Dad Layout

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. 

 He has joined a new cricket team and is doing really well in it and got Man of the Match last week!

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 :)

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!

Bo Bunny Products Used :

Patterned Paper: Bird Watching, Field Journal, Lakeside Retreat, Woodland Picnic, Stripe/Trail Mix

Stamps: Trailmix; Wall to Wall Textures Stamp

Chipboard: 12x12 Chipboard/Trail Mix

Stickers: Combo Stickers, Camping Cardstock Sticker, Dimensional Sticker/Trail Mix

Brads: Trail Mix

Petals : Hello Sunshine

That's it for today, I hope everyone has a great week and here's hoping all this gorgeous sunshine continues! :)

Scrapbook Magazine Issue 66

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...

 And here is the article...

 And here are a few photos I took of the beach hut.

 I mixed sand into my paint to give the base a sand like look.

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 :)  

That is it for today, thank goodness it is Friday!  I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend! :)

Father's Day Cards

I 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 :)

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.

Supplies :

Patterned Paper: Trail Mix, Hollow, Stripe, Woodland Picnic/Trail Mix

Cardstock : Chocolate Vintage Dot

Stickers : Combo Sticker/Trail Mix

Stamps : Trail Mix ; Sentiments Stamps

Noteworthy : Trail Mix

Brads : Trail Mix

Jewels : Trail Mix

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 :)

Life in our New Home

Still busy, busy, busy here but just thought I would put up a quick post with some photos from the last couple of weeks from our new area.  First up these were taken on our walk down to the beach one day.  These horses are from the fields across the road from our house and they are so gorgeous!  I love seeing them everyday.  There are horses in a few different fields and there is this one horse who is by himself and he is so cute because he is just so nosey!  They had some people doing roadworks right by the corner of his field and every time we went out I saw him standing at the corner of the fence with his head hanging over watching what the work men were doing.  I wish I had of had a camera with and taken a photo but strangely enough I don't have any photos of him.  But I do have of these two beauties...

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!

 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!)

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!

They are so cute :)

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!

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.

But they had more fun playing with the trampoline box for 2 hours!

 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.      

We have been lucky enough to have fantastic weather since we have been here too and the most amazing sunsets!

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!

 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!

Kieran is settling well into his new cricket team and has already played three matches.

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...).

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! :)

Blog Hop, Oklahoma and Secrets!

Just a quick post tonight to share some Bo Bunny news.....

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!

So head over to the Bo Bunny Blog to see how to take part.

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!

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 :)

I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend! :)

Misc 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!

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!

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! :)

I have decided to use mine to document our year month by month and so far I have only done January and February as we are in the middle of a house move. I wanted to keep my album quite clean and simple so it will be quick and easy to do and I will be more likely to be able to keep up with it!

I haven't decided what I want to do with my month dividers yet so for the moment I have just left them blank.

I am going to try and keep it simple but I already see a few more details starting to creep in on my February page as it is just so fun, so I am not sure how long that will last! I was originally going to use a different collection for each month but in the end decided to just use whatever went with the photos on that page so I have used a mixture of collections and some of the cute little inserts that come with the Misc. Me packages.

Bo Bunny Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper : Family Is; Mama-Razzi2; Snow Day
Misc. Me : Graphic Weekly Contents, Graphic Note Paper
Stamps : Mama-Razzi2; Family Is; Smoochable; On This Day Stamp
Stickers : Snow Day
Rub Ons : Snow Day

Anyway that is it for tonight and now I really need to go and get some sleep as I am shattered and I still have all sorts of unpacking and running around to do tomorrow plus the kids are still at home until the council finalizes thier school places.  I will try to do some blog hopping tomorrow, I am very out of the loop with everything! :)

House Hunting

Ok 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.

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!

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...

 But of course with my kids (as with most) this is what most of the pictures looked like....

 We went and played some Putt Putt seeing as it was right around the corner from the hotel.

 Note the looney tune in the background that is just par for the course (pardon the bad pun) in this family

Then to the kids absolute delight we went Go Carting, which they loved!

Of course Paul and Kieran had to start getting competitive and racing each other which Paul found very amusing.

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!

Next he was worrying about fixing his helmet whilst once again driving with one hand!

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...

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 :)

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.

The kids just loved this old motorbike

 Playing soldiers....

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....

 The views from everywhere on the fort were amazing!

 More guns!  The kids of course just loved all the guns, cannons and anti aircraft guns.

 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...

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!

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!

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 Bo Bunny blog.  I hope everyone has a great Friday and a fantastic weekend! :)