inspirational words

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity.... It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow. ~Melody Beattie

sping card

I have just created 4 spring cards to decorate this weekend(to celebrate surviving my first 3 days back at work after my beach holiday)...they'll have an oceans and seashore theme and were inspired by 3D Jean's websites delightful sring card with a vintage seaside feel...watch this space i'm tring to put the link for the blogspot on my side bar...there's so much great inspirational stuff here.

ERTE - Sea Goddess

I have just painted up a few imgages of this gorgeous stamp..she came from Canada and i am creating a special album with a lot of mermaid images in it she will take pride of place...Its the first time i've 'gone to town' using my copics and cs paints...oooh i could have carried on all night however i am back to work tomorrow.. a reality check it's time to think about an early night.

p.s.My tip is emboss the images..as they can then be used with pens and paints.I like to use black versafne and clear emboss there is less bleeding of colours.

albums to peruse

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oooh back to my craft room

Just got back from a holiday which was a lovely rest..Thankyou Chella for making it possible what a great break it was...had a gentle emotional emerse in 'Family Matters' a great read by Rohinton Mystery however...my craft room is calling but first a consitutional run with K n brekky at the deli...Thankyou K and Linda for looking after our little luvlies Jazz n Bats.

Tenerife

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Bramley Carnival Sunday 18th

What a lovely day thanks to Kirsty, Kim and my lovely Chel ...Linda thankyou for your yummy cream cake ..

Mermaids, seashore and ocean memory albums

' the sea once it casts its spell, it

holds one in its net of wonder forever'

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This is a link to a compendium video for your inspiration take a look and feel great all day!

creating to my favourite tunes

Mermaids...so many of them and so many ideas of how to use them just not quite enough hours in the day to explore all the possibilities.I was pleased to find a few Einaudi pieces on the internet i misplaced (nothing is ever lost) my favourite album I Giorni such a long time and simply hummimg along to the pieces i keep hearing on the t.v isn't the same as floating around the house listening to it at my leisure...Mermaid creations to post later..............

Fly by Ludovico Einaudi

Fly by Ludovico Einaudi

slideshow of albums created

Just some quick albums to share here and pass on to others... I'm inspired to move onto my project ....'seashores and mermaids' what joy ..

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National Armed Forces Day

I created a paper bag album to be usd to scrapbook moments from an armed forces march for a friend who is passionate about keepsaking and sharing the joy possible in giving these little albums as gfts.Lexi and her mummy put an almost blank album to such creative use scrapbooking the big and small moments of 'a daddy's day'... he loved it and they loved creating it.I've created another album ready to be personalised in memory of National Armed Forces Day..i'm always deeply saddenned that so many very young lives and families have had their lives so very drammatically changed by the events out there....god bless them all and keep them safe.A photo will follow.

Woodlands Summer fayre

It was a lovely day Saturday, Kirsty and I participated in a summer fayre at Woodlands Primary School. It was reminiscent of those Sure Start days Kirsty .....
Thankyou to Lorna and her sister Hayley...all the lovely children and staff who supported us by participating in our mobile lucky dip... we met some lovley people Sue and Jan either side of our stall were fountains of knowledge ...i hope to be getting more involved in this sort of event.If you are interested a few little bargains to try out scrapbooking in the paper bag albums then try ebay under OOAK albums there are so many there and i pop some on sometimes so enjoy.........I will be continuing to support WATOTO throught my album sales at events this summer.

June creations

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May's creation

album ideas...

Some 8x8 albums to personalize

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A few little albums

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Altered Fairytales book

I'm loving getting lost in creating this altered book..there's a lot to add to some of the pages, a couple of them feel complete and my favourit is the spread your wings and join the Fairy ring page...hoping to tell a Fairy tale through the next few altered pages.

Christmas Doooooooooooooooooo

It's taken me ages to get these photos onto a smilebox i've popped the slideshow here just incase i have aprob forwarding it by email on monday.....nhs email system is really tight these days and filters just about everything so here it is just in case.

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Jazz has got a friend

Jazzy has a play pal...i remember this gorgeous cat as a kitten she'd come over and was soooo confident i think she came into the house a few times..until our other cat chased her off his patch...well Jazz just wants to play so she's back and it was really sweet they've been playing in the back garden for the last few days...don't know what our other cat will think about it as he doesn't tolerate much playfullness... guess the girls are outnumbering him now.

memory album

I had the privelege of creating a memory album for a team of wondeful people working with children..i was so pleased to hear from Sobia as i'd left sometime ago...thankyou for allowing me to put together all the childrens work for their consultant...such thoughtful and heartwarming input from all the children..

A quick celebration album on a budget

I have a lovely lady who likes her albums on a budget...i always do the best i can for her ...here are a few pages from a recent album created.

Valentines sentiment

I could be quite gushy about how grateful i am to have my luvly hubby around...i have a scrapbook of our journey together and there are a few pages left so our meal out on Sunday will have to incorprate a photo and a memory to add to my little album!Chel and i are busy and often stressed... life can be and is often a bit of a bumpy ride because thats what life is like ...good times and less fortunate times all part of that ...in him i did find a soul mate and a friend...this was this weeks quote from compendium and i really connected with it...
"Then we sat on the edge of the earth, with our feet dangling over the side, and marveled that we had found each other."

--Erick Dillard
If you want more from compendium do google them or look at the link they create inspirational books that warm the heart.

Plans for album

I'm going to be busy next week with my commisioned album...the tags and content is still being collected and although i have the basics outline created i think i'm going to be burning the midnight oil...However,here are two books i'm hoping to alter.One will include the fairy and memaid images i've prepared and Alice's Adventures will be a work in progress...

easel cards

I have created the last of my easel cards for now ..these lovely images i coloured in sometime ago they are dreamy and scrumptious.The last time i used them they completed an 'autumn dreams album' and a quirky little offbeat album i created for Megan,my neice for christmas.I love them ..

cards for valentines

I have been enjoying creating some easel cards...i've a commissioned retirement album waiting to be completed and my itchy busy fingers and busy head had to be occupied so here's how one of the cards looked.

"9 lives Jazz"

My kitten Jazz has fully recovered...she went missing today...i felt like i'd revisited that horrible feeling you get when you loose your toddler in the supermarket...I've only just braved letting her out for short periods after the snowy weather and she wandered a little further than usual today. It was only a matter of half an hour or so before i found her.........

Adventure Album and Journals

I created this very one of a kind personalised album for a friend and her partner to chart their adventures..I loved it my friend chose from the stash of sentiment stamps and I hand stamped some special sentiment she wanted in the album what a pleasure this was.I was soooo enjoying this whole concept i then went on to create two simular sized one of a kind journals to auction on ebay.I'm enjoying this simple A5 template and am going to stick with this for a while creating some arty fairie and mermaid themed pieces as i've handcoloured some beautiful images i'm just aching to use..