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So this will be my last post as being a member of the Design Team for Let's Scrap Sketches.   I've come to the realisation that life is a bit busy at the moment and as the year has only just started it's looking like it will only get busier as the year goes on.  Thank you to the team at Let's Scrap it has been a pleasure and a wonderful experience.  For those who would like to try being on a design team pop along to the blog for the details on how to apply. So cracking on with it then.....being February the month of love the inspiration sketch keeps within this theme too. And my take on the sketch....   This was hard to pick up on the camera but there are stencilled hearts - I used Gloss Gel as I wanted them to be subtle I hope that you have enjoyed what you have seen here. Thanks for stopping by, please continue to stop by again as I will still be posting.  I hope to work on doing some tutorials in the future. Happy craftin...

The first of the month = a new sketch challenge by Let's Scrap which = inspiration sharing time!!! So here's the sketch to help kick off your inspiration....... And here is my take on it.....well my take on the right hand side of it ..... I love the fact that my girl has a mind of her own, she is personality plus....to the point at times where she resembles a wild child.  But I don't think that I ever want that to change about her.  I hope that she continues to maintain a level of wild and independence about her as she grows. Anyway here I have really used a little bit of everything to create this page.  I delved deep into the dark depths of my stash, so unfortunately I can't tell you the exact name of things that I used but more so the range lol.  So the base is a Bella page, The title is a mixture of thickers and the 'Wild Child' is a Dear Lizzy die cut phrase.  The embelishments including the trees and mushrooms were actually fussy c...

Happy new year everyone!   I know it's now mid January but this is my first post of the new year....I'm a little behind It's time for another Lets Scrap Sketches challenge.  Today's sketch is flashback to an old sketch from 2012.  And here is my take on it Be sure to pop along to the blog and join in the fun. Happy scrapping - leave a comment with your blog so I can visit you too!

It's an exciting day! Today I get to reveal my first post as a design team member for  Let's Craft and Create  and it's Christmas themed my favourite time of year!!!! I just love Christmas time and that excited feeling that floats in the air around this time.  Granted it's a really busy time especially for parents, but I really do enjoy creating and giving my own Christmas cards.  And so the reveal...drum roll please...... Ta da!!! I'm in love with so many of Christmas ranges that are out this year.  My favourite at the moment though is this super cute deer from Avery Elle.  I'm fairly new to this colouring in of stamped images - but I can sense a new addiction coming on. Here are some closer shots Wishing you all a very merry Christmas and a happy crafting new year!

So where I am from it doesn't snow, wind and rain definitely yes but snow nah.  This particular year however we had a very rare event.  We actually got snow!!!!  Granted it wasn't a huge amount but it was enough to cause a lot of excitement - apparently it was the first time in 50 years.  For this layout I have used the left hand side of this double layout sketch from Let's Scrap I had lots of fun using all sorts of different mediums on the background some of which you can't even actually see anymore.  I started the background before I had really worked it out in my mind what I was going to do.  So I have used a Kaisercraft stencil along with Medium gel and also texture paste to create both clear and white snow falls. I was sent some Metallic melts from Tinby Designs and so I had a play with these too.  I hadn't seen them before so had to google it. Here is a link to a you tube video of them actually being used....and a close up of wh...

Do you have those family members that never seem to be around all at the same time...well I do!  Getting a full family photo is out right impossible.  It took like a million years to get one of my sisters and her kids all together to get a family photo.  I love though how this photo has captured a bit of light heartedness in all of them, so I wanted to keep the feel of that in this layout too.  I started with the sketch from Lets scrap   only using the left hand side this time though.   Hope you have a bit of sunshine in your day!

Pssst Guess what - Big news..... I have been selected to be part of the Lets Scrap Sketches design team. Very exciting stuff I am looking forward to sharing my work and helping inspire some of you over the next 6 months.  Now for the first sketch for this term from Mich,      And here is my take on the sketch. I got to spend some really good girly time with my 6 year old daughter, it was a fun and some what spontaneous day - I wanted to capture this feeling in my layout with the use of colour and surprise elements. I really liked these hearts but didn't want them to be too bold and detract from the photo's, so I created some shakers out of vellum and for a bit of fun there are white beads floating around inside them too. 'Smile Crazy' I just love my coffee Here is have used some stitched stamps to draw your eye down the page.  I added some texture and softness by including some inked muslin between my layers. ...