Friday, November 05, 2010

Making Time

Like many other Scrapbookers out there, I am and Wife and a Mother and sometimes, thankfully not very often......just sometimes, everyday life gets a little hairy.
Our days as Moms can be filled with many things - caring for our children and partners, working, cleaning house as well as taking responsibility for the transportation needs of the entire household - including the family dog!!!
As a busy Mom I'm very aware how important it is to indulge in a little "ME" time and to remind myself of this, I have a sign hanging in my scrapping space which says -

"Make time, for Play time".

With my available scrapping time being very limited at the moment, I snatched an hour or two to squeeze in a much needed crafting session, where I created this simple page by combining a sketch from Pencil Lines and my favourite Hoopla papers and product from Glitz Designs.

I stamped the fancy frames on to acetate using Stazon, and then cut them out before adding the photographs using 3d foam pads.


Using up the scraps of papers from the layout and a Tim Holtz Sizzix die I made this greetings card for a couple of friends who are celebrating a very special occasion in their lives.



Product used:
Glitz Design Hoopla Polka, Zebra,Cake and Floral
Glitz Designs Fancy Frames Clear Stamps
Glitz Designs Glitzers
Glitz Designs Frosting

How do you ensure you make time for your play time?
I'd love to know.

Thanks for dropping by.
Tracie.x.
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11 comments:

Zarah said...

Those are FANTASTIC!! I loooove them!

aina said...

Beautiful LO! Love the colors and details! Have a nice weekend :-)

Erika said...

Wow stunning LO and beautiful card.

Fluffy said...

I'm lucky to only work part-time in the mornings so once I get home from work and the dogs are walked I am generally drawn up to the craft room for a play X

Jonna said...

What a stunning layout! And I really liked the card as well.

A Soldier Girl said...

I am so jealous everyone has the new papers but me THIS IS SO PRETTY. I am going to order some now from the internet LOVE IT

Sophia said...

Gorgeous projects, so glad you got some time to play a bit...must have been good for your soul...<3

Esti said...

Wowee, Your LO is absolutely gorgeous!!! Thanks for reminding me how important playtime is:) Life sometimes gets the better of us!

scrappingtwins said...

what a great projects you have made, totally super!!!
Time is not for sale otherwise, we are going to buy it.

hugs from the twins

domestic goddess said...

beautiful card hun xx

Scrappy~Sarah said...

Hope you get that all important me time, I know how precious it is. Your layouts are beautiful too. Loving the vibrancy in the green