Cherish...

Another page created on Serif Craft Artist.  I'm loving using this and the best part of all is that there's no tidying up.  Yeah no bits on the floor - no DST everywhere and no mounds of stamps, ink pads etc to put back in their homes.  There really is quite a lot of perks to digital scrap booking.

Most of the elements in this design were freebies from a very talented member, called Trulytango, on the Daisytrail Forum.  I love the large heart embellishment she created and I managed to create the smaller heart with matching stitching myself.  I also added a pearl embellishment to each heart to add both add detail and ensure they blended together.

My latest page is intended for the challenges at...

•  Lasting Memories Scrapbook Layouts - Cherish
• Squiggles and Giggles - Go Dotty
• Cooking it up with Katie - Anything but a card.

ooooooooooops almost forgot to say to create this page I used a fabulous sketch I found at Bo Bunny.  There are some amazing designs on there - truly inspirational and also full of real depth which you don't really get with digital.  Love all the samples they have using Scor buddy - do check the work out it's amazing.

Have a fun Saturday night everyone.

Ann xxx

Let it snow...Let it snow...Let it snow...

Noooooooooooo!  I don't mean it really - only on cards and films and maybe a touch on Christmas day, but not enough to make it difficult for everyone to visit their loved ones.

As you may have already guessed our theme this week at Bah! Humbug! is Snowmen - a favourite theme of mine.  There are just so many gorgeous stamps and digis around.  Everytime I think I can't possible need anymore I see something irresistable.  

The stamp I've used this week was actually a carboot bargain buy.  It's a 1999 vintage Penny Black and only cost a pound!  How lucky was I to find it lurking under a pile of decoupage sheets on a stall?

I've used double sided designer paper with burgandy trees on which I thought echoed the trees on the stamp and the other side of the paper to matt and layer on.  I've also used the plain side to create die cut Marianne snowflakes.

The glitter on the card doesn't show up that well in the photo, but I used fine glitter on the trees and Diamond Dust around the snowmen's feet and it really does sparkle.

My card is also for the challenges at...

• Crafter's Companion Monthly Challenge - Let it Snow
• 4 Crafty Chicks - die cuts
• Crimbo Crackers - Anything Goes

Have a good weekend all.

Ann xxx

Be afraid...be very afraid...

Someone is teething - eeeeeeeek!  Check out Eli with his special Halloween bib that Auntie Laura bought him.

Again I've used Serif Craft Artist and the sketch from Stuck On You Sketches. 

I feel happier about my interpretation of the layout this time.  I think using the same (or virtually the same) photo three times was far easier as I didn't have to worry about part of the photo being covered plus I think it adds impact to the main photo.
I've even completed the facing page using a sketch from Sketchy Thursdays. 

I was so pleased to see this sketch as it meant I could focus on my favourite photo and really have it large on my page.

I'm still loving using Craft Artist to create pages, but will be using the real stuff as soon as I have a bit more time.  I do think the Craft Artist software is helping me to learn more about scrapping though as it's so easy to move things around and change colours etc.  It's really good fun.

My pages are also perfect for the challenges at...

• 365 cards - Smile (checked the rules and scrapping is allowed and what better smile than a baby's)
• Hooked on Crafts Challenges - Halloween
• Pollycraft - Anything Goes
• Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Have a great day all and thank so much for the lovely comments about Eli.  I think he is super cute too, but then I am a little bit biased.

Ann xxx

More Playing...

Here's the facing page to yesterday's quick (not that quick as once you start playing with digital crafting it's all too easy to while away the hours) page about Eli.

Again created using Craft Artist and the digi kits available at Daisy Trail.  Both pages are 12" by 12".  I use DS Colour Labs to get them printed as they do an amazing job.

I'm entering my latest page into the following challenges...

• CD Sunday - cats and using a CD to create your project
• Come and Get it Challenges - Anything Goes
• Dream Valley Challenges - Anything Goes

Got a whole day off tomorrow - can't wait, but meanwhile I better go and have a shower ready to set off to work.  Have a good start to the week everyone.

Ann xxx

Playtime...

oh so long since I did any scrap booking and I have so many photos of Eli and holidays to catch up on.  Eeeeeeeek need more hours in the day methinks!  After getting home from work today I decided to chill out and use a sketch from one of my favourite blogs, Stuck on You Sketches to do a page about Eli playing on his jungle play mat.  I'm using the term 'playing' very loosely here as it's more a case of grap an animal and gum it into submission, but hey it's all good fun.

My page was created using Serif Craft Artist - ideal for those times when you're just too tired to get the real papers and embellishments out.  No tidying up to do just a case of closing down the computer and off to bed - brilliant.

Goodnight all.

Ann xxx