Borders

And one of my favourites made mostly from a border paper. I make full use of any borders and keep a stash just in case. I am also playing with my photos using Picasa and have fallen in love with the little polaroid photos. In fact, since I discovered them I have used them in nearly every layout I have done.

These are the days

This is the second of three layouts in the new kit.

Card Challenge 86

This week we thought we’d make it really easy for everyone to have a go so our challenge is

ANYTHING GOES

That means project, scrapbook layout, card or anything you have made. Only one entry per person and we will have two winners, one chosen by Random.org and one chosen by our Design Team.  The winner chosen by our DT will be asked to become a guest designer for one weeks challenge.
Here are a few ideas from our Design Team to get you started.

Gayle Bond

Julie Blakeman

Rita Pierce

Jeannie Reed

Julie Wilson

Only one entry per person please this time. Can’t wait to see what you come up with. xxx

And the winner is……

A bit tougher this week but still some lovely entries. Our winner this week as chosen by Random.org is……

Scrapbook Fashionista

Congratulations Liz. Please take our winners button from the top of this site and I will enter you into our half yearly prize draw,
Thank you to everyone who entered. xxx

Loads of layouts to share

As you know we teach classes nearly everyday and make loads of layouts and projects as examples. I am a bit behind in sharing these so I will try to catch up by adding daily layouts for you to see.

I also have loads of lovely examples of Gayle's latest Digi Stamp release. These are now available on disc from the shop and will go online today. Just so you know, our Digi Stamp discs not only have the Digi images but also example cards to get you started. I am gradually putting all releases on disc so watch the website for more details.

Thoughtful

All of the little photo discs are attached by brads and spin and there are even little tiny photos on the four discs at the bottom.

This is one of the layouts in our latest Scrapbook Kit being released on Friday,

Have a fantastic day and enjoy the sunshine. xxx

Pretty in pink

and coming soon, this lovely mini book kit in very limited numbers.
Here are a sneek peek at some of the pages.






It can be used as a wedding book or just for photos of your choice.
Thanks for looking. xx

Card Challenge 85

This week we thought we’d try something different so our challenge this time is

SQUARES

Here are a few ideas from our lovely Design Team

Rita Pierce

Julie Blakeman



Jeannie Reed

Looking forward to seeing all of your lovely creations. xx

And the winner is

Loads of great cards this week. This time random.org has chosen

HELEN

 
Congratulations Helen. Please take the winners badge from the top right of the Blog and I will enter you into our half yearly prize draw.
Thank you to everyone who entered. xx

Sponsorship

We are sponsoring a weekly challenge on the MAKE IT MONDAY blog so pop across and take a look at the lovely cards their Design Team have made using our Gayles Digi Stamps.

Oh, and don’t forget to enter the card challenge while you’re there. Have a great evening. xx

Spotlight on

another day and another talented lady. I just love seeing a completed project especially when they are all different. Today Tracy is sharing her pink Configurations Tray. Tracy is new to crafting but you can see from her work just how much she loves it.




Lovely work Tracy. Thanks for sharing. x

Spotlight on

We had a great Creativity 101 Class a few weeks back. On the day I posted pictures of the class example which you can see HERE.
Today I am showcasing Wendy Empetts version of this project. Wendy chose to do her Configurations Tray using a British theme.



The little section marked “Memories” is actually a little mini book.

These picture do not do this project justice. Lovely work Wendy. xx

Scrapping Your Family

I love this class. It’s not like any other we do at the shop mainly because, instead of getting in a set of papers and making layouts using the designs on the paper as a guide, we get in random papers to use for a pre-set theme.
The papers can be from more than one range  and they don’t necessarily go together but they suit our topic for the month.
This time our chosen topics were, “Favourite records” and “Ladies that lunch”
Although this layout is fairly simple it took quite a long time to make. I managed to get the record label for the large record from the internet.


I love this one. Although I don’t get much time to go out with friends I do occasionally get lunch out so I will put a photo on here at some time soon.


These two layouts will come out as a kit next week so watch the website for more details. Thanks for looking. xx

Card Challenge 84

As time goes on I find it increasingly difficult to come up with a challenge that we haven’t done before and also something that will tempt you all to enter.
This week I have chosen

TWO COLOURS

and as usual we have a few cards from our fantastic DT to get you started.

Julie Blakeman

Julie Wilson

Jeannie Reed

Rita Pierce

Gayle Bond

Looking forward to seeing all of your lovely work.

And the winner is….

Ooooh, lots of lovely ideas this time and some great cards. This week Random.org has chosen

SAMMIBUG

Congratulations Sammibug, please take the winners button from the top of this page and add it to your blog. You will also be entered into our half yearly draw.
Thank you to everyone who took part. xx

A hectic day

but a good one and loads of people in class who all appeared to have a good time. This morning we did Scrapping Your Family where we made two layouts which I will share with you tomorrow. In the afternoon I had a technique class where we made pencil cases using fabric paints, pens, stamps and stencils.
Here are a few photos of our ladies in action.













There were loads of lovely work and everyone finished. Well done everyone.
I am teaching a class in July called “Fun with fabric” showing you a great way to use your fabric scraps on your scrapbook pages and cards so watch out for that one.
Have a great evening. xx