Scrap365

I am very excited today! One of my layouts is in Scrap365 and I wasn't expecting it so soon :) I was a lovely surpirse. My article is starts on page 50 and is the new 'Embellish it!' feature that Katy has introduced starting this month, along with 'Thrifty Scrapper'.

Check out the Scrap365 blog today for details on a freebie!

We're going on a bear hunt...

Okay, so I have a new favourite ScrapaGoGo kit and it's March's 'Happy Hive'. The minute I saw this month's stamp I thought of treasure hunting. And then I saw the bee and honeycomb shapes and that lead me to bear hunt. Connor and I had a lovely afternoon walking at the nature reserve opposite the house. He loved that I let him walk in all the mud and walk through the water. And at the end he had honey sandwiches with his teddy bear :)

I really love the alpha. It has really nice stitching on and I decided to draw stitching between each of the hexagons on the layout to tie it all together. I cut some circles from my pizza box and tied the twine around it in a bow, and hand cut some leaves too.

Essentially GoGo

Over half way through January already?? How does it happen? Well, I've been busy putting together projects for Scrap365. They won't appear for a while though and I'll share some sneek peeks nearer the time. Did you get the latest edition this week? I just love Lisa's little book for her sister.

And did you see the news from ScrapaGoGo? They've launched their new kit 'Essentially GoGo' from this month onwards and it's a stonkingly good deal at just £14.99 for all of this stash:
5 12x12 Quality Papers
3 12x12 Bazzill Cardstock
1 Alphabet
1 Bespoke Embellishment Pack
1 Exclusive Stamp
1 Sheet Exclusive Hybrids
1 Idea Booklet

PLUS access to the Clubhouse Forum where classes and ideas will be uploaded each and every month.... sounds great for £14.99 postage included doesn't it!!!

The first kits, 'Eclectic Me', left the warehouse yesterday and I'm really excited to find out what the members think of them and to see mine in real life too :)

Now, since I have the house to myself I better get scrapping!

Happy New Year!

Today marks the first posting day of the Chinese Whispers CJ 2012. We have three groups swapping this year and I decided to join in with all three :)

My first layout is a lift of a layout called 'Dream maker' but sadly I can't remember who's layout it is to give them the credit. If you recognise it, please do tell me! My version of this layout is using the October Afternoon Boarding Pass range and is one of my Honeymoon photos. We stopped at Lake Garda, Italy, and Connor had a bowl of icecream that was made to look like spagetti bolognase. It was fantastic!

For team two I chose this layout to lift and again I'm not sure who did the original one, sorry! It's simple, but beautiful.The photo that I used for my lift is a candid moment of my son and little bridesmaid as we were getting ready for the wedding. They both look mischievious as they watch what is going on.
I will share my team 3 layout tomorrow as it's not quite finished (but don't tell anyone ;) ).

Have a very good first day of the year everyone x

New Year's Eve

This year has gone so fast. They seem to get faster every year! It seems like only yesterday that I was sharing my favourite layouts of 2010.

2010 was the year that I got even braver with paint and ink, thanks largely to my Scrap365 team mate Lisa Saunders :) The great thing about this layout is that it inspired other people to get a bit messy with paint and ink too. My GoGo pal Sheena told me that this one was inspired by my spring LO, and doesn't it look fab too.
This one is one of my favourites because I love the Rocket Age range, and the colours and because it was one of my favourites of the Scrapfactor competition.
I think that this is the only double layout that I created this year! When I started out all I did was double layouts and now I just don't do them. I should though, especially when I'm doing my wedding album. I'm pleased with how this one came out though and Crate Paper Toy Box was another of my favourite ranges of 2011.

Speaking of wedding albums, this is my favourite of my wedding layouts so far. I have got a little carried away with making paper flowers this year but I do think that they enhance a layout and they are well worth the time it takes to make them. This is one of the layouts that won me 'Scrapbooker of the Year' runner up in The Scrapbook Magazine too so it's hard not to have a soft spot for it.

Another Scrapfactor layout here, this time with no photo. I've done layouts without photos before but this is the first one that I have thought worked. I love that Connor's first writing is now commemorated. When it comes to my favourite GoGo Getaway class of the year it's a hard choice. I've so enjoyed teaching at the retreats and day events and meeting our members. I think that this layout just squeezes past some of the others though. Again, it's partially because I love the paper range, but I also like the composition and the shiny elements.
This one is a favourite for two reasons. Firstly, we had so much fun hunting Easter Eggs in the Park and secondly, the kit from ScrapaGoGo was fab and worked well with this composition.


Today I have set aside for Scrap365 and am keen to get started on my first project for them :) I hope that you all have a wonderful New Year's Eve and that 2012 is full of lots of wonderful memories to capture on film, and later on a page x

Catching up on 2011 Part 5

Layouts towards the end of the year have been few and far apart as I did some maternity cover for my colleague and was working more than usual. But I did enjoy my GoGo kits each month.

This layout commemorates Connor's first day at school. He had done so well and seems so happy to be at school, which is a massive relief.
This is the first of my Honeymoon layouts. We went to Italy and travelled from the North down to Verona. This photo is of my at Juliette's house in Verona, standing on the balcony.
In half term we visited Disneyland Paris courtesy of Connor and my Mum. We all had a great time (although we were all tired at the end of each day) and this layout shows Tony and Connor meeting Buzz Lightyear. Connor was talking about this moment just this week.
Here is another of my 'Milly' layouts. She's such a beautiful cat that it's hard not to take photo after photo of her :)
I think that that is me caught up for this year :) I'm all set to share my Chinese Whispers Layouts on New Years day when we post for the first time.

Catching up on 2011 Part 4

And of course, there have been lots of ScrapaGoGo layouts each month. I've shared some of them already, but here are some more from the fabulous August kit.

This first layout is about our many trips to Legoland. Dad bought Connor and myself a Legoland pass for Christmas/Birthday last year and we've loved being able to visit the park as often as we've wanted. The photos should be even more vaied this year, since Dad got us a Merlin pass!!


And here is a layout from my Hen do. We had a Murder Mystery Dinner with a cast of celebrities and I was Cruella De Vile. I couldn't find a costume that was exactly what I wanted, so I made one and I collected lots and lots of dogs to drag along behind me too :)