2015 Christmas Lego - Gingerbread House

Today I'm back with my third Christmas layout made with the December Papermaze kit. To purchase the kit have a look at the great new shop website, you will find all the products used on my post, and much, much more.  Details of how the layout was made can be found on the Scrap Paper Scissors blog.

This layout using the Mistletoe Kisses SVG file from Pink Fresh Studio, shows photos of a Christmas Lego project my big kids enjoyed building - Christmas eve 2015.

From the kit I used:Kaisercraft - Enchanted collection - Imagine 
Simple Stories - Holly Jolly collection - Cozy Christmas
Authentique - Rejoice collection - Rejoice #22Fawn, Buttermint & Safari Bazzill



From my own stash:
Fired Brick Distress Inks3D foam padsPink Fresh Studio Mini Puffy Alpha Stickers - Just a Little Lovely.
Bigz XL Alphabet Sizzix die WonderlandCrystal Stickles & Xmas Red Stickles
Chipboard 'Merry Christmas'
Glossy Accents

I still have plenty of papers left so will be back with three more layouts soon.
Thanks for looking
Lynn x

New Tradition - Maybe?!

We actually had all three of the 'children' at home for a few hours this morning. Andrew arrived back from Brighton late last night, Emily and her fiancé, Jack came to us after a show they had been to see in Wembley and Catherine arrived this morning as she has a rare day off. So they shared a few hours over a late breakfast in pyjamas!

Who would have thought they would enjoy building a gingerbread house with a difference so much! This year it is a Lego model, a limited edition for 2015 - this delightful Lego model, which is more complicated to build than it looks, and has many more pieces that I expected. 

It caused a great deal of fun and laughter without any washing up!

I wonder if this could become a new tradition for Christmas in the Cooper household.

The rear elevation:

Single room property, with rom to develop the loft space.  Stained glass windows, and skylights with removable chimney, edible home decor, comes flat-packed and ready to assemble. Mature gardens surround the property. I may just have been looking at too many property details recently!

Lots of fun for the 'no-so' little ones!
Thanks for looking
Lynn x

Oh Christmas Tree!

I went to St Pancreas International Station to meet Emily off the East Midlands train from Nottingham, returning her from Uni for the holiday.

A Christmas tree that's ten metres high and made completely out of Lego bricks has been built at the station. The tree took two months to build and contains 600,000 bricks. There are more than 1,000 Lego baubles attacked to its 172 branches and according to Lego it is the tallest tree ever made using the toy building bricks. Children from local primary schools were involved in the building of the tree which rises up from the ground floor of the station.

From the top of the escalator looking down. With the Olympic Rings in the distance.

More detail of the baubles and branches. 

This poster near the tree lists 12 reasons for visiting the station this Christmas, but misses off meeting your loved ones returning home for Christmas!

Emily arriving at the barrier and ....

... by the tree.

This year I managed to get near enough to this statue of John Betjeman to take a photo and read the inscription. Last year they were filming a news programme here.

Betjeman stands on a circle of slate, which is inscribed in two rings. The inner ring is Betjeman's name and dates and the words “Who saved this glorious station”. The outer ring contains words from the poem Cornish Cliffs: “And in the shadowless unclouded glare / Deep blue above us fades to whiteness where / A misty sea-line meets the wash of air.”

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The detail of the Olympic rings.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
We have All three of our children home for a few weeks now. Andrew also arrived later in the evening via Euston from Manchester and Catherine by car from Twickenham.