Goodbye and God Bless, Nana

This morning we got the call that our Nana had passed, this past week has been very sad, we have kept going as you do in these situations, but knowing her life was coming to an end was just heartbreaking for us all.

I'm so glad that I got to spend some time with her at the beginning of the week and say my goodbyes then.

Rest In Peace, Nana 

Thank you for everything, 

we all love and will miss you loads. xxx

Here are some layouts that I've recently done.

Mr Muscles

Love You - the design was inspired from this layout here

Family bond - It was a complete concidence that my Aunty and son where dressed in the same colours on my aunties recent visit to Birmingham.

 Another layouts from the Harry Potter Tour.

Thanks for stopping by.

Project Life - March 2013

Here are my March Project Life pages.


A photo shoot with James, has I needed some new photos for a Retreat at the end of the month, new PJ's, and lunch with friends to celebrate Morag birthday.

Mother's Day gifts, a Dentist visit, Red Nose day,

A close up of the die cut that I designed myself.

A fun packed weekend spent in Warrington at Sarah's Cards Last Retreat.

Views of the shop; my class layouts, saying thank-you and goodbye to Sarah & Leanne; meeting an on-line friend;

Seeing a blanket of crocus on my daily walk; dentist visit for me; the selection of a New Pope;  Options day at school; my new Selphy and a day at the NEC Hobbycraft show.

Close up of my Selphy and the 1st print I did.

Then more snow; in the envelope at the top right - I've included a copy of my 1st commission cheque as a member of the DT for Scrapbook Magazine; Happy Birthday to Julie; James check-up; 100% attendance certificate;

Normally my holiday are normally just in a certain month, this month it spread over the end of March and the beginning of April.  So these are the 1st few days of the holiday and next month I will add the rest.

I've now upto date with my pages and at the moment I feel better by allocating a few hours per week for my PL pages I've been able to complete some scrapbooking pages, which I will upload in the next few days.

Scrapbook Magazine No. 72

This is my layout that was published in this months Scrapbook Magazine No. 72

I received this page kit from Scrap Angel, link here

as well as using the kit, I added the following:-

Jenni Bowlin Ink - Weather Vane

Jenni Bowlin mini kraft tickets

Studio Calico Mr Huey Mist - Lemondade, Clay, Schoolhouse

Studio Calico Stamp Set

Studio Calico Wood Veneer

Arrow Paper Clip

Bakers Twine

Paper Dollie

Flair Button (www.etsy.com/shop/findingnana

Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

Silhouette Cameo

and this is what I came up with

A close up of the Silhouette die cut

the flair button, and mini tickets

I loved working with this kit and it was abit of a challenge to use the pink tones for a boy layout, but by changing the photo to black and white the layouts came together easily.

Why not get a copy of the magazine to see what the other DT team has come up with using the same products.

Sarah's Cards Sketch Challenge

I've not done a monthly sketch challenge for a while, so now that I'm getting back on track with the balance of Project Life and Scrapbooking, my first thing was to get to grips with some challenges, here's what I've come up with.

You can find the sketch here

Project Life - February 2013

Here are my February PL pages, and this is a month where I have added extra and different designed page protectors.

Having my first scrapbook pages published that I was paid for, James shaving - a definite OMG moment, having a dry day to hang my washing out.

Putting my new Crock Pot to use, catching J&J going through last years PL albums.

Walking in the snow to get a parcel from the Post Office, obviously it was stash - lol.  The boiler breaking down,

Valentine Day, Roof man, my sales on Ebay, and meeting Celine Navarro at the NEC.

A trip to the Ballet; dentist for James, and James taking it easy in Homebase whilst I was on the phone.

Making crispy cakes with James, spending time with Sheena.

So these are the additional pages, I'd organised a weekend of scrapping with some friends over in Shropshire I had arrived early so that I could have a walk around Wenlock Priory before meeting the others for lunch in the town.

The weekend was freezing, so the photo shoot was cut short we did manage to take these before diving back into the warmth of the house.

I added a stitched detail using the Amy Tangerine Stitch template.

And these are just a few details about the weekend.

I will be back shortly with my March pages.

Project Life - January 2013

Can you believe that I've not blogged any of my Project Life album this year.  Well over the next couple of post I've rectified that and I hope you like what you see, if you don't then "ah! oh" if you do then 'thank you'.

My Project Life (PL) albums are not the regular PL journals, but my version of PL, I do use the divided page protectors, I subscribed to the Studio Calico (SC) PPL kit, and I got a designated box that holds all the PL items in.  But I don't do my pages on a weekly basis, saying that I do try and keep the entries in the correct date order, but if I need to add a photo in a middle of the week, I just do it and not too bothered about it not being the correct date.  I also don't just do a side a week, if I have more going on in a particular week, I just add more page protectors - in a different format, my way of thinking if I don't get around to scrapbooking these events then at least they are in my PL albums.

Over the months, I read various blogs and threads and people have different views on how to put a PL album together, some people are very strong minded about following Becky Higgins way to the letter and can't see that a PL album can be done another way.  Others are doing a smaller version for example using a 8x6 album - so I say just do what you feel comfortable with.

Putting the past 3 months together I've realised that I need to re-think how much time I've devoting to my PL pages, I've noticed that it is taking over and my regular scrapbooking in going my the wayside so that I can finish my PL pages.  So I've come up with a plan - only work on it  for 2 hours per week, thats planning, printing, sorting, assembling the inserts - everything.  I will let you know how I get on next month.

Apologies for the shadow, quality and reflection on the photos.

Me & James meeting friends for Lunch, Lunch again a Ed's Diner in Birmingham and Jon's birthday.

Cinema trips, Parents night, and the arrive a 'Happy Mail' from SC

OMG - the weekend it snowed and snowed, got some great photos, but it stopped us going down to London for a family party which was the most annoying.

Took the kids sledging

and of course, I had a go

Meet Sheena for Lunch, tried to help James with his Math homework - ahhh !!!, helped clear the street of snow so that the workers could get out, catch-up with friends over a meal.

So that was a snapshot into my January.


Thanks for reading and pop back in a few days to see my February pages.