Sharron's Album

Well it's been a while since I last posted... just been a busy girl with no time to craft :(

I thought I would post the last of the pages to Sharron's Album so that I can move on... Sharron has said it was the best present she's ever had... which is quite a statement to make... I still look at the photos and think I could have done this better or if only I could have had a bit more time I would have done....

I have so much I want to do now that I have my craft time back.... just need to find the time to actually sit at my craft desk which at the moment looks like a bomb has done off... I seriously need a good tidy up and re-organising before I get to play... I need a little crafty fairy to clear up after me LOL!!

More Of Sharron's Album

Afew more pages from the album....

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!

Summer Time Layout

Well it's the last full day I have left before I hand over this album to it's owner.... gulp... I have one page left to do.... I've almost made it!

Not too sure who makes the paper, I've had it in my do not use pile for a while now but I wanted something stipey and felt this paper was the best I had and I love the matching flower paper!

Swirly corners are a Sizzix Sizzlit die and the border down the side of the flowered paper is one of the new Fiskars border punches.

Two Today Layout

Scary how time flies by.... looking at these photos it doesn't seem that long ago when Bradley was 2... he's now 14!!! Love these photos... he was such a cute looking boy!

Paper is Bo Bunny, alphabet is Cuttlebug Hippie Chick which is cut using Stampin' Up real red cardstock and then glittered with glitter!

Christmas Day 2000

This layout is inspired by a magazine I read recently and off hand I can't remember which one.. LOL sorry!... it's kinda on a present theme, backing paper being the present with the ribbon stictched around the present and the little tag with the title.. hopefully you can see where I am coming from!!!

Paper by sandylion, ribbon from paperchase, tag is an old Sizzix die.

Bon Voyage Layout!

This photo captures a great memory for Sharron, this is the family leaving UK to start a new life in Lanzarote.

The backing paper is an old Karen Foster paper, see I have been trying to use some of my stash up! The journalling is a basic grey stamp which I have left blank for Sharron to fill in, the little plane eyelet was kindly given to me by my friend Jenny. Alphabet was personally cut by the lovely Clare which is Quickutz Roxie.

Sharron & Rob's Wedding Day

This page was a hard page for me to do, I wasn't aware of it at the time of starting the album but since starting it they have decided to go their seperate ways.

I’ve spent ages trying to decide whether to do this lay out or not but I came to the decision to do it because no matter what has happened this was Sharrons special day and one that should be added to the scrapbook I've just tried to keep it quite plain and simple so not to upset anyone. It’s not what I had in mind to do when I started out but I just felt I had to keep it very very simple.

Paper is by Imaginisce, wedding stickers are old K&Co stash, nestabilities labels one, alphabet is Sizzix Sizzlit die.

Shep Layout

Well it's the final countdown now.... 6 days to go until this scrapbook goes to it's new home... scary to think I have been working on this for the past 6 months in my spare time.... I have 4 pages left to do and then I am done hooray!!!

I’m quite happy with this layout, I am sooooo loving the brown co-ordinations cardstock, I just love the distressed look it gives. The paw paper came from DCWV paper pack which was actually the cat set but paw prints are paw prints!!

I used my sewing machine to stitch around the edge and managed to achieve this without stitching my fingers together LOL!

The title is cut using the cuttlebug Hippie Chick alphabet set with just a little bling to finish it off.

Once Upon A Time

I loved this photo when I was given it, the looks on their little faces whilst granddad is reading them a story!

I used a sheet of chocolate brown co-ordinations cardstock and rubbed it down to get a distressed look. The patterned paper is from the new Basic Grey range, I really love this range, I used my new sewing machine to sew around the photo and the paper… all fingers are still intact!!!

The letter stickers and the journaling sticker all come from the same Basic grey set.

BTW Anyone looking for a reasonable priced Sewing machine for using on cards/scrapbooking I can highly recommend this one. I got it from the Range but after buying it I saw the exactly same one in Tescos for £28.94, they should be close to £50.00! Total Bargain, it has 8 stitch settings and is very light weight, I managed to get hold of one at my local store but you can also buy them from their website See here

Mr Tesco's should be very happy with me as I have managed to sell a few for him recently after telling friends... I think I need to ask him for commission!!!

The Bradley Bump

Well back to more scrapbooking layouts.... 24 days to go before I have to hand this over... gulp!

This photo is one that she hasn't seen and I don't think she had many photos of her whilst she was pregnant. This photo was taken of us at my 18th birthday party.... blimey... I look young and thin here... if only I could turn back the clock! I still have that dress it was a size 10 dress... if only I could fit into it again LOL!

I can't believe I used a sheet of the new Bo Bunny Alissa range on this layout, she better appreciate it LOL .... the other side to this is all pink, with flowers and soooooo pretty, LOVED it as soon as I saw it but I thought I'd stick to black and white for this one.

The Journaling stamp is a Prima acrylic stamp and the alphabet is an acrylic stamp set that I bought at Ally Pally last year and have never used it but I LOVE it... Can't remember who makes it but I'll add it in later as I'd like more of their stamps!

A Smile That Melts Your Heart

I love this photo of Sharron with her cute little smile... I really struggled with a title for this, so I ran a little competition on a cardmaking forum I go on and the lovely Pat came up with this... Thanks Pat it's just perfect! I sometimes find my brain goes a bit fuzzy when trying to think of a title, I was just so stuck with this one but as soon as I saw what Pat had put I knew it was that I was trying to think of!

Please note that I have been very good and used older Doodlebug paper, I am trying so hard not to look at all my yummy new papers!!

I keep wanting to add more to pages that I have done but I am trying to stop myself from doing it as I want to keep the pages simple

Oliver Road

Another LO using up papers from my ever growing stash, not too sure who makes these papers but I was happy to part with them as I have had them for a while!

I've left the bottom part blank so that she can add some journaling in if she wants to. Look at Paul's skinny little legs LOL

Alphabet is Doodlebug stickers.

Loving Sister

Very plain and simple Layout here, just using Bazzill Swiss dots card stock and regular Bazzill, I feel it's lacking something but not too sure what… Any ideas?!

The Evans Family

LOL Whenever I look at this layout and read the title I can't help singing the song 'The Addams Family'…. Not that they are anything like the Addam's family, it's just me being stupid! LOL

A very simple layout of the Evan's clan, we think their parents split up not long after this picture was taken so I felt that I kinda needed to keep this layout very simple.

I had two sheets of this paper which I think is an old K&Co paper so I've used it to decoupage up some of the flowers that were around the photo and added a bit of stardust stickles in the centers of the flowers.

Water Babe

Well that big scrapbooking clock is ticking down.... one month today I'm supposed to be giving this album to Sharron... gulp! I have so much to do yet!!!

I love this paper by Karen Foster I think it's perfect for swimming/beach layouts. I glittered up the waves using my trusty stardust stickles glue and just cut into the waves to slot in the photos.

I wanted to add some little cute fish to this but haven't found anything I like yet but I'm keeping my eyes peeled for something suitable.

Family

I don't think Sharron has ever seen this picture as we took it when we were all together in Weymouth for a family wedding.

I love this paper, it's by Fancy Pants and yet again the only sheet I had… When I started this scrapbook I told myself to use all the old papers as I have so many that need using up but oh no I keep using the ones I really really like….Why do I keep using all my favourite papers?! I really hope she is going to appreciate the papers LOL

Large flower is a Stampin Up flower punch and the flower in the middle is the boho blossoms Stampin Up punch.

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!