Back from the USA

Andrew spent three of his four year degree course in Toledo America. The photographs in this layout were taken a few days after he returned in June 2013. We were in a cafe, enjoying tea while waiting to see a show Catherine was working on in Camden.

I used a sketch from this month's Scrap 365 Magazine challenge:

Together with:
Bo Bunny's Zip-A-Dee Doodle Collection papers - Zip-A-Dee Doodle and Zig Zag.
Acrylic paint
Paperchase metallic dot stickers
My Little Shoe Box, Mini Alphabet Stickers - Seaside
American Craft Thickers - Foam Letter Stickers - Elm
Buttons
Washi Tape
Uni Posca Pen - Balck
My Mind's Eye - Cut & Paste - Tiny Word Stickers
Distress Ink
Chipboard colour slide frames (? manufacturer)

The challenge ends tomorrow.
Thanks for looking
Lynn x

12 Days of Christmas Cards

The second class I taught at the Cardinal Colours retreat was a card class. The class kit included everything for making the first five cards of a set of twelve depicting the 12 Days of Christmas, I included instructions for the other seven cards.

The designs were created using the Cricut, Cricut Craft Room, Cindy Loo and The Joys of the Season Cartridge All the cards were 6"x6" square and I used the following items to complete.

6" x 6" Bo Bunny Mistletoe Collection pad, Bazzill, Ribbon, flat-backed pearls, bells, miri card, Googly eyes, gems, stickles, liquid pearls, buttons, My Little Shoe Box Tiny Type letter stickers and sheet music for 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'.

Here are the cards individually:
On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me 'A Partridge in a Pear Tree'.

On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me 'Two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree'.

 

On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me 'Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree'.

On the forth day of Christmas my true love sent to me 'Four Calling Birds, Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree'.

On the fifth day of Christmas my true love sent to me 'Five Gold Rings, Four Calling Birds, Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree'.

On the sixth day of Christmas my true love sent to me 'Six Geese  A Laying, Five Gold Rings, Four Calling Birds, Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree'.

On the seventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me 'Seven Swans A Swimming, Six Geese  A Laying, Five Gold Rings, Four Calling Birds, Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree'.

On the eighth day of Christmas my true love sent to me 'Eight Maids A Milking, Seven Swans A Swimming, Six Geese  A Laying, Five Gold Rings, Four Calling Birds, Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree'.

On the ninth day of Christmas my true love sent to me 'Nine Drummers Drumming, Eight Maids A Milking, Seven Swans A Swimming, Six Geese  A Laying, Five Gold Rings, Four Calling Birds, Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree'.

On the tenth day of Christmas my true love sent to me 'Ten Pipers Piping, Nine Drummers Drumming, Eight Maids A Milking, Seven Swans A Swimming, Six Geese A Laying, Five Gold Rings, Four Calling Birds, Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree'.

On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me 'Eleven Ladies Dancing, Ten Pipers Piping, Nine Drummers Drumming, Eight Maids A Milking, Seven Swans A Swimming, Six Geese A Laying, Five Gold Rings, Four Calling Birds, Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree'. 

On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me 'Twelve Lords A Leaping, Eleven Ladies Dancing, Ten Pipers Piping, Nine Drummers Drumming, Eight Maids A Milking, Seven Swans A Swimming, Six Geese A Laying, Five Gold Rings, Four Calling Birds, Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree'.  

Thank you to all who took the class at the weekend. Please send me a photo of your finished cards to add to the gallery here. Also if you are interested a kit for the first five cards please contact me HERE.


Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Road Trip

Take a look on CSI  for details of Case File No. S365-1 {Special Scrap365 Case File closes August 31, 2013} I'm just in time to solve this one! 

My layout shows Andrew, Catherine and Emily picnicking in the car on a wet road trip through Norfolk in 1996. More memories for the Norfolk Album. 

Here is the case file for this challenge:

This is how I solved it:

The Scheme - All five colours used on layout. Papers are from My Mind's Eye - The Sweetest Thing collection.

Evidence - A road map of Norfolk from an old road atlas. A small section of the area we were in has been cut out and trapped under a watch glass (something transparent). Metal pin.


Testimony - Topic is road trip, my story is tucked into a pocket behind the photo, and the journalling is on three tags. 

The journalling tells the story to the children: We promised you a picnic in the forest as we travelled through Norfolk on holiday .....but it rained! So we had the picnic in the car instead.  You seemed to enjoy this just as much! The three of you climbed into the back to eat together.

Just after you were born we had to buy a bigger car to accommodate all three of you plus a big triplet buggy so we decided on the blue Volvo you named 'Alice'. We had two extra rear facing seats added (which folded flat into the boot floor when not needed). This meant we could travel with the three of you and two extra adults and we could then take three umbrella buggies. You used to love it when we got these seats set up and you would fight over who would sit there as we could only have two of you in these seats. You loved to wave at the people in the car behind and got very mixed reactions!
By the time of this trip you didn't need the buggies very often and we had Auntie Marion and Auntie Beryl with us. On this occasion we were visiting Dad's friends John and Elaine who have just moved to East Dereham. 

In addition I used:
Glimmer Mist (Oops I got some on the photo too!)
Prima Wooden elements.
Prima gem sprays and other gems.
My Little Shoe Box tiny letter stickers.
American Crafts Thickers in two different alphas for title.
Sewing machine and white thread
Martha Stewart border punch for pocket top.

Thanks for looking, and pop over to CSI to see more layouts solving this case.
Lynn x

Sharing a Love of Books

My mum has always loved reading and shared this love with us as children and in turn, with her grandchildren. Here she is reading to Andrew when he was little. All three of my children love reading and books and have quite a collection between them.

This layout was created with a kit designed by Vanessa of Papermaze for the April crop. I have only just got around to using it. 

The content of the kit are:
Basic Grey Serenade papers - 50 pence, Shilling and Avalon
Vellum
Kaisercraft Turtledove paper - Geese
Crate Paper Sleigh Ride paper - Deck the Halls
Ribbon
Kraft Tag
Buttons
Twine
I added a Kaisercraft stamp, Distress stain and inks, DMC Stranded Cotton, My Little Shoebox Tiny Type letter stickers and some Prima letter stickers.

Here is Vanessa's original layout:

Thanks for looking
Lynn x

A Car for Catherine

My final layout from the Merly Impressions retreat last weekend, is this one featuring the Porcelain Rose Kaisercraft collection. My photo is from Father's day two weeks ago when Dad gave Catherine his car. She has just started her driving lessons.

 The kit for this page included Denim Kaisercard, Precious & Artifact papers and the collectables from the Porcelain Rose collection,
There was also a set of Delicate Lace Stamps and some red DMC stranded cotton (which I used but didn't end up including on this page).

I added gems and ribbon and a sheet of white cardstock. I trimmed the card with a Martha Stewart round the page punch set. I also added some tiny letter stickers from My Little Shoebox.

Thanks again to Chrissy for designing this kit, here is her original layout:

Thanks for looking - I will be back with some cards made at the weekend and the box when I have completed it.

Good luck with the driving Catherine. x

Lynn x

90th Birthday Card

Happy birthday to my Auntie Phyl!

I made this cards for the family to send out to Phyl in New Zealand for her 90th birthday celebrations.

I was inspired by one of the Cricut magazines (April '12) and a card made by Shantaie Fowler. However I don't have any of the cartridges she used so set about finding something similar within my own collection.

I used the watering can from the 'Country Life cartridge and I added a tag from Tags Bags, Boxes and More. The '90' was cut with the 'Storybook cartridge.

The flowers were punched with a Stampin Up punch, the leaf fronds are from a Martha Stewart punch
My greeting is stamped with a Lili of the Valley stamp, then cut out and mounted on a circle punched with a Stampin' Up punch and then a scalloped circle punched with a Woodware punch, as are the flower stamen and the corner rounder punches.

I used a smaller Stampin' Up circle punch to cut a circle in the mat behind the can. The ribbon, gems and studs are from my stash. The papers are from Bo Bunny's Garden Girl Collection. Black, green and Kraft Bazzill were also used. The 8" x 8" card blank is from Craft Creations. The letter stickers are from My Little Shoebox. Everything was inked with Colorbox chalk inks.

Have a great birthday Auntie Phyl, wish we could be with you.

Thanks for looking.
Lynn x

Make a Wish

It was my sister's 50th birthday back in April and I was looking through the photos of the celebrations and thought it would be good to scrap this photo of her with the gift we gave her.

This was made in answer to this week's C.S.I. challenge #40

Talk about last minute - the challenge closes in a few hours!

For my Evidence I used polka dots and stripes, Scalloped ovals for my journalling, banners using Stampin' Up punch, Numbers from My Little Shoe Box Tiny Type letter stickers. 

 For the TESTIMONY I chose to use bows on my journalling spots using light Fimo Clay and Martha Stewart clay moulds, painted pink. Three round journalling labels cut from Basic Grey's Basics papers. I used inspiration words - Wish, Special, Happy in my journalling.

The main papers used in this layout were left overs from a Girl's Paperie project I did a few years ago - Paper Girl.

The chipboard word 'WISH' was in my stash - I painted it pink and added a lot of glitter in the form of Ice Stickles.

The flower brads and felt flower strip has also been in my stash for ages, and I added some Paperchase flat backed stickers.

The embossed words 'Birthday', 'Happy' and 'Family' were stickers from a Making Memories kit I found in my stash. I think the big pink fabric Blossom is also from MM.

I used a Marianne Designs die and green cardstock for the leafy swirls.

The scalloped ovals were cut with a set of Sizzix Dies.

Black and pink Chalk Ink from Colorbox.

My journalling reads:

Sylvia - Celebrating your 50th birthday

14th April 2012

A very happy occasion with the family all together for the day. We had a meal at Eden Park followed by Andrew's Apple Pie Cake. your gift was the pink Filofax you wanted and a pen. x

Thanks for looking

Lynn xxx

Rainbow Guides

Over on Scrapology this month we are challenging you to make a layout featuring rainbow colours.

Here is my second layout for the DT gallery, it features my girls, Emily and Catherine when they were enrolled as Rainbow Guides back in 1998.

This is the original layout we scraplifted by Steph Devlin

 

and this is our sketch.

I used a selection of seven Basic Grey Papers from several different collections, together with seven different coloured sheets of Bazzill and a sheet each of black and white.

 I gutted the black Bazzill to give me a frame 1" deep (12" x 12")

I used Martha Stewart Round the Page punch sets to add a floral border to the white Bazzill, and stuck this centrally over the black frame.

Using the black Bazzill left over I mounted my photo, cutting a fine border round three sides of the photo and using the border punch (from the round the page set) again to decorate the bottom edge.

Then I embellished with ribbons, buttons, liquid pearls, flat backed pearls, blossoms and embroidery threads. Creating and arranging flowers in the colour sequence of the rainbow.

I was taught this useful mnemonic as a way to remember the order - Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vein (red, orange yellow green blue indigo and violet).

I used stamps and punches by Stampin' Up and many other punches.

To add the date I used My Little Shoe Box tiny type letter stickers.

I had great fun making this page.

Please pop over to Scrapology 'R is for Rainbow' for more information about the challenge and to see what other members of the DT created.

I'm Gonna Learn How To Fly - CSI #39

For my father's 70th birthday we arranged for for him to have a flying experience in a Gypsy Moth. I have been meaning to scrap this photo ever since the flight during the summer after his birthday in 2004.  As he is 79 today I thought it was time!

This layout is my solution to CSI Case # 39.

A few close up views

This frame was made with Fimo Light and a Martha Stewart mold. Then it was painted with Titanium Gold acrylic paint before rubbing with Craft - T metallic rub on.

The leaves are punched with a Martha Stewart frond punch.

Some images are already on the papers including the news print.

The papers are Bo Bunny's Country Garden, I added rubber stamps from my Mississippi Memories Postage collection and some Hero Arts Biplane stamp.

The butterflies were cut from the paper scraps and flower stamen added for antennae  All glittered with Ice Stickles - crystal ice.

I used my new Memory Box dies for the railings and gate.

The title is created with My Little Shoe Box - Creme Brulee Tiny Type, and American Craft Thickers. The title is from the lyrics of Fame by Irene Cara.

THE SCHEME - USE ALL 5 COLORS:

teal - Taken from his shirt - Baker's Twine, lagoon acrylic paint, Teal High Heal Tattered, Lagoon acrylic paint with bubble wrap. Angels Glimmer Mist Chalkboard. Colorbox chalk ink in sour apple.

orange  - taken from the shading around the fairy - County Garden paper used as a border for the layout. Apricot Glimmer mist.
lime green - taken from the top of his head - Vines paper, title letters 'FLY'.
sky blue - taken from the beaker - Morning Sunrise paper, butterfly, brads.
bright buttery yellow - taken from his head - Ting Type letters, '70' number stickers, 

THE OUAS SKETCH - USE THE SKETCH AS INSPIRATION FOR YOUR DESIGN
You may interpret the elements in the design as you wish, but use the basic composition of the sketch.
You may flip or rotate the sketch to suit your design.
Have fun!

EVIDENCE - CHOOSE AT LEAST TWO ELEMENTS: (Items I included in blue)
rub-ons, leaves, bird, star, little bits and pieces, use chalk or pastels, wings, book pages, globe or map print, frame

TESTIMONY - CHOOSE AT LEAST ONE ELEMENT: (Items I included in blue)
Put your journalling in a little booklet.
Frame your journalling - Framed Dad's age.
Write your journalling on your photograph.
Journal about a lesson learned.- Journalling about a lesson on a long tag which is stored behind photo mat.
Journal in the form of a lesson plan. (Google lesson plan template for other ideas.)
Imitate All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (e.g., you could do All I Really Need to Know I learned from my cat... or from my trip to the beach... or from my kitchen, etc.).
Inspiration Words: fly, learn, horizon-- use these as inspiration for your journaling, not just as a title.

My journalling tells of the day and the experience Dad enjoyed.

Thanks for looking.

Happy Birthday Dad.

Lynn x 

Home Sweet Home - CSI Case # 38

Here is my layout solving CSI case # 38. The photo is of my mother when she was about 4 years old (1938/9). In the back garden of her childhood home in Hampden Avenue Beckenham. She is here together with her Mum and Dad.

I used a variety of papers all from My Mind's Eye, but different collections I have acquired over the years.

Miss Caroline Fiddlesticks - 'Lucky' Tapestry paper as background

Miss Caroline grey woodgrain paper ? name

Lost and Found - Portobello Road 'Party' Looking Glass paper (newsprint mat and looking glass with bird). 

Tres JoLie - Birthday Boy - Circles - brown

Bohemia - 

THE SCHEME - USE ALL 5 COLORS -  items I used highlighted in blue

Bark - brown - taken from the tree - brown paper for tree
Sunday Morning Sky - greenish gray - taken from the background - Papers, American Craft Thickers - velvet
Washed Denim - grayish blue - taken from their jeans - Papers
White Woof - off-white - taken from the dog - Tiny letter stickers 
Leafy - celadon green - taken from leaves on the tree - Punched leaves and papers

THE OUAS SKETCH - USE THE SKETCH AS INSPIRATION FOR YOUR DESIGN

You may interpret the elements in the design as you wish, but use the basic composition of the sketch.
You may flip or rotate the sketch to suit your design.#

Have fun!

EVIDENCE - CHOOSE AT LEAST TWO ELEMENTS:
trees/branches
birds
flowers
newsprint pattern
border
china/silverware/cups/pots,etc. as an accent
dog or other pet accent
misting
woodgrain

TESTIMONY - CHOOSE AT LEAST ONE ELEMENT:

Write in the form of a newspaper article.

Document something about a pet.

Document a daily routine.

Add a border to your journaling spot.

Use the lyrics from Lionel Richie's Easy to inspire your journaling--use the happy or sad (or both) parts of the song.
Inspiration Words: together, read, daily-- use these as inspiration for your journaling, not just as a title - Journalling behind looking glass which lifts out.

The deadline for completing Case File No. 38

is Sunday, September 30, 11:59 p.m. EST.

Thanks For looking

Lynn x

Scrap 365 - Disney in Winter

I loved this month's sketch and wanted to play along with the August Scrap365 Online sketch challenge.

I used some photos of my daughter Catherine in Disneyland in the winter of 2008 during a school trip to Paris.

The August sketch is from a layout by Tomoko Takahashi.

This is what I used:
Patterned papers: Bo Bunny - Country Garden - Garden Dot (reverse side), Charm (stripe side)
My Little Shoe Box - Robots Un-plugged - Metal Stars (die cut sheet)
Sassafras Sunshine Lollipop Cardstock Sticker sheet
3 sheets Bazzill Basics in pink, gery and black
American Crafts Glitter Letter Stickers Rockabye and Roller Rink
Rub-On letters - Doodlebug Design Inc. - All Mixed Up
Doily, Twine, Eyelets, Flat-backed pearls
Stampin' Up Build a Banner Punch
Colorbox Chalk Ink - Blackbird
Making Memories - Button brads

Thanks for the challenge 365.
Thanks for looking.

Lynn x