November means CC time at LSBS....

Its november and that means the LSBS cc is on this weekend......

From all the hints the DT are giving us it sounds awesome....

I have had a busy week catching up on some swaps and having a go at the LSBS mini christmas comp......

I have completed Challenge No 1 which was to make an otp item that could be given as a gift. I made this card box for my mum for christmas....

These are the cards and tags I made for Challenge No 2....

This week is busy at the Oliver house with my 2 dd's birthdays.....My baby girl (Ashley) turns 22 today and my oldest (Erin) turns 27 tomorrow....We are having a big family dinner tonight which should be yummy.....I am cooking this delicious chicken and bacon dish...at the 2 girls request.....

Work has been full on and so busy that I am just exhausted.....I had to have 2 days off last week suffering from a really bad migraine.....Still dont feel 100%... and the fact that I have a touch of a head cold doesnt make getting over it any easier....

I am off to Albury for the day with Erin and Ashley to do some chrissy shopping and as they are both getting money for clothes for their birthdays they are hoping for some serious retail therapy....Its always great to spend time together like this.....

Hope all are well and thanks for stopping by...

Take care... luv marg xx

Weekends come and Weekends go !!!!

Well another weekend has come and gone !!
I spent most of Saturday having a bit of a spring clean and feel so much
better about things now and feel like I have finally got on top of things
again......
Sunday we had a bbq lunch with all the kiddies which was just so nice.....
I made a yummy potato bake and some nice salads and all in all it was a
great day!!!! Got to have lots of play time and cuddles with my 2 favourite
boys...... Only thing is with my kiddies when they come they forget to go
home again.....
I managed to start the Christmas Comp over at LSBS so just need to find some
spare time to get it finished....
I also got to do the wonderful Sandie's sketch challenge and quiet pleased with
how it turned out and the bonus was I needed the baby girl card for a special
friend.....Thanks for always helping me get inspired Sandie....Luv ya!!!!!
Here is the card .....

Thanks heaps for stopping by and take care...luv marg xxxxx

Weekend again.....YAY!!!!

Oh thank goodness for weekends !!!!!!

My favourite days of the week......

I have been busy today creating (of course I should of been doing housework,BUT this was much more fun!) I firstly finished off some ATC cards for a swap, then completed 2 layouts so pretty happy with myself..

I think I may do another now while I watch the tv.

Here are the layouts I completed.....cant show the atc cards as the swap hasnt even finished yet!!

And here are the chrissy cards I did for a challenge by Belle over at LSBS, I am pretty please with how they turned out and now have a great start ready for christmas !!!!

I have a busy day tomorrow.....Need to catch up on some housework in the morning then after lunch I am off to my very first Camera club meeting......I am so excited and cant wait!!!!!Will let you know how I get on...

Have a great weekend everyone...

Cheers luv marg xx

Finally an update !!!!

Well I have been totally slack ...... just not enough hours in the day !!!!

Anyway I am here now so a quick update...

My dh and I have just come back from an amazing 3 weeks holiday in New Zealand.

This has just got to be the most amazing beautiful place I have seen .......

We spent the whole 3 weeks touring in a Campervan every possible town in the South Island.

It was just incredible and I loved it all..

The campervan was so great through the day as we stopped wherever we wanted, had cuppas and lunch wherever took our fancy and got to pick and choose which towns we would stay the nights at.....Sleeping in it of a night well thats a whole other story and believe me it wasnt much fun BUT we managed with a little help of some magic pills (sleeping tabs)....

We saw some amazing places and did such awesome things together and it really was a holiday I will never forget.

Of course I managed to shop and found some yummy scrapbook shops along the way..

ANYWAY its now back to reality and work etc etc!!!!!!!

I have been back to work now for a week and 1/2 and it feels like I have never been away...

LSBS had their october cc last weekend and as always it was awesome......I even managed to complete all of the challenges (except digi which I just dont do) so I was pretty pleased and it was just what I needed after being away from it for so long...I even won one of the challenges which I am pleased about as it was the most favourite one I did and I was more than pleased with the end result....I have posted a pic of it below......It was a challenge by Kerryn for a Canvas and now mine hangs in my scrap room.....

And the winner is .... ME !!!!

I also needed a bit of retail therapy and Cath had just uploaded some yummy new goodies from Fancy Pants so now I have some cool new bits and pieces to play with....

I am enjoying my new camera and its so easy to use although I still have heaps to learn.....I managed to get some beautiful shots while in New Zealand...

It was great to see my 3 kiddies when we got home and even greater to see my 2 favourite boys......They had grown so much BUT still remembered us (a little unsure of dh for awhile though).....We sent them parcels from New Zealand every couple of days and their mums and dads said they just loved that !!!

Will post some recent pics up soon when the battery in the camera is charged..

Take care everyone and talk soon...

P.S I also got an awesome surprise just before we left and I am getting another set of cards published !!!!Great news and my other set will be in the december issue so cant wait for that....

Just posting the other challenge layouts that I completed for the october cc at LSBS...

luv marg xxx

Just a quick update on a few thing going on around here.
The past weekend saw miss helen from LSBS set a card challenge
which was awesome fun....
The challenge was to make as many cards as you could out of 1 sheet
of cardstock and 1 sheet of P/P(you could use 1/2 sheet of 2 different
ones if you liked) and whatever embellishments you wanted.....I loved this
awesome challenge and got to make myself a stash of 7 cards....
And to top it all off I was one of the winners!!!!!!
although all that had a go at the challenge were all winners as we all now
have a great selection of cards for special people...
Thanks heaps helen...

Heres a pic of my cards...



Have a good day...
Cheers
luv marg x

Update...

Hi everyone!!!!!


Yep I have to join the ranks of the slack bloggers and like the others I have no excuse except that "life just seems to get in the way"!!!!!


Anyway we had a busy busy weekend in the oliver household.....


Saturday I spent the day catching up on all the jobs around the house that I have neglected for way to long.....Got heaps done and feel much better now!!!! Saturday night I started my cards for Helen's card challenge over at LSBS....


Sunday we had little Lachlan's christening which was just lovely.....It was such a beautiful day.....


He was christened at Our lady of Fatima church by the priest who married his mum and dad(he came back to Wagga just for this event)....Afterwards we all went to a local pub for lunch and the cake......


I finished my cards on Sunday night, but have yet to load them on the LSBS site.....Will do it tomorrow when the light is good....
Well we only have 3 weeks to go till our trip to New Zealand so we have been busy getting organised for that.....Very exciting I tell you !!!!!!


Here is updated photos of my 2 beautiful boys!!!!!!! Love them heaps.....



Lachlan.....

Lachlan......Ryder......Ryder.....

Have a good day everyone.....Thanks for stopping by....

Cheers

Luv Marg xxx

The bestest weekend!!!!!

OMGoodness.......What an awesome weekend I have just experienced with all the girls at the LSBS Retreat which was held at Merroo in Sydney....
It all started on the thursday night for me when I went to meet Jen (spikeyjen) down the road from home so she could spend the night with us before we headed to Sydney friday morning....
We left Wagga Wagga about 9am friday morning and after a yummy morning tea at young followed by a great lunch at Bathurst, we finally arrived at Merroo around 4ish....Jen was awesome company on the trip up and we never even turned the radio or cd on as we just chatted and really got to know each other....She will be a good friend forever......
Arriving at the retreat it was lovely to catch up with Cath and Nic again and of course all of the awesome girls.....especially the 7 beautiful ladies I was so lucky to spend the weekend with.....Jen, Helen,Shann,Lisa,Relsi,Bon and Kerryn.....All such an awesome group of ladies.....Loved them all....
The rest of the weekend went soooooo fast with awesome challenge kits to complete and the bestest ever classes from our very talented DT members Lisa and Belle.....
I managed to complete Lisa's album which I just love and 2 of the challenge kits....
Other than that I just enjoyed some awesome company and for me the highlight would have to be the PJ parade...What a great belly laugh that was.....
It was sad to leave on the Sunday, but as all good wives and mothers would do we all headed home to the reality of life with our families.....
A top weekend that I will never ever forget and to the most wonderful new friends in the whole world...
Will upload some of the creations I finished soon.....
Take care
luv marg xxx