My new challenge for 2009

It's been announced tonight. Exciting news. I am joining 4 other talented scrap bookers as part of the new Scrapbook Outlet design team.

The annnouncement has gone up with some of our layouts and a bit of a profile.


I was sent a Basic Grey collection, Wisteria, to create some lay outs and here they are...






( You really need to listen to the Edge radio station to get this one.)








I am pretty stoked to be on this design team and looking forward to working with Lesley Cooper (returning for another term), Raewyn Aldridge( another Hawkes Bay lady), Lainie Takawe and Ruth Ross.

A challenge is going up on the SBO forum to celebrate the new design team appointment.

So exciting times. Looking forward to a new challenge. Great to be working with a great team.

Keep you posted. Feel free to shoot over to SBO to have a nosey.

Kate x x x

Some peeks...

Who likes peeking??

More soon.

Plus some pics of the socks I am knitting. One is finished just needs stitching up.

First day of winter today and boy has it made itself kown. Snow in Hastings and Havelock North yesterday... I didn't see it but I know it snowed in lots of unusual places and it was cold enough.

We celebrate Mikayla's 16th birthday this month. SO will probably be pics of her too.

Keep warm everyone.

Kate

Step class, staying up all night and a layout.

I've been walking, and then it needed to be running also known as jogging so when I went past the local gym I decided maybe just maybe I should set foot in there and check out the classes... not called aerobics any more folks.

Well I ended up doing a step class... everything is franchised Les Mills styles and it was fun. I forget my age and was a little over zealous... also no one told me you could lower the step and the next day and the next I was very sore!!! I think I will go back because it was fun and took brains and co ordination and I like that. Sometimes walking and running can be so boring!!!

Seems the night shifts are killing me slowly but I feel I am dying quicker than if I wasn't doing them. I have cut down, now that's great, but one week a fortnight I do three and I just don't seem to be able to get my head around that. This is a three week and I find myself thinking of ways I can get out of doing the third shift...

Enough moaning already.. right here is a layout I actually did at Autumn escape, not for the creative team stuff. Hope you like it.


My dear friend Leanne ( a very talented scrap booker I might add) took this shot of Lili at the lake. Thanks Leanne.

Well I wish I had something very exciting and clever to say but I don't so... see ya.

Kate

Oh wow

look here if you want and take a look. I was so excited. So nice of them to put this up.

Kate xxx

I love you Mum

Happy Mothers Day!!

Thanks for being a great Mum.

I want to thank you for my wonderful childhood.

Thanks for being brave and adventurous and bringing us to New Zealand.

For the wonderful days living in paradise...

Days on the beach, wonderful camping holidays in Hahei, Waipu and Waiwera.


Fabulous rural living, animals and space.








The best Christmas and Easter egg hunts ever!!!

For all the creativity you had, sewing, art, crafts, gardening, and the love of these things you instilled in me.

For hours spent making my ballet costumes..



And of course always being there through my own journey of motherhood.




These are just a few special memories of my childhood. Thanks so much for being a great mother to me and Andy and Jo.

All my love and respect

your daughter

Kate

But wait there's more...

Here are a few more layouts done for Autumn Escape.


This was actually a little door hanging for Lili.



A little Kaiser tag album... well the front page any way.




We were provided with some Cosmo Cricket Lil Man papers. Rachel did an amazing girls lay out with boy papers so that left me with the daunting task of doing some boy lay outs. So here they are.








I love my gorgeous nephews. Hope my sis likes these cos they will be winging their way to her.




So that was about it. I had one more that I finished at the retreat. Haven't photographed that yet. Plus a few that I actually did at AE. Will post those another day.



Here is the photo of our table of girls at retreat.

These are the best ladies ever. We had such a laugh. Thanks girls for making it such a highlight for me.

We've just had a great class at Hastings Rubber Stamps. Hopefully some of the girls from class will be at Autumn Escape next year. I know I will be.

Good night.

Kate x x x

Back Home

What a fabulous time at the Autumn Retreat. If you didn't go, make it a priority for next year. Start saving. No bunks, no shared showers, beautiful food, drinks at the bar, lots of give aways and great shopping. Start saving!!!!!

Above all, well organised and fantastic hostesses!!! Thanks so much Nic and Lucy.... it met all our expectations and more!!!

SO ... here are a couple of the layouts I did to display at the Autumn Escape I think I'll just put a few up at a time coz I did a while lot. Ok in no particular order...

Pink Paislee

Basic Grey "Off Beat"

Cosmo Cricket.

Oh and Ruth, I stamped the butterfly onto acetate and cut it out. I borrowed that stamp, wish I owned it.

Hope to have some photos of Autumn retreat soonish.

Kate