There's No Place Like the Finish Line...

I did it! I managed to complete all four challenges in The Scrapper of Oz comp at Scrapz.Biz! A layout a week is a huge achievement for me anytime, even moreso with a newborn! My entry for last Thursday's challenge is this;

We had to scrap our favourite shoes, subtly incorporate our 4 'secret weapons', and include a special effect. I particularly enjoyed the special effect aspect of this challenge. I printed two of my photo, one in colour and one in black and white. I then cut the thongs from the colour photo and stuck them over the other photo with foam squares, giving the image a 3D effect! Looks great IRL!

Last weekend I did a class at my LSS. It was taught by my good friend Tanya, and was her first class ever. She did an amazing job!!! This is what we created;

Rest assured, these are not my first Christmas cards! I made a start on my cards a couple of months ago, but they were put to the backburner for a while since Ollie was born. Well, I pulled them out last night and did a bit more on them... I hope to have the majority of them done by the end of the week so I can begin writing in them before December rolls around. Not long left til Christmas! Aargh!!!

In other, non-scrappy news, yesterday was Ollie 2 month birthday. We celebrated with a little blue cupcake with a candle in the top. We used to do this wih Tilly every month leading up to her first birthday. Bad Mummy forgot all about Ollie's first month birthday, but I guess at least I remembered this month!!! Here's a pic;


















Tilly was most pleased that Ollie is too little to eat cupcakes;

At 2 months, Oliver;

weighs just over 5.4 kg and measures 58.5 cm (yes he's grown shorter since birth?!?)

loves to cuddle and hold hands, especially when he's upset

coos

has had his first immunisations - he was very brave but they did make him very sleepy

still eats every 2 to 2.5 hours

has had his first bottles of expressed milk, fed to him by Daddy and Tilly

wakes twice in the night, 11-12pm and 3.30am

is happiest in the morning (unlike his Mummy!)

sleeps in bed with Mummy every morning until 8.30am

loves bathtime

hates the car, but is otherwise very easy to take out places

has developed VERY strong neck muscles (the health nurse commented that he is holding his head as well as a 3 month old!)

hates being put down - we almost always have to carry him

is the cutest, sweetest, most wonderful baby boy I have ever known!!!

Oh and one other thing while I remember to mention it... look out for a card of mine that is published on page 91 in this month's issue of Scrapbook Creations, number 72! They have just launched a stamping and card-making section, and I was lucky enough to have one of my cards included in it... on the same spred as cards by Maxine Hazebroek, Carole Jansen, and Belinda Venables!!! Eek!!! I should also have cards in the following two issues.

Well, that's it for today... off to work on my Christmas cards for a bit before my angel wakes from Slumberland!

Happy Sunday!