Scrapping Mad!

I decided to have tidy through of my desk to sort out and finish the recent layouts I have done. Some have been from the scrapbook sisters classes and couple have been following Shimelle Laine's free class on two peas in a bucket which is about scrapping the 4x6 photos.

Enjoy!

March - 4x6 Photo Love

February 4x6 Photo Love

Just a quick post

Just a quick post before I dash off to west London to join up with rest of the family for some Mother's Day fun.

Here is the card I made for my Mum and also a brag book - just to remind her what a lovely family we are!

The card was inspired by one I saw in the Scrapbook Sisters shop and uses the Gayle Bond stamps and the Tim Holtz dressmaker die.

I would like to enter this intothe scrapbooksisters card-challenge-29

This is some of the photos of the brag book - enjoy!

Front cover - all pages are cut from greyboard and then covered.  The die was Baroque (I think) from Tim Holtz.

I wish my camera skills were a little clearer, but hopefully you get the idea.

A closer view of the first 3 pages.

Well that's all - maybe I will get some photos for the scrapbook challenge on the scrapbook sisters blog. 

Happy Mother's day

Inspired by Shimelle

I love following Shimelle's website, I am jealous of her travels and have been inspired by a few of her classes and sketches. 

I have started her free class, which is scrapping 6x4 photos.  This class is also on the Two Peas in a Bucket website, which is in their classes and events section.

This is the first of my pages from the February class, I can imagine there might be more.  I don't think I have quite followed Shimelle's instructions with a landscape photo.  I have chosen to keep the background plain and the embellishments came from a set that a friend in the USA sent to me for Xmas.

I hope you like it (please forgive the photo, I must practice getting the right light and angle!)

Red, red, red

This was inspired by the challenge from Scrapbook sisters blog is Red, red, red.. after being at their crop yesterday I was in the zone for crafting.  I saw a card that Karen had made in the morning crop class which was a line of punched circles which I thought, even for me, I could do....   then somehow over night this line of circles became a heart shape made out of hearts and all in red.  I hope my Husband will like the card, first in a few years!

The heart punch is dovecrafts and the papers are a mis-match of anything red and left over from my scraps box.  The gems lift it a bit and and stamping is high-lighted with glossy accents.

Here is the result...

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

http://scrapbooksisters.blogspot.com/2011/02/card-challenge-21.html - Red, red, red

http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Love Challenge

http://ceschallenges.blogspot.com/ - Red and Romance

http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ - Valentines

http://ecpchallenges.blogspot.com/ - love

Thanks for looking

How long ....?!

It has been over a month, since I last blogged which is hopeless, but I have been playing with my new Big Shot and the associated dies and embossing folders.  This of course now leads to more retail opportunities for me!

Here is my entry for the latest Scrapbook sisters challenge "With thanks"

I realized that I only had very small Thank you sentiments, so I tried to make it larger with the 'you're so tweet' stamp.
The papers are a mix of Kate Knight freebies and K&Co, the BirdCage die is Tim Holtz (my absolutely most favourite thing in the world at the moment) and the punches are all from EK success.

I also made a general card, to test out my Butterfly die, it is very pretty but I couldn't work out how to get the shape out of the die without tearing the paper, any suggestions welcome...

I hope you enjoy these cards....

Thanks for stopping by..

I did it!!

In an earlier post today, I was worried that I wouldn't get a present for a family member started and finished, but I DID IT!!!

Whoop whoop......

I thought you might like to see the pictures..... I was inspired by the Craft Stamper Magazine Dec 10 edition, which showed how to make bespoke buttons and then a decorated button tin. 

The buttons were homemade, which I then attached the vintage style cotton holder.  The tape measure stamp is one from the Fashion House collection by scrapbook sisters.  I also used buttons in the shape of needles, sewing machine and scissors which I found at Dunelm Mill.

I bought some white Fimo clay and set the kids off to make the buttons, which they loved and has now become a present, which you can see in the picture above and small box is full of homemade buttons.

I loved decorating the boxes, I hope you enjoyed seeing them.

XXX

Snow bound

It has been awhile since I last blogged, but being snow bound and on holidays from work, I have had a opportunity to finish the Christmas cards, complete a few scrapbook layouts and Christmas projects.  I still have one important one to start and finish... ugh I could be disappointing a family member..... whoops.

Here are a few pictures of the cards and the project, I will be entering these for a few challenges,

Enjoy

xxxxxxx

Traditional Christmas card - I was using up some cards with pre-cut apertures (I mean holes- is that the correct term?)  I just took the easy approach and stuck some paper into the background used the woodware wreath that I have coloured and glittered.

A close up of the wreath, with the crystals and the half pearls.

Little Donkey

My most favourite image of Christmas, the Little donkey, I found this via the free digi stamps blog, but can't for the life of me remember whose image this is ... but I love it - thank you!

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 Frosty the Snowman

Again another favourite image,  this is from meljens designs I love her clear and simple style, these have been from her freebie range, as are the Santa coming up and a lovely holly leaf design.

I would like to enter this card into the Scrapbook Sisters challenge 15 which is for non-traditional colours.

21st Century Santa  

 Ditching the traditional colours in favour of someting more modern, this card was sent to my friend whose Christmas colours are always pink, white and silver.... sometimes I can squeeze a bit of purple into her house too!

Another Meljen's design, so cool...

Modern Wreath



Another take on the woodware wreath stamp, using the non-traditional colours, I was particulary pleased with the bow on this card, something of a challenge this year has been to make nice bows.

I would like to enter this card into the Scrapbook Sisters challenge 15 which is for non-traditional colours.

I would also like to enter it into:

The Drunken stampers-challenge-47

Craft your passion challenges - challenge-37

Christmas Project

I saw this idea on the ladybug crafts ink blog, and I thought this would make a prefect, personal present for an old family friend, who always joins us for Christmas - I hope she likes, if not I'm sure she'll like the chocolates I will fill the box with.

 Front side which is the only one I have decorated with chipboard christmas shapes, coloured, gloss accented and glittered!

 My attempt at more bows and tying up the sides!

I hope you have enjoyed the posts!