Party Time yet?

The challenge on UKS this week was to scrap the preparation or aftermath of a celebration. Well, I never take before or afters of parties / celebrations so I had to think outside the old box for this one. One day we'll be having two housewarming parties, so I guess we're currently in a very lengthy party preparation at the moment.

This is my layout:



Also have included pink, minimal journalling and used one of the sketches.

Out & About Collab Kit by Mel Hains & Vicki Parker
Font: Champagne & Limousines

Colour Challenge - 3

For this challenge we had to spin the colour wheel and base the layout on the colours that appeared. This is my layout:



I took a screen capture of the colours that appeared - and forgot to save them. I promise that they were pinky / greeny / and bright blue.

Bright Eyes kit by Vicki Parker

Colour Challenge - 1

Some of my UKS teamies are doing Shimelle's colour challenge and whether or not I do all of them remains to be seen - but this is the first one. Scrapbook your favourite colour.

Well, my favourite colour is purple, but it doesn't suit me as a colour to wear, although sometimes I just can't help it and I can never find decent paper scrapping supplies in that colour, so I never use it.

But I do have a nice digi kit in purples, Vicki Parker's Vineyard.

Forde Abbey Fountain

This weeks UKS Challenge:

Had to use the colour emerald, bling, poetry and movement. Obviously I can't make a movable digital layout, so I chose a picture featuring movement - a fountain.

Apple Spice Collab by Mel Haines & Charlie's Digiscraps
A Touch of Romance Collab by Vicku Parker & Stacey Towers

Park Guell

Had to go digi again this week for the UKS Weekly Challenge. It's just easier like this, what with the clutter everywhere and no space to do anything crafty.



Me, on my birthday in Barcelona last year.

A - Any new stash = not used this kit before
N - Notes / journallin = done
G - Glitter = the swirl is a glitter swirl
E - Embellishments = done
L - Lace = done
S - Sewing = done

Mon Amie Collab - Stacey Towers & Vicki Parker
Stitching - Designs by Nicola
Font - Lucida Handwriting

Caving

Another layout for a UKS weekly challenge. I've used a picture from my trip to Carreg Cennen Castle in Wales at the weekend. There was a small cave underneath the castle and right at the end of the passage was this tiny pool of water.

Earth Tones - done
Water Theme - done
Book Title - done
I couldn't really do hidden journalling on a digital layout, so I had to leave that part out.

Papers, border & staples by OScraps (an old Collab, don't have a kit name!)
Round stitches by Christie Lemon - Fall Splendour Blog Train (idea from Scrap Paper Scissors blog)
Font - Oksana (medium)
Alpha & Ric Rac - Autumn Dream by Vicki Parker

Patches

A digitalfor the current UKS weekly challenge:


Stamping, random alphas in the title, contrasting colours and 1 of something (a flower). All done.

I took this picture deliberately so I could eventually scrap it, forward planning! ;)

Summer Come Early Collab (including the P and A)
Stacey Towers & Mel Haines

t=Oodles of Doodles by AWP
c=You Don't Know Jack by Bon Scrapatit
h=Sweet Flora by Digi Designs by Nicola
e=Flowers for Mommy by Jennifer Fletcher
s=Life is Like A Box of Chocs Collab ~ Stacey Towers

Polly Scattergood

Another layout using the Let it Rock collab kit with a picture taken at the Roundhouse in Camden! This one is the totally awesome Polly Scattergood.

The font is VKS Revolt.

Nerina Pallot

The latest collab kit from Vicki Parker and Sara (Sweet Blossom Designs) is Let it Rock, which is perfect for gig photos. This one is my first one, Nerina Pallot at the Roundhouse in Camden.

Snap & Scrap

A few days ago I joined up with Snap & Scrap so I'd have somewhere to play with my digi layouts and learn some new skills. Sadly, two days after joining they announce that they're closing. :( Anyway, here's a bunch of digitals that I did for Challenges over there:

Me stealing peas!

Using Grosgrain Girl Collab Kit (Mel Haine Designs, Scrappy Weis Designs, Color With Caryn)
Font - Freestyle Script

My second attempt at using a pre-made digi-template. An odd technique, but fun in its own way.

Oodles of Doodles by Vicki Parker.

This one was a colour challenge, so I tried to use as many of my own home-made bits and pieces as I could. Throwing in some old brushes for good measure.

This is me in my car as a baby.

Oh Baby! by Katherine Nelson

Mummy & Me!

Made this for a weekly challenge:

Create a LO either in black and white or a using a rainbow of colour
Create a LO that celebrates womanhood - My mother and me!
Use at least one distressing technique - distressed papers
Use 5 of something on your LO - five black flowers

I don't have many rainbow papers, so I went the black and white route. That led me to go down the digi route. Not to mention the fact that I'm trying to study a lot more at the moment, that also makes digi-ing a lot easier than getting all my scraps out over my textbooks.

Bon Scrapatit - You Don't Know Jack
A Work in Progress - Autumn Dream and Sweet Dreams
Font - Grenoble Heavy

Baby Laura - again!

After being washed in a washing-up bowl at the camp site this is me being dried by Mummy!

A Work in Progress - Primary Grunge
Font - a handmade one called Laura's Scribble

Another trip over to France in a jumper knitted by Nanny!

A Work in Progress - Breakfast at Tiffany's
Font - Roadway

Glastonbury Abbey?

I'm pretty convinced that this was taken at Glastonbury Abbey, it certainly looks Abbey-like!

A Work in Progress - Fired Earth

Couple More Baby-Digis

Getting out the papers is just more trouble than it's worth at times, so I turn to the digitals instead. I still haven't managed to get real copies of my "baby" pictures, must get on with that! Anyway, in the meantime, I'm very happy to digi them.

Toddling up the garden path!

Boho Chic Add-On and Autumn Dream - A Work in Progress

I don't think I was enjoying this ferry crossing one little bit. I do remember that I loved that jumper, though.

Blue Jeans - A Work in Progress
Font - Fashion Victim

Baby Laura!

My father has been busy scanning slides of me as a baby / toddler / young person. At the moment I only have them as digital copies, so I've started going a little crazy with the digi layouts of them!


Using this one as this weeks weekly challenge. It was supposed to have a minibook attached, but I've lost my paper layout mojo so far this week, so I went digi. I'm admiring my estate at Longleat!

Pinku Pixie's contribution to the Zoo Spirit Collab
Fonts Willow and Arial


We used to "budgie-sit" for a family around the corner. Eventually we kept the budgie full-time and finally it lived out its days with my Grandma. The budgie was called Joey, but, as you can see from this picture, it's clearly a girl!

Summer Cocktail by A Work in Progress & Bright Eyes Alpha by A Work in Progress
Font: Nutshell Library


This little outfit was for Sleeping Beauty at Primary School. I was the Good Fairy who made her sleep rather than die after she got her finger pricked. I don't remember much else about it!

Enchanted Forest Collab: A Work in Progress & Sweet Blossom Designs


When my front teeth fell out I hated smiling for the camera - so this is a really rare shot!

Country Liv's contribution to the Fall Splendour Blog Party

Digitals from the Cyber Crop

I didn't do all my layouts as paper ones, there just wasn't the time (or the Bazzill!), so here's some of the digis that I made:


Katie Pertiet's Challenge using some of her Little Forest Friends papers. John and I before the party last Christmas.


Wild Child by Vicki for Scrap 'n Art. John and I at the retreat in Bath last year.


Down by the Lily Pond by Mel's Lightbulb Moments. Willow Beach, Arizona.

Love

A quick digi for the latest UKS challenge:


Scrap a Milestone - Abby's Wedding
No patterned paper - done
Use Red, White & Blue - done
Gold embellishments - done

Pamela Weiss Vintage Paper
Scrap Girls Freebies - Love Deco
Bon Scrapatit - Fall Splendour Embellie
Love Theorie - Brushes
A Work in Progress - Gold Circle Embellie

Arizona Digi

Because I love rocks!

Fall Memories kit by Vicki of A Work in Progress

Guilty!

Our pre-crop challenge yesterday was to finger-print our families. Well, there's just me and John in this household, so it wasn't a huge challenge! I did get a nice picture of him all covered in charcoal, which I thought would make a fab layout.



Kit is Country Life by Vicki at A Work in Progress and her date circles available from Scrap N Art.

Christmas Wrapping

Font - British Writing
Shabby Christmas - A Work in Progress