The Latest Batch

Much easier to do a whole load in one go than do a post for each layout. In each case I've cut into new paper collections.

Outside the Opera Garnier / Our balcony

Melman in Paris. I felt that Melman deserved some Steampunk Debutante! Used an October Afternoon sketch for this one.

In the Park in Edinburgh

I was very impressed when I noticed that the die-cuts in this collection matched up to the Buck Naked chipboard that I already had. Of course, I then read on the bottom of the die-cuts that they're meant to go together!

An old Pencil Lines sketch was used for this.


Outside Dartmouth House waiting for everyone to assemble for photos.

I already had some Material Girl, but with the Crafting Kit you also get the stickers, journalling tags and strips. They were all new to me, so I added some in.

PageMaps Sketch.

Jan Week 5 - Belles

I promise I did this weekly challenge in time! I just put it somewhere safe for the GA to dry - and forgot all about it. Still, that's better than my usual trick of dumping something on top of wet GA and spreading it everywhere.


From the huge choice of options I went for a theme of friends, and the techniques of doodling, hand written journalling, distress ink and one stamp. Sketch used.

Pictures are Susi and Maria, fellow Bijoux Belles, on our visit to London and The Eye. Maria is tucking into a Screme Egg - the halloween version of the Easter treat.

Twisted Sketches #44

Wow! I was finally able to take a decent picture of a layout because the sun came out and I could take it outside! Well, that's exciting for me anyway. This layout turned into a bit of a Cosmo Cricket Love Fest as I used parts from four different collections.


The Twist this week is "Orange" and there are bits of orange scattered over this layout.

I finally stopped stroking the ribbon I bought at Liberty's and used them both on this. I love the butterflies so much, although they are a bit of nuisance to stick down, wings everywhere and their antennae come off far too easily



This is actually layout number two. I thought that scrapping Halloween would be the easiest way to use orange, but it just didn't come together, so I ditched the glaringly obvious orange in favour of this more subtle approach.