Use it or Lose it 2012
Well the lovely Susanne over at Snaps and Snippets has restarted her In Good Company challenge to help us use up older stash and I've actually managed to play along! The challenge was to use up...
View ArticleJulie's Pass the Page Blog Hop
Hello! Welcome to my little bit of the Pass the Page Blog Hop organised by the lovely Julie from Letting the Days Roll By in celebration of her 50th (post that is!) which was way back in Sept 2011 - so...
View ArticleGet your sparkle on challenge - 9
One of the things that I love about the Counterfeit Kit Challenge is that it gets me using my stash and putting it together in a way that I wouldn't have done otherwise. The latest challenge is to get...
View ArticleThe sub-conscious, originality and happiness
The sub-conscious works in odd ways doesn't it? (well mine does anyway!). I was recently a bit fed up with doing layouts for challenges and deadlines, so I went off to do a layout just because, just...
View ArticleNew - a slow project and some quick cards
After my lame attempt to do a page just for its own sake that I posted here I thought I'd give it another go at doing my own thing - and came up with a page about re-erecting our re-vamped garden shed...
View ArticlePlay - with Ruby Rock-it and ATDML
I've been reading the Ruby Rock-it blog lately and liked the challenge that they put up to be inspired by the advert for their new range Vintedge. I noticed lots of lovely greys and reds in it, and I...
View ArticleCKC confetti challenge - Big Kid
When I heard from the Counterfeit Kit ladies that we were to use confetti on our projects for this challenge, I thought immediately of an old project by Shimelle. So my page is a scraplift from her...
View ArticleCreative Scrappers 189 - Snap!
I love to take photos of other people taking photos - this one turned out a little dark as I'm in the woods looking towards the light but I still like it. We spent a day last Sept at Clumber Park and...
View ArticleScrapbookers Anonymous F - Tug!
I sadly missed doing the A-Z Challenge over at Scrapbookers Anonymous during Dec - so I am pleased that I managed to fit 1 more LO in this month to join in with the F challenge. Here's a picture of...
View ArticleStorytelling Sunday 2 - Valentine
Well it's time for the lovely Sian's Storytelling Sunday - if you haven't been there already, why not pop over to her place and read the stories that are linked up - there's bound to be something that...
View ArticleFebruary's Counterfeit Kit - Blog Hop
Hello! Welcome to this leg of the February Counterfeit Kit Hop (see what I did there?) - if you haven't started over at the Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog - why not head on over there so that you don't...
View ArticleLove and cloud watching
On our day trip to Anderby Creek last year we discovered this small, quirky building labelled the Cloud Bar. It's basically a platform that's open to the skies with lots of info about clouds on boards...
View ArticleRace
More photos from my brother's visit last summer scrapped - hurray! This time it's go-kart racing - with wonky go-kartsStill using my February Counterfeit Kit - and still loving border punches and...
View ArticleCKC letter challenge - News and Lovely Notes
So the first Counterfeit Kit Challenge for the month was to include a love letter on the page and I ended up doing 2 pages somehow. For the first one I've not used a love letter - and I feel that my...
View ArticleValentine Mini Album
I thought I'd post some pictures of the mini album I made for my OH for Valentine's Day. I used the 2 sheets of Glitz papers from my February Counterfeit Kit and added in another one as I didn't have...
View ArticleGoatie Beards
This month the letter challenge at Scrapbookers Anonymous is the letter G - and goats were mentioned! Well - how could I resist using these photos? So this month I've gone for a Goatie Beards title and...
View ArticleCKC Doily challenge - Happy
So the next challenge from the Counterfeit Kit ladies was to use doilies and I've used the crochet one from my February Counterfeit Kit. This one also made an appearance in my last kit so I was pleased...
View ArticleThe Need for Speed
Over at Sarah's Cards the challenge this month was to do a film inspired page and as I have been scrapping the photos from my brother's visit last summer this page was what I came up with. I was...
View ArticleParking
I love that Patrick can't help but play when he gets to a park - and can laugh if he makes a fool of himself . These are more old photos from 2005 on Steve's last visit. I'm hoping that as the colours...
View ArticleCKC colouring challenge - Oh, the places you'll go
The final challenge this month over at the Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog was to do some colouring - with pens, pencils, watercolours - well anything you like really.I took my inspiration from the My...
View ArticleCounterfeit Kit - March Kit Blog Hop
It's that time again - a new kit to copy is up on the Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog and we are showing our takes on it in the hope that you'll be inspired to make your own kit and join in. If you've...
View ArticleClick!
Just a quick post from me - I've had a vile 'flu bug and have done no scrapping - so I thought that I could at least post the page I did right at the beginning of the month with my March Counterfeit...
View ArticleBeauty is everywhere - punch challenge
When the Counterfeit Kit ladies said to use punches for out latest challenge I was a bit stuck at first. I love my punches ( see this page as proof) and use them all the time - so what could I do that...
View ArticleHello hello hello and a favour to ask
I know, I know - it's been a while ... a long while! I'm still scrapping away but my break from blogging just sort of extended itself - real life got in the way. The biggest news on a personal front...
View ArticleA big thank you and a kit ... or two ...
First of all can I say a big thank you to the lovelies who so kindly helped with my survey for the course work! It has been very useful and also so lovely to receive your messages - especially after...
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