Kazzy's mumblings

Snug and Warm...

2012-01-24T21:08:00.000Z

This is a super quick post to add this cute layout of my scrummy little nephew Ben....

Santa's Little Helpers

2012-01-23T21:57:00.000Z

I am so thrilled to have had an unexpected day off on Friday plus a rainy weekend which meant I got to spend a few hours in my craft room...(I haven't been in there much lately!). I got to make a few layouts making a start on the piles of photo's I have waiting to go in albums.

I loved this photo of my nephews and neice which was in the Christmas card they sent to me so I scrapped this one first

Is it too late?.......

2012-01-21T09:17:00.002Z

to say happy new year?!!!!!

Oh dear, my poor neglected blog!

Bling it on!

2011-11-27T21:18:00.001Z

In the quest to complete some more Christmas cards (and not have them all the same...which is sooo tempting!) I've been seeking out some challenge blogs. So this card was made to fit in with the brief for some 'bling' at Less is More

Unfortunately it's been quite dark here lately so that's the best piccie I could get! Hope you like it. TFL

Does this make my butt look big?

2011-11-14T19:11:00.000Z

I love this stamp! It's such fun. I've taken part in the Cute Card Thursday challenge this week.......

The papers are from here.

Christmas give away

2011-11-14T14:46:00.002Z

Checkout this blog giveaway here.

Friendly Snowman

2011-11-14T12:58:00.000Z

I'm getting more organised for Christmas, I've bought and even wrapped a few gifts and I'm well on the way to having handmade cards for all of my family and friends too!

Here's a couple more using up scraps of patterned paper (mme colorful Christmas) and a digi stamp called from friendly snowman from Pink Cat Studios

Everybody loves Christmas...cards

2011-11-13T09:03:00.000Z

Just dropping in to share 3 cards I made with the Echo Park 'Everybody Loves Christmas' digi papers and elements - all available here.

I'm on a roll now with my card making for Christmas...phew!

Promarkers and digi stamps

2011-11-09T20:13:00.000Z

I've always made a few cards here and there, but never really bought much stash for making them...they usually stem from left over scrapbooking supplies. Just recently though whilst doing a bit of blog hopping I've become more interested in some amazing cards I've seen using stamped images and fab shading using promarkers or copics. Now, copics are priced out of my range but I did find a great deal on sets of promarkers at Cowling and Wilcox so last week I got a few pack to try out...well, I LOVE THEM! They are so easy to use and come in such fab colours how could I not like them? Anyway, since I don't own many stamps I decided to have a go with some digi stamps...there are some great ones that can be downloaded free or for a very small charge so this has been my starting point!

Next, I decided to take part in a challenge.....So week 125 at Passion for Promarkers has the theme of 'Kraft plus one other colour' . Since I really like using kraft card in scrapping I thought this could be a great starting point for me! So here's my card....

The paper is a digi kit by Zoe Pearn called Winter Wonderland , the image stamp is from Digi Stamp boutique and the sentiment stamp is a freebie from cuddly buddly.

TFL x

Haunted Eden

2011-10-28T17:13:00.001+01:00

I took these photos yesterday and created the collage this morning and scrapped them this afternoon...I think that's a record for me!!! They always manage to do something nice and seasonal at Eden Project and this Halloween is no exception with a 'wishcraft' exhibit featuring lots of spooky activities including the 'pumpkin butcher'! he carved some amazing pumpkins giving my guys food for thought on how to carve theirs this year!

The layout is based on this weeks sketch at sketchy Thursdays

Ben

2011-10-28T17:04:00.000+01:00

Finally on Friday of half term week I managed to get a couple of hours in my craft room to get a bit of scrapping done! It's been a busy old week with lots of painting (rooms not pictures!!) and also sleepovers, shopping and a visit to Eden Project to ice skate....lots of fun!
Anyway I decided to kit start the scrapping again with a sketch from Sketchabilities
it's my super cutie pie nephew......

Better than summer!

2011-10-03T19:52:00.001+01:00

This weekend of high temperatures and glorious sunshine has been better than we get in the summer! I don't think I've ever lay on a beach and been swimming in the sea (without a wetsuit) on October in the UK before....I did this weekend! It was so great to have a few days of warmth and some time relaxing at the beach followed by a barbeque last night...top weekend!

Rough & tumble

2011-09-20T21:21:00.000+01:00

A quick post to add a layout of my cutie pie little niece Caitie bashing her uncle!! Made using loads of scraps of paper left over from several scrapagogo kits. I vowed not to buy any more scrapping goodies until I had made a considerable dent in the stash I already had...doing OK so far!

Busy little beach baby

2011-09-19T09:30:00.000+01:00

Woohoo I did some scrapping over the weekend (rainy days are quite welcome sometimes!!). It's my scrumptious little nephew Ben having loads of fun on the beach eating sand and his yellow spade! It's based on sketch #66 from Sketch Savvy.

It's been a long time...........

2011-09-16T13:44:00.000+01:00

since I last posted on here and a very long time since I did any scrapbooking! I had a six week break in the summer and did lots of visiting family and friends and also had an amazing trip to New York and Washington DC, both of which were totally fabulous.
We are now all back into the work/school routine with Beth having started at her new school and Dan entering his final school year...yikes! where did that time go? So I guess it's time to get some of the thousands (literally!!!) of photo's scrapped that we took on our travels.
So I'm off now to check out my fav challenge blogs to get some inspiration to get me going again - watch this space!

Happy

2011-07-17T21:51:00.000+01:00

Just another quicky for today to blog a LO I did based on this weeks sketch at Sassy lil sketches

Quick scrapping!

2011-07-17T18:21:00.000+01:00

These were the photo's we took on Friday and I have scrapped them already....highly unusual for me!
The LO is based on sketch 245 at pencil lines

Girls from Grease

2011-07-16T22:15:00.001+01:00

It was Beth's year six leavers disco at school last night...the theme was Rock 'n' Roll so she got dolled up for the occasion. Here she is with her best friend........

Always happy to be together...........

2011-06-23T21:44:00.000+01:00

that's Dan, Beth and Ethan, and they will be tomorrow since we are all getting together for a weekend away to celebrate dad's 70th birthday. Hoping to take a fresh batch of photo's to start scrapping nexy week too!

This LO was based on sketch 243 at pencil lines and I'm still using up old scrapagogo stash for the use it up challenge!

Funny girl

2011-06-23T13:24:00.000+01:00

Beth loves to lark around and has a great sense of fun and playfulness about her....I love it (in small doses!)
I did this LO using up scraps from lots of leftover scrapagogo kits and worked from sketch 161 at creative scrappers as my inspiration point. TFL x

Sun shine smile

2011-06-18T21:39:00.000+01:00

This is based on sketch #106 at Twisted sketches and features my lovely nephew Ethan. This was the first time I used spray ink on a LO...I must say I'm pretty pleased with the result!

Modern Day Princess

2011-06-18T20:42:00.001+01:00

Just thought I'd post this LO I did for sketch 242 at Pencil lines of my super cute neice in her snow white dress brandishing a light sabre...she doesn't need a handsome prince to rescue her...she can take care of herself!!! All supplies used from various scrapagogo kits.

Remember when it was sunny?

2011-06-17T12:46:00.000+01:00

It's rained so much this week, I'm longing for some lovely warm sunshine again, so it cheered me up a bit to make a LO from a sunny day of my little neice Caitie playing in the garden. I used this weeks sketch from Stuck as my starting point and all of the supplies are from the February kit from Scrapagogo. Thanks for looking!

Leap Frog

2011-06-12T13:34:00.000+01:00

I'm trying to get back into taking part in some sketch challenges over the coming weeks, here is the first of many (hopefully!!) It's for this weeks sketch at Sketchy Thursdays and feature Dan and Beth larking around doing leap frog!

Travel journal

2011-06-09T18:20:00.002+01:00

I made one of these a couple of years ago for our Florida trip...it was great to jot notes in and add tickets, maps, park guides etc to. It also made it much easier when it came to scrapping my photos to add detail to my journaling. So, this year we have booked to go to New York for 4 days then on to Washington for a further 7 days, and since we are gonna be very busy whilst we are there I have started another to record the little details of the trip that I might otherwise forget. These are some of the pages I have done so far......

GCSE treats

2011-06-09T17:47:00.000+01:00

Dan is almost at the end of his GCSE exams and considering he is only 15 (his school offer an accelerated curriculum) he has coped amazingly well...taking it all in his stride, he has studied hard and applied himself so well. I though it was therefore time for an after school treat........

They are white choc chip muffins topped with vanilla frosting and strawberry chocolate curls and fresh strawberries...he has a VERY sweet tooth so was delighted with them! Just had to make him a latte to complete the snack! I wonder how many weight watchers points they are? !! Maybe if I work REALLY hard at Zumba tonight I might be able to have one?

A great day out

2011-06-03T21:48:00.000+01:00

I love half term......especially when the sun is shining, it makes me feel so happy and relaxed, and today was no exception, we went to Lydford Gorge for a nice walk, had a look at White lady falls and the Devil's cauldron, all of which were fab! We also sat in a bird hide for a while and saw several birds as well as some super cute squirrels...they kept us entertained for quite a while (will try to post some piccies tomorrow). On the way home we stopped off at the farm to pick some strawberries....YUM!

All by myself

2011-06-02T16:44:00.000+01:00

Caitie (my neice) is quite a feisty little tot and like to do things HER way and in HER own time....like explorig the beach here....

Tranquility

2011-05-21T16:11:00.000+01:00

Sketch #47 from sketchbilites was perfect for a LO I had in mind using one of my fabby scrapagogo kits....

Life takes over AGAIN!

2011-05-21T14:11:00.001+01:00

I can't believe I haven't blogged for almost three months!! Where did that time go? I guess I have just been caught up in the everyday things that life brings and not really had that much spare time to do any scrapping or blogging.....

Well, this week I have had a bit of slack, so I managed a few trips to the craft room and ripped into some paper (new and old kits) and made these......

Meet Ben

2011-02-28T19:08:00.000Z

My gorgeous new baby nephew arrived on Saturday evening. I only have one photo of him so far but have already done a digi page!

Catchin' on

2011-02-24T11:52:00.001Z

Well, I've been doing a bit more digi scrappin' and I think it's sinking in now enough that I'm managing some simple layouts without having to flip back and forth between tutorials now - woohoo!

Pencil lines have a great sketch right now and a template to work from in digi so I've created this layout using that template....

One sketch two layouts

2011-02-23T09:18:00.000Z

For this weeks sketch (144) at creative scrappers I've done two layouts, one is traditional paper scrapping and the other is digi, hope you like them both!

I used my kit from scrapagogo for the paper one and a mixture of a couple of digi kits both by Zoe Pearn from sweet shoppe designs

Dabbling in digi again

2011-02-22T12:38:00.002Z

In my quest to learn how to use PSE I have been watching a few more digi tutorials and had another bash at digi scrapping...I love paper scrapping so digi won't ever replace that but sometimes it's just nice to try something new for a change. I used this kit from Zoe Pearn.

Sketchy Thursday's 2.17

2011-02-22T08:24:00.000Z

Another challenge layout for a sketch over at sketchy Thursdays

BOO

2011-02-22T08:19:00.000Z

Yep Halloween this time...yes I know it's February, but I just got around to scrapping these for a challenge here

Plodding on

2011-02-20T08:32:00.001Z

I'm getting through the photo's from last year that I really wanted to scrap...not too many to go now to be ready to move on the this year's. This LO is form photo's taken late spring in the bluebell woods, and I've used mainly 'Attic Treasures' kit from scrapagogo to complete it.

Just gonna have a spot of brekkie then we're off the Eden project for Dan to do some photography towards his art GCSE course work. TFL x

Autumn 'staged'

2011-02-16T19:54:00.001Z

I've been busy creating a few more layouts to get me nearer to completion of the pages for my 2010 albums...here's another one.
This was a fun day throwing leaves around to capture the shots, hence the title 'staged'.

New blog banner

2011-02-14T23:14:00.000Z

I've just been playing around in picasa following a tutorial here and in less than 10 minutes made a new blog banner....hope you like it!

Fossil hunting

2011-02-14T22:04:00.000Z

This collection of photo's was from Oct half term...so I'm still catching up!...can't wait to start on this years stuff, but have challenged myself to get last year's albums completed before I start on this years.

Check this out!

2011-02-14T11:28:00.003Z

Scrapagogo member showcase

Yup...it's me!

Out of sync

2011-02-13T19:24:00.000Z

I'm still scrapping last halloween and Christmas...completely out of sync with real time!!!

Still winter

2011-02-10T20:01:00.000Z

It's still winter, but instead of crisp white snow and cold frosty weather we have mist, 'mild' temperatures and dreary grey skies full of rain clouds.....this damp weather plays havoc with my hair....it makes it go wavy and yucky and I officially hate it! We did have a nice snowfall back in December though and we made the most of it by going out walking and sledging. I created this layout of Dan on the sledge this week to remind me that 'proper' winter weather is GREAT!

Still going....

2011-02-09T18:36:00.000Z

Getting more scrapping done that is............

So Sweet.....

2011-02-07T09:40:00.000Z

that's the title of my layout for this weeks challenge at creative scrappers.

A sketch

2011-02-06T19:35:00.001Z

I love taking inspiration for a layout from a sketch, it's really great at kick starting the creative process when you've not done any scrapping for a while.

Scrapagogo not only produce great kits, but also provide loads of inspiration too....this layout is based on the Feb 'Blueprint to go' sketch.

It's my lovely little nephew looking so smart ready for his first day in school.......

Done some scrapping...woohoo!

2011-02-06T12:23:00.001Z

Well following on from my previous post I did really have good intentions of blogging and scrapping and did neither - whoops!! Life has been so busy with helping Beth with her school project, making sure Dan gets enough revision for GCSE's done and getting ready for my Ofsted inspection which I had this week...all went well and I can settle down again knowing that I'm doing a good job!

I went to my craft room yesterday armed with a sketch challenge from Creative Scrappers (141) and this is what I came up with...

Best of intentions

2011-01-04T10:51:00.000Z

I am very aware that my blog has been seriously neglected over the past couple of months. I always have really good intentions to blog often, but somehow life takes over and before I know it another few weeks have passed by! I wonder how every other blogger manages to maintain a lively, interesting and frequent blog?

I'm not one for making new year resolutions, but I am seriously gonne try hard to blog often in the coming months......who am I trying to kid?!!!

2011

2011-01-01T18:01:00.001Z

Happy New Year! Hope it's a great one.

Promarker giveaway

2010-11-23T19:31:00.000Z

Check this blog out if you want to be in with a chance of winning.

Christmas cards...the beginning

2010-11-18T16:16:00.000Z

I wanted to make a few cards for special people and got carried away and have made 47 so far! I'm enjoying making them so I'm gonna carry on and make a few more.

These ones were made using a digi kit called Winter Wonderland by Zoe Pearn.

The ones above were using another digi kit called Still Joyful Hearts.

Picnik

2010-10-30T23:55:00.001+01:00

I've just been having a little play around with picnik to see what I could do with some of the vampire photo's we took....

I'm pleased with the results so far, and will be doing lots more photo editing from now on...what fun!

Half Term Oct 2010

2010-10-29T21:11:00.000+01:00

I love to getaway during the half term holidays...especially October, and this year was no exception, we spent a fab few days in Dorset, visiting Dorchester, Durdle Door, Brownsea Island and Charmouth to do a spot of fossil hunting. The weather was cold but dry and sunny, so we were happy bunnies!, and we all had a great time and well deserved time to relax and just enjoy each others company.
We took a few photo's, that I will hopefully get to scrap very soon : )

Vampire

2010-10-15T20:38:00.000+01:00

Just a super quickie to add a piccie of Beth, all dressed up for her school halloween disco this evening.....

Birthday wishes

2010-09-26T19:41:00.000+01:00

This week saw the 11th birthday of my darling gorgeous girl.....

Happy Birthday Beth!xx

She had a lovely celebratory weekend with her best friend, we went shopping, baked cupcakes, made calzone pizzas, watched movies, ate popcorn and went swimming....totally fab weekend!

Back again!

2010-09-20T10:31:00.000+01:00

Just a quickie to show a LO I did at the weekend based on the 15th Sept sketch at Stuck

A case of neglect

2010-09-20T10:26:00.000+01:00

Yep...I've neglected my blog AGAIN! Life just seems to take over and before I know it another 3 weeks has passed with no blogging.
Anyway I was feeling poorly this weekend, so stayed home and chilled out and actually managed to get some scrapping done.

This LO was based on sketch 121 at Creative scrappers....

TFL x

In no particular order...

2010-08-30T09:41:00.000+01:00

I have been scrapping various photos from various events just for the fun of it.........

I'm sad that the summer holidays are nearly over, the weather has not been great, in fact it's been pretty yucky, but we have made the most of our time off and done lots of fun things together. I must say, that I am really not looking forward to having to set the alarm clock again and get up early again on Thursday!!

TFL x

Summer hols just flyng by!

2010-08-15T20:01:00.000+01:00

Where has the time gone? One minute I'm looking at six weeks hols and the next I'm wondering how I got to over half way through and feeling like I blinked and missed some of it! I LOVE having the kids home on holiday, and this year is no exception. We've not done a foreign holiday, but gone out on lots of day trips and just had fun hanging out at home and it has been bliss.

I even managed a bit of scrapping (all quite random!)....

Thanks for looking!

Walk this way

2010-08-02T08:05:00.000+01:00

Another scrapbook layout from me...can you believe it?

This is from sketch 115 at Creative scrappers....WARNING - It's very RED!

Paris (in Florida!)

2010-08-01T20:42:00.000+01:00

Just a super quickie to post another layout I did based on this weeks sketch at Pencil Lines...

The need for speed

2010-08-01T13:34:00.001+01:00

Ah Sunday! I love Sundays it's always a relaxed day around here for us, we often go for a swim straight after breakfast then have a light lunch followed by whatever we want to do and then a nice family meal in the evening. Today was no exception, we've had our swim and lunch, the boys are watching the F1 GP and me and Beth are just gonna make a moussaka for later so that we can spend some time in the craft room together later. I think we're maybe gonna bake some cakes too, so that we'll have some goodies to take out on picnics this coming week.

Anyway, over at sassy lil' sketches this week is this sketch...

And here's my take on the sketch (only two photo's though which I suppose is cheating!)

This sketch was great for using up loads of leftover bits of patterned paper that have been piling up on my desk!

Where is Melman?

2010-07-31T13:05:00.000+01:00

The story behind this layout is when Dan has an ache or pain we always call him Melman after the sickly

giraffe in the madagascar movie! So when we saw these guys at universal studios we just had to get a photo of them together. It's based around sketch 114 at Creative scrappers and I've used mainly scrapagogo kit stuff here.

TFL x

10

2010-07-30T20:59:00.000+01:00

Well, the school summer break is here...and yeah, you guessed it, its raining! To be fair though it hasn't rained all week, so we have been strawberry picking and out to Mount Edgecumbe country park and also been to the cinema (Toy Story 3) and out for lunch, so we've had a nice time so far all the same.

I took the opportunity to sneak off to the craft room for a couple of hours today though and had a go at the sketch over at Pencil lines right now (197), here's what I came up with.....

TFL x

Happy scrapping

2010-07-23T10:50:00.000+01:00

Finally I've managed to spend some time in the my craft room and completed some layouts....I was beginning to think I was never gonna get in there.

I had 3 Scrapagogo kits piled up unused, so thought it was high time I made a start on them, here's what I came up with....

Struggling

2010-07-11T21:18:00.000+01:00

Just popped in to say that I'm still around and have not abandoned the blog completely yet! Life is hectic right now and I do not see it getting any quieter for a while, I have not done any scrapping for the past 3 weeks, I have two full unused scrapagogo kits with another about to be delivered and I feel a bit like a hamster on a wheel perpetually going around and around!

Dan is off to Spain tomorrow for a week long school residential...he's gonna have a fab time, but I'm a bit anxious...typical mum! Maybe a few minutes in the craft room would be good for me....I'll try to make layout this week.....

Stuck?!

2010-06-12T16:01:00.000+01:00

I've found another sketch challenge blog called Stuck?! , they have a great sketch there at the moment and I thought it was perfect for the photo's I wanted to scrap of my guys and their quest to collect pressed coins....

m&m heaven

2010-06-12T15:20:00.000+01:00

I just finished doing this layout about our visit to the m&m shop in a mall in Orlando. We were in there ages, and bought quite a lot of choccie too!

Jump!

2010-06-11T14:25:00.000+01:00

Here's this weeks sketch from sketchy Thursdays

Diggin' in the sand

2010-06-11T14:14:00.001+01:00

Pencil lines have a great sketch to join in with this week....

Here's my take on it...

Shade

2010-06-10T14:36:00.000+01:00

Just a super quick update to share a layout I did for sketch 107 at Creative scrappers

TFL x

Top half term!

2010-06-07T18:03:00.000+01:00

Well it's back to work today after a fab week off for half term. We made the most of the great sunny weather and had 3 days at the beach, 2 of which we were body boarding and the other just having fun in the sun with Ethan and Caitlin......

It's hard to believe it was so nice since it's barely stopped raining today!
I've just gathered some up to date challenge sketches, so I'm hoping to get a couple of layouts done this week.....hopefully!
TFL x

R & R

2010-06-01T20:23:00.000+01:00

Just popped in quickly to add a layout I did to fit sketch 5.27 at Sketchy Thursday. Yet again it's another holiday one! I just have so many photo's from the holiday that I wanna scrap...I've done 38 LO's so far.....

I also managed to use up some really old stash too....happy days!

TFL x

Relax

2010-05-31T18:46:00.000+01:00

Relax... a great word for a bank holiday weekend. The weather hasn't been as great as it could have been, but we had good time at our 'home' footie tournament yesterday, and have been swimming and just chilling out at home today, which means I got some scrapping done!

Relax is also the title of this layout which I did for challenge #106 at Creative Scrappers.

A scrap lift

2010-05-20T18:23:00.002+01:00

I don't often scrap lift pages...not sure why because there are so many fab ones out there, but one of Angies called 'chillin in spring' really caught my eye....

and here's my take on it.... I think the way the title is done is what caught my eye the most...I knew it would fit well with this photo. Thanks so much for the inspiration Angie!

Old times

2010-05-20T18:15:00.001+01:00

I've just finished this layout to fit in with sketch #050 at twisted sketches...I'm not sure that I'm that happy with it really.....

Sketchy Thursday 5.13

2010-05-20T18:10:00.000+01:00

I'm a bit late with this one, since this week's sketch is up already!, but thought I'd put it on the blog anyway!

Big (huge!) apple

2010-05-15T17:43:00.001+01:00

During the Easter break we went to Cothele house, which is very local to us. It has a very old orchard there and also a newly planted one, which because it's so new only has very small trees at the moment, so to make it more interesting there is this great big apple in the centre and also some willow sculptures....It's really lovely.

Happy Birthday MUM!

2010-05-13T14:21:00.001+01:00

Just baking your cake!!

Great sketch!

2010-05-12T19:50:00.000+01:00

I have had fun playing around with this sketch from Sketchy Thursday.

Here's the LO I came up with...

It documents Dan's reluctance to have photo's with characters on our last Disney trip! He's such a great sport!

What is it about Wednesday?

2010-05-12T19:33:00.000+01:00

By late afternoon on Wednesday during an average working week I always feel completely worn out! Why is that? More than any other time of the week I feel tired and grumpy, and I always feel like I need a glass of wine and /or a nibble of something sweet or chocolatey! Well, this evening I have done both, I've had lovely glass of very chilled chenin blanc, and a banana muffin....and do you know what?...., I feel better for having them both!!! Not sure how I'll feel about that when I step on the scales at the weekend though!

Castle

2010-05-11T13:50:00.000+01:00

There's a fab sketch challenge at sketchy thursday at the mo, this is the sketch...

And here's my take on it.

I managed to use my new Martha Stewart doily lace punch,and used up some older papers and embellishments too! I really like circular elements on my pages at the moment!
TFL

Onwards and upwards

2010-05-10T17:25:00.000+01:00

Spurred on by finally getting a scrapbook layout done at the weekend, I decided to keep going and this is what I came up with (Mainly using up bits n pieces from old scrapagogo kits) speaking of which, a new one will be popping through my letterbox very soon...Yipee!

TFL! x

Soaked

2010-05-10T16:32:00.001+01:00

Blimey has it been a week since I last blogged? Where does time go I wonder? I could do with 36 hours days some times!

I've done little by way of scrapping, because I've had so little spare time and then when I have had chance I've lacked inspiration....however, help was at hand in the form of Create & Co with a great sketch to get me going again. Here's what I came up with... Thanks girls!

Tower of Terror

2010-05-03T13:35:00.000+01:00

I'm so happy to be getting so many of our Florida holiday photo's scrapped.
This one is based on sketch 4.29 at Sketchy Thursday. I seem to be turning to Kraft cardstock more and more at the moment, I really like the look it gives to my layouts. I'm also trying to use up some of my older stash since I just keep buying new stuff, the older stuff has been piling up! So apart from my monthly scrapagogo kit, I'm trying not to buy any more stash for a while....wonder how long that will last?!!!

Antony House

2010-05-02T21:08:00.001+01:00

Have you seen the new Alice in Wonderland (Tim Burton version)? Then you may recognise some of the following places.....

Poor neglected blog

2010-04-26T13:53:00.000+01:00

I can't believe it's so long since I last came near this blog. We've had a really nice Easter break with lots of days out and then it was back to work last week, with me not even going into the craft room for two weeks!
Well I did have a couple of hours in there over the weekend, and did this layout to tie in with challenge 183 at Pencil Lines

This next one loosely fits the sketch for challenge 101 at Creative scrappers

Anyway, just a flying visit, gotta dash again! TFL x

Funny little guy

2010-04-06T18:50:00.000+01:00

Just popped in to share a layout I did based on the sketch over at twisted sketches this week. It's of my two children and their cutie pie cousin Ethan...he's a nightmare to get a photo of because he won't look at you when you are taking the shot, or he gets distracted and just giggles all the time and tries to rope the others in with his joke!

Converse All Stars

2010-04-06T15:01:00.000+01:00

Dan loves his All Stars. He took these photo's for a still life project he was doing and I decided to make a quick collage in picasa to document them. The layout fits in with the sketch 4.1 at Sketchy Thursday.

TFL x

Easter

2010-04-06T14:56:00.000+01:00

We've had a lovely sweet, chocolatey, food filled Easter! Beth made some lovely choccy rice nests, and we made strawberry pavlova, banoffee pie and creme brulee's together. All the family came for Sunday roast and an egg hunt, which was loads of fun!

I really need to eat healthily and get on that exercise bike again this week!!

Block party bash

2010-03-30T20:12:00.000+01:00

I'm really enjoying scrapping the photo's from our Florida holiday, even though it was last November, it's great to 're-live' those days as I make the layouts. This one is based on the sketch #042 at twisted sketches, the twist is to include 'flight' in the page...mine is VERY tenuous...the link is a very small photo of Buzz Lightyear!

TFL x

Quick post!

2010-03-30T13:57:00.000+01:00

Time is just flying so fast at the moment! Just thought I'd pop in with a super quick post to share a layout I did from the Pencil lines 179 sketch....even though sketch 180 is up already!!!

2010-03-22T13:09:00.000Z

I thought I'd just share this layout I did for the sketch at Sketchy Thursday this week. It's quite minimalist for me with far more 'white space' than I am comfortable with!!

TFL x

Twisted sketches #041

2010-03-21T20:15:00.000Z

Just a quickie post to share a layout I did for this weeks sketch at twisted sketches......

Bliss

2010-03-21T20:10:00.000Z

Hiya, after going for a swim this morning I've had a nice lazy day at home catching up with some scrappy challenges and having some time relaxing with the rest of the family...bliss!

I have thrown myself into scrapping lots of our last holiday photo's and must say I'm having a great time remembering some of the lovely times we had. Like this one here.......

It's loosely baesd on the sketch 178 at Pencil lines this week. I've had this leftover paper from cosmo cricket for a while and decided it was high time I used it up! Thanks for looking x

So glad it's the weekend!

2010-03-20T14:38:00.000Z

I've had a busy and challenging working week and to top it off have got a cold, so I'm feeling a bit sorry for myself right now! Anyway, this morning I took Dan to footy and stood in the rain watching the match (we lost 6-0 Ouch!), but it was nice to be out and even though we lost I enjoyed the game.

I'm really pleased with this month's scrapgogo kit, so much so that I've already done 2 layouts with it and it only arrived on Thursday!

Go go power rangers!

2010-03-19T17:36:00.001Z

This is my take on this week sketch over at Creative Scrappers. Dan really didn't want to pose for a photo, but we managed to persuade him that his cousin Ethan would love to see him with the power rangers! I've only included a very small photo of Dan in the layout since he was so embarassed about it!! I've used some of this months fab scrapgogo kit.

Scrapagogo hybrids

2010-03-18T11:59:00.002Z

I am currently trying to get to grips with PSE6 and decided it would be fun to try a layout only using this months scrapagogo hybrid kit. It's quite a basic layout, no drop shadows or anything too complicated, but since I am a complete beginner (this is only my third digi layout!) I am quite pleased with it.

I'm now off to play with the real paper kit...woohoo! Thanks for looking!

Turkey Legs

2010-03-17T14:03:00.001Z

Dan and Beth loved those huge turkey legs that you can buy at Magic Kingdom, so I just had to record it.
* edited to add...they didn't eat a whole one each, we did share!!!*

I am really happy to have managed to do so much scrapping this week, and since I have a day off tomorrow, I may get even more done! :) I'm hoping to join in with some of the sketch challenge blogs to get the inspiration flowing freely. Thanks for looking x

Victorian miss

2010-03-16T16:39:00.000Z

Just wanted to share a photo of Beth in her victorian costume that she wore yesterday for a themed school visit to Powderham Castle. It's great what you can do with an old valance sheet and sewing machine isn't it?!

Also a super quick layout (it's all I get time for!) of some of the halloween display at universal studios from our holiday last year.