Shimelle's Starting Point

It's almost too warm and sunny today to be at my scrapping table but as I've got the whole day to myself (I don't even have to go on the school run later!) I thought I would use the time to get scrapping as I had seen this week's starting point last night and I really wanted to have a go. I'm not great with "wide open space" on my pages so I thought this challenge might be good for me.

So this is what I started with ....

Look at all that open space!!

At this stage I hadn't yet stuck the papers to the base cardstock as knew I wanted to place my photos off the page slightly and would need to be able to trim the overhang on the right hand side. I used Crate Random Vintage and Pattern and a small strip of Curtains and also some Crate Neighbourhood from my scraps box.

This is the finished layout ....

Not much "open space" left is there?! lol!

The "Enjoy Life" sticker, the half circle at the top left and the journal spot with the date on are all from the Crate sticker sheet. My title is thickers glitter alphas and I think the tiny letters are My Little Shoebox. I've also used my favourite MS butterfly punch, some fibres that I've had for years and orange gems. I've inked all the edges with my brushed corduroy distress ink.

Right, time for a late (very!) lunch and then I have a couple of haf finished layouts to try to get finished and I might even sit in the garden in this beautiful sunshine for a bit!

Thanks for stopping by!

WOYWW 121

Hello and thanks for visiting my desk today!

Quite tidy for me, don't you think?!! lol!

This morning I've been working on Shimelles Starting Point. I've cut my papers, inked the edges of them all and I'm just about to start sticking down!!

I'm not showing you the floor and the shelves behind me as they are a complete mess!!

There's more desks, tidy and not so tidy to see over here at Julia's blog.

Very quick post as I'm eager to get sticking those papers down! lol!

Introducing our newest family member!

We have been promising Hannah for several months that she can have a hamster and actually got her the cage for her birthday (which was several weeks ago now!) and so last weekend her patience was finally rewarded with a little trip to the pet shop where she chose this little fella!!

She has named him "Nutmeg"!! Although he has already had 1 name change in 3 days and she is now unsure if Nutmeg is more of a girl's name (is it?) so I wouldn't be surprised if it changes again! He is slowly getting used to us and likes to be stroked and loves running round and round in his wheel!

15% off at my shop!!

I try to ensure this blog doesn't just become full of shop news but I just had to tell you about the special offer happening over in my shop to celebrate the new design team!

Enter code TEAM5 in the discount code box to get 15% off your order!!

This offer will close at 11pm tonight (23 September) so be quick! Sorry, UK delivery only.

P & P is still free when you spend £15 or more and with goodies like Crate's Random Collection and SummersEnd from Fancy Pants Design hopefully you'll find something you like!

Stop Press ... MME 12 days of Christmas Collection and Lost & Found Paper Pads has just been delivered so I will try to get these uploaded today so that they can be included in the 15% discount offer!

Enjoy Your Day!!

My 1st time ....

..... published in a craft magazine!!!

I am so unbelieveably excited!!

About 8 weeks ago I e mailed off a few layouts I had made following some sketches in Scrapbook Magazine and received an e mail back saying they would hold onto them for future issues.

Today, I pop into WH Smiths to buy the brand new issue 58 of Scrapbook Magazine and there on page 46 is my layout!

It's the Beach Babe one, which you can see in more detail here when I originally blogged the page.

I showed H when she got home from school and she thinks she's famous now!! lol!

If you haven't already seen who made it to my shop's design team pop on over to the shop blog to have a look! All amazingly talented ladies who I am very exciting to be working with.

WOYWW

This was my craft table about an hour ago .....

I'm currently on a stash busting challenge, trying to use up some of my older stickers, alphas and embellies so I've got my box and a basket close at hand so I can rummage through. The layout you can see I'm half way through is a photo of H when she was just a few months old (where do the years go?) and she was laying on her soft playmat on the floor. She loved that playmat, it was one of those mats that had various flaps for her to lift up, soft areas, fuzzy sections and bits that if she scrunched them in her little hand, they would make a crinkly sound. Kept her amused anyway!

This gorgeous pink box holds my button stash and just before I took the photo I was trying to decide which buttons to use ... the pink with tiny white dots or the yellow stars ... decisions??!! Which buttons do you think?

If you haven't got a clue why I'm showing you the mess that is my desk pop on over to Julia's blog to see what WOYWW (What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday) is all about. Have a nosey at all the other desks whilst you are there!!

Right, I'm off to make a late lunch and then finish this layout!

Carefree Layout

Yesterday I made a layout following Shimelle's weekly sketch and this is what I came up with.

The sketch was for 1 photo but I used two 4" x 3" photos side by side instead. The photos are from a few years ago on a walk in the New Forest when H happily splashed in the puddles.

I kept it very simple with not many embellishments to keep the focus on the pictures and the gorgeous papers.

Thanks for stopping by!