making some decorations this year :)

All wrapped up!

YEP you read that right! Not only have i finished my Christmas shopping but they are all wrapped up and Santa took them away to the North Pole ready to redeliver on Christmas Eve! (ok, so they are all bagged and stashed away in the garage but the kids dont need to know that do they? LOL) At the grand old age of 9, Scott still believes in Santa but took a knock the other day when someone said he wasnt real - mum to the rescue! I made a letter from Santa himself, inked and aged it then sealed it with some wax and a 'Santa was here' stamp - needless to say, to Scott Santa now is very much alive and kicking, oh and WAY COOL!! LOL

I had a little bump in the stash diet road but on the whole im doing well, only a little spend and now i have 17 of the 50 layouts under my belt! Here are a couple of things i have been working on lately :)

Jacob Lizard Tongue - I swear ive never seen a pointier tongue in my life! lol

He who stands in front of the TV when Johnny and the Sprites is on will get this face pulled at them until they move! lol Ethan feeding the ducks by hand - yep he was the only one doing it that way, everyone else was throwing the crumbs!

poorly kiddos :(

Ack its like sick central here lately!! Jake was ill all of last week, we had one day break and now Ethan is projectile :( Anways i have washing to do and brows to mop so will leave you with a couple of pics for now.....
Jacob with his little lizard tongue..........Ethan watching TV looking rather angelic..........Santa Rules, Scott is a year round Christmas fan..........Christmas 06, Jake opening up his Christmas eve pressie of new pjs and chocolate in anticipation of Santa arriving.....
....Scott the night before we flew to Majorca, he got himself all worked up and didnt want to go - which of course was all forgotten about 2 mins into the flight!!

On a stash diet!!

I have admitted i have a problem, no its not serious but it could end up in me having to climb out from under a mountain of stash should it all topple over! My name is Debbie and im a stash-o-holic therefore im now on a stash diet until i have completed at least 50 layouts! How brave am I?!?!

Here are the first 3 ..... Naughty or Nice? layout based around whether Jake will hit the naughty or nice list this year, the chipboard halo is painted gold and made into a little step but its just not working out on the photo :(

Number 2 is Scott @ age 9 - just a few of his favourite things at this age :)

Number 3 is Jake @ age 4 - he is both full of mischief and full of fun (generally both at the same time, hes our little tasmanian devil!!) lol