Chipboard Album

I really love the vintage look at the moment just like so many crafters, so I decided to decorate this chipboard album with that theme.  Using papers I already had in my stash, I have distressed them slightly, and added some brass lettering and charms, gorgeous ribbon, flowers and hat pins.

 

...and another

an extremely plain and simple layout from our holiday to Texas a few years ago. If this crafting energy continues I may finish my holiday album.....just another 300 photos to tackle.

Sketch challenge

I have finally got my entry for Lesley's challenge over on Craftswap Forum.

Here come the girls...

....well, a bit older than girls. This layout is for Lesley's challenge on Craftswap Forum. These photo's were taken last July at my friend Sarah's wedding. We all work together at the local pre-school where we all wear the same uniform of red and black. It was such a surprise when we all turned up and were still wearing the same colours, black and white. We don't scrub up too bad.

Holiday scrapbook

I am determined to finish an album this year. Our last family holiday was to Kefalonia and I have started an 8x8 album. I'm finding it a little more difficult than the 12x12 as I like to put more piccies on each page. These 2 pages pages show one of the most beautiful views I have ever seen and my Husband's amazement at the size of the fruit and veg available.

Christmas Scrapbooking

At last I've got my mojo back. I thought it would never happen, but I've been busy this morning completing 3 layouts for the January scrapbook challenge set by Lesley over at Craftswap Forum. They are 3 very different layouts from different years and are all of my daughter. The colours are not your traditional red and green Christmas colours, but rather a more modern twist.

You will also see that I had a helper in one of the photo's.

Halloween scrapbook L/O

I have just completed this page for the Scrapbook challenge over at Craftswap Forum. This challenge is for November/December and the criteria was Autumn colours, some ripping/tearing, something sparkly and something squiggly. i think I've covered them all here.

Scrapbooking family history

Here is another page I have done using the Cosmo Cricket TSV from QVC. I am attempting to scrapbook old family photo's, so we know who they are in future. This page shows the wedding of my granparents in 1924.

Scrapbook challenge

The scrapbook challenge for October over on Craftswap Forum has been set by Lesley. This month's challenge is to use one photo of one person, two patterned papers and three or more types of embellishments.

I received my gorgoeus Cosmo Cricket TSV from QVC on Friday, and i am going to be using the albums to make a family scrapbook to record photos from the past. The first page I have made is of little old me.........I was so cute once.

Scrapping Christmas

Last but by no means least for today, a scrapbook page I have done of my daughter when she was two. At that age you only had to point a camera at her and this huge cheesy grin would appear.

Holiday scrapping

I have started to scrapbook my Summer holiday in Kefalonia, and decided to do an 8x8 album rather than 12x12 that I'm used to. I have found it a real struggle, don't know why though. Here are 2 of my pages that I've kept simple............which is what I do best, one of my daughter attempting to surf and the other which I thought was lovely piccie of my hubby and daughter off into the sea.

Something old, something new

The scrapbook challenge for this month over at Craftswap Forum is to use something old as in the photo and something new which is the stash. Here is my layout for this month using a photo I found of myself at the age of approximately 3 with my Mum at the local park.

August scrapbook challenge

I've even managed Lesley's August challenge on Craft Swap Forum.

George

I did manage one more layout this week...returning to my simple layout. This is George, and he belongs to my Brother & Sister in law who live in Texas. We met George when we visited them last summer.

In the pink

I haven't managed alot of crafting over the last week as I've been in alot of pain with my back. But I have managed a little scrapbooking.

I sorted through some photos that my Mum gave me and found this lovely piccie of my Daughter standing near the lillies in my parents garden. Lillies are my favourite flowers and these just look so big. I have also moved out of my comfort zone with this layout and added a few more embellishments, so it's not quite the 'simple' layout I'm used too.

Scrapbook challenge on CSF

Lesley has set another great challenge this month over on the Craft Swap Forum. This month's rules are one photo, one colour theme, stitching and make some embellishments.

I have used my favourite photo of my daughter which was taken a few years ago while on holiday in Turkey. I've used a main colour theme of brown/cream and cut an arrow using my Cricut and hand doodled stitching around it in gold.

More scrapbooking

Here are 2 simple layouts I have finished this weekend. One shows 2 of my very favourite animals - the Meerkat and the Otter. They are just so cute and playful, a bit like the second layout which includes photo's of my Daughter and Niece at the pool while holidaying in Texas last year.

Feed me

Found this lovely picture of my daughter feeding herself with Weetabix. I think her face shows just how proud of herself she was-mind you, you can't see the state of the floors and walls. I've experimented with doodling around the edges of the paper/cardstock with this layout.

Ouch - scrapbook layout

Using some card and paper from the recent DCWV TSV on QVC, I have made this layout of Aimee's unfortunate accident. The shapes have been cut using my Cricut.

Scrapbook challenge

This month's scrapbook challenge, set by Lesley on http://www.craftswap.co.uk/ was to do a double layout. I've never done one of these before and is was quite a challenge.