Another Weekend

Morning, and a very happy Saturday to you all.

Thought I would pop by with a quick post to share with you pictures of two layouts I have completed this month. The first one is based on a sketch that I saw on my friend Sarahs blog and its a Stuck!? Sketch (there is a link on Sarah's page to more of these sketches if you are ever in need of a little inspiration). The papers and embellishments are are left over from an old Basic Grey kit, if I remember rightly this one was called 'Out of Print' or something like that. I sprayed the card stock with a little Tattered Angels glimmer mist in Creme de Cocoa before using the Stampin Up Gorgeous Grunge set to add the lines at the top and bottom of the page. I still need to add my journalling and possibly a title but I need to rack my brains for something a little original - any suggestions would be greatly received. The picture is of my hubby Tom and our hire car whilst we were in Vegas last year.

The second layout I have to show you is based on Sues February Sketch (link to Sue's blog is here). For this layout I used papers from the Authentique Classique Beauty collection. The title is American Crafts Thickers and the journalling card (which again still needs to be completed) is from one of my Project Life kits. The picture is again of Tom while we were in Vegas last year, this picture was snapped inside the New York, New York hotel where there was a restaurant and bar called Toms Urban!

Its been a good week here for us. After last weeks rather de-motivating half a pound gain at Weight Watchers I managed to lose a pound and a half this week. Not sure what caused the gain as I had stuck to the plan, guess it was just one of those blips that I am going to encounter along the way. Still I am now up to a total of nine pounds lost which I am very happy with.

Tom is in work again this weekend so once again I am left to my own devices. Once this post is up I am going to get dressed and head out for a walk along the river and down to Borough Market. Am planning to spend the rest of the weekend in my craft room as I have several orders for Mothers Day cards to complete. Hope you all have a nice weekend planned whether it be a busy one or a nice chilled out one at home.

Thanks for stopping by, watch out for another post from me soon.

Love and hugs, Jane

Bank Holiday Crafting

Evening all..

Hope you are all well and that you all enjoyed the Bank Holiday weekend. Hubby and I had a lovely one, spent time with family and friends as well as a little bit of relaxing at home. A perfect weekend all round really.

I didnt get to scrap at all on Saturday which was NSD (National Scrapbooking Day)so I made sure I got some time yesterday to do a couple of layouts as well as update project Life. The first layout was done using some left overs from one of my Basic Grey Page of the Month kits..the picture is of my very dear friend Michele and I in Portugal last Summer. I love how relaxed and happy we both look...wish my skin had that healthy Summer glow all year round too!!

The next layout was created using a few sheets of paper from my stash, I think its maybe Echo Park but I am not 100% sure. The title is American Crafts Thickers. The pic is of hubby on the terrace of our villa in Portugal last year, with just a few of his empties (I would like to add he didnt drink all of that in one night!!).

Finally here are three more weeks of Project Life...

As always thanks for taking the time to stop by and have a peek at my blog, please feel free to leave me a comment if you like what you see.

Love and hugs, Jane xx

Layouts

Evening all...back again to share a few more layouts with you. Again they are all for the Vegas album, which is just as big as the first one I did back in 2008!! Every time we go I think I wont take as many pictures as I did the last time but I always end up taking hundreds!!

The first one is of Dani the barman making a whole lot of shots in Margaritaville (our newest and most fave place on the Strip!). We went there for cocktails on our last night with Liz, Andy and Eileen and the frozen margarita's were delicious. The papers are all left from one of my Basic Grey kits, the yellow letters are AC Thickers and the tag I have had for absolutely ages and ages, I think it may have come from a old total paper craft's kit. Sorry this one is such a poor image, just couldn't find the right place or light.



The pic on the next layout was also taken in Margaritaville and is of me, Liz and Eileen. We bought the Elvis shades for Liz and Andy's wedding vow renewal. All the papers, embellishments and letters on this layout are from my Studio Calico kits.



The last layout is of me and Tom having a meal on our last night. The papers and embellishments on this pate are all from an Echo Park collection pack that I bought at Ally Pally. I just added a pearl swirl from my stash....I do love a pearl or bling swirl!!



Thanks for stopping by my blog, if you like what you see please leave me a comment and a link back to your blog if you have one so I can pop by and leave you a comment.

Love and hugs, Jane xx

Summer at Last

Well hasn't the recent weather been just gorgeous?? Long may it last I say, I love the sun and hope that this gorgeous spell lasts and lasts....well at least for the upcoming Bank Holiday weekend! Its been a few weeks since I last blogged but I have been rather busy. I had a very special night out at the O2 a couple of weeks ago with my friends Sharon and Sally, we were there to see the fabulous Mr Barry Manilow!! It was a great night and Bazza sure didn't disappoint us, he looked and sounded great and he sang loads of the old songs. We danced and sang our hearts out and I really didn't want the night to finish. Lets hope Barry comes back to the UK very soon. We also had another wedding reception to attend, this time it was Carly and Mark. The reception was held at the Barnyard, Gore Farm which is down in Kent and it was lovely, a really gorgeous venue. Carly looked stunning in her gorgeous Candy Anthony dress, I especially liked the fab pink petticoats underneath. If I were to get married or renew my vows again that is exactly what I would have. It was a great night, the marquee looked fab and it was great to see Jules, Denny and Mark too. Last weekend I went to the Kings Hill crop, we had the usual Costa coffee beforehand and as usual there was lots of chatter, laughter and biscuits!! I managed 4 layouts, all of which are below for you to see, a few of them still need to have journalling added, I will get that done later this week when I have had time to sit down and decided what to write. The pictures are not very good - sorry! The first layout is using MME Lost and Found papers and the photo is a very old one me and my sister. The letters are AC Thickers..

The next layout is of me and Tom, the photobooth style pictures were taken at Katie and Alex's wedding last month. The papers are from the latest Gottacraft kit.

Layout number three is again using a Gottacraft kit and the pictures were taken at Katie's hen night.

Finally layout number 4 which is again using MME Lost and Found papers, the picture is of Jules, Me, Carly and Denny.

Hope you are all well, bye for now and TFL. X X

Another Christmas Layout

Just thought I would post to show you the other layout I completed yesterday, I added the title tonight.



Again the papers and embellishments are Jillibeans soup, the title is American Crafts Thickers. The pictures were taken on Christmas day while Daisy was walking around amongst the presents. She got several gifts but her favourite was from Jack Dog and is a pig that makes an oinking noise when squeezed. We thought that the oink wouldn't last long but its still going strong, Daisy just LOVES pig!!

Here is a picture of Daisy in the snow yesterday. Unfortunately we couldn't let her off the lead to run and play in the snow because of the stitches in her leg, poor thing just kept looking at us as if to say 'please let me go and play'.



TFL x x

Taking it easy

Well here we are, Sunday again! Its been a bit of a traumatic week for me as I had some minor day surgery done on Wednesday. I wont go into detail on here other than to say it left me feeling a little worse for wear and rather battered and bruised. Today is the first day since the op that I have actually felt somewhere like normal so fingers crossed that means I am now on the mend. Luckily I have had Tom at home to look after me although at times he has been a pest!! LOL

Thought I would share with you a couple of Christmas layouts with you, as is my scrapping style they are both very simple.

The first one is of Daisy and I have used papers and embellies from the December Gottacraft kit which were Echo Park.

The second one is of pictures that were taken on a pre-Christmas trip to Harrods. The papers for this one are 3 Bugs, the buttons are Papermania (I think) and the wording is American Crafts Thickers. I used an EK Success punch to create the scalloped border.



As always thanks for looking, I will be back soon with a few more layouts to share with you.

Jane x

Layouts

Thought I would make a quick post to share with you a couple of the layouts I did at the Kings Hill Crop yesterday (as usual a fab day full of fun, chat and scrapping - thanks ladies).

The first layout was done using Bazzil card stock and Basic Grey Kioshi papers. The title is American Crafts Thickers and the bling swirl was hand glued using a Bazzil Jewel template and gems that I bought from Ebay. The scalloped circle was cut using Nestabilities and my Cuttlebug. The pictures were taken in Spain, early one evening while we were sitting on our terrace.



For the second layout I also used pictures that were taken in Spain, this cute bunny rabbit could often be seen hopping about the gardens of Las Gardenias. The pattered paper I used here is Sei Dill Garden and as I had 2 sheets I used one as the base and one I cut into and 3d'd onto the page. The journalling spot was done using a Cats Life Press stamp and the green ribbon was left over from an old Total Papercraft's kits.



Hope you like what I have done, thanks for stopping by.

Jane x x

Winner!

Me!!!!

Thanks to a giveaway on the fab My Pink Stamper I am now the owner (or at least I will be when it arrives) of the Bubblegum Stripes Cricut Imagine cartridge. I have only been following MPS since I got my Imagine so I am happy, happy, happy to have won. Any of you that have a Cricut should pop over and have a look, Robyn does some fab video tutorials. You will find the blinkie on the side bar of my blog.

Have attached a couple of layouts for you to see, sorry the pictures are not that good. Should really wait and take pics when the light is better.

The first one is of Scarlett at her first football match, I used bazzil cardstock and one sheet of October Afternoon paper which I trimmed with an EK Sucess punch. The ribbon and journalling card are from my stash. The title is American Crafts thickers.



The second layout is of Daisy and was done using a Total Papercrafts kit. I didnt follow the design that was suggested, I ended up doing my own thing. All I added was some American Crafts thickers for the title, a bloom and a bling swirl which was done using the Bazzil Jewell templates.



Thats all for now, thanks for looking

Jane x x

Summer is on the way.......

What a wonderful weekend we have had weather wise, how nice has it been to have all the windows open, to ditch the coats and to just enjoy being outside in the sun! Looks like Summer is on thy way, just what we need after the long Winter we have had.

We have had a nice couple of days. After work on Friday we headed over to Bermondsey Square for a couple of drinks in Alfies bar, it was a lovely sunny evening so we sat outside and watched everyone coming and going. It was a great way to start the weekend!

Much of Saturday was spent pottering about doing odds and ends although Tom did go to football to watch Millwall v Leeds (which resulted in a win for the Lions!!) and I sat outside with Daisy for an hour or so. We went to a 50th wedding anniversary party in the evening, the party was for Ruth and Alf who are the parents of an old school friend of mine. It was nice to see so many people from the 'old days' and it was especially nice to be able to share in such a special celebration. Fifty years is certainly an acheivement in this day and age.

Today has been a lovely lazy Sunday, just the kind of day you need when the sun is shining. For most of the day we just sat outside on the grass while Daisy has run about and played. Her doggy pal Barney even came over to play, while his 'mummy' Cath and I sat and looked though the Stamping Up catalogue and planned a little order.

I did manage one layout today but I need to photograph it before I can share it with you. I have attached a couple of pics though, these are of the layouts I did last weekend, both of which are of Hayley. It has taken me quite a while to get my head around scrapping these pics but I am very pleased with the outcome and I hope that if Hayley can see them she likes them.

On the 'Hayley' layout there is hidden journalling behind the picture and the pocket holds a couple of newspaper clippings about the accident as well as the tribute card from her funeral. The papers and matching embellishments have been in my stash for ages and I think they were either My Minds Eye or Fancy Pants, the title was done with Thickers and the pearl and gem swirl was done using my Bazzil temmplates.



For the Beautiful Angel layout I again used papers that had been in my stash for ages, the lace and metal corners are from Wild Orchid Crafts, not sure where the crocheted flowers are from (again have been in stash for ages)and the title was done with Thickers. Finally the stunning picture of Hayley was taken by the very talented Julesmichelle. Thanks hun for this most beautiful and lasting memory of our beautiful girl.



As always thanks for looking,

Love and hugs, Jane x x

Mothers Day Cards

Evening folks!!

I really LOVE the easel cards that I made last week, in fact I love them so much I decided to make my Mums Mothers Day card in this style.

I made it as an 8x8 card using some navy blue card stock which I then layered with white cardstock and some old cherry arte papers. The image is a Tilda by Magnolia which I coloured in with my pro markers. The flowers and metal corners are from Wild Orchid crafts and the bling and pearls are from my stash, the Mum has been done with American Crafts Thickers. Finally I cut 2 scalloped ovals using a set of nestabilities which I then stamped a sentiment from Imagine That on. I have attached a couple of pictures for you to see....just hope Mum likes the card.




On Monday I took some cards into the office for the guys I work with to see. I wasnt expecting too much as I work with all men but they were all very nice about my cards and I actually ended up with orders for 4 card, 3 for Mothers Day and 1 for a 21st birthday. Looks like I will be busy in the PPoC tomorrow (as if I need an excuse!).

So far its been a nice weekend here. Yesterday Tom and I headed up to Covent Garden to meet our friends Liz and Andy Garlick who were visiting London from their home town of North Carolina. It was really good to see them and share a few drinks and a lot of laughs. Hopefully one day we will get to visit them in NC!

Today I paid a visit to the Craft Barn with Cath, I was quite a good girl and just bought some cardstock, a couple of inkpads, a glimmer mist and a home sweet home wall hanging kit. The CB is one of our fave shops, the service there is always fabulous and the ladies make you so welcome and are full of hints and tips. Hopefully it wont be too long before we go back.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jane x x