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..

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...