Nicole Chin

absolutely nothing to do with scrapbooking

 Here is what I spent mother's day doing, Mitchell is nerf gun crazy, and was not thrilled with the bright yellow colour scheme of his guns, so in a moment of madness I said why don't we paint them?

A trip to Bunnings on Mother's Day is just what I wanted LOL. We bought army green, silver and black spray cans, and proceeded to spray paint all Mitchell's guns. We were inspired by the movie Shooter, and even used leaves as stencils to get that real camo look. I think they came out pretty good, Mitchell is in heaven with his *new* guns. I guess they will become scrapbook page subjects eventually, so there you go a little bit of scrapbooking in there.

 here is the before and after shots...I can see spray paint sales exploding very soon...

Now this is truly funny...

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Some Page Ideas

Using the new Create a title paper!

   

The Best Idea I have ever had!

I cannot wait to share with you all my fabulous new scrapbooking paper! Imagine being able to create a minimum of 6 separate titles from a single sheet of cardstock! You do not need to be an exceptional artiste either! If you can colour in, you can create your own funky titles in an instant! Best of all, you can also use this paper as a background paper and position your title anywhere your photo leaves free! Vertical, horizontal, even diagonal, the choice is yours! This is the best value title treatment you will ever see! You can create titles using numbers, letters, even characters with ease! Simply black out the dashes you don't need, with a black archival pen, to create a liquid crystal style font title! If you can think of it, you can make it a title, with the new CREATE-A-TITLE. Contact me for wholesale/ and retail enquiries.

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Below is a layout I did using the proto-type paper.

shh...don't make a sound...

I have snuck into my scrapbooking room, and so far I have been successful! No-one is yelling for me to come and help with this or that, or I can't find....where did you put....? Add a mobile phone to this equation, and you could seriously get no peace ever! I had to go to the dentist to get a small window of time without being phoned with the usual questions...where is this? can you pick up that? this morning. Sad really...if only the dentist knew my dilemma he would be suggesting major crown work LOL...at this point I would jump at the chance...

So I have been painting and getting the pool area to a point where it is looking really nice, just some paving, deck lights and a roof over the pavillion would be nice...not to mention the outdoor kitchen I spied at BBQ's galore on the weekend...it was only $16,000!!!! we are busy saving for that one...

So here are some photos of the decking details....The pavillion still needs another coat of white paint, and the wire ballustrading to be threaded through the railing posts. I spent a lot of time on sunday, pencil and steel ruler in hand, measuring the drill points for the wire to feed through the posts. We also had a trap door put into the deck with a removable plastic tub so I can empty the pool skimmer box into it, without dripping water and leaves all over the deck...I also potted up a yukka into our old urn as a feature plant on the deck.

Damn I have been found...bye for now..

N

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Been a while....

since I updated my blog. Bit sad really, I must be one of those people who shouldn't have a blog, LOL...as I just don't have the time to update it regularly. I have found that I am slowly removing things from my life that take up time, like Yahoo groups, I was a member of about 20 groups...I mean really...I didn't go cold turkey, I went no mail on a few for a while, then went back and checked what was happening there, ok, not much, so I unsubbed...I feel free-er than I have in a long time...its great to have a few special yahoo groups to touch base with, the rest well...*chow*

I have also been de-cluttering my life and surrounds, and am finding this so nice on a daily basis, I am addicted to throwing things away now...

There are a few areas that have been taking up my time

1. scrapbooking

2.de-cluttering

3.garden renovating

4. Mitchell's Baseball and Mini Bike club

On the scrapbooking side, I have been scrapping intermittently, here are a few of my recent pages...  one was inspired by a clean up in Amy's wardrobe...one by her attitude, and one by Mitchell's love of Dad's job! On the decluttering section, I cleaned and sorted the pantry, and it is so organised now...very scary! We have also been for a trip down to tassie to visit Gav's parents, so it's been a busy first quarter of the year! We are also full on into the pool area revamp, that we have been trying to get started since last year! It is coming along nicely now...just some paving, paint and finishing touches to go...   

well, I think thats enough rambling for now...

xx N

History Lessons in Kiama

We spent the APEC weekend in Kiama, escaping the city and the public Holiday by going down the coast, to re-discover Gav's Family roots. The Chin Family settled in Kiama after federation, and were quite prolific in the area. We visited the Kiama Family History Centre and found out some fascinating things about the Chins, and also explored the graveyard to find some very old Chin Family headstones. We also did the touristy things like the Blow-hole and the historic town of Berry. The kids really loved the Olde lolly shoppe there! I am getting into this geneology thing, it certainly gets you in.... pics are of the kids at the blow-hole, one of the Chin Headstones, and the historic house attached to the Kiama Blue Resort where we stayed...

till next time,

N

Some Mustard Moon pages

Hi gals, just thought I would update my blog with some of my latest pages.

Enjoy!

Where have I been?

You ask....well, you know that thing called life? It just ran away with me, and I can tell you all, I was in a dark place for a while. I can thank a very skilled acupuncturist and a lot of positive thinking for my return from the dark side. I am really at a emotional and creative crossroads...I want to scrapbook, but my mind has been so consumed by the financial burden of keeping ahead of the trends and trying to be cutting edge, that I kinda lost myself in the process. I am now able to think more clearly than I have in ages, thanks to some stress relieving acupuncture I am able to seriously look at what I have become and say NO, this isn't the direction I want to go in. Clear as mud? Check out my signature line, it is missing something...but I am NOT missing it.

I am sitting in the midst of absolute carnage, I have ripped everything out of my drawers , cupboards, storage containers, and am for the first time am seriously decluttering my creative space. I really need this clean sweep, for my sanity as well as my scrap room's sake.

I still have catalogues from CHA 2006, samples, and bits and pieces, all over the place, I just did the unthinkable and binned the lot! I mean really, how many cutters does one person need? ONE, not 4! I figure I can get rid of a lot of stuff that is still good, but just so not necessary for one person! So I decided a SCRAPBOOKING GARAGE SALE is the way to go.

I am seriously thinking about re-organising my entire scraproom, as it just isn't working at the moment! I think though I will wait till I have finished de-cluttering so I can take stock of how much space I really have.

I have also been busy designing and sewing bedding packages for a couple of boats which will be on show at the SYDNEY Boat Show this weekend. Check out the Caribbean Stand for two boats I decked out in sumptuous bedlinen!

xx N

A long time Love of Mustard Moon

I used to be a plain cardstock girl, wayyyyyy back when I first started scrapbooking, you know the Creative memories coloured cardstock, that cost the earth and wasn't 12x 12?

I used to do such intricate paper piecings to try and get some dimension to my pages, then I discovered brads and eyelets! Much to the horror of my very conservative CM lady!

then I was bored, and needed something new...this was when I discovered the beauty of pattertned papers! I found the Mustard moon ranges were all co-ordinating, very new for back then, and were subtle enough to mix well! I was hooked! I became very good friends with the old owners of mustard moon, and subsequently the NEW owners, and have always used MuMO (my abbreviation for Mustard Moon) right throughout my scrapping life!

So it is with great pride and excitement that I announce my addition to the MuMo Design Team! I am looking forward to officially promoting their awesome products to aussies and the world!

Thanks Karen and Vicki (the new owners of Mumo) for this wonderful opportunity!

so here are a few then and now pages, to whet your appetite...

Look how much my little man has grown! *sob*