Out of hibernation

My Eisteddfod entries are now all done, labelled and in the car ready to give to Astra tomorrow. Phew, I can do some of my job list now. Here's today's LOAD layout using photos taken in 2005 and 2010 at Suasmarez Park.

Still quilting away

But have taken time out to do a page for LOAD today. The end of both is in sight!! This is also a DYL assignment for Real World Colour. Another sheet of Rouge de Garance paper which needs little adornment.

Back from Guernsey

Got back last night and almost forgot to finish my Layout a Day, so did some early morning scrapbooking. This is today's layout - day 21 and week 8 assignment 1 from Design Your Life. These are photos of our trip to Guernsey with an old sticker strip, some Scenic Route alpha stickers and a LYB journalling block trimmed down.



Still working on my Eisteddfod entries so no time to upload all the other LOAD layouts atm. Next week I'll share them.

LOAD day 16

I know you're wondering where days 11 to 15 went, but they are done but I haven't had time to take a good photo of them, so you'll have to be satisfied with just one layout. Cribbed almost entirely from Lisa Day's blog. I definitely need more practise with glimmer mists. Especially as I forgot not to shake it and the nozzle gunked up.

Days 8 & 9

Another Design Your Life layout (double). I like the simplicity of this design. I picked the yellow from three of the photos to bring it out, with my scallop punch and some kraft cardstock and I was done.

LOAD catch up

It's Day 4 already and I'm just starting to shake off my cold. Here's the layouts I've done from the Design Your Life course which also satisfy my LOAD commitment.

You've got to love those Making Memories journalling blocks in every colour!! Add in some Bazzill Swiss Dot and some older basic Grey paper. This is week 4 assignment 2 for DYL.


Love my Fiskars edge punches.


Some more of those Rouge de Garance papers I won a few years ago. Only two full sheets left now. Added a journlling block from the DYL class and some staples in a triangle and I'm done.

I'm trying to do the DYL class and the LOAD challenge at the same time as completing three projects for the Eisteddfod. The pieces have to be handed in by the end of February. I have five pieces to enter for our group, Chez Soi. The macrame necklace and jelly roll quilt have been finished for months, but I now have a machine embroidered wallhanging, a cute rabbit wallhanging and a king size quilt to finish. I'm determined to finish the machine embroidery before Wednesday so I can sew on the binding next Wednesday at our quilting group.

LOAD version 2.10

Layout a Day (LOAD) is back. I finished this old layout which only needed some journalling. I hadn't received any of the LOAD e-mails so once that was sorted I uploaded my first layout. Reading the discussions on the LOAD flickr board, there was also a layout a Day challenge in October, not sure how that one passed me by.



Still have a head full of cold and also intermittent earache. That has affected my enthusiasm to get things done, so finishing old layouts may be all i achieve in the next few days to keep up with the LOAD challenge. I can also fall back on my Design Your Life assignments. I still haven't finished one Week 2 assignment which probably won't ever happen, so I now need to move on to week 5 as week 6 starts Thursday.

Remember this

Week 4's theme is repetition (continuation of week 3). Second assignment is a mini book which probably won't be done but is a very cute idea. However I have done the first assignment with thanks to Lorraine for the use of her butterfly punch. Ching would be proud of me, as this is the second layout this week I've used staples on. Mainly because I haven't found my fastenator box.

More snow layouts

Using that hidden December Scrapagogo kit, here's week 3 layout 1, so that's weeks 1 and 2 finished and just one from week 1 to complete. I need to find some different photos to do that one as the ones I've chosen just aren't working for me.



Time for me to get off the computer and clear my desk so that I can complete the handbag I promised to show the quilting group tonight. At least two ladies have finished their top from the workshop on Friday so I'm looking forward to seeing the results.

Scrapagogo December kit

Here's DYL wk3 layout 2 using the Scrapagogo kit that I didn't know I had as I labelled it and filed it away neatly. Fatal!!



These photos are poor, but that's after they have had basic PSE titivation. The rotunda is so dark at Fort Regent and they had red green and blue light alternating. I much preferred the waterfront ice rink or the one on the Parade.

At last

Here's RWC week 2. All it needed was the journalling to be completed which was a perfect in front of the TV job last night. The colours were taken from a cushion and were hot pink, zingy orange and chocolate brown - sounds like a good recipe for a dessert!!



Just one week 1 layout to do and two for week 3. I may be caught up by Thursday when week 4 is released!! I've also signed up to do LOAD in February. http://knitandpurlgrrl.blogs.com/five_things/2009/12/its-that-time-of-year.html And $10 of your subscription will go to relief in Haiti.

Real World Colour (RWC)

This is my week 3 layout. The colours came from a photograph we were provided of an italian restaurant (hence red, white and green) with blue grey walls. There's plenty of red in the prak photos which I chose. I also altered the 8 by 11 sketch to be 12 by 12.



Still playing catch up on one week 1 layout and week 2 RWC which just needs journalling. Week 3 has started so that adds two more to the list. I may even bring out my December Scrapagogo kit for one of the layouts!!

Snow joke

What a surprise this morning no more snow and none forecast for the rest of the week. Quite a contrast to yesterday. I was horrified to find in my tidy stash the December Scrapagogo kit completely untouched. Lots of snowy papers and knitted mittens.

I've done two layouts from the Design your Life class today, one is waiting for Matthew and Elizabeth to do the journalling for me. The second is below. I like how it's turned out and the orange swirly strip came straight out of my orange scrap folder.

Solo crop

The snow is looking fantastic but it meant we had to postpone today's crop. No-one wants to cancel this month's crop so I will try and re-schedule it with the venue on Monday.

I need to get the week 1 and 2 layouts completed for CZ's design your Life class. I had this one kitted out with photos already cropped to size, but it's still taken an hour to put together. Not sure why.



The lesson this week was on asymmetry and I dug out more old papers. Used up all the red velvet ric rac and could put my hands on the buttons. Tidy has a lot going for it. Or should I say tidier. Still a long way to go, especially as I have a large box of crop kits and prizes on the floor. Thanks to Joanne for putting the kits together and donating some of the prizes. Still haven't found my Gogo wallhanging or sissix fun serif alphas.

Getting ready for the crop

I have started sorting my stash as my craft room is a mess and came across some stickers from a kit about eight years ago and some patterned paper and embellishments for snow pictures. So having already sorted and thinned my stash I was able to pick out the supplies very quickly to do this layout for week two of Design your Life and it's project two.

Yes I can count too. I still have week 1 projects 1 and 2 and week 2 project 1 to do. My enlargements have arrived for Wk 1 project 1 so just need to get my stuff together so I can do them at the crop tomorrow. Weather permitting.



And if you look at the layout carefully you'll even see evidence of glitter glue on the letter stickers.

Design your life week 1

Unusually the week for the class starts on a Thursday which is really going to confuse me. However I think it's a good idea as those that work can prepare on Thursday / Friday and complete the three assignments over the weekend.

This is the third assignment for the week called "Real World Colour". Cathy gives you a colour swatch taken from a photo or advert with a sketch for you to produce a layout. This is my version. I'm not happy with the AC pen I used for this. I will have to see if I can remove the writing with stazon stamp cleaner probably and beg steal or borrow a pen. I found the patterned paper whilst sorting stuff for next Saturday's crop and went from there. There's orange in the colour swatch not red so I have used a little artistic licence.



You're possibly wondering where the first two assignments are? The first assignment needed an enlargement which I've ordered from Snapfish which I want to do first.

Joanne has done a fabulous job of putting together mystery kits for next Saturday. I've added some fibres and stickers to each bag and they're ready to go. Just need to sort photos next. Fiona and Elizabeth have also agreed to come and be prize girls again which they thoroughly enjoyed last time.

Happy Christmas

As we are soon to set off to church, I thought I would wish everyone a Happy Christmas and a healthy New Year now.

Another class

You know I'm a sucker for online classes, some I embrace completely and finish them - Shimelle's - Go to Press is a good example where I did all but one layout. On the other hand Cheryl's photography class I didn't do a thing other than read the first two handouts. However I have all the handouts to refer back to.

So what have I signed up for now? Starting 1 January I am doing Cathy Zielske's class at Big Picture Scrapbooking. Tracey just spotted my pre-class layout whilst she was here collecting some gooides, so I thought I should share it with you.


All of the pages are on kraft cardstock so I may or may not need to buy some before the class is over. Each class has three layouts per week, on your choice of subject but one of the layouts each week is using pre determined colours otherwise you can choose your own subject and colour for each layout. The whole course is looking at design principles, including one week on the scarey subject of white space. There's more about the class at http://cathyzielske.typepad.com/my_weblog/

December crop

Catching up today. A busy day with a little service for Beaulieu feast day for Beaulieu alumni and friends. No idea where Kathryn was as she was meant to be there. Then girls have a half day so E's friend came with us to do a quick Co-op shop. Quick trip to see Val en route to the consultant as E has some toys she wants to sell. After consultant some time to put our feet up before M comes home and it's time to head to music. Last thing for the day is a committee meeting which is a shame as I had an invite to a charity do at Royal Yacht in which E's best freind is performing.




Only a week until the deadline for the Scrapagogo challenge and I know they have 10 entires so far - two posted here belonging to Maureen and Jenny, five in my previous post and Chloe, Margaret and Liz have also done their pages. Very good odds of winning a fabulous prize.


I also finished 3 of my pages from the Scrapagogo event. The last one I'll keep for New Year's day to quiz my father and aunt about who is who in the heritage photo.

Scrapagogo challenge

What a great weekend we've had with the Scrapagogo girls. Five full on classes with varied techniques and products, add to that Jennie's fabulous chocolate cake and mincemeat slice, and Ian's carrot cake. Today we had an unofficial Scrapagogo crop. we rented the same hall today and carried on from where we left off yesterday. No photos of the official projects yet, but five of us finished our challenge layouts. The bonus for doing the challenge is a chance to win a place on the March 2010 Gogogetaway. Fab prize. So here are the layouts in no particular order:
Marianne

Joanne

Lorraine

Me

Tracey


And I've just heard that they have landed safely at Gatwick airport.