Scrapbooking fun!

Yey- I've managed to do a couple of scrapbook pages!  This couple actually got married just after we did (3 years ago!) I don't know when I'll make it to doing my wedding photos!

I've added pennants to decorate this page and the general celebratory feel fits in just right with A La Card Monkey's Celebrate good times theme this week. Photo Love is also the theme for Simply Stamping' Challege, so I'll just have to enter it in there too!

Guest Designer!!!

Yey! My first ever spot as a Guest Designer-on A La Card Monkey (go check it out!!)
I went for another scrapbook page and found some pictures of Hope the dog. She's not mine, but a lovely little dog from when we visited Las Vegas last year. She was a neighbour's dog who loved coming to visit us.
I found some old Creative Memories papers to start me off-containing a nice big circle.
I still want to add some journaling to it (probably in the circle) but I couldn't think what to write just now.

A Cup of [Hot Chocolate]

I've taken the card sketch from A La Card Monkey [Challenge 52] -and remembered this photo of a hot chocolate I took when in Galway on honeymoon :)
I tried to keep to the sketch, but the two tags ended up having to be turned around-as you would have to turn your head to work out what the pictures were of!
I've never really done such a random page of colours and bits 'n' pieces before, but I kinda like it-just raiding my scap stash.
I've cut into the page in places and made the leaves overlap the photos slightly. I made the flags with some green/white twine and patterned masking tape (which seems to be all the rage at the mo) from Cath Kidston.
I'm afraid the photo is a bit overexposed (with this lovely weather we have been having for a change, i took my page outside for its photo), the colours are a bit richer in real life...

Scrapping with little leaves

Yey! I did a scrapbook page!! I have had these 2 pictures sitting around at the back of an album for about 2 years now-and always thought of doing something with turquoise with them. I then spotted a challenge that fitted perfectly last week CR84FN13, but me being me, i missed the last entry time :( But hey-at least it go me scrapping again. That and going along to Mj's scrap day (well afternoon/eve for me)

image from:
http://www.stampinup.com/ecweb/Product
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I also got to try out my latest ebay purchase: a Stampin UP sizzlit die: Little leaves. I'd seen this motif used on various SU blogs but it doesn't appear to be available in the UK yet..


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Scrapbooking Paris

All this snow reminds me of a trip to Paris I took last January, and gives me an excuse to show off the pages I made from some of the pics I took.

These are probably my favorite scrapbooking pages to date. 

Once I had formed the idea it didn't take too long to create either. The four photos have really done most of the work by themselves- I just cut them a bit to fit within the scalloped border. I used a cricut machine for the gorgeous lettering and voila!

I still had the left over paper from the centre of the page above-but what to do with it??

I got the idea for a pinboard from a combination of a scrapbook page by Elizabeth Kartchner (the diamondy bit!) and my pinboard at home.

I think creating a pinboard page is a good way to show off those photos that you don't quite know what to do with, a mixture of shapes I think work well too.

The paper I used is from Basic Grey Origins Collection and was part of  the Scrapaholix March 2010 kit

Basic Grey Origins~Mud mask

Mj's crop with Kirsty Wiseman

I had a fun day on Saturday-attending 2 Scrapbooking crops! The page above I created at Mj's crop circle nr Thatcham as part of a workshop with guest scrap-booker Kirsty Wiseman.  I altered the design somewhat but all the 'bits' (except the green flowers) were from Kirsty's pack. I've always wanted to have a go at this sort of page, and it was fun trying to fit all the bits onto the one layout. We also got to try out some ink sprays, which is a nice way to start a page off-especially when it's big and white.
We also got to make a beautiful envelope booklet, but I will leave the picture of that for now(incase I decide to make them as Christmas presents!)

Wedding scrapbook pages~ Z&B

Here's one of quite a few wedding scrap book pages I have created. I started with the patterned background pages from Scrapaholix's february kit and went for green as a contrasting colour to the purples.

I've used an array of cutting tools to create the shapes shown: punches (for the scalloped edges and small squares) Creative Memories Custom Cutting System -circles and the black swirly frame was made with a die and the Big shot die cutting machine

One year on

I was part of a Scrapaholix group for a few months (until it closed) and each month you were given a pack of papers to work with.
This layout was with the BoBunny "Flutter Butter" papers and was for the Jan 2010 club. I came across a gorgeous layout on the scrapaholix gallery and have basically "scrap-lifted" it!

The couple photo is again taken by Alice Jackman, when we visited in July/August 2009. I had a go with her camera -and took photos of our rings :)

First ever scrapbook page

Here's a pic of the first proper scrapbook page I ever made, at a Scrapbooking party/evening a couple of years ago.

Its a really big thing in the US and Canada, but its not so well known over here...must spread the word! I suppose you could call it something like 'glorified photo album making' ?!
I think it takes me back to my school sketchbook days where I always enjoyed filling a page with designs and bits and pieces.

I complimented my page with a giant photo version of the mini ones, which I think works well.

The photos are of me and my husband (husband -to-be at the time!) and are taken by Alice Jackman. She also took our wedding photos and her pics may spring up quite a bit form time to time (she also taught me everything I know about photography, including how to use my very first SLR camera, back when we still used film!)