Scrapbook Magazine

Hi and thanks for stopping by today!

Those of you that follow my blog may recall my excitement when this layout and these layouts were published in Scrapbook Magazine!! 

So you can imagine my squeals of delight to see my very first magazine commission in print!!

I was asked to make a layout for the Four Ways Challenge article for issue 66 of Scrapbook Magazine and this is the layout I made.

Morelli's is a very well known ice cream parlour on the promenade at Portstewart, Northern Ireland and we look forward to our visits whenever we go and stay with our relatives who live about 45 minutes drive away!

For some reason the green border doesn't look straight in the photo but I assure you it definately is!! lol!

The papers, embellishments and ice cream sticker are all American Crafts Dear Lizzy and I added some pink twine, washi tape and white Mister Huey.

I hope you have a lovely Bank Holiday weekend!!

Chasing Waves

Hi everyone, I hope you've had a lovely weekend - it's been a hot and sunny one down here on the south coast!

The new challenge went live over on the S J Crafts Blog a few days ago.

The theme this month is "Summer Time"!!

I chose to scrap some photos taken a few years ago on H's birthday when we were on the beach and she was having so much fun running in and out of the sea, chasing the waves!! I rarely use multiple photos on my layouts so using 4 made a nice change.

I used papers and stickers from Echo Park's collections - Paradise Beach and Hello Summer and Thickers letters for my title.

I used lots of foam dots to raise up some of the elements.

I'd love to see more scrapbook entries in the challenge so why not create a layout along the theme of summer time and upload it. There is a pack of mixed embellishments for one random winner!!

Birthday Girl!!

Sorry I've not been around blogland as much as usual ..... I've been busy with the 9th birthday celebrations for this young lady!!!

Photo taken on 9th birthday!!

A few days before her birthday, she invited 3 friends for a BBQ and Sleepover!! They had so much fun playing in the sunshine, painting their nails, eating BBQ food in the garden, eating birthday cake, drinking lemonade and watching DVDs with a big bag of popcorn to share!!

On her birthday we enjoyed a lovely evening out at Frankie and Bennys restaurant with family, followed by more cake!!

Good Times!!

x

Love Crate Paper!!

Crate paper has been one of my favourite manufacturers for a long time!

Their new collection Little Bo Peep is gorgeous! Many of the " a " sides of the papers and some of the stickers are clearly designed for baby girl layouts but I love that the " b " sides and many other elements are more general and can be used for a variety of different themes.

I used the Little Bo Peep papers and a few bits from my box of paper scraps to make this layout.

The journal card and "Cute as a button" sticker are also Crate Little Bo Peep and I used my new Studio Calico thickers for the title. There are more details and close up photos here!

I'm still working my way through a pile of half finished layouts so hopefully I'll have a few more completed layouts to show you soon.


I've entered this layout to Jennifer's  Scrapbooking Soiree party ... don't forget you have until the 7th of August to link up your layouts created since the 8th July!


Have you been watching the Olympics?
Our house has "olympic fever" and it was great to see Team GB win a couple of gold medals today!

Beautiful Ballet Dancer

This is the layout I made at my All Day Crop at the weekend.

I only managed one complete layout the whole day and 2 more that need finishing off! 

But I do have an excuse for my lack of productivity as I was also running the shop and helping customers choose their purchases!

Anyway, onto the layout ....

From a very early age H loved music and it wasn't long after she had learned to walk and then run, that she would dance and twirl around the room. At 3 years old she started ballet lessons at a local dance school and loved it! Now she attends a different dance school and takes classes in ballet, tap and modern jazz. She still loves music, singing and dancing but I wanted to record in her album where it all began, almost 6 years ago!

The patterned paper is Echo Park So Happy Together criss cross and I've used This and That Graceful stickers, papers and chipboard flower to embellish. The alphas are Dear Lizzy Glitter thickers and the blue alpha stickers are Echo Park. I also added some pearls and pink washi tape. The journal spot is cut from paper with scalloped circle nestabilities.

Thanks for visiting today and I'd love it if you left a comment so I can come and visit you too!

Lovin' the Outdoors

I think you all know by now just how much I love Shimelle's Starting Points.

One day I will finish my layout in time to upload it to Shimelle's link list.

This layout is based on this  starting point.

The photo was taken earlier this year on our trip to Northern Ireland. On our way up to Portrush and Castlerock beach we stopped at a little picnic spot to enjoy the views and of course I had to get the camera out! I love how relaxed and happy Hannah looks in this photo as she enjoys the fresh air and sunshine!

I've used a real mix of supplies including some Echo Park This and That, MME label stickers, washi tape, brads and I have punched the pale pink ledger paper with my Notebook E K Success punch. The date is stamped with my Dear Lizzy roller date stamp.

Right, I just have time to go and tidy my craft desk before I need to make a start on the dinner! Thanks for stopping by and for all your lovely comments, I love reading them!

Collected Memories

You know when you see a layout or a project that you really like and you put the idea away in the back of your mind, carefully stored away for weeks and weeks, sometimes many months until the day when you sit down and in need of some inspiration you recall that layout or project - well this layout came about like that!!

I had several photos of my daughter from Autumn/Winter 2011, none of the photos were all that great and I didn't feel inclined to make a different layout for each photo, but I did want to include them in my album somehow. Then I remembered Shimelle's 6 x 4 photo love series which was all about ways to incorporate lots of photos in one layout! 

This one in particular caught my eye and was the basis of my layout!

The pull out accordion section holds the extra photos and journalling. 

And there's more photos on the back!

My patterned papers and embellishments are mainly Fancy Pants Childish Things and MME Miss Caroline and the "Collected Memories" tag is Elles Studio

I love that I've managed to get lots more photos into my album and recorded some of the events of September to December 2011.

Thanks for stopping by today!