Saturday 23 April 2011

Deal Maker

Good Morning,

I decided to get up real early today to enjoy the first few hours alone in my studio.
A fave thing of mine to do. Coffee on, music on and scrap. I've actually been printing off and editing lots of photos for our Easter holiday mini book that I'm making this weekend. It's going to be based on 'the stories' this year.
I like to make the albums whilst the stories are all still fresh in my mind.

I didn't get much scrappy time in, in the end yesterday, but 2 LO's did come together grabbing a few minutes here and there throughout the day.

Here's one of them and also an Easter holiday story.
(click photo to enlarge)
The Deal Maker



Louis is always trying to make money and think of ways to do so.
This day we were all building our own creations on the beach. We all needed sandcastles made so seeing as Louis wasn't building anything in particular we asked him to build them for us.
He charged us for making them!!
I was quite pleased though as we found out later that he hard charged Hollie 5p a castle and me just 1p and I got 5 castles for the price of 4!!



I used the new Fancy Pants collection 'Beach Bum' for this page.
The stars I reversed and misted and the title has been sanded for a more rustic beach effect.
The wave and fish are in the little pack of 'design embellishments' from the collection.



So what are you upto today?
Hollie and I are having a girlie trip out to M&S this morning. A bit of shopping first thing, just the two of us. We also have a BBQ planned today and Dr Who and back on TV tonight. Yay!!!! A family fave of ours. We can't wait : )

Enjoy your Saturday.
Lots of love xxx

16 comments:

Rachael Funnell said...

Super C.U.T.E LO!!! love the Fancy Pants wave, the lil fishes & the misting...
Enjoy your day!!
XXX

Paige said...

Loving that beach Bum collection!!! Thanks for popping by my blog, your paint effects have inspired me to have a go and I'm enjoying flicking and splating onto clean white cardstock :) We are off to Newport (IOW) today to watch BloodStone Board Morris dance. They aren't your normal morris dancers!!! great scrapping subjects!!! https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=225321469104#!/group.php?gid=225321469104

Carin McDonough said...

FAB layout, I love the waves and the swirl! My sons like to find ways to earn money by doing things too, they often put on little plays or trampoline shows and charge us 20p entry :) I am hoping to do some scrapping today and am sooo excited for Dr Who tonight as it is a family favourite here too :)

Jennifer Grace said...

Great layout, love the paint effects and the cute fishes! My husband says he was just like that as a child, and he still is! x

Craftyangel said...

love this layout, got a very fresh feel.

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

hehehehehehe...that is ONE cuteeeeeee story!! LOVE IT!!! That title for this is PERFECT! I loveeeeeeeeeee that photo of him and loveeeeeeeeeeee all the stars!!! BEAUTIFUL Lisa!:):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

Irini said...

Lisa it's been a while since I came past your blog.....wow I have missed some gorgeous layouts!!
Your work is always stunning!!!

Nora said...

Cute layout! I love the waves and the splashes of paint!
Thanks for visiting my blog and the nice comment you left about my "Transformed" layout!

Bente Fagerberg said...

Some lovely work here! Love the layout the story and Fancy Pants! Tfs! Take care!

Lynnda said...

Really adore this LO lisa... happy Easter...hugs..xoxo

Antonia Krajicek {Green Horned Unicorn} said...

I'm laughing at the story, charging to build sand castles. I love it! Your page is beautiful as always :)

Denise said...

this layout is so cute Lisa. Louis sounds like an awesome kid.

Fay aka Beautifullily said...

What a great story!

Hope you've had a lovely Easter and have made it off the broken ride!

Cynthia Lloréns said...

Great layout, love the paint effects and the cute fishes!
I love the beach Bum collection!!
I just love evrything in here!!
I´m follower now.
Hugs from Brazil
Cynthia

NickyNoo said...

You can't blame a kid for trying! Love how you've used those papers and elements, such a cute page :o) xx

Elisabeth Helland said...

love the jounaling, the arrow, the fishes, the colours, ....so nice!! thank you so much for sharing...
-greetings from Norway