tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69973113035468777272024-03-05T11:37:49.502+00:00life, love and scrapCarin McDonoughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01523535104719468540noreply@blogger.comBlogger158125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997311303546877727.post-22700112503859593722014-04-19T10:05:00.002+01:002014-04-19T10:05:39.613+01:00See It, Pin It, Do It!Ok it took a while but I am finally getting around to joining in my friend Fiona's fun new monthly SIPIDI! We all have bucket loads of pin, pinned to various Pintrest boards (go on admit it, you know you are one of us) that we plan to use in whatever way, 'one day' when we have the time. But I think most people are just too busy and very rarely get around to browsing through their pins and choosing some to try, I know I am! So I loved Fiona's idea of trying out at least one of our pins and then posting it and linking with her once a month. It will be fun to see how other peoples SIPIDI's turn out too as there are so many things that look good but don't turn out that wonderfully when actually attempted. <br />
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So anyway, this month I am sharing two recipes that I have tried. I am a total foodaholic so I have quite a few boards full of various recipes so they are probably the things I will try the most often :) The first one is for pulled pork which is one of my favourite things to eat :) :) :) This was really delicious and has become a regular favourite in our house now. I mostly stick to the recipe but I do add around half a can of coke to the slow cooker too. At the end I don't use two full cups of barbecue sauce as my hubby would find that way too sweet, so I mix barbecue sauce and some of the cooking juices in to taste and it is delicious and moist. The recipe can be found <a href="http://www.chow.com/recipes/30356-easy-slow-cooker-pulled-pork" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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I am a huge fan of different salads, especially when they contain fruit and or nuts so I was very excited when I found this salad and couldn't wait to try it. It was nice but I was a bit disappointed (maybe my expectations were just crazily high!) I think that might have been because I couldn't use exactly the same ingredients... I didn't like the Romaine lettuce, I had to attempt to make my own poppy seed dressing and of course vinaigrette's will all differ in taste. I will probably try it again but maybe use plain old iceberg lettuce and find some already made poppy seed dressing and possible add more feta cheese and bacon because you can never have too much of those and they compliment the sweetness of the fruit and dressings really well. The recipe can be found <a href="http://espressoandcream.com/2010/11/autumn-chopped-salad.html" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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Okay I am now really hungry after all of that so I am off to find some breakfast! You can find all the original information about joining in the SIPIDI on Fiona's blog <a href="http://fiona-staringatthesea.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/a-new-monthly-meme.html" target="_blank">here</a> and her pintrest board with everyone's pins <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/angelfishcrafts/see-it-pin-it-do-it/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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On another note I have a new digi kit up at Digidesignresort called Quirky Bird, the rest of the images and details can be found on my other blog <a href="http://designstudiobyyoursmine.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/quirky-bird.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I will be putting a freebie from this kit up soon too on the Yours & Mine <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Yours-Mine-Designs/496603467116698?ref=hl" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>!<br />
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I hope everyone has a fantastic long weekend! :)Carin McDonoughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01523535104719468540noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997311303546877727.post-35091949309478135722014-02-24T22:03:00.001+00:002014-02-24T22:03:47.665+00:00New Venture I had decided to take a short break from blogging and most scrapbooking for a while but I hadn't intended for it to be quite for quite sooooo long lol! I have been busy though, learning photoshop and and creating digital scrapbooking kits! <br />
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My Mom has been doing digital scrapbooking and on the design team for a scrapbooking shop for a while now and she decided that she wanted to start designing kits and asked if I would like to go into it with her. So we are now working together under the design name of Yours & Mine and our kits are being sold at <a href="http://www.digidesignresort.com/shop/yoursmine-m-210" target="_blank">Digidesignresort</a>. We have also started up a blog called Yours & Mine Design Studio which can be found <a href="http://designstudiobyyoursmine.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">here</a>. I have just put my first kit called Serenity up in the shop, there is a preview below but for some more previews and a little freebie to go with the kit head over to the Yours & mine <a href="http://designstudiobyyoursmine.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">blog</a>.<br />
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<br />Carin McDonoughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01523535104719468540noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997311303546877727.post-3835670940648910202013-10-03T22:57:00.000+01:002013-10-03T22:57:01.583+01:00Crafty Bits and New Family!Okay that was a bit longer than a couple of days! Right crafty things....I actually didn't get up to much crafty things over the last couple of months. Some magazine work but otherwise the only crafty things I have done are a couple of small things for friends. First was this 8x8 page which was done for my friend Ali who has just moved back to Australia! A group of us get together every year and go away for a weekend of scrapping and fun and Ali is a big part of that group and is going to be greatly missed! So we decided to make her a little album using photos from our weekends to remember us by. This was my page.<br />
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The same group of girls organised a little decorated notebook swap amongst ourselves. By the time I was paying enough attention and decided I wanted to take part in the swap everything was already organised and the swapees had been handed out etc. My sweet friend Gemma who was organising it did offer to swap all the names around but I told her not to worry so we decided to just do a direct swap between the two of us. This is the beautiful notebook that she made for me. I just love it, especially the beautiful papers she has used.<br />
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This is the notebook I decorated for Gemma using Bo Bunny Prairie Chic. I originally had loads to go on the front but ended up scrapping it all because I much preferred it with the clean and simple look. That and you actually have to be quite careful of what you use otherwise it makes it difficult to write in! I used my Bind it all to punch holes in my paper so it could cover the whole of the cover.<br />
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I figured Gemma would already have a standard notebook from the swap she was doing so I decided to do a slightly different one for her and chose one with all the dividers which I just added a little decoration to.<br />
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So that's it over the last two months! A small layout, a notebook and a card! As I said earlier I did do some layouts for a magazine article and am currently working on some more but of course I can't show any of those so that is all I have to share for the moment!<br />
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Last thing for tonight....we have a new member joining the family tomorrow and here he is!<br />
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Isn't he adorable! He does not have a name yet as we can not all agree on one so hopefully once he comes tomorrow we will just know! At the moment some of the favourites are Domino, Jett, Colby, Diesel, Socks and Oreo! He is a Sprollie which is a cross between a Collie and a Springer Spaniel and he is beautiful! The kids are thrilled as they have been begging for a dog for a few years now! :) So I am sure I will have lots of photos to share soon. Anyways I am shattered and I am sure I will not get much sleep for the next few nights with a new puppy so I am off to bed :)Carin McDonoughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01523535104719468540noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997311303546877727.post-33897887768799008172013-09-22T23:08:00.000+01:002013-09-22T23:08:20.805+01:00Abandoned Blogs, Holidays and Birthdays!Well hello my long neglected blog! School holidays are always crazy but this year was even more crazy than usual so I just decided to take a break from the scrappy world and enjoy it and not stress and rush about blogs etc. We went away twice over the holidays as well as had family come and stay with us, the kids did two sailing courses then there was Bikeability courses, birthday parties, sleepovers, carnivals, beaches etc.. etc... I really felt like I needed a holiday by the time the holiday ended and then we finished it with a bang by all getting the worst flu we have had in years! We were all totally out of it and the kids even missed the first couple of days back at school, what a start to the school year!<br />
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A big event over the holiday was this young man becoming an 'official' teenager (of course he has thought of himself and acted like a teenager for ages! ;) ) For his actual birthday he just wanted to sit around all day, play on his new games on his xbox with his friends and have Pizza for supper so that is what he did, as you can see from the photos he didn't even bother to brush his hair the whole day!<br />
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He has wanted to go to Alton Towers for ages and we have never gone because it was just sooo expensive but he put it down on his birthday list and said that was all he wanted, he didn't even need any other presents. So of course now that we have moved to the other side of the country from it instead of being 40 minutes away we decided to take him, but... of course we did still get him a few presents :)<br />
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These are a few photos from the day but have you ever tried taking photos of people on rides these days! They all go so fast and I kept taking photos of other people.... but I did get quite a few in the end although I won't bore you with all of them! This is the Nemisis and turned out to be one of his favourite rides, how I don't know because OMGosh does it go fast and it goes really close to the edges, just crazy! We then went on the Nemisis Sub Terra and wow that was scary! I laughed the whole time whilst screaming my head off and trying not to pee my pants :D The worst part is they are all secretive about it so you have no idea what to expect but it was a pretty scary experience that wreaks havoc on the senses lol.</div>
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Another big favourite was Air but I didn't manage any photos of that one! This was Blade which is pretty standard but still fun!<br />
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The Ripsaw looked quite tame but actually turned out to do way more than it looked like it would do and was quite scary in the end and he had no interest in going on it a second time lol. He had quite big eyes for a while after that one but loved some of the other rides that were way scarier!<br />
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I just love this picture, I really had to resort to bribery and corruption to get them to agree to go and stand with Sid and pose for a photo! They had every excuse under the sun, the main one being that they were waaaaay to old but I just ignored them and shoved them at the stranger dressed up like a giant sloth and said 'smile!'.<br />
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Speaking of birthdays, it was also my wonderful Daddy's birthday recently and this is the quick card I made him using Bo Bunny Surprise!<br />
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I haven't done much crafting but that was one item and I did a couple of other small items with/for friends that I will share in a couple of days. I have a busy day tomorrow and my parents are arriving for a month's visit from South Africa (yay!) but I will also get around to some blog hopping tomorrow night which I have not gotten around to very often recently either!Carin McDonoughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01523535104719468540noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997311303546877727.post-32540022689372722462013-08-07T22:29:00.002+01:002013-08-07T22:29:53.945+01:00Pinterest - Food I am a little bit of a Pintrest addict and pin waaaay too many things that I never get around to trying! I have however tried a few of the hundreds of recipes I have pinned. Now if you had to see how many recipes I pin and how many cookery books I own or cookery shows I watch, your first impression would be that I love to cook. Wrong! I love the shows and the books but I actually really dislike cooking, but.... I really LOVE food and am a total foodaholic so I do cook and try out different recipes :)<br />
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So anyway I decided I wanted to start adding Pinterest things I have tried to my blog so I am going to start with a few recipes I have recently tried.<br />
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First up is this Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken from The Recipe Critic. This was actually really nice and everyone apart from one very fussy child liked it! I would definitely make this again as I love battered sweet and sour chicken but I did find it very sweet so I would probably make it with less sugar and a bit more vinegar and Soy sauce. I served it on top of egg fried rice which was really yummy. Just click on the picture for the recipe.<br />
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This Spicy Sausage Pasta from Kevin&Amanda.com was very nice too. Quick and easy to make and everyone liked it. I couldn't find any Turkey sausage so I just used a Mattesons smoked pork sausage and that seemed to work perfectly. Once again just click on the picture if you want the recipe.<br />
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<br />Carin McDonoughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01523535104719468540noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997311303546877727.post-13290541428514876812013-07-31T22:55:00.000+01:002013-07-31T22:55:29.165+01:00Goodbye Bo Bunny!Well today is my last official day of being on the Bo Bunny team as tomorrow the new design team will be announced! As I said in my last post I did not reapply for the team this year even though I have had an amazing three years with them. Bo Bunny is amazingly generous and getting to work with their beautiful products has been a huge privilege. I will really miss the wonderful girls on the design team and Kris the design team coordinator, they have truly been an amazing group of really friendly and supportive girls. So to finish off my term here are quite a few of my favourite Bo Bunny items that I have made over the last three years in no particular order :)<br />
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I have some ventures I am going to be getting involved in that have been on the back burner for a while and I am looking forward to getting started but I will definitely miss being a part of the Bo Bunny family and will always look back on these three years with fondness :)Carin McDonoughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01523535104719468540noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997311303546877727.post-60509630421483854772013-07-25T22:36:00.000+01:002013-07-25T22:36:23.615+01:00Clean and Simple with Trail MixOh my where has the time gone again! I have been working although as is often the case on nothing I can show at the moment! This layout was up on the Bo Bunny blog last week but I just haven't managed to blog it yet. This was a really sad layout for me because it was be my last official layout for Bo Bunny as I didn't reapply for the team :( I really love that background paper and didn't want to cover too much of it up so I decided to do a really clean and simple layout for this one and I actually really like the result :)<br />
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I just got my latest copy of Scrapbook Magazine and I was very excited to see that my layout is the cover layout again! As with all Scrapbook Magazine covers I used the very pretty free papers that came with this issue and a photo given to me by Scrapbook Magazine<br />
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We are only one day into school holidays and the kids are already driving me a bit crazy! :) So after a crazy day I think I should go to bed now and will do some blog hopping tomorrow night :)Carin McDonoughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01523535104719468540noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997311303546877727.post-17046267688414649252013-07-09T22:58:00.001+01:002013-07-09T22:58:47.635+01:00Heritage with Bo Bunny AnthemThis layout was done for today's post on the Bo Bunny blog and the theme was Heritage. Now I am not usually a big heritage style scrapper as I really prefer bright colours but I had lot's of fun doing this page using some bright pops of colour.<br />
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I had this fantastic photo of my Dad as a teenager receiving the Victor Ludorum at his school gala and I decided I just had to use the Anthem paper range to scrap it as!<br />
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Patterned Paper : Celebration, History, Nation, Peace, Sovereign/Anthem</div>
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Chipboard : 12x12 Chipboard/Anthem; 12x12 Chipboard/C'est La Vie</div>
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Been a little while again although not tooooo long this time! :) We have been busy still settling in and enjoying our new home and the beautiful weather! The kids seem to be settling well into school and we are all really enjoying the stunning area. We took a trip to Sealife which the kids loved, then caught the 'land train' along the beach to go up in the tower to see the view. </div>
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He has joined a new cricket team and is doing really well in it and got Man of the Match last week!</div>
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I caught a train to Bournemouth this weekend to go and meet up with my besty who was there for the weekend and I haven't seen for ages! We had a wonderful day chatting, swimming and melting in the sauna and steam room. This was us eating lunch, everyone thought we were nutters taking photos and laughing like crazy :)</div>
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This is my latest layout for Bo Bunny, our theme was Fathers. The photos are of me and my Dad last year when my parents were on a trip to the UK. I love these photos because it is not often that my Dad will let you get a photograph of him without covering his head or pulling funny faces!</div>
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Stamps: Trailmix; Wall to Wall Textures Stamp</div>
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Chipboard: 12x12 Chipboard/Trail Mix</div>
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</span>Carin McDonoughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01523535104719468540noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997311303546877727.post-73339665007837893552013-06-14T23:36:00.000+01:002013-06-14T23:36:25.162+01:00Scrapbook Magazine Issue 66<div style="text-align: center;">
Well it has been a while since I have shared any publications so today I will be sharing my item from Scrapbook Magazine issue 66. I was asked to do an off the page item for this issue which was a really cute little beach hut. Here is the magazine...</div>
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And here are a few photos I took of the beach hut.</div>
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I mixed sand into my paint to give the base a sand like look.</div>
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Speaking of Scrapbook Magazine, issue 73 just came through my door and I was very excited to see that my layout is on the cover this issue! I have had a few items on the cover before like with the beach hut but this is my first 'proper' cover :) </div>
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That is it for today, thank goodness it is Friday! I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend! :)</div>
Carin McDonoughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01523535104719468540noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997311303546877727.post-61361991820855702562013-06-10T23:06:00.002+01:002013-06-10T23:06:35.996+01:00Father's Day CardsI meant to get this up yesterday but weekends are pretty hectic so I gave up in the end! :) I had something different that I was going to post but then I remembered that I hadn't put these two cards up yet, I have no idea where my brain is these days :)<br />
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These are two fathers day card's I made using the new Bo Bunny Trailmix which is perfect for 'Dad' cards. I whipped these two up really quickly (well for me anyway) because I just used some of the Bo Bunny cut out sheets and a similar base for each card.<br />
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Patterned Paper: Trail Mix, Hollow, Stripe, Woodland Picnic/Trail Mix</div>
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Brads : Trail Mix</div>
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These two are for my Dad and my Father in Law, I have made one for Paul too, using Mama-Razi 2 but that was used in a Crafts Beautiful item for Bo Bunny so I can't show you that one :)<br />
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This is the country lane we walk down to get to the beach, it is such a beautiful walk! I just love the fact that whenever I drop behind when we are out to take a photo of everyone Christopher always turns around and waves at me. Sooo cute!<br />
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This is the beach close to our house although it is not really a swimming beach but lovely for some nice long walks! (Note Christopher is waving again!)<br />
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On the walk to the beach you have to walk through a field that actually has cows in it! They are calves so not that bug but it was sooo funny because I am not sure who was more scared to walk past each other the kids or the calves! The kids were right up against the fence and the calves kept backing up, the farmer thought is was hysterical!<br />
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Now our garden..... I just love our new garden, I think our front garden and drive is the same size as our old back garden lol The best part is it has this beautiful big blossom tree! I am not sure what it is as I don't think it is a Cherry Blossom tree unless you get different varieties of it but I don't care I love any tree that gets covered in blossoms int the spring!<br />
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Ok you can't see it by these pictures but the back garden is huge, the kids are in seventh heaven with being able to run and play and be able to kick a ball without it going over the wall every two seconds! We even bought a bigger trampoline as the old one was showing lots of wear and tear and the kids loved helping their Dad set it up.<br />
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But they had more fun playing with the trampoline box for 2 hours!<br />
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A nice big garden is also the perfect place to set up your own obstacle course :) This is Christopher's baby and he spent ages playing on it, he was a bright red tomato by the time he had finished. <br />
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We have been down to town and the beachfront a few times. The town is so quaint and pretty, a typical seaside town and it is so busy! The beach front has been packed with the nice weather and a bank holiday weekend too. I just love the beachfront they have volleyball, donkey rides, Punch and Judy, pedalos and all sorts of other fun things going on. This shot was taken before lunch time, it was even more busy later on and I didn't even think it was warm enough to swim!</div>
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I just had to include this picture of K on a ride at the fair. He has been on loads of these things but this is the biggest one so far and he enjoyed it as is evident by the face!<br />
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Kieran is settling well into his new cricket team and has already played three matches.</div>
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So no pictures of the actual house, I just went through what I have taken and added from there but I am loving the house too. It is smaller than our old one but is lovely and light with lots of big windows and a huge conservatory that I am loving because it is so warm and bright! It has been 5 years since we had a conservatory and I had forgotten how nice and warm they are (until winter comes anyway...).<br />
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Well that is it for today but I will put a post up tomorrow or on Sunday with some actual crafting! Oh yes before I go... have you seen that Bo Bunny is having a design team call? Let me tell you this is a totally awesome team to be on. Bo Bunny products are wonderful and they are extremely generous and Kris who is the design team co-ordinator is so cute and funny and really sweet. So if you would like to apply you had better hurry as there is just over a week left to apply! Good luck! :)<br />
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<br />Carin McDonoughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01523535104719468540noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997311303546877727.post-25828516566508573832013-05-24T23:29:00.000+01:002013-05-24T23:29:28.894+01:00Blog Hop, Oklahoma and Secrets!Just a quick post tonight to share some Bo Bunny news.....<br />
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First up Bo Bunny and Xyron have teamed up this week with a fantastic blog hop that has been going all week, but there is still time to take part!<br />
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Next up is a wonderful idea....Bo Bunny, Simple Stories and We R Memory Keepers have all partnered up and will be making donations to a local charity in Oklahoma and crafters can help by doing what you do best!</div>
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Lastly for tonight Bo Bunny has a secret.........But you will have to wait until May 31st and visit the Bo Bunny blog to find out what it is :)<br />
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I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend! :)Carin McDonoughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01523535104719468540noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997311303546877727.post-51953646902082723172013-05-15T22:41:00.002+01:002013-05-15T22:41:27.852+01:00Misc Me and Moved!Ok well bit of a jump because I have gone from house hunting to moved! I am such a bad blogger but to be honest it was all done rather quickly which in some ways was really good because I didn't have too much time to think about it and start panicking (I am not someone who likes change too much) but it also means that it was pretty hectic getting everything organised!<br />
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The poor movers were rather stressed because I think I may be a bit of a hoarder lol (and so are the kids who never want to give toys up even when they have outgrown them). That was fine at our old house because we had lots of built in cupboards to store all my stuff neatly in and we had a spare bedroom but the new house is a bit lacking in the storage department. So needless to say I am having a very difficult time trying to unpack and get everything where it should be especially as we currently have no cupboards!<br />
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We have definitely moved to an amazingly beautiful part of the country and I will have to get a few photos up soon :) Anyway now I am rambling when this was supposed to just be a quick post! I haven't done too much scrapping except for a couple of magazine layouts so today I am sharing the start of my Misc Me 2013 album. I am even using the write up I gave for the Bo Bunny blog because it is quicker! :)<br />
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Carin McDonoughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01523535104719468540noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997311303546877727.post-60056475510099270652013-04-25T23:11:00.000+01:002013-04-25T23:13:21.426+01:00House HuntingOk I did say Tuesday or Wednesday yet here it is Thursday! To be fair I did start typing this last night and then Christopher suddenly rushed out of bed to the bathroom with a horrible tummy bug and my post went out the window! The poor dear was up most of the night and has been sick all day and as miserable as anything and the only thing he could stomach was water and Rooibos Tea.<br />
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Anyway in preperation of our move went away to do some house hunting and visit some schools recently. But of course we also had a bit of time to take in some local sights and for a bit of fun for the kids :) Warning, this is a very picture heavy post!<br />
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Of course we had to go to the beach and I took lots of photos and then made the kids stop and pose for one. I got a couple of nice ones where they were both looking a me at the same time and smiling...<br />
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But of course with my kids (as with most) this is what most of the pictures looked like.... <br />
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We went and played some Putt Putt seeing as it was right around the corner from the hotel.<br />
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Note the looney tune in the background that is just par for the course (pardon the bad pun) in this family<br />
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Then to the kids absolute delight we went Go Carting, which they loved!<br />
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Of course Paul and Kieran had to start getting competitive and racing each other which Paul found very amusing.<br />
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Christopher on the other hand just drove around at his own pace and enjoyed himself. He did however give me some very valid reasons as to why he should never be allowed a driving license as per the evidence below... This one is blurry but you get the picture, taking his hand off the steering wheel to wave to his mother and just as he was about to go around a corner!<br />
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Next he was worrying about fixing his helmet whilst once again driving with one hand!<br />
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The last piece of photographic evidence is how he has accidentally swerved off the main track most probably because he was driving with one hand and he is still merrily whistling to himself quite unperturbed...<br />
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As I said this is just the things I happened to catch on camera, there were a few other occasions including when he went full throttle into the pitt at the end so that everyone from Paul to the guy who runs the carts to the general public standing on the side where shouting 'Whoa slow down!'. I had a total heart attack although he did manage to stop in time without hitting anything and didn't get what all the fuss was about. So yup I have informed him that he will not be getting a license ever :)<br />
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We then went to visit Nothe Fort where Christopher immediately slammed his finger in the car door and took all the skin above his nail off! The sweet little old ladies that run the fort seemed to enjoy coddling and bandaging him up and I think once he got over the initial pain he enjoyed all the attention! This is the gardens outside the fort.<br />
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The kids just loved this old motorbike<br />
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Christopher was clearly a monkey in a previous life and climbs everything in sight. He ran off ahead and climbed up on this gun then sat down for me to take a photo. Only when I zoomed in to take the photo did I notice the 'Do Not Climb' sign right next to him! Now I wonder if he saw it and ignored it or really didn't notice it....<br />
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The views from everywhere on the fort were amazing!<br />
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More guns! The kids of course just loved all the guns, cannons and anti aircraft guns.<br />
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After we were finished at the fort we went pack to the little amusement park by our hotel and the kids went on the sack slides for a while...<br />
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They then went on these hurricanes which were so cool although Kieran seemed to have way to much fun bashing into his brother and getting him stuck in a corner before he even had a chance to work out his controls and move out!<br />
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Anyway it is getting late and as I got hardly any sleep last night because I was up and down with C I am totally shattered so I think I should head off to bed!<br />
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Before I go... Bo Bunny has teamed up with Clearsnap for a little blog hop with some fantastic prizes so if you would like a chance to win them and see the gorgeous items the girls have made for it then head over to the <a href="http://bobunny.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/hop-hop-hop-bobunny-clearsnap-blog-hop.html" target="_blank">Bo Bunny blog</a>. I hope everyone has a great Friday and a fantastic weekend! :)<br />
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<br />Carin McDonoughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01523535104719468540noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997311303546877727.post-1437076347289781052013-04-22T20:09:00.002+01:002013-04-22T21:43:17.385+01:00Sweet 16Oh my gosh it has been almost a month since my last post which is totally crazy! But then no surprises there as things are extra, extra crazy at the moment with all the moving sorting out going on! It is two weeks until we move and we have been manic trying to find a house, see schools and get the house etc in order before we go! :) <br />
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For today I am just going to share a layout I did for Bo Bunny. We had to do a layout in under an hour which for me is virtually impossible as I am a dreadfully slow scrapper but I actually did this one in under 45 minutes because I was literally running out the door to go away on a trip and I still needed to photograph, edit and upload it! I did want to add some machine stitching to it too on the strips and the frame which would have still made it under an hour but I was already late (everyone was waiting for me lol) so I just had to leave it.<br />
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Carin McDonoughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01523535104719468540noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997311303546877727.post-16024736247396077152013-03-29T23:38:00.000+00:002013-03-29T23:38:41.024+00:00Stamps, Flowers and Biffy!We have been having a crazy busy month again! I feel like I am always waiting for the crazyness to end, I am always thinking that next week it will be calm down and then I can get to all the things that need to be done and sorted and can just relax a little, but then next week comes and things continue to just be crazy. But I suppose you adapt and learn to deal with things as they crop up, I have just had to learn to accept that my life is unpredictable and things can't always be perfectly planned and it is okay to not be on top of everything! One of the things I have definitely not been on top of for the last few months is my blog and recently my blog hopping which has really bothered me as I always wanted to have an organised blog with 3 or 4 posts a week but for now I have accepted that won't be happening in the near future :)<br />
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Anyway enough with the rambling! This is a layout I did (while I was away on our retreat) to showcase the new Bo Bunny background stamps....I am just loving these stamps, I love all stamps but background stamps are just my favourite and the designs chosen for the Bo Bunny ones are fantastic! I used the Family Is line which is just soo cute and so perfect for my family lol</div>
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We all went to watch a Biffy Clyro concert on Monday night which was brilliant and definitely in my top 3 concerts I have been to so far :) Here are a few photos but they are taken with my phone and we are way at the back of the arena. We always book in the same area because although it is on the far side of the arena it is directly in front of the stage so your view is still better than being closer and on the side.<br />
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As we all like Biffy Clyro we made a bit of a family thing of it this time and took the kids with, this is Kieran's third concert and Christopher's second. I think we have decided that Christopher is not really a concert person though as he was a bit bored. We also went with my BIL and SIL who love concerts as much as we do and our two nephews.<br />
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It was my Birthday yesterday and I just had to share some photos of the beautiful flowers that hubby got me for my birthday. I think he has become a bit indecisive as he got me three boquets! Lol he is so sweet :)</div>
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So I was going to finish off with my favourite Biffy Clyro song but I couldn't decide between Bubbles, Many of Horror, Mountains and The Captain so instead I will just play my favourite song so far from the new album. It is called Black Chandelier..</div>
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I hope everyone has a wonderful relaxing long Easter weekend with their families and loved ones.</div>
Carin McDonoughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01523535104719468540noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997311303546877727.post-44911603731761871782013-03-09T22:14:00.001+00:002013-03-09T22:14:13.613+00:00Scrapping With Friends!I am always delayed with everything these days! Last weekend I went away on on one of my scrapping groups annual scrapping weekends. Every year we rent a lovely quite place in the countryside called Meadow Barn and we scrap, chat and eat lots of lovely cakes! This is really the most fantastic group of totally wonderul girls (and men!) and I am so glad to have met all of them! Here are a couple of group shots.<br />
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Hmmm the cracks are starting to show a little bit....a little bit more like us<br />
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Below are the two guys who join our group every year, the tall one is Lisa's husband who does digital scrapbooking and cooks us some divine Mexican food on the Saturday night each time. The other one is Karen's husband who doesn't scrapbook and usually goes for nice long walks in the beautiful country side but always helps us out in loads of little ways and on the Friday night this time made a <b>very</b> yummy chilli con carne which we used to top some of our jacket potatoes. </div>
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Take note of all the tubs of droolworthy cakes in the front of the picture there! The cake queen is definitely Karen who makes the most divine coffee cake ever, she also bought special chocolate cup cakes, Dundee cake, Mince pies and biscuits!. Even Lisa's extremely talented young daughter sent a lemon drizzle cake along, unfortunately I didn't get to taste hers as I was too busy eating Julia's completely yummy lemon drizzle cake but I did hear lots of rave reviews :)</div>
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We also did a mini gift exchange this year where we each made or brought a little gift for each person. These girls think of such amazing things, we have been so crazy busy that unfortunately my gift was just a little box of Mini Eggs as I didn't end up with any time to make something although I doubt that I would have been able to think of anything as nice as the other girls did!</div>
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The gorgeous decoupage stone was made by Julia and we all got to pick our designs. The chocolate item is a little chocolate man topped with fudge pieces with a spoon stuck in it is from Gemma and is to stir into hot milk! The little blue milk carton box is from Karen and is full of mint imperials. The beautiful box and matching card was our gift from Fiona and it was a little class and all the supplies to make them! The sweet little dried flower tags were from Tara and were made by her adorable daughter and MIL with flowers picked from her MIL's garden. The three little tags were hand made by Ali. The little badge was from Jess and we got to choose which saying we wanted. Lastly the gorgeous bag charm was hand made by Lisa in whatever our favourite colours were!<br />
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Then my lovely friend Lisa is making and selling these beautiful beaded bracelet and earing sets. I adored them when I saw some of them over the weekend and totally fell in love with and immediately wanted this one which she called 'Nature's Glow'.<br />
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Alas my photo does not do justice to the beautiful colours in these, I just adore them! I saw her make one over the weekend and the amount of care and effort she puts into them is amazing. If you would like to look at some of the other sets she has up for sale or buy your own set then go and check out her blog<a href="http://life-with-me-lisa.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/woyww-192and-winner-is.html" target="_blank"> here</a>. Hmmm I think I might need a couple more of those soon! :)<br />
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Well as usual I didn't get too much scrapping done over the weekend! I am a slow scrapper in general and I tend to spread out a lot so the tight scrapping space bewilders me and I get slower than ever lol. But I don't mind as I mainly like seeing all my lovely friends and having a laugh and we do lot's of that! Plus the long drive is really good for me especially as this was my first long drive since my accident last year so I was a nervous wreck but felt much better afterwards :) But I digress I can only show you the card I made for now... this was for this months card sketch on the Bo Bunny blog. I did the sketch this month and this is what it looked like...<br />
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This is my card using the very pretty new Isabella<br />
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Now that I have posted this I can see that the bow has gone skew and is covering some of the pearl swirls! That is really going to irritate me lol.<br />
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Anyway that is it for today, I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend and all the mothers out there have a fabulous and relaxing day tomorrow! Carin McDonoughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01523535104719468540noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997311303546877727.post-26373987220430352342013-02-26T22:02:00.001+00:002013-02-26T22:02:14.338+00:00Gesso Background Tutorial<div style="text-align: center;">
I have a little tutorial up on the <a href="http://bobunny.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/background-stamps-gesso.html" target="_blank">Bo Bunny Blog</a> today for creating a textured background using Gesso and some of the gorgeous new background stamps Bo Bunny recently released. This is the finished layout that I used the technique on. </div>
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This is my Granny and me a few years ago, sadly she is no longer with us but as she lived with my parents and us for around the last 25 years of her life me and my sisters were really close to her. She really was the cutest Granny ever and was always laughing and joking and I would always call her Old Bag and she would call me Young Bag. I actually found a letter the other day that she had written me after I had moved out of my parents house and she had signed it O.B and that made me smile (and a little bit sad too) and that's when I knew what my title had to be for this layout :)</div>
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Carin McDonoughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01523535104719468540noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997311303546877727.post-26210976308489650402013-02-13T23:08:00.000+00:002013-02-13T23:08:15.909+00:00Surprise!Hi everyone, been gone a while again. Things have been totally crazy around here as usual and one of the reasons is hubby has been offered a job on the other side of the country and we have decided to move! So we have been sorting the house out and having agents over and now we just have to quickly sell our house in a very bad market :) Sadly we also lost a family member last week that has affected the whole family greatly.<br />
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Today I am sharing a layout done with the new Surprise range from Bo Bunny and some of the yummy new background stamps. I am so in love with all the new background stamps because they are have that distressed kind of look, I am so in heaven and I can't wait to try all of them out!<br />
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Patterned Paper : Surprise!, Twist, Banners/Surprise</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also decided to have a haircut last week. My life is generally pretty stressful and I decided that any little thing that will make my life easier is worth it and shorter hair probably will make things a bit quicker! So this is my hair before which was just past my waist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally for today....everyone loves Scrapbook Trends right? Well Bo Bunny is giving away a year long subscription to Scrapbook Trends! All you have to do is follow the Bo Bunny Blog and leave a comment on this post <a href="http://bobunny.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/fun-fun-technique-tuesday-and-giveaway.html" target="_blank">here</a>. You can also find a wonderful tutorial for colouring doilies by the amazing Juliana Michaels on the same post :)</span></div>
Carin McDonoughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01523535104719468540noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997311303546877727.post-7534952456057143042013-01-30T22:44:00.001+00:002013-01-30T22:44:27.312+00:00Mama-Razzi2 and Weymouth!<div style="text-align: center;">
I have been absent a while again as we have had a lot going on here, including maybe some very big changes in our lives! But anyway first off is a quick layout I did using the new Mama-razzi2!</div>
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This is my layout which is Kieran's first camera that he got for his 6th birthday so of course the photos were just perfect for Mama-razzi2!</div>
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One of the things we have been busy with was a trip to Weymouth. Although it was still really cold it is amazing what a difference heading South makes in the temperature and we even had sunshine!! Of course no matter how cold we could not keep the kids out of the water!</div>
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Walked around and saw some of the sights on the beachfront...</div>
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We were literally right on the beachfront and this was the view from our hotel window and wow I would love to wake up to this every morning! These two photos were actually taken by Christopher and I am so impressed! :)</div>
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Anyway that is me for the night I am shattered so will have to get around to doing some blog visiting tomorrow night!</div>
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These were all done using Bo Bunny Country Garden. For this first layout of my Mom and Dad I edged the photos with glitter...</div>
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I love this photo of my grandparents that I used on the next layout!</div>
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To do the glittered title I printed my word out on a piece of cardstock in a light grey then used a superfine nozzle to apply the glue before adding the glitter</div>
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I also added glitter to paint to give more texture to my bricks.</div>
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This last layout is me and Paul when Kieran was only about a year old and we were still living in South Africa (hence the sunshine!) The giant cat was my cat and his name was Skunk, both his parents were actually Siamese cats but he came out black and we had to have him! We had another snow white cat Al who is not in the photo, I really need to scrapbook them sometime as they were definitely our first babies! :)</div>
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Have you seen all of the new Bo Bunny releases? I am so excited, especially for the Misc. Me stuff and the stamps...well I am just in seventh heaven, I just LOVE stamps and background/texture stamps are my favourite! There are still a few hours left to leave some comments on the <a href="http://bobunny.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Bo Bunny Blog</a> for a chance to win some of the gorgeous new lines!Carin McDonoughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01523535104719468540noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997311303546877727.post-86065912257893736132013-01-05T11:51:00.003+00:002013-01-05T11:51:28.870+00:00Card Challenge, Meeting Helen and a Song!Happy New Year to all my lovely bloggy friends! I hope your new year has been great so far and that you all have a wonderful, happy year ahead of you all!<br />
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Well it has been lovely having some down time around here but things are starting to go back to normal. Paul has gone back to work, the kids are back to school on Monday and that means we have to go school shoe shopping today as my youngest tends to wear holes through his school shoes every 4 months or so. I haven't the faintest idea how he manages it but he always does so we are going to try some new brands this time! I suppose that means I also have to get all the school uniforms out to iron, it was so nice just hanging them in the cupboard without having to iron them! :)<br />
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This is my card for the Bo Bunny card challenge this month. I set the challenge and decided to set it as having around 70% white space as white space is definitely something I love but have lots of issues leaving! I used Love Letters for my card, just getting in early with the Valentines card! If you want to take part in this months challenge to win some yummy Bo Bunny goodies then head over to<a href="http://bobunny.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/new-card-challenge-2-winners-some-goal.html" target="_blank"> this</a> post.<br />
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I was also lucky enough to have the opportunity to get to meet up with <a href="http://helentilbury.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Helen Tilbury</a> who was over in the UK on holiday. I was supposed to meet up with her on our trip to South Africa in August but didn't manage it so I was so glad to get another chance and she is as wonderful in real life as she comes across on her blog!<br />
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Ha ha, I don't know why I am doing a deer in the headlights, probably just having to have my photo taken as of course like most scrapbookers I usually avoid it! <br />
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Anyway I will finish off with another one of my current favourite songs. It is not that often that I love a song the first time I hear it, it normally takes a couple of listens but I loved this song by Taylor Swift immediately and I adore the video!<br />
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<br />Carin McDonoughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01523535104719468540noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997311303546877727.post-70454414874202319062012-12-24T23:39:00.000+00:002012-12-24T23:39:55.760+00:00It's Christmas!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Merry Christmas to all my wonderful Family and Friends!</span></span></div>
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<br />Carin McDonoughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01523535104719468540noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6997311303546877727.post-16197620900373482022012-12-15T11:05:00.001+00:002012-12-15T11:05:04.824+00:00Publications - Scrapbook Magazine Issue 64Aaack it has been ages since my last post! I have just been too busy creating and dealing with my usual chaotic life to keep up with my blog! Nothing I can share yet but as it has been a while since I shared any publications I decided to do that for today. These layouts were done for Issue 64 of Scrapbook Magazine for an article I did on making your own leaves and stems for your layouts. <br />
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<br />This first layout was using patterned paper, florist tape and wire to make the leaves, stems and curlicues and I used Bo Bunny Alora which is definitely a favourite of mine as it is so bright and gorgeous! This is my beautiful best freind and her family.<br />
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This next layout is of my parents in law and I used primed Canvas from an artists book and mists to create the leaves and I used Bo Bunny Country Garden for the layout. I don't normally do such bulky layouts as otherwise they can't fit into page protectors but I am doing a few like this of the family that are going to go in a few 12x12 frames and up on the wall :)<br />
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For this layout of my Mom when she was young I used rolled tissue paper, fabric and embroidery thread for my leaves and Bo Bunny Serenity for the layout.<br />
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I had to do a sheet of leaf and vine templates too so for this last layout of my little sister I just used the vine template to draw onto cardstock and paint with Tim Holtz Distress Inks. <br />
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