Friday 26 April 2013

Thinking Pink

Gosh, I totally missed getting the word out for the ScrapMatters Mixed Matters Grab bag weekend on the 19th April  due to being "cut off" .. but I have thank my Sis (GSCreations) for running around the web and collecting my goodies to post for me when they went live.. Sis you were a life and stress saver!
After many requests for a "cancer/cancer awareness kit" I decided it was perfect time to create it after the team 2 swatch was chosen. I have to say that Thinking Pink is really really close to my heart and timing to create it was perfect for me.
During the month of March over the years I have lost 4 very important woman in my life to their battle with Cancer. These woman not only changed my life with their "strength and humility", their unselfish love for those closest to them.. but most of all "for their love of each moment/day" given to them as a they saw.. a gift.
In our hectic busy lives we so easily forget just how precious each day and moment can be, how much joy a wonderful laugh with a friend, child, family member can be. How spending a little time enjoying the ones we love makes life just so much more worthwhile.
As my sister-in-law Bev once said to me "Kimmy, grab each day by the horns, don't miss a thing." ... I do forget that sometimes but I think that on the whole she would love my crazy life and would be dancing right next to me on the tables of life.
In memory of these amazingly strong woman who I loved dearly:
Sheila Lambert (lost the fight to Breast Cancer), Marion Verduyn (lost the fight to Leukaemia), Beverly Robertson- nee Broedelet (lost the fight to a brain tumour), Betty (Elizabeth) Broedelet (lost the fight to Breast Cancer):
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Thinking Pink by KimB
And just WOW, as you can see by the fantastic inspiration below that this kit has created some of my most favourite layouts done by my Creative Team. I think it's because most come from the "heart"... and they touched mine ;-)
bed_hope By Bekah_E
Jhari By Jhari
Christelle By Christelle
Courage By Jenni ( who used the GREEN Ribbon for Bipolar Awareness)
LiLi By LiLi
loucee_Mum_zps20e502bd By Loucee
Caroline By Caroline
Carol By Carol
ruthy By Ruthy
JilW By JillW
kb-Ma_2013 And one by Me:
You can also grab this little "Alpha" Add on Freebie here today.
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Pearl button Alpha which you can GRAB HERE: * so sorry this link has EXPIRED*
Thanks so much for reading and for sharing in my story today ;-).
I hope you all have a fantastic weekend. Hugs and Loves

Thursday 25 April 2013

I'm not "dead" man.. lol

OMG... who said life was easy huh? And when it comes to me.. gosh, if it ever ran smoothly I'm sure I would be bored as hell.. BWAHAHAHA. Mr Murphy seems to be my constant companion these days and uhum.. doesn't someone else want him for just a few weeks??? PLEASE???? no one?? lol

As you all know I landed up without an "internet" connection up here after the wireless towers were sabotaged by baboons in March. Knew I would not have internet access over the Easter Weekend as I would be in the bush/river with the family for that long weekend. So I had planned for that and everything was ready to "roll" before I left here.. WOOT!

After the Easter weekend I went home with Nathan and Kristy to sort out our house in Port Elizabeth ( getting it ready for sale and packing and sorting all Wayne's and my junk collected over 10 years-lol). I would be there for just over 2 weeks..

I was so excited to get home as we have an ADSL landline ( not unstable wireless like here) and I would be "zipping" around the web and uploading and working- right?? NOPE... naaah. Now why did I think it would be THAT easy huh? lol.

The kids go off the next day, visiting a friend in Kimberly for 5 days. So Kim is solo alone in a huge house for the first time in years and feeling rather "nervous". Connect my PC up and get some mails in but next minute POOF.. red light flashing on the router. GRRRRRRRRRRRR.

Seriously??? Here?? Now?? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. lol. I phone the service providers ( our ONLY telephone line provider in SA!) and they run a test and say the line is faulty.. You think?? The house phone doesn't even work dammit.

They will send a technician to sort it out.. well that took 3 more days. They play with the cable outside.. set something at the hub and WOOOHOOOO it flashes green.

I run to get mail and it was less than and hour when the freaking thing was off again. I phone again.. and well again and again and again over the weekend. Cut a long very frustrating story short... They tell me that our whole area is faulty and needs new cabling and a new hub to run from. WHAT?????

Yup... you guessed it. I have had NO access since the 28th March 2013 and it drove me up the pole- BWHAHAHA. The Saturday before we left (20th) my house phone rings and everyone JUMPS... is that what it sounds like?? BWHAHA.

It's Telkom.. checking if the phone works.. YES it works! Check the internet lines as they are now the fastest ADSL cable lines in South Africa.... YES , whoooopei, it works. but dude.. TOOO LATE, I'm on my way back to my crappy wireless connection tomorrow. LOL.

So yeah, I leave my son Nathan now with brand NEW internet cables that he says are soooo fast and blah blah.. I DON'T want to hear- BWHAHAHAHA.

That's the short version of why I have been "MIA" and I have to thank Amber @ ScrapMatters and Tina @ SugarHillco for their patience with me. As well as my sister Gaye (GSCreations) who had sooo many panic phone calls to send mails and let everyone know I didn't drop off the end of the earth. ((HUGS))

I have a few photo's from our Bushman's Easter trip to share with you:

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The only day over the long weekend it didn't rain - we were out on the river collecting bait and enjoying the scenery and fresh air.

Love this one of Kristy and Nathan.. Nathan pumps the bait, Kristy collects in the bucket- lol. Check the water pushing up out the prawn holes too.

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Kristy sitting in the boat ready to go.. - just love the "feel" and the light of this one.

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We took a long ride upriver ( as far as the river would let us go) and Nathan threw his cast net off the front of the boat collecting "swimming Prawn" -  I love to eat them, but Nathan loves them for fishing bait.. sacrilege!! lol.

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Woop, touch down!

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BONZAI! We have prawn ( be it only 1).. we did collect a bucket full which I was NOT allowed to use for dinner- blah! lol

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And while "son" did the hard work, Dad put out his rod to catch "dinner" - lol

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mmmmmmmm, so what have you got that I can have too?? Kristy is a chocoholic and can eat it for breakfast, lunch and supper. They had just woken up here and this was their Easter "baskets" come Bushmans style- bWHAHAHA.

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So much more fun watching don't you think "old man"? BWHAHAHA- Love how we all stood and watched Nathan and Wayne clean up the boat the day we left. Much more fun on this side ;-P

I'll be back tomorrow with some more news and goodies. I'm unpacked now and working hard at getting stuff up and ready for iNSD too. YIPPEEEE.

Hugs and loves

Friday 19 April 2013

Mixed Matters and Kim MIA

Hi everyone, its Gaye posting on behalf of Kim who is still without internet access, can you hear her climbing the walls lol - I know she cant wait to get to her Pretoria home on Tuesday to be able to get in touch with you all!

Onto her latest kit which forms part of the ScrapMatters Mixed Matters#2 Grab Bag: Four incredible NEW coordinating products from members of the ScrapMatters design team for the price of one!  Snag the grab bag for amazing savings April 19-25 only! ALL THIS FOR JUST $5.00

Mixed Matters#2 Grab Baga

VALID April 19-25 only for only $5.00 

Contributors: Andilynn Designs, Crossbone Cuts Designs, Jen Reed, KimB

And here is Kim’s Beautiful Portion: THINKING PINKa

THINKING PINK is truly magnificent and Kim has chosen this theme as it is very close to her heart:

This slightly Vintage and very feminine "cancer/ cancer awareness" kit was designed especially for those brave woman we know fighting for their lives.. and for those that we have lost to the fight.

Kim has put this together in loving memory of those amazingly strong woman whom she loved and still loves dearly:
Sheila Lambert, Marion Verduyn, Beverly Robertson(nee Broedelet), Betty Broedelet

 
This Kit Contains:
10 prints(+ 3 recolours)
8 plains + 2 stockcard
28 Elements

24 Word bits:
1 large worded mask/poster (2 options)
2 word art
21 word strips.
All PNG @ 300ppi

And you just have to see these beautiful layouts from Kim and her CT:

kimb By KimB

ruth By Ruth

bekah By Behak

loucee By Loucee

jenni By Jenni

pkdoll By pkdoll

jenni - Template by Amber Morrison

another by By Jenni– Template by Amber Morrison

Have a great weekend everyone, Kim will have lots of laughs and stories for you when she’s back next week,

hugs

Monday 1 April 2013

April fool SALE + New Mix a Kit

Happy Easter everyone and uhum… April Fool? lol
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE- it's that time again and are you ready for it??
The biggest SALE of the year is HERE -
75% OFF
everything in my SugarHillCo store…but for 24 hours only!! 

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And Being the 1st of April it's also ScrapMatters Mix a Kit time!

I loved this months swatch and this is what I came up with.. remember these coordinate with all the other fantastic designers portions too.
kb-BowlsofFun_elementsBowls of Fun - Elements

kb-BowlsofFun_printsBowls of Fun -Prints

kb-BowlsofFun_wordsBowls of Fun - Wordy Bits

kb-BowlsofFun_plainsBowls of Fun - Plains

kb-BowlsofFun_RecipeCardsBowls of Fun - Recipe Cards

And some amazing inspiration for you.
bed_bowlsoffunBy Bekah

pjk-Recipe-for-Love-web_zps24ca99c7By Paula

loucee_A Recipe from Loucee

Baked-with-LoveBy Jenni

kb-LittlebakerAnd one by Me

All Mix a Kit kits are 20% off for the rest of the week.. WOOP.

Of course I have a little blog Freebie for you today … and it's CU ok.. these can be used for creating "templates" ;-P


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Some basic fun floral CSH photoshop shapes in different "styles" to play with.

You can pick them up HERE or HERE

Have a fantastic Easter Sunday and I hope the "bunny" has brought you tons of chocolate too.
Hugs and Loves