Happy Mother’s Day to all my mummy friends! I hope you all got spoilt with breakfast in bed and lots of hugs and kisses from your loved ones.

It’s quite ironic that today, Mother’s Day, I’m spending on my own looking after the children who are sick. *laughs* It had to happen! Hubby has gone to the Mother’s Day Lunch with his brothers and their families and his mum, and I’m home tending to sneezes, coughing fits and admistering Ventolin as needed. The children aren’t too bad (in fact I know they’re better than before because they’re arguing!!), but because my Mother-in-Law is undergoing Chemotherapy for breast cancer we just can’t risk her catching anything (she spent Easter in hospital because of a sore throat.)

However, I did have breakfast in bed and receive  some creatively-wrapped presents the children bought from the school Mother’s Day stall for 50c and $1 each. Sooo cute! Hubby told me he loved me and was very sympathetic about me having to stay home – so all is good!!!  The children are watching a DVD at the moment so I have a moment to share the Scrapbooking Beyond The Page album that I made for my Mother-in-Law. It was a lot more fun than I expected and I’m quite pleased with the result. I thought it would be nice to give her something with pictures of the children as we haven’t given her any for quite a while (our bad!!).

I’ve used a combination of Stampin’ Up! and non-Stampin’ Up! products. Some SU products were retired in March but they fitted the theme of the page.

Front page

Sports Day

Best Friends. Awwwww.

I Cherish this photo!

I coloured the white flowers with a Pretty in Pink Marker and the blended it with an Aqua Painter. It creates a lovely soft effect.

Looking for crabs

Coobowie Rock Pools

Last page

I’ll list the Stampin’ Up! products I used for each page although the other items were in my stash and I won’t list them by name if they aren’t SU.

Front Page:Polka Dots & Petals stamp set (retired), Petals and Paisleys DSP (retired), Taken with Teal, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White C/S, Taken with Teal ink, 3/4″, 1″, 1&1/4″ 1&3/8″ circle punchs and Scallop Circle punch..

Sports Day page: Nursery Letters Jumbo wheel, Pacific Point ink, Good Morning Sunshine DSP (Pacific Point sheet), Certainly Celery C/S, Certainly Celery 1.6 cm Grosgrain ribbon, Riding Hood Red striped ribbon, Bashful Blue taffeta ribbon, sponges, sanding blocks, own buttons and paper clip.

Best Friends page: Flower Fancy set, Basic Grey textured C/S, Pretty in Pink C/S, Regal Rose and Wild Wasabi (retired) C/S, Basic Grey and Regal Ink, Pretties Kit, Cherished Memories rub-oons (retired), self-adhesive die-cuts from Crew Kids  Girl Simply Scrappin’ Kit (retired), spiral punch, sanding blocks, various adhesive pearls.

Looking for Crabs Page: Life’s a Breeze stamp set, Something Fishy jumbo wheel, Crab & Co. stamp set (retired), Dashing DSP - River Rock polka dot sheet (retired), Brocade Blue C/S, Ink and 1.6cm Grosgrain ribbon, Night of Navy C/S and ink, River Rock C/S (retired), sponges, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, sanding blocks and various half-back pearls.

Last Page: Heidi Grace Garden Words Paper, 5 petal flower Punch, Regal Rose C/S and So Saffron C/S, half-back adhesive pearls, bashful Blue ink and sponges.

I hope she likes it. Now I need to do another one for us to keep for ourselves!!!