tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57142890961776626132024-03-05T00:27:37.925-08:0012x24Donna Hooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477831007289603656noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5714289096177662613.post-89455355454213215142007-07-25T23:07:00.000-07:002007-07-26T03:04:15.428-07:00More Than Just A Bike<div align="center">My daughter Paige loves her bike so much. She's had this one for almost a year now but looks after it so well. Even now in winter she can often be found outside making sure that even if she isn't out riding it, at least it stays clean!</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHCz1bfveUq1WZUV4QgdStXxae7G10qu50hcKlExiHOf5VzQ9wpet_8yFouw610Xaqq9zPcao37odY18E6DMC2FVPwtH1sZlpOZIYYYKqW7kkulfo7mHskvZElXDZeEcsIz0WtBa5-9by3/s1600-h/More+than+Just+A+Bike2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091384675304360754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHCz1bfveUq1WZUV4QgdStXxae7G10qu50hcKlExiHOf5VzQ9wpet_8yFouw610Xaqq9zPcao37odY18E6DMC2FVPwtH1sZlpOZIYYYKqW7kkulfo7mHskvZElXDZeEcsIz0WtBa5-9by3/s400/More+than+Just+A+Bike2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Donna Hooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477831007289603656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5714289096177662613.post-60798163477105743692007-07-08T19:46:00.000-07:002007-07-08T19:58:58.800-07:00<div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6666;"><strong>Easter In The {Park}</strong></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cccccc;"></span></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085025153824477602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZAgStDsu8O7Jk1twkdznT7qk8k0hByAJStlbk3Yxq4FZ8yu3O1kXV9wqlpr8nyypu5Dhchi-Uu0O1c4I21lK6NG5ErqZtBGDn-ODUkSGy_qP9JzsYtR8d8apXdh-55gwQ3262ZzHkjEac/s400/Easter+in+the+Park+copy.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cccccc;"></span></div><p align="center">Easter this year was really quiet. We took my father to the park with the kids and played egg ans spoon races, easter egg hunts, had a bbq brunch, painted our eggs, ate far too much chocolate and then played some more games. Like I said...it was quiet...but it was so nice to spend an easter with dad and the kids.</p>Donna Hooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477831007289603656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5714289096177662613.post-20826492321930308732007-07-08T19:33:00.001-07:002007-07-08T19:45:48.011-07:00You're Like An Eternal Spring<p align="center"></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffcc66;"><strong></strong></span><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffcc66;"><strong>You're Like An Eternal Spring</strong></span><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085021159504892306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhELfZ2SoG7vMvN9qATSfO-UXEhZH3S9uojDnnEOmR9o3JnT2zfshHjbb60lAcpzE85TZCbN5yI9MJ4MnxXfm5nV_4JAvbBO5jcKuWZszzH2_nTsIyGT3gqPODBXuulmkKU66cbi4nqojKP/s400/You're+Like+An+Eternal+Springsml.jpg" border="0" />I just love watchin my daughter Paige grow up. I love the way each day brings new discovery!</p><p align="center">She has such a cool outlook on things most of the time and people are always drawn to her.</p><p align="center">I hope she takes the time to enjoy her youth and isn't in too much of a hurry to grow up!</p><div align="center"></div><p align="center"><br /></p><div align="center"></div>Donna Hooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477831007289603656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5714289096177662613.post-63996117809523545992007-06-07T04:41:00.000-07:002007-06-07T05:08:58.002-07:00Hippie Chic<div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff66;">Hippie Chic</span></strong><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#cccccc;">Here is the latest of my layouts to make it onto the portal at </span><a href="http://karensscrappin.com.au/"><span style="color:#cccccc;">KSK</span></a><span style="color:#cccccc;">. The papers are Cosmo Cricket (Love Notes) I really wanted to try and use the papers on a layout of my daughter Teigha becasue purple and orange are two of her fav. colours. The papers are a little old for her so the trick was to try and create a funky page that suited her personality...in the end I was really happy with the way it turned out! Oh...BTW....so was Teigha (Tia).</span></div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073288868215344946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitxWscojvuT3yy5C7eiJQR3vF2pavjyV6Nl3kXaPJKuMVaLFimdUQ1SK91Sru0EaE01FpXbohNoHEqbYzfo03l2kVO5n9mP0i6QZjR-HvMguRuXsVCzOjONu-zWAFy-PtrODQbr_sbCQ71/s400/Hippie+ChicTeigha.jpg" border="0" /></div><p align="center">You can see a teaser of some of the elements of this page on <a href="http://donnahoopercollectivecreative.blogspot.com/2007/06/ok.html">Collective Creative HERE</a>....enjoy...thanks for looking.</p>Donna Hooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477831007289603656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5714289096177662613.post-87732714520436935262007-06-01T14:26:00.000-07:002007-06-01T14:55:46.816-07:00Genuine Affection<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipl_jObSaX90iJpHx0btVagmfvaV0Y_-JvdkGZhdV5wq1Ax-ISFFmVS3nmUeFyQkAilZN47QCItI-4VwRBvEiW8CRL8wTxLVIvzfOAMAhSYlrK_DFkBuzRz3u1mqZuHXgd114RNJAjYVTG/s1600-h/Genuine+Affection+smll.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071216843631100738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipl_jObSaX90iJpHx0btVagmfvaV0Y_-JvdkGZhdV5wq1Ax-ISFFmVS3nmUeFyQkAilZN47QCItI-4VwRBvEiW8CRL8wTxLVIvzfOAMAhSYlrK_DFkBuzRz3u1mqZuHXgd114RNJAjYVTG/s400/Genuine+Affection+smll.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><div>This is a design I did for <a href="http://www.karensscrappin.com.au/">KSK</a> a while ago (using dream street papers). They were papers (I guess) I wouldn't ordinarily choose myself. I think that is half the fun of doing designs for shops and design companies…you get to challenge yourself by using products you just might not otherwise select. It's something that I really enjoy.</div><br /><div></div><div>Anyway...enough already. </div></div>Donna Hooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477831007289603656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5714289096177662613.post-25652205402817516752007-05-24T05:54:00.000-07:002007-05-24T06:01:41.388-07:00Only You<div>Ok...so it's not quite finished yet...but I just couldn't wait to get this one loaded.....</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>It was part of the crop for Australia's Biggest Morning Tea (raising money for cancer research)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>So anyway...here it is</div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068111393297531554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_d9xY-VCJISgYFGwpKiYhtvUstjShNVhSQ1GZ963K25JrvEK-YQiSpFj3tpLJnaBIRCPCMD2SryWuXnMA2K-fv7EuwkH_h0GGgswT27MdPnwgPysLLnLAIhcqSZZJkRPUFRCyQ1BvMpw1/s400/Only+You+1+copy.jpg" border="0" /></div>Donna Hooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477831007289603656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5714289096177662613.post-27043475568227255852007-05-19T17:00:00.000-07:002007-05-19T18:26:15.251-07:00<div align="center"><span style="color:#c0c0c0;">I almost always work on 12x24 layouts. I think it's because I like having room to move. Whatever the reason I just wanted to share some of my favs with you. Some of these are a little old...but hold a special place in my heart. Anyway...here they are...</span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff66;">I Will Not Pass Notes In Class</span></strong></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#c0c0c0;">2007 Ushered in the start of my girls primary school education.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#c0c0c0;">Paige went off to grade one and Teigha off to Prep.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#c0c0c0;">They were both so excited and just couldn't wait to get going! </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#c0c0c0;"> </div></span><div align="center"><a href="http://www.karensscrappin.com.au/gallery2/data/540/medium/I_will_not_pass_notes_in_class.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.karensscrappin.com.au/gallery2/data/540/medium/I_will_not_pass_notes_in_class.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff66;"><strong>Oh The Wonder Of You</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#333333;"></span><span style="color:#c0c0c0;">Seriously...I am one of thos mothers who is constantly amazed at the beauty and wonder of her children. I feel so blessed to have such amazing little people as part of my life. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#c0c0c0;"> </div></span><div align="center"><a href="http://www.karensscrappin.com.au/gallery2/data/540/medium/Oh_The_Wonder_Of_You1.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.karensscrappin.com.au/gallery2/data/540/medium/Oh_The_Wonder_Of_You1.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff66;"><strong> Ragin Inferno Of Fun</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#c0c0c0;">My son Jai is so expressive and outgoing. He's a great big huge ball of energy and fun!<br /></span><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.karensscrappin.com.au/gallery2/data/540/medium/raging_inferno_of_fun.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.karensscrappin.com.au/gallery2/data/540/medium/raging_inferno_of_fun.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff66;">Ordinary Moments Can Be Spectacular</span></strong></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#c0c0c0;">Watching my father interact with my children is bitter sweet...but far more sweet than bitter. I love that my kids adore him and that love is return amplified!!!</span><br /></span><br /></div><a href="http://www.karensscrappin.com.au/gallery2/data/540/medium/Ordinary_Moments_can_be_Spectacular1.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.karensscrappin.com.au/gallery2/data/540/medium/Ordinary_Moments_can_be_Spectacular1.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong> </strong><strong><span style="color:#ffff66;">Absolutely Perfect</span></strong><br /></span><span style="color:#c0c0c0;">Jai isn't one of those boys who always runs at full speed. There are times like below when he is just the sweetest kid on the block.<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.karensscrappin.com.au/gallery2/data/540/medium/Absolutely_Perfect.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong><span style="color:#ffff66;">Your Smile Lights Up My Life</span></strong><br /></span><span style="color:#c0c0c0;">It's a common thing for some people to document the gowth of their children by making paint or ink prints of their childrens feet. Some parents even make plaster representations of feet and hands. Because I'm a photographer I choose to mark time and growth by taking photos of both an expression on my childs' face and their feet. Have done layouts for each of my children in this way and continue to do it every 6 mths or so.<br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.karensscrappin.com.au/gallery2/data/540/medium/Your_Smile.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.karensscrappin.com.au/gallery2/data/540/medium/Your_Smile.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong> <span style="color:#ffff66;">You're The Sparkle In My Eyes, The Twinkle In My Toes, The Dance In My Step & The Kiss In My Heart</span></strong> </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"></span><br /></span><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.karensscrappin.com.au/gallery2/data/540/medium/Sparkle_In_My_Eyes.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff66;"><strong>Teigha</strong></span></div><div><span style="color:#c0c0c0;">Little Teigha was born 12 weeks early and faced her own share of unique challenges. Through everything she has remained her bright and spunky self. She's a unique and beautiful character who loves nothing more than to laugh and play. </span></div><div><span style="color:#c0c0c0;"> </div></span><div><a href="http://www.karensscrappin.com.au/gallery2/data/540/medium/These_Are_The_Moments.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.karensscrappin.com.au/gallery2/data/540/medium/These_Are_The_Moments.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#ffff66;"><strong>Grow</strong></span><br /></span><br /><div><a href="http://www.karensscrappin.com.au/gallery2/data/540/medium/Grow.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.karensscrappin.com.au/gallery2/data/540/medium/Grow.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff66;"><strong>Reasons To Celebrate</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#c0c0c0;">These are all the things I have reason to celebrate each and every single day. I have each and every one of these things in my life and this page helps to remind me of them. This is an old layout...but still one of my favs. </span></div><div><span style="color:#c0c0c0;"><br /></span><div><a href="http://www.karensscrappin.com.au/gallery2/data/540/medium/Reasons_To_Celebrate.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.karensscrappin.com.au/gallery2/data/540/medium/Reasons_To_Celebrate.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div><br /></div>Donna Hooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477831007289603656noreply@blogger.com3