and here I thought I had all my ducks in a row!

Goes to show you that doing too many things all pretty much at the same time is so NOT a good thing to do!

I have the most amazing and wonderfully talented creative team... they jumped on board when I asked them to help me out...

it was with great sorrow on my part then to realise I had seriously mucked up ... and forgotten to add one of my amazing talents blog to the list below! How could I have done such a horrible thing?

The amazingly talented Sophie (Margote) created this beauty...

and I to my shame forgot to add her blog to the list...

please hop on over to her blog and pick it up...

after you have downloaded it make sure you leave her a little message...

I will make arrangements for her to "give away" a Personal Use Grab Bag

Margote's Blog

Friday … glorious Friday… previews…and a blog hop…

It was mentioned the other day that I am obviously interested in Scrapbooking… mmm could be a bit of an understatement there… but we won’t go there…

I mean after all there is much more to life than digi scrapping… sure there is… there’s photography and digital designing thrown into the mix as well…

So what has this got to do with the price of fish? Or the fact that is supposedly a glorious Friday…The glorious part of this Friday is that its Grab Bag time over at Two Little Pixels and I have to say after having a sneaky peek at nearly all of the bags up on offer …and knowing that each Grab Bag is up for one week only at the ridiculous price of US$3 it certainly is a Glorious Friday…

So if you are not wanting to see the contents of the TWO … yes that’s right two grab bags I have on offer… you might just want to head on over to the store and grab them before they are gone…

If however you come visiting my blog here to find out exactly what is tucked away inside them… read on…

My Personal Use Grab Bag was inspired by the delightful Rebecca Lovell… and so is dedicated to her… thank you Rebecca for the wonderful inspiration… I truly loved creating this collection…

Solids

Patterns

Elements

Alphas

And my Commercial Use Grab Bag has three element packs in… all designed to help out your digi designing… can also be used for S4H/S4O/PU…

Attachments

Stapled Flowers

Fab Flowers

Now I have to say I adore the pages my Creative team have created showing off these Grab Bags…

created by Me

created by Manuela (flohbock)

created by AmandaC

created by Rebecca Lovell

created by TammyM

created by Sharuth

and as an extra special bonus agreed to creating some QuickPages for you…

So let the Blog Hop begin…

Please keep in mind that the girls are spread far and wide across the world… so if there page isn’t there… don’t forget to head back later to pick it up…

First up from me… I have a page for you too… I hope you enjoy them… this is the page I used... obviously I won't be sharing my daughters photo or the journalling... and I have left my title space free for you to customise it more yourself...

Download my quickpage here

Next stop...

Rebecca

http://rebeccasscraps.blogspot.com/

Amanda

http://www.addictedtodigiscrapping.blogspot.com/

Manuela (flohbock)

http://flohscrap.blogspot.com/

Tammy

http://www.lifeonpossomtrot.com/

Margote

http://scropisoeurs.canalblog.com/

oooh I am a clever clogs...

well not really to tell the truth since I have only just found out how to "schedule" a blog post... sad huh but I never really took too much notice of things here... just came here... posted what I needed to and pushed publish!

I am rather pleased with myself... for not only figuring it out... but also for writing a mammoth blog post scheduled now for release tomorrow night!

You will find all sorts of amazingness in it... the cat will be seriously out of the bag as to why Friday is going to be one seriously Fabulous Friday!

Most certainly if you are a digi scrapper... serious goodness coming your way...

The weekend that was... and the Friday thats coming...

in some parts not so great... with a little girl feeling more than a bit poorly... thankfully whatever it was that attacked her also went through her rather quickly...

and then a great big high on Sunday which also doubled as the last day of the school holidays... one of the few things the girls wanted to do this holidays was to go ice skating...

now let me tell ya there is nothing on this planet that would make me get out on the ice... specially after that incident on the ice last July! but they just simply LOVE IT!!!!

Anya is getting really good... and Dannielle well till Sunday she had insisted on going out only with her Daddy... keep in mind Daddy doesn't know how to skate either... but he sure is learning fast... both were much improved this time... and the fantastic news is that Dannielle can now skate by herself... yes Daddy is always close by... but she scoots along quite nicely thank you very much...

Monday skipped right on past before I even realised it... and then since Chris is having to work this weekend he took the day off on Tuesday... so nice to just spend time with him... got a couple of little jobs (well they were meant to be little anyway!) out of the way and then took a bike (pushbike) ride together... which really is a good way to spend a mostly fine-ish winters day...

Watched the Moto2 and MotoGP that Bryan and Sue recorded for us... wooohooo Rossi's back!!!! and nearly made the podium too! NOT bad considering that 6 weeks ago he broke his right leg quite badly! and the Moto2 well what can I say? Loving it! though not so much the regular pile ups they seem to have in every single first corner of every race... surely something can be sorted there... a rolling start perhaps?

Chris and I think we have been brewing whatever it was that attacked the lowercase one the other day... both of us are feeling totally blech... not the best of timing but what can you do???? NOT a lot unfortunately...

But I have to tell you this Friday is gonna be one to revel in... some really really good things coming to Two Little Pixels... we have all been just a bit on the quiet side lately but come Friday you will see the most amazing explosion of goodness ever! Make sure you come back and visit Friday... cause its gonna be a good one!

What can I say... its the school holidays

and that only means one thing... I get to spend more time with my kiddos and this time Chris has been able to have a few days off here and there... Yayyyyyy...

Quick update then... the first week the weather was NOT that great so we spent a whole lot of time just chilling out...

well till Friday anyway when the girls went and spent a few nights with Nana and Bryan... a really big thank you has to go to Nana and Bryan for having them...

see it meant Chris and I could go away for a couple of nights... we rented a cottage in between Clyde and Alexandra in Central Otago... seriously if you are looking for an awesome cottage to stay in you have to check out the Cosy Cottage in Clyde (found through BookaBach) we had a fantastic time visiting Ophir, St Bathans, Wanaka, Alexandra and point between... and got to just chill out each night in front of a warming fire...

We came back with about 700 photos between us... stunning scenery!

I do have a new release this week too... some templates... cause sometimes you really don't want to have to re-invent the wheel... there are times I surely feel like that... so here you go...

Just want it scrapped?

Then Scrap It vol.3 is for you...

and this set comes with a few bonus goodies for you... even better!

Image is linked

And I have added my personal pages I created the templates from... using my own designs along with designs from creashens, Wish Bliss Studios, Joyce Paul, Sausan Designs and Scarlet Heels.