Rainbow Day

This layout was made for the 2025 iNSD challenges on the Page Evans facebook page. The photos show my granddaughter at her Baby Sensory group back in January, and the theme of the week was rainbows. She wore her little rainbow dress, and there wer many rainbow activities to take part in.

For the page I used a sheet of Paige's patterend paper from an older collection, with a pale denim effect printed over it.

I worked the rainbows and clouds in six strands of DMC embroidery cotton.

The title was added with Doodlebug Designs, Alphabet Soup puffy letter stickers.

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Kool Kiwi

Peartree Cutfiles are holding 'Pear it Up challenge for iNSD this year, where there are a series of challenges asking you to pair up two different techniques, cutfiles or embellishments. This one is in response to 'Hidden journalling and one or more flair'.

The photo shows Andrew on the doorstep, ready for school with Kool Kiwi. (the journalling is hidden under the photo, whith a pull tab. (please see below to read journalling).

I used papers (Undisturbed Brilliance), Acetate Assortments and Lasercut Wildflowers from the 49 and Market, Krafty Garden collection.
My title was cut using the Sizzix BIGZXL Handmade Alphabet and more paper from the collection.
The flair are from Peartree, I liked the globe to demonstrate the fact the gift of Kool Kiwi had travelled to us from the otherside of the world. I outlined each flair with some Jute twine.

The Journalling reads:
"Kool Kiwi

When Andrew, Catherine and Emily were in year 1 at school, their teacher; Miss Hunt went off on long term sick leave. There was no-one in the small school to take over teaching the class, so after a few weeks of being taught by the head teacher, Mr Vinall, a temporary teacher came from New Zealand.  Mr. Sparling was an instant success, and ended up teaching the class for two terms, moving up into year 2 with them. He was an excellent teacher and will always be remembered.

Mr Sparling taught the children many interesting things including much about life New Zealand and many Māori traditions. One day he introduced a system for rewarding achievement, effort or good behaviour. At the end of each day the child who stood out the most was allowed to take ‘Kool Kiwi’ home for the night. This was extremely popular and resulted in the children striving to ‘win’ the honour. 

Kool Kiwi was a mascot for the New Zealand All Blacks. He was a soft toy rugby ball that unzipped and turned inside-out to become a kiwi dressed in rugby kit.  With three children in the class, he came home with us a few times.

The kids loved Kool Kiwi and Nan wrote to her sister in New Zealand telling her about the teacher and the toy. Sometime later the New Zealand cousins tracked one down and sent it to us, so we had our very own Kool Kiwi"

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Children's Nurse Training

Challenge five for the Bramford Crop challenge on Facebook this weekend - was to create a scrapbook page from a sketch.

My layout shows me in 1983 then I was doing my 13 month post registration Pardiatric Nurst training at Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton Surreny. I added my hospital badge as my scrapbook seems a good place to keep this treasure.

I used:
White Cardstock
Basic Grey - Oliver collection papers and stickers
Thickers Foam Glitter letter stickers
Distress Stains

this is the sketch designed by Laura Whitaker:

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Happy Birthday Heather and Heather!

What an amazing coincidence, not only does our niece Heather have her birthday today, but a recently acquired friend and distant cousin Heather has her birthday on the same day!

I made the Going Dotty - Mona card to distant cousin Heather - we made contact through Genes Reunited and keep in touch via Facebook.

This is the card I made for niece Heather, who we should have spent the day with yesterday, but the weather put paid to that!

As Heather is an artistic person and loves painting I made her this card with my new 'Annie the Artist' Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp from Elaine at Quixotic Paperie. Annie is coloured with Promarkers.

The base card is made from Dotted Swiss Bazzill in Plum and the patterned papers are Peacock Lane from Bo Bunny, all purchased from Jill at Cardinal Colours. I printed a thumbnail photo in black and white of an old school photo of Heather. The greeting is stamped onto shapes cut with the Stampin' Up Circle and scalloped circle. I added Candy Dots from Craftwork Cards. 

Have a lovely birthday niece Heather and we will catch up soon. Good luck with the driving test next week too. x

Have a lovely birthday cousin Heather.