Scrapbook Page No.47 - Snoozing All Together

Hello and Happy Sunday Everyone,

Hope you have had a lovely weekend. Mine has not only been cooler than of late but we've also had rain. Mostly through the night. It's almost like we're in Camelot!

This is the only page I've made this weekend. I thought I'd used a homemade kit but, on checking, I find it was in fact Hey Little Magpie's Dotty About Flair Crop Kit from a few years ago - possibly 2021. 

The kit came with a page of layout inspirations, one of which I used to create this layout.

The papers and embellishments were mostly in the kit - Maggie Holmes 'Market Square' collection and American Crafts 'Together'. All from 2021. I did add two papers from my stash - Photoplay's 'Notting Hill Bookstore' collection and Bella BLVD's, black 'Florence' letters. 

The cream paper is actually the reverse side of a sheet of wedding themed patterned paper. I've more than one sheet of this so I had no problem tearing into it! 

The photo from 2019 is of my daughter, Juli, with her puppy, Max, and Ziggy the kitten. All having a midday snooze. Don't they look so peaceful and companionable?

Have a great week everyone. 

Take care

Elizabeth

WOYWW Week 894/114 - The Rose Grower

Hello Everyone,

Happy WOYWW to you all. I hope you are well. I'm happy to report that the temperature has dropped to a much more acceptable level up here at last. 

So what's on my workdesk today? That is, apart from the usual muddle of stuff around the working area. I think I need some shelving put up above the desk to hold all these untidy yet essential bits and pieces. Something definitely needs to be done!

Well, there's  a pile of recently completed pages. Yesterday, I forced myself to sit down and add journaling to each page and now they are ready to be filed in the relevant albums. 

On top is a stack of the lists I keep with details about each page made. They come in very useful when I'm posting pages online. 

Just under those is a plastic bag containing the the bits and pieces used in the making of the last scrap page. It includes some dies I used to make heart and butterfly embellishments for this page. The blue letters used in the title are from a set that are so old they are not dated. Producers didn't date scrapbooking products until fairly recently. 

The layout is based on a Premium Sketch from Scrap-a-Sketch. The photo is of my beloved Alan posing proudly under his favourite climbing rose.  He was a keen and knowledgeable rose grower. 

And finally, because I know she has her fan club among you WOYWWers, here's this week's pic of Silver.

This one was taken just after I'd brushed her coat. A service she demands regularly! She's  a very fastidious cat. 

As usual, I'll post this to Sarah's Craft Shed where you can see many much more creative workdesks every Wednesday. If you don't already do so, feel free to join in the fun and show us what's on your workdesk today. You'll be made most welcome.

Have a great WOYWW day and a fabulous week everyone,

Take care everyone,

Elizabeth

Scrapbook Page No.43 - Paws for Thought.

Hello and Happy Sunday Everyone,

I really meant to post this yesterday but I was so busy I just ran out of time. Do you have days like that?

This page is the one I made for Lesson 4 in Shimelle's 3x4 class. 

The photos, just a few of Maggie's Scotties in the City, made this a fun page to put together. Right now, there's 40 large and 52 wee sculptures distributed around Glasgow all to raise awareness of Maggie's Hospice. 

I enjoyed working with the cheerful  blue/green/yellow colour combination and letters from an alpha set that's been in my stash since 2018! 

This self-imposed spending freeze is actually so enjoyable. I'm discovering long forgotten goodies that deserved to have been used long before now!

Hope your weekend has gone well, and that maybe you've been able to squeeze in some serious crafting time too.

Take care everyone, 

Elizabeth