JUST SNEAKING IN.....

...with a layout, based on this month's sketch from ANOTHER FREAKING SCRAPPY CHALLENGE

I had a few random shots I'd taken of mum and dad while they were here, and thought they might just work with this design.

I'm also linking up with THE SCRAPBOOKING SOIREE over at JENNIFER'S JUMBLES.

As this Sunday is the first one in September (I know, I can't believe it either!) SIAN will be hosting STORYTELLING SUNDAY over at FROM HIGH IN THE SKY....I'm still deciding on my story, but I'll be there....hope you will too!

Have a lovely weekend

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

Alison xx

DOGGY PADDLING!

As you probably realise by now, my sidekick here is a little white ball of fluff called BOO. When I agreed to bring her over to Spain to live I had no idea just how grateful I would be for her presence and companionship.

At the time Craig had a permanent post in Germany, and I was able to spend chunks of time over there with him, leaving Boo with a friend or with mum and dad when they were here.

For a variety of reasons, he eventually decided he could no longer work for the company, and decided to go into partnership with a colleague, which has entailled  a fair bit of travelling.

With Kirsty having been in Barcelona for the last three years, it has often been just Boo and I 'holding the fort'. I just can't imagine not having her around now...and I obviously talk to her all the time, as when Craig or Kirsty are here they are constantly asking me what I've just said- and my reply is 'I was talking to Boo'!

A bit like the rest of us, poor Boo gets so hot and bothered during the height of summer..more often than not she's to found under our bed from about 10am-6pm, then she gives herself a shake and gets out into the garden,following the shade until the sun goes down. The only time she appears is if she hears  the coffee machine going on (which isn't often in this heat) - or if she realises I'm in the pool.

She has progressed from standing on the top step of the pool to cool her little paws down, to crying to come in for a bit of a dip..and a doggy paddle!

I took these pics  the first time Kirsty 'persuaded' her she would like it, and when I saw that one of the challenges over at  ANOTHER FREAKING SCRAPPY CHALLENGE  was to scrap about your pet(s), I reckoned they would fit the bill..and using  this sketch from LET'S GET SKETCHY.......

...this is what I came up with

I'm also linking this up with THE SCRAPBOOKING SOIREE over at JENNIFER'S JUMBLES

Hope the sun is shining on you this weekend- and even if it's not- that you manage to have a relaxing, enjoyable one!

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

Alison xx

IN GOOD COMPANY WITH GLITTER GIRL ...AT CAMP AND THEN A SOIREE!

Before I did the 'Great Scrap Area Tidy', in honour of my friend Elaine's arrival ...and she KNOWS how honoured she is ;) I managed to squeeze in one more Layout, 

The inspiration for the paper choices came from SUSANNE'S IN GOOD COMPANY challenge,  for which this month, she is looking for PINK PAISLEE products. My background paper and the striped one are both from the 'VINTAGE VOGUE' collection..everything else is from my stash.

The sketch itself is the one used by GLITTER GIRL HERE....and I did use both Washi Tape and ribbon!

The CAMP FRIENDZY challenge was:

 to use the colors of the rainbow as your inspiration and use at least 5 of those colors. And yes, to make it easy, the colors can be any shade you want. Just make sure you have at least 5 of the 7 main colors found in the rainbow on your LOs or cards

...and finally, I'm linking up to JENNIFER'S SCRAPBOOKING SOIREE!

Have a great week my friends!

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

Alison xx

BACK AT CAMP!

You may remember that I mentioned in THIS POST that I was attending (a virtual) Summer Camp over at SCRAP FRIENDZY.....then proceeded to go AWOL, due to my visitors. This week I got back to camp, and got these two layouts done.


For the first one I used was SHIMELLE'S  most recent STARTING POINT

The Camp Friendzy challenge was for the 'Nature' Badge:

To meet this challenge, complete a LO with SOME KIND of NATURE! It can be flowers, leaves, butterflies, birds, etc.

There are flowers and a butterfly on the LO

This beautiful metallic embellishment was handmade...and sent to me by the very talented MITRA

....I have been waiting for just the right LO to use it on!

For the second LO, I used this sketch from PAGE DRAFTS (which I rotated to fit my picture).....

and the 'GONE FISHING' challenge from Camp Friendzy:

For this challenge you will have to have 3 elements on your LO. First there needs to be some twine or string to use to fish with, second something needs to be tied (it's up to you if you want to actually tie a worm on or not ), third you need to have some blue on there for the water.

There is twine inside the scalloped circles, a tied bow on the button and lots of blue!

I am also linking up to THE SCRAPBOOKING SOIREE over at Jennifer's blog.

Hope you're having a good weekend...come rain or shine!

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

Alison xx