OMG a MONTH has passed!!!!

Yes I am still a scrapper, just about. At last I've had a couple of hours to myself this morning and have managed to sit down and scrap. Bliss. I've done quite a bit of making stuff the past fortnight but it's been mainly cards, and oh yes, that time of year again, Academic Planners!!! I've made five this year and am really pleased with them. I haven't taken photos of any of the cards, apart from this one below, I've made which is a bit of a shame as some of them were really quite nice!

Here's a LO I did last night with the new Echo Park papers - if you haven't seen them yet check them out they really are lovely in the flesh.

As usual, we've had a busy couple of weeks, mostly accommodating the kids and their busy scedules of dance shows, gymnastics displays, playdates, parties and all sorts of shenanigans.

The show went well, with Maddie enjoying it a bit more this year. Bella was a star and had us all in stitches telling me off from the stage into the audience during the finale!

The gymnastics display was also successful and I was very proud of Cam and Maddie. We have another busy week of discos and end of year stuff and then we can breathe, relax and sleep! I can't wait to have them off school for a few weeks.

Cam and maddie also had their school reports last week, which were great and again made me a very proud mummy. Their teachers had lots of lovely things to say about them, but next year we are focusing on a bit more effort from Cam, and more concentration and quicker work from Maddie.

I can't believe that they are moving up into Year 3 and 2 next year and Bella will be starting Plus Fours at preschool, and we'll be filling in her school application as soon as we go back.

So, scrapping-wise, I've been given a lot more commissions from the Scrapbook Magazine so I've got stuck into those. I think the magazine is going to show some great improvements over the next few months as they have a new editor and she's coming up with some good ideas. Here are some sneak peeks of my latest 6 LOs for SBM.

Today we've had a great day with Deb, Rach, Deb's daughter Paige. We all went on the Severn Valley Railway. Cam's current obsession (actually, it isn't, it's a really healthy interest and no more) is WWI and WWII. The railway is still preserved in the era of WWII and so he found it fascinating. We had far too much fun on the train, and I'm sure we drove all the other passengers crazy.

Anyway, I will finish now, but will make a concerted effort to get back on the blog train and update you all at every stop! (oh god that was terrible lol)