LAYOUTS

Although my blog has not been updated for a little while I have been finding some time to scrap recently and share some of these with you now.

A b&w photo my mum recently gave me of myself as a little girl.  I can actually remember that pink velvet dress but I'm not sure how old I was; maybe about 3.  I used the Stampin Up Beautiful Wings Embosslit to cut the butterflies out of vellum and I sewed them on individually with my sewing machine.  And here is a  close up of them.

This is a layout using October Afternoon 9 to 5 of my daughter as a holiday rep in Lanzarote.  I chose the title as I remembered a fly on the wall TV programme quite a few years ago about holiday reps and the theme music was the song There She Goes by the La's, so I thought it was quite fitting.  We went out to visit her at the beginning of May and it was so exciting seeing her on duty at the airport.

A photo of my son soon after he started walking around the furniture.  Not the best photo in the world but a milestone that needed recording.  I absolutely love that stencil paper from Jenni Bowlin Studio.  I must get hold of some more as I think it could be used in so many more ways too.

I cut the pattern from the Paper Lace cricut cart and copied a super idea from my friend Ali.  It really did take me forever to decide where to piece the cutouts!  Shame the photo was so dark but I  didn't spend too much time adjusting my camera as I can honestly say our visit there was the coldest I have ever been in my life and my enjoyment was marred enormously as I am not a cold person.  Note to self:  don't visit NY in February!

 OK that's plenty for today but I do have some more stuff to share with you soon.

Happy crafting.

Sandra
x

Dummkopf! - Duckies and a bit of Treasure

I came across a challenge over on the Bellaboo site and was inspired to scrap some photos taken on holiday last year.  Only when I had completed my layout did I realise I should have used products they sell in their shop, which to be fair to them is the whole point of the challenge which I missed!!!  Needless to say there was nothing on my layout I could find in their shop so note to self - read the small print in future!!  Anyway it's not all bad because I am actually very pleased with what I ended up with. 

Who could resist such cuteness!!

An update on our little duckie visitors.  They are still coming daily and sometimes stay the whole day til dusk, come rain or shine!  They are so tame coming right up to the back door for scraps and not minding my lens at all!  Today just Mrs is here, not sure what's she's done with him but he's sure to have cheesed her off so she's escaped for some peace and quiet.  Here she is on the pond, which is in need of some tlc when we get some decent weather!

And last but not least here is a little something I found in the charity shop today. 

I was so happy to find the Falcon Ware sign underneath the £2.50 price tag and have managed to age it to the 1950's.  My husband asked me what I wanted to buy someone else's junk for when I gleefully showed it to him.  I wonder if I can find someone else's pond to sit in!!

Anyway I think it is going to look swell in my dresser which is currently undergoing a makeover and  looks like this right now:

An after photo will be along some time but first I must swap over those bottom slidey doors as it wasn't until I looked at this photo that I realised they have been closed incorrectly - probably forever!

2 Layouts from a scrappy weekend.

Hello - I  am super excited this week as I am going to visit my daughter working out in Lanzarote - I CAN'T WAIT to see her and catch up with everything.  I can't believe she's been gone 6 weeks already - my house seems very male now - it has always been 50/50!

At the weekend I was lucky enough to scrap with some lovely friends through all that rain - we hardly noticed it.  I managed to complete 2 layouts and have another in progress:

A scraplift from Justem at Club CK - I adore the circles and the title is inspired by my sons's t-shirt.  Thanks Gaye for deciphering what it said as I couldn't remember and my eyes aren't so good these days!!

This was inspired by a layout by mercytiara (see my last post).  When I came to file it away however I discovered I had already scrapbooked this photo and had used the title Isn't She Lovely?   Have you ever done that or is it just me?!

 And last but not least - I received this in the post this morning.  :D

Melody Miller Ruby Star

I have something in mind to make it into. ;-)

See you when I get back from my trip.
xx

Scrapbooking Contest Entry

I do like to view scrapbooking and craft videos on YouTube and recently discovered the talents of mercytiara who shows the process she goes through to produce the most outstanding layouts in a fun and interesting way.  I actually found her video channel through a link from another blog (sorry can't remember which) showing the great idea of how to use QR codes on your scrapbooks.  Feeling curious?  Then look here to find out what I mean.  Genius!

Anyway currently she has a challenge to upload something that celebrates scrapbooking and mine just had to be a tribute to the many lovely friends I have made through my hobby.  These particular photos include some of us on the annual exodus to Eastbourne to scrap, chat and be a bit lot silly.  As my journalling says, I don't know what I would do without my lovely craft friends - those present in the pictures and those who weren't there too of course!!!

I hope you like my layout and thank you for looking.

(That's me with the silly green headgear!)

Challenge 4 - Colour Adventure

Despite all good intentions this is the last of the challenges I am going to get done before the deadline for uploading layouts on Shimelle's blog.  I have been very inspired by all the challenges however and will continue to work on them beyond the deadline.

Challenge 4 was to pick another colour to scrap with in addition to yellow and grey.  I actually love all the yellow and grey about at the moment and for that reason have an abundance of it in my craft room.

Green was not an obvious choice for me but I so wanted to use this gorgeous paper from Glitz as I thought it was fitting with my son's preferred mode of transport in this particular photo!  When I showed him the completed layout his first reaction was "why the flowers?"!  I said they reminded me of Grandma, which he had to agree with, and he was really pleased I had scrapped the photos, taken 5 years ago, to remind him of the fun times he had on it, to put in the album just about him.

Challenge 5 Inspiration Points

I am continuing to enjoy playing along with Shimelle's online crop from last weekend.  Challenge 5 was to take inspiration from an absolutely gorgeous layout by Wilna Furstenberg and I came up with this layout.  The photo was taken on a day out to London with friends and my friend Sarah made me laugh so much when she hopped onto one of the Mayor's hire bikes - she is a very unlikely person to find on a bike usually!  It was a great excuse to use my new Studio Calico bicycle stamps and Hero Arts shadow inks that I absolutely adore. 

Thanks for looking! 

Online Crop with Shimelle

Shimelle was hosting a crop on her blog last weekend and I have been inspired to join in.  Details are here. 

Challenge 1

The first challenge was to take inspiration from a very pretty scrapbook page by Jaime Warren.  I chose the vertical placement, single photo,  embellishment clusters on either side and scattered embellishments as my inspiration points.  It was also a great opportunity to use my new Tim Holtz camera die, although my close up of this has made me aware that I need to clean my camera lens!

Challenge 2

The second challenge of the day was to create a page using three or more paper collections and this was right up my street because my style is generally to mix and match my papers and embellishments rather than stick with one collection.

I used Basic Grey Picadilly Bread Box as my background and then added strips of Classic Studio Calico {Woodgrain One}, Pink Paisley NanTucket CrabCakes and a strip with the word 'together' on taken from a sheet of paper from a very old K & Company Poppy Seed paper pad pack.  I also used a shaped s.e.i. border strip raised up on foam tape along the top.  When I thought I was finished I noticed the top background panel didn't look quite right but I managed to rescue it with a few drops of Frequent Flyer Sprinkler from OA.

Thank you Shimelle because I am still feeling very inspired to scrap and off to choose another Challenge to start this evening.