Scrapbook - Done! Yippeee!!!!

Well after 6 months in the making... mission complete... the 40th scrapbook was completed for Paul's sister with about an hour to spare!!

I took Thursday and Friday off to complete the book and I wet through all the emotions... I was so stressed that firstly she wouldn't like it and secondly about having the rest of Paul's family seeing my work... Not the most confident of people at the best of times and I'm the kinda person who is happy to being un-noticed in the corner rather than being in the spotlight! At one point when it was all going horribly wrong I wasn't going to give it to her!

Anyway after all the stress and worry for months and 40 pages later....Sharron opened the album and she was totally blown away... there was tears and a lot of laughter and she told Paul that it was the best present she has ever seen... so I think she liked it... phew!

So anyway here's another pages of the album, I'll eventually get round to showing every page!!

Papers are fancy pants, the frame was made using my nestabilities and the alphabet is Doodlebug stickers using glitter.

I've had a wonderful day today with some new crafty friends, I went to an all day crop and had really great day.... It was nice to actually chat with people who share the love of Stampin Up, papers and stamps!! I have so many crafty friends but not many are local to me so it's great to find local people who craft! Looking forward to the next one!

OMG I was in crafty heaven... gorgeous stamps.... beautiful strokable cardstock and loads of alphabet dies.... ooooh I could have quite happily moved into the craft room and lived in there with all the stash! :)

I only managed one layout today, but I think I found it hard work going back to 12x12 after spending so long on 8x8 album... Next time I need to be more organised with photos and papers to take as I took my wheelie tote full of stash but still managed to forget basic things like glue and basic cardstock!!!

My Loving Nans Layout

I really loved this photo when I saw it, two very proud nans, look at Sharrons little moheacian!!!

I wanted to keep this very simple so I made a heart template out of scrap cardstock and used pearls spaced out equally to make the heart shape.

Pink cardstock is Bazzill Bling - I love this colour and have held onto it for a while! The alphabet is Doodlebug Loppy Lou stickers with glamour dust over to make it sparkle!

Family Picnic

Awww look at my little tubby fiancé, how cute!! LOL Here's another photo that I don't think Sharron has ever seen.

Not too sure on this LO now, I don't think I like the harshness of the black and white Doodlebug flower paper but everything is stuck down now and I can't lift it, so I'll just have to live with it.

The vine going up the side of the page is a Sizzix Sizzlit die with my paperchase bargain bling gems stones for the centers . Alphabet are Doodlebug stickers and the grass is a doodlebug embellishment that I have had for ages!.

Shaz & Gramps

Here's another Layout for today....Awwww I do love this photo…. Look more orange! Hmmmmm Bo Bunny paper... OK I am slightly getting worried about my Orange addicition.... yes Orange is SLIGHTY growing on me LOL...

Throughout the orange paper you will see little gem stones, these are Swarovski crystal gems, they really sparkle… I know I've used quite a few on this LO but they are orange so I can live with parting with them!

The large scallop borders top and bottom are paper boarders by Bazzill & the alphabet areDoddlebug stickers.

Think I need to have a lie down now after all this orange.... I need more pink LO's LOL!

Daddys Girl

At long last I can now show these scrapbooking pages that I am doing for Paul’s sister’s 40th birthday, yes the camera cable has been found and Paul got told quite clearly to not tidy up and hide things away especially not where he had hidden it as there was no chnace of me ever finding it!

I’m really starting to get stressed about how little time I have left to get this done, 13th June is the date and I have so much to do yet and not a huge amount of time to work on it, just got another load of photos this weekend to sort out, just wish I didn’t have to keep nagging and pestering everyone for them!!

Anyway this is Sharron and her dad, such a lovely natural photo, don’t have many of them together like this so I think this photo is going to mean a lot to her and I don't think she has seen it before.

Background paper is the lovely flocked doodlebug paper; this was my last sheet after using so much on the Love Bo Bunny Word book I did for Valentines Day… I really didn’t want to use it but seeing as the album is 8x8 it means I get to keep a little back for stroking LOL!

Bo Bunny Love Word Book

Well here it is my Valentine's Day book I gave to Paul! I bought this Bo Bunny word book a while ago from CTM and didn't know what I was going to do with it as I've never done one before but I've been inspirde by the examples at CTM.

Seeing as I didn't manage to make him an anniversary card this year as I had too much going on, I thought I had better make a special effort for Valentines Day... We got engaged on Valentines day 1999, he took me up Sleeping Beauty's Castle and proposed down on one knee, much to my embarrasment as everyone stopped to watch!

I've used the new Doodlebug valentine papers and the yummy Heidi Grace papers along with a selection of goodies from my don't part with just stoke box!

Snowflake Christmas Cards

Yep I also have an addiction to snowflakes... every year I have to buy more snowflake stamps or dies or punches... you can never really have enough snowflakes!!

The large snowflake is the new Cuttlebug cut and emboss snowflake die... I think this has to be my most used snowflake die EVER... I really love it, it's a traditional snowflake... it looks fab in the doodlebug velvet & glitter card stock!

I did make quite a few pink and purple Christmas cards this year... I know those colours aren't really traditional colours for Christmas but I think they look fab and you know me and pink!!

Hmmm Loving My New Stampin' Up Stamps...

I've kinda lost my mojo recently but last Sunday I had the whole day to myself to play with all my lovely new goodies... here's a little thank you card I made.

I just LURVE this paper, it's by Crate and it came from CTM... Lucky I was sensible and bought two sheets of it, but I found cutting into it very very hard, it's just so pretty... so pink... so me :)

The flower was stamped using one of my new Stampin Up sets 'Doodle This' (Page 94 of the US catty)... I have wanted this stamp set since it was released and now I've found someone who I can buy from the US si I'm a happy bunny!

The glittered centre of the flower is a tip I picked up from Kirtsy Wiseman when she came to demo at CTM the other week ... Remember those sticky round foam pads that you buy and then wonder what you are going to do with them? Well it is just one of those glittered up with Doodlebug pink glitter! It's so simple but ever so effective!

Coster Box For Linda

Here's my first coaster box that I made for a swap for my lovely friend Linda... She's a big Ozzy Osbourne fan so I just knew I had to make this with an Ozzy theme!! I'm quite pleased with how it turned out for a first timer!!

The papers are Doodlebug along with the Alphabet & the stiched heart buttons. It's the first time I have covered chipboard with paper and I was pleased with how it came out! The Swirls on the inside are Autumn Leaves clear stamps I use those stamps A LOT!!

The Winning Waiting For Santa LO

Here's my LO for a scrapbooking competition I entered a few weeks back... the theme was 'Celebration'... this page is what got me scrapbooking again after 9 months of not being able to do a layout!!

What is really scary is how I pulled out all my christmas stuff just to do this page, I love christmas but on a beautiful sunny May afternoon... there was me thinking christmas & snow lol!!

This is me aged 3... when I looked cute.. lol oh how things changed!

Background paper is Basic Grey and the lettering is doodlebug.

I was really shocked to see that I had actually won the competition with this... never expected that... very excited and given me that kick up the bum I needed to start on my albums again!!

60th Birthday Card

Here's this weeks forum challenge which was to make a card with a number ... Just so happens to be Paul's mum's 60th on Monday so I had a perfect excuse to make this card!

I can't believe that I have actually cut into one of the gorgoeus Bo Bunny papers I bought from Capture The Magic... I just love the Bo Buny range and I found it really hard to cut into this as I only had the one piece! I cut the 6 & 0 myself using an old template.

I've had quite a good weekend stash wise... I went to see the new shop A Touch of Crafts in Bury St Edmunds & Capture the Magic on Saturday to do a little (cough cough) shopping!!! Hmmmm I bought some lush papers, I has actually been on a paper ban for the past few weeks prior to my little trip this weekend!!!

ooooh and I got the most gorgeous craft bag from CTM they have just got the K & Co Amy Butler ones in stock and it was calling me with the help of Alison!! It holds a lot in it even a 12x12 album... plus it has pink on it... what more could a girl want?!

RAK Card

You know you buy these 12x12 papers and then when you go to use them you don't have the heart to cut into them... (or is that just me LOL!!)

I'm into browns in a big way at the moment and love brown and blue together. I've had these papers for a while, they get pulled out and then put back safe again... but I'm being brave and trying to use some of my old papers as I have too many (could a girl ever have too many?!)

The papers are Pebbles inc bought from The Glitter Pot.

The sentiment is a Penny Black stamp, I really love their sentiment stamps, I have a few! The Dandilion's on the paper are glittered up using stickles but you can't really see it from the piccies.

Pink Competition Cards!

Here's 3 cards that I entered into a forum competition , the theme was pink (I of course found it really hard to make pink cards lol!) but the twist was that you had to use brads, peel offs (eek!) or vellum! It was an extra point for each extra item used!

I had to dust down the vellum and peel off's as I don't really use them!

My favourite is the top card using my lovely new cupcake stamp from Stamp addicts... I'm really into cupcakes at the moment, it's a special card made for my friend who I travel to work on the trains with every day she's going back to shift work next week, it's going to be strange not seeing her on the train :(

Scallop Card Challenge

The challenge this week on a forum I go on is Make a Card With A Scallop, this is what I came up with... I love my scalloped nestabilities but I was determind not to use them this time as it's all I seem to use at the moment and my cards get too samey!

The Stamped image is a Tilda, she's sitting in a frame. To cut the frame I used my square nestabilities and a magnetic sheet to keep them in place to cut. Embossed the frame using the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder which is currently my favourite folder!

Doodlebug Snowman

I just love this snowman in a snowglobe from Doodlebug, it's one of my favourite christmas stamps!! I've slightly decoupaged up the bottom of the snowglobe and then used my scalloped woodware punch which must be one of my best buys this year too! Snow has been glittered up using Stickles!

Cute Reindeer

I think this stamp is one of my favourite christmas stamps, it's from Penny black.. isn't he cute?!

The papers are doodlebug and again the greeting is from the Doodlebug Christams Clear rubber stamp set.

Snowflake Card

I love this snowflake card, the large snowflake is a die cut pack from Craftwork cards, I then used some 3 dimentional glue to give the snowflake texture and then sprinkled a bit of glamour dust so it sparkles.

The greeting on the card is from the Doodlebug clear christmas stamp set and the embossing is the cuttlebug snowflake embossing plate.

Doodlebug Christmas

Well I promised a non pink card so here you go lol!

I'm loving these Doodlebug christmas stamps, I love how they match the papers, which I had a hard time cutting into lol!


I've been busy trying to make so many christmas cards as I have been behind with being ill in October... I did a very bad thing yesterday and bought a box of cards to send to those that don't normally appreciate a hand made card... feel dreadful as I have so much christmas stuff to start a shop but I feel less stressed now, it was only 35 I needed to send out... 12 more cards and then I am done!!!

Let It Snow!

Well it's been a while since I've blogged or even made any cards but this weekend I had a little play, I'm feeling better after the operation, thanks so much to those who have sent cards, emails etc!

I'm still a bit swollen and very tired but I'm getting there, hoping I can go back to work later this week to start getting back into a normal routine!

Anyway here's a card that was inspirited by a lovely friend of mine - Maggie...

The card is embossed with the Cuttlebug snowflake folder and I cut a circle out for a chipboard snowflake which is dangling on some ribbon, the brad in the centre is from the new Doodlebug range and they are gorgeous!!

The Let It Snow stamp is by Paper Salon with a little bit of bling, the picture doesn't do it justice because the snowflake really sparkles thanks to glamour dust!!

Another Notebook - Cat Themed

I organised an altered notebook swap on a forum I'm part of and this is the notebook for my partner, I made this with the help of my lovely bind it all machine (sorry Cheryl & Clare but you DO need one lol!)

My partner loves her two pussy cats so I just knew I had to do a cat themed book.... I used my doodlebug cat 12x12 paper which I had forgot I had... note to myself that I need some more now!!! The N is Maya Road chipboard alpha which has been embossed using a cuttlebug embossing folder.

The cat & mouse are little buttons that I found and there is a silver fishbone charm on the ribbon which came from Capture The Magic... inside is a lovely brown paw print paper which came from the DCVW cat stack but I stupidly forgot to take a piccie of the inside before sending it!