TEAM Project Life - my January Layouts

Calling all Project Lifers!

Today is the start of my new class over on UK Scrappers: TEAM Project Life. Now I'm new to Project Life myself so feel slightly uncomfortable calling this a 'class' - actually it is more of a 'scrap along with me' sort of thing.

In the first PDF installment, which you can find in the TEAM Project Life thread, we are looking at:
getting started;
considering the album(s) as a whole;
gathering supplies and making the layouts; and
front covers/title page.

There are also two videos to compliment the PDF which can be viewed underneath the respective layouts below (cover page and Week 4).

My Week 1 layout uses the 'Blush' core kit and papers:

My Week 2 layout uses the 'Honey' core kit and papers.

My Week 3 layout uses the Sunshine core kit and papers.

and finally my Week 4 layout uses the Coral core kit and papers.

I would love it if you could scrap along with me so head on over to UK Scrappers and join in!

Thanks for stopping by

Happy Valentines to Daddy

I had already made this Valentines card for my hubby from me, before I saw something on Pinterest that was so perfect that I had to re-create it,  (which i will share in a couple of weeks time) so I ended up with this card spare. Unless I was to give him two valentines cards that is. So I removed the sentiment and made a new one reading 'Love you Daddy', and hey presto, a valentines card to Daddy from our daughter. Perfect.

I loved this week's sketch, nice and simple, with plenty of scope:

The image is by Dilly Beans, and he's called Crinkles the hedgehog. He was facing the wrong way for the sketch so I was going to reverse the sketch but instead I just flipped the image - perfect. I did the sentiment in photoshop and then punched it out with a heart punch. The papers are by My Mind's Eye.

This week's Sketch Saturday sketch is sponsored by Dilly Beans.  Head on over and join in with the challenge to win a fab prize.

Happy scrapping and thanks for stopping by xx

For card making and scrapbooking classes in St Albans, Hertfordshire please contact me.

Layouts make with 'You are my Happy' Collection from February's 'Love That' kit

I'm wondering whether foiled papers are the new glitter paper. It's almost as pretty but without the stray glitter the always seems to cover me and all members of my family. This 'You are my Happy' collection by Teresa Collins is really gorgeous. Those hearts are foiled and are a sort of bronze colour - really pretty.

This was the only decent photo I managed to get of this couple at their wedding so I wanted to give it centre stage. The photo's importance is emphasized by the large chevron in the background pointing to it. The chrevron was supposed to go horizontally across the page rather than vertically but it worked better for me going down. I've added the two of the Jenni Bowlin kraft tags and wrote my journaling on the larger one. I cut out a few foiled hearts and dotted them in a sort of vertical line form the top to the bottom of the page. I also dropped on some gold mist for some extra sparkle.

I had two 6x4 photos and one little photo which I couldn't make work together so I've done something I don't usually do here - and put the photos away from each other instead of touching. I quite like the result. I've split the background so it is half one pattern and half another and added in the foiled hearts wherever I could (I love them!).

Kirei has designed this layout using the same supplies from the February 'Love That' kit. There are more details on her blog about how she made it.

February's kit 'Love That' is now on sale...

The kit contains:
4 x Crate Paper Maggie Holmes 'Flea Market' papers
3 x Teresa Collins 'You are my Happy' papers (two speciality foiled).
4 x Studio Calico 'Thataway' papers
3 x My Minds Eye 'Cupid's Arrow' papers (all speciality foiled).
4 x coordinating cardstock
American Crafts 'Thickers' alphabet stickers
Crate Paper Maggie Holmes 'Flea Market' stitched frames
Jenni Bowlin kraft tags
Studio Calico 'Thataway' Flair Badges
Whisker Graphics Mini paper bag (colours vary)
Red Baker's Twine

Plus...
8 sample layouts ALL of which can be made from this kit
Step-by-step written instructions for four of the sample layouts

February 2014 kit 'Love That' with subscription: £25 with free postage
(minimum 6 month subscription, subject to £30 cancellation fee if subscription terminated within the first 6 months

February 2014 kit 'Love That' 1 month only without subscription £30

Thanks very much and happy scrapping xx

GoGo Layouts

I go on the Scrapagogo retreat twice a year and it's so good that I really look forward to the next one the moment the last one has finished, so you can imagine how disappointed I was when I was unable to go on the March retreat because I was due to have a baby any day. Very bad planning on my part.

So while my crafting buddies were there enjoying themselves, I was the size of a whale and at home missing out on all the fun. I asked them to pick me up a few kits while they were there so that I didn't miss out too much though and these are some of the ones they got for me:

This one involved painting letters in white and then picking out a few to paint in blue and red to spell out the title. Love the little airmail stickers and postcard charm. I added the aeroplane paperclip from my stash.

This one was interesting: there was a picture of a gate in the kit and some acetate. I had to trace the gate onto the acetate using a silver pen. I don't have a silver pen so gave it a go with some silver paint which looked rubbish. Then I borrowed a silver pen, that obviously wasn't the right type because it wouldn't dry and also didn't look great and then finally someone else lent me their silver pen - the right kind this time! So third time lucky, my gates were sufficiently silver. I then had to cut them out and wrap ivy leaves around them and add on flowers. Even thought I probably wasted about 4-5 hours on this layout, I am very pleased with the result and glad I stuck at it!

This layout was very cool. Those white lines are made by wrapping a piece of string around a block several time, then the string 'stamp'is dipped in white paint and stamped onto the layout - awesome result!  The chevrons are also a home made stamp - the pattern was carved out of a piece of foamy stuff (hard though, not soft). I didn't do this, Kirei had already done it for me - thanks Kirei! The chipboard discs were supposed to be painted in a sage colour but I didn't have any sage paint so I used gold instead which went really well.

and finally I have this cute layout of Sophie meeting Princess Aurora. On the gogo weekend those roses were made by dipping celery (yes celery!) into paint and stamping the pattern onto paper. I'm afraid I didn't have the right paints and couldn't be bothered with celery at home so used an old Stampin Up stamp set called 'A Rose is a Rose' to achieve a similar (and probably much better!) result.

So even though it took me nearly a year to get these layouts done after missing the Gogo retreat last March, I'm very pleased that I have finally done these layouts - well done me! (Just a few more to go, watch this space!)

Thanks for stopping by

Keeping Cosy

A snowy photo was one of the challenge criteria on UK Scrappers this week. Problem is we've not had any snow yet so no snowy photos for me. I therefore had to dig out some old skiing photos, which involved moving junk around in order to get to them, and what did I find? I'd already scrapped all the photos with snow in them. The only photos I have left of that holiday are all the pics taken inside.  The criteria then changed to allow photos with people wrapped up against the elements...and I had a winning photo yey! 

We are partaking in some 'serious apres ski' and are all in ski gear so we definitely fall within the category of being wrapped up against the elements.  The other critera were to use white and blue colours and to include some sparkle or bling. I have glittery thickers for my title, there's gold glitter on the 'Perfect Day' sub title and various gems dotted around the layout.

Thanks for stopping by xx

PS for card making, or scrapbooking classes in St Albans, Hertfordshire please contact me.