Sunny Christmas

It really is one of those days, I've only just realised when I looked at the photo that I've written the wrong year on it doh - should be December 2007 - looks like I'll be doing some repair work on it tomorrow lol. This is another page for my Australia Album still thousands of photos to get done - I think it's one of those if I actually sat down and did them would get through but keep putting it off cos one page and a couple of photos at a time doesn't seem to get me anywhere lol.

Anyways this is the layout, my other christmas pages for that year have focused on the sun and summer theme, but this one I wanted to use some more traditional papers, these from sassafras lass were just soooooooo cute and the colours worked well with the photo (all the Aussies I spoke to didn't like the tree at all but I thought it was really pretty, it was made up of loads and loads of stars that were slightly pearly - so different to what we have at home, but given the temperature difference am sure this one that didn't need watering was a much more practical option lol), I used a matching journalling card and cut an extra reindeer out of the papers and added a little gem to his nose to finish off the layout.

Supplies: Papers by Sassafras Lass (know one of them is Life At The Pole - Reindeer Kisses, but can't remember what the rest are), Journalling Card by Sassafras Lass, Card by DCWV & Doodlebug
Extras: Black Ink Pad, Red Gem

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

Paper Cutz Challenge 69 - Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge 12 - Anything Goes

Right am off to get some dinner then see how much tidying I can get done before I need to go out (fingers crossed lots so I don't have to do it tomorrow lol) XOX

Christmas Pressies

Been getting a few more bits of Christmas shopping today, managed to get hold of the mini canvases and easels so I can get the rest of the Christmas presents made, and found a red and white polka dot quilt cover set :) can't wait to put it on the bed lol

Hoping that I'm safe putting this on here (slight amendment - Ian just said why don't you pixilate the photo - lol doh why didn't I think of that lol) - this is one of the Christmas presents I've been making this week, it's another mini canvas (the canvas is just 7cm x 7cm)!!!

I've kept this nice and simple, mainly due to the tiny size lol, a bit of ribbon across the bottom, I've then stuck the patterned paper onto a chipboard heart and then covered it with glossy accents to make a fab shiny little embellishment. All I've got to do now is find some boxes the right size to fit the canvas and easels lol - wish me luck.

Supplies: 'Forever Friends' Papers, Chipboard Heart by Heidi Grace
Extras: Canvas, White Acrylic Paint, Ribbon from Stash, Gems, Glossy Accents

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

Pollycraft Monday Challenge 72 - Chipboard

Off to tidy up now ready to have a quick clean tomorrow ready for the decorations (when I find them all lol)... XOX

Teeny Weeny Tiny Scrapbook Canvas

How cute and sweet is this?!? I'd bought these mini canvases over a year ago I got 4 of them and they even came on their own little easels. Cos they're so small I'd not been able to think what to do with them so they'd sat in the drawer for ages. I found some index prints and thought I would try and make a mini scrapbook page and this is what I came up with...

I had to put this one on to show the size of the canvas, it's just 7x7cm and the photos across the bottom are 1.5x1cm!!! 

Supplies: 'Smitten Hearts' Pillow Stickers by K & Company

Extras: Pink Acrylic Paint, Ribbons from Stash

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

A Spoonful of Sugar Challenge 131 - Anything Goes

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge 50 - Going with the Flow (Anything Goes)

Hope you like it, off to start on some more cards (well maybe after a nap lol) XOX

Sparkley Doodles

Managed to get another couple of my Australia pictures scrapbooked :) and have made a start on decorating the first set of drawers, have kept them quite (very) simple and just need to find my gems to finish them off then can post the pics tomorrow or Wednesday.

I love these pages even though there is glitter EVERYWHERE! The challenge was to doodle, I decided that I didn't want to just doodle with my paint markers like I've done before, and instead doodled the pattern with my glue pen/marker left it to dry and then added the gold glitter which looks really fab and sparkley against the black. I also glittered the frames of the photos, and doodled around the edges of the cocktail recipes. The photos were taken at a fab little cocktail bar, down lots of side streets with just a little tiny sign by the door, thank goodness I had a local showing me round lol.

And page 2 of the double page (forgot to take pictures of the 2 together)

Supplies: Card by Doodlebug
Extras: Gold Glitter, Glue Pen, Australia Punch, Chipboard Letter

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

Alphabet Challenge - D for Doodling

Off to plan a card that I need to do tomorrow

XOX

NO designer paper!!!!!

Yay finally sitting down and got no intention of getting up anytime soon lol. I went to Ikea with Ian yesterday so I've got myself a new bookcase (wasn't impressed though they've stopped making the bookcases in the colour of my old one and they've stopped making the width of my old one). But fortunately I'd taken measurements (for once I normally forget) so I knew there was space for the bigger one, so we spent the afternoon building them and then sorting all the books and DVDs out. :D it's fab I've now more than doubled the space I've got, and got space for my craft books too :) I know I'm mad but I'm made up with it :) Anyways am sooooo achy this morning lol, must be old-age, so am thinking lazy day today while I work my way through the leftover trick or treat sweets - something of a challenge trying now to pull fillings out lol, and  yay it's all done now and my room looks alot tidier and got space to go out and buy more hehe...  

 I've just received my order from Craft Island, I only ordered the papers on Saturday night so wasn't expecting them till later in the week lol, and now really haven't got any excuse for not getting any cards done lol. And yay topped up my supplies of Alphabet Soup papers by My Mind's Eye, they're some of my favourite papers at the moment. I was naughty I shouldn't really have ordered more new paper when I've got 2 boxes of part-used paper that really need to be used up. But couldn't resist lol. Anyways just finished the Ladybug Crafts Ink Blog Hop (link on the left) and got their first challenge to start on this afternoon.

Right anyways onto today's proper post...

I'm using 2 challenges for these pages, a brown and orange colour scheme and NO designer paper, I don't think I've ever done a card or layout without designer paper - so I was thinking this was going to be one hell of a challenge. Fortunately I had been sorting through everything and found my journal from when I was in Australia and I'd actually sketched what I wanted to do for this layout while I was still there - hehe the journal paid off 

This is the double page layout, of sunset at Uluru, the rock glowed red/orange and the sunset was stunning. I wanted to keep the page quite clean so the focus is on the photos and also wanted to keep it in the theme, so the decided to have a go at some Aboriginal style painting, so made the dots by dipping the end of a pencil in the paint and then 'stamping' onto the card. The lines were made in the same way using the end of a ruler and the end of an emery board, and the yellow spikey semi circle is the symbol for Sunset too so that was inkeeping.

Close up of the left page showing Uluru



Close up of the right page, showing the stunning sunset we saw while we were down at Uluru (doh forgot to check for finger prints on the photo first lol)

Supplies: Rub-ons by Flair Designs
Extras: Brown Card, White Ink Pad, White, Yellow Ochre, Orange Acrylic Paints

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

2 Sisters Challenge 11 - No Designer Paper

The Pink Elephant Scrapbook Challenge 27 - Colour Challenge: Orange and Brown

Right I'm off to make a start on Ladybug Crafts Ink's first ever challenge (link on the left side bar) :) Well maybe after a rest to recover from this monster post lol. XOX

Bright and Sparkley

Don't know where this week has gone, had a bit of a nightmare day on tuesday but yesterday the sun was out and it was a much better day, also finally managed to catch up on some sleep yay so am finally feeling a bit better. And am slowly going though my Australia album

This layout is of photos that were taken on South Molle Island in the Whitsundays, both mornings we went down for breakfast and had to eat quick before the lorikeets turned up and invaded the breakfast tables, they look gorgeous so bright, not like anything we have back home and there were masses of them. This paper was from a set from a Pound Shop (not got a clue which) and think it matches the colours on the birds perfectly.

Supplies: Yellow Sugar-Coated Card by Doodlebug, Blue Green and White Card by Doodlebug, Glittery Brads by Papermania, All Mixed up Rub-ons by Doodlebug

Extras: Stripey paper from Stash, Blue Ink Pad

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

Papertake Weekly Challenge - SPARKLEY & BRIGHT

I love this layout, it's so bright and sparkley (had the usual issues of trying to take pictures of the sparkle lol) managed to get it to show on the title but all of the photos are mounted onto the same glittery card and the brads are glittery too

Right had best go and get some dinner XOX

Allsorts of Colours

Just a really quick post, after not posting for a few days oops, have had a busy few days, had a big tidy up, trying to get room bit more organised so have more space for my ever-expanding collection of papers and other crafting bits and pieces. Had an interview, had my car break on the way over to Ian's. Fortunately he volunteered to drive it back for me and I followed in his car. He was laughing that ~I hadn't had the music on all the way over because I was having to concentrate on willing the car to make it home lol. Anyways bit of a stressful morning yesterday, ended up all headachey. Anyways we weren't going to let the car change our plans so we went off to the Trafford centre, we were good though all we got was a t-shirt and a postcard lol. Went to see 'Life as we know it' (think that's what it was called) was really good, good mix of crying and laughing. And then went and got some tea had some yummy macaroni cheese but Ian's steak was a bit icky (so he said - I don't know the slightest thing about steak) but they knocked it off the bill :)

Anyways so much for the really quick post lol. Onto my actual post, scrapbook page this time...

I'd like to enter this in the following challenge...

The Pink Elephant Scrapbook Challenge 26 - Time for a Theme-Challenge: CHILDHOOD

I love this layout, bit of a change to my usual colour scheme, lots of bright colours - I LOVE these papers they are just so bright and funky, I thought they went with my dungarees perfectly. I loved these dungarees when I was little, and was gutted when I out-grew them - they just remind me of holidays. They jumped out in the shop, my mum pulled a face but my Grandma did the Grandma thing and bought them for me :) I still love them now. I think these are the only pictures I have of the dungarees so I'm really glad this layout worked well and I didn't have to pull it all apart again lol. I love the journalling too going round the page and the funky bright flowers and... 

Supplies: 'Allsorts' Papers by Kaiser Craft, Flowers by Petaloo, Brads by Bo Bunny, Cardstock by Doodlebug
Extras: Black Paintmarker

Right well I've just recieved my photo order so I need to sort them out ready for scrapbooking and putting into albums. XOX

Dear Santa... Define Good...

Yay another scrapbook page, am getting there (allbeit very slowly lol), I've spent this morning filling in online application forms and head is now feeling VERY battered lol, Now all I've got to do is collect all the information up cos not got a clue what bits I'm going to need.

Right anyways a scrapbook page today - told you was on a roll with my crafting, a definite plus on the side of not working lol - and another challenge layout! this was to complete a layout using only red, black and white - this really isn't one of my favourite colour combinations anymore (did go through a stage where is was my favourite about 5 years ago - which was great cos it meant hidden away in all the drawers and cupboards was lots of red, black and white embellishments just sitting gathering dust waiting till they came back into favour again lol).

This layout is of the Christmas Day I spent in Australia, I didn't want traditional Christmas colour's as I'll have enough pages of them with Christmas photos from over here (when I eventually get round to scrapping them lol). Plus with all the sunshine and sunbathing it just didn't feel like Christmas at all. I couldn't resist putting in the patterned paper with all snowy words on but I think that was more for the colours rather than the winter/christmas aspect lol. I added quite a bit of journalling to this page as it is the journalling for all of the Christmas Day pages. The title came from my vest 'DEAR SANTA... DEFINE GOOD' I love it, and just for the record I was good and santa brought me a parcel of presents over all the way from the UK lol.

Anyways before I waffle on too long, I'd like to enter this LO in the folllowing Challenge...

Paper Cutz Challenge #62 - RED,  BLACK & WHITE ONLY

Supplies: 'Party Mix' Rub-ons by Doodlebug, Paper by DCWV, Card (red, black and white) by Doodlebug
Extras: 'Hand-Made' Lined Paper, Flowers from Stash, Black Paint Marker

Right had best get on, see if I can find any jobs to apply for, then hopefully might try and get a card or scrapbook page done XOX

Yuck!!!

Just a quick post, hopefully going to post a card later so thought would post now rather than one right after the other, anyways will be quick cos I'm on a roll and don't want to forget what I'm up to lol. Been planning lots this morning so now just got to turn the ideas and sketches into reality lol - easier said than done.

Anyways I'm continuing through my Australia photos, I was over there for nearly 8 months and took I think it was over 7000 photos, and think I had over 1000 printed (it was too hard to chose which I would need for my album lol) so anyways still haven't really got anywhere with them, so that's my task now, got to try and only scrapbook those photos and not get distracted by any others lol (yep I've passed all the others to my mum so not even tempted lol). So anyways I'm going to have to track down some more scrapbook challenge blogs - has anyone got any good ones? if so let me know cos I'm finding them a bit hard to come by.

So anyway this is one of my Australia photos and a very attractive one at that, sorry if it's too icky for you - think it was worse for me it was my feet eeeewwwwww. Anyways this was taken near Nimbin, we'd been down to a waterfall and been swimming (well a couple of us did, the rest didn't want to get wet cos it was raining - think it was actually warmer in the water though) and then had to walk back up to the coach along a dirt path that in the rain had become horrible sticky mud, oh the joys of flip flops though, quick rinse with the hose and they were as good as new - my feet took a bit more cleaning lol.

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

The Pink Scrapbook Challenge #25 - RECIPE CHALLENGE: THE COLOUR AQUA, DP AND EMBELLISHMENTS OF YOUR CHOICE

Supplies: Papers by Stacy Claire Boyd, Flowers by Petaloo, Brads by Making Memories, Stamps by Papermania (I think)
Extras: Aqua and Brown Card, Bronze Ink Pad, Rub-ons from Stash, Black Fineliner, White Paint Marker

Wow what a lot of waffle, so much for a quick post, ah well makes up for getting off easy with yesterday's post lol. XOX

Not a Card

Seem to have had a fair few cards recently so thought would have a scrapbook page for today (yes it means that I've had another one of those days and still not got any new cards to show off lol) work has been bit of a drain for some reason this week and then had some rubbishy stuff going on out of it too. But I will definitely have some cards to show you soon on account of me having to get a couple done for tomorrow :S I know talk about leaving it to the last minute.

Anyways this is the layout, I love that it's on scalloped card, this is the first (and possibly only card) have done this for. Thought the 'monster' paper and bright colours fitted really well with the photos. Hope you like it...

Supplies: 'Nightlight' Papers by October Afternoon, Card by Doodlebug and Papermania
Extras: Fine-liner

(How easy is that lol nothing to it!) Right I had better go cos need to get some food and check one of my car tyres :S eeeek going to have to do another trip to the garage - will have to start psyching myself up soon. XOX

T for Trees

Right just a really quick post, been mad the last few days and have managed to get

 NOTHING done, until last night. I have now also finally put some photos into the albums that I've had for probably over a year lol, so now just to order the other half of the photos lol.

So anyway onto today's project, still working my way through THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS of old photos, again another that was started and have swapped the layout and papers etc around about a zillion times till I found these October Afternoon paper which I LOVE, I know they're probably more suited to Spring but I couldn't resist using them - love the bright colours and ofcourse the out-doors theme. How cute are the little trees and deer on the paper?!?

I would like to enter this card in this week's Alphabet Challenge - T for Trees

Supplies: 'Detours' Papers by October Afternoon, 'Detours' Die-Cuts by October Afternoon, Thickers by American Crafts, Alpha Stickers by Papermania
Extras: Black Ink Pad, Black Paint Marker, Cream and Green Card Stock

Right I've got to get going now cos got about 10 images to get stamped and coloured so I can get some cards finished for everyone, had been hoping to make a start in Ian's 30th card but think the footy has nearly finished so he'll be heading back up here ah well a job for next week lol. XOX

Blooms and Bling

Yay getting back into my scrapbooking again now, nothing like a challenge to get you started. This is a layout that I started weeks (OK being honest MONTHS) ago and never got round to finishing cos I wasn't quite happy with the start. I'm glad I left it alone though and didn't just plough ahead and ruin it or atleast not be happy with it. Sorry I've had to pixilate the photo again, I'll try and do my next layout with a different subject in the photo so you can see the layout to it's full potential.

I have to say this is one of my favourite layouts (yep I know I think I've said that about them all lol, but I can't help it they're all special in different ways.

Anyways onto inportant things... like the challenges...

I would like to enter this layout in The Pink Elephant Scrapbook Challenge #23, the challenge was to make a layout using your favourite colours and favourite embellishments. This was actually harder than I thought it would be, the colours were a doddle - PINK and GREEN ofcourse, always a winning combo with me. But the favourite embellishments was some what more of a challenge, I'm a bit of a magpie when it comes to scrapbooking supplies and often HAVE to buy things just cos they're too pretty to leave on the shelf, but I then bring them home and can't bear to use them, so I had loads of favourite embellishments so choose from but it was a really tough decision, and the pressure was on to make the layout look good so I wouldn't have 'wasted' some of my favourite embellishments. Yep I think I can be declared officially loopy lol.

I would also like to enter this layout in One Stitch at a Time Challenge #29 - Blooms - Butterflies - Blings. I loved this challenge and it fitted in perfect with the embellishment challenge at the Pink Elephant.

Supplies: 'Wild Raspberry' Cardstock Stickers by K&Co, 'Wild Raspberry' Papers by K&Co, Double Dot Card by Bo Bunny, Rub-ons by Doodlebug, Gems by Anita, 

Extras: Chipboard Letters from Stash 

The embellishments I chose were some K & Co Cardstock Flower Stickers, complete with lots of glitter and gems, I loved them they were so pretty, I loved them so much that I used an entire pack just on this one layout!!! I also used the matching paper - I know how co-ordinated am I (doesn't happen often lol)

Anyways hope you like it, I'm now off to tear my room to pieces looking for some stickers that I bought a few weeks ago to do a wedding card and now I need them have disappeared (so can't wait for the day that I can have a craft room lol) XOX

S for Scallops

This is my entry for this week's Alphabet Challenge - S for Scallops, a bit of a change this time and a scrapbook page for this challenge. These are the DVDs that we used to watch whilst spending the day scrapbooking, I've got pictures from each year and it's funny to see how some stay there year after year and other's disappear lol. The thickers started out as white but they didn't really stand out enough so I used the paint markers to colour them in and I think they've come out really well.

Supplies: 'Euphoria' Papers by Basic Grey, Thickers by American Crafts, Button by Bo Bunny, Velvet Ribbon by Say It With A Smirk, Flower by Petaloo
Extras: Sticker from Stash (can't remember who it's by), Black Paint Marker, Pink Ink Pad

Right off to the shops now then hopefully going to sort some photos to order. XOX

Thong Marks

I'm still away at the moment so not getting any new cards (or well anything made) for the next few days so I thought I'd share a couple of my scrapbook pages that I've made a few months ago - I know I keep saying it but I REALLY REALLY need to get back onto my scrapbooking, I've still barely scraped the surface of all my Australia trip photos and as for the rest of them I think it's going to be one of those never-ending tasks lol.

We had a fab day out yesterday, went up to Anglesey to see the train station with the longest name (don't ask me what it is now, will have to go and look it up off the photos lol - I think I'll try and post some of the photos tomorrow if I get chance) then down to Caenarven (I know I'll have spelt that wrong but hopefully you know where I mean) Castle, then we called into Beddgelert (again haven't got a clue if I've spelt that right or not) before heading back to Ian's for tea and the quiz. Needless to say slept really well last night lol. Off out again now so will try and post some pictures tonight or tomorrow of the last couple of days.

And onto the layout, this is one of my favourites, I think I challenged myself to use atleast 5 papers on a layout, and this was the result, I love it, especially the top corner by the photo where I've folded the paper over to reveal the otherside of the double-sided paper (the bi right under the watermark, oops), I think I'm going to have to try that on a card too, might as well make the most of the double-sided papers.

I think this photo was taken after a couple of months in Australia, I'm sure I've got another picture towards the end and the marks were even more noticable. The photo was taken at St Kilda beach in Melbourne, sat on a wall overlooking the beach watching all the kite surfers, on one of my last days in Melbourne. I soooooooo can't wait to go back there.

Supplies: 'Snorkel' Papers by Cosmo Cricket, 'Snorkel' Stickers also by Cosmo Cricket, Letter Stickers by Doodlebug
Extras: Black Ink Pad, Red Paint Marker

Right had best get going, more later XOX

Finally finished (sort of)

Finally finally got round to doing the canvas that I started at the beginning of June, I'm still not 100% happy with it - I think it needs a darker card behind the cream to frame it a little bit better, but not sure what colour/type??? Help!!! lol.

I stuck the lace cardstock down on the painted canvas using repositionable adhesive, I thought that seemed the safest option given how tight the space was. I think it looks OK for a start lol.


Supplies: Lace Cardstock by KI Memories, Raffia by Papermania, Ribbon Charm by ATT, Beaded Felt Charm by Prima.
Extras: Cream Acrylic Paint, Cream Cardstock, Green Ink Pad & Gems

Anyways this'll just be a quick post because I want to get some more cards done, and I've found some more challenges that I'd like to try and see if I can get done, along with about 3 million other things that need doing lol XOX

I thought it was meant to be July

It has tipped down all day today, got soaked on the way to work, on the way to get my dinner and then on the way home too, what a miserable start to the week. I thought I'd post something summery since the weather people seem to have forgotten that's what it's meant to be now lol.

Anyways here is one of my layouts from my Australia Album, I love this photo and would love to go back and take some more pictures - anyone willing to pay for a ticket??? PLEEEAAASSSEEEE??? As the title would suggest the photo is of Lake McKenzie, on Fraser Island off the East Coast of Australia, it was absolutely stunning - the pictures really don't do it justice. The water was crystal clear, turquoise in the shallows going deep blue when it went deeper. And the sand was incredibly fine, like icing sugar. I didn't want anything to distract from the photo so I kept my layout really simple.


Supplies: Sugar-coating, Sugar-coated Card & Card all by Doodlebug (how easy was that lol)

Anyways just a really quick post as I need to have a play with my new toy and need to try and get a couple of cards atleast started. XOX

One for Sorrow...

A magpie seems to have taken up residence in the back garden today, keeps flying off but then coming back to the same spot - very odd and I wish it would either go away or at least bring a friend so can move onto 'Two for Joy' lol.

Another scrapbook page to share today, this is one of my all time favourite pages, I love the layout but also the photos bring back great memories and I think the layout helps with that. This was created from a sketch (will have to check where it was from), I love sketches - a great way to get over scrapping block, I've used this specific sketch about 5 times and none of the pages are the same. The page itself came together really quickly it was the journalling that took the time as this was all written by hand, cut out, inked and then spaced before been stuck down. This was the first time I tried that and it's now cropped up on rather a lot of my pages now

Supplies: Papers by K & Co, Card by Papermania, Rub-ons by Doodlebug, Stickers by 7Gypsies and flowers by petaloo.
The photos were from a tour of the Atherton Tablelands (near Cairns) towards the end of my trip to Australia. This is Milla Milla Falls and it's meant to be where Peter Andre filmed Mysterious Girl and where the Timotai Advert with the famous Hair Flick was filmed (I don't know how true either of those are as the info came from a tour guide and they tend to have a habit of embellishing stories lol. But well it was stunning, even on a cloudy day. The only thing was the water was freezing - and I mean FREEZING - it was a case of your entire body been covered in goosebumps when you were only ankle deep, and you know how normally it feels OK once you're in, nope not there it doesn't lol. And then we all had to have a go of doing the hair flick... fair play to the model from the advert it's hard work and there were LOADS of outtakes trying to get the right shot but I think it was worth it (now I'm sat here nice and warm and dry lol).
Anyways I had best get on, finished for a week off now, and lots to do this afternoon so I can sit and do nothing tonight. Ordered some more Pro-Markers from Angel Crafts yesterday (thanks for the tip-off Kerry) so I'm hoping they'll arrive the beginning of the week so can have a play with them. But for now, I'm off to do boring stuff like put washing away.. (hopefully back with a card later...XOX

Canvas

Just a really quick post again cos off up to visit my Nanna and Grandad and then probably getting pizza on the way back (dam Dominos dropping leaflets off reminding me that they're buy one get one free).

Anyways I don't think I've got anymore card photos on my computer (really must find my camera) so thought would share another scrapbook 'page' with you. I got a bit fed up of my pages been shut away in an album and managed to find some blank canvases and had one of those lightbulb moments, and add a splash of paint, ribbons and sparkle and well here's the result...


Supplies: Blank Canvas, Acrylic Paints (I sprinkled some glitter onto the heart while the paint was still wet so it's all lovely and sparkly), Ribbons, Gems, Flowers and Charms

I'm currently working on a new canvas to replace this one (very limited wall space at the moment - really really need a house) not quite come together yet - can't quite settle on what I want but I'll post the result once I do...

XOX

Pixels

Just a quick post cos in the middle of tea.

Yay I've got my photo editing program installed so I can pixelate the photos of some of my scrapbook pages so I don't get in trouble with the owners of the babies lol. So I can finally show you the card/mini book that I made for a friend when she had her little girl.

I love these layered word albums, this one was done to make a mini album (but I have seen them made as cards too), it had pictures of her first week, and the usual date of birth, weight, mummy and daddy info.

The Front Page

The last page

The back cover

Supplies: MAMBI baby paper pad, Papermania clips and metal charms, Flowers, Ribbons, Gems

For something a bit different I added information about her star-sign, the chinese year she was born in, gem stone for the month etc etc which I know I had in the baby book my mum had made for me. Before she was born I gave her mum the idea to have everyone guess boy/girl, date of birth, time, weight. She then added future occupation. Her future god-father said next female PM or a lap-dancer, what was funny was that when I was looking up the info for the back page was that on the ideal occupations bit the first 2 listed are politics and entertainment. Not sure which is best of those two (I guess it depends on whose legs she's inherited) lol.

Right I'd best get going my tea awaits XOX

Happy June :)

Just a quick post while I have a few spare mins (afternoon off work to go and get my hair fixed and tidy up (yawn how boring - but since the sight of the floor has become a distant memory it's a necessity)).

Anyways thought I'd have a change from cards today, and share one of my favourite layouts. This is my mum about a year before I was born (don't know where it was taken or exactly when, she's probably going to curse me for putting this photo on too, but I really like that it's not posed or anything). I used Sassafras Lass Papers (Fawn'd of You) - the butterflies, bird, branch, hearts and music notes were all cut from one of the sheets, which was a bit fiddly but I think it's worked well and I was able to position them overlapping the photo. The title is made from Thickers that I coloured with my paint markers.

Supplies: Sassafras Lass - Fawn'd of You papers, American Crafts - Thickers, Paint Markers

That's all for now XOX