A short, personal update.

So this year just keeps throwing crap in my direction and seriously messing with my plans along the way. I just can’t get a break – and it’s only MARCH!

Lets get the bad news out of the way – I’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer. I’m pretty pissed off about it because I’m only 36 years old, I have three small children, and I’m kind of attached to my breasts (and hair), and I don’t relish the thought of having to pump my body full of poison to rid it of something that shouldn’t be there in the first place. I also find myself randomly bursting into tears but I’m sure my emotions will settle as time passes.

Aside from the fact that my family and friends are super supportive and amazing, there’s not much good news so much as not-as-bad news. The cancer hasn’t spread; I’ll have five months of chemo, then surgery, probably radiation therapy, and hopefully cured by Christmas.

I don’t know how present I’ll be, or how much time I can devote to the site, but I’ve always found designing and scrapbooking an excellent escape from the stresses of life, so hopefully I’ll have energy to devote to it.

I’ll be back soon with some goodies that were prepared before the shit hit the fan. xxx

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Freebie Friday – Valentine

My digital love language is making scrap kits, so if you’d like to be my digi-scrap Valentine, just click on the image below to start your download.

Limited time freebie. It’ll be up until the end of February, so get it while it’s hot!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Freebie Friday – Glitter Hearts

February is here and Valentine’s Day is fast approaching. I know this because there are hearts, flowers and chocolates everywhere – mostly hiding the Easter paraphernalia that’s been slowly creeping into stores since Christmas Eve.

So I’m dedicating February to hearts, flowers and chocolates. You can have the hearts and flowers. I’ll have the chocolates. Deal?

I’m working on something special for next week because the day of love actually falls on Friday! I love it when special occasions fall on The Day of Freebies. I feel as though I have to go that little bit further to celebrate.

This week I have some simple but pretty glittery hearts. They’re large enough to be used as frames, but you can also shrink them down for smaller embellishments. They’re also available in multiple colours for your convenience!

Happy scrapping!

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Freebie Friday – Delish [Pixel Scrapper February Blog Train]

January has swept right past me in a whirl of heat, caffeine, and chicken pox. 3 kids, four weeks, and so, so many spots.

My oldest bought it home from primary school, just in time for the new year! He was first, followed by the youngest two almost exactly fourteen days later.

Thanks to scheduled shots when they were toddlers, Mr 7 and Mr 5 had approximately 25 spots between them. No fevers, a bit of grumpiness the day before the spots appeared, and then some itching – and it was over almost before it began.

The baby, however – my 10 month old, too young to be vaccinated – was hit with it like a freight train. It was two weeks of torture for my little man. He’s now recovered like a little trooper and all we have as reminder of his wretched experience with varicella are the rapidly fading pock marks on his tiny little body.

On the up side, school’s back in session – THANK EFFING GOODNESS.

Luckily I had this month’s blog train contribution all prepared for February (unlike my extreme lack of preparing for January, oops). A bit of a hodge podge of bright colours and sweet things. Don’t forget to check out the forum for more delish goodies.

Happy scrapping!

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Freebie Friday – Sweaters & Hot Cocoa [Pixel Scrapper January Blog Train]

As an Aussie living in the southern hemisphere, it always amuses me when Pixel Scrapper has seasonal blog train challenges because we’re usually experiencing the exact opposite of what I’m designing for. Barely a month into an increasingly hot and humid summer, with half the state on fire, and I’m here seriously craving hot cocoa with marshmallows.

Check out the other deliciously cosy blog train freebies here.

Hope you’re keeping cool! (Or cosy.)

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Happy New Year!

It’s the start of a brand new year!

As we say goodbye to 2019 and usher in the new 20s, now’s the time to make all those well-meaning resolutions for the new year – that will probably fly right out the window halfway through January, lets be real.

Or is that just me?

In an effort to start digital year on the right foot, I have a fun and sparkly NYE mini kit for all your celebratory digi-page needs. As usual, click on the image to download.

While you’re doing that, I’ll be over here wondering where 2019 went in such a hurry.

Happy New Year, my lovelies!

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Freebie Friday – Christmas Throwback Edition

The silly season is upon us and it’s time for family, food and presents.

Short and sweet, today I’ll leave you with some previous Christmas freebies. If you’ve been following the blog for long enough, you may have them already. If you’re a new follower (HI THERE!), they’re fresh and exciting!

Click on the links to be taken to the preview and download page. I’ve checked them all and they’re working, but please do leave me a comment if you have any problems.

Home for the Holidays * Retro Holly Jolly * Candy Stripe + Candy Cane * Vintage Journal Cards * Red & Gold

If you want something a bit more substantial, check out this beautiful Christmas bundle at my Etsy store.

Hope the rest of your holiday is awesome!

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Freebie Friday – Sketched

What I was going to do this month was make a whole Christmas kit, split it into bite-sized bits, and then offer it every Friday until the end of the year. Then at the end of December you’d have a nifty little kit for all your sparkly Christmas scrapping.

What I’m actually doing – digging into my stash and finding some backups because I have approximately 5 minutes of freedom a day until the end of the month (and year, eek) and I sure as heck didn’t have time to make a full Christmas kit.

But if you scroll below this post you’ll find a cute little Christmas mini kit in a non-traditional colour palette. That’s as good as it’s gonna get this year.

So lets begin!

Happy holidays!

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