We're Home!l

Well, we are back, after three and a half months on the road going around Oz. What a beautiful country! We have so much to see and do!

Took lots of photos, so hopefully in the coming weeks I'll get organised and off CLOUD 9, and scrap some of them!!!

Today our little grand-daughter Mietta came to visit, she is now one year old, has four teeth, chatters away and walking everywhere confidently!

We missed everyone so much!

FOR SALE

Dee & I prepaid for places in the upcoming SCRAPBOOKING CAMP in Jarrahdale. Due to a conflict in dates Dee can no longer attend. She is unable to get a refund on her spot but apparently she can transfer the place to someone else. If you are interested the place cost $185.00 this includes all meals and accomodation, the camp from Friday the 7th of August and concludes on Sunday the 9th. Contact Dee for further information deefl@hotmail.com

War wound recovery

After the retreat I stayed in Perth with my granmother and had all 4 of my wisdom teeth surgically removed. I was required to stay in Perth for the rest of the week after the op and as I had all my scrapbooking supplies on board I couldnt think of a better way to recover and this is what I managed to achieve

Retreat competition

Before the retreat we were given a pagemap to complete beforehand and they were all placed on display it was very interesting the different interpretations. This was mine

Recent retreat

Dee and I recently attended a scrapbooking camp in Baldivis. It was a really good weekend about 12 girls I think, no set classes so basically time out to solely concentrate on scrapbooking and I managed these layouts over the weekend. I got to use my new cricut and I seemed to be doing alot of sewing on my layout recently I also did a bit of layering using chipboard but you cant really tell in these photos

The Boulders

These photos were taken at The Boulders, south-west of Cairns!

7 going on 17

My Shannyn is trying to grow up way too fast... spins me out that she is already conscious of fashion, hair nails and all that stuff... she is only 7

Annie

Our poor Annie bumped her nose and ended up with a black eye

Bungle Bungles

Another layout - of the Bungle Bungles!

Babinda Website!!

Sorry forgot to put the Babinda website on. It is www.scraptherapy.com.au
Linda

Hi Everyone,
Find below a couple of layouts of our trip, so far! We are having a rest in Cairns so will try to do a few layouts & put them on the blog! Today I visited a scrapbooking shop in Babinda, just south of Cairns, had a good time having a quick look through! The lady there has given me her website, so you girls can have a bit of a look at it!
Bye Linda

Lost City

Another layout, this one is of the Lost City, in the Litchfield National Park, NT. The sandstone outcrops and pillars look like a city ruin!

Lake Ballard

First layout of our trip! We have stopped for a week and half in Cairns, so am trying to do a few layouts of my photos!

Lake Ballard is near Menzies in WA.

Stonehenge

Another missed Hyden Retreat layout.

3 Little Pigs Pub

Because I missed the last Hyden Retreat I purchased most of the kits and this is my translation.

White Cliffs of Dover

A layout using the kit and techniques from the last Hyden Retreat that I missed. Thanks for your help Linda!

Singapore Trip

A layout of various photo's taken on our trip & cruise a few years ago. Dee

Everyones nanny should own a lolly shop!!

A variation of a design layout I saw in a scrapbooking magazine took a bit longer than the previous post happy with the end result still tempted to put some stitching on it not sure yet

Quick and easy

A great piece of Heidi Swapp paper that made this layout one of those quick and easy layouts just add photo scalloped paper and a rub on and a spot of journalling

Scrap night

I went to Dees on wednesday night as she has declared to all her family that on a wednesday night she is going out to her scrapping space to scrap. I took just the one photo and a large selection of my bits and came out with this layout which I quite like. I also helped Dee with some of her layouts when I had finished so I will have to nudge her about putting some on the blog

We are still scrapping...even if it is slowly!!

For Alexs birthday last year he wanted a pirate themed birthday. It was a good day but as usual it has taken me forever to scrap it, I think the reason I did it in the end was because I found some cool matching themed stickers it is still unfinished sort of because somewhere in my stash is a chipboard number 9 that I want to cover in the skull and crossbone paper and stick in the scalloped circle...on day maybe....lol

A Few Photos from Our Trip

After fighting with the laptop this morning to get some photos to upload, please find some photos of what we have seen or done on the trip so far!
We are in Broome for about five days at the moment! We have booked in to do some tours eg. Pearl farm tour, Cape Leveque trip in a 4wd safari thing and a camel ride. Also do a few local things and visit Malcolm Douglas's Crocodile park and go down to Gantheaume Point to look at the dinosaur fossil footprints!
Each night we plan to check out the beautiful sunsets!!!

Ant's At Work!

This we found on the side of the road between Port Hedland and Broome - created by the ants - quite artistic I thought! There were also giant ant hills in the area- noticed that their colours varied from pale brown to a rich red brown!

Sturt Desert Pea

Down in the Millstream/Chichester National Park (south of Roebourne) we found many varieties of flora! These can be found dotted along the road throughout the park!

Nature's Window

Near Kalbarri is this rock formation called Nature's Window. That is the Murchison River in the background! The scenery around here is lovely and the rocky cliffs and outcrops are amazing!

Stray Animals

We have encountered alot of stray and ferel animals along the way, especially north of Kalgoorlie and out west of Lienster towards Geraldton, then north out in the station country on the longer stretches between civilisation! Animals include cattle, sheep, wallabies, kangaroos, emus and heaps of ferel goats!!

Mine Tour

Graham in a tunnel at the underground mine tour at the Mining Hall of Fame! The tunnels are no more than 5 feet 6 inches high in most spots, so you had to duck to avoid hitting your head all the time!

South of Norseman

Near Dundas Rocks