Off to the Games

How many of you spend your Saturday mornings watching your sons' play sport?
How many hours of your week are taken up by taking your kids to training?
If you're anything like me...it's a lot!!
Our boys all play cricket...indoor and outdoor, so it's a year 'round commitment for us.
One of our sons also plays Representative cricket so during that season...most of our week is spent at training or at his games both Saturday mornings and all day Sunday.
I think I have a photo of every cricket ground in Sydney!!
I'm sure you'll agree though, that when our sons achieve in what they do...whether it be taking a wicket in cricket, scoring a goal in soccer or moving up to the next level in their chosen sport..it makes us prouder than punch to watch their little faces light up with pride and a sense of achievement.

In January this year my sons's Rep. cricket team travelled to Newcastle for a 4 day long carnival and not only did he take out the awards for Batting Aggregate, Batting Average, Man of the Match for one of the games...he also received the prestigious Player of the Carnival award! We were so, so proud of him.
I created this layout in the shape of a cricket ball for him:



Take a look at how these proud Mums scrapped the achievements of their sons:

Kim Gelings' children are swimmers (I don't envy the hours you'd put into that Kim..LOL). She has sent in these two gorgeous layouts to share:





Swimming awards are the order of the day in the next two layouts.
Nicole Finlayson has sent in a stunning layout of her son receiving an award:



Julie Hancock submitted a layout of her son receiving awards for Age Champion! Wow..that is an achievement!



Soccer is also a very popular sport among boys as these next two layouts show.
Katja Schneider shares this layout of her little guys love for the game:



Caroline McLachlan's young boy features in this soccer layout:



The greatest game of all...RUGBY LEAGUE..LOL is what Julie Takacs young men play as they are seen here in this layout with their trophies:



The next two layouts show that your boy doesn't have to actually be in a team to get photos of them playing their favourite sport.
Kylie Bailey submitted this layout of her nephew kicking around his footy:



Connie Hatch has created a gorgeous layout of her son having a game of golf:



Connie also shows by these next two layouts that we can create layouts of our boys that reflect the sporting teams they support just by using everyday photos:





Another way of documenting your boys' love of sports is by creating a layout of him at an actual sporting event as shown in this layout sent in by Hannah Blair:



Gorgeous layouts girls...thanks so much for sharing!
Don't forget to keep submitting your layouts:
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My 'JUST BECAUSE....' LO today is one sent in by Dee Heath of her gorgeous little boy doing not much at all really but I'd love to know what he's thinking! He's such a cutie...thanks for sharing Dee!

Boys, Toys and Noise

Hey everyone :)

I attended a cyber crop on the weekend at Scrap N Crazy that went all weekend.

On the Saturday night I was busy playing Bingo and trying to keep up with all the chat and challenges so was back and forth from my computer to my scrapping desk which is just one step away from each other.

Each time though I had to step over my boys and as I was in 'the scrapping zone' I was quite oblivious to what they were doing. Oh sure..I knew they were playing with their toys but I wasn't taking much notice what they were playing.

So I stopped for a minute and listened to what they were saying and doing.

Their MASSIVE toybox is directly behind the computer and when I stopped what I was doing to watch it suddenly hit me just how many kids I have!! LOL

OMG...there was one IN the toybox...one UNDER my scrapping table and two to my immediate right! They were like Gremlins...they were just EVERYWHERE!! I'm sure at some stage of my life I've fed one after midnight or spilt water on one of them and they've just multiplied!!

Anyway...they were playing 'hunting' with their utes and toy dogs that they have and each of them had their own seperate campsite...which is why they were all over the place.

God love 'em. )



I've noticed a lot of the layouts being sent in are of boys of all ages...and their toys. No matter how small or big...boys will always have their toys.

Here is a huge selection of layouts from some very talented scrappers and the boys in their lives with their toys...from babies to grown men.

Enjoy!!



The first 2 layouts were sent in by Kathie Link. Already her gorgeous little man is playng with his favourite toys:










Bikes have always been a big hit with boys and these guys are no exception!
Tammy Templeton shares this layout of her little guy on his first bike:



These next two layouts were sent in by Michelle Vass of her young man and his set of wheels:





Julie Hancock has submitted this next layout of her lucky little boy with his shiny new bicycle:



Leah Littlehales shares this layout of her little dudes and their bikes:



Blowing bubbles has always been a fun pastime... as shown by these next two gorgeous layouts.
This first one was sent in by Hannah Blair:



Kylie Bailey shares this next layout of her nephew having fun with bubbles:



I love the concept of the next three layouts. They have been created with the toys as the main theme of the layout with an additional pic of the scrappers' boys taking a back seat to the actual toys. This is a great way to remember what toys your boys were interested in as children and also a fabulous way to showcase the selection of toys they own.

Michelle Vass submitted this awesome layout of her sons love of the Thomas the Tank range of trains:



Sally Mitchell created a fabulous layout with her sons love of Bob the Builder in mind and another with his other favourite toys in mind:





If you don't have a photo of your boy playing with his favourite toys..that's not a problem!! This layout submitted by Natalie Hearn shows that you can still scrap about your sons playthings without even having a picture of him doing it!! Fantastic Natalie!



This next layout is an 'opposite' of the one above...with a photo of the child and a list of his favourite toys. Submitted by Vicki Brunner, this is a fantastic way of scrapping about her sons' love of toys without photos of them!



This next gorgeous layout just goes to show that little boys are born fathers. Submitted by Hannah Blair:



Now what would a childhood be for a boy without a water gun? These things seem to never go 'out of fashion' or 'age'..they only seem to get bigger and better..(and more expensive!!).
Check out these next two fab layouts...the first one submitted by Kim Ogden:



Kylie Bailey shares the next stunning layout with us:



The next two layouts show that no matter how old our boys get...they never outgrow toys!
This fabulous layout submitted by Kerrie Lloyd shows her sons' new toy...his first car!



Karen Haywood shares this layout of the man in her life enjoying his big boys toy:



So you see...no matter how old our guys get...they just get more expensive!! LOL

Please continue to submit your fabulous pages:
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P.S Many of you don't have 'school age' boys so I will be accepting pre-school or Kindy photos for the 'Scrap your boys school photos' competition. Also, if you have submitted a layout of your child either graduating or in school uniform before the competition started...I have automatically placed that layout in the competition.

My 'JUST BECAUSE...'LO was only submitted to me today and it instantly took my eye! Not only for the gorgeous pic but for the fabulous pun used in the title. This layout was sent in by Julie Takacs. Fantastic Julie!!

Slugs & snails & puppy dogs tails

There is something special about little boys that are just starting to walk and explore their environments isn't there??
Why is it they they always seem to gravitate towards dirt and things they're not allowed to touch? Because their boys..thats why!!
They are such curious little creatures and always seem to be getting into mischief but at this age they are completely adorable little beings and when they have done something naughty...all they have to do is smile at you and you can't help loving them.
Have a look at these layouts of these gorgeous little guys:

Tammy Templeton has submitted these first two beautiful layouts of her little boy in his toddler years :





Michelle Perry shares this layout of her special little man:



Dee Heath has sent in these next two lovely layouts of her adorable little guy:





The next 2 stunning layouts are from Janine Kaye:





Dionne Molina shares this next stunning layout with us:



These next two lovely layouts were sent in by Hannah Blair:





Thanks so much for sharing those fabulous layouts with us girls...they are all truly insprational. :)

Please continue to send in your layouts:
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The 'Scrap your Boys school photos' comp is still running so get your entries in!

My 'JUST BECAUSE...' LO today is one sent in by Caroline McLachlan of her adorable little boy. Just makes me want to reach out and give him a hug! Thanks for sharing Caroline!

Makes you clucky :)

Hey girls,
Trust you are all well.
There has been a great response so far to the 'Scrap your boys' school photos' competition which is great! So get scrapping those school pics and send them in!

Yesterday was spent with my husbands family on a picnic and I got to congratulate my niece who has recently found out she is pregnant! Of course, the talk was all about babies and how things have changed over the years.
This will be the first baby born in my hubbys' family for a while and I can already see those baby layouts forming in my head..LOL

I'm sure all I'll have to do is look at some of the gorgeous layouts of your babies that you have sent in for inspiration! We have to admit...us scrappers just have the most beautiful babies don't we?? :)

Have a look at this tiny little fella...sent in by Christie Haywood. Gorgeous!



Tatum Woodroffe has submitted a stunning layout of her baby boy that was born earlier on this year:



The next two layouts were sent in by the lovely Tammy Templeton of her little guy...just gorgeous Tammy!





Take a look at the photos of this little man...he is just adorable!! Submitted by Kylie Bailey...love it!



Kathie Link's baby, who is just the cutest little boy, features in the next two layouts...great pages Kathie!





Why not share some pages of your babies with us?
Click on the link below to submit them and start inspiring other scrappers today!
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My 'JUST BECAUSE....' LO today is one sent in by Janine Kaye of her little man which cracks me up just looking at the way he smiled for the camera!! Fantastic Janine!