Archive for March, 2008
Lilypad Blog Challenge
This page was created for todays Lilypad Blog challenge.
Kate and Jacque produced these fab doodles for release last Friday and the blog challenge was to create a layout with them and a black & white photograph.Ok my photograph is not entirely black and white but close enough
My youngest girlie got this keyboard [...]Colour Combos Galore
As a worshipper of all things colourful I was impressed when pointed in the direction of a colour inspiration blog recently. An awesome scrapping friend of mine, Suzanne, is part of the design team and I could not resist going to see.
Colour Combos Galore is a great source of colour inspired layouts based on a [...]The Art of Life
This is a new funky kit from Trish Jones at Prima Hybrid.
I just love the colours and style of it, really cool!Trish has an awesome style and produces so many different kits with unique details.
This photograph was one of those I took in January on my way home from a trip south at my [...]Playing with Clay and a GiveAway Winner
One of the classes Mel taught at the recent ATDML retreat was on making your own clay embellishments. Now at first glance I thought Yikes! as did my matey Izzy haha! But true to form I had a go.
Most made fabulous buttons and used Makin clay cutters to form title letters. They looked great!
I picked [...]Lizzie
Over at the Lilypad blog recently there was a challenge to scrap a stuffed animal. Now there are no shortage of well loved stuffed animals around here to scrap haha! However one in particular has needed a page of her own.
Lizzie is a beanie. She was my themed animal swap from a cyber crop [...]Easter Snow
This Easter the plans for a Pearson family gathering at Aviemore took a knock as Nicholas was so sick. Everyone except him and I left on Friday as planned. Andrew returned from work Friday night and we hoped to join the gang Saturday but the little sweetheart was still to ill to go so it [...]
Cupcakes
Well not cupcakes exactly but the papers you bake them in, that was the focus of a class from Anne Heffereman at the ATDML retreat recently. We painted the papers and then trimmed and snipped them into shape to create flowers for our double page spread. I was lucky that I had 2 colourful girlie [...]
Happy Easter
Wishing you all a very peaceful and happy Easter Sunday.
I am going to be dishing out lots of chocolate and little gifts to many of the family today as we all get together.
These fabulous toppers and pillow boxes designed by Kate Hadfield made the gift wrap both easy and don’t they look great?
I filled little [...]Contrast, texture & dimension.
Last weekend I was a happy scrapper as I enjoyed my precious down time at the ATDML retreat, this last few days could not be further from that. I have been nursing a poorly sick little boy Dontcha just want to cry when little ones get so sick?
This layout is a class by [...]Give Away Prize Draw
[ Thursday, March 20, 2008 to Wednesday, March 26, 2008. ] See this post for Details
My News & A Give Away
My news is that I have a new job. By invitation, I am now the Customer Accounts Manager for ScrapGenie, covering Scotland and the Midlands. My role is to liaise, inform and support Scrapgenies customers in my areas. I will be on call at home every week day. If you are a retailer [...]
Prayers and Thoughts
Today I am sad for a family I have never met and for a lady I hugely admire and have respected since I first opened the door at UK Scrappers. Spare a thought today for my friend Sally and her family.
ATC Mini Album
This lovely mini album, just perfect for ATC’s was another of Clare’s classes at ATDML this weekend. I have made a few of these since Clare first shared this project and I just love them.
They are quick and easy to make and can hold ATC’S as this one is going too or small photographs as [...]What a Fab Retreat!
Well that has to be the best retreat I have had the pleasure of attending. Mel and Jill of ‘A Trip Down Memory Lane’ did an outstanding job. The attention to detail was amazing, the class were FAB, teachers were all fantastic, Make’n’takes brilliant, food divine , hotel exquisite and the company, well, fun and [...]
