And the winner is ...

Oh my ... this is what happens when your laptop is down and your emails is not working,  you forget to blog hop on a daily basis.  But I'm back online and checking in on all my regular blogs and came across this ...


here 


yeah!!!! I've won the 6x6 blog challenge on SJ Papercraft blog.


This is my entry

and you can find the details here


Thanks everyone at SJ Papercrafts for your votes, much appreciated.

Scrap 365 blog - Shake it Up Recipe - Oct 2012

Over on Scrap365 blog they have introduced a new challenge called 'Shake ip Up' you can find the details here.  So trying to get back into the swing of things I decided to give it a go, and here is my attempt.

So I've ticked all the boxes with this challenge, 

I also added a stamped image - something I hadn't done for a long time on my layout.

Then instead of adding a title, I just added these wood veneer speech bubbles from Studio Calico to the layout.

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Top 3 - SJ Papercrafts - Blog challenge

Yeah! I've just been going through my blog reader and noticed that I've been choosen as a top 3 winner over at SJ Crafts here

This is my layout

You can find all the details here

Again I would like to thank the girls on the DT for choosing my layout as one of their 'Top 3'.

I've been scrapping but for some reason, I've been finding it hard to upload here, maybe it the fact the 'blogger' has changed the format and it is taking me a little bit longer to work me way round the system, but I'm trying to get back into it and update regularly. 

This one uses a cameo die cut from Studio Calico and documents the fact that James is growing a 'tashe' I can't see that I hadn't noticed it before because I had, but whilst we were having "a catch-up with our day' time I looked at him and it just dawned on me how noticeable it was, boy hes growing up so quickly. 

Products: Studio Calico August 2012 kit

cameo dies - arrow background, arrows and awesome

Use a Studio Calico stamp set and journalled on the tag

Moreton Quay - I love this photo so you might see it again on anther layout (yes, I have no qualms about scrapping a photo more than once).  This was the sight that greeted me when I was waiting for a boat to take me seal watching in April, the morning was just perfect.

Last week I got some of the new Amy Tangerine 'Ready Set Go' collection from Sarah's Cards , and I was itching to cut into it and make a layout.  So here is my first layout

Layout - On target - using a photo of J & J playing a target game on the beach, a simple game but loads of fun

and the final one for today is using several photos of our recent visit to Liverpool.

Superbananalamb - that a around the city again using a tag with hidden journalling  at the side of the photos.  

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Project Life - August 2012

I've finally got around to uploading my August pages, as mentioned if I think I need to add more page protectors I do, so this month with a week spent in Norfolk and a day in Liverpool, I've managed to add extra pages, so here goes, again I've mainly used my Studio Calico August 2012 kit



Side 1 - finally taking my weave out and going 'au natual', getting James passport approved after several attempts, flat tyre

Finding a cricket on the roof of our car, getting my Studio Calico kit very late in the month - that I thought it had been lost - lol, storm cloud moving in, finding James's pram in the roof of the garage, our cinema trips, and the impression of a bird that had flown into the conservatory window.

Our week in Norfolk, starting with the town's annual carnival, complete with town cryers and marching bands

and the town people all taking part on various floats.

our journal down, the launching of the lifeboat, 

Beach fun, visiting Priory Maze

The cottage we said in, James and I enjoying some Norfolk ice-cream and a stroll along the prom one evening.

Then our day trip to Liverpool,  I added a different sized page protector here and typed my journalling so that I could add more words.  I also added the names to each photo, so that when you read the journalling it co-ordinates with the photos.

 So that was my month of August, come back soon to see some layouts.

Shimelle Starting Point

Over on Shimelle's blog you can find her current starting point layouts, for more details see here

and here is my take
























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Halloween Boxes

Yesterday, I spent my time at my crop, getting ahead with making some Halloween boxes for the kids in the street, yes, I know it's early, but I set about doing it and now it's all sorted. I'm not normally a Halloween person but all the kids in the street come round doing 'trick or treat', so for this year I decided do something different.

I got all my supplies from Stampin' Up, I've signed up again so I can now take orders.

Milk Carton Die

Pumpkin Cardstock (A4)

Green Cardstock (A4)

Whisper White Cardstock (A4)

Halloween patterned paper pack

The sizzex die is the milk carton one, and when it says mini it sure is. Anyway, here is the process

After cutting out the boxes I added strips of patterned papers to the bottom of each box.

After folding all the sides in, I added tape to one edge

and the box was formed.

I just secure the base of the box with some tape.

To finish the box off, I cut some ghost with my Silhouette Cameo, I reduced them in size so they measure roughly 1".

I ended up making 20, which should be more than enough.

And a close up of one of the boxes, all I've got to do now is fill them.

Even though they are mini, measuring roughly 3" high and 1.25", there are very cute.

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