My happiness

Close-up of papers:

I had lots of fun creating this layout! This is my Studio calico October kit, ALL of the papers are from the kit! Most of the papers are basic grey nook and pantry line and october afternoon! (I love em). The layout is about how my mum was a wonderful birthing partner at my son's birth and how I thanked her by letting her be the first one (after me) to hold him. Well, she held him once he was cleaned up and wrapped up like a little burrito! I never foget her just sitting in the massive cane chair in the birthing room, beeming with pure happiness! This photo was perfect for this layout! I cut it so small, so as to focus on my mum and the baby! (and not the clutter around the room).

Thanks so much for looking!!!

I have more layouts to come........

Little me!

I don't think I have posted this layout before>? Anyway this is another 'me' layout! I'm getting lots of old pics scrapped ;) I love this one, the pic is from 1978, when I was in nappies and rolling around the house. My mum told me that I would push my tiny feet down on the floor and launch myself around the house! I'm eatting vegimite toast, a true blue Aussie baby. I had lots of fun making this layout!!! All the papers are from my studio calico kit! I had so much paper left over it was crazy! (like 50 sheets of PP to use up), so I made these funky circles and emblished it with a string of beads in the centre! OMG, I love using beads now, an addict I am!! The background is just mist and I have used puched out circles for a mask!!! Easy!!!

Love Lisa xoxox

Love Layout!

My Layout:

This is a photo from my childhood! I've scrapping heaps of pics from 70's-80's latelty! This is me in my mum's arms at K-mart in the 1980's. The store was show casing polaird cameras at the time! OMG, lol! How I would love one now! lol! It would be so cool to do a mini album all in polarid photos, so funky and cool I think! (I might just do that). Anyway I really love how this layout turned out! It's another layout from my Studio Calico kit (with a few bits and pieces thrown in for good measure). The scrabble titles are real ;) I put the giraffe in there cos my mum gave me a toy one when I was a baby (and I lost it). Since that time I always relate the giraffe to her and me like a 'mummy and daughter' connection type thing;)

On this layout I only used 1 piece of paper called 'Super Stack' by Sassafras! (On one side it has coloured diamonds and the other side it has some monsters stacked on top of each other). With the coloured diamonds I was able to create two layouts alone, I really love paper like this ;)

Fun, Fun, Fun!!! I have more creations to come!!!

December Studio Calico:

Studio Calico's kit goes live in a few hours for members! I can't wait to see the Decmember kit in all it's glory!!! I'll get in around x-mas day so it will be my x-mas present under the tree for myself. The kits are always a wonderful suprise as u don't pick the stuff and each kit is placed in a brown paper bag with a sticker. Then placed in a box! Ohhhh I can't wait!!!!

Market Place:

I'm still working with Market Place and 4 add-0n's plus soooo many extra emblishments! I was in scrappy heaven when I got it last week! My whole dinning table (6 seats) was covered in new papers (50), emblishments, cardstock, new paints, mists, new Tim Holtx inks and so much more. Omg heaven, heaven, heaven!! I have done 3.5 layouts so far and all very different from each other! One of the kits (called bazzar) had wood in it so I used that, omg, so weird but I love working with different things! So mush fun to see what u can come up with!!

Christmas:

Cards and goals:

Is such a super busy, super stressful time of year! I have finished my x-mas cards, they are just very boring angel cards! I'm really not into putting a lot of 'time' into cards. I've never really been a 'card maker'. I'd much rather hand make a simple one then buy one, so I'm glad I've made them now! Right now I've put some of my x-mas decorations up. Owen is having a sleep over at pop's house so Caleb, Niall and I will put up the tree tommorrow. I also wanna thread popcorn to wrap around the tree (I did that as a kid with coloured popcorn) and make ginger bread men to hang on the tree! So that's my first x-mas goal I want to complete!

A Child in need:

My second goal is this: Every year I pick a child in need and make them up a present! This year I have a 6 year old girl called Jasmine. Her parents don't have much and have been going thru hell this past year! So I have chosen her as my special child!!! I brought an awesome wooden vintage craddle and have painted it candy pink!!! OMG it looks awesome! Next I'm going to paint a layer of red pearl paint (see thru paint) and then I may give a little mist! I have these awesome AC aqua glitter letters that I'm going to use to write her name on the top headboard of the craddle!! That way it's personal!!! I then going to put a little pillow in the cradle with a blanket!! I'm not sure if I'm going to put a baby doll or bear in the craddle yet! I saw these beautiful bears that have heaps of awesome outfits to go with it! If I get her the bear I'll pick a girl bear and buy her two outfits, being a pink a dress with awesome little shoes and the other a pair of pj's with slippers so she can put the bear to sleep in the craddle!!! If I get her a baby doll, I'll make her up a nappy bag, with little nappies, wipes, a baby wrap, a pair of pj's, a little rattle, bottle, bowl spoon and bib.

Which one sounds better>?????

Lisa xoxo

Pure Joy!

Last time I posted it was Owen and bubbles but this time it's Caleb and bubbles!!! I really love this photo to of Caleb!! (I don't often do layouts without journaling, but who needs it with this photo, it's so wonderful).

Studio Calico have have gone public with this Home Front release (below), I love it, it's so 1950's retro vintage!!!! I can't wait to get it next month!!!! The lamp paper is my favourite!!!

Lisa xoxox

i hEarT YoU

{To see the detail, please click on the layout!}

This one of my favourite layouts I have done in a long while! (Steph Devin) took the pic for me, thank you darling! It took me about 10 hours just to create the frame. It's rolled up pieces of paper, that have been joined together with both double sided tape (to hold the rolls together) and PVA glue to stick it onto the layout! 99% of the layout is Sassafras products ;)

Baby Boy!
I got to see Janine today and her beautiful baby boy Ashton! Man he is soooo yummy, I just adore his sweet little features! I hope you like the present sweetie, I can't wait until we can scrap together! :)

Shopping
After leaving Janine's house I went shopping for a little while. I brought a few nice little x-mas decorations for my house. I brought a masive silver bow and some star lights, for my bookcase in my dinning room (which holds my scrap stuff now). I decorated my ikea lamp like a little x-mas tree, which I love. I have my girl (Lisa) and boy(Niall) dolls (which are beautiful and handmade dolls I brought on etsy) in my lounge room as a centre pieces. They seat on a wooden cabinet next to my ikea lamp. I brought them x-mas hats and coats ;) They look awesome, I'm so happy! Once I have cleaned up my WHOLE house (the way I want) I'm getting my boys to put up our x-mas tree and decorate their room to! It's getting closer and closer to x-mas!

Crafts
I have almost finished making my -xmas cards! Niall alone has a family of 13 members, OMG! They are simple angel cards! (I'm not a big card maker plus the fact that the more complicated I make the card design the more complicated the rest of them have to be). I brought some little red balls for my (ikea) lamp tree and placed all little foils stars over them, it's very simple but very effective. I plan on making a few x-mas banners for my lounge room. One in my entrance hallway which will read "Merry Christmas" (in a x-mas theme). I might do little wrapped up presents with bows. I'd also like a banner in my lounge room but which hangs down and says "JOY"! In the background on the walls I plan on buying some wooden stiching rings and placing some red and green fabric inside to hang on the walls. I also wanna get the boys to draw some x-mas pics and I will frame them and mix them in amoungst the fabric frames. I think it will create a nice homey look, which the Joy, fabric frames and pictures :)

Ok I think cleaning the house, putting up the x-mas tree and decorations, finishing off the x-mas cards, the two banners, and putting up the fabric and drawing frames will keep we busy! When that's finished I'll just..

Well I'll just have to plan some more.....

:) Lisa xoxox

Studio Calico November!

I totally love this one! A little bit of granny chic! I might go on flickr at look at the 'granny chic' style for inspiration! Marketplace is the main kit! SC November kit goes on sale 12 hrs earlier for suber's, so I got up a 1:30 in the morning to shop and I did! Lucky I got everything I wanted and more, much more!

Street Fair add-on:

Flea Market add-on: (Omg just look at that awesome sewing machine stamp)


and Bazzar add-on: (which Lisa think is sooo cool).

I got some extra SC papers:

More papers:

and even more:

More cardstock...

I got these crop bags below to hold all the bit and pieces left over

from each kit! They are really cool! Strong plastic bags with zips!

I totally need them right now as everything is still in the boxes in come in!

I got some Claudine Hellmuth paints in all the colours,

except white and black as it was all sold out!

I can't wait to play! I have wanted to ordered these for so long now

and I almost have the whole collection of colours!

Love this and can't wait to play!!!

I got some ink in purple, china blue and green.

This chipboard is so cute! I got the collection!

I also got the farm fresh pieces by OC to go with the kit!

I love these woolies by basic grey! I wanna scrap something about my love of vintage aprons ;)

I also got some mists in black, brown, gold, copper and silver!!! (I think I have enough mists now). Until I see another colour I have to have!

Lisa xoxxo

Wish List/Old layout/Flickr Rooms

("I am hand creating a banner for above")

This is my scrappy wish list right now. I want to play with the alcohol inks and have wanted to do so for ages now but it cost heaps to set up!! So that's my scrappy wish list what's yours?

Ok as promised a layout from the past. I did this in 2007! I was pregnant here at 38 weeks with my first Child Owen, almost 10 years ago now! Wow the time passes so quickly! The day after this photo was taken my boys was born and was born on Australia Day! I was sooooo scared of giving birth for the first time! I was only 22 when I had Owen! This layout has heaps of journalling under the belly photo and a photo of baby Owen. The little book underneath the belly photo is the facts about the diferent stages of labour! I good read for my boys now I think!! lol!

I LOVE checking out all the homes and backyards on flickr!!! One of my most favourite galleries is the "granny chic" (retro vintage) decor group! I just adore this style so much! It's modern, arty and funky but very cosy to live in! I have 204 picture favorites and it's growing! Here are some random pics and the links to these ladies flickr sites!

I just adore this laundry so much! It just makes u wanna well 'wash'. It's so nana looking, cute, girly and cosy! It's giving me some ideas! I love the pink painted doors and all the vintage bits and pieces!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dottieangel/3350295822/

I love this awesome retro vintage table soooo much! Well I just love everything about this dinning room! I love the prints and how the books are all ordered in colours!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/succotashandswank/3436344213/

This lounge is just so cosy, it makes me wanna go in and read a magzine on that lounge! I love all the different seats and the reto nana cushions!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/succotashandswank/3436346077/

Lisa xoxo

ps: who is still waiting for her studio calico kit for October!!!! NOT HAPPY! Last month I got my kit on the 20th of the month and today is the 7th and still NOTHING! It's been 3 weeks today! Grrrrrrrr! Everyone that has posted on Studio Calico has their bloody kit!!!!! It better come in the next hour or so!!!!

A look back.....

("I am hand creating a banner for above")

I only post my layouts once, so I though I would take a journey back to all my 8.5x11 layouts! I have had a ball with this size :) Inspired by my buddy Steph, I have posting my layouts on scrapbook.com, Scrapin Style Tv, plus flickr, my blog, Studio Calico and two peas and it's been fun sharing again!

This is my Bubble Beard layout I created in October of 2007, two years ago! I love this photo soooo much! It brings back great memories! I used to bath with my baby boys and do all sorts of crap to them, like putting bubbles on their face (bubble beards) and in their hair (creating punks).


Lisa xoxo

ps: more to come.......

Bit's and pieces!

Niall and I looked after 5 kids last night! Omg! It's hard work! We had my kids (7 and 9), my ex partners wifes two kids (6 and 10) and their 13 month old baby together! I asked to look after them!! The baby is totally yummy and I mean I love them to death!!!! We had lots of fun and the baby was easy but I think the only problem was that we aren't used to so many kidlets and the noise! OMG! The night is ok for me but I HATE MORNINGS! I just DON'T DO THEM!!! I love getting up to a peaceful, quite house in the morning! It takes my brain to long to get working in the morning!

Anway tonight will be great, just dinner out, just the two of us! Tommorrow night we'll be watching this movie below! I love thillers, I think it sounds great!

Set in Australia in a remote fishing town, happily married Rob and Jess have been trying to have a baby for three long years and she is becoming desperate. In a drunken mistake, she sleeps with Evan, a young stranger come to town whose interest in her borders on the obsessive. The day she discovers she is pregnant, Jess' guilt turns to horror as Evan begins a terrifying transformation from stalker to psychopath, determined to prove paternity of the child and claim.

Studio Calico!
I don't even have October's kit and November's kit is on sale next week! Niall tell's me don't worry, you'll have twice as much to play with! It's true, but he just doesn't understand that scrapbook mama's aren't happy when there packages arrive late, real late! I remember when I used to do a twopeas order that would take about 5 days to arrive! What's up with Australia post>? Has it changed>? Maybe my box may have been caught up in Sydney as it's happened once before, but that was like nearly 7 years ago! It's taken almost 3 weeks to arrive! I should get my bloody kit on Monday! It's packed fill with $250 worth of product! Three kits, lots of extra papers, cardstock, heaps of coloured floss and 6 maya road mists! It better come!

Ok below is November sneek peak!

This is markplace the main kit:

This add-on 1 called street fair:

This is add-on 2 called fleamarket:

This a add-on 3 called bazzar:

My boys!

Owen got his orange belt in karate last Sunday! He's good real good at fighting, he loves it!

This is Caleb do long jump at sports day on Friday!

He had number 14 below and scored himself 1st place! Plus he won another 2nd place for running 70m! He almost won! (lost by a half a foot) I think went wayyy to fast at the start!

I'm so proud of them both! That are doing good at sport but more important both the boys are super intelligent!

I do.....

My parents wedding photo taken in 1975! My mum made her wedding dress! She was something abnormal like a size 4. Very skinny! They had a big backyard style party the day after.
I created this with the add-on kits from Septembers Studio Calico kit! http://lisale-ray.blogspot.com/2009/08/studio-calico-august-kit.html I would never have brought the making memories flowers, studs and the Anna Griffin papers and tape! (so it's good to try new things that I wouldn't normally buy). I have to say I love the challenge of the kits! It's so fun and even better sharing and seing what everybody else has created! Everybody's stuff is sooooo different, it's weird to think it all comes from the same kits.

I should get Octobers kit soon, maybe in a week or so! That kit looks so funky and retro I can't wait to play with that one! It looks like the best kit so far!!!! (posted down below). Here: http://lisale-ray.blogspot.com/2009/09/studio-calico-october-kit.html

(click for a close up)

It opens up to another photo and journalling! ;)

Another memory created! My parents wedding today! An important one to I think!