Lyn's thoughts..........

Getting excited!!

Just booked my MASSAGE for when we are on the BOAT CRUISING from CANADA to ALASKA..........................50 minutes of Deep Tissue Massage...................OMG....I'm going to love it!!

I was surprised at how cheap it is too...much cheaper than I thought.

....and here's where we are staying in SAN FRANSISCO

OOOh the time is coming around so quickly now......and I'm soooooooooooo ready to go!!!

We have finalised our side tours.....just have a few things to purchase and then we are ready!

Here's the Luggage Tag I have made

Need to make Rod one......................not too sure he wants the same one......LOL!! Might have to add a Fishing Rod to his Tag......LOL!!

Biggest Morning Tea

Well we sure had a fun time yesterday at SCRAPPY HOLLOW for the BIGGEST MORNING TEA......I have just been to another one this morning here in the YARRA VALLEY...hosted by a lovely young mum Clare......who used to go to kinder with our Brian........at only 28 years of age and with a little baby girl.....Clare is fighting the battle of her young life...having been diagnosed with Breast Cancer in MARCH last year................she is now about to go through rigourous treatement once again..........

...........I caught up with Clare and her mum and dad and her beautifl baby girl this morning.............was an emotional morning........................but I wish Clare all the best in her battle....she has a very positive attitude and she has fabulous family support.................I just hope and pray she can beat this aweful disease.......................anyway...............here are some pics from yesterday.....all the participants had fun creating two projects....firstly this Favour Box

and secondly some fun cards...we gave the NEW Fiskars Everywhere Punch a good workout along with other Fiskars Tools.............Border Punches,squeeze Punches,Lever Punches,Scissors and Trimmers...............one lady was absoluelty delighted when I showed her that her Fiskars Trimmer had a pull out ruler underneath it....................LOL! She hadn't realised it was under there.....

............and the Morning Tea was scrumptious................

......might not all have been real healthy......LOL!  Oh what the heck.....it was yummy!!

We all had a fun time....and I got to catch up with my scrap buddy.....Carolyn who flew down from Alice Springs to attend.........................

We then headed out for some catch up time and shopping at Knox.......so nice to see and hug Carolyn after being apart for 6 months...............she and Jim have sold their home and are travelling Australia in a HUGE BUS.

Thanks must go to Heidi,Sam and Bec at SCRAPPPY HOLLOW and also to FISKARS for providing some fun giveways on the day.............................all participants got a little something!!

I'm hoping to HOST another CANCER COUNCIL event later in the year during OCTOBER......GIRLS DAY IN......shall post further details in a few months......................so if anyone is interested.........please email me.

Biggest Morning Tea tomorrow

After a week away in PAYNESVILLE I'm now back home and ready to have some crafty fun at SCRAPPY HOLLOW tomorrow morning for the BIGGEST MORNING TEA.

Look what arrived whilst I was away...............woohoo........NEW APRON and BMT Mug.....gotta' love that!

These are available to purchase through the CANCER COUNCIL along with many other products.....all money going to the Cancer Council.

I must admit I have a few different MUGS now....but I love them all....they are Mugs that mean a lot to me.......I have them in use every day in my house as a reminder about loved ones lost to this aweful disease.

Not sure if there are any places left now....but you can try ringing Heidi to see.....shop number is

Scrappy Hollow

Address: Shop 1 1 Maroondah Hwy, Croydon, VIC, 3136

Phone number: (03) 98796220

I'll be in the store from 9:30am - 1pm

 

....and guess what?.................my trolley shall be brimming with some of the LATEST FISKARS TOOLS............sh.............sh..............sh...........for you to play with! It's always a fun morning at SCRAPPY HOLLOW...and the morning tea is scrumptious......need to get my act together and get those Muffins made today!!

 

***  Thank you to FISKARS for providing some fabulous giveaways........love you guys!!

 

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

BMT sneaky peek

I'm bringing along some Homemade Muffins to share on the day.....May 25th ...10 am at SCRAPPY HOLLOW......

FISKARS + FYNMARK = FUN!!!

Sh.....................sh.........................sh..........................she's up to something!!

Lots of "Happy Mail" arrived on my doorstep yesterday thanks to FISKARS and FYNMARK.

Ooh la la......I'm in crafting heaven!!

Wanna' see some sneak peeks? You know I love to share.......LOL!

Had a  lovely catch up lunch today with my good friend Sandra.....it has been bitterly cold in the YARRA VALLEY......heading back to EAST GIPPSLAND next week hopefully for some warmer weather......and some more crafting time by the water!

I've finished my projects for the Biggest Morning Tea at Scrappy Hollow on May 25th.....starts at 10am....we'll be having a fun time crafting and eating a yummy morning tea.....including some Home made Muffins by me......have to try the recipe out on the boys first.....LOL!

Bookings are now being taken in the store......so you can ring Heidi at:

Scrappy Hollow

Address: Shop 1 1 Maroondah Hwy, Croydon, VIC, 3136

Phone number: (03) 98796220

URL: http://www.scrappyhollow.com.au

We'll be playing with some Kaisercraft and Fiskars Products....both great companies and both have fabulous products that I craft with all the time!!

Finished my next Video

Well I've been busy this week creating some fun videos.....and also finishing off my fun projects for the Biggest Morning Tea at Scrappy Hollow on Wednesday May 25th.

SPOTLIGHT have taken up a few of my Videos and have posted on their Facebook Page which is lovely! I just love sharing my ideas with other crafters!

I've also been practising taking pics in ManUAL Mode and then post editing them.I'm learning heaps but still have such a lot to learn..... I'm really enjoying the Challenge!

Spending some time with SAM tomorrow so that shall be nice.....and Rod and I shall be doing some shopping for our overseas holiday coming up........I'm leaving the clothes shopping until we hit Honolulu......hoping to pick up a few bargains over there....before we hit CANADA.

If you are reading my Blog and have any questions about the Fisakrs Lever Punches or about the Video.....feel free to leave a comment below here....and I'll get back to you....you can see my past Videos listed on the lefthand side of this Blog.

Happy National Scrapbooking Day!!!

PHEW!! I finally got this to upload after nearly pulling my hair out.....but my IT son came to the rescue after watching how slow this was uploading(thanks Mike)......I finally worked it out....will be quicker with the next one......LOL!  So here is the promised PEEK -A-BOO BOX tutorial!!

I must admit the Fiskars EVERYWHERE PUNCH is sooooooooo easy to use....if you really have trouble punching with it with your hands....try using one foot to stand on it on a hard floor.....works very well...

I hope it's been worth the wait.......I had fun putting this together and I have another Video in the planning for in the next few days using the Fiskars Lever Punches in a creative way!!

I'm off to have a stiff drink......LOL!!

xoxo

Lyn Dwyer

National Scrapbooking Day and Photo Finish Class

  Looking forward to hanging out with the Big Picture Scrapbooking Crafters for a few hours on Saturday for National Scrapbooking Day.......anyone else joining in with the Creative CROP?

I have also put up a RAK on the Fiskars Craft Blog over here....http://fiskarscraft.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/05/national-scrapbooking-day-rak.html so pop on over and leave a comment to be in the draw for some FISKARS GOODNESS!

I have just started my next BPS Class tonight on-line with Elisha Snow....excellent Tutor....I'm doing her 4 week on-line "PHOTO FINISH" Class......loving the first lesson.....a lot I already knew but was good to refresh my knowledge....and I've also learnt a bit more tonight!!

I just tweaked this a bit more using CURVES .....adding a bit of warmth to the pic.....if you scroll down here you'll see my original unedited pic....notice the difference?  This was achieved by forming a sort of "s" in the CURVE LINE.......ever so slight but with good results!

Sugarless Chocolate and Protea

Did you know that Darell Lea make sugarless chocolate?   I wasn't aware of this until I started looking for somthing to give Rod for EASTER....that didn't have sugar in it.....with his new diet and blood sugar levels......I have been taking more notice of things in the stores!

He is going really well....and walking every day  and has been for over a month now....he has much more energy and is finally starting to loose some weight......

I love checking out our garden when we have been away for a few weeks....looky what I found all opened up in 2 weeks

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Royal Melbourne Show -Art, Craft entries now open

Just giving my readers a little reminder that the entries are now open for the Art,Craft at the Royal Melbourne Show.......so why not give it a go this year.

There are 4 Categories in the  open SCRAPBOOKING.....and 4 also in the SCHOOL SECTION!!

I musy say that the standard of entries has improved the last couple of years as more people are aware  that they can HAVE-A-GO!!

Here are the details!

Art, Craft & Cookery

There's nothing like the talent on display in the Art, Craft & Cookery Competition at the Royal Melbourne Show!

Entries are now open for the Art, Craft and Cookery competition.

Please click here for the Art, Craft and Cookery Schedule.

Please click here for the Art, Craft and Cookery Entry Form.

For information regarding the Art, Craft & Cookery Competition contact:

Judy Barnes
The Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria Limited,
Melbourne Showground’s, Epsom Road
Ascot Vale Vic 3032
Telephone 03 9281 7436
Fax 03 9281 7536
Email judy.barnes@rasv.com.au

Entry forms and fees need to be in to Judy Barnes by July 27th