Woops - Let's Scrap Blogspot Blog Hop

Hello and thank you for popping over to have a wee look at my blog.  

Welcome to the Let's Scrap Sketches Summer Fun Blog Hop...this hop runs from July 1st
 to July 7th midnight so make sure you join in all the fun!
If you are joining the blog hop here instead of the beginning go HERE to start at Let's Scrap Sketches and follow the instructions for the Blog Hop to get in for a chance on all the prizes.
Be sure to comment on this blog and follow me for more great inspiring creations...you need to do both of these things, to get in on the RAK for this blog.  It would be great if you left a comment too, and then please go on to the NEXT BLOG for more fun and chances to win prizes!!!

Here is the sketch we had to use 

I think I spend more time looking for the photos for my layouts, than actually making the layouts!  I have thousands of photos, some in  albums, others just in boxes, so making a decision can be hard.

I found the ones I wanted, and here is my layout

Marie and Jackson, posing for the camera, and then getting silly!

 I found these wee robots in my stash and added them to the layout, putting the 2nd one upside down, just like Jackson!

 I even managed to find papers which were similar to Jackson's shirt, 

so the layout came together quite easily.

Now, the next blog you need to visit is

Roulien
http://my-scrappy-story.blogspot.com/

Have fun with the rest of the hop!!!

Let's Scrap 1st March 2016

Hello again.  Woke up this morning to see snow on the ground.  It was a bit of a surprise!  Interesting though, as I am taking a photograph of my garden on the first of every month, with the intention of doing something "scrappy" with them. Forgot to do it yesterday, but remembered today.

Anyway, I digress--  It is time to show the layout for Let's Scrap Sketches  for 1st March.  

(or the 2nd in my case lol!!)

First the good news, I am still on the Design Team of Let's Scrap for a further 6 months - yee ha!!

Now to show you the sketch and the layout I made.

I only used the left hand side of the sketch.  I used some old photos form when Corinne was 5 and Marie was about 6 months.  This was when Marie was in plaster for her dislocated hips.  The photos are not good quality at all, but that's what happened in the good old days, you took a photo, and it was hit or miss if it was a good one!

I love Marie's chubby cheeks, but she hates them!  Poor Corinne, 

Marie had obviously had enough and was trying to get away!

If you lift the heart on the bottom photo, it lifts up and I am going to put some

personal journalling in there. 

I used papers from Little Yellow Bicycle called Love Letters

The title and wooden birds were from The Works (bargain at £1)

I used a tonic die to cut the square shapes.

That's all for now, thank you for stopping by!

See you soon !

Hugs & Beautiful

 I am a wee bitty late with this post, I honestly don't know where the time goes!!!!  This layout shows Jackson giving me cuddles when he was just a few months old.  My hair was so short then, and he had lost his hair at both sides, so we were both having a bad hair day! LOL!!!

This is the sketch I used, from  Let's Scrap  and I just used the left side.

I used K & Co Addison Papers, 

Lettering is from K.I. Memories

Ribbon - We R Memory Keepers

Buttons from stash

This sketch is from  Inspired Blueprints and shows my DD Marie, when she was celebrating her 30th Birthday.  

I used papers, stickers and lettering from Echo Park This & That, Graceful Collection.

Hopefully I will be back soon! Hope to see you then!!

Who's Who?

 This is the layout I made using the right side of sketch below from Let's Scrap 1-9-13  

The layout shows Marie in two photos and her wee boy Jackson in the other two.  They have been taken when they were about the same age, and I couldn't help but notice the similarity between the two of them!!

I used papers from American Crafts

Lettering was also from American Crafts

Paperclips and ribbon were from my stash

Owls - Kanban

 The layout below shows  one of the photos which Jackson had taken by the photographer just before Christmas.  When she took the photo, I thought it looked horrible, because the headphones were purple, he had on an orange and yellow check shirt, and the hat she put on him was red and green! yuck!!  She produced it in black and white though, and it looked amazing!!  She obviously knew what she was doing!! LOL!!

 

Off to do another layout now!  I hope you are having a lovely weekend!!

Now for my exciting news!!!!!

I entered the competition for Scrapbooker of the Year at Scrapbook Magazine.  I was so excited when I got an e-mail to say that I was a runner-up!!! Woo-hoo!!!!!!

We had to send in 3 layouts and this was the layout which they picked.  This shows my two daughters when we all met up together for the first time in many, many years.  Corinne lives in New Zealand, we are at the opposite side of the world  in Scotland, so it makes family reunions a bit difficult!!

 This is the amazing prize I won.  £180 worth of crafting goodies!!!!!!!  The photo does not really show it all  up very well, but I have scrapbook paper, rubber stamps, masks, flowers, twine, card-making kit, lettering, 2 albums, buttons and templates, to name just a few!!

I was not allowed to tell anyone until the magazine was published, so I am letting everyone know now!!! 

I tried to scan the magazine and put int on there, but for some reason it wouldn't work. Never mind.  I am so chuffed with myself and keep smiling when I think about it!  Here's to more success in 2013!!!!

 This is the sketch for Let's Scrap.  I have decided to try to get Marie's scrapbook finished.  Poor thing, she has been waiting forever!! 

 

These photos were taken when Marie and Willie stopped off in Singapore on the way home from New Zealand.  They did a tour of the islands and stopped off at Kusu Island.  I used one of their tickets, and a map and information from the brochure they picked up.  Marie was given the red and gold envelope by a man in a shop.  It was at the time of the Chinese New Year, and they give red envelopes with money as presents at this time.  I used some of the money they had left to tuck in the envelope.  I bought the fans in either Japan or China (can't remember which! LOL!!!) and felt they just finished off the right hand side.

I used papers from Webster's Pages - Your Life and  

Prima - Paradise City

Lettering - Basic Grey

Last 2 challenge entries.

Hello everyone from a rainy St Madoes!!  Yes, you've guessed, the sun didn't stay very long :o(  I have gone from shorts, strappy t-shirt and flip-flops, to long trousers, hoodie, socks and slippers!! LOL!!!  It is meant to get better at the weekend so fingers crossed.

 This is the last day of the month long challenge at Let's Scrap    I didn't manage to do as many challenges as I wanted, as I have been so busy, but managed to get these two completed. 

This first one is a challenge set by Elizna Parsons DT and it was to use a Bingo card and a banner on your layout.  We had to use a let's scrap sketch of our own choice, so I picked the one above and used the left side.

 The layout shows Marie and Corinne and was taken when we were all over in New Zealand (Jan 2010).  I noticed on the Bingo Card that the numbers 28 and 33 were there, and I circled them (like on a bingo card) as that is the ages on the girls' birthdays that year.  I used the papers which I won after being picked as the weekly winner on Let's Scrap a few weeks ago. (Very exciting indeed!)  The papers were from My Little Shoebox,  a brand which I have never used before.  The flowers were on a die-cut sheet and you coiled them round to make each flower.  I really like the way this turned out, and I love the colours on the whole layout.

 This layout was based on the sketch below, where you had to  use Hexagons.  Now, as everyone knows, a hexagon has 6 sides.  So would someone care to tell me why, when cutting out my shapes, I made Octagons which have 8 sides???????  Silly Woman!!  I had to start again, and didn't want to waste the shapes I had cut out, so transformed them from 8 sides to 6 sides. This meant they are a bit strange, but they are hexagons nonetheless!! (honestly!)

The layout shows Willie, Marie's boyfriend just a wee while after Jackson was born.  I love the photos on the left, as he is looking at Jackson as if to say "Are you real?"  

The papers I used were from DCWV Nana's Nursery.  I have had the papers for a while and I wondered how on earth I could use purple papers when all my Grandchildren are boys, but when I saw the colour of the chair and Willie's t-shirt, I knew I could use them!!

That's all for now, I must go and do some housework.  I have a man coming to fix my washing machine this afternoon - Joy upon joy!  More money! LOL!!!  I will then have to wash the pile of clothes which have built up since it broke down.  I have often wondered if Eric and I are very dirty, or very clean, as I always seem to have heaps of washing and there are only 2 of us?

Bye for now and thanks for stopping to take a look!

 Hello everyone!  It is a lovely sunny day and everyone seems to have a smile on their faces, it makes such a difference doesn't it?  I have made the above card for the Cutie Pie challenge which is Think Pink with Rabbits!!  I have used a digital stamp from Sassy Cheryl and I think she is sooooooooooooooo cute!! It is the first Sassy Cheryl stamp I have bought, but I know I will be back for more real soon!!!   I had the chance to use my new Spellbinder die which I love! I used paper which was free from a magazine, but can't remember which one!!

http://cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

This layout is based on a sketch from Scrapbook Magazine Issue 62.  I used Nitwits Papers which were free in Issue 61.  The calendar spinner by Maya Road  is set to February 28th which is the date Jackson was born. I took the photo when my daughter wasn't looking and it makes it a better photo because it is natural. I think she looks pretty remarkable considering she had given birth just a few hours previously!!  I cut the deep hearts border with my cuttlebug using a Martha Stewart die.  I cut pink card and had it stuck on and didn't like it, so I cut the same panel again in blue card and layered it up.  I love the effect which was a happy accident!!  Every day a school day!  Well, must go.  I have had workmen in all day building a new conservatory and need to go tidy up now!

Thanks for stopping for a lookie and please leave a comment if you visit!

 He is here!!!!!!!

 Please welcome Jackson Alexander Munn born at 08:09 on 28th February 2012 weighing 7lbs.

 He is absolutely gorgeous and has a mass of black hair just like his Mummy had!

 I can't believe it is nearly a week since he was born and I haven't had the time to put a post on here! LOL!!!

 This is the card I made for his Mummy and Daddy using a new stamp from Magnolia.  It was just perfect!

This is his wee hand beside his Uncle Greg's thumb.  Greg was terrified to hold him and was frightened he would break him I think!  He will get used to it though!

I'm off to get some crafting done now before Marie Willie and Jackson appear for a visit!

Thanks for stopping by!

 The Round the World Bog Hop is still on over at Let's Scrap.  I have not been doing much cardmaking or scrapping, as knitting has taken over for the moment!  Each stage of the hop is called a Leap so the card below is Leap 6 and the sketch above is what it is based on.  I used one of Mo Manning's beautiful images, and just used up some paper and flowers from my stash.

I have decided to enter this card into the flower challenge over at The Cutie Pie Challenge Blog. First time I have entered a challenge in a long while! Here is the link to the site if you wish to go and have a lookie!!

http://cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.com/

This card is Leap 8 ( I know it is out of order, haven't done Leap 7 yet!)  Yet again, a Mo Manning image and more papers from my stash.  io  thought this wee image showed exactly how I feel when I forget someone's birthday, so I made it a belated Birthday Card.  Must go and get more cards done, you never know I may be back tomorrow! LOL!!!

Still no sign of Baby yet, and Marie is very bery fed up (so am I - so impatient!!) I just wish that the hospital had not mucked about with her dates, as they gave the impression she would have had the baby by now, but in fact, it seems that her first dates were the correct  ones.  Never mind he will come when he is ready.  In the meantime, here is another wee outfit complete with matching teddy!

Let's Scrap and Ribbons and Buttons Blog Candy

Sketch time at Let's Scrap yet again and this is what I came up with.  The Photos show Dylan trying to pack himself into his wee suitcase as he said he was coming to see me!!  Oh how I wish that were true.  His Mummy and Daddy are planning a trip home to Scotland, but not for another 5 years, so I will have to be patient until then!!  I didn't notice until I took the photo that I had actually put the corrugated card so as it was vertical on one side, and horizontal on the other side! DOH!!!!!  Never mind, it's all stuck down now and will have to stay like that.  Still using up stash, so the papers and chipboard were from Crate Paper - Seasons.  Quote Journalling tag is from My Mind's Eye and the ribbon was from my stash.  I knew if I kept those little bitty bits they would come in useful some day! LOL!!!

Over on Jak Heath's blog, she is offering some Blog Candy from  

Fantastic Ribbons  

here is the link to their site 

 http://www.fantasticribbons.co.uk/acatalog/index.html

and here is the link to Jak Heath's Blog where you can maybe win some ribbons and buttons!

http://www.jakheath.com/2012/02/ribbons-and-buttons-galoreblog-candy.html

Still no baby news I'm afraid and Marie is so fed up!  I took another photo yesterday and she would kill me if she knew I had put it on here! LOL!!!  She says she feels HUGE!!!!!

I think she looks great!  Right, must go and get some work done.  Still have to make more cards for the Let's Scrap Blog Hop, so think that's what I will do next.

thanks for stopping by!! Enjoy your weekend everyone!

 There is a month long Blog Hop over at Let's Scrap and we are hopping all over the world!!  Each blog which you visit has a sketch and if you become a follower on that blog and also make a card using the sketch they show, you can go into a draw for some candy! Woo-Hoo!!!!  Here are the cards I have made so far.

 

This card is using papers and chipboard from my stash.  I have so much lying around and I have challenged myself to use it up!!!

 

Most of the paper used on these cards is by Basic Grey, Boxer Collection and the chipboard is Basic Grey Periphery.  I have had it for such a long time!

I am still working on this week's sketch, and won't get it uploaded in time I fear!  I have been spending a lot of time at Marie's as she is now suffering a  lot of pain in her hips.  She was at the hospital last Friday, and they said they will leave her another week to see what happens.  She is going back this Thursday, so hopefully Baby will decide to come real soon!  She would like to know if she is to have a c-section or not, but they are keeping her in suspense poor thing!  Must go and get organised as my lovely hubby is taking me out for tea tonight at the Manzil Indian Restaurant.  Can't wait yum!!!

Before I go, I must tell you what is happening over at The Saturated Canary  Krista is having a competition to design new stamps and is asking for suggestions.  10 will be made into Digital stamps.  I think it would be so cool to have your onw stamp design made up, so my suggestion is a wedding couple, with the Groom in a full Highland Dress outfit (Kilt etc.,)  as I have not yet been able to find either a digital or rubber stamp with this on it.  Wish me luck, you never know, I might be picked!  Here is the link if you want to go and leave a suggestion yourself!!
 http://saturatedcanary.blogspot.com/2012/02/10-stamps-from-youa-giveaway.html

Thanks once again for stopping by, take care and have fun!!

This is the sketch for Let's Scrap 1-25-12.  I have used photos taken 15 years ago of my daughter Marie, and Greg my stepson who took part in the youth Club Pantomime.  They did a production of the Wizard of Oz.  Marie was the Wicked Witch and Greg was the Cowardly Lion.  Lynsey who stayed next door was the Good Witch.  They all did a wonderful job and everyone loved it!  Marie really surprised me as she stood up and sang on stage and she is usually so very very shy!  I used papers from Graphic 45 which were perfect for the job and the matching chipboard was also from them.  I had a really hard job doing this layout and was not happy with it (Still feel it could be better!) and I actually ripped some of the paper off to start again!  I had to do a patch-up with the yellow circle of paper as I had cut it up to do it a different way. Never mind, it is another layout in Marie's long-awaited scrapbook! 

I have still been knitting lots of clothes for the new baby , and will post them on here after Marie's Baby shower on 11th February.  Have fun, hapy crafting and thanks for stopping by!

I managed to do the Let's Scrap sketch in time this week Woo-hoo!!!  It was a 2-pager too!!!  I got a whole load of photos of the boys printed and they arrived in the post yesterday, so I set to work.  I realised that I hadn't printed any off since September of last year, and, as Corinne usually sends around 70 at a time, there were a lot!!!

I decided to use the photos of Harrison's 5th Birthday and they show him at Kindy.  All his little friends drew him pictures and he sat at the front of the class with his teacher and talked about what they had drawn for him.  He then got to blow out the candles!  We were over in New Zealand the past two years, but didn't manage it this Christmas, so I am really missing them all dreadfully.  I wish it was a case of just jumping in the car and going to see them instead of having to fly to the other side of the world.

Here is the Let's Scrap sketch.  I am trying to use up papers from my stash as I have soooooooooo much.  These papers were Fancy Pants - About a Boy and Echo Park - A walk in the park and Little Boy. I'm not sure where I got the wee chipboard embellishments, but they have been in the box forever!!!  Well, must go and do some more knitting for this wee Grandson of mine who will arrive in the next few weeks.  The midwife thinks that mMarie is 35 weeks and not 32 weeks as she thought, so panic is just beginning to set in!  Here is a photo of her looking absolutely swell!!

Bye for now!

Well, here we are again - it's Wednesday and this is the new sketch from Let's Scrap!

I did a girlie layout for  a change!! Woo Hoo!!!  This shows Marie and her cousin Lesley.  Marie was around a year old here, and Lesley is only 5 months younger, but she is such a dainty wee thing, it makes the difference between them look massive!!  Marie was born with dislocated hips and spent her first year in a Von Rosen splint, then plaster from her armpits down to her ankles, then lastly the abduction rings she is wearing in the picture.  I wish I had taken more photos so as I could show her what she went through, but I just didn't think about it at the time.  I used some Bo Bunny papers (Love Bandit) and the flower and butterfly were from Prima.  I did some stitching which I don't normally do, but really enjoyed!  I gave this layout the title Wish, because I was permanently wishing that Marie would be okay once she got rid of all her splints etc. Must go and make more cards, Marie and I have a stall on Saturday at a coffee morning in the village so need to get organised!!  Thanks for stopping by!!