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scrapping again

2012-01-14T18:47:00.000Z

A tidy desk means i have been able to get creative again lol here are a few los i have done

First lo is done for shimelles starting point used green brown and blue colours from a sarahs cards kit for a photo of me my sister and our 2 cousins and their partners on a birthday night out last year not often we get to see each other

This next lo is done for the simple recipe challenge on ukscrappers to use pink brown and grey with added white black and kraft colours recipe to use texture so i have used lace and a web kind of piece

This next lo is done for the weekly challenge over on ukscrappers to use something new and old and bling the papers are old about 2years old the new is the flower piece and added bling in letters and around the photo

This next lo was one i had in mind for a while but didnt get round to it i cut a hexagon shape and used a circle punch to punch loads of circles cut them in half and used them to border the hexagon shape of pp i put the small photos on black card and did like a film strip effect this is my nephew and his friend on holiday they make such a cute little couple lol

TFL my los look a bit slumped as i had them propped up so dont look exactly straight but you get the idea and the lighting is bad so not the best of pics

Tidy

2012-01-13T10:34:00.000Z

Well i have finally managed to tidy the dump of my craft corner you can actually see a desk now

The mountain of things have been cleared and am now left with just a few bits on my drawers that i can easily get to and see what is what

Not completley got rid of the pizza boxes but they have been reduced threw about 8 away so a bit of progress just need more storage space but will have to make do for now til i can figure something out

Messy desk

2012-01-06T14:45:00.000Z

Well here is the bomb site of my crafty corner lol my desk has become a bit of a dumping ground lately and has bits of everything on it its in serious need of a tidy up so i can get scrapping again

Here is whats at the right hand side to the desk more dumping which also needs a tidy up

and last but not least my ever growing pile of pizza boxes would not be so bad if i had a bit more storage so seriously need to try find homes for all this

Me n my man

2011-12-09T17:07:00.003Z

The person responsable for making me so happy again

Starting point

2011-10-20T16:09:00.000+01:00

Shimelles starting point lo for this week was wonkyness i used distress ink round the cardstock edge using another kit forgotten which pp it is now but i like the aged feel to it i used an overlay over the photo to frame it a bit

getting stuck back in

2011-10-20T16:02:00.000+01:00

I am trying to use up some of my older sarahs cards kits as i have a huge pile so this is a lo using august 2010 kit peechy keen pp used a design team lo for inspiration

Another lo done using the same kit i made the flower using a 1 inch punch and folded in to cone shapes to make the flower

Cant remember what kit this is as i couldnt find the leaflet but its another kit from last year i got inspiration from This sketch it just needs a title now

This lo uses october 2010 kit which is crate pp i think and i took inspiration from This sketch over at capture these sketches

This lo i used a more recent kit from july this year i love this photo of my sister and nephews and i used this sketch i love working with sketches and hopefully my mojo will kick right back in lol

Starting point and sketches

2011-10-11T20:19:00.000+01:00

Here is my lo done using shimelles starting point for this week photo of my nephew dressed as a pirate for book day. i used a chipboard star and drew round using a glitter pen to give the brown pp a bit more of a background used a cocktail stick to make a flag which you can see in the close up

Here is a close up showing the stars and flag

This is a lo using a sketch from creative scrappers think its sketch 172 used fancy pants pp from a old sarahs card kit photo of my daughter and nephews

I used a sketch for this one but have forgot where from so will come back and say when i find it again photo of me when i met dane bowers at a club in town not long after his big brother stint used another sarahs card kit with a few extras from my stash

Am hoping its gonna kick start my mojo again as i have got some new photos on the way using some free prints :-)

Sketch lo

2011-10-05T20:41:00.001+01:00

Here is a lo i did using the sketch from sketchy thursday the top photo was taken a few month after my dad died and the photos underneath are taken when my dad was here the lo says that altho he is no longer going to be in photos he will be in them as he will be in our hearts

here are a few close ups used a sarahs cards kit

shimelles starting point

2011-10-05T20:25:00.000+01:00

I thought i would have a go at doing a lo using the starting point that shimelle has been posting over on her blog here is the current one this is what my lo looked like at the starting point

And this is my finished result using a pic of dd when she had her stitches removed using bo bunny pp from a sarahs card kit

This lo was done for a previous weeks starting point but never managed to upload it in time for the deadline i was pleased with the turn out of this one

sketch lo

2011-08-03T00:49:00.000+01:00

I have done this lo for the sarahs cards july sketch challenge which is over on their blog ( sorry have forgotten how to do links on here ) have used a sarahs cards kit cant remember which one been wanting to use this photo for a while but was stuck with what to do with it so thought i would use it for this and its turned out quite well thanks for stopping by :-)

on a roll

2011-05-16T21:37:00.003+01:00

Am on a roll these past 2 days i have done 4 los 3 yesterday and 1 today wont get anything else done for a few days now tho
This first lo is done from the new bo bunny sketch i really like the sketch and it gave a chance to use the delilah pp that my friend gave me :-) have used some metal butterflies i got as part of a necklace and some leaf pearls and an assortment of flowers title says you are still beautiful pic of dd in hospital just after she had her stitched up

This next lo is based on a sketch but have forgotten which site it is from its either sassy lil sketches or creative scrappers an old sarahs cards kit october afternoon pp photo is of me from a few years ago when i was really happy about an important person in my life who ended up breaking my heart and i wanted to record the moment the flowers are with the help of a friend who helped me punch some on the sarahs card retreat back in march :-)

This next one is just a simple lo but it needs a little something and i cant find the right thing so may have to come back to it at a later date photo of my nephew
This next lo is a sketch based lo from the latest sassy lil sketch site also used another sarahs card kit restoration i thnk got that many to get through i forget the names lol photo of dd on her 11th birthday

Thanks for looking and i may be back with more very soon need to start keeping my blog up to date a bit more

A few more

2011-05-12T19:24:00.000+01:00

Time does sure fly by my daughter was 12 on 7th may and we took her away for the weekend we stayed in a caravan at skipsea sands and it was park resorts 10th birthday the same day as caitlins she got up on stage and blew the candles out on the cake they had while everyone sang happy birthday she loved it and we all had a nice few days away from home this is her with the balloons they had and her flashing glasses

Here are a few los i did the other week as promised using old sarahs cards kits this one was pink paislee spring fling used a photo of caitlin the day she had her stitches removed from her head
This one is bo bunny i think or could be daisy bucket lol photo of dd on holiday last year

This next one is penny lane papers photos of caitlin when she was having a play about with the footieI dont remember if i have posted this before it was done a while ago i found it in the drawer with my pp
and again another lo from ages ago i found in the drawer lol used memory keepers pp using pics of the ducks i took on holiday last year

Yay

2011-05-04T22:54:00.002+01:00

Been a long while since i blogged been meaning to post before now but i lost my camera lead again and now have found it yay lol am sharing the los i did on the sarahs card retreat back in march seems like such a long time ago now but am already looking forward to the next one in november :-)
This first lo is a lo i did of my own in between classes its of my nephew and he is dinosaur mad so these ne papers i bought were perfect for this photo

This next lo is what i did for the sketch challenge we were all given its my baby nephew and the title is what my sis calls him little moo bear i used a srahs card kit think its januarys love the papers

This one was lianne mawers class was unsure of what photo to use so went wwith this one of my sis and her partner had a black and white version too but went with the colour pic as it fit better
This one was natalie grants class used pics of my nephew playing golf and called it a owl in one lol really like these papers and the little felt owl
The next is racheal elliots class lots of distressing but really enjoyed doing this one the pic is of me and my siblings with my mum which was taken 2 months after my dad died in 2009

Next is louises class using acetate which was fun like the woodgrain effect pp pics of the boys on our holiday last year

This one is vanessas class again pics of my nephew havin fun on a helter skelter slide the original lo is a 8.5 x 11 but i did mine 12x12

The last one which was claires class using websters pages never used this range before so was quite fun lots of cutting out but an effective result with misting thrown in too pics of my cousins baby i did print the wrong size pics out for this but managed to get 2 of them to fit and work out fine lol

I have a few more los to share i have done over the past week using some old kits i am trying to reduce the pile i have so hoping to do a bit more scrapping over the next week if i can TFL

Brrrrr

2011-02-19T13:08:00.003Z

Well i am now another year older as it was my birthday on weds 16th i got some toiletries and £10 i had a nice day this morning woke up to snow brrrrrrrrr so cold this is my back garden which is a work in progress at the moment my sister gave me the seating when she moved in with her fella it needs recovering and a umbrella for it but need some warmer weather to use it lol the swing set and my sons scrap den in the background are gettin removed roll on summer

Another lo

2011-02-13T20:53:00.003Z

I did this lo a couple of weeks ago used sarahs cards october kit (i think) crate paper restoration love this range and wanted to do it justice i used a pic of my dd which was taken just after she had her head stitched up she was so brave throughout it all hence the title. I need to do some journalling on it but not sure how to go about it yet. the pic looks a bit wonky but it is straight just the angle its taken at.

I havnt done much more scrapping since finishing the album i did for my neighbour i dont have much photos and what i do have i am saving to take on retreat with me in a few weeks which i am so looking forward to :-)

Album made

2011-01-31T21:46:00.001Z

My neighbour asked me to make an album for her for her parents for xmas but cos of my ill health never got to finish it so i have now completed it here it is all grouped together using picasa instead of posting them individually i used an old a4 album or just under a4 as had to cut a bit off each page she was chuffed to bits with it and paid me for doing it so its my first sale :-)

Hello 2011

2011-01-06T18:56:00.002Z

Not post in a while and not done any crafting in a while either so dont have any pages or anything to show you yet but hope to get back in to it soon
On 4th dec i was admitted to hospital as i had a severe asthma attack and got put on to the intensive care unit which was quite scary at first but havin seen what goes on on there it has given me a different view on things there is a nurse for each patient and you get one to one care the nurses were brilliant and i cant thank them enough for what they did for me tests came back on 7th saying i had swine flu and that was what brought on the attack i was put into isolation before being transferred to a normal ward the day after and the level of care i got on there was rubbish the nurses were crap i had asked 6 times to get them to change me not something i want to go in to tho anyhow a couple photos of my arm taken day after i came home i had a tube in my artery so they could do my blood gases and it bruised me and it bloody hurt i can tell ya lol

This is a pic of my son and cousins baby on new years day
Pic of my cousins baby Ebony asleep in the moses basket

This is a pic of my daughter and my 2 nephews cal 5yrs and bobby 11week he is a chunky bum lol

snow day

2010-12-01T23:16:00.003Z

Well what a day it has been i had to go to a training thing so set off this morning for the bus as i was on the bus in to town it started snowing and i got a text to say school was closing at 12pm i went to the training place which started at 11am but its was for 2 hours i explained about havin to get back for the kids etc so they have re scheduled it for me for next week. I went for the bus back home and the station was completely covered in snow and full of people some buses had been cancelled luckily my bus was still running sticking to main road only which was ok as the main road is at the bottom of our hill what is normally a 20 min bus ride turned in to a 2 hour trip stuck on the bus for 2 hours packed to rim havin drips come from people who were stood up that had just got on wasnt pleasent but the only way i was gettin home school had kindly dropped my daughter off home where my sister watched her til i got back so didnt have to worry about the kids
This photo is of the main road taken by my sis when she picked her son up from school

This pic is of the hill i have to walk up and down daily twice as hard in the snow if you see that house right at the top behind that little car thats where i have to walk to and the pic is taken half way down the hill so more at the bottom

This is a view from my bedroom window at the front of the house the little cul de sac completly covered

This is the view from the back of the house a big field and houses and buildings all on the other side

Lets see what tommorow brings as i have an app which is very important but if the buses stop running i wont be able to get there

Weekly challenge

2010-11-14T21:19:00.003Z

This is my take on the weekly challenge set over on ukscrappers elements are
Sketch - yes
Rich colours - yes (brown orange yellow)
rik rak - Yes ( most is covered by the pics but you can just see a bit sticking out at the bottom right hand side)
Fabric embellie - yes (felt leaves and felt flower on the bottom left hand side of circle)
Claiming full points for my team

los

2010-11-01T14:45:00.004Z

Sorry about the photos i had to take them on my mobile and my software wont let me crop them this first lo is a sketch on pencillines http://www.pencillines.com/2010/10/sketch-209-and-our-founder-anna-bowkis.html pic of my nephew on holiday throwing his teddy in the air used a sarahs cards kit from a few month ago baybury papers i think

This next lo is a twisted sketch with the twist being black http://www.twistedsketches.com/2010/10/twisted-sketch-073.html again using same kit pic of dd sticking her tongue out at me when i took her pic

This lo was done from a sketch from sketchy thursdays http://sketchythursdays.blogspot.com/2010/10/1028-sketch-challenge.html pic of my sis n nephew dancing used 2 dif papers and cut a strip from a hambley screen sheet and a handmade embellishment with a button stuck on it and 2 leaf pins

few los

2010-09-20T13:08:00.002+01:00

Since my daughter had her accident not really been up to much general back to school and dd has settled in fine in secondry school which is good cos i was worrying a little but thats a mothers job here are a few los i have done over the past week

This first one is done for the sketch over on twisted sketches (sorry cant get link to work) the twist is buttons i have just played safe and used buttons for centres in the flowers but enjoyed doing the lo albeit simple

This second lo was done for the weekly challenge over on uks scrap an obsession use circles and chocolate brown unfortunatly i only got 20pts and couldnt get the brown in anywhere the journalling reads "I have a bit of an obsession with the twilight saga thanks to my sister i dont regret getting hooked it captured my heart and in my heart it will stay"

This third lo was done using sarahs cards peechy keen august kit of my little duck friend i met on holiday in skipsea one day i was sat watching dd play in the park and had this duck come wander around me and it stayed by my side for at least an hour so i fed it and all the other ducks started to follow but this one always close by became my little friend :-)

Stitches are out

2010-08-31T23:53:00.002+01:00

Last thursday caitlin had the stitches removed from her head and her is the big scar she is left with at the bottom near to her eye it is weeping a little so they stuck a couple of steri strips on it and we also had concerns about a blister that had formed on her knuckles of the left hand where it was grazed so they dressed it we then went back on sunday and they had another look at it they stuck more steri strips on the head and re dressed the wound on her hand and we now have to go back on thrusday morning as they want to keep an eye on it it is looking quite sore i changed the dressing last night and its pink around the edge and yellow in the middle i cleaned it and re dressed it just have to see what they say when we go on thursday now.

my brave little girl

2010-08-18T15:06:00.002+01:00

Well what an eventful few days its been sunday night my daughter was climbimg on a gate and the stone arch fell on top of her cutting her head completely open been in hospital for a few day just come home this morning
This is a pic of the bandage on her head before she had her op done

This is a pic of her head and arm/hand she had a cut on her thumb and grazed her knuckles so they sorted her hand out when they did her head as she wouldnt let anyone touch it

This was taken yesterday after she had her op while we were stying in to see if her temp stayed down

taken this morning before we saw the doc it had swelled up on her left eye so we need to keep an eye on this

This is a close up of her head this is how long the scar will be as it was a big cut a big hole she was very lucky it wasnt any worse than it is it was about 2 inch wide at least she has been very brave throughout it all just hope she has a speedy recovery now

One long post of photo and lo challenges

2010-08-16T14:00:00.004+01:00

I have had to do one long post of the rest of the photo and layout challenges i did for shimelles crop as the deadline is tommorow my daughter had an accident last night and has gashed her head wide open waiting for surgery to fix it so i have popped hom to change and collect some stuff
This is photo of a smile

This is a candid shot photo

Photo of crafting space

Phot of books

layout using numbers

Reflection photo

Layout using hearts

Layout using saturdays sketch

Layout using pink

Layout done using squares

Layout done using journalling around edge of photo

Photo of light in the dark

Layout using 4 dif patterened papers

black and white photo

2010-08-16T13:47:00.002+01:00

This lo is done for the black and white photo challenge used gcd papers and pic of my friends little girl

below the knee

2010-08-14T19:37:00.002+01:00

photo challenge 9 below the knee to take a photo of feet shoes etc as long as it is below the knee so here is a photo of my pink/black shoes that i love

nature photo

2010-08-14T19:31:00.002+01:00

Photo challenge 8 to take a picture of nature so i took this one of the tree branches that is at the side of my fence in the field

LOL cat

2010-08-14T19:27:00.002+01:00

Photo challenge 7 lol cat to caption a photo with a funny status took this pic of my cat and couldnt think of anything more inventive sorry lol

photo 6

2010-08-14T19:06:00.003+01:00

Saturdays first photo challenge number 6 was to take a photo of up above so this is my pic of the clouds in the sky quite a clear day as the day drew on a bit

photo 5

2010-08-14T19:02:00.004+01:00

Photo challenge 5 was to take a pic of a sign or signs well there isnt any round here so i took this photo of my recycle sticker on the bin (yes its out of date a bit but i got my new dates indoors lol ) not sure if it will count but couldnt find anything else suitable

photo 4

2010-08-14T18:55:00.002+01:00

Photo challenge 4 was to take a pic of explosive energy no one here has more energy than my daughter lol so i got her to jump about on the trampoline not very inventive but was all i could think of

use circles

2010-08-14T18:50:00.002+01:00

This challenge was to use circles so i looked through my photos and an idea came to mind to use the circles to make an ice cream to go along with the photo so i cout 3 dif circles a cone and a flake

photo 3

2010-08-14T18:46:00.003+01:00

Photo challenge three to take a pic through a windo so i took this photo from my daughters bedroom window zoomed in a little it shows the main road down from us

photo 2

2010-08-14T18:43:00.003+01:00

photo challenge two to take a pic of something manmade so i took this photo of my scrapping chair so hope this counts lol

fridays sketch

2010-08-14T18:37:00.002+01:00

This is a lo for the fridays sketch over on shimelles online crop just a simple but effective lo

photo 1

2010-08-14T18:33:00.003+01:00

Photo challenge number one to take a close up photo i took a close up of the flower that is on my daughters sandal

shimelles online crop

2010-08-14T18:02:00.002+01:00

I had a look on shimelles blog and decided to give the online crop a go that is taking place over the weekend why not get yourselfs over there and check it out

The first project is create a project using red/white/aqua this is my lo but i dont think i am too keen on the star in the bottom corner didnt turn out how i wanted it to but like the rest of the lo

teacher gifts

2010-08-10T19:34:00.005+01:00

I lost my lead for my camera so have only just been able to upload these i made these gifts for dd teachers and teaching assistants
This is a card i made

These are stationary boxes i saw these on a blog that was featured on the home page of ukscrappers sorry cant remember the name and thought they would make great gifts so i made 4 of them they are quite easy to do and i enjoyed doing them and they were well appreciated too

few los

2010-07-18T18:01:00.002+01:00

I need to start keeping my blog more up to date but havnt had that much to share lately here are a few los i have done over the past week or so
First one is using jenni bowlin pp and some foam stamps for the title which my teamie Uma gave me (thanks hun) i love the black/white/red combo have used a photo of me my sisters mum n dad at my sisters 21st the last family photo we had taken before my dad died i still cant believe its been nearly a year this time next week and a full year has gone by still doesnt seem real sometimes been a tough year.

This second one is using sarahs cards april kit i think GCD papers i love the colours of this kit and they work well with black and white photos photo is dd sat on the grass verge at the side of manchester airport we went for a picnic and ended up goin here to watch the planes it was a nice sunny day

This next one is using sarahs cards june kit treehouse pp i took inspiration from a sketch in the DT booklet pic is of me at holmfirth when we went for a day out in april for dads birthday as he would loved to go there his fave tv programme was last of the summer wine and we had a nice day was nice to do something special for him even tho he couldnt be with us

Am hoping to try get some more bits done so may be back sooner this time and not leave it so long lol

birthday cake

2010-06-24T20:07:00.003+01:00

Instead of buying a cake for my sons birthday i decided to make one instead i bought the sugar paper badge kit off ebay and got all the ingredients i needed and set about it its spose to be a man utd football shirt it all went well til it came to icing it no matter how much red food colouring i used it wouldnt go red and looks pink so i didnt do the black icing stripes and just stuck the badges on nathan was impressed dispite the colour lol and i dont think its too bad as a first attempt at doing a shaped cake but its all trial and error as my dad would say maybe next time i can get the icing the right colour the cake does taste great so thats a bonus as i have had many disassters LOL

album finished

2010-06-23T22:07:00.008+01:00

Here is an album i did for a friend as a birthday gift for her friend i have blurred out all the faces as i dont have permission from whom the photos belong just simple los some taken from sketches off pencil lines and pagemaps

2010-06-20T23:16:00.001+01:00

NOT BEEN ON HERE FOR A WHILE JUST TESTING CONNNECTION ON MY PHONE WILL BE BACK TMROW WITH A NEW POST OF AN ALBUM I HAVE DINE FOR A FRIEND

Back in the mood

2010-04-26T18:58:00.003+01:00

Well the cybercrop has got me back in the mood to scrap again i did this lo today using aprils kit from sarahs cards GCD ava papers everything used is from the kit apart from the big flower and the pearls and crystals on the butterflies i love this pic i took of my sister on a day out we had to celebrate my dads birthday (even tho he wasnt with us in person we made sure it was a good day)

Cybercrop weekend

2010-04-25T20:42:00.005+01:00

This weekend was cybercrop time over on ukscrappers i had lots of fun and did 14 los which i am pleased with.
This first lo was done for the challenge kings cross to use 4 photos and a cross somewhere on the lo was in a ruch to complete so i did a simple 8.5 x 11 lo using pics of blackpool hence title and drew some cross stitches around the edge of the cs.
This next lo was done for the class Fleet street the technique was to use newspaper and make flowers i used pages out of an old book for mine and did a 8.5 x 11 lo again which i did for an album i am doing for my daughter it didnt turn out too badl
This next lo was done for the class Mayfair it was a canvas with paint and texture but didnt have the tools to do that so did a lo based on it instead i used pink paislee enchanted and used a pic of us on a recent day out i like how it turned out and the colours work well
This next lo was for challenge coventry street scrap about friendship and use sketch didnt stick exactly to the sketch changed it a little to suit 8.5 x 11 size another lo for my dd album about how i am her best friend she doesnt have any real friends as she gets picked on and called names so i am her best friend and we do lots of fun things together.
This next lo was for the class angel islington technique to handcut frame i used a template to draw round and hand cut it out and then cut another frame to fit alongside it i doodled around the edge of the frames pic is of my son when he was about 3 yrs old.

This next lo was for the class bow street and tecnique was to use paint another 8.5 x 11 lo of dd dressed up in her hannah montana wig and guitar bit fiddly painting over the title as they came unstuck in the process but doesnt look too bad.

This lo is 8.5 x 11 and was for the challenge vine street to use vines so i used flutter butter pp and vine ribbon lo of me to go in dd album .

This lo was done for marylebone challenge to scrap about a journey used sassafrass lass pp and is about walk to school that we do everyday and can be a trek at times on the hill where we live lol.

This next lo was done for park lane use outdoor photo and a sketch of choice i used pencillines 179 sketch and dear lizzy pp which i won on my first retreat they go well with photo and really like how it has turned out.

This lo is oxford street and technique was use glimmermists or similar i didnt have any of those so used ink pads and paint instead this is one of my fave los and love the photo of my son used all dif bits that work well together

This was for the water works challenge to use something water themed and a holiday pic photo of son in blackpool and water in the photo used fancy pants daily grind pp and old sarahs card kit

This lo is for regent street and to do a lo about shopping a 8.5 x 11 lo of dd at the trafford centre she loves going there with me and always have to go to the disney store under strict orders lol.

The next one is supertax and to use that posh stash so i used some bo bunny pp i have had saved for over a year i fell in love with the swirls and colours i never used it til now used some lace and embellies to add a bit of something to the lo pic of dd with her hello kitty teddy she got at build a bear at the trafford centre

The last one was the strand class used pics of dd playing just dance on the wii hence the title technique was handstitching which i have done used dancing girl pp

Thanks for looking if you have got this far i have enjoyed doing all the classes and challenges and look forward to the next one later in the year :-)

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2010-04-06T22:49:00.001+01:00

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Me n dane bowers

2010-03-29T17:58:00.002+01:00

On saturday night i went out with my friend and the club we went to dane bowers was making an appearence there i got to like him as a person after watching him in celeberity big brother i managed to have a photo taken with him and its quite a good pic so def one to be scrapped lol

Retreat weekend

2010-03-09T15:56:00.006Z

This is gonna be a bit of a long post so apologise if i bore you lol
Wow what a fab weekend that was my first ever retreat and i loved it i had such and amazing time with a great bunch of ppl i had such a laugh and was great to see my teamie Penny again along with her friend amanda we all shared a table.
Eileen very kindly gave me a lift there and back and she is a lovely person i really appreciated it and also kept her company on the drive too. After we checked in we went off to find our rooms i got in a lift and ended up gettin lost so had to ask a chambermaid where my room was and she very kindly showed me. When i got to my room i was greeted by penny and she gave me my bday pressie which was in this gorgeous gift bag

Here is a piccie of all the lovely goodies inside THANKYOU penny :) Love it all
Next is the goodie bags we got once we checked in to retreat filled with lots of lovely goodies really wasnt expecting these but wow mini album a mini chipboard album,thickers shapes,chipboard photo corners,ribbon,bg bling it,stamps,butterfly mask thing and foam pads. I now have a lovely new table top tote

Friday nights challenge we were all given a maya road tin and the challenge was to alter so after seeing some paper in the shop with fences and clouds it gave me an idea to do a house so off i toddled to the shop got some brown cs the pp some paint daubers and set to work and this is my altered tin house with a photo of me and my teddy in the window the curtains are also from the pp

Well what a shock i had i WON i have never won anything in my life and with so many beautiful tins done and all those talented ppl i never thought i would win just loved what i had made and enjoyed taking part so i was well chuffed and here is my prize beautiful american crafts papers with a sheet of fabric paper and embellies so a big thank you to the design team who chose my tin to win

next is a little chipboard book i made in the make and take with cal she is such a laugh and a lovely person she def kept us entertained in the class lol

This lo is rachael elliots class she did a brilliant job teaching and i love her work this was one of my faves its not quite finished tho just needs a title putting on

Next is cathy's mini book class its a fab little book but i need to find the right photos to put in to it and finish embellishing it so will do another post with this when its completed

This was jens class a mini book on a lo and the woody pics of my dd go perfect with the colours and a great way of using up the photos it still need finishing and embellishing etc and i lost one of my strings too

This was lous class i did the lo but the photos i took didnt go with the paper so it just needs photos and a title to complete it i loved this scrunching and inking and ribbling lol

The next is liannes class i loved this one too one of my faves along with lous and racheals and you got a fab tree stencil in the kit that i have an idea of for another lo this on is my godaughter i just need to finish the leaves on this one

These next two los are 8.5 x 11 and was sarah palmers class i was chuffed to be among a couple of others to have bday photos lol this lo is of my mum n dad at my sisters 21st last year pulling silly faces i have done these for an album i am doing for my mum these moments will never be again and i am gonna miss that but the memories are still there here i go again blubbering its hard sometimes and scrapping photos is hard too but i know it will get easier to record all the memories i have

This is the other lo using film strip pics again of my sisters 21st we all had a meal

Now on to my lovely new goodies i brought home with me the shop was lush and could have spent a whole lot more if i had any more money lol a new ac album was in desperate need as i have a pizza box with about 30 + los in so be good to put some in to my new album

some thickers and tiny alphas with a pic sheet of birds/houses

Yummy pp my little shoe box jenni bowlin cosmo seeing them in irl has given me ideas of what i want to do just need photos

More yummyness paper doll by crate love this and will be good for los of my dd who loves handbags dolls etc stickers chipboard shapes bling and paint daubers

This is a little book i started making out of leftovers from racheals class had a bit of an accident with it but managed to disguise so wont say what it was lol needs finishing

an a4 lo done for dd album using leftovers from jens class

This lo was done using feb kit so glad i managed a bit of scrapping other than the classes my let down was photos i really need to get some but need a new camera as mine is broken

So thats what i got up to over the weekend and i cant wait to go on another one now loved it all thank you to everyone involved in making it such a great couple of days.

52 in 10 and weekly challenge

2010-02-08T14:04:00.002Z

Wow its been 2 months since i last blogged i havnt really been up to much tried to get through the festive period best i could without dad and havin mum to deal with not sleeping properly its been pretty stressful i have however managed 2 los
This first lo was done for feb week 1 challenge over on uks using pink bling and old stash photo of dd sat at her desk after i had a sort out of my stash and gave her a pizza box full of goodies to play with last year

This second lo is done for the first prompt in the 52 in 10 challenge set by scrapdolly (karen) to record what has happened in the last 10 years

Well worth the wait

2009-11-26T14:16:00.002Z

Hi not got any scrapping projects to show as have not really done anything since the cybercrop on uks apart from a couple of cj entrys on the other hand i did go see new moon at the cinema on friday 20th the cinema was packed out am so glad we prebooked our tickets we queued for quite a while and then when we got in the cinema we got seperated as there wasnt enough seats together but WOW i just loved the film it was absolutely fantastic altho jacob has a nice body its still EDWARD for me i cringed when he was getting beat up by the volturi when we came out we wanted to go back in to see it again lol altho i have seen it a second time on tuesday with my other sister and loved every minute again cinema wasnt so packed this time but there was a draft coming from somewhere and was pretty cold but it took my mind off that watching the film lol and i am off to go see it again next tuesday with my cousin so am looking forward to seeing it again and cant wait for the dvd to come out in march next year and even still cant wait for eclipse to come out now in june next year shall be def wishing the time away lol

Busy weekend

2009-11-18T11:19:00.005Z

It was cybercrop time over on ukscrappers and i had such a fun weekend scrapping away and was pleased i got nearly all of it done only 2 classes and 1 challenge i didnt complete but can always do them in my own time
First here is a lo i did for the pre crop challenge before it all kicked off i used my little shoebox and sassafrass lass papers a lot of cutting out but am so pleased with how it looks

Next is 2 los i did with the mystery kit i always try to get the mystery kit as i love the fun of it and you dont know what you get til it arrives then its a secret til the gallery goes live i really struggled with the kit this time tho it had lots of yellow and i dont do yellow that well i think i was limited too not bein able to print stuff out as i think had i had a printer i could have done a lot more but not to worry i like the los i did

This one just needs a title adding to it which i will do when i can think of what i want to put on it

This next lo is quite simple i wanted it to have a fresh look and i acheived that this was for a challenge to use metal and hearts i have used a metal heart as the flower centre and a metal ribbin slider
I loved this class by MJM (michelle) i just love her work she is amazing had fun ripping tearing inking with this and the sassafrass bungle jungle papers were perfect for what i wanted to do with this

Next is a mini book by annette (voodoo vixen) she makes some fab mini books and i had fun with this altho it was rushed to get uploaded on time i think i will make another one of these tho as it has a stand at the back and would make a great gift
This lo was for the final challenge where you used the title border and journalling spot from previous challenges to combine them all on to this lo i just love this photo of nathan he is about 6 year old in this photo (he is now 14) he has such a cool expression

Next is a class lo it does have roses as the flowers but after several attempts at trying to do the roses i gave up as i just couldnt do them so i scrunched circles of paper and added buttons as centres and used these instead of the roses which it looks ok
This is one of my fave los of the weekend the challenge was to do a lo about what is popular with you right now and theres is nothing that is more popular in my life right now than twilight saga i am totally obsessed and only 2 days til new moon cant wait so looking forward to it
This next lo was for the challenge of something your proud of and to use stitching i stitched the heart in the bottom corner and drew stitches around the pp i am so proud of my dad he is the best dad in the world and i miss him so much i still cant beleive he isnt here the angels took him away on 25th july 09 and thats when our worlds collapsed but to have all the memories is a blessing and to have him as my dad i couldnt have asked for a better dad in the world LOVE YOU x x x

This next lo was for the challenge of courage and to use felt fabric on the lo photo of dd on the big wheel she def has a lot of courage going on that at 10 yrs old cos me at 34 am scared to death by it and will not go on it lol have used felt flower and leaves in the corner
This was for shimelles class i bought a kit for this one and was happy with the contents i loved this class the main piece opens out to reveal more photos and i thought the colours were perfect for photos we had a night out in fancy dress
This is opened out inside to reveal more photos
This lo was for a challenge using a sketch and a journey theme so i used a photo from my sisters 21st when i had my first ride in a limo

This next lo was a class by taniwha it was theraputic rolling the paper for down the side of the photo and i handsticthed on the ribbon too
This lo was using the challenge of friends and gingham ribbon its an 8x8 to go in my friends scrapbook that i have the brown/mint combo was perfect of this photo of me and my friend donna

emma

2009-11-04T13:56:00.002Z

Lo done using Twistedsketch#21

The twist was alpha cant miss my alpha used quite large letters to spell out my godaughters name painted chipboard flower border in yellow and added brads in the centres have used sarahs cards june kit pebbles lille bell pp

Survivor

2009-10-26T16:11:00.003Z

Done this lo for this weeks Twistedsketch#20 twist was black/grey/white so decided to scrap using those colours

I have also combined several scrap like you mean it challenges as i am playing catch up with those so have incorporated
wk 15 - Living on the edge (distress edges have inked and torn the pp)
wk 21 - song title (used destinys child survivor)
wk 23 - self portrait ( yes that is me lol )
wk29 - scrap with 3 ( have used 3 flowers and 3 brads)
wk37 - scrap with metal ( used sqaure frame and brads)
wk39 - Own handwriting ( have used handwriting on scalloped journal circle)
wk 43 - Scrap with flowers ( used 3 flowers and cut a tree out of the pp)
Journalling says "I know after recent events i will be a stronger person and believe in myself no matter what life throws ate me.
Afetr losing my dad 3 months ago i am beginning to realise that i can be strong and be who i want to be and live life to the full as you never know what is around the corner.

Girls lo

2009-10-13T21:08:00.002+01:00

This is a lo done using Twistedsketch#18 the twist was to use ribbon have used black and white ribbon under the photo used sarahs card may kit which is jillibean soup pp lo of me my sister and friends on my sisters birthday night out have used title girls just wanna have fun journalled around two sides of the pp and drew stitches around the edge

Productive

2009-10-05T10:56:00.003+01:00

I did quite well yesterday gettin 5 los done in total was well pleased with that here are the other 2 i did first one is using sarahs cards april kit MME penny lane collection i loved the owl tree and didnt know what to do with it til now i cut several 6x4 photos down to make several smaller ones to focus on what was in the pictures

This second lo is using BG archiac pp we had a trip to the zoo and they have all these plastic dinosaurs and this one is ready to eat the kids lol

Gonna have a browse through my photos and see what else i can scrap altho i do have quite a few bits to catch up on so may do those first

Lollipop

2009-10-04T15:08:00.003+01:00

After that advert for dell laptops bein on the tv i have that lollipop song stuck in my head lol so remembered i had a photo of my daughter with an ice lolly and would do a lo using it have combined feb/march kits from sarahs cards to do this lo and use Twistedsketch#17 as my inspiration and i think it worked quite well the twist was to use bling which i have used in the butterfly and gem flowers

Close up of title and 2 gems on the sticker

A close up of the bling used a sparkly butterfly and a trail of gem flowers

on a roll

2009-10-04T15:00:00.003+01:00

Here are 2 los done from twisted skecthes have enjoyed working with the sketches its bringing me my mojo back a bit so thats good
This first lo is done using sarahs cards july kit which is october afternoon cherry hill love these papers they are cute but versatile its a rare moment to get a photo of my 2 together and actually smiling so a moment to treasure lol the twist to this sketch was to use any type of flower so i used a crochet flower

This next lo is of my son who did do karate for a few months but then decided it wasnt for him i managed to get a photo of him one day before he headed off to training class and even tho he doesnt do it no more he is still my very own karate kid twist to this sketch was to use ribbon but i didnt use any so have just done the sketch have used MME 29th street market playful paper which i got in my birthday swap package which i took part in on uks in feb this year and had a fab partner jo

2009-09-28T13:46:00.003+01:00

I havnt done any scrapping since about june before my world fell apart so with a new desk and a good sort out its about time i found myself again and started gettin back in to it i find it may help me along the line to take my mind off things but to remember the good things about my life and the people in it

Here are 2 los i have done today the first is the weekly challenge over on uks which i am quite pleased with the second is pl154 sketch altho my idea didnt work too well and its kinda of a shambles oh well will come back to it another day to see what more i can do with it

New desk

2009-09-09T17:58:00.005+01:00

After a tough couple of months i am hoping to start get back in to scrapping as not done any in a long time and it may stop me dwelling on things too much as i get upset everytime i think about my dad i am really starting to miss him now
Anyway i have a new pc desk to craft on i bought it off ebay and it looks tons better than before altho the before pic below shows my previous kitchen worktop desk it wasnt that tidy as that pic was taken just after i put the worktop up and looked worse than that lol i craft in my bedroom havin moved from the kitchen when my stash overflowed and grew lol

These are the after pics with my new corner pc desk it still needs a bit of sorting i need to work my way through the pizza boxes on the floor lol i want to get an expedit unit from ikea when i can afford to to go alongside the desk as it will look better and tidier and oh yeah my new twilight pic is on the wall just in view lol

2009-07-30T18:20:00.002+01:00

25th july our world fell apart around us DAD died at home in the early hours and we were all so shocked and devastated its still quite hard to believe he has gone we now have a date for the funeral which will be taking place on 5th august at 2pm thats gonna be as bad as the day he passed and we are all dreading it trying to take each day at a step at a time but its just sooooo hard miss him loads and just wish he was still with us
1951-2009 Dad you will always be in our hearts and soul and we wish you didnt have to leave us so soon 58 years is no age at all and we all expected you to be with us a while yet love you lots and lots x x x x forever in our hearts

Where does the time go

2009-07-23T11:33:00.002+01:00

Not been up to nothing new recently since my last post just been doing cjs i am taking part in cant beleive its the school summer holidays already the next 7 weeks are gonna be hectic its only been a few days and i have had enough LOL hopefully i may get some crafting time fit in along the way maybe a few days out for some more photo opertunities will get my mojo flowing again who knows

12 los in one day

2009-06-30T20:17:00.005+01:00

Not blogged for ages been a bad blogger i made an album for my friends bday which is today and had only done a few los so yesterday i did 12 los in one day and another one today am all crafted out now lol here are the los i did
Used an old sarahs cards kit for this lo american crafts pp i think these photos are a bit blurry but had to be scrapped

This is just a simple lo not too happy with it but its ok i guess used a mix of pp

Used may sarahs cards kit for this i think have so many i have lost track which is which lol you bet i'm cute seemed appropiate for this photo used a bird stamp and sentiment too

Just a simple lo cut circles to represent bubbles emma calls the bath splish splash hence the title used daily grind pp by fancy pants

Some old pp i have had for a while colours seem to match emmas dress

Used scenic route pp another sarahs cards kit i outlined the letters in gold pen and a mix of blooms
Some more old pp wanted pink to match minnie mouse simple lo again

Used march or april sarahs cards kit penny lane pp emma in the park
Using febuary sarahs cards kit pink paislee sweetcakes pp i stuck some beads on to the cupcake to have a sprinkles effect

American crafts again divalicious seemed like a good title to use after seeing it on the web a while back
Cant remember what pp this is emma's christening day so perfect day seemed like a good title it also says 50% mummy 50%baby = 100% perfect i used a transparancy and outlined it in black to give it a better effect
Had this paper for a while just never got to use it its sandylion i cut the butterfly out and used flowers as a train love the black white red combo
All cousins together i got this pp in a recent scrapbooking kit swap on uks i glittered the star
Well thats what i have done over the past day or 2 and my friend loved it so thats good :-)

Where has the month gone

2009-05-01T15:28:00.002+01:00

Wow its been a whole month since i blogged its been a bad month had the kids bikes knicked had my sons bedroom window put through then i was ill and ended up in hospital i have been diagnosed with gallstones and then got admitted to hospital with acute pancreatitus i was in a bad way for the 1st couple days and ended up bein in there a week was glad to get home at the end of this month i have a pre op app and then will need to go back in to have my gallbladder removed so will be glad when it is all over i have tried to take it as easy as poss and slowly getting back in to things today i have managed to do a lo and ready to do another one hopefully my mojo will return

Lo done using sarahs cards april kit lovely MME penny lane collection we had a day out easter monday and i managed to take these photos of the kids on a owl carved bench

Book

2009-04-01T09:06:00.005+01:00

Here is a book i did for my sister to give to my neices nan for mothers day she gave me all the photos and i used some my old stash to make it she has given me some money towards the cost of it i made it over 2 days and it is 8x8 in size i bound it with my bia and attached a tag and ribbon to the wires

1995 cj

2009-03-08T13:16:00.003Z

i hosted a lucky dip cj over on ukscrappers and chose to do 1995 the year my son was born as i had already started one about the year my dd was born so they will both have a book of their own to look back on about their birth years a BIG thank you to all the girls i love it and i am sure my son will too
The front cover

My entry music of the biggest hits of the year

Lesleys entry of films
Louises entry on sports

Sallys entry of the top tv of the year
Janes entry of the first ballon flight

Julies entry of the first space walk
Dees entry on greenpiece success
Elaines entry of the internet
Allys entry of micheal shumachers win

Pennys entry of the 1995 oscars

1999 cj

2009-03-08T12:53:00.005Z

I took part in the book of delights cj over on ukscrappers and i chose to do my daughters birth year as it will be nice for her to look back at what happened in the year she was born i just need to add some finishing touches to it thank you to all of you for your entrys i just love it and i am sure my daughter will too

The front cover

My entry of the top singles and albums featured in 1999

Dees entry of the eclipse this is just fab

Mrs mcfs entry of royal wedding of prince andrew and sophie rhys jones

I just love this one by ruthie b such a fun page about s club 7 who got together in 1999 i love the little people as the band members

This is matrix by emlouise

The fifth elephant by trubags

This is about the euro comin in dif countries by bridget william

The millenium bug by lynn d

Prices by guiderbec the envelope opens with a tag inside showing prices of a few things in that year

And finally books by perdita

Blog candy

2009-03-05T20:48:00.002Z

Hi if you get a chance pop on over to sallys blog as she has some fab blog candy for one lucky person to win http://sallys-daze.blogspot.com/

what i managed to do

2009-02-09T21:53:00.003Z

This is everything i did from 8pm friday to 4pm sunday i had lots of fun and was pleased with the majority of things altho i need to adjust a few things at some point
First is a lo i did for my son he went to a car show and has all these photos of cars so this is one of the pages using rouge de garance pp chatterbox and thickers alphas and 2 die cut arrows this was to use old stash and all of it old apart from the green thickers

This next lo is of my godaughter this was for the challenge to use lace on your lo which is under the photo used some scraps of pp i had laying around and some felt alphas 2 blooms and a flower i made from pp for the touch of frost challenge which was to make embellies using glitter glue

This next project was created by our very own teamie sarah (ptcruiser999) which is fab i made a boo boo on the left hand side and didnt push it down enough to punch the holes for the wires so i need to re do that side and also jazz it up by drawing some windows and adding photos to the inside i have put inside Who lives here and am gonna use pics of me dd ds and our cat to represent our home
This next lo was done for the mugshot challenge and i swapped with claire (clamar) i converted her photo to black and white and used a black and white theme i used polar bear press and luxe pp and some white flower lace cs with lace a feather and blooms i used a polka chatterbox alpha stickers for the title and will be posting this off to claire

This next lo was done for the challenge where you had to use typewriter font so i have used some typwriter effect stickers i had laying about lo of my nephew sat in the garden with his mouth open i love this photo and been meanin to scrap it for a while i used scribble scrabble pp (from a previous sarahs card kit) i added buttons along the ribbon
This lo is for the partners in crime class lo of my godaughter i used amplified pp (another previous kit) using scraps of pink ribbon and some papermania alpha stickers i have left the journalling tag blank for now
This is the case book made for the sherlock holmes class i had to do this one seeing as i am a HOLMES lol i kinda struggled putting this together and it isnt done right but it will do i wanted to do a book using the its a shore thing pp from imaginisce and seemed perfect for this i will do a bit more work on it to get it right tho

This next lo is of my son and using his very first photo he had taken after he was born in hospital hence the title i loved this class by (taniwha) i used BG 2 scoops pp elegant flourish stamps blooms a crochet flower and a chipboard heart i am gonna add some bling to this i didnt have any left so couldnt add it at the time this has to be one of my fave los
This next class was for the spiders web class i aint a fan of spiders lol so i stitched beads on to one of the flower designs on the pp i used another kit this time fancy pants daily grind pp photos of dd and ds on the neach just a simple lo and i added buttons from my own stash
This class was the davinci code and had to use a watercolour effect so i drew around some shaped cs to make the frames and used my whispers pens with water to give the watercolour effect i used some sandylion pp a chipboard star and some little gems and attatched a tag to ribbon and had this come from under the bottom frame pics of dd on a ride at blackpool it always makes her belly go funny hence the title lol
This is the bubbly funk class i followed one of the 4 designs i chose the love design and used a pic of dd i used some large alpha i had to cut out the o and x and used fancy pants crush pp i tied black ribbon along the top and used some oct afternoon diamond effect pp for the bottom with 2 chipboard hearts

This next lo is using a photo of a giraffe which had just arrived at blackpool zoo on our last visit in august use another kit using gcd pp i used a doodlebug alpha and outlined in gold pen i satmped the swirls using the same stamp from the first borm lo
This lo was done for the challenge to do a girly lo without using pink so i used pics of me posing for the camera lol i used my recent kit which is the lovely daisy bucket pp and pink paislee alpha stickers
This lo is of ds dressed as dracula for halloween 07 the challenge was to use a file folder ink and buttons not completely happy with the button arrangement so may be changing and altering this lo

The last lo done for the in the frame class i drew round some shaped cs and placed this on to red cd using dec kit luxe pp and photos of ds with a wreath he made before christmas at a club he went to i was really pleased with what he had made and had to take some pics of him with it so i cud scrap it and they seemed perfect for this lo

So after doing all this in one weekend is a big acheivment and i think my mojo shud return very soon if it hasnt already got lost lol

wat a weekend

2009-02-09T21:42:00.004Z

It was cybercrop weekend over on uks and i have had lots of fun with it all first of all this is my mystery kit creation we have to make something with just the contents of the box and our team FBI was from scrapshed and the rusty pickle rock star collection which was just fab the name gave me an idea to make a stage i used the pizza box it came in to make the stage itself and painted it with black paint and used a star stencil and a white paint dabber to do the stars i put one of the sheets of paper as the back drop and printed a drum image and coloured that in black with clear stickles i cut a section from the star cs and stuck that on the top with red ribbon and the title i made 2 speakers out of black card and drew on the fronts using pics of DD and DS i will get some full length photos at some point i cut some curtains out of white card and attated these to the sides my kids are really impressed with it and i may have to make another as they are already arguing over who gets to keep it lol

swag bag swap

2009-02-06T17:03:00.003Z

This is the swag bag i received in the cc swap and i am ever so pleased with it i got a piece of embossed cs and 2 other sheets of cs,pp ,rub ons,stickers,ribbon,a little diary notebook and a purple heart fluffy pen,cd photo frame,box of belgian truffles and a pooh bear

This is mr pooh bear he is dressed as sherlock holmes which is very appropiate for me with my surname bein holmes lol
Dont know why this photo is turned the other way but this is the fab doughnut photo frame and what should be inside my fave boys in the world it says good to enough to eat and boy they certainly are esp one in particular lol this is just the best and i am a very happy bunny

more snowy pics

2009-02-02T15:46:00.003Z

When my nephew came back home this afternoon he decided to get his sleds out so the kids all had fun sleding down the hill so i went to end of the street to try get some photos of them and it was FREEZING cold was glad to get back in the house lol

its snowing

2009-02-02T10:00:00.002Z

Well we have quite a few inches of snow this mornin the schools are closed which the kids are happy about but its so cold and i have to go out in it later here are a few photos i took this mornin this first one is my front garden

DD pushing her pram round the street totally mad lol

Picture of the street totally covered by the snow
DD settin on her journey around the street lol

DD and my nephew on the trampoline

Tagged

2009-01-29T11:20:00.002Z

I have received a tag from my teamie sarah the tag is to go in to your pictures in to your 6th folder and post the 6th photo and then choose 5 people to pass the tag on to well after havin my lappy repaired i dont have 6 folders only 1 so i have chosen the 6th pic from that which is me was messing with the camera trying to get a decent photo didnt turn out too bad along with some others lol

So the 5 people i have chosen to tag are
Elaine
Penny
Gill
Terrie
Jo

2009-01-28T17:49:00.002Z

Here are 2 los i have done this past week first one i did today using my dec sarahs cards kit luxe pp thickers alpha ribbon and a rub on (which i added from my own stash)

Second lo i did last week using my oct sarahs card kit piggy tales pp just a simple lo to go with the construction kid lo i did a while ago this time usin pic of my son

Ready steady cook

2009-01-27T18:09:00.003Z

Lo done for scrummy stash cafe challenge to do a boy/masculine lo did this of my nephew who is baking used bright colours and used cook theme peel offs to do a masking effect along the top and bottom of the lo wasnt that steady handed outlining the letters but it doesnt look too bad used basic grey cupcake pp and drew stitching around the edge

No title lo

2009-01-19T16:11:00.004Z

A lo of dd on the beach at blackpool i just took a load of pics in the hope of gettin some decent pics and they didnt turn out too badly have used my november sarahs card kit fancy pants daily grind pp i tore a square out of one of the sheets of pp scrunched it up inked the edges and hand stitched it on to cardstock using a backstitch i cut the words from one of the cards and placed them all over the lo i stuck the transparency in the bottom corner and used a bloom held together with a brad and doodled around the edge of the cs it all turned out quite well

Dream

2009-01-18T17:03:00.003Z

This is my lo done for the scrap like you mean it challengeon uks week 3 was to use chipboard i have used the word dream the circle that says close up buttons down the side and the heart in the corner inked and diamond glazed which are all chipboard have used scenic route and crate pp i stamped the little owl and cut him out tied a ribbon bow and used a heart pin thru it down in the bottom corner is basic grey wholly cow rub on and a crochet flower the photo i have used isnt the greatest as its a bit distorted but i just love this pic of my son who is a couple of months old at the time (now 13 yrs old lol ) sucking his thumb i have a think about brown at the moment so need to make my next lo a diferent colour i think

shining star

2009-01-11T16:49:00.003Z

This lo is for week 2 of scrap like you mean it over on uks this week was to use hearts or stars so i chose stars i am always scrappin dd mainly and wanted to focus on my son for a change thanks to my teamie penny who sent me the lovely daisybucket star kissed papers they were perfect for this lo and am pleased with the results
I found a poem on the net which reads 'A little bit of heaven drifted down from up above A handful of happiness a heartful of love The mystery of life so sacred and so sweet The giver of joy so deep and complete Precious and priceless so loveable too The sweetest miracle my boy it is you '

2009-01-09T13:51:00.001Z

Did this lo for the scrap it like you mean it challenge over on ukscrappers week one was to scrap in your fave colour so i hve used pink along with black and white as i love the contrast of all these colours together i am doing well as this is my 2nd lo in a week which is good for me not really done any crafting since october so been away from it for a while am hoping to get back in to it more now that its a brand new year and all
Have used luxe pp ,cs,blooms,brads,journalling circle and thickers alpha

how long

2008-12-20T21:56:00.001Z

How long has it been since i last posted on here cant beleive its christmas in less than 5 days time havin a really tough time of things at the moment so havnt been in the mood to do any sort of crafting or anything and i really can not wait for christmas to be over with just hope 2009 is a better year

wishing everyone a happy christmas

Happy Halloween

2008-10-31T23:02:00.002Z

Well here it is another year halloween night (spooky) we took the kids out trick or treating me and my sisters and they loved it altho us adults were a little cold lol we were only out about an hour and they came back with loads of sweets each
Here is my pumpkin i did earlier today of a ghost which i got the pattern from the internet i made a mistake cutting it out but you cant really tell and it looked good lit up in the dark

This is my little nephew callum who is 2 and a half he looked so cute dressed as dracula bless him and when we were out a few people were impressed by the way he said thankyou he was so sweet

This is a pic of nathan (ds) and my niece danielle my nephew jordan and callum my dd went in a sulk and wouldnt have a group photo done spoilsport she is lol

This is dd dressed as a devil and thats not in disguise lol as she is a devil 99.9% of the time i couldnt get hold of any face paint so ended up using some red lipstick i had laying around and black eyeliner
This is my nephew again tried to get him to smile but he wasnt havin any of it
This is my dd and ds devil and pirate wanted a change from what they were last year which was a witch and dracula and a better pic than last year too as dd actually smiled this time lol

I had to have a little bit of joining in with the halloween theme so before i got a bath i got my devil horns and took a pic lol crazy i know but what the hell its only once a year lol

karate kid

2008-10-27T17:59:00.001Z

My son in his karate suit he has built up a lot of confidence whilst doing karate and is now close to getting his very first belt which he is excited about he came home last week and showed me all his moves he has been learning i am really proud of him for bein a better person in himself

back in the swing of things lol

2008-10-27T14:41:00.002Z

Well i think my mojo may be returning yeah have used a couple of sketches for ideas inspiration but hope my mojo is here to stay as i am enjoying getting back in to doing los now altho i need more page protectors now he he this first lo was done for a sketch challenge on the cleos crafts blog it was to use a sketch and this is my take on it used my sarahs cards october kit with the fab itsy bitsy spider pp from piggy tales just love the colours
This lo was done taking inspiration from mojoholder blog again using my sarahs cards october kit i went a bit blingy on this lo and used stickles on the flowers and i stamped the word fabulous using the stamp in the kit and went over it with my stickles to make it stand out more i was messing with the camera one day and took this pic of myself and played about with it in psp but i liked the effect and decided to scrap it

This lo was done using a sketch from mojoholder blog photos taken during summer when we had a hot day (yeah we had very few but this was one of em lol ) all my sisters neices and neighbours having a water fight a fab multi photo lo have used pp from imaginence the penguin ones cant remember the name

Day at the zoo cj

2008-10-25T23:12:00.003+01:00

This is what the lovely postie brought me this mornin my finished a day at the zoo cj it is fab it was for a using my very own photos cj on ukscrappers we had a day at the zoo earlier this year and decided to use my photos taken that day for my cj theme a big thankyou to all that girls for their work i love it

Christmas mini book

2008-10-25T22:55:00.010+01:00

This is the lovely christmas mini book that i received in a mini christmas book swap on ukscrappers made by Roo (bookworm) it is fnatasctic and i love blonde moment papers cant wait to get some decent photos to fill it now

Home sweet home cj

2008-10-25T22:37:00.005+01:00

This was a circle journle i did with some fab ladies over on ukscrappers it was the second one as part of the winterwarmers and i enjoyed taking part in everyones and loved mine when i got it home earlier this year. I chose to do home sweet home its always nice to see dif parts of the country etc i printed some brick paper from the computer and used a street lantern sign fibres and a little key hanging a big thankyou to everyone who took part in my fab cj :)

Christmas mini book

2008-10-22T18:24:00.003+01:00

This a mini book i made for the christmas mini book swap i have taken part in on ukscrappers i enjoyed making this book have used anitas christmas papers and various stickers and bits that i had laying around in my stash i didnt want to do the traditional red/green colours so went with a blue/white/silver theme i just hope the recipient will like it

2008-10-20T10:36:00.004+01:00

This is a lo i did for our teams weekly challenge that we are setting over on ukscrappers i am really pleased with how this lo turned out the photo of my kids on an anchor in fleetwood gave me the idea of the anchor in the corner i printed a pic from the pc resized it to the right size and used it as a template and cut it from brown cs i then drew markings on it using a gold marker pen to make it stand out and added ribbons coming from it twisting them and securing them with brads i have used scenic route sonama papers from my sarahs card kit maybe this will make my mojo hang around i have a couple more ideas for some more los its just finding the time to do them as i have a couple of mini books and a circle journal to do first there just seems to be never enough time in the day

First lo of october

2008-10-11T23:12:00.003+01:00

Finally managed to do a lo first one of the month with hopefully more to follow lol pics of dd and ds on the log flume at blackpool pleasure beach only managed to capture dd expression as they went past which i love used my sarahs card scrapping kit from august quite like how its turned out
Been a bit of a wierd day today and am kinda gettin back on track with things so hopefully things will move in the right direction from now on

Finally

2008-10-07T15:40:00.004+01:00

I am starting to get myself organised had a lot of things goin on at home havnt really scrapped these past 2 months so am hoping to get back in to the swing of things very soon i made this advent countdown at the weekend made a bit of a mistake but soon rectified it lol

On the 27th sept we went to my friends daughters christening which i was godmother it was a really lovely day pic of my 2 dressed before we went and a pic of me with my goddaughter emma
I am trying to keep myself occupied as to not dwell on things that are happening at home prob wont get to scrap now til thursday gotta take my cat to the vets tommorow for a check up as i am wanting her neutured and needs a check up first to make sure she is fit and well

behind

2008-09-11T18:42:00.001+01:00

I have fallen behind at keeping my blog up to date will be back later to post an update

birthday card

2008-08-14T15:33:00.002+01:00

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr dont know why but the pics have gone on the wrong way round and dont know how to rotate them card i made for my aunties birthday and also for the challenge on scrummy stash cafe blog to use bling have used a butterfly with glitter on the wings and gem middle put red gemstones on the outside of the scalloped circle and some glitter glue on the black paper lace behind

princess

2008-08-08T16:00:00.001+01:00

Lo done for marias class on the scrummy stash cafe blog not completley happy with the turn out of this lo it just doesnt look right so think i may be havin another go at this class later on have saved it to try it again

i am ME

2008-08-07T16:42:00.002+01:00

Lo done for a challenge on scrummy stash cafe blog to do a project describing yourself in 5 words so i did a simple lo using GCD pp and alpha stickers

Getting bigger

2008-07-30T16:39:00.003+01:00

Pic of the kittens they are growing up and look so cute now walking about and starting to explore one of the little black ones is mischeivous and love watching it roam about the stripy one has the cutest face and looks so adorable

A4 layout

2008-07-21T15:38:00.002+01:00

Did an A4 lo the other day lo of dd and her dad at the zoo and she is a proper daddies girl

been a while

2008-07-21T14:58:00.004+01:00

So i thought i better update my blog keep forgetting to add to it each day but nothing exciting ever happens here lol here are a few los i have done recently

This was based on a sketch taken from mojoholder blog pics of my dd doing a hand stand on the trampoline title its all in the hands feet wrists

I used peel offs as a mask effect on the right side of this lo using a white inkpad to dab over the peel offs quite pleased with the end result pics of my ds in his fave shirt
My teamie penny took this photo just before we went to see westlife and it reminded us of one of those jail pics hence the title lol
Close up of the acrylic arrow i painted black with stazon and used a white pen for the dots
Used a heart brad as the flower centre
Doodled music notes coming from the birds mouth

Love this photo of dd just staring over the fence in a zoo trip we had elaine challenged me to do a lo using no cs so this is done using 3 sheets of pp
Dd and her dad walking in the zoo used 3 diferent pp and blue cs alpha was received from a recent swap i did it looks like i have taken lees head out with the butterfly but it wasnt intentional the photo didnt have his head in it lol

My new scrapping space

2008-07-06T20:58:00.002+01:00

Here is a pic of a desk that i have had built in my bedroom for my craft stuff i was taking over the kitchen so was given a worktop and cut it down to make a desk and move all my stuff up there my drawer units fit underneath hence the desk bein so high but my chair reaches up for me to sit comfortably it needs sorting out properly as i have just taken it all up for the time bein so will have a sort out tomorow and make it look nice lol no one sees my bedroom but they do my kitchen so i will now have my kitchen back and no one can moan me taking it over lol

3 Little fluff balls

2008-07-06T20:56:00.001+01:00

My cat had kittens early friday morning 2 black ones and one same colour as her not sure wether they are boys or girls yet mother has only just started to leave them but they are so cute

Little miss sunshine

2008-06-30T18:37:00.002+01:00

Here is a lo using my sarahs cards june kit i just adore these papers and managed to get some suitable pics printed so i could use it i have been trying to keep myself busy this afternoon and managed to do this lo am pleased with how its turned out i drew around a flower template and used half the flower on the right hand side and drew some false sticthing around the edges i used the scalloped edge of a piece of the pp down the left side put a strip of ribbon and added a bloom with a heart in the middle and also a felt heart embellishment on the other side i cut the rainbow/cloud/bird from the sheet of pp and arranged around the photo white alpha is from a swap i recently took part in and i drew stiching on these to give them a more better effect the pink alpha is from my teamie penny that she sent me a while ago and also drew sticthing on to those

Close up the bird is raised on 3d pads to give it a bit of dimension
Bloom with a sequin/bead love heart in the centre
This is to show the drawn stitching on the letters a little better

Finally

2008-06-30T18:33:00.003+01:00

I finally got the june week 4 challenge done on uks after a hunt for photos of a city so i ended up going for El Jem which is in tunisia photos are of the colosseum used my sarahs cards kit from april scribble scrabble papers and the sun paper is a square adhesive i got from rebeccas scrapbooking stash pleased with the turn out