Pencil Lines

Its been a while since I uploaded my Pencil Lines layouts to my blog - so here goes!

Sketch 213 was provided by guest designer Laura Buckingham
I used papers from Prima Marketings's Sew Cute collection to create my take on the sketch.

The photos are of my wee nephew, W, who is growing up just too quickly for my liking!!!

Sketch 215 was provided by one of my favourite scrappers and old team mate from my Bad Girls days, Jennifer Mattot.

I used papers and chipboard from the delish Circa 1934 collection by Cosmo Cricket to create my "family" page.

Emma Trout was the guest designer for sketch 217, with the sketch provided by Anna.
I decided to use the sketch to create a double page layout.....of my sister and I sharing our dream to visit South Africa together.

I dug out some old Sassafras papers and teamed them up with some of the new Sassafras Via Air Mail Paper Whimsies and Mini Alpha Stickers. ...I love mixing the old with the new :D

Sketch 218 went live tonight and was provided by Daniel Askeland - go check out his amazing work - he's a really talented fella!

I used Echo Park's Everybody Loves Christmas to create this fun page documenting the fact that its just 6 more sleeps 'til Santa pays us a visit :D

And finally......the winner of the Everybody Loves Christmas collection pack is this lucky lady :D
Email me your address and I'll get the goodies in the post.

Thanks for popping by.
T.x.

Everybody Loves Christmas

The vibrancy and whimsical nature of Echo Parks Everybody Loves Christmas really shouts out to my creative inner self - I just LOVE all of the releases from this relatively new kid on the block.....they certainly hit the right buttons for me and I'm looking forward to getting my mitts on some of their new Be Mine collection very soon - I'm thinking ahead to Valentines projects and a trip to Paris to celebrate my 21st Wedding Anniversary in March!!

Over the past few weeks Ive found myself scrapping more double page layouts than ever before - I'm liking the way I can easily attack the mountain of photos I have waiting to be scrapped - I like the way that multiphoto pages tend to tell more of a story - after all that's what scrapbooking is all about!! Im also journaling on my pages a lot more since I started this double page thing.....I wonder how long it will last????

Here's a double page layout using Everybody Love Christmas -

click on images to see bigger size

I couldn't help myself - I had to hang those baubles from the top of the page!!

I also whizzed up a simple little minibook using the same collection -

and this is how I created it - click on images to see bigger size

If you would like to win yourself an

Echo Park Everybody Loves Christmas Collection Pack then simply leave a comment on this post.

I'll pick one winner on the 17th December 2010.
Open to International Scrappers as well as those from the UK :D

Don't forget to pop over to Pencil Lines tonight - the new sketch goes live at 8pm!

Thanks for dropping by.

T.x.

Tradition

Its been a while since I updated my blog - Ive so many projects to share that I really don't know where to begin!! The reason for my lack of blogging is that Ive been busy looking after Hubs and driving him to and from various hospital appointments - things are moving slowly, but in the right direction :D


Towards the end of November I had the pleasure of spending time with the girls from

3 Jolly Scrappers

- the 5 hour drive across country to join everyone for a days Christmas crafting, was worth driving every mile for, as we had such a wonderful day - plus I got to hang out with some of my scrapping pals whom I don't get to see as much as I'd like.

There are so many wonderful Christmas ranges out there, but this year I think my two firm favourites have been Fancy Pants "Tradition" and Echo Parks "Everybody Loves Christmas".


I whizzed up this page using products from Fancy Pants Tradition collection -

I adore the velvet covered brads and as always Fancy Pants double sided papers are a dream to work with.

With so many wonderfully festive papers to play with I couldn't resist making another paper curled Christmas Wreath......a few people have emailed me to ask how to make one of these and it really is quite simple.

I cut 1/2 inch strips from sheets of 12x12 and simply curled the strips using a bone folder - kinda in the same fashion as you would curl gift wrap ribbon - I found it easier to hold the strips in the centre and curl each end - that way you get really nice tight curls.
The paper curls were then fixed to a polystyrene wreath - I add a dab of Tacky Glue before pinning the curls to the wreath using ordinary dress making pins.

To jazz the wreath up a little, I added some small glass Christmas Tree baubles which I purchased from our local garden centre!!


The wreath I used measures 8.5 inches which required 7 sheets of paper to create enough paper curls to cover it fully.
The wreath takes approx. 1 hour to make from start to finish - I sat curling the paper whilst watching TV!..... It really isn't very taxing at all - although I do think the technique looks quite effective.


With my crafting time being so short at the moment Ive been trying to get quick fixes to ease the withdrawal pains - its feels like forever since I actually sat and spent a good few hours in my scraproom....and I miss it lots *sigh*
I used rubons from Fancy Pants to jazz up this plain white Christmas Tree bauble -

I carefully adhered the rubon and then added Stickles and crystal gems to bling it up...and used Fancy Pants ribbon, tied in a bow, to hang this sparkly pretty from our Christmas Tree.




Check back tomorrow because I'll be sharing how I made a cute little Echo Park Christmas Minibook - as well as a having festive giveaway!


Thanks for dropping by.


T.x.

Scrapping the Old

Whilst sorting through an old box I came across this photo booth photograph of my Grandma and a young girl, which was taken in 1937. Not being exactly sure who the young girl was, I gave my Mom a quick call to see if she may know....and thankfully she did....it was my Moms older sister.
Mom and I chatted for a while about the good old days and it was wonderful to hear the sentiment in her voice as she remembered her childhood days - that's when I decided to set to work and create an album filled with the "good old days" photographs as a Christmas gift, especially for her.

I couldn't resist using product from Glitz Love Nest collection to kick start the album, which is filling up rather nicely :D

Product used - Glitz Designs Love Nest "Polka" patterned paper, Journaling blocks, Glitzers, Whatnots, Paper Layers and Giant Rhinestones.

With Christmas less than two weeks away Ive been busy decking the halls and making our home as festive as can be - Christmas has always been my favourite season - I love the sights, smells and sounds of this festive time of year.

The wall in my office was looking a bit bare so I whizzed up this cute little Festive Wreath using a simple but effective paper curling technique, as well as mixing some older Glitz papers with some new.

Product used - Glitz Designs Love Nest "Block" and Vintage Love "Polka" and "Stripe" Patterned papers.

Ive still presents left to wrap so I better get going!!

T.x.