Meadow Barn Layouts

This time last week I was in a gorgeous converted barn in Herefordshire for the second annual Twilight Addicts weekend away. We had lots of laughs and lots of yummy cake & fajitas, and managed to do lots of scrapping. I completed 4 layouts beating the 3 I did last year! I managed to use most of my Quirky Kit Lite which I was chuffed with. One layout was for the weekly on UKS but I wont show it here as it is a photo of my friends gorgeous little girls. But these were the others I did:

Puppy Dog eyes: Buster looking adorable as ever with his little cuddly friend who he sleeps with.

The Driftwood Hunter: photo is of my SIL looking for driftwood to take home when we went to Wells. I was quite chuffed with this layout as it is quite minimal which is not my usual style.

On the Beach: this is another layout from Wells of just a couple of shots I took on the beach

Beach Huts at Wells

Well its finally March and spring is finally here, it is gorgeous outside! Today is reveal day for Sketch & Scrap. This months sketch was chosen by Ali.

Usually multiple photo sketches like this scare me, mainly because I dont tend to have lots of photos of a particular event, etc to create a LO of! Luckily though I took loads of photos back in the summer when I went to Wells of the lovely beach huts which were perfect for this

I knew I had to use the My Little Shoebox bunting paper as the first thing I think about when I think of beach huts is bunting! The striped paper is American Crafts. 

Its the second Twilight Addicts retreat this weekend so I'll hopefully be able to fill you in on all the goings on next week! xx

Twilight Addicts Weekly Challenge

This week on UKS it is the turn of the Twilight Addicts to set the weekly challenge. For the first 10 points we asked people to use this sketch

10 points would also be given for using a group of photos, and the last 10 points would be given for drawing inspiration from a favourite book. This is my example LO

I drew inspiration from the Shopaholic Series of books by Sophie Kinsella which I LOVE! In these Becky Bloomwood loves the finer,  more expensive things in life. I also like these but I'm more restrained with my spending, mainly cos we have no money, but I was lucky enough to receive some Chanel Perfume for Christmas from Ian (after much nagging lol). The journalling is a Coco Chanel quote: "A woman should be two things classy & fabulous". 

Where did January go?

Where did January go? Seriously looks as though I becoming a once a month blogger which is not good, must try harder! After New Year I got full time hours again as my boss is on maternity leave, baby Sofia was born on New Years Day so work has been hectic meaning when I get home I cant really be bothered to do alot! On the plus side it also means I'm invited to go to the trade shows with them, I went to my first one on Sunday and even though it was a busy day it was fun buying stock for Autumn/Winter 2012 (mad I know)

Anyway back to business! As it is February 1st it means the big Sketch & Scrap reveal...oohhh!! This months sketch was chosen by the lovely Heather

I always say its not offically Christmas until the famous Coca Cola advert with the trucks is on the telly, only then can I get stupidly excited! Imagine how the big kid in me felt when one of the trucks took a detour via Morrison's before Christmas! Needless to say I had to take some photos for a future LO....

I'm going to another show on Sunday, but I promise I have managed to do some more scrapping for an up and coming challenge on UKS, all will be revealed soon! x

First Layout of 2012

Happy New Year! Hope you all had a lovely Christmas and a fab New Year. Yes I know its been another month since my last post but things have been hectic with work, buying and wrapping pressies, etc, but I have started the New Year well buy doing some scrapping yay! I'm a little later for me with my Sketch & Scrap this month but I've managed to finish on time and here it is. This months sketch was set by Suzy.

And this is my layout. Back in September I took part in a Zumbathon to raise money for a local charity. I started Zumba last summer and I LOVE it, I hate exercise but love Zumba as its just dancing! This photo was taken before it started, needless to say after 2 hours of shaking what our mumma gave us we were not as fresh as this!

Sisters In Law

Oops another month has gone by since my last post, sorry! And now we're in December how did that happen! Anyway as its the start of the month that means its Sketch & Scrap time again. This months sketch was set by Wonky AKA Jo

As I've finished Leah's album it means I can now catch up on my own photos. This month I decided to scrap my fave photo at the moment of myself with my SIL Jojo.

This photo was taken during the summer when we went to Wells next the Sea. We spent ages trying to set Jo's self timer, then trying to prop the camera up! Needless to say we had lots of out take photos lol! The papers are all American Crafts papers which I recently brought from my fabulous Twilight Addict friend Gemma. I had planned to use a different border punch to the loopy one but it wasn't playing ball and decided to eat the card instead! I then had another dilemma when it came to the title as I wanted to use the sparkly Thickers but had no T's or E's, so thought I'd use the other Thickers but only had other letters missing so I had to improvise :)  Ahh the fun of scrapping!

Leah's album: last two layouts!

I'm feeling very happy and chuffed with myself this weekend as I've finished Leah's album woohoo!! The first layout was completed for Sketch & Scrap. This months sketch was chosen by the lovely Lesley

I loved this sketch once I'd looked at it a few times, and have to admit I struggled to do it justice on an 8x8 layout so I'll definetly save it for a 12x12. This was my layout...

The photo is of my late grandad Grey who before he retired had a haulage firm with his friend. I moved the circles around on the sketch and used different punches and textures to make each one stand out. The idea for the bakers twine circle came from Hannah Young on her blog, the twine and papers also came in one of her grab boxes.

This last layout was inspired from a layout in the last edition of Scrapbook Magazine by Louise Collins.

The photo is of Leah with her family, my cousin Emma (mummy), her partner John (daddy), and her brother Ben who isnt always crying honest! The paper hearts and gem hearts have been in my stash for ages, gifts brought my family members which I never thought I would use I have to admit! The paper heart was coloured with stickles for extra sparkle.