scrapbooking

Good evening folks, I hope everyone is keeping dry and warm and managed to survive Storm Doris!
I have been scrapbooking. There are a few parchment pieces on the table as work in progress but this post is all scrappy stuff, oh and a little Art journalling .I guess I should have named this blog something more general. but I can't change it now without loosing all the past posts!

This one above is my eldest daughter with her friends on a day trip to Harry Potter land, It was her birthday . It was inspired by a sketch challenge over at UKS.  it's White card stock and I got the dust off the sewing machine for the stitching.

This was another page made for a challenge over at UKS I had to use blue, a winter photo and a sketch. Again its Karen the eldest daughter. on that trip to Harry Potter land

This again is for a UKS challenge. I had to follow the sketch. Its Leo my dog. He has been living with family over the past fifteen months while I recovered from three operations on my hip and leg. At last the doc said Yes to him coming home! YAY. I used a pale pink striped paper and some project life cards and tags.

This is yet another UKS challenge. I love these challenges. They are a sure thing to keep me scrapping away. This is Angela, youngest daughter and her hubby Marc and Karen all running to raise funds for a charity that Angela's work place Briggs supported. I used a Dazzlers texture paste and stencil for the trainer prints . I needed to use mixed media, a huge title and do some free hand stuff.

This page is Art Journal  work. I'm not that good at this stuff but enjoy having a go now and then. I had a background already. If I have un-used left over paint etc I slap it on a page and then hope I can work with it! I used  off cuts of material for the lady and dogs and a few bows. I just went with the flow and had fun.  

This is pastels. Never used them before and I'm in love with them. Now I hope to get a bigger set and so more shades. I am learning as I go. I already said I'm not a lot of good at art journaliling  and faces are a challenge! I used a spray fixative over the top to stop the pastel smudging.

Well, that's it from me this time. Is anyone looking? who knows But I keep the blog running, and hope someone nips in to check it out! Anyway I enjoy it! So why not! 

So, has always, spread the love folks. We are all different in one way or another...right????? so embrace the differences. Celebrate each others talents. and smile :) till next time.....

  

more craftiness

Good evening all
 I thought I would update the blog as I have a few things completed. First one is butterflies for a challenge on UKS the papers are pink pasliee (top paper) and Anna Griffin. I coloured the border in felt tips so the page had some colour and added tiny gems to the centers of some of the flowers. I used Heidi Swapp texture paste through a old metal stencil  to add extra butterflies.

 The next two are the page and a close up of the layers. It is a old retro picture of family at a wedding. I thought I would never get to scrap this one but again a challenge on UKS fitted the bill. I love the challenges because it encourages me to scrap more and challenges me out of my scrappy comfort zone when I have to include all  requirements on the page.In this case.  patterned papers, a few die cuts and a shade of yellow.

This is Florida at night. Some of the family went there on holiday last summer and took pictures of the sky line from the moving car. Its a new way to scrap a photo for me but I think I pulled it off. I used glitter on some MDF shapes to show up the fact the lights shining out into the night.

A parchment card. All ready to send for a birthday. Pattern by Anne Rowntree.

I hope you have enjoyed looking, any questions please ask I'll do my best to answer.

Keep warm and safe and remember people spread the love, be nice and smile!

Hello February

Hello and good evening all, It is just about still evening. I can't sleep so trotted off to the kitchen to make a hot drink and thought I would update the blog has you do at this time of night!
A couple of parchment pieces first of all. One a card and the other a framing piece. The card with the cats is a design by Linda Williams and the framing piece is by Kanny. both  patterns are in the parchment craft mag summer special of 2014!

Next I have entered the wonderful world of planners! 

I decided to go for a recipe planner to start me off. I intend to only add recipes I have tried and like and will make again. My planner is a Me and My Big Ideas planner available from Hey Little Magpie.I brought a boxed kit so I got the planner and a few stickers and things to use with it. But they do have different ones available. I have photoed the cover for you to see and my first page. Baked egg peppers. I intend to do with every recipe like I have on this first page take a photo after I have made it and give it a star rating.Tom's Daily Plan by Tom Daley is where this recipe hails from. Its a excellent book, recipes that are easy and you can get what you need from any supermarket, easy to cook and nice simple everyday food which is good to eat but still healthy. there's simple exercises no gym fees or special treadmills etc and life hacks to help you manage the sweet tooth... and boy do I have one of those! The book is available on Amazon and good book stores! So, I'll let you know how the planner develops... I have brought things like Smash books before which are sadly sitting on the shelf unused!  But, the planner is already underway so that's got to be a good sign! Go me! 

so now I bid you all goodnight....sleep well my friends and remember be kind and nice and if you can't say anything good  don't say anything at all!