I did some design work for Charmed Cards and Crafts recently and got to play with Fancy Pants Summer Soiree alongside other coordinating gorgeousness.
It was fun playing with such bright and vibrant paper and embellishments and this is what I made (if you want to see projects in detail then see HERE)...
This time two weeks ago I was having tea at Buckingham Palace.....
I've not been to London for many years and it was more fantastic than I remembered. I loved it. We did fit so much into our three days, each day ended with us exhausted, but it was fun.
When we arrived in London we went around Buckingham Palace. It is open for a couple of months each year, while the Queen is away - and I can now say that I have had tea at Buckingham Palace, haha.
The above pic is Cam - he is never too pleased at having his photo taken and I do seem to acquired quite a few of his grumpy face, bless him. They do make me smile though....aaawww.
We then visited Ripleys Museum - full of weird and wonderful things and the kids thought it was fab. Certainly a good way to spend two or three hours.
This is a mini covered in Swarvoski crystals. Fantastic it is.
By this time we were starving and so went to Planet Hollywood - we ordered a whole load of gorgeousness to eat and our eyes certainly were bigger than our bellies. Such a great atmosphere in this restaurant though - and the food was great. I would defo recommend.
Abi - hhhmmmm what shall I have to eat...
We literally crawled to the hotel - our bellies were full and our eyes heavy and sleep was certainly welcome!
Walking through Hyde Park...
The next day we went on the open top Bus Tour. This is fantastic and you can get to see so much of London. One of the things I admire most in London is the history and architecture. Some of the buildings are really impressive. The Houses of Parliament certainly caught my eye - absolutely amazing. The great thing about the bus tour is that you pay for a 24 hour ticket and can then get on an off any of the stops along the way.
Abi...
We then went on a trip on the Thames. Lovely. We ended up in Greenwich (I think) and walked a long tunnel under the Thames to a little market - I got a gorgeously spotty bag. We then got the tube back to the hotel - another exhausting day!
Jake...
On the third day we were travelling home later in the day and so we went shopping. You really can't go to London without doing a little shopping. So we visited Hamblys and Harrods and little shops inbetween.
An exhausting break, but great fun. And I certainly won't be leaving it so long before I visit London again...
Today is a new day and a new challenge on the Bubbly Scrumptious Challenges Blog!!
The challenge is 'DRY EMBOSSING' and here is my card:
I used papers and embellishments from the current August Kit - His n Hers. The journalling label is from the kit add-on Journalling Pack.
I used a Sizzix texture plate for the diamond embossing and then inked lightly with a pink ink pad.
Pop on over to the blog now and see what the designers have done and why not take part yourself?! We will showcase your design and blog on the challenge blog - its a lovely way to share inspiration...
I wanted to show you a scrapbook page a did a couple of months ago, for a challenge on UKS. I thought I had put it on here but I hadn't so here is the info and pics taken from my gallery on UKS...
These are pictures taken of Abi, my daughter, taken in 2006. I’ve actually scrapped a larger version of the top picture before. But I do love these pics in particular as they capture the essence of Abi just before she got to an age where she got more camera savvy. Now she poses very well for pictures, then I could just snap away without her being so bothered. Abi is a real dreamer, loves nature and animals and is very into art...
I then sewed the Dot cardstock on top of the pink, and sewed around the photos twice. One sewn edge was to hold the photo secure, and the outside sewn edge was to create a frame outside of the photo.
The lace created an additional layer with some old book paper on the bottom left.
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I am trying my hardest to keep my blog updated with what I do but there is bound to be some that slip through as I do forget to put them on here. I will remedy that just for my own sake - tis supposed to be a diary after all!
Now I am off to do some DT work - will keep you posted, promise, haha...x
EDITED TO ADD - just realised I did put this on the BS Blog so you may have already seen it! I am losing my mind I am sure. Anyhow its here now... :-)
I suppose knowing that I am taking part in a challenge every week might actually make me remember to update by blog at the same time. Here's hoping!
We have set up a new blog to house just the challenges - its the Bubbly Scrumptious Challenges which is a spin off from the Bubbly Scrumptious Blog.
Bubbly Scrumptious is a daily blog and so the challenges were getting lost along the way so this should make it easier for all concerned. Go and take a look - there are weekly challenges every Sunday, and the first Sunday of the month is a monthly challenge with a prize!
This week the challenge is to create a project using a pin or pins. I made a card using some of the contents from the August Kit.
You can click on the pic to make it a little bigger.
The green background paper was embossed with a Sizzix texture plate and the little chipboard bookplate was painted white and then whilst it was still wet I added a white sparkly embossing powder and heated. It started bubbling - must have been the paint - and it got very hot but the effect when cooled and dried was distressed and a bit messy. I'll do it again for a not-so-neat look.
Pop along to the challenge blog to see what the other designers have made.
Designers are Kirsty Wiseman, Karen Boughton, Karen Gist, Terrie Bailey (from Sept) and me - for now.
Whilst Abi and her friends were calling it 'The Prom' the school actually referred to it as a 'Leavers Ball' - I think 'Prom' sounds better somehow.
Anyway, Thursday night was The Prom and Abi spent such a lot of time making sure she had everything just right for the night. Luckily for me she is not a frivolous girl who likes to spend money for the sake of it, and she is so undemanding of anything. She is sweet like that. Some of the girls wore dresses costing £100's, had transport which cost the same again, let alone the rest of what is needed to finish the outfit and evening.
Abi was happy to go with the flow and I found it was me who said that perhaps she should have a new jewellery - she was happy to wear one she already had. Just a little thing but an indication of what she is like.
We bought the dress from French Connection, and added the straps and the bow with the help of our next door neighbour. It was totally plain and the good thing about it is that it can be restyled for another special occasion should it arise. The shoes are gorgeous and very conveniently fit me too, haha. So we will get plenty of wear from those.
Abi and her three friends drove to The Prom in a Mercedes car - gorgeously classic but quite tame compared to some of the transport we saw. There was a horse and carriage, numerous stretch limos, sports cars and some fantastically loud cars like ones from Wacky Races! It was quite a spectacle watching people arrive, have their door opened for them and then walking up the red carpet to where they would have their photo taken.
The red carpet...
It really was made to be a very special event for them all and from all accounts it was a good evening. Abi enjoyed herself and arrived back home gone midnight and dying to take her shoes off, haha. The first real experience of wearing heels, as she mostly wears flatties. Bless. She is growing up fast.
Abi and Tasha - BFF
It was a real occasion for her to remember for the rest of her life. I wish I had something comparable to remember my leaving school. I can't even remember if we had a disco or anything - thats how memorable mine was!
Abi is going with my Mum and Dad to Newquay, Cornwall for a few days tomorrow.
I am going to miss her sooooo much. Its been really nice since she has left school as we spend quite a lot of time together, she is great company and we do have a laugh.
Still, I've got my boys, love 'em, and she will be back before I know it.... :-)
I am obsessed. Really obsessed. I just can't get enough of it and I am gutted as it is nearly at an end.
I am talking about the Twilight saga. I am on the fourth and last book and I never want it to end. And I so want my own vampire...haha.
I've not been 100% the past couple of weeks and these books have been my salvation for sure. I have been reading the Twilight books avidly for the past 9 days and am now on the fourth and last book and I simply cannot put it down.
I also bought the DVD of Twilight and have watched that and as soon as I finished the first book I passed it to Abi who is now on the third book herself. She is ever so slightly obsessed with it, like me. The second film based on the second book New Moon, is out in November this year. And you can guess who will be first in the queue to see that!
I love books, I love reading, but its been a long time since I found a book which gripped me like these. The basic storyline, for those of you who don't know (are there any who don't know?!) is a love affair between a girl and a vampire. And lots of other stuff inbetween of course. Magical.
In a desperate bid to get everything up to date on my blog I am putting a whole lot of stuff here in one go, and then try to keep up to date a couple of times a week.
It must be the mega sort out of the loft that we had over the weekend which has made me step up a gear into getting things sorted and up to date. This blog is always last on the list for updating, but I am moving it up a bit as I want this to be a little diary of my crafting and some family stuff too. I'll forget it all if I leave it too long between posts.
Here is a few Fiskars projects which I haven't shown on this blog yet....
This was for a challenge where we had to use buttons!
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This was a challenge where we had to Recyle!
The Kraft journalling shape is from some K&Co packaging.
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This was a fun challenge where we had to use Wordle somewhere on the project.
This is for a Recipe Box which I finally got round to decorating to contain all the gorgeous recipe cards accumulating during Recipe Swaps on the Bubbly Funk Forum.
Paper is K&Co and the nice 'Made with Pure Love' chipboard sentiment is WRMemory Keepers.
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I also did some projects for Charmed Cards. I was sent some gorgeous K&Co Lotus Tea Box and Lotus China papers and embellishments. For full details of the projects go to the Charmed Cards site...
Happy Bird day card...
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Decorated Box...
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10 Reasons to Smile canvas...
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For You card...
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The Camera Loves You layout....
I think that will do for one day, haha! Hopefully have more to show by the end of the week...thanks for looking!
Happy Easter to everyone! That's come around quickly hasn't it.
Have had some fabaroo news in the past month - Abi has been accepted into the local Art College to do a Fine Arts Diploma, a two year course starting in September. They nigh on bit her hand off and told her she had a place on the course there and then at the interview. They also said her art work, for the piece of work they requested she do specifically for the interview, was the best they had seen so far!
She had to depict one of the five senses in such a way so as not to actually draw the actual sense, iyswim. So if she drew a picture about hearing she couldn't draw the ears. Abi did the sense of sight and did a fantastic piece called 'Rose coloured specs....'. Showing how some people see the world in all its glory but around them there is mayhem. Excuse my watermark all over the pic but its Abi's work and I want it to stay hers - she did give permission for me to show her pic though and I really have to as I am so proud of her. This piece took about 10-12 hours and she used a fair bit of my Prismacolor pencils too - she is now hooked and wants the whole range of these pencils, over 100 is there? So that may be a pressie for her doing well in her exams, which she is predicted to do, bless.
Abi loves doing abstract pieces, and I have really seen this develop over the past few months. Her attention to detail is amazing.
She popped into my craft studio too and borrowed one of my rubber stamps for the little houses on the hill which she then expanded on and developed further. Art and Craft go hand in hand for sure.
I love the whole concept of this piece she has done and I think this is going to have to be one of her pics that we frame.
I am keeping a close eye on my Copic markers as she has shown an interest in using those, lol. The size of the pieces she colours would use all the ink on those I am sure, so they are kept under lock and key in my room, haha. I nearly had a heart attack when I saw how much of my Prismacolor pencils she had used, but I didn't mind really, the piece of work she ended up with was well worth it.... :-)
Spring was definately in the air when I made my last post, but its quite chilly today and we are still having to have our heating on in the evenings!
I have made some Springlike projects though over the past couple of weeks and as well as a couple of cards I got my needle and thread out and made this felt bird.
I really enjoyed making this, I haven't done any fabric sewing for a long time even though the sewing machine is permanently out but only being used for sewing on papercrafts. This project, mind you, was all handsewn. Stamping on felt was nice too. I wasn't sure how that would turn out but it goes on easy peasy with StazOn and it was a nice sharp image, so was pleased about that.
I was able to make good use of a few of the gazillion seed beads I have and some of the sequins that I seem to have accumulated. The little pink flowers are plastic sequins and quite sweet. And doing good old blanket stitch - when did I last do that! I even enjoyed that bit.
I am even well prepared for Mothers Day. Well almost. I have made one card and just have one more to make.
And I actually used some BasicGrey. I am not precious about paper at all, but kinda forgot the little stash of BG stuff that I have, so I have got it out and am going to use it! This is from the Eva range. I am trying to use up some of my blooms too and love layering them and aging them a little with ink, paint, whatever really.
And this card was for the recent Fiskarettes Challenge, which is to create a project with a Moving Part. So this little K&Co journalling wheel was ideal.
Oooh, just thought I would leave you with a couple of sneaky peeks.
Just completed a couple of projects for the May issue of Scrapbook Inspirations so be on the look out for these when that issue is available, which will probably be soon.......
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