Project 2009-2010

Last year i created a simple calendar and had the goal of taking a photograph a month for a year and then making a mini album (take a link back to the blogspot post for December 2008-January 2009 and you'll see the pages of the calendar).Here we are in 2010 and I've just about finished the project, here is the album.I simply cut the top piece of my calender with my photo on and mounted it onto an A5 sized cardstock page (12 in total with a cover in some family themed scrapbooking paper)and then used my bind it all to put it all together ( i even used the same bind it all owire that held the calendar together).Then i used my favourite punch (stampin up label )and some scraps and embellis i had to decorate.I've made plenty of space for journalling and jotting down new shared family goals for 2010 behind the photo's and on the back of the pages i've just a few more flowers and buttons to add.Bring it on 2010....

Jazz Cat is back

My little kitten is on her second cat life! ( the first one K and I witnessed as she climbed onto the bedroom window ledge and then adopted the stance of a flying squirrel kitten and landed in a little bush in the front garden!)She is now back from the vets after having surgery to remove an earplug from her tummy....yes an earplug.. ooooh its been an emotional 4 days, she was so poorly the day after boxing day.My son and i suspected she had swallowed something strange..we had seen remnants of an earlplug and had spent 2 weeks trying to take them off her and hide them.... the earplugs are mine and i use them to block out the buzz of the outside world when needing a deep sleep! i felt pretty bad about her managing to get one again. She has had a strange attraction to sponge and foam.I'm watching her like a hawk now and getting some pet insurance as i'm imagining she is going to be full of surprises.

Happy new year

A new year brings endless opportunities to weave joy and happiness into the fabric of life ! Enjoy this coming year xxxxx

More Commissioned Albums for christmas

These albums are now being enjoyed by the recipients 4 special girls..........

Make a Smilebox slideshow

New Years Wishes

A new year is dawning...I've been so busy creating albums this year i've not even had time to add to the blog.Things hotted up from October through to a final commission i'm completing as we speak.I've loved creating them all and here are a few pictures of two smaller albums i created for someone with specific themes as gifts for people.

Christmas is nearly here

At last we have got a few christmas cards and keepsakes together for posting abroad...i'm so late with my parcel to Uganda for Immaculate and keepsakes and cards to USA and Zambia...not enough hours in the day.So sorry folks hope you enjoy your little suprises the week of the new year...I've made a number of these little albums with differnet themes and i hope to post a taster of some in a slideshow later..thankyou Louise for the template

Little Jazz cat has grown

Jazz came to us September and she's just a little bit delightful and growing so quickly.....

Happy birthday Lou

It was lovely to see my craft buddy Lou celebrating her 40th this week just gone...and we had a short crafting liaison...where i experimented with papertrey stamps to create backgrounds for my christmas Tilda's...
Hope you had a night to remember clubbing with you girlfriends on Saturday....

Spellbinders cards

Had such fun creating these cards with a gorgeous sunflower fairy stamped image and my spellbinders this autumn just a reminder of the summer months with one of my favourite quotes...

blog tidy up

i'd struggled for a couple of weeks to get these photographs onto the blog so have created a smile box to showcase these creations from the last couple of months..... enjoy..

Make a Smilebox slideshow

commissioned album for a special 18th

birthday blessings

I've taken the week of work to count all my blessings this birthday ...why not? time is the greatest gift to give yourself or someone else..i feel i'm having the best day ever, listening to jack savoretti surrounded by images of cupcakes and angels and my promarkers as i am colouring in! sounds like heaven on earth and it is...thankyou i'm blessed happy birthday me!

new mini albums inspired by Harry and India's birthdays

I'm in the process of completing a range of mini albums...i started with two cards and a mini album each for my buddy's wee ones who have birthdays in September and October.Here is a little taster of the work so far.

Tidy Craft Room Tidy Mind!

I've reorganised the craft room! although my son and hubby are relieved my passion and debris are not spreading around the house they often remind me this room was not supposed to be mine...so i thank them once again for their patience and tolerance...it looks great, all organised with a great surface at the right height to work on... and apart from a dubious 'floating'shelf that may come away from the wall and succumb to the laws of gravity shortly (we never have luck with mounting shelves not cut out for DIY only cut out for crafting)is really practical....and Julia my noticeboard is up at long last! Time to get ready for my constitutional run with K back to the craft room later..

A scrumptious celebration album

My most recent project i've a had a little extra time to spend on.I will be posting it out on Monday.With a little more time the detail you can add to an album is endless, however, it now feels just right.It floral fantasy in scrumptious pastel and sherbet pastel colours...the last of my Basic Grey gypsy Romani collection with a little bit of Lily Kate... I must find some more of this gorgeous paper! a photo is coming once i've posted and know the album has been given to it's recipient.These 8 x 8 celebration albums are a sheer pleasure to create and all individually created with someone special in mind.I've bound this one differently by adding an additional 1 inch and using metal posts as in the large Prom album.

large album

Recently i created a large prom album for a lady who'd purchased a small album from me.She gave me a challenge of creating something on a budget a lot larger (10 x 12)than i usually do.. here are some snaps of this album before the photographs were mounted. Thankyou Adele I loved creating this for you.

Edinburgh Festival

This weekend we had our annual short break to enjoy the Edinburgh Fringe and Festival.It was great!Rather than creating a few scrapbooking pages in my album I've brought back flyers and mags to create an album for scrapbooking thoughts and reflections on our experiences.There'll be room to revisit these every year in this album Chella loves his comedy and we were well and truly comedied out infact i sought a little sanctuary in a few art galleries as my brain was buzzing. I hope to post the album later on this month.
I'm off for a whole week and have some albums that i'm looking forward to creating for others...so i'm immersing myself in crafting having heaven for the next few days(although have to fit in some home DIY and decorating in between trips to heaven!)

Creative hours

There are often just not enough hours in the day to be as creative as i'd like to be...which to me is probably the real sign that to work part time sometime very soon and focus more on my passion and what i really love to do has to happen.Now i've written this i'm committed to this decision it's just the plans around doing it that have to come...and completing this card at 2 a.m in the morning reminds me that my creative mind comes first and just will not sleep until listened to and acted upon..