Z is For...

Zoe and Zebra!
More scanner bashing, this time some photos from the Isle of Wight 2002!
Everything from***Balance Is Beautiful***by Dawn Inskip and available here...
NDISB, TTS and Pickleberrypop
Except printer block alpha which is by Kim Hill

Journal Your Christmas 2008

Preparations have begun, stash is ordered and I'm already getting excited about the little daily prompts which will soon start dropping in my inbox. Once more I am all set to embark on Shimelle's Journal your Christmas class.

If you'd like to find out more, or even play along visit Shimelle's site here...

http://www.shimelle.com/classes/389/journal-your-christmas/.

If you'd like to see the album I made last year follow this link...

http://littlescrapsofjen.blogspot.com/search/label/Journal%20Your%20Christmas

Riding Sheep

The girls when we visited the Princess of Wales' Memorial Playground in London during the summer.

I Used... Holiday Solids, Evergreen, Happy, Flair Alpha, Journalicious Vol 2, Yuletide all by Michelle Batton at Mellow Butterfly. Funky Junky Alpha by Kate Hadfield.

L'Artiste

Me...
Mostly Parisian Holiday a collab by the designers at Oscrapswith frame from Cozy Moments by Gisela B. Designs at scrapbooking-heaven.de

Edinburgh Nights

A photo I took a couple of Decembers ago when we had a short trip to Edinburgh. It is of the German Christmas market they have each year and the fair.

I used...Glitz Alpha, Foil Snowflakes, Winter Blues Papers, Journalicious Vol 2, Yuletide, Tag You're It Alpha, all by Michelle Batton at Mellow Butterfly

Little Angel

The scanner bashing continues....

Everything from***Angels are Everywhere***by Gisela B. available at scrapbooking-heaven.de

Mona Lisa?

I took this photo of my friend when we had a night out last year and when I put it on my PC I laughed at how she looked like the Mona Lisa. It's sat on my hard drive until this perfect kit came out...***Parisian Holiday***a collab by the designers at Oscraps

Sleep

Our scanner conked out (so did the heating and hot water - but that's another story) and the new one is really good and so I've scanned a few of Zoe's (pre digi camera) baby photos for scrapping....


Here she is at, I'm guessing, about 8 weeks old...

The kit is Balance is Beautiful by Dawn Inskip (see store links on previous post)

And now (as promised ages ago) a photo of my new car...

And now.....the first festive layout of the season!

This is using Gisela B's brand new kit Angels are Everywhere. It's a massive stunner of a kit, go and buy it, I insist :)
The alpha is Glitz alpha (recoloured) by Michelle Batton at Mellow Butterfly.

School Disco

My fantastic month as a guest on Dawn Inskips CT continues. Here is my first page using her latest kit 'Passion' and new alpha 'Puffed Up'...

And my second...

(butterfly is from Cozy moments by Gisela B. )

Can you believe that these two layouts are of the same girl?

Dawns Designs are available at... NDISB and PBP

Grateful

Gisela B has a great kit out called Grateful, I used it here....



My DD2,Mostly Grateful by Gisela B. at scrapbooking-heaven.de, Alpha from O'ktober collab kit by the designers at Oscraps, Date from Make A Date by Dawn Inskip, available at Treasures to Scrap, Pickleberrypop and NDISB.
TFL xxx

Our Pumpkin

When Kev brought home this pumpkin I thought it was a funny shape but actually it really worked as a carved lantern. Its sat outside on Halloween night and was much admired!

I used 'Boo' and 'Date stamps' by Dawn Inskip, available at Pickleberrypop.

(Worn Photo Overlay 2 by Danielle at Catscrap)

Latest pages

Our building work is now well underway and the new windows are looking great and the fascias are coming along. The builders have struggled through gales, rain and even yesterday some snow!



Here are a few of my more recent layouts...





This page used 'Happy' by Michelle Batton at Mellow Butterfly. She made this kit for me!!! Its will be availabe at Mellow Butterfly very soon.





The neolithic village of Skara Brae lies on the Western coast of Orkney Mainland (an island off the north west tip of Scotland). Inhabited between 3100 BC and 2200 BC there are eight houses linked by a series of low alleyways. I used... Get Grungy and berries from A Taste of Autumn both by Gisela B. Designs at scrapbooking-heaven.de

Using: O'Ktober collab kit from Oscraps, Tag! You're It Alpha by Michelle Batton available Oct 16 at Christina Renee Designs and available at MellowButterfly.com in Nov. and Woodland Critters by Michelle Batton available Oct 9 at Christina Renee Designs and available at MellowButterfly.com in Nov. Also Worn Photo Overlays 2 by Danielle .

Everything from Get Grungy by Gisela B Designs at scrapbooking-heaven.de, except Together Alpha by Kim De Smet at Oscraps

Using Giving Thanks Papers by Michelle Batton available Oct 9 at MellowButterfly.com, September Days by Michelle Baton at Mellow Butterfly, Autumn Leaves by Milla Design, Enchanted Forest by Madame Mim and Milla, Frame Cherished Memories by Gisela B at Scrapbooking-Heaven, Worn Photo Overlay 2 by Danielle, Need Some Water by Jofia Defoe.

October Nights Papers by Michelle Batton available Oct 2 at Christina Renee Designs and available at MellowButterfly.com in Nov. Bird's the Word by Michelle Batton coming soon to MellowButterfly.com, Doing the Polka Alpha by Michelle Batton coming soon to the Authentic Artistry Blog at Christina Renee Designs and available at MellowButterfly.com in Nov. Blue Violet by Michelle Batton, available at MellowButterfly.com, A Taste of Autumn by Gisela B. Frames from Essentials by Natali, Flowersprays by Kim De Smet at Oscraps.

Made with Michelle Batton's portion of the Autumn Harvest Collab (Part 2) available exclusively at FaithSisters.com, plus September Days, Simple Pleasures Sequins both by Michelle Batton at Mellow Butterfly, Notes from Big Easy by Vicki Stegall & Paislee Press at Oscraps, Worn Photo Overlay 2 (Danielle), Word Art fom O'Escape collab (Oscraps), Metal Word tab from Freckles and Giggles by Kim De Smet at Oscraps.

Crunchy Lemon Pie

My entry for my friend Mel's recipe CJ...

Mostly Kit No 15 by ON DesignBaby Bead alpha and Worn Photo Overlay 2 by Danielle.Paper (under journalling) from Its Only Natural 2 by Vicki Stegall at Oscraps.

Autumn Magic

Kitty with her face painted :) Kits were Painted with the Autumn Sun by Jofia Defoe and Autumn Leaves by Milla Designs.

This is the girls with their Uncle Ram. I used Perfect Day by Paint the Moon and Worn Photo Overlays 2 by Danielle.

Oops another catch up post!

Things have been busy round here as usual and I got behind! Zoe has settled in well at high school and has started to join clubs etc (oh joy, more taxi driving for me). She's joined the orchestra, and dance club and singing club and she's auditioned for the musical 'Anything Goes'. She got a call-back but is still waiting to hear if she got a part. Kitty has just started Rainbows (younger version of Brownies and part of the Girl Guides movement). I have a new car (more details will follow, I promise).

It occured to me that I should do something with the little houses I got in the swap, and my friend Sue (thanks Sue) came up with some great ideas. So following her suggestion I photographed them all and turned them into digi elements which I then made pages with, printed off and made into an accordion book!

Here are the pages...

The kits I used were Dream Whispers and Diamond Rain by Jofia Defoe.

Now for a few recent layouts...

I used... Autumn Leaves - Milla Designs, Enchanted Forest - Milla and Madame Mim, Baby Bead Alphas - Danielle, all at Catscrap.

I used Shabby Roses by Patricia Christensen at W&W, Big Easy by Vicki Stegall and Paislee Press at Oscraps, Its Only Natural 2 By Vicki Stegall, Cherished Memories by Gisela B at Scrapbooking-Heaven, Baby Bead Alpha and Worn Photo Overlays 2 by Danielle at Catscrap, Festivities Combo by AH Designs and Two Sisters, Angelic by Milla Design at Catscrap. (That's me as a baby)

Everything from Freckles and Giggles new kit from Kim De Smet at Oscraps! Worn Photo Overlay 2 by Danielle at Catscraps, Font SS Whimsy.

I used Big Easy by Vicki Stegall and Paislee Pressand alpha from Its Only Natural 2 by Vicki Stegall, all available at Oscraps

I used:Its Only Natural 2, DIY Birdhouses, 52 Inspirations 2008 - Week 11 (beige flower and brad)All by Vicki Stegall at Oscraps, alsoWorn Photo Overlays by Danielle at Catscrap.

Some News!!!

Vicki Stegall (selling at Oscraps) has asked me to join her creative team! I was, of course, delighted to accept. Here is my first page for her...

Everything on this page is by Vicki and available at Oscraps

(Kits were - Its Only Natural, Glitz Alpha Multicolored, DIY Birdhouses and 52 Inspirations week 11)

Autumn

Well it definitely feels like summer's over here, in fact I don't even think we had summer. But now I feel autumn creeping in and since digi world is bursting with fall kits its time to scrap a couple of photos from last year. Actually DH took these and I found them lurking on his little used camera.


Kit Credits


Also I realised I've not shared my new 'do' well not so new now but here we go anyhoo...

The new specs are there too! (nb, Frame from Cosy Moments by Gisela B.)

Where did the time go?

Seems like only last week that I was struggling up a hospital corridor trying to convince the nurses that yes I was actually in labour, and like yesterday that she was watching teletubbies but It can't be, because this morning my eldest daughter started High-School !!!!

My youngest daughter goes up into year one at primary school (so naturally feels very grown-up)...

It's a quick page by me!!!!

Michelle Batton has a quick page in her Mellow Butterfly store designed by me using her September Days kit !!!! Don't just read my blog .......go buy it HERE :)