I used the Basic Grey!!!!!!!!!

Now my friends all know that I cherish and adore my Baic Grey collection and yes, I have quite a bit of it. I have decided recently that I should actually get on and use some of it because I really like it and after all that's why I bought it.

I took the opportunity of going to the Shop Crop at Scrapbook Sisters on Saturday to make two layouts using a little of my BG.

The first layout is using Basic Grey Sugared range and I used a photograph of my mum and dad.

The second layout uses Basic Grey Mellow range and I used a photo of Matt and Holly with my mother-in-law when they were on holiday a couple of years ago in the New Forest. I stamped on felt with Banana Frog stamps for the trees, deer, hedgehogs and birds.

In Miniature Project

Each month Scrapbook Sisters have an "In Miniature" class which is scrapbooking on a small scale.

Yesterday we made a little block which looks like is made from wood but is actually made from chipboard and the photo block holds eight tags with photographs on. It was great fun to make if a little messy with distress ink, vintage photo shade off course (in-joke!). At home after the class, I added family photos and I cut embellishments on the Cricut as the tags had to be fairly flat to fit in the gaps.

I think Karen may be running the class again if there are enough people interested so let Karen and Julie at Scrapbook Sisters know if you would like to do this class.

I am interested in the possabilities on making nore of these in different shapes and sizes.

Christmas Layout

Now although I love Christmas I sometimes have trouble creating Christmas layouts but I completed this layout easily and quickly and I really enjoyed making it. I changed the photo from colour to sepia and then using Kelly Pannaci stamps from Sandylion I stamped a border in brown Stazon. The paper is by Magenta and I started by highlighting the Christmas baubles with glassy accents and with white glitter. I then outlined some of the background pattern with white gel pen to highlight it. I then added in a cluster Prima flowers and leaves, buttons, string, cotton lace, flourishes cut on the Cricut and some stamped journalling and embelishments. I hope you like it.

Christmas Cards

Thank you to everyone who sent me a handmade Christmas card. Here they are;

Christmas Book

After seeing the Scrapbook Sisters blog tonight where Julie has uploaded pictures of the last class project I remembered that I had promised to upload pictures of mine. I used photographs of Matthew and Holly when we went on the Santa Express on the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch railway in 1996 (I think!) - the year that is not the place.

Over Christmas I have also finished a Bo Bunny travel word book that I started at a class much earlier in the year so I will add photos of that soon,

It's nearly Christmas..........

It's nearly Christmas and this year I really must try to take more photographs so that I have some photographs for Christmas layouts even if I have to persuade the family into a little photo shoot.
Until then here are a few layouts that I have finished recently.



This first one uses Heidi Grace papers (one of my favourites) and I particularly like the little birds which is an image that I have used quite often recently.The photograph was taken about 16 years ago at my nieces christening and it was the last time we saw my grandad.
The second layout features a photograph from around the same time and is of me and Matthew at a quiet spot in Maidstone. Again I have used Heidi Grace papers and the three little owl are a Papermania stamp.The writing on the photo is white pen written on a strip of acetate which I wrapped around the top of the photo.The third layout is using both sides of only one piece of patterned paper but at the moment I can't remember exactly which paper it is! As I look at the layout now I feel that the centre of the flowers need some extra embellishment, maybe some babyblue liquid pearls.I finished a little Christmas book recently at class at Scrapbook Sisters so I will post some photos of that as soon as I upload them to the computer.

A few layouts....

Here are a few layouts, not particularly new stuff but just some that I haven't shown before.

I am still making Christmas cards at the momment, then as soon as I have finished I can create some new layouts. I have lots of new papers that are waiting for my attention.