I've been pubbed in the Rouge de Garance blog!!!

That's so cool!!!! I subbed a layout a few days ago that I had done using RdG paper and which I absolutely love but which didn't get picked up by any of the mags so I thought I'd show it to them. It's turned up on their blog today in their "ARTwork from our RdG friends" album!!! That's still as cool as when I just said it a moment ago....duh!!! lol So if you've created something with RdG papers don't be afraid to email it to them - they are a lovely bunch of people and I'm sure they'd love to see what you've created with their drop dead gorgeous papers.

Just thought I'd share....busy blogger today I am!!!!

SM for this month - Vol 9 No 2

This is my pub in SM this month. It was actually done because of my Get Real Challenge on Cyberscraps earlier in the year to scrap a typical day - a preferably brutally honest testimonial of what your day is actually like.

As you can see by the title, it was a totally typical day in my house!!!!! And I didn't even notice the wine bottle right behind me in this picture until AFTER it was accepted and I realised that people could easily mistake me for a lush!!!! Shhhhh don't tell anyone......!!! ;)

Cass also has her product challenge in this issue so have a look when you get your hands on a mag plus one of her layouts as well. Way to go babe!!!!!

Wanna hear something funny?

Well it went right down to the wire yesterday with the Masters entry. I was still burning my pics to disc at 3.30pm to make it to our local post office which closes at 4pm. So I'm panicking and frazzled and trying to hurry and ringing Doug to help me as I had to use his computer to burn the pics to disc. My MIL came over to watch the kids for a bit while I went to the post office so she parks the car outside my house on the street. While I'm trying to burn the disc on the computer a guy knocks at the door and says he's hit my car while he was reversing out of the driveway across the street. So it turns out - and why he managed to hit the only car in the whole fricking street when he had so much room as it's a wide street I don't know - he has reversed into the MIL's car and smashed the driver side headlight and that panel. So I go outside with her and take his details - NZ license and doesn't have an Australian one yet he reckson but swears the car is insured - and we pick up the glass and go back inside. Normally the MIL parks in our driveway but because she knew I was in a hurry to get to the post office she left it on the street for me so she's unhappy about that. We go back inside and I sit down again and ring Doug again to have him talk me through the disc burner thing and it's going okay when about 15 minutes later - and I'm so running out of time now - there is another knock at the door. The man who lives across the street is standing there and says he needs to give me his details because he's accidentally reversed into the car parked outside. I said it's okay, the guy has already given me his details and I was starting to wonder if he was going to try and say it was him cos the other guy didn't have an Australian license. He looks at me funny and I say the guys name and say he's just given me the details. He looks horrified and says that he's just hit the car AS WELL!!!! I could not frickin believe it!!!! Both of them hit her car while reversing out of their driveway!!!! And in the space of 20 minutes!!!! I felt so bad for my MIL and at the same time I wanted to cackle with laughter at how on earth these things happen!!!

So after that high drama settled down (and the MIL moved her car into the driveway!!! lol) I raced out the door with my Masters entry in hand, not even taking time to throw shoes on and made the mercy dash to the post office. Also in such a hurry that I'm not looking at where I'm walking in bare feet and I've stood on a bit of broken beer bottle on the footpath!!! Much cussing and limping later I made it and posted my entry. The amusing aspect of this slightly painful incident means that I can now officially say I've walked over broken glass to get my entry in on time!!!!! lol

Have a fab Friday girls, talk again soon, love Lu (with a bandaid.....)

Finished AND Posted!!!

Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done! Done!Done!

The finish line is in sight!

Okay well I sat up until about 2am finishing the mini album and I'm happy with it - thank goodness!!! I basically just pulled out everything in the colour scheme I wanted to use and sat it all on the table and just went from there. It all came together really quickly in the end (if you can call five hours quickly!! lol) and I've been doing my photographing this morning. I've added a few bits to the storage solution and I now only have to finish the last little bit of my double and do my 200 words and voila!!! I will be done!!! Cass is even very kindly coming over to take Caeligh off my hands for a couple of hours so I can work (which I still have to do from 8.30am this morning until 4.30pm this afternoon regardless of this whole Masters thingy) and I'll get the last bits done in between typing jobs. Then Cass is coming back to chauffeur me to the post office to get it sent. What a best friend that girl is. Worth her weight in gold I tell you!

Because I was getting Headless Chicken Syndrome yesterday morning, sick of looking at nothing but the Masters stuff, I wasted precious time that I could otherwise have used to do my Masters and ended up doing a layout just for me instead - well not really for me - for the Cyberscraps Get Real Challenge this month about quirks. It has fabric covered buttons so I'm going to see of the very lovely Sue from Dares will let me sub it for this fortnight's dare - last day as usual!!!! It's a bit minimalist for me, not quite my style but I'm really happy with it anyway.

I've also got a few layouts to do for a photo swap at Cyberscraps - I haven't forgotten you girls - I promise!!!! Tomorrow afternoon I'm all yours again - no more Masters and no more typing!!!

Best of luck to all of you who have been slaving over your entries too - scrapping moves so fast and evolves so quickly that it will be fab to see what everyone has done this year. Each year wows me more than the last and I am itching to know what people have come up with!

HUGE thank you so much to everyone who came by last night and offered "cyber-support"!!! It is very much appreciated!!!

I'm off to type and sort out the last of this Masters stuff! Enjoy your Thursday. Cya, Lu

Stand down from red alert!

Photos found. Panic momentarily over. Send chocolate!!!!

Blowing. Up. Deluxe.

I. cannot. find. my. mini. album. photographs.......anywhere.