Lots Of Echo Park

I have been so so so busy!  The sort of busy that leaves my house in a less than perfect state! OK, I probably should rewind that last statement as my house is never perfect, I have 5 kids, so that becomes an impossible dream!  So what I am really saying, I have been so busy that my house is worse than normal! LOL!  You see I got all my Aussie Scrap Source briefs and for some reason, I lack the ability to go, OK that isn't due until this date, no I have this compulsion to do it all immediately as it all feels like the deadlines are imminent!  Needless to say, this is a peculiar and stressful way of thinking.  On the upside I am now up to date with deadlines until the end of April now! LOL!

So what has all this frantic work produced? Well I can actually show you a couple of the LO's here!

This one I used Echo Park - Little Boy range of papers. Love that intense look on Ashtons face as he aims up the basketball ring.

Next we had to do a LO about our children's childhood compared to our childhood. So lots and lots of journaling.  It really is a whole different way of creating when you have to focus on a lot of journaling. For this one I also used Echo Park papers.

And below is the journaling....

Just because I was already flat out busy creating.... I decided to do a LO for The Color Room!  It has been quite a few weeks since I last did a LO for The Color Room, but I adored the palette and also wanted to use some new...wait you guessed it... Echo Park papers! LOL!  So I created this very pink number!

So that is my very pink creation! Had so much fun doing this!

Now why we are on The Color Room..... did you know that this Friday we are up to our 50th Palette! Can not believe how time has flown by!  So we have a very special day planned!  We will be having a blog hop for the reveal instead of the Layouts being up on the main page!!

So I hope you plan to join us for this fun BLOG HOP!  Guess what, I have even created a LO for this palette as well!  Wow, 2 in a row for me! LOL!  The hop will start from the front page of the site and you can follow the links to the DT's blogs to see each of their takes on the palette.

We have also had a bit of drama in our house over the last fortnight!  Lachlan dislocated and broke his finger!!  It was not a pleasant experience at all.  We have had a follow up appointment with the fracture clinic at the hospital and it is all healing well, so that is good.  Lachlan will probably always have a pinky finger that sits a bit further out than normal but other than that it should be fine. So this is what his hand looked like straight after he did it. Just a quick pic from my i-phone. It was pretty obvious something was wrong!

Cameron turns 11 today! Yes, my boys are growing up so fast and before I am ready for it they will be getting thier licenses for sure!  OK that is just so scary and it is still 3 years away for Lachlan and 5 years for Cameron, but I know how quickly those years will go as it seems like yesterday Kaitlyn was born and she will be 4 in July!! 

OK just a quick update from me today as I will be posting again on Friday for the blog hop!!!  See you then!

Comments

[steph devlin]

2 blog posts in one week - WOW !!!!!
Super Impressed ....

I loved reading your journalling Janine, and again, i ache to journal more but never find myself doing it. I know i will regret it in the future. I might even consider going back to 8.5 x 11 layouts for TCR just for this purpose .... hmmmmmm.

The CR #49 is a complete knock out, I just adore everything about it. Super gorgeous layout ..... (with super gorgeous kids) xo

Ow, to Lachlan too. Poor kid. Yikes that looks sore. Oh well with 5 kids, something is always going to be happening, so i spose you just take it as it comes !!!!

Hope you are well and happy, and you have had some beautiful work coming out lately. xo

[Romy]

Oh wow, you totally rock the Echo Park papers! Your layouts are all three totally amazing! I don't know how you manage do that, but it seems like you can do wonders with any paper collection:) I especially love the 'Life is good' layout. I love it that you journalled a lot on this page and your design with all the stitching and pretty details is wonderful too.

Oh gosh, poor Lachlan. It even hurts to only look at his poor finger...And happy 11th birthday to Cameron!!

I must admit I haven't participated in the color room challenges yet, but have been a stalker of the ning site for a long time. It's just that I never found the time to join in too. But maybe the 50th colour pallette will be a great opportunity to start participating too. Let's see 50 as a 0, so that it looks like I haven't missed any pallette;)

[malin]

You are amazing swets you can take any papers and make magic with them!!!

[Jing-Jing Nickel]

You did wonders with those Echo park papers. That boy page is way too cute, and love the misting you did too. Of course me, I love journaling pages, fun to read what you wrote, so thanks for the closeup. But ultimately, nothing showcase your incredible skills like a flowers on a page, unbelievably really. It's quite the art, arranging flowers on a 12x12 surface and you do it masterfully. Glad you are updating the ol' blog again. can't wait for thursday, uh, friday for you :)

[Fritchey]

What amazing and beautiful pages! I love your journaling, too! You scrapped both of these memories beautifully! And I hope Lachlan's finger is all healed by now!

[Kym Piez]

Oooh, I love the journalling on your LO. It was so great to read, and yes, your children's life is so very different from your's! I have vivid memories of you naming just about all of those goats. Instead of Number 325, you had a nickname. And you could even tell from a distance which one was what. It still amazes me... x

[Kym Piez]

I was so carried away by your amazing memory of your hundreds of goats, I forgot to mention Lachlan's finger. OUCH! Poor bub. How did he do it? Boys... I suspect I will spend many an hour in emergency with my boys too. x

[Cynthia]

You have beautiful kids. I am so in love with your scrap layouts. Do you do tutorials?