Summer Days

Right this is the last post I promise and won't be on here for atleast a week so you'll get a break from me then lol, just thought would get everything on while I've got time and got things to post. Something to do while I watch the Olympics.

Anyways this is the scrapbook page I completed today, from start to finish I might add!!! I can't claim all the credit though I had a fab sketch to follow (see below) the pictures are from a week away in Llangollen we went down to the river nearly every day so we could keep cool cos it was a scorcher of a summer and got a bit warm in the caravan lol.

I added the mist just to the main paper to break up the pattern a bit, the finer bits of the mist haven't shown up on the photo very well but it's not as patchy in real life lol.

I love the little mini alpha stickers I've used them as part of the title as I didn't have much space and to add the place and date too. The flowers and words came in the pack of paper and the scalloped border was hand-drawn and hand-cut.

Supplies: 'Punch of Colour' Papers by CG Essentials (free with Scrapbook Magazine), Thickers by American Crafts (from Scrapagogo Kit), Mini Alpha Stickers by My Little Shoebox, Black Ink Pad, 'Meadow Lush' Cosmic Shimmer Mist

 I would like to enter this layout in the following challenges...

Sketches with a Twist August - Twist use mist or paint

Moving Along with the Times Challenge 157 - Summer

Anything Goes Challenge 73 - Summer Days

Right thank you for bareing with me through all those posts I will leave you in peace now XOX

In the Pool

Been a while since I posted and gonna be busy with college for the next few weeks so I thought I'd post the one layout have managed to finish.This was taken on in the pool of the apartments we were staying in, in Zakynthos. It was taken using the old disposable underwater camera before they started doing all the cases for the digi-cameras - fortunately the one shot we got came out lol.

I mainly used the materials in my Scrapagogo kit, but also used some giant bubble wrap to create the background effect - I love the way the stream of bubbles on the edge of the photo blend into the paint effect. I picked out some bright colours from the bikini top so the page didn't look too washed out.

Supplies: Scrapagogo Kit, Alpha Stickers by Crate Paper, Die-Cut Sticker by Cosmo Cricket, Ticket by Tim Holz, White Acrylic Paint, Giant Bubble Wrap

I would like to enter this layout in the following challenge...

2 Sisters Challenge 97 - Anything Goes

Right off to get some work done... XOX

Just like Narnia

Me again, this is the scrapbook page I finished today. 

The picture is from November 2010 when we got the first proper snow of the year and me and Ian took a spare of the moment trip down to Loggerheads to go for a walk in it (we hardly get any snow where I live so I am a big kid when it comes to snow (well if I'm honest I'm worse than a kid)) we went round one bit and it was like walking from one season to another as there was an area with no snow and all the autumn leaves and then it changed to snow again and no sign of Autumn and for some reason this just reminded me of Narnia.

I love all the colours in the photo, I've kept the autumn colours from the front of the photo for the layout, so nice warm oranges, browns and creams - some of my current favourites. The papers, card and Thickers were from May's Scrapagogo Kit, the jar was cut from a sheet of paper from the April Kit. I get my last kit this month, sob, but we're hopefully going to be moving later in the year so it makes sense to try and reduce the size of my stash rather than adding to it.

Supplies: Card by Bazzill, '9 to 5' Papers by October Afternoon, 'Neapolitan' Paper by Dear Lizzie - American Crafts, 'Sugar Maple' Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels, Thickers by American Crafts, Rub-ons by Flair Designs, Brown Ink Pad

I would like to enter this layout in the following challenge....

The Happy Scrappers Challenge 2 - The Great Outdoors

Hope you like it, off to get some tea now - been naughty and having a chippy tea - sshhhhhh don't tell anyone XOX

Lovely Long Weekend

Yay we've got a nice long weekend if only the sunshine could have stayed around for it but I guess that was inevitable since it's a bank holiday lol. Though just found out there's a street party down our road so we're going to have to go out for the day cos it's not really our thing. 

So anyway managed to get some crafting done :) still got lots of cards to get done but wasn't really in the mood to do them. So anyway this was today's layout, the pictures are from a trip down to Wilson's Prom in Australia, the first is a picture of me sitting at the top of Mount Oberon and the other is of the Mount. My poor mate had to listen to me complain all the way up cos I don't do hills lol. But I have to say the view was worth it.

Supplies: Papers, Flower and Alphabet Stickers by Crate Paper (from Scrapagogo Kit), Mini Alphas by My Little Shoebox, Card by Bazzill, White Ink Pad

I would like to enter this layout in the following challenge...

The Happy Scrappers Challenge 2 - The Great Outdoors

Right off to get some tea XOX

Biker Chick

Managed to get another page for my Australia scrapbook done (not bad only been back for 4 years!!!!! - but that's REALLY scary that it was that long ago and that I'm still no where near finished lol). The plan was to get loads and loads of crafting done but was knackered and couldn't decide what I wanted to do with anything enough to stick things down. And managed to sit and read outside for a bit too - wish we had sunshine like this all summer just makes me feel happy. 

Anyways these are 2 more pictures of the scooter-roo tour in Town of 1770, I'd done the layout for the main page a while ago but just got round to doing this. (I'll try and get a better picture in daylight so not got the flash in the middle of it) I kept the layout simple just added a couple of embellishments and some faux-stitching round the edge to finish the page off - I'll also add a mini license plate next to the title when I find it (just reorganised craft stuff and can't remember where they are lol).

Supplies: Card by Bazzill, Thickers, Paint Marker, Hybrid Elements from Scrapagogo Kit

I would like to enter this in the following challenge...

The Happy Scrappers Challenge 1 - Anything Goes

Right I'm off to bed now as somebody snored ALL night so think only managed about 3 hours altogether so not managed to get alot done today, have planned a couple more pages though so hopefully will have some more to show you, and might even have a page without yellow on it lol - seem to be slightly obsessed with yellow card at the moment lol XOX

Love Birds

Been busy doing family tree research at the moment - finally made some headway with some of my lines that I was stuck on, and been getting a bit further along with Ian's family, a bit more of a challenge there cos his family is from wales and I've just started running into some of the common surnames which makes finding the right family a bit of a challenge to say the least lol.

Thought I'd share a card today as it's been a little while since I've had any to post. This was a Wedding acceptance card for some of our friends, I used the stamp from my Scrapagogo kit to paper piece the birds and heart. Then added the ribbon and gems to finish it off.

And a close up of the birds

Supplies - Stamp from Scrapagogo Kit, Papers by My Mind's Eye, Pink Ribbon, Gems, Black Ink Pad, Black Fine Liner

I would like to enter this card in the following challenge...

Ladybug Crafts Ink Challenge 61 - Something with Wings

Right I'd better get on and get on with my homework ready for college tonight, looking forward to getting some crafting done the next two days, got a couple of cards to get done then hopefully some scrapbooking too :) XOX

Iron Men

Just realised that I haven't posted in a while - silly exams and revision getting in the way lol - so thought it was about time to get another post on - another scrapbook page this time cos the pictures of the cards that I've done are still on the camera. This page shows the photos from the first time I took Ian to Crosby Beach to meet the Iron Men. I love the way the rusty colour of the statues goes with the colour of the card :)

Supplies: Scrapagogo April 2012 Kit, Brown Ink Pad, White Ink Pad, Thickers

And here's a couple of pictures from the beach yesterday, as you can see it was very windy (and freezing cold), but still got some pretty pictures.

Right that's it from me for now, a load of photos have just arrived so got to sort them and pick out the ones for the wedding mini-album for our friends XOX

More Scrapping

Been busy this week, made a start on another couple of Decopatch animals, hopefully will be able to get them all finished soon then can show how they've turned out - really pleased so par but not sure where I'm going to put them once they're done though lol. And yay managed to get some more scrapbooking yay, this time have used a bit of my new April Scrapagogo Kit as well as some other bits and pieces from old kits and my stash. Really pleased how this one has turned out :) It shows Ian in his usual position hiding behind the camera so I can't take his picture.

Supplies: April and March 2012 Scrapagogo Kits, Thickers, Paint Markers

Right teatime now then gonna sort some of the craft stuff out ready for a big move around eeek - any volunteers to do it all for me??? Please? XOX

Step away from the Paint

Wow been busy again, been down to Chichester for a wedding, lots of driving but was a really really lovely day, definitely worth it, pictures will be coming up soon, got to edit them and get them ready for printing for a mini album to give to the bride and groom - wish me luck - still trying to track down some sage green ribbon lol.

Anyways back onto my scrapbooking still at the moment - funny how keep switching between cardmaking and scrapbooking, I like that cards on the whole are quicker to do and you can colour the image to suit the papers, but love that you get to keep most of your scrapbooking and get to play with lots of photos - I love photos I have boxes full, albums full all waiting for me to scrapbook them.

So yep managed to get another page finished using my scrapagogo kit - think going to have to keep doing this - challenging myself to do 3 or 4 layouts using the kit before the next one arrives lol. Had a change from doing my Australia photos, and scrapped a couple of pictures of Ian playing with a rock on the beach at Laxey. I love the way the blue pops of the page :) and used the acrylic paint to matt the photos onto instead of card - someone really does need to make me step away from the paint - think am slightly addicted to this lol

Supplies: March 2012 Scrapagogo Kit, White Acrylic Paint, Black Paint Marker, Various Ink Pads

I would like to enter this in the following challenge...

For Fun Challenges - Anything Goes

Right I'm off to try and get another layout finished - before the next kit comes.

Grubs

How was everyone's Easter??? Think I might start on the Easter Eggs in a bit, not had any yet - not even one single mini egg. Back again with my second layout using my March Scrapagogo Kit. I diecided the card needed a bit of extra decorating so I used the hexagon paper to make myself a stencil and then inked straight onto the paper in the top corner to create a honeycombe effect to match the pattern of the paper.

The photos are some from my Australia trip they show how where they find the witchetty grubs, then it getting cooked in the ash of the fire and then finally my face on tasting it lol. 

Supplies: March Scrapagogo Kit, Black Paint Marker, Brown Ink Pad, Acetate (to make the stencil)

Right my cold seems to have come back so I think I'm off back to bed for a bit before carrying on tidying up - oh what fun - but can't wait to put everything away now I've got two hanging rails :) yay no more squashed clothes falling off hangers. XOX

Just to prove I haven't been sitting doing nothing

Just to prove that I've been doing something even if haven't found the time to post on here. I managed to find time to play with the March Scrapagogo Kit at the weekend and have made 3 pages from the kit so far and still got enough papers to do another 2 pages. This is the first time I've actually had a good go at using the kit rather than doing one page and putting the rest into my stash (which I really need to use some up cos really got no space left). 

Anyways this is my first page using the March kit and used the sketch off the facebook page. Love the Map Die-Cuts - Definitely going to have to use this idea on some other pages with the maps I brought back with me. I was originally going to matt the photos onto card but decided that they looked a bit harsh so decided to use my new favourite of acrylic paint as the backing - alot softer.

Supplies: March Scrapagogo Kit (Paper, Butterfly, Map Die-Cuts), White Acrylic Paint, Black Paintmarker

Right really am off to go and do my bag now XOX

Alphabet Challenge Blog DT - Z for Zoo Animals

Yay another long weekend :) I definitely think we need more 4 day weekends lol. Anyways today is Friday and that means that it's time for another challenge over at Alphabet Challenge Blog, this week is Z for Zoo Animals. I had a bit of a panic on that one cos I haven't got that many stamps with zoo animals on - more dogs and cats and don't really think they'd count lol. So I decided on a scrapbook page, I was going to scrap some of the pictures from our trip to Chester Zoo last year but then I was flicking through one of my albums and came across this picture and I really wasn't happy with the layout so I decided to give it another go...

I'd been saving a piece of red dotty paper so I needed to make sure that I got the page right and this was one of my favourite pictures from the trip so lots of pressure lol. But really really pleased with how it's turned out, love the way the colours have turned out - bit different to my usual colour scheme. I now just need to do the other half of the double page (along with about another thousand Australia pictures lol)

Some journalling - one of my favourite techniques putting it on strips meaning that when I make mistakes I only wreck one little bit instead of having to start again from scratch :) And a close-up of the red dotty paper :) love it - really should find a red dotty background for my blog lol

Really like the aqua and red colour combo, love the flowers using the fabric petaloo flowers with the red paper prima one in the centre :)



Supplies: Paper, Card, Alpha Stickers all from January Scrapagogo Set (sorry can't find the list of what's in it and everything is piled ontop of the box now lol), Flowers by Petaloo and Prima, 'Dutch Girl' Paper by Cosmo Cricket, Brackets by Cosmo Cricket, Rub-ons by 7Gypsies
Extras: Gems, Black Ink Pad

Don't forget to head on over to the Challenge Blog and check out what the rest of the Design Team have been up to (I will add their links in the sidebar once I can work out how to fix something to do with Java lol) And sorry the pictures aren't so good - not got photo editing program back after reinstall XOX

PS have a fab long weekend to all those in the UK XOX