Seaton

52 Walks with my Camera 2010 - Week 30

These pictures were taken walking around the Electric Tramway Stops at either end of the line Seaton to Colyton.

Log - 52 Walks with My Camera in 2010 so far:1. Bexleyheath, 2. Woodbridge River Front, 3. Hall Place Greenhouses, 4. Chislehurst, 5. Bluewater, 6. Theatre Land,7. Leeds, 8. Orford, 9. Snape, 10. Chatham,11. Nottingham, 12. Twickenham, 13. Woodbridge. 14. Red House. 15. Debden House. 16. RAF Bentwaters. 17 Friston and Saxmundham. 18. Ufford. 19. Wickham Market. 20. Greenwich Royal Park. 21. Felixstowe. 22. Trafalgar Square to Leicester Square Gardens. 23. Garden. 24. St James' Park. 25. Hall Place Gardents. 26. Moot Hall - Aldeburgh. 27. Shere. 28. Beer. 29. Lyme Regis. 30. Seaton.

Variation on a theme

Just a while ago I posted about a layout I made called Garden Girls. It was a scraplift of one of Anita's layouts.

I made another one in completely different shades. This time it features photographs of my mother taken by my father before they were married. I will need to ask her for more details. The papers are another range by Fancy Pants. This time I used Rose Petals from the Wishful Thinking line. The lettering for the title is from American Crafts.

Award

Hey look at this award! It's from my talented blogging friend Anita. Please pop over and check out her blog and all her beautiful work. Many thanks Anita.

So here are some rules I need to follow:-

* Thank the person who gave it to you. Thanks again Anita :) x

* Tell seven things about yourself. See below.

* Pass the award of to five other bloggers who you think are fantastic...... see below!

1. I plucked up the courage to go back to Slimming World again last night and get restarted on a diet. I have let things slip this last year!

2. I am in the process of starting a new blog as a monthly challenge / inspiration blog for scrappers. I hope my scrapping blogging friends will all enjoy this and take part and that it will appeal to lots of friends I don't know yet too. So watch this space.

3. I shall be doing make and take sessions at Jill's Cardinal Colours Retreat in September. Using the Cricut.
Which has got to be my favourite cutting tool. Take a look at Jill's Website. If you are not already booked in, I think there may be a few places left.

4. This is a big year for my family as I was 50 in May and our triplets were 18 in march.

5. My son Andrew and daughters Emily and Catherine, are all waiting to hear if they got the A level grades needed for University. I have lost count of how many universities we have looked at over the last 12 months, most of them are featured on my blog.

6. I used to be obsessed by cross stitch. When the babies were born and I was at home more, it was an ideal hobby. Guess all the walls are full now and everyone has had enough of my cross stitch gifts! Back in 1993 I started a cross stitch club called Stitching Friends, who still meet in Crayford every other week on a Tuesday night.

7. My favourite scrap booking papers (if I could only ever use one) are from the Basic Grey range.

Passing this on to other bloggers.
Anita sent this award to me, she also set it to Linda, Karen, Liz and Jill so she has pinched some of my talented firends. I chose to send the award to five more talented people Claire, Alison, Lynn, Elaine and Gabrielle. Please take a moment or two to look at their blogs and all the clever things they have made.

Beautiful Bows

This weeks Kraftin' Kimmie challenge (Week 38) is to include a bow on your card.

Here is my easel card using Kraftin' Kimmie's 'Polly' from Quixotic Paperie. The papers are from an old 6 x 6" K and Co. wedding paper pad. The greeting is from Stampin' Up. I have used chalk inks, glitter, pearls, perfect pearls, ribbon and blossoms from my stash. I used a Marther Stuart border punch and the Stampin' Up scalloped circle punch.

Thanks for looking.

Wow - New Fairytale Kimmies!

Just had to show you the new fairytale Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps which have been released today. There is a blog hop to all the design teams creations. It's great fun to see what has been created with each stamp. You can buy them from the USA direct or from Elaine at her online SHOP . Look for inspiration on Elaines' blog Quixotic cards.

Here is an image or two or three of each of the stamps. All can be seen with more detail on the blog hop:

Rapunzel

Little Red

Goldilocks

Snow White

Cinderella

Swan Princess

Looking forward to working with these images on my cards.

Lyme

52 Walks With My Camera 2010 - Lyme, Dorset - Week 29

This week's walk is around the seaside town of Lyme Regis. Situated in the South West of Dorset, Lyme Regis is an historic unspoiled seaside resort and fishing port on the world famous Cobb harbour. Surrounded by beautiful coastlines and countryside, the area has now been awarded World Heritage Site Status; famous for its geology and fossil finds.

The lamps are an interesting ammonite shell shape.

Showing more detail of the sun dial, drain pipe and ammonite fossils.

The Cobb

Our lovely friend Frances.

The pretty rows of pastel coloured beach huts.

Log - 52 Walks with My Camera in 2010 so far:1. Bexleyheath, 2. Woodbridge River Front, 3. Hall Place Greenhouses, 4. Chislehurst, 5. Bluewater, 6. Theatre Land,7. Leeds, 8. Orford, 9. Snape, 10. Chatham,11. Nottingham, 12. Twickenham, 13. Woodbridge. 14. Red House. 15. Debden House. 16. RAF Bentwaters. 17 Friston and Saxmundham. 18. Ufford. 19. Wickham Market. 20. Greenwich Royal Park. 21. Felixstowe. 22. Trafalgar Square to Leicester Square Gardens. 23. Garden. 24. St James' Park. 25. Hall Place Gardents. 26. Moot Hall - Aldeburgh. 27. Shere. 28. Beer. 29. Lyme Regis.

Artists' Impressions

The old cottage where we are staying with our friends in Beer has been subject to many drawings, paintings and photographs over the years. It is a grade II listed building. I took lots of photos around the village and many of the house itself from the outside. I have included them here after photos of the framed pictures of the house which hang inside. The house is called Shepherds Cottage and is two cottages made into one.

My photographs:

There are more images on Old Photos of Beer.