Ahoy there me Hearties!!!!

Warning: Photo overload in this post!!!  So my little Kobi had his 3rd birthday Pirate Party a couple of weekends ago.  We all had such a ball, honestly the best party we have ever had.  Awesome theme too, we have never done a themed party for the kids before.....bit of work but loads of fun:):)  Mum made the boys costumes (Cooper's was bought but we added the bandana and sash).    Just spotty and strip materials from Lincraft.  Mine and Tim's were a mix of op shop and made!  We have friends that own a Jumping Castle Business so we had a really big Pirates (of the Carribean) Castle.  It was great even the adults had a go;)  I borrowed the blue scene setter and all the mesh added some pirate wall hangers, banners and balloons and this made for a really cool backdrop!

So here are some pics from the day.

My big boy now (within the week he turned 3 his toilet training just clicked....woo hoo!!!!!!!)  I now have 2 big boys and a baby I keep telling him:)

Struggled to get a good pic of the 3 of them (that is happening alot lately)!  But this one is soooo sweet.....I love it, I love my boys!!



Here's the "Young" Pirate family:):)

Kobi and his awesome cake that our friend Krystin made him!!  So he was a little too close to the candles for my liking but he did blow the candles out (eventually):)

Baby pirate....



Big boy pirates......





Pirate ship fruit bowl and then all the kids made fruit swords:)



Treasure Hunt......



Oh my so much fun, one definately to remember!!!

I just want to share with you a quick tutorial on Kobi's Pirate invites.......so extremely quick, so cool!!!

I used inks + Shimmeringz in Heavy Metal.

 Firstly I cut out my 2 pieces of paper to size.  The background paper being a bit wider than the actual written part.  I cut around the edges randomly making the cuts all different lengths.  I teared and ripped the written paper aswell (I just printed this onto normal A4 paper).

I distressed around the edges with my ink pad.

I crumpled up the paper and then pulled it back out and adhered it to the backing cardstock.  I then added drips of alcohol ink around the edges of the text.  Sprayed my Shimmeringz to give a bit of shine!!



Added a little flag with masking tape and there you have it.....Pirate Invites:):)



That's about it for today, I better get off here, so much to do, so little time!!!!

Hope you like my pirate post.

Thanks for dropping by xo

The Color Room #87

The Color Room this week has a beautiful Christmas palette......not your traditional Christmas colours but looks so stunning anyway!!!  I really love doing the non traditional palettes for Christmas anyway, I just can't seem to work well with red:(

This is the first lot of pics I got of the boys this year for Christmas......take 2 hopefully will happen this weekend.  I just couldn't get one of the 3 of them together, Mason's turn to not cooperate!!  I am really loving listening to the boys thoughts on Christmas and Santa......it's very cute:)

"Tis The Season to Be Jolly"

I have used some new Prima flowers on here + alot of Kaiser chipboard that I have had in my chippie box forever!!! A bit of Hambly too:)



Here is the lovely palette!



Thanks for stopping by....will definately get these pirate pics up soon, I am halfway through editing them:)

Take care xo

Prima BAP

I absolutely loved this sketch as soon as I saw it:):)  I am a huge fan of bunting so this instantly got me inspired to create!!  I hope you can play along too and be in the chance to win some amazing Prima products.  Here is the sketch:

Here is my layout using the sketch.  I had these super duper cute pics of Mason when he was 6 weeks old and I just had to add in the pops of aqua to match his little hat:)  I am more of a single photo scrapper but this definately was a fun way to use a series of photos.

"Gorgeous Little Man"

I made the banner by cutting out different shapes of patterned paper.  I then distressed the edges and layered them on top of each other with foam tape.  I then added the twine to the top of the banner.  My ribbons were then added next along with the Shabby Chic Treasures, Buttons and Trinkets.



Beautiful Prima blooms:)



More flowers with some Flocked Rubons.  The rubons went really well with this colour palette, they are a beautiful creamy colour with a touch of texture to them.



Thanks so much for dropping by, I hope you liked my layout:)

Hugs, until next time xo

Hi Friends......

Sharing some more projects with you today.  First up is a canvas I made for the lovely Prima DT co-ordinator Sharon.  I was so happy to make this for Sharon and her beautiful family:):)  This piece is so much prettier IRL!  I hope she loved it just as much as I loved creating it!

I added some Modelling paste to the bricks to give them some texture:)  A little bit of fussy cutting and lots of beautiful Prima flowers!



I made this layout of my sweet boy with the November PPP in mind.  I really loved these colours together, a touch vintage!!  I used the Printery line including papers, resist canvas and flowers:)

"This Smile"



Some closeups:)



Here is my next Shimmerz layout:)  My gosh I had soooooooo much fun making this!  The colours just blended perfectly and everything just come together so easily for me....woo hoo!!  I started out by misting the background, I then started tearing and distressing the paper and adding more misting as I went along.  I take the nozzle off and let the colours drip off the end aswell.  I really love working with shells, they are just so fun to alter!

"Building Sandcastles"



Some closeups:  I even added a teeny bit of sand to the layout which had actually fallen out of the shells we had recently collected:)



I used Coloringz in Mandarin Mai Tai, Lime Da Coconut and Mama Sings the Blues.  I also used Vibez in Jeni B Bleu and Pearlz in Green with Envy. 

And just because I can't help myself.......Tim calls me a mean Mummy for making him wear crazy hats, I don't think Mason minded though, he loved playing with the tassels:)  During this session was when my camera died for the 3rd or 4th time this week......so guess what hubby bought me over the weekend.....a new Nikon.....now I just need to work out how to use it again!!  Yes, I am spoilt, but that's okay I deserve it sometimes....hehe;)

So Kobi's pirate party was sooo cool and fun!!  Haven't uploaded the pics onto the computer yet but when I do I will share.....my boys made some super duper cute pirates that's for sure!!!

Have a fantastic week,

Hugs xo



A few things.........

So today my little middle man turned 3!!!  It seems like it was yesterday when he was like this,  I really feel like he's has grown up in a blink of the eye.  It is so scary how time seems to be moving so fast these days!  I love you so so much my little Kobi and hope you have a super fun time at your Pirate Party on the weekend:):)

While I am here I'd love to share some super sweet deals Shimmerz is having:):) Click here to start shopping!!



So if it couldn't get any worse than me almost losing my external hard drive a couple of weeks ago my camera has now decided to stuff up.  I have a Nikon D60 and the shutter is playing up.  It is coming up with Error, press shutter release again????  I have found a forum and hubby has done as they have to try and fix it.  Yes it fixed the problem but only for a few more shots and then it has got stuck again.  Has anyone had this problem before??  I have really used my camera alot (and I mean ALOT) over the past 3 and a bit years but would it really be worth fixing or do you just think it might be on it's way out? I really don't have a clue when it comes to this sort of stuff.......which then brings me to my next question, if I was to get a new camera, do you have any recommentations??  I think I would love to stay with a Nikon but is 3 years out of a camera a really crappy figure....I don't know.....but I have definately got my money's worth out of it the amount of pictures I have taken....I am such a bad overshooter...lol!!!! Any help or tips etc would be greatly appreciated:):)

Hugs xo

Limited Edition Shimmerz!!

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Quick Share

Just thought I would pop by quickly and share this layout I made for Prima:)  My gorgeous little niece Gracie turned 2 back in August.  She is super sweet and how much fun did I have playing with pretty pinks!!!!

"Beauty"

Just a closeup.....loving the Resist Canvas pieces:):)



I have a couple more to share but will another day:)

I will leave you with a picture of Mason having his first swim yesterday.  He absolutely loved it and we have been back in again today.....woo hoo, I have another water baby!!!!



Have a wonderful week xo