Hello Hello!! Pleased to meet you baby raccoon

I love these photos of this baby raccoon.
Ade spotted him in a tree by our condo in Orlando.
He called us over and we stood watching it for so long.
It was a highlight of our trip.

 

This LO was made for this month's The theme to this challenge is 'hello'.

It could be:
- meeting someone
- a get-together
- seeing friends or family
- a reunion
- it could be the title of your page
- it could be a telephone conversation
There are many possibilities.

Come and join us with your LO here.

You can view the challenge details in full here.

 

 

So cute!!

I hope you come and play with us.

 

Lisa xx

 

Here's One I Made Earlier

Hello!!

I was going through my Orlando 2014 album recently and realised that I'd missed this LO that I made last year.

We had a fun afternoon at Epcot wandering in the heat. It was a scorching afternoon. We (Louis and I) took part in Agent P's Adventure. It's really cool. You get these little things that look like phones and you go on a mission answering questions and finding clues. It was so much fun. Louis really enjoyed it.



 

I'm battling a headache today and I have loads of work on so I'm keeping this short.

Hope you are well xxx 

 

Project Life - Happy Talk

I'm loving getting back into Project Life again.
Here is a page that I made with my March Cocoa Daisy Kit.

 

 

These colours just shout out Spring!!

 

You can view the other Cocoa Daisy DT Project Life pages here.

There's loads of inspiration.

Do you also scrap PL???

Let me know : )

 

xxx



Bella Cards

Hello!!!!
I hope you had a lovely weekend.

I have some fun and colourful cards on the Papermaze blog today.
I had so much fun with the Bella BLVD papers.
They are one of my favourite manufacturers right now.

I have some close ups and some 'how to' techniques too on the Papermaze blog here.

Thanks.
Have a good week.

Lisa xx

You & Me .....On the go

I was going through my Florida photos and thought ' I like that one, I'll print it'.
And then realised that we were in the rest room and the loo was visible.
Nice!!

So I ended up making a thing about it rather than trying to hide it as I thought I may originally do.

 

I used the Heidi Swapp 'Love this' stamp as a border.

We have a Cocoa Daisy blog post here featuring this months stamps.

 

 

 

I hope you are having a good weekend.

It's a little of everything here.

Work, house chores, decorating, blog scheduling, an exciting trip planning and I'd like to squeeze in some scrapping too.

 

Have fun xxx  

 

 



Because sometimes you just want to play

That's what this LO was all about.

I usually love to scrap a story, but there are those time where you just want to play.

This was one of those times.

It was about the paints and the pastels and the stencils and the mists and the pretty papers and that gorgeous washi tape.   

I just fancied getting messy fingers.

And the funny thing is. I only scrapped that photo a couple of weeks ago and I didn't even realise until I put it in my Orlando 2014 album and saw the other LO.

Sometimes you just get carried away with pretty product.

The March Cocoa Daisy Kit is on sale now.

Don't miss out!!   

Have a wonderful Wednesday xxx

Crazy Chipmunks & a Sketch

Hello!!!!


I have some crazy chipmunks for you today.
Chip & Dale.
The kids love meeting these two at Disney.
It's my turn to host this months sketch challenge over at Cocoa Daisy.
This sketch was perfect for me to adapt to include all my photos.

There was a time when I would usually only scrap the one photo. Funny how you change over time. 

The few whimsy pieces in this months CD kit was just right for my page. That's something that I love about getting a kit. Pulling out bits and pieces. I think if you were to look at my previous LO on my blog and then this one, you wouldn't think that they were from the same kit.   

 

These two were so funny. When it was our turn, Chip came up right close to Ade's camera and then started messing around with Hollie's hair. Dale was with Louis. When it was time for the main photo Chip tried to push Louis out of the photo. It was so much fun watching the kids laugh and mess around. Something I love about Disney. They can turn from being stroppy teens to giggly 6yr olds again. I love it!!   

We'd love you to join us and play along with this sketch challenge.

See here for full details.

You have 2 weeks to play and 1 winner gets a $10 coupon to spend in the Daisy store.

Have fun xxx 

 

1,2,3,4 - Hello Again!!

Hello!!
This one ended up being my favourite LO that I made with my Cocoa Daisy Kit this month.
I'd already uploaded gallery and then this one kind of just effortlessly happened.
Anything with bright happy colours makes me happy.

So on this day we'd gone to this beautiful little neighbourhood on Disney property called 'Celebration'. It's picture book beautiful. We love to spend an afternoon here. Have a walk around the lakes, looking out for exciting nature and stop for ice cream floats at the ice cream parlour.

Ade's parents had kindly given us a little money at Easter instead of chocolate, so I saved it in our Orlando fund and said we'd treat ourselves and think of them when on holiday. So that's what we did. We stopped for ice cream floats and said a thank you to Gill and Gerald. We took a selfie to send them whilst we were there.

This is the beautiful view as you sit on the rocking chairs at the waterfront. Isn't it beautiful?

I marked off on the first photo where we took our photo from, under those green brollies. And the second is our view. Watching the herons, storks, terrapins and looking out for gators.

I loved this kit so much.

I used some of the free printables that you get sent with the monthly kit.

I love the pops of colour that they add.

I also added those pretty flowers by cutting them out from the Crate Paper in the kit and colouring them in with pastels using a sponge applicator for a softer effect.

I'm happy with this one.

Thanks for stopping by today and Happy March to you xxx

Hello Again - Happy Moments Here

The Cocoa Daisy March reveal was last night.
Being a shorter month the 'Hello Again' kit goes on sale today.
You can view it here.

I loved this kit so much.
This is the first LO that I made with it this month.

 

I painted watercolours as my base and then cut up the Crate Paper in to triangles. I then took a Crafters Workshop Stencil and spread moulding paste through and let dry before adding the photos and the other bits and pieces. I also stitched around the outside.

 

 

I made a cute little flag too with a cocktail stick.

I love the excited feeling heading out on a trip.

Happy times!!!

 

Lisa xx

 

 

  

My March Sneaks

I am loving my March Cocoa Daisy Kit so much.
I've been looking forward to sharing my sneaks with you.

It's the full reveal tonight.
8pm EST
Please come and join us here.

Have a great weekend.

Lisa xx

My Return to Project Life

When I started Project Life a couple of years ago I promised myself that I wouldn't get hung up on week numbers and dates.
If I did it great and if I didn't then I would just miss a week or two....but that turned to 3 and then 4 and then a few more.
Six months later and I'm back to it again.
For so long I keep saying to myself that I must get my album out again.
So I did last week and I'm back to it again.

I've made a couple of weeks and I'm happy to be back.

I made this page with some Simple Stories papers and stickers from Papermaze.

xxx

Cocoa Daisy March Sneaks

I get so excited when my despatch email comes through.
It means that my Cocoa Daisy kit is on it's way.
Exciting!!!

It usually takes about a week to arrive from the US.
The time scale has really improved over the years.

This is what March is looking like.

 

 

And the March Planner Sneak.

 

 

Can you see why I'm excited about getting my kit now?

The full reveal will be on February 28th - 9pm EST.
Don't miss out!!

One final thing today.
Our Cocoa Daisy Instagram account got locked so we have a new account.
Please follow us. There will be giveaways : )

https://instagram.com/cocoa_daisy/

Thanks so much.
xx

Bodging a 'B' and a great Milkshake

It's become a little tradition that when we visit Celebration in Orlando we stop for Coke floats by the lake. It's the most beautiful setting.

Hollie went for a strawberry milkshake this time and said it was the best milkshake ever.

 I used the Belle BLVD - Molly papers on this LO.
Aren't they fun?!!

 

I was missing a 'B' though so had to create one myself.

Did I pull it off?

 

 

These are such pretty papers.

I cut out some of the flowers and leaves and added a little crackle glaze to the centre of the flowers.

 

Or Florida album is looking so colourful.

 

I hope you have a bright and colourful day xxx

Elevator Selfies

This was a new family trip tradition that started just after we'd checked in at Gatwick airport.

''Elevator Selfies''

 

We ended up with quite a few of these taken over the 3 week trip.

 

I used just 1 piece of patterned paper on this LO from Jillibean Soup - Sightseeing Stew. Along with a Jillibean Soup die cut paper which I use for misting only and I just love these new Jillibean Soup alpha stamps.

They are the best!!! 

I am really getting through these Florida photos now : )

Have a wonderful Sunday.
I may just scrap a little more.
Hugs xxx

Sibling Love

Louis was 13 a couple of weeks ago.
He wanted to have his birthday meal at Nandos.
It was a really fun evening.

I'm so lucky that our two get on so well.
Louis has become incredibly annoying these recent past months which has put a strain on them. Even the big sisterly love is struggling, but they are still friends and still have a laugh together.

I made this LO using the Bella BLVD collection - Family Forever.

I just love these happy primary colours.
Here are a few close ups.

 

I have full details on how to make this mixed media LO over on Papermaze today along with more close ups.
I was a really fun one to make.
Please check out the blog here.

Thank you xxx

2015 To-Do's

This year we are going with a 'to-do' list.
A pretty big one at that.
This year is all about achieving.

Here is my LO using my January Cocoa Daisy Kit.

We had a pretty big Jillibean mask included in this kit. I've used it a couple of times now. So now I've cut it up abit, time to do something different with it and use the actual mask on my LO.

Thanks for stopping by.
Have a fun Friday xxx

Eight Photos & Eight Stars

I'm sharing a fun and very colourful page today.

This was such a fun day at Hollywood Studios. The teens were at their best. Makes a huge difference to the day. The colours needed to be bright and fun to reflect upon the day we had.

I used to really struggle with multi photo LO's but I seem to make them more and more lately.

I used the Bella BLVD - Lucky Starz collection on this page.

It's half term here right now. Kids are at home for the week.

So far so good and it's already Wednesday.

I'm taking Louis and 2 friends out for ice cream whilst Hollie has a couple of friends over and does afternoon tea for them. How times have changed : )

Enjoy your day xxx  

She makes me happy

When she's in a good mood that is!!
It's the Designers Challenge over at Cocoa Daisy today.
The challenge is:

... to use 3 photos
... Make your title a question
... Doodle on your page



Here is my take:

 This was such a fun day at Hollywood Studios in Orlando. Hollie was up for so much fun. It made such a difference to the day. She took loads of silly selfies.

 

 

 

 I used the February kit on this LO with lots of bits from the DITL kit.

I took the little vellum hearts and strung them onto some silver thread using a needle to make some bunting. It looks so cute!

If you want to play along with us at Cocoa Daisy. You have 2 weeks to play and you could win $10 to spend in the Daisy store,
See here for more details
xxx

It was very well 'REPLENISHED'!!

His bowl was, that's for sure!

Our OLW this month is 'REPLENISH'.
This was actually hubby's idea for this LO of mine.
I asked him what he thought of when I say the word and he came up with 'buffet'.
I swear all that man think of is his belly!!

So from that came this.
The Fussy Eaters Paradise

I copied the meaning of the word replenish from an online dictionary and popped it in to a teeny Fancy Pants paper bag.

 

I used lots of pieces from Bella BLVD on this page. I find the packs of paper pieces really handy to use. They make creating a LO very easy and fun and I love the colour that they add.

This boy sure loves the American Buffets.
It's so good to go somewhere with him and see him eat and eat and not complain.

I also used a piece of Scrapmatts Chipboard. I used a Tim Holtz White stain first and then took a red sharpie and just coloured in the 'wow' bit to make it stand out.

This challenge will run for the next month.
If you want to join us and play along or if you simply want to see what the other OLW designers have created, please take a look here.

Thanks so much xxx

Hello!! Did you plan that outfit??

It was such a great meet & greet for Hollie meeting Alice.

Hollie had been wanting to meet Alice in Wonderland but we'd missed her during our last Disney visit 2 yrs previous.

We queued for a short while with all the little ones and when it was Hollie's turn it was just so sweet. Alice walked up to her and was like ''Hello! Did you plan that outfit? I love how everything coordinates. You matched your shoes with your dress''.
She then was telling Hollie how she likes to match things too and matched her hair band with her shoes.

She was with Hollie for quite some time. It really was sweet : )

I used the Elles Studio Sketch for inspiration for this LO and used their Everyday Moments Collection to create with.
 

I used the strip along the bottom where the company & paper collection details are printed to turn into little flags.

Another Disney LO ticked off the list!!

Have a lovely Sunday xx