Create 10 - Project#5

I have to say I think this is my favourite project so far, was great fun to make and I got to use my all time favourite paper - it's from the Sassafras Nerdy Bird range, could it be any cuter?!

I decided to stick with a crafty theme for my "loves" and "hates", really pleased with the finished result, think this might have to be displayed rather than going in an album!

TFL

Lou xx

Create 10 - Project#2

And here's the second one - the idea of this was to use lots of strips with different edges and kind of ruffle them up, but I kept mine flat as I did a 12x12 page, so not much room for ruffling!

This was the perfect opportunity to use up the ton of Sassafras borders I have been hoarding for ages, as well as a few other random strips of paper to break it up a bit and I just love the randomness of all the colours.

TFL

Lou xx

Create 10 - Project#1

So here's my take on the first fabby project - a great layout using up all those little scraps of paper that are far too nice to throw away!
There's a fair mix on here from Sassafras, October Afternoon and My Little Shoebox collections and some other bits from old quirky kits.

TFL

Lou xx

My Christmas House!

Having finally got all my craft fairs out the way for the year, I've got round to making some stuff for ME!

This year, I decided I wanted to make a gingerbread house, but the more I thought about it, the more it sounded like hardwork! lol Then on my last trip to Pickleberry Papercrafts I spotted this cute little wooden house and decided that sounded like a far more sensible idea!

A quick coat of paint, some Sassafras Life at the Pole papers, Doodlebug paper frills, buttons and a bit of Tulle and it was finished within half an hour - that's more like it!

And it even has cute little drawers to hide sweeties in (and then find them forgotten about and mouldy next year! lol)

Will have more projects to share soon!

Lou xxx

Twisted Sketch #23

So a few months ago I applied for the Twisted sketches DT, but didn't get in (insert sad face) but I did get asked to be a guest designer (insert smiley face!) And the sketch went live today!

It was a fab sketch to work with - I haven't done any scrapping for ages as I've been too busy making stuff for craft fairs, so I was panicking that my mojo was lost for ever! But this layout came together in about 1/2 hour and I love it! The twist was to use a punch, so I dug out my ever faithful threading water punch for the scalloped border.

Minimal supplies used on this one too - just some American Crafts Everyday papers and ribbon and Sassafras Sunshine lollipops alphas and sweet treat stickers.

TFL

Lou xx

Sassafras Bungle Jungle!

Well, I was determined to scrap this weekend, but my mojo had vanished - then I saw on Maria's blog that she's this week's Pencil Lines guest (congrats hun - very well deserved!) So I headed on over and printed off this week's sketch - and here's my effort- my first layout with the fab Bungle Jungle range from Sassafras!

It's no secret that Sassafras is my favourite manufacturer, and one of the main reasons is that all their ranges work so well together, for example on this layout, the cloud shaped journalling sticker is from the Anthem range and the photo corner sticker is from the Pocketful of Rosies range.

I'm off to Pickleberry Papercrafts again on Friday night for their Midnight crop, so will hopefully get lots more layouts done - especially as the postie delivered THIS just now - it's even more gorgeous in the flesh and I can't wait to dig in!!

Lou xx

Layouts to share

Will hopefully get lots done at the weekend too as I'm going to my first every crop! It's at Pickleberry Papercrafts - a gorgeous new shop filled with scrummy goodies, so I'll probably ended up spending too - oops!

Not so Wildwood!

Just a quick layout to share, of our trip to Wildwood a few weeks ago - when we saw hardly any animals!

I've used Sassafras and October Afternoon papers.

Hope you're all having a great Bank Holiday weekend - we're off to my Mum and Dad's for BBQ tonight - yes we are mad!! But it's a bit of a tradition to have our first BBQ of the year on Easter weekend - no matter what the weather!

Lou xx

More Florida Layouts

I'm slowly working my way through the ton of pics we took in Florida last September - and finally have some more layouts to share. There's no real journalling on any of them as I kept a pretty detailed diary of the holiday - it's been great fun reading back through it to get the dates/details for the layouts and remembering and laughing at all the silly little things that happened! This first one is of the pool at our villa - I used up the last few scraps of my BG Euphoria papers, along with the matching chipboard and some buttons.

This random pic of Ash was taken at MGM (still can't get my head around the new name!) As we walked pass Voyage of the little Mermaid, Ash decided he would pose for a pic with this smiley little fish! LOL I've used Autumn Leaves, Sassafras and Jillybean soup papers and some random bits from my stash.

This one's of our hire car - using Sassafras Hog Heaven and Happy Place papers, Pink Paislee paper, and the arrow paper and Paper Email journalling spot are from the latest Quirky kit "Note to Self" from Crafty Templates.

Another totally random pic! This was based on a sketch from the SLYMI challenge on UKS. Papers are October Afternoon, Crate Paper and Making Memories.

Lou xxx

A True Friend Challenge 43

I haven't done one of these challenges for ages, but I couldn't resist this week - the challenge was to use something to do with Dr Seuss.

I took inspiration from the quote "A person's a person, no matter how small" and changed it to fit - people are always making comments about how small Todd is and how he can't possibly be a dog, he must be a guinea pig etc! So I just had to do a LO about this!

I've used a TON of Sassafras on this! LOL The paper is Fawnd of You from the My Dearest collection, and I added a variety of stickers and trims etc. from other collections. The title is a mixture of different thickers and tiny alphas. I outlined all the elements and letters with a pen to make them stand out.

Lou xx

More layouts to share!

Just a few more layouts from the past couple of weeks - got some more to photograph and upload too - have been on a roll lately!
This one is of me as a toddler - using Sassafras Hog Heaven and Crate Paper Mia.

Another one for the Florida album! Using Cosmo Cricket Hello sunshine papers - and some cute Mickey embellies!

This was for the SLYMI challenge on UKS to use fabric - I'd never scrapped with fabric before, nor had I sewn on a LO so I really enjoyed this! I used the fab kit from Crafty Templates.

Another one using Crate Paper Mia and Making Memories die cut paper.

Another one using my beloved Sassafras Sunshine lollipops (possibly my fave ever paper range!) Along with some American Crafts everyday papers too.

Catch up!

Been ages since I've blogged - been really busy making stuff as I had a card party on 13th March and a pamper evening on 19th - the party was a great success, the pamper evening not so as I don't think it was very well publicised, so not many people turned up - so I've got lots of new goodies to upload to my MISI store over the next few days!

These 2 cards, are my sketch team cards for Di's last 2 sketches - the first one using Crate Paper Katlin papers, and the second one using a variety of Sassafras ranges - and the owl is a tag from one of my many Paperchase purchases - I just love their new owl range - bit weird for someone with a bird phobia! LOL

Will be back tomorrow to share some layouts!

Lou xx

Lots & Lots of layouts

Here's my creative output, scrapping wise, from the last few weeks - the weather has been soooo pants, I haven't had chance to get any pics before now.

Thanks for looking!

Lou x

Cute Card Thursday #46

This week's CCT theme was to use metal on your card, and whilst my 2 staples on this card may not be a lot of metal - it's metal nonetheless!

I've used Sassafras pocketful of rosies papers and stickers, Stamps Away Owl stamp, Studio G sentiment stamp, and a scrap of lace from my stash.

Thanks for looking

Lou x

Friday sketchers #37 & Papertake Hearts and Flowers

Here's my take on the Friday sketchers sketch, and the Papertake theme of hearts and flowers. I've used Sassafras Sunshine Lollipops paper and sticker, and Doodlebug Simply Sweet alpha stickers.

Thanks for looking

Lou x

Di Hickman Card Sketch Feb #1

Di's first February sketch went live yesterday, and here is my DT card. I've used Sassafras Pocketful of Rosies papers, Stamps Away Owl stamp and Studio G sentiment stamp.

Don't forget to check Di's blog every Wednesday for more fab sketches!

Thanks for looking

Lou x

Some Layouts

Having spent weeks making tons of cards and other bits for my MISI store, I was yearning to do something for ME, so finally made some time this week for some scrapping!

The first layout is from Christmas, a really crappy photo - but illustrates perfectly the chaotic atmosphere of our festivities! I've used Love Elsie Noel for this one.

The second one is of my gorgeous pooch, using Doodlebug stuff, and the last one is a totally random layout about when Ash and I went to the Amusement arcades last September using Pink Paislee, Sassafras and Creative Imaginations papers.

Thanks for looking

Lou x

Penny Black Saturday #33

This week's PBS challenge was frames. This one was die cut from chipboard, covered with paper, a few buttons added and done! The papers are Sassafrass Sunshine Lollipops.

Thanks for looking

Lou x

More Layouts!

Yep, I did get some scrapping done at the weekend - but the weather has been too pants to get a decent pic until today (and even now it's not that great!)

Anyway, the first layout is my take on Rachael's class on the Scrummy Stash Cafe blog. I've used Basic Grey periphery papers (from the SSC kit) and the photo is of my Dad and my paternal Grandad who died in 1989. The title is appropriate as I'm a real Daddy's girl (still!) and as a little girl, the only person who came close to my Dad was my Grandad, so this was quite an emotional picture to scrap to be honest.

The next layout is another one of me as a bubba with my Daddy and our dog, Clare. I just love this picture! Not sure on the papers as they're from a kit (can you tell I'm trying to use up all my kits?!) but I think they're from Dream Street.

And the final one is of my gorgeous Ash on his birthday this year. We were in Florida, and this pic was taken at about 8.30am in the Disney Hollywood Studio's carpark on our way into the park. I've used some Creative Imaginations die cut ledger paper and the gorgeous Sassafras Happy Place papers - I love how they match so well with Ash's shorts!

Lou xx

As promised.....

..... here's the layouts I've done this week.

The first one is of me (again!) in a towel toga - a bathtime tradition. When I showed this to Ash, he commented "Aww, aren't you cute - but you have got big ears!" The cheek! They're not big now, so I guess I grew into them! For this I've used Basic Grey Offbeat papers - LOVING this collection!

The next one is a layout of my gorgeous fella and his obsession with orange clothing - he even has orange pants!!

This was a totally planned layout - when I saw these Prima Dude papers and chip buttons a few months back I immediately thought of Ash - then made him pose for a photo shoot, as it's one of those things about him that I wanted to record.

The last layout is my take on Maria's latest class on the Scrummy Stash Cafe blog. The picture is of me and our family dog that I grew up with "Clare dogs", who was like my bodyguard and playmate!

The class was to use up scraps and I've used up some Sassafras, BG Offbeat and Fancy Pants scraps.

TFL

Lou x