Day 11, LOAD 515

WOW, 11 days under my belt, and although I'm still really sick (breathing is hard), I've not missed one day yet... a little bit proud of that even if I do say so myself.

Today's prompt was "your song"... and it might surprise you that I didn't pick an Alice song!! I actually picked a song from 1967 - the year my amazing husband was born, that brings me a smile whenever I hear it. It's by The Turtles and it's called So Happy Together. I dare you to listen and not tap your foot!!

So here is my layout... I had a blast using this kt as I am super obsessed with Bee's of late... I know weird, right?

Hope you have a great Scrappy day, until tomorrow,

Day 10, LOAD 515

Happy Mother's Day to all the mums (including those who take the role of mum)... I hope your day was filled with spoils...

Now, let me count the ways I loved this prompt tonight... so many, many ways! The prompt was "personal favourite, album art". I knew almost straight away what I wanted to do, however how to do it was another story! My inspiration was from my first ever Alice Cooper album, Welcome To My Nightmare (which is also the reason I got into Alice). As you can see, it's a great album cover and just screams to be scrapped!!

I kept the concept a bit simpler, and the colour scheme similar, but maybe more bold. I had to scrap a photo of my daughter Larissa (or as she is known to the world, Ninja Riz) and was a great opportunity to brag about how proud we are of what she has become... she didn't have the easiest time of it, but she came through the other side and her father and I are as proud as punch as to what she had achieved.

Hope you have a great Scrappy day, until tomorrow,

Day 9, LOAD 515

Today's prompt was Mis-Heard, scrapbook your own misunderstanding or scrapbook a dispute or battle instead. How do you solve a disagreement? Oh, this is a loaded gun for me right now... no photos, just pure story, 6 x 12 page for my "about me" album. I'm glad to get the story down. We can't learn from mistakes if we brush them under the carpet, getting it down was also great therapy!

Now I'm off to have a cry and cleanse my feelings.

Hope you have a great Scrappy day, until tomorrow,

Day 8, LOAD 515

Today's prompt was "hip-hop"... well I had no idea where to go with this. Do I do an Easter layout like the example? Do I try and do a twist on the prompt? Do I go off prompt? I was confused and stuck!

So, whenever I get stuck I throw Spotify on and listen to some tunes to take my mind off of things for a bit and then maybe something will just come to me. No sooner had I opened my Spotify than I realized I should just go with the obvious! So I checked out what artists in my many playlists where known as "hip-hop", and then this layout just unfolded.

Hope you have a great Scrappy day, until tomorrow,

Day 7, LOAD 515

Well, that is the first week under my belt.. what a blast!

Today's prompt was audience participation, what was your favourite concert?

Well doh!! Anyone who knows me would know it would have to be an Alice Concert... but instead of sharing photos of the concert itself, I thought I would go with something that happened right before the concert, when Paul and I met up with some friends (and fellow Alice fans) and got our "Alice" eyes on before we left... such fun!

Hope you have a great Scrappy day, until tomorrow,

Day 6, LOAD 515

Today's prompt of Olivia Newton John could of taken me in so many different directions. I decided to flip through my photos and see what grabbed me today. This photo of Paul and I coming home from Naracoorte last year jumped out at me, and made me realize that despite so much we're still together, still in love and only have eyes for each other. It reminded me how much we belong, and the of course the song "You're the one that I want" started swimming in my head. We both at the beginning were prepared to change a little so the other one would be more interested, and then just like in the movie, discovered it was the person we were that the other was more interested in.

Hope you have a great Scrappy day, until tomorrow,

Day 5, LOAD 515

I cannot believe it's day 5 already, that is almost the first week gone? Maybe I'm more delirious with this flue than I first thought?

Today's prompt was (I think?) a list of summer activities.. to be honest I was a big vague about it all, but that is what I decided to go with. So with the help of my 11 year old son Peter, we made a list of all the fun things we enjoyed when we went to the beach. As we don't live anywhere near a beach, it's a special time for us.

Hope you have a great Scrappy day, until tomorrow,

Day 4, LOAD 515

Today's prompt was Lyrics!

A few LOAD's ago now, I really cannot remember how many it is to be honest, Lain introduced me to Sugarland (I'd never heard of them before then) and I was hooked on the song "stuck like glue" the lyrics could of just been written for Paul and I! I know I've used this title before on a LO, maybe more than once, but with a song this good, you'd be mad not to scrap it again and again and again! (lyrics below)



MMMM better...MMMM better...
Absolutely no one that knows me better
No one that can make me feel sooo goooood
How did we stay so long together?
When everybody, everybody said we never would
And just when I, I start to think they're right
That love has died...

Chorus:
There you go making my heart beat again,
heart beat again,
heart beat again
There you go making me feel like a kid
Won't you do it and do it one time?
There you go pulling me right back in,
right back in,
right back in
And i know-oo I'm never letting this go-ooo

I'm stuck on you
Whutooo whutooo
Stuck like glue
You and me baby we're stuck like glue
Whutooo whutooo
Stuck like glue
You and me baby we're stuck like glue

Some days I don't feel like trying
Some days you know I wanna just give up
When it doesn't matter who's right, fight about it all night
Had enough
You give me that look
"I'm sorry baby let's make up"
You do that thing that makes me laugh
And just like that...

Chorus:
There you go making my heart beat again,
heart beat again,
heart beat again
There you go making me feel like a kid
Won't you do it and do it one time
There you go pulling me right back in,
right back in,
right back in
And i know-oo I'm never letting this go-ooo

I'm stuck on you
Whutooo whutooo
Stuck like glue
You and me baby we're stuck like glue
Whutooo whutooo
Stuck like glue
You and me baby were stuck like glue

Whutooo Whutoo

You almost stay out, too stuck together from the ATL
Whutooo Whutoo
Feeling kinda sick?
Just a spoon full of sugar make it better real quick

I say
Whutooo Whutoo
Whatcha gonna do with that?
Whutooo Whutoo
Come on over here with that
Sugar sticky sweet stuff
Come on give me that stuff
Everybody wants some
melodies that get stuck

Up in your head
whutooo whutooo

Up in your head
whutooo whutooo

Up in your head
whutooo whutooo

Up in your head
whutooo whutooo
whuthoo whutooo
Stuck like glue
You and me together, say, it's all I wanna do
I said

Chorus:
There you go making my heart beat again,
heart beat again,
heart beat again
There you go making me feel like a kid
Won't you do it and do it one time
There you go pulling me right back in,
right back in,
right back in
And i know-oo I'm never letting this go-ooo

There you go making my heart beat again,
heart beat again,
heart beat again
There you go making me feel like a kid
Won't you do it and do it one time
There you go pulling me right back in,
right back in,
right back in
And i know-oo I'm never letting this go-ooo
I'm stuck on you

Whutooo whutooo
Stuck like glue
You and me baby we're stuck like glue
Whutooo whutooo
Stuck like glue
You and me baby were stuck like glue
Whutooo whutooo
stuck like glue
you and me baby we're stuck like glue

Hope you have a great Scrappy day, until tomorrow,

Day 3, LOAD 515

WOW, 3 days in a row... this is some kind of record I'm sure?

Anyway, today's prompt was "white on white", and although it's not strictly quite white on white, it is very neutral none the less. I had a blast doing this, I wanted to keep the page very open (lots of white space) and free from "clutter" so that the photos shined.

Hope you have a great Scrappy day, until tomorrow,

Day 2, LOAD 515

Look at me keeping up (so far)... I think I may of just jinxed myself, anyway...

DAY 2!! Prompt was to scrap about who you actually dedicate your scrapbooks to. As I've never done a dedication page, ever, I was a bit lost... at the end of the day though, I'm more than happy with how my layout turned out. I do however have decided I'm in urgent need of a new family photo. Hopefully I can fix this problem in the not to distance future.

Hope you have a great Scrappy day, until tomorrow,

LOAD 515 - Musical Mayhem!

Yes, it's that time of year again... it's time for LOAD (Layout A Day) for May 2015. I will en-devour to upload my layout's each day, but as I'm still sick I may fall behind and you might end up with one post with several layouts on it. I apologize in advance.
If you would like to learn more about LOAD and the amazing Lain Ehmann who organizes it, click the button below and it will take you to her blog.

Ok, so the theme for May is Musical Mayhem! Exciting yes?
Day one was to scrap about a favourite type of music, so here, I celebrate Alice! I had a blast doing this, and am excited to be scrapbooking again, it feels like forever - actually it was just in February, during last LOAD, but you know.. time flies..

Hope you have a great Scrappy day, until tomorrow,