Sunday Scraps and a Snippet Make

Afternoon All,

I sincerely hope you are having a better Sunday than we are here - it's grey, it's raining and it's soggy out! All the more reason to stay in and craft, methinks.

I'm still participating in Mind The Scrap's Summer Challenge, and this week the 5 requirements are making it a real stinker! I've having to do a lot of head scratching to come up with a plan for my pages. However, here's four from the previous week.

Chipmunk Kisses

I know it looks more like a rat, and the thought of kissing a rat makes me shudder, but it's a chipmunk ... only marginally more kissable in my book but my great-granddaughter clearly thinks differently. This is a blonde chipmunk called Luna. I got to use a lot of old stash up on this page, including some beautiful die-cut trim kindly sent to me by Maureen - ScrappyMo of Scraps of Life - many moons ago.

Swingtime

Love this photo of my little great-grandson, Brodie. He has the sweetest smile ever. I finally found a reason to use those footballs which were fussy cut from paper that Maureen also included in the same parcel as the trims used in the page above.

Arriving at the Irish Ball

This lovely photo is of my daughter, Juli, and her husband, Graeme, all dressed up for the ball which was held in honour of and to raise funds for their friend, Gerry Hughes - the first deaf person to sail round the world. That was a few years ago  - he's now retired and writing a book about his experiences. Juli loved that dress, and recalls with pride that it was a size 6! I, on the other hand, remember that the slippery fabric was difficult to shorten - Juli, like me, is somewhat vertically challenged.

Happy

Another lovely photo, this time of my oldest grandson, William, and his fiancee, Heather, enjoying a holiday in Salou. This design was lifted from a layout I spotted on another Facebook group. Cutting out all those triangles from scraps and snippets of paper was a bit time consuming, as was placing them around the photo but worth the effort I think.

And finally, a real snippet make.

It was my daughter's birthday recently and I had the paper to wrap her present but not a matching gift card so I had a look in my snippet basket and found the perfect spotty scrap. All I had to do was cut it to size, trim the 'shoulders', add the stamped image and staple on a scrap of ribbon ...

... et voila! One matching label. The stamp is a Docraft Papermania Typography Stamp 'Daughter'.

It's been a while but I'm taking a trip to Pixie's Playground to submit this snippet make today.

It's nothing special but it does show that it pays to hang on to all the little snippets because you never know when they might come in useful.

That's me for today. It's back to the challenge now - got to figure out what to make next.

Take care and have a lovely Sunday - whatever the weather.

What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday - Week 479

Afternoon Everyone

Late again! Very late again! And for WOYWW over at Julia's Stamping Ground!!! The fact is that I haven't been anywhere near my desk since this photo was taken early this morning.

It's a mess! The EM and  I have been playing hooky, enjoying lunch out and a trip down to Alloway just for fun. But, I'm here now, refreshed and ready to get scrapping again. Photos, pretty papers, sticker sheets, Brushos and the usual detritus of the scrapper. The keyboard I'm typing on now was balanced precariously at the back there - I've yet to find a satisfactory place for it when not in use.

I've been shopping and thought you might like to see what new stuff I have to play with.

This is the mixed media pack from Mind The Scrap this month. BoBunny  Doubledot Pearlescent Gold drops - similar to Nuvo Crystal Drops I think -  rose coloured Zing embossing powder and American Crafts embossing pens in three sizes - broad, medium and brush tip. I can see I'm going to have to try these out - I'll post the results once I've had a play.

I was at a crop on Sunday. It was fun meeting new crafty ladies and I got a couple of pages made ... that's a bit of a record for me! There was a shop there - so tempting - I succumbed to a tub of textured paste and a pack of small stencil brushes - very useful. Something else to experiment with.




As I said, I had a lovely time at the crop.

Not only did I have fun getting to know these lovely ladies but I also spotted a clever trick for making lettering look extra special ... I'll be giving it a go on a layout soon.


Finally, just one book this week.

I found this book, Summer in Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber very entertaining  to listen to. The owner of A Good Yarn wool shop decided to offer a Knit to Quit class bringing together and interesting mix of people - all with something or someone they want to quit. This book is an easy and entertaining read and the characters were, with the exception of a two-timing ex-fiance, very likable. It's a perfect summer book.

Hope you've all been enjoying WOYWW and that you will have a great week ahead.

More Scrapbook Pages

Afternoon Everyone,

I hope you all had a lovely weekend and that Monday hasn't been too bad either.

Here's a couple more challenge pages I made over the weekend.

Sunkissed Fruit

These photos are a lovely reminder of our holiday in Italy in June 1998. The fruit stall was by the side of the road on the way to Positano and the lemons, which were enormous, sweet and juicy - nothing like the ones we buy in the shops here - were growing in many of the gardens we could see from the roadside. I used a stencil to create the butterflies.

Good Vibes

These photos were taken on my granddaughter's 12th birthday. She was absolutely delighted when her big brother gave her a much wished for guitar. Three years on she is quite the proficient guitarist. I used a stencil to create the guitar on the background.

I went to a crop yesterday, met a lot of lovely ladies and thoroughly enjoyed myself. I also managed to complete another two more pages - I will post them later.

In the meantime, I hope you have a great evening.