Wander

Hello again!  It's a very gloomy day here, so it is perfect for shutting myself in my craft room and doing some crafting!  I need to show you my DT layout for Let's Scrap.  Here is the sketch you need to use.

 I must confess, the diamonds had me stumped, I wasn't sure what to use for that part of the sketch.  I then found a sheet of green card,which had diamonds all over it.  It is Bazzill card, and I can't even remember buying it! oops!! Confession time lol!

I used very recent  photographs showing the twins on holiday in January of this year.  They all went for a camping trip up to Hot Water Beach in New Zealand.  Corinne took the most amazing photos, and I just had to scrap them.  Look out for more layouts using some of the rest! 

I used Blue Bazzill for the background.

Papers- Complete Boy My Mind's Eye 

Green Diamond Card - Bazzill

Chipboard embellishments - Bo Bunny

Title - K & Co

Buttons from stash

Before I go, I just have to show you this one.  Harrison thought

 the best part of his holiday was eating Smores beside the camp fire!   Yum!

Just look at his face!  Bliss! LOL!

I'll leave you on that happy note, lovely to see you here, and please 

leave me a wee message, it really makes my day. xx

With Love

This will be a short post today.  I needed to get up in the middle of the night to go to the loo, and I 

could hardly get out of bed as my back was so sore.   It has happened several times before, 

something to do with squashed discs at the bottom of my spine. 

So I am sitting here with hot water bottle at my lower back.  

Still in my jammies, as i can't move around to get my clothes on or off. 

So here we go

  This is my inspiration card on the  Rick St Dennis digi fans and friends facebook page

 Here is a wee close up for you.

This lovely image is called The Snow Queen.  You can find her on this Link here

I decided to steer away from Icy, Snowy colours, and I made her in green shades to welcome the Spring.

I used a die from tonic which I think is really beautiful and I think I will use it a lot.

I would like to emter this card in the following challenges:

Allsorts Challenge Blog #353 All Feminine

Crafting from the Heart Challenge Blog   #102 Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottage   #59 Let's get Sentimental

That's all for now, off to get more painkillers.

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 !

Steampunk Sally

Hello again!   It is a cold miserable day here in my little corner of the world.  However, we have, up until today,  had 4 glorious days, when the sun shone all day.  It was so uplifting to see beautiful blue skies for a change.

Today I am showing my Elite Design Team inspiration piece for Rick St Dennis on Facebook

 

This is Steampunk Sally and you can find her here on Zibbett

I love Rick's Steampunk images, and she is a very striking lady I think. 

I tried to explain Steampunk to my friend Jane, and she just looked at me blankly

 and said "right" very slowly.  She just didn't understand! 

Never mind, I know my 'arty' friends know what it is. LOL! 

I  have started a diet to lose weight.  I have signed up with Scottish Slimmers, and I have lost 5lbs over 2 weeks.  I am really pleased with that, as I am eating normal things and I do not feel deprived in the slightest.  My target is to lost 2 stone, so wish me luck.  I'll keep you updated.

Okay, time for more colouring I think.

Please leave a little message if you have been for a visit, it really makes my day xx

Running Kim

Hello again!

It is a beautiful sunny day in my little corner of the world, I hope it is the same wherever you are!

I want to show you a card which I made for my daughter-in-law Kim for her birthday last year.  She was running a 6K race for a cancer charity around the same time, so I thought this card was very apt.

 I made a slider  card, to show Kim "running" across the card.

 Here she is at the start of her race.

 

Here she is halfway across.

and here she is almost finished.

it is such a fun card to make, and I will definitely make another one like this.

This super wee image is from Mo Manning

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

Allsorts Challenge Blogspot #351  - Birthday Wishes

mo's Digital Challenge -260-anything goes with a mo image

Crafting from the Heart  #100 Anything Goes

I have used pink for my blog this time, as Kim was running for

 Breast Cancer, who use pink on their logo and in their fund raising.

 

Rick St Dennis February Challenge

Hello and welcome to my little crafting world. 

 We have changed our challenge format from the Progressive Challenge on Rick St Dennis Sparkle and Glitter blog,

 to a monthly Facebook Challenge on Rick St. Dennis' Fans & Friends Facebook group. 

We will be following a monthly theme and your entries will be posted to an album on our Facebook group.
Our very first theme running from February 1 until the end of the month, 

February 29 is Hearts and/or Arrows. 

 For this challenge, which must feature a Rick St. Dennis image.

We want to see a heart(s or an arrow(s) or both somewhere on your project, 

 either in the image or in the background...or maybe it's the shape.

 Have fun with it! There are many, many images in both Rick's Zibbet and Etsy shops which would fit the theme.

Here is my card, which I actully gave to my husband for Valentine's Day.

 At first glance, this may not look like a Valentine card, but you see I have a very sweet tooth, and I love puddings.  So, I really don't like sharing with my hubby! Therefore I said that my heart belonged to him, but when you look inside the card it says..................

Luckily he found it very amusing!  

So, to follow the theme of hearts and/or arrows:  the background paper has cherubs 

with bow and arrows, there is a wee heart on the front, and there is the word heart too!

Here is what you could win if you entered:
We are using a sliding scale for prizes based upon the number of entries
1 to 3 entries: Winner chosen by Random.org Prize: one digi

4 to 10 entries: One winner chosen by EDT Prize: one image & badge
One winner chosen by Random.org Prize: one image 

11 to 20 entries:Two winners chosen by EDT Prize:one image & badge
One winner chosen by Random.org Prize: one image

21 + entries:One winner chosen by EDT : one image & badge
One winner chosen by Rick: one image & badge

One winner chosen by Random.org: one image

Now it is over to you, why don't you do a card and show it to us?  

There are lots of prizes to be won, so you have nothing to lose!!

Bye for now,and please leave a wee message if you stop here. 

 Have a good weekend!xxxx

Take me back

It's sketch time over on the Let's Scrap website,so it is time for a challenge.

 Here is the sketch you need to use to create your layout.  If you look over at the Let's Scrap Blogspot  

you can find details of the prize you could win from the Scrapbook Circle. 

I used more photos from our holiday in Barcelona.  We went to LaPedrera, which was the most amazing building.  It was built as a house, to impress everyone, and boy it must have managed to do that. 

On the roof, there was a walkway right round, where you could see the fantastic chimneys.  Wonderful sculptures each and every one.

 

I managed to incorporate the leaflet which I picked up, tucking it in a wee pocket.

I also used one of our tickets.  It was a lovely place, and the staff were absolutely wonderful.  Helping me to the lift on every floor.  The lifts were a bit strange.  You had to go right up to the top, and then come back down one floor at a time.

I have a ton of other photos from Barcelona, so watch this space!!

Thank you for having a wee look at my blog, i wouldlove it if you could leave a message to let me know you have been here. xx