SOUS Sketch #6

Here I am with the latest sketch challenge over at www.stuckonusketches.blogspot.com


What an opportunity to delve into the enormous stash of flowers I have, although I'm not sure it's too many flowers for any one layout - bit of an eyefull....

I have used a mixture of Prima flowers (the most gorgeous flowers on the planet....) and Kaiser flowers and bling (beautiful...)

The papers are Imaginisce 'Fairest of Them All' range, which, of course, were just waiting for this photograph (I think some of these companies have a second sight as to what photographs we are taking LOL!!)...

I chose the photograph first (DGD #1), and then went to see what I had in my stash to go with the sketch and the layout, and voila - Perfect....

The little carriage is an Imaginisce stamp from the same range and the 3 tags are Making Memories....

I enjoyed this sketch, but still not sure about all those flowers....

Thanks for dropping by...

TTFN

Jane xx

Over The Top Award

Thank you to Kaye over at www.kayescraftyplace.blogspot.com for this great award....


Thank you so much Kaye for thinking of me - it is great to read everyone's answers....

The rules are: I need to pass this award on to five people, post on their blogs to let them know I left this award, and then I need to answer this list of questions in ONE word....

Here goes -

1. Where is your cell phone? Around

2. Your hair? Straight

3. Your mother? Heaven

4. Your father? Scotland

5. Your favourite food? Whopper

6. Your dream last night? Weird

7. Your favourite drink? Coca Cola

8. Your dream/goal? Retirement

9. What room are you in? Study

10. Your hobby? DUH!!!! - Scrapbooking

11. Your fear? Spiders

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Retired

13. Where were you last night? "This Is It" (Michael Jackson)

14. Something that you aren't? Retired

15. Muffins? Yuck!!

16. Wish list item? Gypsy

17. Where did you grow up? RAF - all over the world

18. Last thing you did? Scrapbook

19. What are you wearing? Jammies

20. Your TV? Off

21. Your pets? None

22. Friends? Lots

23. Your life? Content

24. Your mood? Happy

25. Missing someone? Son (Scotland)

26. Vehicle? Tucson

27. Something you're not wearing? Shoes

28. Your favourite store? Scrappy

29. Your favourite colour? Red

30. When was the last time you laughed? Today

31. Last time you cried? Last night - MJ

32. Your best friend? Scotland

33. One place that I go over and over? WORK!!

34. Facebook? No

35. Favourite place to eat? Burger King (Hungry Jack's here in WA)

So, there we go - now I need to pass this to 5 blogging friends who haven't already received it....

Sharli at www.mesamemories.blogspot.com
Carole at www.crayola58a.blogspot.com
Lynn at www.beautifuldelightsblog.blogspot.com
Scrappinlil at www.scrappinlilscreativeside.blogspot.com
Tammara at www.formyluvofcrafting.blogspot.com

So, thanks again Kaye for this award....

TTFN

Jane xx

Triple Challenge

Here we go with the new sketch over at www.stuckonusketches.blogspot.com

This week SOUS has joined up with another two sites to make a Triple Challenge....

The sites are - www.practicalscrappers.com - their challenge is to use at least 3 ribbons...

and www.frosteddesigns.blogspot.com - their challenge is to use an owl....

So, we are able to combine all 3 in one project, or make 3 different projects - well, I'm lucky to have the time to do one, let alone three, so I have combined the three challenges into this one layout of my darling granddaughters....

I have used Kaiser 'Child's Play' collection and ribbons and the cutest owl (I think) from Cricut Happily Ever After cut at 3" - the swirl he is sitting on is from Home Decor at 2"....

So, pop on over to Practical Scrappers and Frosted Designs and enjoy....


Til next time

TTFN

Jane xx

Hallowe'en

Just a few photo's from Hallowe'en yesterday.....

So much for me buying orange glitter for this Hallowe'ens scrap pages - DGD #1 was a pink strawberry!!!

But, what a gorgeous little strawberry....

A few decorations for the occasion....

A strawberry and her little sister.....

This is DGD #3 delivering the pumpkin to Granny for carving....

Before we begin....

And, the finished pumpkin....

DGD #1 said she didn't want a scary face on her pumpkin - so, I came up with this cute little face - she seemed quite happy with it....

So, another Hallowe'en over, and only one trick or treater (two if you include DGD). As this is still a new, developing estate, and the Australians don't seem to embrace Hallowe'en the way we Brits and the Americans do, it came as no surprise....

Maybe next year things will improve, and the trick or treaters will be out in force.....

DGD enjoyed herself....

Now, just to do some pages - in pink, not orange....

TTFN

Jane xx

SOUS # 4

Here is sketch # 4 over at www.stuckonusketches.blogspot.com



And here is my interpretation of it....

I have used SEI 'Alpine Frost' papers....

The title was cut on Cricut from the Storybook cart at 1 1/2 inches....

The tab inserts from Graphically Speaking at 5 1/4 inches, with two of the smaller tabs reduced in width on Design Studio....

The layout without the tabs in situ....

Was able to get an extra 7 photographs onto the layout and quite a bit of journaling...

The story of 'Santa Street' - click on the picture to enlarge it to read....

I actually found this quite a hard sketch to work from - the papers nearly did the page themselves in the end. All I changed was the positioning of the photograph, because of the direction DGD #1 is facing - didn't want her looking out of the layout....

These photo's were taken Christmas Eve 2008 - the photo's are not the best, I have no delusions that because I scrap I am suddenly a great photographer....

The lights are way more brilliant than these photo's give justice to - the street is absolutely amazing - maybe one day I will venture into the world of the SLR....

So, on December 24th 2009, we will be off to Santa Street again - maybe this years photo's will do the decorations and lights justice, but somehow I think not....

Watch this space....

'Til next time....

Thanks for dropping by and all the lovely comments I love reading....

TTFN

Jane xx

SOUS # 3

Here I am with my take on the 3rd sketch over at www.stuckonusketches.blogspot.com



And - I'm not too late for MckLinky..... Yay .......

I have used MME (My Mind's Eye) papers - the spider's web collection - aren't they gorgeous, just perfect for a scary photo - way scary photo!!!!! ........LOL

The small rectangles of paper down the left side of the photo were cut from the packaging - I bought this range as a pack - gives you a sheet of each double sided paper in the range and a full sheet of tags and embellishments - excellent value - so, the sheet on the front of the package, with the little pictures of each sheet within the pack was perfect to chop up for this layout - so much for using up my stash - now I'm using the packaging as well !!!!!!!

The spider's web was cut at 5" on Cricut from Paper Doll Dress Up (PDDU) cartridge and the wee spider at 3 1/2" (PDDU) using Jac paper and then glittered green. I had wanted to make him an orange spider, but, did I have orange glitter, NOOOO.

I thought, I'll wait til tomorrow to finish and go and buy orange glitter. Then, I thought, no, I'll miss MckLinky again - too risky......

So, he's a green spider - just noticed, damn, I meant to put googly eyes on him - so, you'll have to imagine him with googly eyes - way scary, just like the scary photo of DGD #1 from Hallowe'en 2008....

This was the best photo taken - two year olds don't like photo's....

The pumpkins were cut at 4" (PDDU) and the crow at 3 1/2" (PDDU) - isn't he a cute crow....

The title is computer generated and the 'trick or treat' stamp is Making Memories - Spellbound set ....

DD has DGD's costume for this Hallowe'en, but won't let me see it (how mean) - so I'll have to wait for a couple of weeks - so I have no idea....

Meanwhile - I'm away out to buy orange glitter......

Just in case......


TTFN

Jane xx

SOUS - Too Late!!

This is my take on the second sketch over at www.stuckonusketches.blogspot.com


However - I am too late to submit.....

Here come the excuses.....

The beginning of the week was work, my shifts are all over the place, including weekends, as a nurse we never work the same shifts two weeks in a row (why has nursing always been this way) - and by the middle of the week I was beginning to suffer from the flu......

I just felt so awful, stuffed head, aching muscles, just couldn't get it together at all - so spent a couple of days in bed feeling really sorry for myself, as one does, and then voila, finished the layout, and Mr Linky was closed.....

So, I thought, seeing as how I actually managed to finish it, I would post it here anyway.

The papers are MME Front Porch collection.

The title was cut on Cricut using Cursive 101 at 1 1/2"

The two flourishes are from Home Decor at 2 1/2" and 3".

The scalloped frame around the photo was from an old Sizzix die which I put through my Big Shot.

I am now going to get started on sketch # 3 before anything happens.....

TTFN

Jane xx

Lime Tart Challenge

Notice the wee blinkie on the left?? I could have finished four layouts in the time it took me to get that thing onto my blog - still very much a novice in the techie world - no mind....

It's from Lime Tart - the kits I subscribe to every month (or should I say the pizza boxes that are piling up that contain the most gorgeous and delectable products in them)....

I am currently working on my May kits - so I am getting there SLOWLY....

Well, anyway, they now have a Challenge Tuesday, and the current PRIZE up for grabs is the

NOVEMBER FULL TART KIT......

Now we subscribers haven't seen it yet (duh, it's October - well, I think it is, time just goes sooooo fast - what is it 10 weeks to Christmas AAAAARGGGHHHH)

But, what I can tell you is that every single kit I have received this year has been fantastic - taking me out of my box with amazing papers and complementary embellishments, including wood block stamps, ribbons, buttons, flowers, etc all beautifully co-ordinated - just what a busy scrapper needs....

So head on over to the Zest Blog and enter this weeks challenge....



www.limetart.com/zestblog/







TTFN

Jane xx

PS - Happy Birthday to my DS - love you, miss you, MUM xxxxxx
(He lives in Scotland, I live in Australia)

Lime Tart Cards # 2

Here I am with my second lot of cards made entirely from the scraps of my Lime Tart April kits...

For these cards I went to the card sketch site at www.mojomonday.blogspot.com for inspiration - scrolling back to their April sketches....

And this is what I came up with....

The first sketch was dated 6th April....

and my take on it - not too keen on the papers - but I wasn't going to throw them out....

Second sketch is from 13th April....

Sketch 3 dated 20th April....

Next sketch dated from 27th April....

And then onto the May sketches ('cause there were only four Monday's in April!!) - this one from 4th May....

And the last of the sketches dated 11th May....

Finally, a card made without a sketch - I had these last two pieces of paper and the stickers remaining - nothing that fitted into a sketch - so I just put them together with my last flower and leaf from the kit - and came up with this - used every last drop!!!!!

Hope you like them, not too sure of some of them, but hey, used up the bits....

On a final note - I have been given an award by the beautiful Sandy over at www.detailsbysandy.blogspot.com will post it next visit - in the meantime Sandy, thank you xx

Already working on Lime Tart May kits - would you believe the October kit is now here - do you think I will ever catch up?????

Also working on a layout for the new sketch site at www.stuckonusketches.blogspot.com - using up my stash - way cool - go have a look....

So until next time,

TTFN

Jane xx

Stuck On U Sketches

Hi everybody, this is a new avenue for me, I have decided to play along with a brand new sketch site Stuck On U Sketches and this is my layout for their very first sketch...



It is a weekly sketch challenge, and I am hoping it will get me to use some of my stash....

I have had this Basic Grey Two Scoops paper forever (when did this range come out), always saving it for just the right photo....

So, this is the right photo - DGD #1 turned 3 in August and I adore this photograph of her, she was sitting patiently waiting for her birthday cake to arrive....

Hope you like it, and pop over to Stuck On U Sketches and maybe have a go too....

Til next time

TTFN

Jane xx


Addit:- OK, can't seem to get this link thing to work (trying it for the first time....) I have highlighted the name Stuck On U Sketches, clicked on link, typed in blog address, clicked OK and voila the name changes colour, all seems OK. But, when I click on the brown name above, link appears broken - help, please xx

The blog address is www.stuckonusketches.blogspot.com this works OK - so until I can get a handle on this linking stuff, use this to go to their site xx