Proud Parents

Good morning all.
We had slightly cooler day here yesterday which was something of a relief after the scorching heat on Friday. 

A final page from the wedding album to share with you before we head off on holiday. We've to take the dog to the kennels at 10am, pack the truck and it's off over to the Lake District for the night before heading down to Wales tomorrow. So looking forward to the rest.

Created in Craft Artist using Peaches and Cream from My Memories alongwith a mask from Daisytrail "Dates and Photo Masks" CD.

This is my sister and her husband outside the church before the wedding. Diane looked stunning in her black and ivory outfit and coordinated perfectly with the men's suits.

I'm hoping to have internet access most of the time we're away so will probably be popping by occasionally and I have a few scheduled posts ready to go.

Take care and stay well while I'm gone.

Challenges entered:

Our Creative Corner - captured memories

Carol x

Start your Engines

Good morning all.

We had a lovely day yesterday but there's heavy rain forecast for today...typical when I'm going to Edinburgh.

Another layout to share today to cover a few of the current challenges.

Created in Craft Artist using "Let's go Racing" from Template Dreams and "Ruffles and Frills" from Daisy Trail.

Challenges entered:

The Memory Nest - the fab sketch

Digitally Sweet - leather and lace

Bird is the Word - he/she/him/her

Carol x

Raindrops

Good evening all. Hope you've all enjoyed the same lovely spring weather we've had today.

Had a good trip up to Edinburgh to the Sincerely Yours show and had a good spend. Also got to meet Dawn one of my teamies at Crafting for all Seasons - although it turns out we've probably met several times before when eldest was attending the Dental Hospital a few years ago!

The show was quite busy but not so busy you couldn't get into the stands to see everything which does mean you spend more lol! I bought some new dies, cardstock, chalk paint, a Flitter Glu starter kit and 3 tubs of flakes, a tag kit, some die cuts, a Martha Stewart PATP and probably a few other bits which evade me for now!!

Sharing a quick layout tonight to cover a few current challenges.

Created in Craft Artist using "Raindrops" from Daisy Trail. The photos were taken many years ago when we took the boys on a cruise calling at Coruna in Spain on the way home from the Canaries. I've never seen rain like we had that day and we had to take shelter to avoid becoming drowned rats!!

Challenges entered:

Sketches in Thyme - #108

Child's Play - Mary Poppins (insp by umbrella)

Digitally Sweet - April Showers

The Pink Elephant - anything goes

Carol x

Gift Card

Good morning all. Wasn't the weather lovely yesterday - a balmy 14/15 degrees here!

I found out last night that I'm definitely doing the stationery for the wedding next year so I'd best get my skates on and finish the first lot for this year ready to get started again!

I had a lovely lunch out yesterday for Mum's birthday and a good catch up with the rest of the family.  We all pooled together to pay for a holiday for her so I was requested to make something to give her, this is what I came up with:

Created in Craft Artist using "Dunes" from Daisy Trail. I don't use CA that often for card making but thought this kit was perfect for the job. After printing out I simply layered the image onto some dark blue card.

Challenges entered:

The Paper Girls - travel

Moving along with the Times - song or movie inspired (Summer Breeze)

Carol x

Summer Breeze

Good morning all.
I didn't make it to Edinburgh yesterday, hubby went gardening shopping on his own! Hopefully we'll pop up today as I could do with a birthday cake for my Mum who is 80 tomorrow.

Looks like I could be busy again, my second nephew popped the question to his girlfriend this weekend and she said yes so we have another wedding to look forward to - don't know how soon yet!

I wish it were a "Summer Breeze" blowing more like "blowing a hoolie" last night - but we can dream, it was certainly a lot nicer yesterday - I even got some washing hung out!

Another layout for a challenge which requested you to re-do your first layout. Here is my re-do:

Created in Craft Artist using "Dunes" from Daisy Trail. I used Cut Out Studio to crop the main image then copied the result and cropped it again so I could get the shadows around Lora properly.

And this is the original created in My Memories Suite before I found out how to use shadows - or very much else for that matter lol.

Challenges entered:

Get Creative - re-do your 1st layout

Digi Stamps 4 Joy - anything goes

Party Time Tuesdays - anything but a card

The Squirrel and the Fox - inspired by a song/movie (Summer Breeze)

Carol x

Last at Bat

Good morning all. It's been cold and miserable so far this week, hope it gets better by the weekend.

Are the spammers getting craftier?? I had a load of spam in my news feed last night and when I checked it out I was following the blog....are they infiltrating our accounts or are they setting up bogus craft blogs (this was called "lets ink it up") and befriending loads of people (in the hope we follow them back) then bombarding us with spam and adverts!!
Answers on a postcard please!

Had a play last night scrapping some of the pictures from the concert last Friday, this is what I came up with:

Using the CD cover as a background I used Cutout Studio to crop the image and photos, then layered them all. The red and white background papers are from a kit called "Comic Book" available from Daisy Trail.

Carol x

Childhood Memories

Good morning all. Welcome to my newest followers, I hope you'll pop by often and if you leave a comment I'll know you've been.

A layout to share with you today covering a few of the current challenges.

Created in Craft Artist 2 (I'm slowly getting to grips with this when I remember to use it) using "Spring into Spring" from Daisy Trail and the frame is a label from Far Far Hill.

The photo was taken on the annual Sunday School trip to Bamburgh beach (obviously on a year when the sun shone!) circa 1970. We went by bus every year on the first Saturday of the summer holidays and were given a picnic lunch at the beach followed by games and races. I can only remember it raining once in all the years I went. The Dad's usually accompanied us (complete with back up food and drinks) which was quite a novelty for most of us in those days. The trip home consisted of a good sing song on the bus - think She'll be coming round the mountain, You cannae shove your grannie off the bus etc with those at the back usually singing a slightly different version to the Sunday School teachers!! Those were the days!

Challenges entered:

Sketches in Thyme - #107

Digitally Sweet - picture inspired

Lasting Memories - childhood memories

Scrappiness Designs - colour palette

Carol x

Sandringham House

Good morning all. How nice to see some sunshine this week!

I'm off to Newcastle to see Meatloaf tonight....can't wait - I'll probably be hoarse tomorrow though!

A layout today using an old family photograph.

Using True Blue, a kit from Daisy Trail (I'm blaming Edna for inciting me to buy this kit as she showcased it so well!) and created in Craft Artist. The photo ( my Mum and Dad, Aunt and Uncle and 3 cousins) was taken at the gates of Sandringham House many moons ago.

Challenges entered:

Lasting Memories - old fashioned photograph

By the Cute and Girly - vintage

Carol x

Happy Scrappers #7 Autumnal Colours/Photos

It's time for a new challenge here at Happy Scrappers (please remember we accept scrap layouts only and they must contain at least one photo). This month the challenge has been set by Lesley and she chose Autumnal Colours or Photographs.

Created in Craft Artist using a variety of kits available from Daisy Trail. The photos are all very old ones of the boys when they were much younger!

 Do pop over to the challenge blog to see the inspiration from the rest of the Design Team. I do hope you will join us this month, we'd love to see your work.

Challenges entered:

Crazy Amigo - Halloween

Top Tip Tuesday - Halloween

Carol x

Happy Scrappers May Challenge - anything goes

Well it's the first Saturday of the month so it's time to say welcome to the first of our monthly challenge here at Happy Scrappers. I'm delighted to have been chosen for the design team and I hope you enjoy my layouts.

Our theme this time is Anything Goes so we hope to see lots of layouts from you all.

Here's my inspiration.

This layout was done in Craft Artist Platinum using a kit available from Daisy Trail. I followed a sketch from Stuck on You Sketches. The photo is my eldest who is nearly 22 so I'm only a little behind with my scrapping!!

This is the sketch I followed.

You have a month to enter the challenge and our next one will go live on the 2nd June. Hope you can join us.

Challenges entered:

Stuck on You - sketch

Our Craft Lounge - scrap page

Carol x