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I've really been struggling to scrap this photo of my gorgeous Goddaughters. The colours of their clothes didn't fit with any of the pink girlie collections I had bought to scrap their pages. So the photo has been lying in a drawer for ages unscrapped. Until today...

Insprired by Shimelle's first challenge (Shimelle is hosting an online scrapbooking event this weekend) and armed with Echo Park's Dots and Stripes Metropolitan and Candy Shoppe kits I made this:

Lots of mad colours (in my opinion) that I would have never thought to use together but love the result. I added some buttons, lace, tulle, gems and decorative pins along with some journalling spots for their Mummy to complete. I'm really pleased that I have finally managed to scrap this page and that I am happy with the results.

Team Pink

Being a mamma to a handsome little boy I am thankful for my gorgeous Goddaughters for blessing me with the opportunity to join Team Pink!! Being a pink loving gal they allow me to get my fill of all things pink and pretty. And I thank my lucky stars I am able to do so. Because, not all girls are so lucky. Not all girls can play with pretty papers and ribbons. And that is what today's blog post is all about; helping girls who aren't as lucky as you and me (because if you are here you probably play with pretty papers and fancy ribbons right?).


Today Shimelle is donating 100% of all her class sales to Plan-UK. So if you fancy getting ahead with Journal Your Christmas or, my own personal favourite, stash busting with Something from Almost Nothing then pop on over to Shimelle's and grab yourself a seat on one of her classes. Go on, treat yourself. You can even gift a class to a friend.


Supplies; Echo Park Summer Days. Thanks for stopping by. Kx

Going Green

I decided today was the day to break into my DCWV Green Stack. If you haven't already got this stack or haven't even seen it then pop over to DCWV and take a peek as it is lovely of the most loveliest.

I choose a photo of my two nieces. I'm working on an album for each of the girls. With two albums it gives me scope to redo pages that I've really enjoyed making and I definitely think this is going to be one of them. There's just something about the title 'sisters' that is so simple yet powerful at the same time.

Not only did I break into a coveted DCWV stack but I also tried my hand at distressing. Distressing goes against my natural instincts to protect and keep my scrapping supplies in pristine contidion but I love the distressed look. I started by using the Martha Stewart Doily Hearts edge punch to punch all four sides of a sheet from the Green Stack. I kinda winged it at the corners and simply trimmed away any unwanted edges. I ran some Vintage Photo Distress Ink over the punched edges and stuck this to a sheet of cardstock from the DCWV Brights Cardstock Stack. I ran a baby wipe over the edges of the cardstock and distressed it with my fingers and inked the edges too. I did the same with a smaller piece of patterned paper also from the Green Stack. I then added my photo and some embellies. I used the Martha Stewart Monarch Large Butterfly punch and thge Sizzix Circles die to create my embellies. The large flower and little birdie are from the Green Stack Chipboard set. I added a few Kaisedrcraft gems for a little bit bling.

Now I'm off to jump into bed with Edward. New Moon how I love thee ;) Night, night everyone. Kx

I {heart} DCWV

I finally finished my Once Upon a Time album!! Woop woop. I'll post some more photos as soon as I upload them on to my PC. I have had a ball working on this project. I found it quite challenging to work with supplies that I wouldn't normally work with - I'm looking forward to getting back into my comfort zone of traditional red, black and yellow Disney supplies :) I'm really pleased with the end result but have found myself placing my finished album in my bottom drawer for safety - now that's not really the point is it?! Ahh Maybe I should stick to albums with page protectors...?


I managed to squeeze in some time at the weekend to take part in the online crop at shimelle.com and even broke into another DCWV stack - Rockstar!! This is my little neice rocking out with her new guitar :)

If you love DCWV as much as me then pop over to Erin Masden's blog to be in with a chance of winning some gorgeous DCWV goodies.

Thanks for stopping by. Kxx

There is no such thing as too much pink

My inner princess has been let loose as I've been working on a few pages for my neices' scrapbooks. I don't think it is ever possible to have too much pink for theses beautiful girlies. I used lots of old K&Co Brenda Walton Small Wonders Girl from a stack I bought in the USA and added some K&Co Ka-Zoo embellies, hand stitching, blooms and gems and put my Martha Stewart punch to good use for It Must be Love. I added a big and little version of the butterflies and flowers to mirror a big sister and a wee sister.

And I used similar supplies for Girls just wanna have fun but added some soft jelly like embellies that I bought in Tesco and some chipboard stickers from ?? (I can't remember). I added a hand stitched circle to frame the photo.

I used even more K&Co Brenda Walton Small Wonders Girl with lots of matching embellies too for this page. How cute is the little washing line? Thanks for stopping by :o) xx

I heart pink

It's no secret that I love pink and I am very lucky to have two neices to create lots and lots and lots of pink pages for. This is my most recent page using K&Co Small Wonders, Bazzill, Sizzix Hearts die and Papermania butterflies. I've left the journalling block free so her Mummy can add her own thoughts.