An update...a bit long but worth it

Ok so my life is somewhat good right now im over insomnia (which is poo), the insomnia that is. Honestly anyone who suffers i have a few tips if you need them!!!

• Let someone have the kids i mean bath them and put them to bed the whole works!!!! or even out at the grandparents for the night.
• Light some candles(safely place them in the bathroom) and have a hot/warm bath, read a book like i do or just do what makes you relax
• And when thats done have a warm non caffine drink and a lettuce sandwich yup you got it a lettuce sandwich is what i had and i slept like a baby although i had my kids to awaken me the next morning at 6am but cant go wrong with 7 hours sleep!!!

I did a layout or should i say finished one i have been working on its not 12x 12 i think its smaller then a4 slightly but i like it i really do i havent left 12 x 12 but its nice for the change can you see my use of alphas those leftover gems where just sitting on my table and asking to be used somehow and we all know how i love using them for something so here its to pop my cardstock up and a frame for it the dimension it gives is absaloutly cool you should try it you would be surpised how those little leftovers make great details to a page(and i know my ribbon is wonky but i fixed it now my adhesive stash is built up again)

Dont you just love the little techniques we make that give effects your 100% happy with so im here to share another please dont mind the photos they where taken with my mobile phone(i was going to retake them but my battery too my camera is on charge for my first shoot tomorrow woohoo tomorrow morning i will redo them and post them on here so check back for clearer images)

i used the woodware large butterfly punch (photo taken from the internet)

Take this punch and level the butterflys antenna up with the edge of your paper so it should just be chomping the top of the wings and the antenna area like below

Now do this all along levelling up the corners if you can if not ill show you how to fix that next all the way along where you want that border

When you have finished it should look like this

now the gaps in between each wing if you have them just round them off using your craft knife

And it should look like this when finished i will show you my layout when i have daylight to take the photo and also another way to use this technique

Again sorry about the pictures ill cheer you up with some cheery photos tomorrow hehe

love yall

Ayesha

Back and feeling hott hott hotttt!!!!!

Hey All



Well i have been having a bad few days and well when you fid a lump in your breast at he age of 22 its not a noce thing so i have been really stressing regarding this but today....today i feel renewed. I havent been given the all clear but i hope and prey and if itsmeant to be its meant to be so please for all those that read this please keep me in your thoughts and prayers as deep down i know m scared and i need it.



Ok down to the knitty gritty of what ive been upto lately i have actually finished my Donna downey canvas album and it was a challenge but once i got started i had thousans of ideas flowing through

You can see the whole thing here.

I have really enjoyed doing this it has been fab doing something different and to be honest i have started a few more off the page projects once i have finished them i will upload them right away.

For now im sharing love a prayers for you all

Ayesha

So stinkin ill

i am i am......... I have been feeling rotten my nose is dribbling, my bones are aching, my head is throbbing my lips and stinging and to top it off my knees are swolen!!! Today i am 22 but i feel 72...and i think my nan whos 72 is better off then me right now!

I managed to scrap a little the last few days i absaloutly love the little bits of me time i get lately and the fact Sama will sit for 20 mins here and there so i can scrap is awsome!!

This layout is totally a one off thought (shhh) while sitting down watching britains got talent i said aloud i wanted to do that!!! Note wanted but i always place others dreams before my own so this layout is to tell those around me that know me and love me I have a dream its so much easier to express things in layouts... i secretly think most of my layouts have hidden meanings.

Im totally knocked by this layout talk about throw something together and like what you see this layout was a total hmmmmm layout and i absaloutly love tis i think it comes under my NEW FAVE!!!

My 2 girls are currrently lying on my bed next to me playing together they totally rock my socks at times even of Sama is the most naughtiest girl on the planet and has learnt to say Leela did it or NO or You do it or Oh god(dont ask where she learnt that one as i dont say it) or even the fact she totally does the opposite to what i say and the fact its like she is daring me to stick her in the naughty corner or to her room...wow thinking about these things scares me..... i mean shes grown so much already!!! im off to get a hot cuppa.

Love yall and thaks for stopping by

xxxx

A very lucky women

Hey all

Well in my last post i did a layout saying I'm a very lucky women and well i received an email telling me: Hey you really need to explain your layouts i love your titles and would love to know the story behind them especially the - I'm a very lucky women! First off a word in defence... I'm such a terrible writer and its a learning curve for me so please feel free to point me in the right direction.

So the layout A very lucky women

This layout was totally inspired by how i feel at times, no matter what i go through no matter what happens God has blessed me. If you don't already know i was born a christian and my ethnicity is white British but as i grew my family was not very religious and i found my own path towards religion and i chose Islam. I am truly blessed to be amongst those who have a religion a path of spirituality. I'm also very lucky to have children and a very big family. I'm also lucky to be married and even though i have an angel baby i have still had 3 children, 2 of them that are with me today and everyday my two girls who i love dearly(even if sama does drive me mad). I'm also very lucky to have found scrapbooking as i can document there lives for us all too treasure, i hope that makes sense.

I have had a creative edge lately and totally adore doing bits an pieces of everything and yup experimenting with my pages a little, using my scraps and throwing them on a page to see what i get lol, there is a challenge over on Studio Calicos blog to lift April or scarlets layout and here's my version of it

I love this picture of my mom and younger sister and well felt that taking Aprils layout and making it something of my own was the best step forward, im all for using your stash and used the 0 to frame the butterflies

This layout it inspired by "Uh oh its all boy colours what do i do?" honesltly i have found this kit "jack and jill" by studio calico a challenge but im getting there and getting it used hey where theres a will theres a way right!

Well thats enough ramblings for now enjoy and ill be back soon

Thanks for stopping by

xxx

Lost in space

or somewhere like the above.... It feels like the days are cut so short nowadays even though it stays lighter outside for longer it bugs me at how worn out i feel!!! I am in the process of working on a few projects and finishing off some old ones with all this IM SO BUSY it means me doing it bit by bit and little by little but aslong as everything is completed by my new set deadlines im happy.

I need to

• Finish samas butterfly mobile for her bedroom
• Finish sewing her door hanger
• Declutter and reorganise scrap space and bedroom(these are in the same room lol)
• Sort out some family time - dayouts etc
• Remake me (if that makes sense)
• Use up all my current kits before the end of the month
• Get my hair done!!!! its a soooo must
• Loose 10 kg (baby fat)

My hair is way too long right now and needs a major cut im thinking a good 6 inchs off maybe more who knows!!! i could donate that right? All for giving back i am. Im a bit of scrap whenever i can lately 5 minutes here and 5 minutes there, heres a few layouts since my last post

I have had a good sort through all my old scrap bits(ancient kits that havent been used and i dont see myself using) and well have decided to phone the local childrens hospital and offer them the stash i think there is no point in selling it i would rather give it somewhere where i know it will get loved iykwim there was heaps of stuff like alphas, stamps, rub ons, card blancs 12 x 12 paper stacks, 8 x 8 paper stacks some that had never been used!!!!

heres for a quick post

Thanks for stopping by and sharing love
Ayesha xxx

If i told you...

i had been working on this post over a few days would you believe me? honestly my world has been upside down for the past few days and well its been hard. Sama has had a tempreture going on 3 days now and shes burning up to 41 degrees celcius and its been hard, hard because im alone with no help, hard because Aleena needs attetion too and hard because her tantrums are out of control and well i dont wanna let her get away with this behavour but shes ill and hard because i have had minimum sleep in 2 days and im TIRED!!!

I have managed some layouts in the past week

these are all from NSD and believe me it was more like a weekend off creativeness. I love it when i scrap i have 2 layouts in progress that i have been doing bit by bit, because thats how i scrap now! It would be nice to do 1 whole layout at once but hey beggers cant be choosers.

Aleena on the other hand is a GEM in stone honestly since sama has been ill shes slept through all night and its amazing i admit i must have checked her a trillion times in the night but she slept through!!! She is getting big and when i look at her i think are you sure you had this girl 9 weeks ago. Wow if it wasnt for the fact i was still sore from my tare then i wouldnt even think i had recently had a baby oh yeh and the baby fat but im working on it lol

OK peace out

Love yall

xx

scrapadabado and tantrums ado

Life with a toddler who's tantrums are way out of control isn't very nice at all. I once had this child who was so angelic like and i think somewhere between 18 and 19 months she got kidnapped over night by some aliens...but surely they returned her as they couldn't cope either.... how to deal with them i just don't know do i?

• lock her in her room for 2 minutes like my family suggest
• start the naughty chair which is hard as not everyone will follow it
• ignore her which is hard as the inlaws wont

or combine them all, its so hard as i have people who reward her for this behaviour and it makes it so much harder for me to teach her its wrong. I went shopping yesterday and could have died from the tantrums she was throwing...on the floor! i was pulling a brave smile as many passerby threw me the dirty look from the corner of there eye, i feel like i cant take her any where anymore..... i need a solution.

On a lighter note the sunshine has been shining and the housework done i got me some scrapping done....outside in the garden and i cant tell you how nice it was at one end of the garden table sama was painting and at the other end of the table i was scrapping it was very peaceful

We came in from the garden around 7pm and the wind down ritual went as planned but i do wish my little girl would return!!

Well thanks for stopping by and showing some love

Ayesha xxx

For the love of...sweet sweet SUNSHINE

We have had a real nice sunny day here today and well i made the most of it i took a few pictures and then it was all about spending time with the girls, i really had a fab TANTRUM FREE day. Its looking to be even nicer tomorrow so my friend has asked me to take some pics of her and her 2 sons so im looking forward to that.

It amazes me how to give the girls my undivided attention means quick fix for lunch, take away for dinner and lack of cleaning all day, this also means heaps to do now there in bed....im thinking to just leave it till tomorrow but no i must do it tonight as then theres less to do tomorrow...as we are leaving early in the morning. Hmmm i need motivation right now lol

I managed to do a layout on Saturday and i love it, i used the studio calico garment district kit and found it all just fell in place with the photo... so as i leave you with that.... i may start cleaning...

Thanks for stopping by and showing some love xx

Knock knock...

is anyone in there.... i kinda feel hollow right now somewhat like a robot...

I did some scrapbooking the other night but my vision was somewhat taken to another place and i couldnt get the page right and when i tried it was left incomplete so im only going to post the one out of the 2. i have started a somewhat simple album for my DDs its called watch you grow and i have done the first layout of my DD at 18 months, the journelling is regarding all her positive points and negative points like good and bad habbits lol its kinda nice a little reminder for me, im hoping to get upto 18 months finished soon and keep track of aleenas while shes young.

I occassionally wish my life was different and i know that many will say so make it how you want it! but to change means i may loose some of the most valuble things in my life and i dont want that so what do i do. Ive kinda had enough of my circumstances and wish i was more stronger to make the change without having to loose anything or anyone i miss my happy me im an act i smile when im sad i laugh when i want to cry, i have noticed Sama is as good as gold when things are how i want them to be yet when there not shes so naughty and i dislike that..... its like she is angry at me and its not my fault... i need adult time i need to sit down and talk and get advice.....

Im gonna leave you with what makes me smile every day and reminds me to stay strong

Thanks for stopping by, im sorry if it dont make sense but i sometimes feel like i need to breath and never have anyone to turn too

xxx