So Thankful....

My Basic Grey Page of the Month kit for October arrived from my scrappy club The Scrap Room I am a HUGE fan of Basic Grey, it was the first line of paper I bought when I started scrapping and would now be the mainstay of my paper collection!!!

This months papers were the gorgeous Pyrus collection and the sample layout that came with it was stunning so I set about scrap lifting it :o)  I love the POTM kits as it contains everything you will need to create a layout and there is always loads left so that you can do another layout or 3!!! 

Gorjuss Girls meet Basic Grey...........

So its been a while since I made cards but the old mojo kicked in last night when I came across some gorjuss girl images that I had coloured in using Distress Inks (love this technique). This little lady is one of my favourites, she is just sooooo pretty and I figured that the orange was bright enough so after a root through my stash I decided to mount her on some Basic Grey Basic Manila paper that I got from Cardz n Scrapz.  I added some ribbon and a cherry blossom and she was finished.

I then teamed another of the wee girls with some Basic Grey papers from the Basic Grey Lemonade collection (also from Cardz n Scrapz), added some gems and ickle flower blossoms and another card was done.

thanks for peeking!!!

Look who is 3

Been scrapping up a storm lately just never seem to get the right light to take a decent picture!!!  This is one of my recent makes, the pictures are from my son's birthday last year!  I know.....shame on me for only scrapping them now!!!  The layout is based on a sketch from Julie Bonner and the papers are from my October scrappy kit from The Scrap Room The papers areTeresa Collins from the gorgeous Celebrate line

Thanks for peeking :o)

......Because.......

Ok so its been a while since I was blogging.....AGAIN.....and then doesn't blogger / my lappie go and throw a hissy fit so I just couldn't upload a picture!!!  anyway after much wailing and gnashing of teeth I finally was able to upload a pic of my latest layout!!!!

This is a layout using the absolutely GORGEOUS Fancy Pants papers from the My Family line.  They arrived in my latest kit from The scrap room and I just couldn't wait to get scrapping with them!!  I picked some pictures of me and my son when he was a littlely!!!  I remember this picture as it was the first time I went out at night since he had been born and I was torn between going out and staying in with my little fella!!!

I cut various size squares of paper and inked them with Rusty Hinge Distress Ink, I added a few torn strips and some card candy (love those little yokies) and the quote which came with the fancy pants papers was enough journalling as it sums up how I feel about my sweet boy :)

........Because just being together is enough..................

Finally......

Oh my I can't believe how long its been since last I put up a blog post!!!  My little patch of the web is seriously starting to gather dust!!!  Sadly it has been that long since I did a reasonable nights crafting as well!!!  Don't you just HATE it when life gets in the way of more interesting things like crafting!!!

Thankfully my friend Jess asked me to teach a scrappy class at her last workshop which got me out of my scrappy drought as there was no way I was gonna embaress myself infront of a room full of women :o)

I decided to teach a framing technique that I learnt at the GBCE last year.  It is something that I use alot and is soooo quick and easy.  I covered and decorated my frame, mounted it on some lovely brown bazzil cardstock which was then mounted on a piece of patterned paper that I distressed and inked.  I stamped my title on some cream cardstock and mounted it on foam pads with some ribbon threaded though it for effect.  I used my new Hero Arts journalling stamp to write a wee message on the side.

Finally back to scrapping and oh how I have missed it......crafting trully is required to keep one sane :)  Here is hoping its not another two months til my next post!!!

Because....

So I have been itching to dive in and use my July kit from The Crafty Alley The kit is absolutely GORGEOUS and full of all things Prima!!!  This sheet of paper is my absolute favourite and I decided to really go to town on it with a piccie for my wedding album!!!

The pic is of my sister walking me down the aisle in the church in Prague.  We were both a little sad as my dad passed away a few years ago so couldn't do the honours, but bless my big sister she travelled halfway round the world to be there for me!!!

I distressed and inked the edges of the page with distress inks. The photo is mounted on the frame in the page, I added the lace, ribbon, flowers, leaves and gems....ALL from the kit (did I mention it was awesome) and then some simple journalling about why my sister is the best!!!

am now itching to use the rest!!

Black and White

One of these days I will learn how to take a decent (and straight) photo of my creations.....but then given that I don't have a straight eye and I always stick things a little wonky, its probably better that the photos are a little wonky themselves!!!

anyhoo enough babble.....more crafty bits.  So my new Hero Arts goodies arrived the other day and I have been playing with them and am still in love with their stamps.  Was having a hop about the blogs and have seen a few black and white cards and thought that my new Exotic Bloom stamp from Hero Arts would work well with this.  I stamped it in black stazon, added a sentiment (also Hero Arts), mounted it on black card stock, which I mounted on a white card and added a few black gems and voila.....card done in 10 mins!!!

thanks for looking :o)