A new year…

A new year.  I slid into the summer month of January by the skin of my teeth.  My kids were away, my hubby was away and my sense of ‘enough’ was away.  I had a good friend staying, we enjoyed the season, the sun and the summer and I ended up with a timely reminder of why I don’t do that more often.  I also gained a relaxed and positive attitude – although that was kind of happening anyway – and an elbow injury.  All around about the time the clock ticked over from 2010 to 2011. 

Besides the lovely new year celebrations I have also been scrapping my heart out for CHA.  I’ve done more BasicGrey layouts for the booth over in Anaheim than ever before, and I’m on to the Prima stuff now.  CHA is always busy, I always disappear from facebook and my blog only to have a whole lot of layouts to show you at the end of January. 

Do I have any new year resolutions?  Sure.  I always do.  Many of them are gym related – I see some of you rolling your eyes – but I also have scrapbooking goals.  This year I want to share more.  I plan to update my blog, show my layouts, talk about what I’m doing, where I’m going, who I’m meeting and the projects I’m creating.  As scrapbooking has become more and more involved for me, I’ve shared less and less.  This year I’ll change that.  After my CHA work is done.

I’ll leave you with a layout I created for my Big Picture Class back in October.  You’ll recognise the ‘sketch’ or the design, it’s one I use often.  It’s a favourite so why not.  I hope you enjoy the layout but most of all I hope you enjoy the sentiment.  It’s a goodie for this time of year.

laters.

 

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Comments

24 responses to “A new year…”

  1. Jenny Avatar
    Jenny

    I love this time of the year – we’re all laid back, we eat when we like even if that’s 5pm or 8pm. I have also done lots of scrapping this last week

  2. Jenny Avatar
    Jenny

    I love this time of the year – we’re all laid back, we eat when we like even if that’s 5pm or 8pm. I have also done lots of scrapping this last week

  3. Jenny Avatar
    Jenny

    I love this time of the year – we’re all laid back, we eat when we like even if that’s 5pm or 8pm. I have also done lots of scrapping this last week

  4. Jenny Avatar
    Jenny

    I love this time of the year – we’re all laid back, we eat when we like even if that’s 5pm or 8pm. I have also done lots of scrapping this last week

  5. Linda L Avatar

    I certainly don’t know you well Nic but I think you are definitely more orange than lemon. Fabbo layout! Hope your elbow is okay. Love that you’re going to share more on here this year…please please do….I miss seeing your beautiful work and reading your funny posts. Happy New Year!

  6. Linda L Avatar

    I certainly don’t know you well Nic but I think you are definitely more orange than lemon. Fabbo layout! Hope your elbow is okay. Love that you’re going to share more on here this year…please please do….I miss seeing your beautiful work and reading your funny posts. Happy New Year!

  7. Linda L Avatar

    I certainly don’t know you well Nic but I think you are definitely more orange than lemon. Fabbo layout! Hope your elbow is okay. Love that you’re going to share more on here this year…please please do….I miss seeing your beautiful work and reading your funny posts. Happy New Year!

  8. Linda L Avatar

    I certainly don’t know you well Nic but I think you are definitely more orange than lemon. Fabbo layout! Hope your elbow is okay. Love that you’re going to share more on here this year…please please do….I miss seeing your beautiful work and reading your funny posts. Happy New Year!

  9. Dianne H Avatar

    Happy New Year Nic. Love the message in your layout – will take it on board. Looking forward to your regular blog updates this year. Good luck with your CHA work – look fwd to seeing those too.

  10. Dianne H Avatar

    Happy New Year Nic. Love the message in your layout – will take it on board. Looking forward to your regular blog updates this year. Good luck with your CHA work – look fwd to seeing those too.

  11. Dianne H Avatar

    Happy New Year Nic. Love the message in your layout – will take it on board. Looking forward to your regular blog updates this year. Good luck with your CHA work – look fwd to seeing those too.

  12. Dianne H Avatar

    Happy New Year Nic. Love the message in your layout – will take it on board. Looking forward to your regular blog updates this year. Good luck with your CHA work – look fwd to seeing those too.

  13. Joanne Flannery Avatar
    Joanne Flannery

    Hi Nic
    Love that message on your stunning layout, I read it as I am sitting here trying to avoid the mess around me and wondering how it got so bad when it was almost perfect a few days ago, and there is now only two of us at home now our daughter is all grown up and living elsewhere! I think I will use this as part of my new year resolution – to be more Orange! I haven’t really set any resolutions other than the usual to loose weight and get fitter so I can start beating the boys again at squash!
    So, happy new year to you and your lovely family, good luck with all your CHA projects, and maybe we will see you back down in sunny Timaru again sometime.
    Thanks again for bringing us the “Orange”
    Cheers
    Joanne

  14. Joanne Flannery Avatar
    Joanne Flannery

    Hi Nic
    Love that message on your stunning layout, I read it as I am sitting here trying to avoid the mess around me and wondering how it got so bad when it was almost perfect a few days ago, and there is now only two of us at home now our daughter is all grown up and living elsewhere! I think I will use this as part of my new year resolution – to be more Orange! I haven’t really set any resolutions other than the usual to loose weight and get fitter so I can start beating the boys again at squash!
    So, happy new year to you and your lovely family, good luck with all your CHA projects, and maybe we will see you back down in sunny Timaru again sometime.
    Thanks again for bringing us the “Orange”
    Cheers
    Joanne

  15. Joanne Flannery Avatar
    Joanne Flannery

    Hi Nic
    Love that message on your stunning layout, I read it as I am sitting here trying to avoid the mess around me and wondering how it got so bad when it was almost perfect a few days ago, and there is now only two of us at home now our daughter is all grown up and living elsewhere! I think I will use this as part of my new year resolution – to be more Orange! I haven’t really set any resolutions other than the usual to loose weight and get fitter so I can start beating the boys again at squash!
    So, happy new year to you and your lovely family, good luck with all your CHA projects, and maybe we will see you back down in sunny Timaru again sometime.
    Thanks again for bringing us the “Orange”
    Cheers
    Joanne

  16. Joanne Flannery Avatar
    Joanne Flannery

    Hi Nic
    Love that message on your stunning layout, I read it as I am sitting here trying to avoid the mess around me and wondering how it got so bad when it was almost perfect a few days ago, and there is now only two of us at home now our daughter is all grown up and living elsewhere! I think I will use this as part of my new year resolution – to be more Orange! I haven’t really set any resolutions other than the usual to loose weight and get fitter so I can start beating the boys again at squash!
    So, happy new year to you and your lovely family, good luck with all your CHA projects, and maybe we will see you back down in sunny Timaru again sometime.
    Thanks again for bringing us the “Orange”
    Cheers
    Joanne

  17. AmandaD Avatar

    Hi Nic!!! I love the layout and even if you use the sketch time and time again it still looks super cool 🙂

  18. AmandaD Avatar

    Hi Nic!!! I love the layout and even if you use the sketch time and time again it still looks super cool 🙂

  19. AmandaD Avatar

    Hi Nic!!! I love the layout and even if you use the sketch time and time again it still looks super cool 🙂

  20. AmandaD Avatar

    Hi Nic!!! I love the layout and even if you use the sketch time and time again it still looks super cool 🙂

  21. Kimmie Avatar
    Kimmie

    Lovely layout Nic, and very good sentiments. It’s all about not sweating the small stuff 🙂

  22. Kimmie Avatar
    Kimmie

    Lovely layout Nic, and very good sentiments. It’s all about not sweating the small stuff 🙂

  23. Kimmie Avatar
    Kimmie

    Lovely layout Nic, and very good sentiments. It’s all about not sweating the small stuff 🙂

  24. Kimmie Avatar
    Kimmie

    Lovely layout Nic, and very good sentiments. It’s all about not sweating the small stuff 🙂

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