Memoirs of a Madhouse Mum

I think that the title about says it all - I am a Mum of 4 and I definately live in a Madhouse!! Life is hectic, time is scarce, chores are a plenty, the demands of the taxi mum are never ending, sleep is deprived and laughter and love has no boundaries (mixed with alot of noise). Oh,I almost forgot.....Scrapbooking! My niche in life when time permits. Its what keeps me sane!

Monday, January 23, 2012

Sneak Peeks of Sat 4th Feb classes...

Just a quick post to give you all a little sneak peek of my first up coming classes for 2012...
Yippe, time to get into scrapping again!
Class 1
 Using pearl mists, masks, stamps and inks.
Class 2 (Double)
Using patterned papers, punches, glimmer mist and poly sparkle.
Thanks for looking....  :)


Monday, December 19, 2011

Huge sale finishing soon....

Due to our site being down for a couple of days we have extended our sale until Wednesday 21st Dec.
Welcome to our HUGE 2011 Christmas SELL OUT....
Everything in store is 40% off, yes thats right...... EVERYTHING...

Monday, November 7, 2011

A couple of my latest creations....

Here are a couple of layouts that we did in class last week.....
I really love how this one turned out, especially as I have used mostly girly products for boy photos.

Here are the products that I used...



Hope you like them...
Thanks for looking!
Rach x

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

New Challenge...

Just wanted to add a new challenge that we have just set over at


Scrapping Outbacks Blog it is a fun challenge using your own stash and you can be in the running to win this digi stamp.



Here is a cute little card that I made up using the above digi stamp - So easy to do!!!!




* Simply colour you image in photoshop, then save as a JPEG file.


* Open a word or publisher file/page.


* Drag your saved image into the opened page - resize to what ever you like - I actually made mine a little smaller than a card size and moved it to the top right hand corner, added some birthday cheer writing along the top and bottom.


* I also added another image of the same size, a smaller image and another even smaller image in the bottom half of the page.


* Print it out on a sheet of A4 bazzil.


* Cut straight across just below the writing and fold in half......there you go a really simple card.


* To add a little more pizzaz, I cut out the other 3 images and 3D layered the large one directly over the top of the card image, then added the medium sized one on the front of the card also.


* The smaller image, I glued inside the card.


* Finally add some kindly glitz and glossy crackle accent to the digi images for a little extra sparkle and there you have a really cool, yet easy card.




So go on over and check it out for your chance to win......



Take care


Rach x


Sunday, October 2, 2011

Class update....

 This layout is a fun funky layout created for last saturdays classes - very retro and bright.
"Psychedelic 70's"

This is the other layout from Saturdays classes -
"The timeless magic of a sunset"
It was amazing to see all the different versions of this layout.


Thanks for looking
Take care
Rach x

Friday, September 9, 2011

Just a couple of layouts to share...

Here are couple of my previous class layouts that I wanted to share....

 "Timeless Beauty"



"Sweet and Sour"
Thanks for looking....
Take care
Rach x


Sat 17th Classes....

Just thought I would give you all an update on my upcoming classes here in Mt Cotton.

This first one "Bliss" - a pretty layout using stamps, punches and making our own flowers. Haven't got the right photo yet for this layout, Will upload it very soon.


The second layout is a boyish one for a change, also using stamps, masking and paint.

"Birds of a Feather"