Freeze frame

Yet another layout using my Adornit kit. This paper is so bright that I don't think you need a lot to make a statement. Last Pencil Lines sketch for today from me.

another baby layout

Perhaps I should be checking whether these suit the Scrapagogo classes before using them!! This is the Scrapagogo August kit which I bought as a special with the July kit which Joanne has.

Pencil Lines online crop

Pencil Lines is three and they are celebrating this weekend. Here is the first layout I've done from their online crop.

Finished

I have finished my jelly roll quilt and I'm very pleased with it. I'm teaching a workshop on it in January for my local quilt group on Friday, 15 January at Trinity Parish Hall. It needs to be washed now to remove the stencil markings on the back and dried ready for our group meeting tomorrow night.

My fabric arrived

I might be gone a while!!

Love jelly rolls

A jelly roll of fabric arrived on Tuesday afternoon, borrowed a book from a friend as my book is apparently in a depot in Bristol, and less than 24 hours later, I have a quilt top which just needs a border.

A birthday

Pencil Lines http://www.pencillines.com/ are celebrating their birthday. Pop over and join in the fun

More adonit

This came together quite quickly as I had the photos ready for last weeks crop and trimmed them and put them on some cardstock on my table. Following day I swapped the cardstock for a lighter green and again left them. Friday I had some free time so added some patterned paper and embellishments from my adornit folder and it was done.


Felling okay today after my day op yesterday, a little dopey, but milking it for all it's worth!! Follow up appointment this Friday.

Time for a swim

Ask Matthew what his favourite part of our trip in 2008 to Egypt was, and he'll say the swimming pool at the Winter palace!! So here's yet another swimming pool layout, using even more of my Adornit prize, a Scrapping Angels flower, a miscellaneous brad and some Thickers.

Saturday's crop

A few missing from Saturday's crop, but we had a lovely day and welcomed two new members. Marianne was doing some lovely layouts with her wedding photos and Lyn popped in to meet us and find out what equipment to buy. We hope she'll visit us next month and that Marianne will also return.

My progress was slow until lunchtime, but I still managed three layouts - two doubles and a single. All of which used the adornit papers and stickers I won, my bargain bag of flowers, my new sticky buttons and my new Thickers from atripdownmemorylane.co.uk



I almost forgot I also used my upper crest punch on the away day layout.

& a few other things I like

Shimelle was very late in loading up the bonus sketch for Go to Press as her new class took priority. So I have now completed my album which I'll bring to the crop next Saturday.



Can't wait to see Jenny's purchases from her recent trip and all her new photos ready to scrap. Hope you had a good flight back Jenny.

Happy mail

Firstly I received a prize from Adornit which includes a new version of their little letters, two sheets of embellishment stickers and lots of paper.


And I've completed day 1 of "Learn something new everyday" hereafter called LSNED.

Learn something new everyday

Here's the front cover. I hope I can achieve more then just that though!!

I have learnt that the Amy Butler butterfly die cut sheet makes a lovely stencil to use with some ink pads on a background.

Final day of Go to Press

Friday was the last day of the 20 unit course of Shimelle's Go to Press class. Despite printing at best quality the image is not as defined as I would like so I may go over the words "appreciate" and "think". The pyramids were as far away from peace and quiet as you could imagine, with hawkers and people. But I loved the trip.



All that's left to do for this class is:
* Consider doing the layout which was about tea and coffee and somehow tweak it
* File all 20 layouts in an album
* Wait for the bonus lesson which has been delayed as Shimelle's husband has taken her on a surprise weekend away before her next class starts on Tuesday.

Perfect dessert

The theme for this layout was "perfect moment" but as Elizabeth and I enjoyed many lovely ice creams in Carnac last week, I thought Perfect Dessert was more appropriate. My favourite was caramel beurre sale. A combination of sweet and salty.


I'm loving the letters cut from corrugated card. As a non coffee drinker, I'm going to have to ask Joanne to collect some more of these cup holders for me. Thanks Lorraine for the loan of your fun serif font.

pretty in pink

Day 19, the earlier one was day 18 not 17. I followed the prompt and layout but not the technique which was to print onto clear adhesive sheets to make your own ribbon.




Lorraine has saved me from tidying my room so am going to pay her a visit to finish day 17.

Day 17

I think this is the day 17 layout from Shimelle's class. Still a little tired but we had a very late and very rough crossing Friday night from St Malo. Got home about 1.30am. As you know I am not a late night person. Can I recommend when you book with Condor Ferries, you let them have your mobile number as we had a text at 3pm to advise that the sailing had been put back from 9 until 11.30.



Saved a lot of waiting around and meant I could spend an extra hour in La Cabane au Perles. Elizabeth and I spent a lovely three hours in there yesterday afternoon on my way back from Carnac. We chose our project and beads on Monday. However I was a bit thrown by the girl yesterday when she said my project would take more than two hours (the length of a class). I think my face told it all and I also mentioned that the owner of the shop hadn’t told me that on Monday. We worked away and Nick even helped us in our projects. I now have an Eisteddfod entry which I’ll bring to Chez Soi on 9 Sept. This Wednesday children haven’t yet gone back to school. The shop charge 5 Euros for the atelier on top of the cost of your chosen materials which I thought was good value. This shop is next to the art and quilting shops in Montgermont. Here’s the website but I can’t see the necklace I made in their gallery. Probably just as well!! http://www.lacabaneaperles.fr/



I have almost finished the day 16 layout but I want to use some chipboard letters and can't find my sissix alphabet. The box they're in isn't small but I still can't see it. I may have to tidy my rom as Lorraine has Herbie over this weekend and that's the only way my layout's going to get finished.

au revoir

See you on Friday

archirondel

Day 15 of Go to press and I like the bright green of the printed elements. I busy baking cupcakes for a WI competition. They are vanilla with white icing, my chocolate and cherry version with chocolate icing and a minstrel, was not what they wanted so the spec has been modified, completely!! However the chocolate ones were delicious.

PLans for today once cakes are done are lunch at Green Island restaurant now they have a fixed price menu, it's an even more attractive proposition, Matthew to be packed and sent off to Air Cadet camp, and some banking and recycling.

Mr Blue Sky

But not here at the moment, but certainly at this away day I helped at in July.