Scrap Map Saturday ~ Springtime

This week at Creative Craft World the Scrap Map Saturday theme is "spring / seasons".

Thought at first it might be a problem as I didn't seem to have many pictures from Spring (or autumn, or winter...), certainly not eight of them! I don't have photo printing capabilities at home, I always send them out to be printed, so my photos are always sized at whatever options I'm allowed on Photobox.

Then it occurred to me that, obviously, sketches are jumping off points, they're for kick starting your mojo and sending it off to scrap. My mojo came up with this:

{Forde Abbey in Dorset, Easter 2009}

I cut one photo into six pieces, displaced them a little and filled the gaps with daisies and my journalling. Also made my own background with Distress Inks (mustard seed, peeled paint & faded jeans) and a Maya Road butterfly sheer sheet.

Once I'd done that I didn't want to cover up my background any more than I had to, so I added a teeny title.

Then I had to go away and play with the Sheer Sheet as I'd not used it before and it's FUN!

Delayed WC

And by that I mean "weekly challenge" and not "water closet". This is from last week and I forgot to upload it.


Melman in Scotland last year.

The challenge was:
To alter an old piece of patterned paper - I turned an old piece into a border strip with a punch and some ink.
To use a piece of chipboard - the flower. ALthough now I look at it again, the thickers are chipboard too!
To use a piece of ribbon - giraffe print.
Draw your own sketch or use a website to pick one - I chose this one from the Pink Paislee Blog.

Project 12 - July

Once again I've had to take photos in less than perfect conditions, which is a shame, because I'm actually really happy with the way this Project 12 turned out. Best one in my album so far.

{click for full size}

I left some gaps for stuff I don't necessarily want plastered over the net, they're filled in now.

Layouts from Today

Finally got some of the pictures back that I took of Alex in London. Really not impressed with the service from Snapfish, but at least they were free. The pictures aren't of the same quality that I've been getting from Photobox either. Shan't be straying from there now, freebies or not.

I'd bought myself a piece of this 3 Bugs paper because it features lions and giraffes. I'm still waiting for my giraffe stamp from Scrap Shed so I can use the giraffe strip. Of course, I'm still waiting for that as well and it's been over a month. Great. Somewhere else that won't be getting a return order.


This is the weekly challenge layout, not completely happy with it - probably should have deviated from the sketch a little bit more.