Teeny Weeny Ones

Do you keep a stash of photos ready to scrap?

I have a little dish in my studio. It's like a 'go to' dish. If I don't feel like scrapping the ones I have printed. I go to this dish to see if one of these takes my fancy.
This time I decided to scrap all the teeny weeny ones.
There were just a lovely few that really showed off all the lovely things that we've done together as a family.
It makes me happy to see these.
Kids grow up so fast, sometimes you think, what have we done in all these years?
This LO here just shows it quite well.

 

There's Legoland Windsor (a fave when they were younger)  camping, Disneyworld, beach trip, Charmouth, a playground and a snow day.

 

Happy Memories.

 

 

 

This LO was inspired by the latest Chic Tags Sketch which you can see here.

Lots of lovely Chic Tags goodies on this LO.

 

I hope you are having a good day.

It's sunny here. Yay!!!

xxx

 

 

Wedding Card

I do like to try and make my own cards.
Not because I am so creative and everything I make has to be handmade.
And not because I have so much time on my hands that I can spare the time.
And not because I'm such a nice person and want to put so much time and love in to my friends and family.
But simply because I really begrudge spending money on cards when I have a studio full of the stuff to make them.
Nice cards are so expensive!!

So there, the truth is out : )

Ade and I had a wedding to attend to recently.
It was his cousins.
That afternoon I thought I'd better make a card to take and made this.

 

The wedding had quite a rustic/country feel to it so I figured this would be a good match.

I used a note card from Chic Tags and the gorgeous chipboard is from Scrapmatts.

I didn't do anything to the chipboard as I thought it was just perfect as it was. Naked!!

Love that rustic feel.

 

I wanted to share the Scrapmatts gallery with you today too. I love their chipboard so much.

Take a look here.

 

Thanks for stopping by today.

I am slowly catching up since the kids have gone back to school this week and aim to reward myself with some blog hopping time very soon.

I miss keeping up with everyone.

Have a lovely day xxx

 

 

 

My Lovely Scrappy Friend

Her name is Curlywiggles and this is she.

We met at a local crop last year : )
She scrapped this photo of us earlier on in the week and instagrammed it, so I thought I would scarp the photo too.
I used the new sketch on the Chic Tags blog for inspiration along with lots of cute Chic Tags goodies.
  

 

The sketch is a 2 photo sketch, but I replaced the other photo with a journal card.

 

 

You can see the sketch I used here.

 

I'm having one of those crazy busy weeks. Lots going on in every direction. But it's all good. No complaints, just busy trying to be superwoman.

Hey!! Maybe I should make myself a cape??!!

 

Lots of love xxx 

 

My Favourite Girls & an Urge to Scrap!

Do you ever find, the less time you have to scrap, the more you feel the need and want to scrap?

That always seems to happen to me.
Take yesterday as an example.
Crazy busy day. A couple of bad nights sleep. Hollie came home from school sick again and my scrappy mojo suddenly kicks in. I need to make pancakes before Louis goes to footy training, I have work to do in the evening, Louis comes home from training hurt.....and my head wants to scrap.

I gave in and allowed myself little scrappy breaks early in the evening.
I went on to the Chic Tags Blog, found a challenge.
Just a few minutes at a time.
And I made this. 

 

The challenge was to use 'green'.

Hollie took this selfie on my IG when we were last at my sister's of her, my Mum and my little niece. Looking at this, my other fave girl isn't there : (   My sis.

 

  

 

Hollie and Millie could pass as sisters. They are so alike in so many ways.

I used lots of Chic Tags goodies on this LO. I love all the tags and bits and pieces. The circles below were made using a punch and the Chic Tags packaging.
Nothing quite like a little recycling!!

It just goes to show that you don't have to spend hours when you have the urge to scrap.
Having a scrap space does help as you can come and go and leave a project out, but this LO was made in just a short space of time in several little scrappy bursts and I finished off with the sewing at the end of the day when the kids were in bed and I'd finished work.
I'm glad I allowed myself this time.
I needed it : )

Hope you are feeling creative and get a scrappy fix today.
Here's that Chic Tags challenge if you fancy a little boost too.

xxx

2013 Best Bits - Mini Book

Hello.

I got a fab little set of journal cards with one of my Cocoa Daisy addons last month. I knew I would have to make a minibook with them. So I did.
It's highlighting our 2013 best bits.

 

 

 

 

There are full step by step details, photos and instructions on the Cocoa Daisy blog today.

 

I hope you have a great weekend. It's Louis' 12th birthday party for us. Sunday morning, 10 boys and bowling.... wish me luck : )

xxx

 

 

My word for 2014

Do you have 'a word' for 2014?

I decided at New Year after a good chat with hubby (I'm so pleased that he totally gets this kind of talk) that mine would be 'Joy'.
I need to put more 'Joy' in to my everyday life.
I rush from one thing to the next all the time.
I need to sit back and enjoy life a little more and appreciate life more than I have been.
The kids are now getting older, it's just this school year that the school runs have stopped so I have more time on my hands. For example, I've been walking the dog with Ade more.
We both work from home, so the walks and fresh air is needed, but until recently as soon as the kids are at school I work and quite often will still be working 11pm at night aside from stopping to fix dinner.
So today the sun is shining and I took a 30min walk with Ade at 8.30am.
I've also been stopping for lunch which is something I would never usually do, but we now meet in the kitchen and have a quick lunch together each week day.
It's surprising how these little steps are improving my life.

I spotted this challenge over at the Chic Tags blog a while ago. To scrap your word.
I thought this would be the perfect start to my 2014 album (which I have already started as I aim to get totally organised with my LO filing this year too, another thing that comes from the word 'Joy).

So here is my Joyful LO to kick start 2014

I love using kraft with a happy colour : )
I've used various Chic Tags goodies. I do have a lovely collection of their 'stuff'. I love it all so much and I'm so excited about their new CHA releases too. I can't wait to get my hands on it....all!!

A handmade title and the wooden word 'Joy' sits on my kitchen window ledge next to my beautiful Kitchen Aid : )

If you have a word for 2014, you can play along with this Chic Tags challenge here.

I'm loving scrapping a little more for me this year.
Something else that's gone on to my list of 'Joys' this year.

Have a great day xx

His Stories

I am having a scrappy weekend.
It's just been decided.
The weather is naff and my mojo has gone crazy.
I was still scrapping at midnight last night and the bad weather woke me at 6.30am this morning so I came down in to my quiet studio and started up again : )
It's now 10.30am and I'm still in pj's.

I've decided to do a little blog hopping this morning.
It's been so long since I've done that.
I'm going to scrap for me today. It's rare that I do that and it feels so good.
I've found some fun online challenges to play along with.
Here's the first from Chic Tags.
I'm a huge fan, so I am having so much fun surrounded by these goodies.

Here is their sketch challenge.
And here is my LO.

 

Louis has always loved writing his stories but he's taken a break for a while. Since having Ade's Grandad's old typewriter though it's started him back up again and he's loving it.

 

 

I've added a hole in each of the Chic Tags 'tags' and inked and attached them with twine to the Thickers.

I've used a few of the Chic Tags 'journal cards' and outlined all my alphas aswell as the journal cards to help them stand out against the very bright background.
The background has been made with Inktense Watercolour Pencils.

I think it's time for a shower and then back to the scrapping.
I think this is going to be a good weekend.
Hope you have a fun one too xx

I'm so Dizzy, (my head is spinning)

Happy Sunday to you!!

I have a funny head.
I woke up with it yesterday.
I was supposed to be displaying my wedding stationery stuff at a friend's wedding open day at her hair salon yesterday, but woke up with the room spinning and feeling so sick.
After going back to bed, I did get Ade to drive me and I set up and left it all there.
My head is still really odd though. Every now and then the room just spins or I feel in a completely in a giddy daze. Really strange.
But apart from that all is good : )

I have a LO to show here today from the Scrap365 sketch blog.
I love this months sketch which you can see here. I can see me using this one again.

I'm totally in love with the Scret Crush collection from Pink Paislee.
I printed this photo of Ade and I that Louis took of us on the beach at Anna Maria Island in Florida in October. I love the colour of that sea. It was about 5pm and the sun was starting to set.

I used one of the Pink Paislee Photograms that I hadn't used on my valentines banner shown in my previous post. Along with some of the matching Photo Frames. Love these!!

After meeting the girls/owner at the Chic Tags stand at CHA, I came home and placed an order with them.Their products are sooooo good. I found the postage really good from the US too. I placed a good size order and the postage was just $8. You can see the tags I used on this page here.

I also used the Cocoa Daisy Arrow Stamps with the Prima Chalk Inks and Ronda's Pie Chart Mask.

And whilst I mention Ronda, have you seen she has a new website?
Take a look.
I just love this bright site. I think you will love it too : )

If you fancy playing along with us at SCRAP365 you have until 15th March to upload your sketch here.  One lucky winner will win some XCUT dies.

I hope you are having a lovely weekend xxx