Cherish Forever

I never started scrapping till after my second son was born so I have been trying to go back and scrap my older son when he was little for his album. I'm also trying to keep a balance between the boys as his brother has more photos taken but that's because he is still willing to pose. 

The first LO uses a photo that has been lurking in a drawer for years so I scanned it then used the original as I figured that an album was better than a drawer to be stored in. 

It was for a challenge over on Studio Calico to use something new on a LO. In this case it was some Studio Calico Atlantic sequins and cork chevrons that I was able to snag from Sarah's Cards. They arrived super quick,  in fact if I had been lucky enough to get them from Studio Calico they wouldn't have been here yet as my May kit is still on it's way over. I also used papers and a Project Life card from last months Spencer's kits as well as an old title from Pink Paislee. 

LO two is one I did to record DS1 first computer game love which was World of Warcraft. He never plays it now but I wanted to record it as he loved it and really got to grips with gaming by playing it. He was able to play it with my brother so he really enjoyed that aspect of having someone to discuss it with. Interests change and he would never play it now but it is good to capture these things. DS2 told me yesterday that he will always love Moshi Monsters even when he is big. I just smiled.
I used a Project Life card from Jennifer Johner and the papers are from various Quirky and Studio Calico kits that I mixed together.

TFL.x

NSD Challenges

I was inspired by the National Scrapbook challenges on the web this weekend and produced these three projects.

Firstly was a challenge from SJ Crafts to use one manufacturer only.  I chose Studio Calico as I have plenty of their products and I wanted to use some stash up as well. The papers are the Snippets collection with some exclusive vellum from the April kit. The stamps, die cuts and even the alpha are their products. The photo has been lying around waiting to be scrapped so I'm pleased it's in an album now. 

Challenge two from Studio Calico was to incorporate a digital element. I used a digital stamp and coloured him with my one Copic and some Distress markers. I have to admit to having no idea where I got him from as I don't seem to have kept his location as usual. If you know can you give me the link please? He's a cute stamp for boy cards and I did a birthday card with more Studio Calico Here and There collection. The pads were on the table so they were being used the most this weekend.

Challenge three also Studio Calico was to use five different patterned papers. The LO was inspired by the Always Be You card from my Project Life kit this month and I then used MME and Studio Calico papers for the LO.

I hope you had a creative NSD and enjoyed yourself. TFL.x

Someone Like You DID CJ.

Happy Belated National Scrapbook Day. I was scrapping yesterday after being inspired by various challenges on the web for NSD. I have done two LOs and a card so far and some more ideas are still bubbling away.

In the meantime here is my entry for Pat's DID CJ this month. I chose the song Someone Like You  by Adele which I loved.

I sprayed the background with Dylusions sprays first and then did some of the ghosting technique with a letter stencil. I stamped some background stamps with black Stazon and a Navy SU ink. The stamps were a Chinese character one, a Kaisercraft butterfly one, a VivaLasVegas one and the Unity Brave Girl set I thought fitted the theme of the song.

I have been inspired by some of the previous entries to do some freehand drawing and have been doing heads and shoulders mostly. No faces yet as I'm not happy with them but it's coming. I used some Sharpie poster paint pens and Neocolor crayons to do the head. I actually think the lack of a face fits the theme of the song. The couple on the other side are a Silhouette cut on the Coredinations cardstock which I distressed around the edges and then put some of the song lines on with my trusty Dymo.

I have to admit to making no additions to the other entries this time as I couldn't see how I could add anything else to complement what was there. I wondered if it's because we are in the final stretches of the CJ. Pop over to Collabor-art and see the other entries so far.TFL.x

Hello Darling

This LO uses the April sketch challenge from Sarah's Cards blog as its base. I use sketches when my mojo has escaped and after my holiday frenzy last week it's gone to ground. I have to find the sketch inspiring in the first place so I keep a board on Pinterest just for that. It's here if you want a look.

The LO is mostly Darling Dear from Studio Calico which is one of my favourite collections from them. It's very male/boy friendly and I keeping going back to use it. I luckily got a grab bag of the collection from Studio Calico after I had used up most of my original supply. I also added some of this months Project Life kit from them with Basic Gray tags I got from the shop. 

I scrapped this photo as I'm trying to scrap older photos and non boy photos for the albums as well so there are records of us in the albums. TFL.x

Sulky Dog and Sweet Love

The perk of being off on holiday is catching up with things like crafting, blogging and the dreaded housework (not so much of that I will admit to lol). These are the last two LOs I made with my kit mix I have been using up for the last few LOs. I'm up to date with my Document pages and have scrapped some other photos where I wanted to record the little things before I forget about them. 

This LO has some Glitz Uncharted Waters paper added which I love. It has been my only non kit purchase this year and it's very nice. I can see it getting a lot of use. This LO is probably the only one lately that also doesn't have a journaling card from the Studio Calico Project Life kits on it. 

Chewie has a spot in my mums house where he likes to stare at us and sulk in general if we are not giving him enough attention. It's very funny he is such an attention hound.

This LO is all about Sizzles the dog from Charlie and Lola who is a favourite toy just now. I had to order him from America in the end as he is very rare in the UK but it was worth it. The boys interests and toy loves change each year so it will be nice to look back in years to come and remember some of them. I also used some Pink Paislee Artisan Words I had as the title.

TFL.x

February Document 2013

These two LOs were for my February Document 2013 pages. I used a mix of Quirky Kits and Studio Calico kits. The papers are mostly MME, Studio Calico and ILS. I even found a Studio Calico Fabrip, a sticky fabric sheet and used some of it. I think it was before its time as I can see lots of uses for it now and they don't make them anymore typical.

The first LO was inspired by Aleida's Challenge see here for more information but the challenge is to take a photo of yourself with your children once a month. You can see that one handed IPhone photo taking generates a lot of hilarity but I do love the photo so I scrapped it.

This LO is about the Stroopwafel frenzy that hit our house after my DH brought some home from Holland after a business trip. Luckily he was back and forth a few times in the month as they never lasted long and we eventually found a local stockist when the trips stopped. It was one of those funny little moments I wanted to remember.

TFL.x

CSci

I don't scrap about myself that much but I am taking a couple of classes this year that are about incorporating yourself and your stories as well as recording everyone else's. I am particularly bad at getting in front of the camera so I have been trying to take more "selfies"  so there is a record of me in our albums.

This LO uses a Quirky Kit I think with some odds and ends from the desk as usual. I'm stash busting and have mixed a few kits together so that's why I'm not entirely sure. The papers are Studio Calico and MME with some journaling cards from the Studio Calico Project Life kits. I coloured the ribbon with distress ink so it fitted in better with the colour scheme. I even cracked printing my journaling card out using a template and tutorial from Paislee Press here.

I finally became a Chartered Scientist in 2011 and I wanted to record it. There has been a lot of studying along the way and at one point when I first left University I thought it was not to be but it's funny how things turn out eventually. I even used some pink and some bling a rarity for me lol.TFL.x