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Hello

Long time since I've joined in the fun with Julia but today I am here to show you what's on my desk today!

So you can see in the top of the picture my photograph matted onto a couple of patterned papers ready to go on the layout once I've finished the background. 

You'll see my new Tim Holtz Bubbles stencil there. I've been playing with embossing paste. I added a couple of drops of Mister Huey ink to make the paste a lovely shade of green to pick out the trees in my photo. I'm waiting for the paste to dry whilst I'm writing this post. 

Just peeking in the top left corner is another layout which I've just started to plan. It's for a sketch and so far I've picked out a couple of photos and papers so I'll probably work on that this evening whilst the paste is drying.

Want to have a nosy and see what others have been up to in their craft rooms today? Then pop over to the full list here on Julia's blog!

Greedy giraffes

So, this post has been sitting in my blog "draft" folder for ages so I thought I'd better get on and finish the post!

I made this layout a few months ago and it's another one from our weekend away to Centerparcs last year where we spent one of our days in Longleat Safari Park which is right next door to the holiday park.

For a lot of the Safari Park you have to stay in your car as you drive round in amongst the wild animals but some sections you can get out and walk about, like this area by the giraffes.

Longleat sell bunches of lettuce leaves which you can then feed to the giraffes from a raised up platform - the only way to be at the right height to the giraffes mouths!!

The papers, washi tape, buttons and stickers are all from My Minds Eye Cut & Paste collection and  I added in the "Today Was" Sticker, enamel dots and the green Thickers.

One particular giraffe was very hungry and cheekily followed my hubby and daughter as they moved along the platform waiting for another lettuce leaf to be held out to munch on!

Have you ever been up close to a wild animal to hand feed it?!

A Challenge - Orange, White and Teal

Last weekend my lovely friend Jennifer hosted an online Blog Event called Refresh Your Craft and Soul.

If you've never joined in her events you really should look out for the next one as they are great fun.

Anyway, she set a number of challenges over the weekend and I picked out a couple I liked the look of to have a go at. The first one was the Teal (or blue), Orange and White Challenge.

This is a really unusual colour combo for me - I rarely use orange but I had a hunt in my supplies and found a few bits of stash in the right colours.

Here's my layout:

I hope the yellow/orange sunshine paper is allowed in the challenge!

I love these glitter blue thickers

I created two clusters of embellishments with some circle stickers from the Simple Stories "Words Stickers" Pack, buttons and enamel dots and added the orange "Happy" sticker from the same set to balance the page.

My journalling reads: "It was a hot Summer's day and after a long day at school, Hannah was happy to come home and find the pool up in the garden all ready for her to jump in and cool off!"

Thanks for visiting today!

Pancake House Layout

Hi everyone

So where did May go to? Sorry, it's been a while since I blogged anything here .... I seem to say that at the start of each blog post!

Around this time last year we went to Centerparcs for a long weekend and I've recently been scrapping some of the photos I took!

This layout is about our visit to the Pancake House on our last morning before our journey home.

They didn't just serve pancakes there were all sorts of yummy dishes to choose from. Miss H had chocolate brownies with ice cream. Yummy!

The papers and stickers are mainly from the Echo Park Capture Life collection with my current favourite cork thickers for my title. I added a fabric tag, a few enamel dots, chipboard arrows, buttons and brads to finish it off.

Hopefully we'll get to viist Centerparcs again soon as it was such a fun, family weekend!

Thanks for popping in today!

Hellooo ... it's been a while!

Hellooo ... I know, I know, it's been a long time!

This blog has been a little quiet this year ..... But that's about to change!!

So far in 2014 I've been to several crops, a whole weekend scrapping retreat and an all day Charity crop as well as some scrappy sessions here at home, so it's fair to say I have a few layouts to show you.

I'll kick off with this one for today:

This was a layout I made for a commission for Scrapbook Magazine which appeared in issue 78 back at the start of the year for a "New Beginnings" feature.

I created a page about how we gave a new home to Lola, one of the two young kittens who had been rescued by our local RSPCA after a member of the public discovered them abandoned in a park in a cardboard box.  We actually ended up bringing both kittens home and the two sisters are now very happy with us.

The papers, stickers, fabric frame and resin flowers are from the Crate Flea Market collection. I also used some Studio Calico wood heart and arrows, Mister Huey mist, enamel dots and some of the lovely hearts washi tape.

It's good to be back on my little blog and I'll be back soon to show you another layout or two!!

Thanks for popping in!

A Sketch Challenge

The 2014 monthly challenges launched over on S J Crafts yesterday.

For our first challenge, Jennifer came up with this fab sketch:

and here's the layout I made based on the sketch

My main supplies were Simple Stories Daily Grind papers and stickers, Glitz hearts washi tape and a sprinkling of enamel dots.

A couple of close ups:

I also made a divided protector page to sit next to this one in my album - I'll pop back and show you that here soon!

We'd love you to take up the challenge as well and play along .... all the details are in this post , along with some fab examples from the rest of the Design Team. You have until the end of February to link up your layout/cards over there.

Thanks for popping in today!

My Christmas 2013 Journal

Hi everyone

December and the build up to Christmas is always crazy busy in this house but it really is one of the most wonderful times of the year for me! 

I take a million photographs throughout the festive season - ok, so maybe that's a slight exaggeration, but I do take a lot!

Each year I like to select a few favourites or the ones that tell a story or were taken at special events we have been to and get them into my albums.

This year I've decided to make a smaller book as well as some larger 12" x 12" layouts that will go into my main album.

Here is my first page in my book:

The page is 7" x 7" and I'm using an album I've had in my stash for a while now. 

The album is plain cream pages held together with a book ring. The front and back covers are thick chipboard which I will also decorate as I don't think lime green arrows are very festive!

For several years now I have loosely followed Shimelle Laine's Journal Your Christmas. This is a class which for a very reasonable initial cost gives you access every year so you can follow the daily prompts year after year if you wish.

For my Christmas book I'm using a variety of supplies , some older and some brand new. For this first page I used a sheet of Echo Park This n That Christmas matted onto red cardstock and added some Simple Stories December Documented papers and stickers, wood veneer stars, enamel dots and red gems to embellish.

Do you have a separate album/journal or book for recording December and Christmas? 

Have you started to scrap the season already or do you wait until January?

Happy December!

Sarah x