Ken Oliver Workshop

 

What a fabulous day we

 had yesterday at 

 Ken Oliver's Workshop,

 here in Glasgow. 

 

Made this stunning album

with the latest

Prima collection

"Forever Green".

 

 

 

All the gorgeous flowers from

 the collection.

Lace and die cuts.

Raffia bows.

Metal elements - love the bee!

And a lot of sparkle too.

Need to put the pages back

 inside the album!

 

Still have a full A4 paper pad

 to do the inside pages.

Haste ye back Ken.

Hugs

 

SOUS Sketch Reveal

 

Whoo Hoo

 

It's Friday.

 

That means

 Sketch Reveal Day

 over at

 Stuck On U Sketches.

 

And, I'm in love with my layout

 this week...lol!

 

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

in

New York.

 

What a memory!

 

The great sketch from

 our co-leader,

 Leah.

Hubby and I were in New York

 in October, and we had a

wonderful day in the town of

 Sleepy Hollow,

about an hour north

 of the city.

This is the gravesite of

Washington Irving,

the author of

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow",

 after whom the town was

named in 1996.

 

Prior to that it was called

 North Tarrytown.

 

Anyway....

The papers I have used are from

 Authentique

"Spirited"

Collection.

The die cut flourish corners

 are from

 Spellbinders Victorian Collection

 "Victoria Corners".

 

The stamped frame around

the Headless Horseman is from

 Kaiser

 "These Days".

The title chippies are

Jillibean Soup

 "Newsprint Alphabeans"



The gorgeous flowers are 

Wild Orchid Craft

 "Carnations".

The little green leaves are

Tattered Lace

 "Foliage Leaves".

 

Sadly today is the last post for

some of the team.

 

Changes are coming to

 Stuck On U Sketches - a whole new style.

 

We are losing the

 Project Life Challenge,

but the Sketch and Die Cut Challenges

will continue.

 

Further details over at SOUS.

 

*****

 

In further news....

 

Look who's in Scotland!!

The uber talented Ken Oliver,

 Prima Educator.

 

At my LSS.

Which is not really a Scrapbook Store,

but the closest we have to one

on the west coast of

Scotland.

It's a craft store in Glasgow,

about 30 miles up the road from me.

 

Now, not many of our esteemed

 "famous" scrappy people come

 to Scotland, so this is

 a rare treat for us.

 

And I am booked into his

All Day Workshop

tomorrow.

 

This is the beautiful

Memory Album

I will be making.

 

And this will be the first class

 I have attended since

leaving Australia.

 

Too many card makers

 here in the UK!!!

 

Go Scrapbooking....

 

*****

 

Now, head on over to

 Stuck On U Sketches

 and see what the rest of the

 SOUS Sisters have done with

 the sketch, and say goodbye

 to those leaving

 us....so sad :-(

 

Then let us see your take

 on the sketch.

 

See you over at SOUS!

 

Bye for now.

 

Hugs

 

 

So sad to read of the passing

of Teresa Collins'

 husband, Ty.

Thoughts and prayers with

 the family.

 

I met Teresa at CHA in 2011,

 such a lovely lady,

 and an inspiration to us all.

 

God Bless

 

Sketch Reveal at SOUS!

Welcome to my Blog today

 dear scrappy friends.

 

This post has been scheduled,

 as I am winging my way back

 from a fabulous week

 in Los Angeles.

 

The great sketch from our Leah,

revealed today at

Stuck On U Sketches,

was just made for these

 papers and my photo's.

 

This coming Sunday is

Remembrance Sunday,

and Tuesday 11th November

 is Armistice Day.

 

On Tuesday, the last poppy

 will be added to the stunning

 "Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red"

Tribute at the

 Tower of London.

Which marks the

 100th Anniversary

of the outbreak of

World War One.

 

On Tuesday there will be

 888, 246 poppies

in the moat around the Tower!

 

Representing the

 British and Commonwealth

 lives lost in the war.

 

One of these ceramic poppies marks

 the life of my

 Great Grandfather,

Charles A Tedford.

 

He died on 26th April, 1915,

 at Ypres in Belgium.

He has no known grave,

but is honoured on the

 Menin Gate in Belgium.

 

On 16th October,

my Great Grandfather 

was honoured at the

 Tower of London,

on that evening's

Roll of Honour.

 

I was there.

 

I made a 24 hour trip to

 London to witness one of the

 most moving tributes

 I have ever seen.

 

The poppies are a spectacular,

 humbling sight.

 I am so glad I was able to see it.

 

The tribute will be dismantled

 after Armistice Day, and

the poppies have all been sold,

 with proceeds going to

 appropriate charities.

 

I have bought one of the

 poppies, to honour my

 Great Grandfather.

 

To own a piece of this

 fabulous tribute will be

 an honour for me!

 



 

I have rotated the sketch

 clockwise, to accommodate

 the stunning poppies

 already on the paper.

The papers are from

 Kaiser

 "Remember Me"

 Collection.

With Collectables from the

 same collection.

And, a wee bit of black lace

 from my stash.

The papers and photo's are

all that are needed here.

Here are a couple more photo's

 from my 24 hr trip!



In honour of Charles A Tedford

1886 - 1915

 

Now, head on over to

 Stuck On U Sketches

 and see what my

 SOUS Sisters

have done with the sketch!

 

Then, we want to see

your interpretations.

 

So, please join in at SOUS!

 

See you there...

 

Hugs