Melman at the London Eye

I have a new laptop, it doesn't have Paint Shop Pro on it yet and if I can't find the disk it never will! Anyway, I now have to edit my layouts using Paint (which is a lot funkier on Windows 7 than on my old laptop), Picasa and Picnik. I think that will probably do for now.


This week the challenge was to use white space, one photo and bling. Used my new Rusty Hinge distress ink as well, which works beautifully on giraffes.

Tatty 1 and Tatty 2

I'm trying to do more with layering, journalling and putting things together myself rather than following sketches all the time. I made this for the latest weekly challenge at UK Scrappers. I should have added a third colour to the background, it's missing some Shabby Shutters! It's just Mustard Seed and Scattered Straw



Tried to cluster some journalling boxes, first time of trying this.

Chopped up and coloured in one stamp to make a cluster. Never tried this either!

Bijoux Belles Retreat Album

Basic Grey Luggage Tag Album featuring the Bijoux Belles on Retreat in early March 2010.

The Importance of choosing the Correct Wine Box...

Hugging Super Susi!

Kay and Sal and my early attempts at stamping and embossing.

Learning some metal work at Linda's on our first night together.

Food!

Jo and Little Ru.

Kay and Curly.


Lulu, Sal and the very odd Petrol Station in Olney.
"My" Bathroom! As opposed to the other bathroom or the toilet we failed to find...

Brian the Oddnidod! :)

Our Tally Chart.

Maria and one of her many glasses of wine!

Just for Fun

Not made a layout for fun in a while. They're usually all UKS entries or part of a sketch challenge. This one is just me finally deciding to use up the last bits of the gorgeous Stomp.

Summer School 2009, tired out geology students at Hartley Bay looking at rocks.

Although I was using Stomp I had to add on the Archaic dinosaur that was one of the first things I embossed.

Twisted Sketches #42

The Twist this week is Flight. I guess this is technically "landing", but we were just flying. I'm in the basket with my mother and I think this is the early 90s, but I'm not too sure about the date. We're at the Lorraine Balloon Fiesta in Metz, France which is held every two years.

As I've just discovered the joys of Distress Inking and embossing I'm doing it on every layout that crosses my desk. I just need some more inks now as distressing with one does look a little odd.

Twisted Sketches #40

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This week the Twist was "staples", so I have stapled netting to the screen print paper.

Castle Rising and Blaise Castle (balanced on my hand...)

Loads of new stuff for me on this layout. I've used my Quirky Kit - Resolutions for the first time. Never used net or strings of sequins before, so that was fun! The title I made using my shiny new Provence stamps by Technique Tuesday. I still totally blame Maria for making me buy them, but I think she was right. I've embossed them, which is a new technique for me. AND... the cardstock is Coredinations, something I've not used before. Much sanding fun.

After all that I still have to take wonky pictures on top of the living room radiator to get any daylight!

March Week 3

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Challenge set by those Crafty Magpies!

To do a layout based on the men/man in your life, to include a bird, use the sketch and the colour green. I nearly forgot about the green, but I added another bird with a green wing and green highlights!

A couple of pictures to show that he's willing to go along with my crazy ideas. The photo on the left was taken in Cardiff, in Roald Dahl Plas were Torchwood was filmed. We're standing on the slab that goes down to The Hub! It's Boxing Day a few years ago and they were doing repairs - hence all the crud behind us!

I think you can see where the second photo was taken!