Love That Boy

This layout was done for the Scrap Like You Mean It challenge on UKS - to scrap in the morning. No problems there as I often scrap into the small hours. I also wanted to try out a layout to be used on a canvas, but wanted to see if it worked first. I used all my favourite things on this - felt, stitching, buttons, ric-rac, bling, scallops and colour. It also used only scraps.

Dad

This was done for the weekly challenge on UKS. This week we had to Use a monogram - 10 pts, Something foreign (photo taken in France) - 5 pts, Complimentary colours (red and green) - 5pts, Scraplift from gallery (scraplifted from Tracie Doodle) - 5 pts, Distress paper (sanded edges of photo, inked edges of paper) - 5 pts.

Used papers from the Crate Paper Cowgirl collection, AC Thickers, BG chipboard shape and felt flowers cut on the Cuttlebug.

Photo is of Dad in the Jardin des Plantes in Avranche last year.

Pose

This layout was done to combine two challenges on UKS.

The weekly challenge had to include a Photo that makes you laugh (Sophie with tongue out) -10pts, 5 of an embellishment (5 buttons) - 5pts, Something sparkly (Stickles on flowers) - 10pts, Oscar Wilde quote (To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up, from An Ideal Husband) -5pts.

I have also done this for the SLYMI challenge Wk 15 - Scrap on the Edge. Used scalloped card, doodled around edges of circles and inked all edges.

The papers used are from the American Craft 'Craft Fair' collection, Quote is printed onto Safmat and alphas are AC Thickers.

Photos are of my grandaughter Sophie taken last month.

Family

This was done at Scrap Fever last weekend and was a class by Venessa Matthews. We made our own stamps to stamp the leaves. The papers are from South Africa.

When we were very young

This layout was for the weekly challenge on UKS - to use a book title, use earth tones, water photo and secret journalling. I've used a photo of Catherine and Sarah in 1983 at Hurst Castle, which was built as part of Henry8's coastal defences. The title is from the book by AA Milne. The photo is hinged on the LHS so journalling can be hidden underneath. The paper is from the My Mind's Eye Laundry Line range.

I've also combined this with the SLYMI Wk 14 challenge- to scrap something hidden.

Snow Day

This was done for the Scrap Like You Mean It challenge on UKS - to use the sketch. I've used papers by Heidi Swapp, Kaiser gems and lots of Stickles.

Photo is of the path at the back of my house in February on the first of the two snowy day s we had.

Here Comes the Bride LHS

I started this one last year as a class at Scrapper's Paradise but never finished it off. The original class LO had a very large 3 lettered title which I didn't think appropriate for this photo so I was a bit stuck on how to dfinish it off. I decided that it didn't actually need a title as it's going in the wedding album and so I've just added the orange strip, and cut out some circles and some timy butterflies from a 6x6" pad of the same papers that I already have. I've added a felt flower too. Papers are from the Basic Grey Ambrosia collection.

Little Angel

This was done for the Scrap Like You Mean It challenge to use fabric. I've used scraps of silk, damask and cotton. I made a rosette out of sparkly ribbon and backed it with tulle and feathers, Photo is of my gorgeous grandaughter Sophie last year all dressedup for Harry's 3rd birthday.

Babes in the Wood

I've been doing this layout for several weeks. It involved a lot of cutting out and I find that difficult to do, so only did a little bit at a time. Papers are by Black Market Paper Society and printed the title onto Safmat.

I'm just wild about Harry.

A layout for the weekly challenge on UKS. Use a song title, something you're addicted to, use blue, and use a flower. Patterned paper is by American Craft. Cut title and flowers using the Cuttlebug.

Daughter

I did this one at my crop yesterday for the weekly challenge and for the Scrap Like You Mean It challenge on UKS. The weekly challenge had to include a layout in black and white or rainbow colours (paper includes all the colours of the rainbow), to celebrate womanhood (my youngest, Sarah, looking lovely) distressing (sanded around edge of photo) and 5 of something (5 cut-out flowers with brads). The SLYMI challenge was to use punches (circle and scallop punches used).

The journalling reads "All the things I prayed you'd be are all the things you are."

The paper is some old Basic Grey Colour Me Silly.

Feeding Feathered Friends

Photos of Catherine and Sarah feeding the pigeons in Trafalgar Square in 1978.
Did this one very quickly this evening for the Weekly Challenge on UKS.

Used DCWV Nana's Kids papers.

Baby Driver

I've been out at a crop all day today and just finished this one of at home. It's for Shimelle's Scrap Like You Mean It challenge on UKS this week which is to cut up one of your photos. I was going to give this challenge a miss as I didn't like the idea of chopping up photos, but I actually like the result and might try it again sometime. Photos are of Sophie playing in her garden last summer. I've used paper and letters by K&Co Rough and Tumble. I made the flower by gathering up a length of ribbon along one edge and pulling it tight, Added lots of buttons and a bit of stitching.

Party Fun

Thsi is Catherine with Harry on his 2nd birthday. Papers are Blue Awning by K&Co.

The Artist

This is Harry with his first ever drawing of himself, complete with head, body, arms and legs., drawn at the age of 3 years 3 months. I've used paper, journalling block, chipboard stars and stip from My Mind's Eye Laundry Line collection. The letters were cut in felt using my Cuttlebug. All the buttons are old ones out of my button box. The layout is a scraplift from one of Missy Neal's in Scrapbook Magazine.

365 Photo Challenge Layouts Feb Wk 2

365 Photo Challenge Layouts Feb Wk 1

Confirmed

Did this one for the weekly team challenge on UKS.
Scrap a milestone - daughters' confirmation, no patterned paper, use red, white and blue, and use gold embellishments - gold brads in flowers.
Photo was taken in 1987 in All Saints Church, Eastleigh.

Harry's Tree

Sarah and Harry came to help me erect my Christmas tree. We didn't get the decorations out of the attic, so Harry decided to decorate it with his plastic dinosaurs and other animals. I kept it like this for a week, then changed it for more traditional decorations. However, when I came to put the tree away, T-Rex fell out!

Used pp by Imaginisce and K&Co Rough and Tumble alphas.

Bride's Parents

This was done at at Nicki's class on Saturday. Used Quick Quotoes Paper Bandana-rama range and Prima felt die-cut strip. Added ric-rac and Stickles later.

Cybercrop weekend

I've had a very busy cropping weekend, what with the UKS cybercrop and my all-day crop at Nicki's yesterday. I am a very slow scrapper, so I only managed 4 layouts before the deadlines. These are the cybercrop layouts. I'll upload the others tomorrow when I've photographed them.

Shop Signs

This was a challenge to do a symmetrical layout, with 4 of everything. I used BG Two Scoops paper (with a symmetrical pattern) and Prima flowers.
The photos are of hanging shop signs in Winchester, and this will be eventually be a double layout as I have some more photos and some journalling to do. For my album about Winchester.

Little Witch

This was a ribbon class. I only had an hour to do this one before the deadline so it's a bit plain for me. Think it needs some stitiching around the edge. The paper is from Me and My Big Ideas. Photo is of Sophie last November in the little hallowe'en witch's dress I bought for her.

Simply Sophie

This was a challenge to use lace somewhere. I only had this sticky lace so I just added a border at the top and bottom. The buttons were from the Early Learning Centre and just seemed to be the right colours to match Sophie's clothes, and the flowers were drawn on acetate with Sharpies and cut out. A bit of a hodge-podge of styles really.

Delight in Everything.

This was a class by Artbase using a pre-cut chipboard frame. I didn't send away for any kits, so I cut my own frame out of card. Took me for ever to get the apertures to balance properly for my photos. I used BG Two Scoops paper and buttons and Prima flowers to finish it off.

Watch out! I'm 3.

This layout was done for the weekly challenge on UKS. Use sketch, use black and white, use stamping and use flowers. I turned the sketch on it's side to accommodate my photosThe paper is by Tinkering Ink and the felt die-cut strip is by Prima.

I thought I'd better scrap these photos of Harry as they are of his 3rd birthday party last year, and he's now nearly 4.

365 photo challenge layouts

Week 5

Week 4

Week 3

Week 2

Week 1

These are the layouts I have done for January to preserve my photos for the 365 Photo Challenge.

Sarah @ 16.

I did this one for the Week 5 Scrap Like You Mean It challenge on UKS. This week we had to scrap in black and white. Used papers by Magenta and Tinkering Ink.

Feeding baby goats

I did this layout for the weekly team challenge on UKS - scrap about an animal, use black, red, or gold, and include stitching. Used paper from MME 29th Street Market, red AC Thickers and a Scenic Route journalling sticker.
This is another layout for the album of our day at the activity farm last year.

Baby, it's cold outside

I did this for the weekly team challenge on UKS - scrap a winter picture using summer colours, use stars and stripes, use stitching, and use handmade embellishments. I used a sheet of Papermania paper from the Sweet Nothings pack for my base. The narrow strip of Basic Grey Euphoria was lying on my table and the colours were just right, so I cut the scalloped edge with my Fiskars Threading Water punch and added it to the top. The hearts and stars were hand drawn onto acetate with a Sharpie and then painted on the back with acrylic paints. I cut them out and mounted them with foam pads. Sewed on lots of BG buttons and did a few random cross stitches to fulfil the stitching part of the challenge. I finished it off by adding blobs of Black Diamond Stickles to the scalloped edge.

Photo is of my granddaughter, Sophie on a shopping trip to M&S a couple of weeks ago.

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I did this for the Scrap Like You Mean It challenge on UKS - to use this sketch. I found it very difficult as I don't usuallly do empty space, but I compromised by using this gorgeous paper from Prim'a Whisper Collection. I decided to use just one photo and cut it into strips, instead of four skinny photos. I didn't want to cover up the flourishes with the photo so I cut round the pattern with my craft knife and popped the photo under. I think it gives the effect of looking through a window.

The view is from Le Jardin des Plantes in Avranches, taken last April. You can just see Mont St. Michel on the distant horizon, with the river snaking it's way down into the bay.

Let's play in the sun

This layout includes a couple of challenges. For our crop on Saturday we were given a 'shopping list' of items and papers to take from our own stash. We used a Jan Page Map to create the LH side (mine's slightly adapted to fit my photos) and then were set a challenge to create the RH side from the scraps on our own. I also wanted to do the SLYMI challenge on UKS so incorporated chipboard onto the RH side. I used Basic Grey Euphoria papers, brads and buttons, Technique Tuesday chipboard ring and Stickles. I cut the title uing felt with my Cuttlebug and Red Tag Sale letters.

Play

I did this for the weekly challenge on UKS. Use fruity colours (used lime and peach), use loops or circles (used circles behind flowers and circular letters), something old (old Scrapaholix kit), and theme of new beginnings (Wendy and Paul's new garden). The papers, borders and frame are from My Mind's Eye Tres Jolie collection, flowers by Prima and Papermania brads. The original layout was by CarolynUK. I have adapted it slightly to fit the challenge.

Photo is of my gorgeous granddaughter Sophie playing in her other grandparents' garden just after they moved into their new house in Chandler's Ford.

4 layouts

A little bit of sunshine This was a challenge kit to use a sheet of acetate as an overlay. My granddaughter Sophie in her garden last summer.

Kids Zone Harry in the Ball Park at the Activity Farm last year. He didn't want to come out of it. From a Scrapaholix Roadshow class.


A grand day out This will be the first page in an album about our day trip to the Activity Farm in the New Forest last year. This LO was a class at a Scrapaholics Roadshow.

Star This was a LO from Scrapper's Paradise that has been sat waiting for the right photo to come along. This is my grandson, Harry, riding his bike on his own for the first time.

Wonder

I scraplifted this layout from Jayne b. on UKS. Photo is of my gorgeous granddaughter fascinated by the decorations on my Christmas tree.

Used Basic Grey papers from the Dasher and Blitzen ranges, and AC Thickers for the title. Other words are printed on Safmat.

Young and Old

Another photo from Dad's 84th Birthday Party last week. Here he is surrounded by some of his grandchildren, their partners, and 3 of his great- grandchildren.

Used papers by Little Yellow Bicycle.

This LO was done for the weekly challenge on UKS. Scrap a celebration - 10 pts, use buttons - 10 pts, include 12 -10 pts. There are 12 people in the photo.

I did this one for the Scrap Like You Mean It challenge on UKS to scrap using your favourite colours. This is Sophie on New Year's Eve. She was all ready for bed and looked so cute in her mauve jammies that I just had to take a photo. Glad I did now as it meant I could scrap my favourite mauves, pinks and purples. Used papers from the Basic Grey Eva and Sultry collections.
A rare picture of Sophie and Harry together after they had opened all their presents. Used papers by Love Elsie.

This was the kit I used at Nicki's all-day crop on Saturday. It's a photo of all of the family that were left standing at the end of Dad's 84th birthday party last week. Used papers by Little Yellow Bicycle.

I was taking down the Christmas cards and thought it was such a shame to throw them away each year, but I couldn't possibly keep them all, when I remembered seeing somebody had used theirs in a layout last year, so I thought I would give it a try. Even the titles were cut from a card, so a very cheap layout!

I intend to make 5 Xmas cards at the beginning of each month so that I'm ready for next December and not in a mad panic to get everything done. These are the five for January.