Chinese Whispers Round 5

Well another month has rolled round and its Chinese Whispers time again. This time round I was copying this layout of Heathers. I decided to use this beautiful die cut sheet of Websters Papers which was part of my Secret Santa pressie from my lovely teamie Dee - thanks hun - I love it all. The picture is my Dad with his sister, Mum, Dad and my Great Grandpa and a couple of other family members. I made the flowers using a spellbinders die and inked the little white carnations to match. Thanks to Heather for the use of her Stampin Up Bird punch for the wee bird and the the branches and the Cuttlebug die for the title. I also used Dee's Ornamental Iron Cricut cardtridge for the wee corner which just finisheds it off I think. All in all it turned out quite well

Just two more rounds to go I think and then I will blog my original layout and all the various takes on it to let you see how it evolved each round.

A Fabby Dabby Scrappy Weekend

Just back from my lovely friend Heather's near Newcastle. Had a great weekend, we were scrapping, chatting, eating and drinking the pink stuff - much the same as we ever do.

Went to the Frozen North crop on the Saturday and thanks to Dee flying all the way from Donegal and our new lovely teamie Clare coming along it was a historic day as seven of our UKS team the Rik Rak Ravers were all together at once and the previous record was six, thankfully Pam was on hand to take some pictures so here we are

Me, Jules, Lesley, Clare, Debbie, Dee and Heather.

Roll on March when we will all be together at the crop again as Dee and I are once again wending our way down to the crop.

Will be back soon with some layouts from the weekend

Photo Fifty

As some of you may know I am embarking on a year long album project as a celebration of the year I will be fifty.  I am doing this.in conjunction with Suzies 365+1 photo challenge and I have set up a seperate blog for this called Photo Fifty where I am posting the photos from the.different prompts.

My album is along the Lines of a Project Life type thing and is filled with a mix of plain qnd divided page 12 x 12 protectors and some 6 x 12 and 8 x 8 ones.

Here is the introduction page and the first page I have done for.January using some of the photos from Suzies prompts.

I just hope I can keep the motivation going for this one all through the year.

Sketch and Scrap December

It was my turn to set the sketch for the Group for December and this lovely sketch from Scrapbooks etc. caught my eye

Here is my version of it. Photo is my son Fraser and his girlfriend on their recent Venice trip.  Fraser commissioned this to go in a frame for part of Emma's Christmas so Im glad they both liked it.

Apologies for the poor quality of the photo but the light wasn't very good and Fraser wanted to take it away to get it wrapped up.

Its Heather's turn for January so looking forward to the 5th to see what sketch she has chosen.

last day of the year

Well 31December today. Cant believe it, Its been a very quick year. Im not a fan of New Years eve really so no Big celebration for me. Im just glad all the festivities are nearly over and we can get back to,normal.

2012 marks the year I will be 50! It will be a New start for me. Life kind of fell apart for me just after my 40th birthday when i discovered my hubbie of 20 years was having an affair with one of my best friends. The last 10 years have been tough for me but I have decided that 2012 will be the year of me.

I am joining with a 365+1 photo challenge which I am combining with a Project life document your year type album and I am determined to keep it going for the while year.

I hope 2012 brings you all health, wealth and happiness. Not much crafting recently and as I pine during the winter for my beloved Beadnell I will leave you with a photo from there.

See you all next year.

Chinese Whispers Round 4

Cant believe we have just completed Round 4 of our teams Chinese Whispers game.

This is my take on it for this month. Ive used papers from my September/October Quirky kit, Studio Calico and American Crafts, I think. The photo is my daughter Fiona on her 18th Birthday. She had harped on and on for ages about wanting to be 18 and get her ID hence the title, Legally Blonde. Thanks to Heather for showing me how to make the flower, thats one spellbinders die I think I might have to ask Santa for.

Looking forward to the next round now - cant believe how quickly we are powering through this challenge, I think theres only three more rounds to go.

A Fab Crafty Weekend

Well I've just had a fabby crafty weekend with my very good friend Heather. We scrapped, sipped the Pink stuff, munched on goodies, laughed our socks off, sang to our hearts content and generally had a good time. I was sorry to see her go home but weather permitting I will be off to Holystone in January to visit her and crop with my frozen north buddies.

Here is my rather late entry for November Sketch and Scrap. Firstly here is the sketch chosen by Jo and this is my interpretation of it.

The picture is my son and daughter walking along one of the Tracks at Center Parcs. I feel the photo has a sort of etheral almost other wordly feel to it. I used up some of.my old papers, i think Mama razzi is.my all time favourite Bo Bunny range.

It was my turn to pick the sketch for this month and Im working on my layout at the moment.