mom inspired Max to love books. He is in Grade 1 & 70 readers later he is total bookworm. Definitely her influence. I used a handwriting font to create my title on my Silhouette. Pop back in a day or so & I'll post it here on my blog for download.   


Leaf Pile by Kim Watson

 Created this super quick page using super product from Fancy Pants, Bella Boulevard & Studio Calico.

 Love you by Kim Watson

 As seen in Creating Keepsakes' 2011 September issue.  Copyright Creative Crafts Group.  Posted with prior permission from the publisher. 

More fabulous Fancy Pants products from the 'it's the little things' collection. This is a page I created for my article I wrote in CK about clustering on your scrapbook pages.

Thanks for stopping by!

Back to school + Great supplies

I cannot believe that our little guy is half way through Grade one already! It has been a trying time for us all... but he loves school, is academically really bright (thankfully) and is learning at such a pace I can hardly keep up. Who knew there was such a thing as a Planctivore or that ice floats so that the ocean doesn't completely freeze killing the sea creatures that live there? Yes clever boy but sitting still in class just doesn't compute with him. Ehem! drives his teacher stir crazy actually....typical boy right!! haha! and so we power on.

I made this page to remember the first week of Grade 1. He LOVES his school uniform, school bag, school classroom, school desk, new shiny crayon box, a box of x20 HB pencils (which are at the top of his ULTRA_COOL list). I wanted to remember the positive & the negative moments and encourage him at the same time. Being little is not easy.

This page was made using the fabulous Schoolhouse products from the ever generous October Afternoon & Studio Calico.



I used the Chip 'n Stick and Tin Pins accents to create this cute 'school' themed banner.



The wood veneer star from Studio Calico was a perfect match for my title.

Using a piece of shaped cardstock, I used Sunshine Mr Huey for a mist border and do you see see that adorable mini apple & cute numerals? It is part of the Clear stamps that came with this collection.

Oh talking about school...have you seen that the September issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine is out?
In this issue you will find an online article about using creating back-to-school pages in 45minutes or less... read more here:as well as super journaling solutions by Amber Ellis read more here: With the downloadable prompts, quotes, and titles below to help jump-start your journaling.
 
It is a bumper issue & worth buying... see here:Anyway...I am glad you stopped by...have a rockin' Wednesday!

Birthdays & pretty cakes!

We had a bumper birthday weekend last! With Tersh & Cassidy's birthdays being so close together we decided to have a joint celebration tea with some close friends. It was so much fun.... and I got to make a 'Pinterest style cake' & party treats. Oh YEAH!!!

Look who turned 13!!!! Our sweet girl is, officially a young lady...the BIG '1' '3'....
Happy Birthday darling child!

Birthday girl & guy.... aren't they gorgeous.

The star of the goody table.... my Pink cherry cake. I made the banner & paper roses using Fancy Pants Baby Mine patterned papers.



Rolled paper roses.

Party treats gift bags & present wrappings done using Fancy Pants Baby Mine patterned papers.

The next day being Woman's day bank holiday meant we could celebrate further...so we made use of our annual subscription to the Cape Town Aquarium and headed out to the V & A Waterfront. We 'oggled at fishies & all manner of sea creatures to the running commentary of our resident mini Marine Biologist. I mean really...who knows what a 'Yellow horned cow fish looks like' or what a 'Lesser spotted Moray Eel' is, or that Sea Urchins are the only creatures in the ocean that eat only seaweed.... *ehem... I see a future career leaning forming here.


After hours of walking around we ate at the Dodge City Diner and had the best chicken burgers & milkshakes ever!! It was T's choice given his love of Beach boys & retro memorabilia and it was the perfect choice to end off a gorgeous day!

I love my little herd.... & am grateful to all of them for their unique flavor that they bring to the family. We all love each other dearly & I am grateful each day that I get the opportunity to do life together with these sweet people.

Go hug your family guys.... they are worth all the riches life can offer!
It's super you stopped by.