January Crop

I am a bit late uploading these layouts.  They were all done a couple of weeks ago at our local crop.  They all used various sketches from Tamara's blog and Decembers studio calico and scrapagogo kits.

All the photos were taken in the summer when Miguel and David came to visit.

Guest Designer

I was really excited a few weeks ago when Tamara from the Sketches! {by tamara} blog asked me to be a guest designer.  I have been using a lot of Tamara's sketches recently so I was thrilled to be asked.  Well today is the day - so check out her blog!

This is the layout I did - more photos from our holiday this summer and I have used bits from the last couple of studio calico kits.

Sisterly Fun

I did this layout a couple of weeks ago but I have only just got around to uploading it.  Used Studio Calico kit and stamped around the edge with the stamp from the kit.  I used an old sketch from Tamara's blog.

On top of the world?

  I did this layout this afternoon using last weeks sketch(74) on Tamara's blog.  I'm not keen on hidden journalling as it means taking the layouts out so I skipped that part but added some extra photos too.

More pictures from Yosemite this summer.

Sorry about the flash on the photo - it was dark by time I finished it!

Saturday's Crop

  Last Saturday was our local monthly crop.  We had lots of challenges and prizes to make it more exciting for Christmas and it was a really good productive day.

All my layouts are done with various bits from the last 3 studio calico kits that I had just thrown together into a box!

The first layout is of Katherine at Tenaya Lake in Yosemite where her and Graeme went for a swim.  Her comment afterwards was it was the best view she had ever had whilst swimming backstoke so I wanted to make sure I captured that memory.

The second layout uses some photos taken at Universal Studios in the summer.  The houses are part of the set where Desperate Housewives is filmed .  The road is called Wisteria Lane in the series - hence the title.

 

The 3rd layout of the day is some recent photos of our cats.  This uses sketch 58 from the Sketches by Tamara blog.  The photo corners are made with some of the packaging from the prima flowers.

 

For my final layout it seemed a shame to waste the edge of the cutout from the previous layout so I used that as the starting point!  The photo is from a trip to France a while ago.

Birthday Card

  I made this birthday card today for one of Katherine's friends.  I used my cricut and design studio.

The design was lifted from a card done by the very talented Tracy Gough.

Old Faithful Geyser

  This layout is the first 6 x 12 layout that I have ever done.  It was inspired by this weeks sketch on the Sketches! {by Tamara} blog.

I used this months scrapagogo kit again and the photos are from our trip to California in the summer.

Advent Calendars

On Sunday Becky and me made the advent calendar on the left.  Katherine wanted one too so I made the one on the right for her on Monday.  They are made from matchboxes and the instructions can be found on the Bubbly Funk website. 

Jersey Open Water

I used this months gorgeous scrapagogo kit and last weeks sketch on the sketches by Tamara blog.

The journalling reads as follows:
On Sunday 21st September 2008 the very first Jersey Open Water Competition was held at St Catherine’s Bay. Despite how the weather looks in the pictures the sea was very rough. Katherine swam in the Junior 3km race and won by over 10 minutes. Afterwards she described it as ‘like being in a washing machine’. The combination of wind and tide blew them way off course making it much longer than 3km. Because of the weather the senior 5km race was reduced to 3km and Graeme took part in this finishing a very creditable 4th, in the men’s race.

I want to break free

  This is my take on this weeks UKS challenge.  There were certain words that could be in the title one of which was free which seemed to fit the photos - just about!

The rest of the challenge required using old stash and adapting old bits so I found an old chipboard tag, a 3d embellishment and a bottle top and painted them all then put stickers on.  Once the white paint was out decided to go round the edges of all the papers too!!  I cut the patterned paper on my cricut.

Just realised the date should be 2007 not 08!!  Will have to change that tomorrow!!