Is it hot enough for you???

This layout has been in progress since Saturday (when the photos were taken). I wanted turquoise chipboard letters but had to mix up the fonts to get the letters I wanted. For those that were a different colour, I peeled off the top layer, painted them all, stamped them with Stazon and used glossy accents over the top. This is a sketch from 2peas.

Last Gogo challenge

Here is the third sketch challenge for Gogogetaway and the related product is Cosmo Cricket (patterned paper behind photos).

What a beautiful day today. Now I wonder if I can persuade mine to go down the beach?

Wallhanging using chipboard

I have finished the second wallhanging using mountbaord instead of foam core. I put a layer of foam tape between the two layers of mountboard and painted the tape black and it looks good. The papers and bling cardstock are from a Scrapagogo kit from about two years ago!! I have obscured the faces as this is a gift and not my photos. I will give the recipient some turquoise glittery stickers to add a title. Hope she likes it.

Beaulieu friends mini book

I hope you can see the mini book in the following photo. Double click on the image for a bigger picture. I have used photos of Elizabeth's Junior School years with friends from school. My plan is she will journal for herself during the school holidays.

Almost the last cruise layout

Here are two cruise layouts finished at Saturday's crop. Just one more to make and I need to print some extra photos for that one.

More gogo goodness

Here are two layouts from one class and a wallhanging we made with Mary Anne. Love these two classes. The class kits are generous and there are still leftovers from both kits. There is also another small frame from MA's class which is as yet unfinished.

Free - we all like that word don't we??

If you didn't try the free hybrid class for National Scrapbooking Day and I know you passed that up, try this class. I love the videos that you watch whilst doing what you're told and which you can stop whilst you find the tool you need. It's free so have a go, you might like it. And no I'm not trying to convert you to digital scrapbooking, I know my photos could be improved with a bit of tweaking - could yours?

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That wasn't too bad

I've just watched the airing of the Weakest Link in which I appeared. I could have made it through to the final if I hadn't made a mess of the final voting. I hadn't seen the final round and I do think Stuart's questions were easier than Cat's.

I'm glad though that I can say that I'm thinner now than I was when that was taped three months ago.

Scrapagogo slide show

If you'd like to see some photos from our Scrapagogo weekend, have a look here. http://www.feelgoodphotos.com/blog/ And shockingly both Liz and I had photoshoots at the weekend so some new photos to scrap.

A sketch and a make and take

Friday of gogogetaway has make & takes and started at 6.30pm. Next year they are going to add an extra class to the Friday night. I think at least half of the attendees were there by 4 so we socialised and caught up with friends from the previous event whilst waiting for the crop room to open.

The make and takes were:
A card from the hybrid products which are a kit extra. Still not convinced by the products but I could see me doing some more hybrid in the future.
Well after I'd gone to bed, there was a demo of how to use some hand drawn frames printed on kraft cardstock. There were three examples on show and this is what I did with mine.



We were given three sketches and a product related to each sketch which will gain us tickets to a draw for a goody bag. we have a month to do as many or as few layouts as we want. This layout uses the featured product - Scenic Route.

Back from Scrapagogo

Liz and I are back. We had a great time. I have booked for the 2010 event which will be in March. It's a shame Liz won't be going too as we make good travelling companions. Watch this space though for news about another Scrapagogo event in the autumn which may be a little closer to home.

First up are some more cruise layouts. Just three more layouts and I'm finished. All the other layouts are in an album with spaces for the missing layouts. I have just realised that I titled one layout 2007 and of course it's 2008. It will be changed but not photographed!!

My front page with the wrong date. This uses a challenge sketch from the weekend with the featured product - Swiss dot Bazzill, which I had taken with me.


Layout of Martinique:



Last page of album:

Finished

I picked up the packet of photos for antigua together with the cardstock and patterned paper I'd sorted at the start of my cruise album, add some vinyl and my favourite QK alpha and it went together quickly.

Tomorrow I will start getting ready for next weekend and probably some of the mass of ironing that's here.

Dragging my feet

So very tired at the moment. Can't seem to stay asleep past 5am and I need all my beauty sleep. LOAD finishes today and I just need to do one more layout to complete the month but just can't seem to find the enthusiasm. We had afternoon tea for the family here to belatedly celebrate Fiona's 9th birthday.

Has anyone spotted my new purchase in my last four layouts? Loving it!!

Day 30

And this double layouts makes 30 pages so far this month. AND still I haven't finished my cruise album. Once LOAD May is finished (tomorrow), I will be getting ready for Gogogetaway next weekend.

Other than the classes, I am planning to work on:
* Mini book for Elizabeth's headmistress. I found one I started in an online class. I have replaced the bookrings with a coil binding. The papers are already with the book so I just need to print some photos and see if Elizabeth can take some photos of all the girls at school. Last time I did it in groups of three which worked well.
* The last few cruise layouts. I have a couple ready printed out in packets but I need to print off the dolphin photos from the DVD I purchased next

I also need photos for the four classes too. You can see what Liz and I accomplish by coming to the crop on 13th June when we will bring our projects with us. I have recently finished two of the three layouts from the last event and the mini book will soon be split up and reutilised as it's not up cup of tea.

Back from London

And I'm absolutely shattered from all the walking and shopping!! I came home to a call from the BBC confirming that the Weakest link show I appeared in will be shown on Thursday 11 June at 5.15pm on BBC1.

some 40 year old photos

The challenge of myscrapbook nook was to create a layout with no adhesive. So I've used stitching, brads, photo corners and stickers to complete this. Quite difficult trying to arrange it without some herma to keep things in place.

I'm keeping up

Just. Here is day 24 and day 26's layout. Still more cruise layouts to come. If I don't finish them next week I will take them to Gogogetaway to complete.

Check out the fantatstic raffle next week

You know I'll be there.

Day 25

Here is a layout I started about 4 years ago. I found some extra photos to go with the subject and only kept the background paper the same. Another from my drawer finished. What inspired me was Kristina Werner's colour challenge for the week. The colours were perfect.

Day 23 and still going strong

Another layout using a Becky Fleck sketch for myscrapbook nook challenge. You also had to include a butterfly and the theme was an attribute.