Sketchy Thursdays ~ Noa.

So here is my take on this weeks Sketchy Thursdays sketch. A little last minute considering I loved the sketch from the second I saw it. I have just been tied up with other things to get a lot of scrapping done. I have a 100 different ideas for my boys school photos from before Christmas. When they brought them home I just couldn't believe they were my children.

I chose to use some of my patterned papers from the Happy Together line to add a little colour to my page. I wanted to keep it clean & simple on the whole. It turned out to be the absolute opposite. I forgot that I had unscrewed the lid of my Maya mist bottle & knocked it over my whole scrap table & also myself. Any sane person would grab a cloth but not me, I reached straight for my camera. My son laughed so hard, he agrees that I am a little crazy when it comes to taking photos of EVERYTHING! So just for entertainment purposes here is the best shot I got.

Well I guess it's time I got myself to bed! Thank you for stopping by.

Supply List:

Cardstock ~ Bazzill 12x12 White

Fancy Pants Happy

Together ~ Patterned Paper, Rub-ons, Alphas

Ink ~ Maya Mist Hydrangea Blue

A Weekend Round Up ~ Just Because

I don't normally post more than once a week but since I missed posting this week I thought I'd share what I have been working on over the weekend & a couple of funny snaps.

Firstly, Comic Relief was on Friday night. For those of you who have not heard of it, it's an annual fund raising event involving celebrities & people from all across the UK raising money to help others less fortunate. This years catch phrase was 'Do something funny for money'. My children's school decided fancy dress was the way to go & my boys ended up going dressed as a crocodile & a mime. As you can imagine I just can't wait to scrap these pictures.

Here is a shot of my dog Chester who was 6 on the 10th of this month! He is getting old fast, I delivered him as a puppy & he is like a baby to us. I just had to share this because it is so cute!


This is my entry for a challenge over at Scrapbook.com. This gorgeous chipboard frame comes from 3tailscrafts you should stop by there website & check them out there stuff is fab! I made this using the old traditional glass keys people used to give as 21st birthday gifts in the past. I think this is much prettier than they plastic ones available in the stores today.

Here we have my experiment with punching soda cans. This technique seems to everywhere at the minute so I thought I'd try it out. It turned out the only punch I had suitable or strong enough to punch through the aluminium was this small flower punch which was a magazine freebie. I made this card for my grandparents anniversary this week.

And finally last weeks Sketchy Thursdays 2 pager. I eventually got it finished. I must admit I enjoyed it it has been around a year since I did a double page. It's just a shame the picture turned out so badly. I can't seem to win lately maybe I ought to take up some beginners photography lessons.

Thank you for stopping on by, if you enjoyed this post please feel free to show some love.

Ali x

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Sketchy Thursdays ~ April GDT ~ Sweet Memories.

I have been trying hard to produce a layout a week since I started scrapping again recently. Once again with the help of Sketchy Thursdays I have whipped up a page that I L-O-V-E!

As my scrappy friends all know my crusade for 2011 & is to dig into those scraps & leftovers in my scrap room to free up some much needed space. So this is exactly what I aim to do with every page I create. This layout I went all out & used up some of those left over rub-ons that I just can't stand anymore. Not because they aren't nice but simply frustrate me to the heavens to use. I also incorporated the strips I trimmed from my main patterned paper to make the flower on the left hand side of the picture & cut out the green panel of card stock from behind the patterned paper to use above. Talk about making your scrap items S-T-R-E-T-C-H.

And... Here is what I came up with.

This is a picture of my brother & his daughter on vacation. The sketch I used was for the April GDT spot at Sketchy Thursdays & the only added specification was to incorporate spring colours into the page. Nothing screams spring to me more than green & pink. Not a conventional colour combo for me so I really enjoyed working with these colours.

Supply List:

Cardstock ~ American Crafts 12x12

Patterned Paper ~ Dear Lizzy Enchanted Collection

Rub-ons ~ K&Co

Twine ~ Pur-ple.co.uk

Pearls ~ Sarah'scardsltd.co.uk

Ink ~ American Crafts Chestnut

Sketchy Thursdays ~ Smile.

This is my entry for this weeks Sketchy Thursdays sketch.

I borrowed this picture from my younger sisters Facebook photos. I don't know how she does it but she takes the coolest pictures without even trying. Can you believe this is one picture not special effects or software editing!? Here is the picture before I cropped it down for my layout.

I tried to keep this page simple, but couldn't resist inking all the edges & adding rhinestones & pearls here & there. I moved my title from the bottom of the page to the top & tore the paper at one point. Enter the big brown flower to hide the damage. Don't you just hate it when that happens?

Anyway I'm not 100% happy with this page & the lighting in my scrap room does not do the patterned papers justice. But it is finished & another page towards my annual goal of 50.

Supply List:

Cardstock ~American Crafts 12x12 ~ White

Transparency ~ Fancy Pants Glitter Cuts ~ Little Sprout Collection

Patterned Papers ~ Lily Bee ~ Vintage Poppy Collection

Flower ~ Lily Bee

Ticket ~ My Minds Eye

Pearls ~ Sarah's Cards Ltd
Alphas ~ Thickers ~ Lullaby

Chipboard & Felt Border ~ Unknown

Sketchy Thursdays March GDT ~ Hero Worship

So I've had the March GDT sketch from Sketchy Thursdays sitting on my desk for days. I loved this sketch the moment I saw it. I just had to use it not only have I completed this layout using it but I have 2 more planned & ready to be put together also.

In addition to using the sketch the criteria was to include:

Pink & Green OR Red & Turquoise,

A Heart,

&
A list about somebody/something you love.

So I set to work & fulfilling the criteria wasn't as easy as I'd imagined. Who knew how little turquoise stash I own! I got there in the end. This layout is about my son's love of all things hero related. I used the red & turquoise colour scheme which looks awesome together. I included a felt heart & doodled a list of some of his favourite hero's around the edge. I also used some of the patterned paper off cuts to make fan flowers & the banner. A HUGE achievement for me as I am in the process of trying to reduce my many boxes of scraps at the minute.

A huge thank you to all the girls at Sketchy Thursdays, without whose sketches I would never have got back into scrapping lately.

Supply List:

Cardstock ~ Bazzill Basics

Patterned Papers ~ My Little Shoebox ~ Robots Unplugged Collection

Alphas ~ Thickers & Pink Paislee

Card Candy (Brads) ~ Craftwork Cards

Twine ~ Pur-ple

Sketchy Thursdays ~ Learn

Well it's that time of the week where once again Sketchy Thursdays have produced a gorgeous sketch that has motivated me to scrap. I really had fun with this sketch & after fiddling around with three smaller versions of my picture, decided to go in a different direction & replace with three small squares of patterned paper instead.

I had fun with this page. I raided some of my newest stash & thoroughly enjoyed my 'me time'. This picture was taken just before Christmas of my oldest son Owen. I was amazed when the proofs came home from school & asked where the photographer had produced such darling angels from, because surely these children on the pictures in front of me couldn't belong to me! Could they?!

I was especially impressed with Owen's portrait as he isn't really much of a smiler when there's a camera present & that is why I chose his to scrap first. I set to work inking, distressing & misting, all a little out of my comfort zone if I'm honest. I also ran the page through my sewing machine in places. Then I added my current faves, pearls & chipboard buttons a title & a couple of journaling strips & voila a layout was born!

Supply List:

Bazzill Basics ~ 12x12 White cardstock

Maya Road Mist ~ Hydrangea Blue

Pearls ~ Blue & Cream from Sarah'scardsltd

Chipboards Buttons ~ Jenni Bowlin ~ Office

Patterned Papers ~ Fancy Pants ~ Happy Together

Tickets ~ Pink Paislee

Title ~ Thickers

Twine ~ Pur-ple