She is perfect in every way

I used gorgeous Bo Bunny papers to make this LO of Daisy. The title says it all!

I've been scrapping, scrapping, scrapping

Sadly the scrapping bug left me for a little while, but happily it is back and here is some of what I've been creating lately.

 For this page I used the gorgeous new papers from Echo Park.  I think I'll be getting a lot of use from these papers and hope they bring out other ranges from this manufacturer.  They're so bright and fun and perfect for this page showing a lovely day out with the family searching for London Parade elephants.

Daisy looked so beautiful as Talli & Dan's bridesmaid in Israel.  I kept the page simple using Fancy Pants "Wishful Thinking" products.

Lorraine and I had such a fun time searching for elephants around Chelsea and the Natural History Museum.

Claire & Daisy

I took these photos of Claire and Daisy when we were at Longleat a couple of weeks ago.  They were much more interested in each other than all the animals that could be seen out of the window!

This LO was created using the gorgous new Echo Park "Sweet Summertime" range bought from Sarah's Cards.

Elephant Hunt

This Layout is based on one I saw some time ago in September's Scrapbook Trends page 106.  One of the many pages I have created and will continue to create of the beautiful Elephant Parade elephants in London.

May Project 12 LO

Still Miss You...3 Years on

Last month saw the 3rd year anniversary of the passing away of my dear friend Sharmla.  To celebrate her life a few of us got together with the kids.  It was such a lovely evening and I know Sharmla would have loved it.  Of course I took a few pics but was really happy with this one (apart from cutting out half of Andrew...Sorry!!!)  This page is based on p.68 of Anna Bowlis' Pencil Lines Book using some lovely My Mind's Eye stash.

Project 12 April Sketch

More Pencil Lines Sketches

Here are 2 more sketches from this very inspiring book by Anna Bowkis.

"The Green" uses gorgeous stash from the Kaisercraft range La-Di-Da and the sketch can be found on
 page 52.

Sassitude uses lovely papers and buttons/rubons from Fancy Pants' About a Girl range.  The sketch can be found on page 62.

Some New LOs

I've been scrapping a little lately.  Here is a layout based on a sketche found in Anna Bowkis' Pencil Lines book, one LO for a "Let's Capture these Sketches" challenge and another for "Creative Scrappers"

Sketchy Thursday Sketch

Sketchy Thursdays

A GoGo Day

 I had really lovely day on Saturday taking part in the GoGo Spring Clean classes in Ipswich.  It was the combination of a fantastic venue (Martlesham Heath Pavilion), the good weather, uncomplicated journey, awesome classes and great girls that made the day so enjoyable.  I hadn't been to a crop of any kind for months so was really looking forward to the day and because I've been on GoGo weekend getaways and day classes previously, I knew I wouldn't be disappointed.  The GoGo girls are so warm and inviting and genuinely seemed pleased to see me.  Nic, Angie and I travelled there together which made the journey go so fast.  We also sat together which was nice.  There were 5 classes, 4 of which were nearly completed during the day and have since being finished and 1 which will be finished at some time.

Class 1 "Dusted Down" by Lorraine

I really like how this layout turned out.  Although Lorraine seemed very proud of herself that she hadn't incorporated any ghastly glitter in this class, she thought that using flock would be ok.  She has such funny and warped ideas, that one! Anyhow, needless to say I omitted the flocking but was still happy with the result.  I thought my choice of photos worked really well and just added some stitching when I got home (well it had to be done!)

Class 2 De Clutter by Lorraine

Again, I was really happy with my choice of photo.  The colour of Daisy's shorts worked really well with the colouring of the cardstock journaling cards.  I enjoyed placing the journaling cards in position and the simplicity of the layout.  It's true that it's not always necessary to think that for a layout to be nice, it has to be really busy.  Again, once I got home I just adding some journaling and of course, my trademark, some stitching.

Class 3 Lick of Paint by Lisa

This is such a pretty layout. The photo doesn't do it justice but the flocked base cardstock and the letter stickers, not to mention the brassy butterflies were gorgeous.  It was nice to able to do a really long title for a change.  I don't use paint on my work as it's kinda messy but I did follow Lisa's example and it was quite painless and I liked the effect.


Class 4 Organised by Janice

I don't have a photo for this class because it's the only one that I haven't completed yet.  It consisted of lots of cards to make and a cute folder in which to keep them all.  This class but probably the most ambitious for me.  It was a bit complicated making the folder, but with Janice's kind support and encouragement I got it done.

Class 5 Spick & Span by Lisa

I loved the stamped border on the base cardstock of this layout.  It's definately an idea I will use in the future.

I just saw the note at the bottom of the info sheet we were given prior to the event which says,"if you have any intolerances please could you let us know..." Next time I'll respond saying I have intolerences to "olives, parmesan cheese, coconut, glitter and flock!"

Here are a few other pics taken on the day.  I've since booked up for the GoGo Getaway next October and can't wait!

Decorating Easter Eggs

Daisy and I had lots of fun decorating these polystyrene eggs from Hobbycraft.  I loved them so much I've already created an LO.  This one was made using the sketch on page 66 of Anna Bowkis' book Pencil Lines.

An Easter LO and my take on March for Project 12

I found some old Reminisce papers so used them to create this page of Daisy baking yummy chocolate Easter cakes.  I'm hopeless at cooking and baking but these were absolutely gorgeous and made using a video recipe - very easy to follow.  I followed a sketch I found on page 56 of Anna Bowkis' Pencil Lines book.

Here is my layout for March's  Scrapbook & Cards Project 12.

Some Scrapping!!!

I've been a bit quiet on the scrapping front lately but I had such an amazing day on Sunday and took so many photos, I've been inspired.  It wasn't too hard given the new Bo Bunny Mama-Razzi range to work with. Scrumptious.

Shoot Experience London Treasure Hunt

I had such a fun day yesterday.  Some photography/scrapbooking friends went on a Shoot Experience Treasure Hunt around London.  We started off meeting at Embankment. It took us to 7 points around London, the first being the Haywards Gallery at the South Bank, where we also found an amazing chocolate fair and had a mess about at the graffiti-walled skate park. That had to be the best part of the day for me.  However it was so nice spending time with like-minded friends, some who I've not seen for some time.  The weather was good (no rain!) and we even got some sun for a while.  We also covered St Paul's, the Millenium Bridge, Gabriel's Wharf, Guildhall Museum & Ampitheatre, the Golden Hinde and Lincolns Inn Fields.  We covered about 10 miles in the 5 hours that we were walking and we hope to do another one or something similar again.  Here's a rather large montage of the day.  There were so many lovely photos that we all took, I'll have good scrapping material for some time to come.

A Family Gathering and another Postcrossing Postcard

Although most people who know me, know that I'm not into big gatherings (I find them a bit overwhelming!), having not seen most of the people at Aunty Estelle & Uncle Laurie's Golden Wedding anniversary party for a long time, it was a lovely party and I rather enjoyed showing the kids off.  After the event I realised I hadn't taken any photos of the happy couple and they really did look so happy.

I also received a postcrossing postcard.  My first from Germany and my 10th postcard so far.

ATDML Sketch Challenge

I found this lovely sketch on ATDML so here's the original and my take on it.  I used my gorgeous new My Little Shoebox papers.

What a Lovely Mother's Day

I've had a really lovely day thanks to my gorgeous children and sweet husband.  The day started with a card and presents. Then we took the tube to the South Bank to see a Funharmonics Concert at the Royal Festival Hall.  It was performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and presented by Chris Jarvis of CBeebies.  The title of the concert was "Dreams" and it featured the Theme to In the Night Garden.  It was the first time it had been performed classical and it was simply beautiful.  The composer was also in the audience.  Tom's a bit old for these family concerts now so as it was only short, he waited outside for the hour reading and playing with his I-Touch.  Then we headed to a surprise restaurant.  It turned out to be Livebait at Covent Garden.  It's a restaurant that none of us had been to but it was really lovely and hopefully we'll be going back again.  I had mussels (surprise surprise) and a gorgeous chocolate melt pudding (not such a great idea as I only restarted WeightWatchers on Friday.  But it is Mother's Day so what the heck!  Then Simon took Tom off to buy a tshirt and some trainers whilst I took Daisy into Build-A-Bear.  I know she doesn't need any more cuddlies but the window display was so inviting and the thought of her making an Easter Bunny was just too tempting.  So she chose her bunny, a dress, bag, shoes and knickers (well you have to don't you???!!!)  She recorded a little token and stuffed it in her belly (the bunny, that is).  It's been such a lovely day.  Even the sun was shining.  One of the best Mother's Days I can recall.  Here's a little montage of the day.

 

Sketchy Thursdays Sketch

The original sketch can be found here.  Here's the sketch and my interpretation of it.  These photos of Tom and Daisy were taken a while ago at a pumpkin patch we were visiting with friends.  I thought the whimsical My Little Shoebox papers captured this memory perfectly.