happy by the sea

the latest sketch is up at Twisted sketches- follow the link at the side to go and see the rest of the gorgeous inspiration  and the sketch itself. the twist this time is leap- well it had to be for a sketch going live today didn't it?

Ok so it might not be obvious where my "leap" comes in but I hate cutting into photos when I've had them printed so I'm calling this a leap of faith to use my punch on the photo- I wasn't sure if it would work out but I think it looks Ok if a little wonky. what do you think?

changing every day

so this Lo is for Scrap it with a Song latest challenge- the song is Dreams by the Cranberries and inspired by the lyric- changing everyday- and the fact it was Nancy's birthday on the day I made this - I decided to make a LO showing how Nancy has changed over the last five years- I printed a picture of her around her birthday from each year and then layered up some bits and bobs of stuff

photo booth

A late entry for the Artastic challenge blog this month- finally I found a few hours this week to do some scrapping- aided by a sick child and an enforced day off work.

the challenge at Artastic is to use a red colour scheme with a touch of green, a red heart and a black and white photo- I forgot the black and white photo so i ended up printing a strip of three extra photos to add onto the LO to fulfil the requirements

love this girl

the photo is NAncy standing in front of the window at our friends house- he lives in the attic of a huge mansion house- and the views across the countryside are amazing- Nancy is standing in front of the shuttered windows gazing at the boys playing football on the croquet lawn- I'm sure there is some law against that!

the LO is for Scrap the Girls- the challenge this month was a LO about love but using turquoise and chipboard- I think I fulfilled the requirements

google earth

Yesterday I got a call at work- I'd only been there 15 minutes- Arthur had been sick at before school care- I needed to go and pick him up.

I spent the rest of the day feeling like a really bad person- I had three choices once Arthur was settled and asleep
1. tidy the house
2. do some work
3. scrap
what did I do? scrap of course but as a consequence I felt guilty while I was doing it- which was not great for the creative juices- still I made four LOs and got an hour or so today to make another 2

This one is for Scrap the Boys- using a sketch

Now I know there are technically no boys on the picture but it is about Stanley. the arrow is pointing to Stanley's bike. the picture was taken while he was playing at his friend Ben's house and his bike was parked outside- but what is really cool is that the photo is printed from Google Earth- Stanley's playdate is captured forever on the net

snap shot

I made this LO for Scrap your Crap- the challenge this time is stamps- you need to use at least three- I have four on here- my large butterfly, the camera, the frame and I also stamped the shape onto the foam heart thicker

The LO has a photo of Nancy taking a photo of me taking a photo of her- she's using Stanley's camera while he was outside playing football

with 5p in my pocket

This is a photo of me- aged about 9 ( I think) as a Brownie) I can't remember why we were all at the church holding the pennant but I don't think it could be Thinking Day ( which is February) or Rememberance day ( which is November) as it looks to warm

Anyway the photo is outside the church and I was one of the supporters of the pennant- along with Susie Waring.  the title refers to the fact that as a Brownie you were supposed to have a 5P in your purse at all times in case you needed to make a phone call in an emergancy.

This Lo is for the challenge at Another Freaking Scrapbooking Challenge  which is a sketch along with something related to Brownies, Guides, Scout, Cubs etc