Scrapbooking

Another scrapbook layout from out trip to London - there are so many photo's I want to make layouts with. I need another scrapbook album for this trip and the linen ring binder albums from Stampin' Up! are beautiful, they are so easy to move your layouts around as you add more.

This page shows Lucy's hot chocolate and cake she had at the Garden Cafe after our trip to  Buckingham Palace. The glittered crown is a "pull tab" for the hidden journalling - Lucy got the very last chocolate cake that afternoon.

• Pool Party, Island Indigo, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
• Letter It stamp set
• Chocolate Chip ribbon, Paper Flowers, Basic Pearls, Re-inker

Angela x

Another Scrapbook Layout

Today I have another layout for Lucy's album.  Dressed in her "best" witches outfit ready to go to her friends Halloween party.

I used Basic Black card for the base with some of the soon to be retired Cheerful Treat hostess exclusive papers. I added some black scalloped polka dot ribbon to keep with the "spotty" theme. The colours are Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Lucky Limeade and Melon Mambo.

Although the picture is not that clear here, Lucy's shoes are very glittery and sparkly!!

Angela x

My Princess

 Another layout from our trip to Disney in July 2011 (I will finish it one day?!).  I made Lucy have photos taken with the Disney Princesses as I know if we go again she will not be willing to stand and pose with a Princess as she will be "too old".

It is another of my simple layouts, using some of the lovely Twitterpated papers (don't worry you can stock up on them again soon.....) with the eyelet boarder punch to trim the edges of the paper.  I used the labels framelits to cut out the Apothecary Labels for my journalling. I covered a chipboard crown with a scrap of paper, adding some small buttons and pleated ribbon to complete the layout.

This is an official Disney photo - the only one we bought as we managed to get several nice photos with the Princesses during our visit.

Some of these products have now retired as I didn't manage to get this layout posted on my blog before our trip to London, thankfully I will be able to stock up on the paper as it is making a "comeback" in the NEW catalogue!!!!!  

I have another layout to share with you tomorrow.

Angela x

Summer Scrapbooking

I have been spending time scrapbooking lately and I have completed quite a few layout I will share with you soon.  These photo's are from my mum's garden in June this year, usually there is a lot more colour in her garden but many of the plants have not bloomed as well as usual due to the wet weather this year.

I have used the pretty hostess exclusive papers Cheerful Treat for my layout, with Rose Red, Elegant Eggplant, Pear Pizzaz and Whisper White.

I used a retired stamp set to stamp the background flowers with Rose Red ink.

Here are the pages together, I made a few paper roses and used the Bird Punch to make the leaves.

I used the Labels Collection framelits dies and Apothecary stamp set for my journalling, colouring the flowers with Stampin' Write marker pens.

I have wanted to make a layout of my mum's garden for quite some time but I never got around to taking photos at the right time - my mum does all of her own gardening (there's a lot of grass to cut too) and  prefers "cottage garden" style flowers. 

Angela x

Saltburn

I have just found this photo of a layout I made at a training day back in May run by Stampin' Up!  I have to admit I wouldn't have chosen this picture for the layout but I just took a couple of "Summer" photo's along and hoped they would work, thankfully it did!!

The photo was taken in late April 2011 on a surprisingly hot and sunny day with beautiful blue skies.

The layout uses some of the gorgeous Twitterpated papers with the Blossom punch and 5-Petal Punch, the flags were hand cut, the background card was stamped with the lovely Mixed Bunch stamp set.

There has been some much talked about "yarn bombing" at Saltburn this year.  A length of the pier has been decorated with all kinds of knitted dolls and accessories celebrating the Olympics.

There has been TV crews and many reporters visiting Saltburn as the "yarn bombing" has made global news and no doubt brought many new visitors to this lovely Victorian seaside town.

I think this is what most of us have found our selves doing!!

Sadly not everyone has respected the work that the secret knitters have done - a few weeks ago some of their work was vandalised, so everything was taken down - but not to be beaten the knitters returned their work with a knitted CCTV camera just in time for the start of the Olympics.

After fish & chips on the pier (a seaside must!!) Lucy decided to have a paddle in the sea. I managed to get some good photo's of her - so I think there will be more Saltburn layouts soon!!

Angela x 

Scrapbooking Class

Last night I held my scrapbooking class, its the first one in quite a while, but we hope to make it a regular event now I have a lovely new venue with plenty of space to spread everything out.

These are my layouts for inspiration, everyone got a kit with some Everyday Enchantment papers (only available during July).

I chose some pictures of Lucy attempting to climb a tree for my layout.

The leaves are from the French Foliage stamp set, I stamped a few extra and cut them out & layered them up. I tied some fine organza ribbon in Calypso Coral around them - available FREE when you place an order of £45 or more during July.

I stamped and cut out my title with the Varsity stamp set, adding a few more leaves with organza ribbon for dimension.  I must remember to take my camera next time to take photo's of all of the layouts, as everyone is different!!

It was a lovely relaxed evening, if you fancy joining us for the next class contact me for more details, as places are limited.

Angela x

Jubilee Scrapbooking

Just a quick post this morning to share a Jubilee themed scrapbook layout I made a couple of weeks ago.

This is a layout "cased" from my lovely Stampin' UP! mum Jules - who had shared this with her last scrap booking class.

Lucy had got a gorgeous dress and I tried to get a few nice photo's of her with my new camera, as she is not usually happy about having her photo taken I was quite pleased with these photos. We had decorations and a Jubilee themed tea.

I loved Julie's hand cut bunting and stamped background with lots of "diamonds" too!!

I used the exclusive Simple Letters alphabet dies for my title, the colours are Not Quite Navy, Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White, the crown is from the Artistic Etchings stamp set.

I will be holding my first scrap book class on Friday - if you would like to join this group there are still a few places available, I plan to run a monthly class with a different theme and a kit included to complete a double layout. Contact me if you would like to join our friendly group.

Angela x

More Scrapbooking

As promised here is the other layout I made of Philip.  This picture was taken in Walt Disney Studios Park at the Stars n Cars Parade - we were fortunate to have separate area with wheelchair access to watch this fabulous parade, many of the characters came over and I quickly asked "Donald & Daisy" for a photo.

The colours are taken from the characters costumes - Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight, Rose Red and Whisper White. This layout is also for the In Love With Stamping Birthday Challenge - I used a sketch provided for this page.  

I don't like too much fuss on my pages but I'm getting better at adding "journalling" directly on my layouts and I added a few punched circles, buttons and brads for accents.

I hope to start my scrapbooking classes again - I now have a lovely new venue to hold them at with plenty of space to work, so if you live close to me and would like to come along contact me to find out  more details.

Angela x

Have A Nice Day

Today I have had a nice day scrapbooking!!!  There are so many pictures from our trip to Disneyland Paris last August just waiting to be scrapped.

This is a picture of Philip with Eyore during the early morning character breakfast we booked at Cafe Mickey in the Disney Village.

I used So Saffron, Basic Grey, Basic Black, Pacific Point and Whisper White card and papers for this layout. The chipboard stars are covered with So Saffron paper and Crystal Effects. The title is cut with the exclusive Stampin' Up! timeless Type alphabet - this layout is for the In Love With Stamping 4th Birthday Challenge - "song" - I did my page a little differently as I chose my photo and then scrolled through my i-pod to find a suitable song title "Have A Nice Day" by the Stereophonics.

I would have liked to have told you I had a nice day yesterday - well I did until we arrived back at my car parked in a side street in York to find it like this!!

We found a note from the police and the car not fit for the 50 mile drive home with two children, so an hour later we were on our way home on a break down truck!!

My car was hit by a horse and carriage tourist ride after the horse bolted - thankfully the driver had contacted the police & has public liability insurance.

So now back on to the insurance & hope I get a courtesy car soon while the repairs are carried out!!

I will be back tomorrow with another scrapbook page of Philip, I'm hoping to get some of Lucy with the princesses started tonight.

Angela x

Simply Stampin' Challenge 15

Its time for a new challenge at Simply Stampin' this week we would like to see "anything but a card".

I have been scrapbooking more of the photos that have just been left laying around this week, so I thought I would share one of the layouts I made this week of Lucy.

It was a beautiful but chilly summer afternoon on the top of Carlton Bank watching the hang gliders taking off, yes the sky really was soo blue that day!!

I chose pink for my layout using shades of Pretty in Pink and Pink Pirouette, with a fabulous accent of Marina Mist.  I tore the edge of the page but as usual I have kept the layout simple.  I mixed some Pretty in Pink re-inker with platinmum shimmer paint to paint the On Board chipboard letters.

We would love to see your creations this week at Simply Stampin' Challenge, pop over to the challenge blog to see the fabulous creations the design team have made this week.

I will hopefully get the projects photographed that the ladies at my class made last night & share them with you over the next few days. 

Angela x