Starting point and sketches

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 :-)