I haven't done much scrapping at all lately but have a few layouts to share that have been lurking on my hard drive!
These were all done using Banana Frog stamps.
These were from the recent cybercrop over on UK Scrappers - it was good to be scrapping again!
December again! A few projects on the go at the moment - hopefully I'll get a bit further than I did last year! I have done Shimelle's Journal Your Christmas class a few times and decided this year to combine it with Ali Edwards' December Daily project.
Album is made and all ready to add photos and journaling!
Lots of lovely bits and pieces in here, including MM Mistletoe range (that red glitter dot paper might just be my most favourite paper ever!), Jenni Bowlin Bingo cards, a page made of white fun foam, a page sewn together from some fabric coasters from Sainsbury's, a Starbucks bag, some lovely numbers from this Etsy shop, some old bits of patterned paper I have had for so many years that I don't know what they are, as well as one I chose just because it reminded me of the wrapping paper we had when I was little! Hopefully, having it already made, I will be able to keep on top of this and just add a few embellishments.
"... warm earth toned colours like browns, yellows and maybe more green too ..."
And a day for Stephen developing some sort of allergic reaction to pollen and having to beat a hasty retreat to find Piriton, as his eyes were streaming so much, he couldn't see!
Surprisingly difficult, today - not only do we seem to have a severe pink shortage in our lives, but blue is pretty minimal, too!
Just playing catch-up - this was yesterday! It rained all day yesterday, so this seemed quite appropriate ...
Trickier, today - there is a distinct lack of pink in my life and even the reds tend to be orange-based ... oh, well ...
Few more layouts to share - it's lovely to be scrapping again!
Still following Shimelle's Month of Colour inspiration. There was another colour wheel challenge - I chose to use complementary colours and am quite pleased with how this one turned out, although the colours ended up very similar to one I did earlier in the week!
Look at the old, old stash - Chatterbox Scrapbook Walls! They must be five years old! Black stitched ribbon, MM Poolside alphas ... oh well, it seems to work ok!
Followed on with another one, using one of my favourite colour combos - turquoise and orange. Love this photo that Nigel took when Jackie and I were messing around taking photos of ourselves with our cameras!
Shimelle posted a link to a page on Ali Edward's blog - ABCs of Colour Inspiration. As soon as I saw the entry for 'W' - the World Wide Web, which was a picture of the Google logo - I thought of this; just couldn't resist! How cute is my favourite nephew!
I've been doing some supply work this last fortnight; it has been lovely to 'keep my hand in' as it were. We've managed quite a bit of caching too - we're working our way through a series in London called 'Flonopoly' based on the Monopoly board. Today we got Park Lane and Mayfair - yeah! Managed a few others, too, along with a trip to the Apple store (Stephen declared it a new family tradition to go there whenever we visit London!) and ice creams in Hyde Park.
We've also been busy in Windsor Great Park doing a mini series and enjoying picnics and glorious sunshine. Most memorable cache was the one where Nigel ended up crawling under a bridge to get it! Stephen and I stood on the side and made 'helpful' comments!
I am really needing some inspiration for my scrapping at the moment - lo and behold, Shimelle is running A Month of Colour. Just what I needed! The first challenge was to scrap about your favourite colour, which I am working on right now, but I have gone slightly out of order, as I just couldn't resist the colour wheel challenge.
I love my colour wheel - I even have it as an avatar on some forums! I don't use it as much as I used to but it's always close at hand. Shimelle linked to a great website that gives you loads of colour combinations at the touch of a button. After flicking through seemingly hundreds of options, I decided that I was just going to go for it - the next option that came up would be the one I used.
Hmmm. Green and cream OK - but hot pink? Do I even have any pink paper/embellishments? I don't DO pink! Well, ever ready to take up the challenge, I dug deep through my supplies, found a scrap of pink paper and an even smaller scrap of pink cardstock and had a go!
I'm quite pleased with how this one turned out - it's lovely to be scrapping and I managed to use up quite a few old supplies, including Bazzill circle chips, Basic Grey rub-ons and some Love Elsie stickers.
Also, just wanted to share a new app I am using on my iPhone - it's available as a website, too. It's called Memiary and is a private online diary. The concept is simple - write down five things you do each day. Quick and simple - and far more likely to get done than blogging - oops!
