UKS Weekly Challenge

This week's challenge was to use;

• Scrap about waiting for or expecting something


• Use 6 different pattern papers


• Scrap in blue, green and yellow


• Use blossoms or petals

I still have some photos from Florida to scrap (2 years on!!) and chose this one of Josh and me waiting to get into A bug's life show so I could journal about the time we spent queueing whilst in the parks!

Have cut into my Sarah's cards April Kit... Echo Park - For the record papers and added a little bit of red to lift the page. Plus some baker's twine which I'm loving at the moment! The design is based on an old page maps sketch.

TFL

Weekly Challenge

Today being the last day of the holidays for Alex and I (Josh still has another week!) we made it a day of TV, Playstation, scrapping and generally chilling out. I finished one lo and managed a second for the weekly challenge over on UKS. It was set by the lovely Jo , whose blog I follow, and was to include the following elements;

I am trying to play along with Shimelles 4x6 Photo Love class over on her blog so my challenge is to use a 4x6 photo(s) on your page.

I love my punches - especially border punches - so I would love to see you using your punches on your page in whatever way you fancy.

I would like you incorporate some history into your page - be it family history or whatever.

So I set about using the last scraps (literally) from my Crate Restoration papers which came in Sarah's Cards kit last October ( I think). I have loved these papers and this is my record 7th lo from one kit! I have used a 6x4 photo, punched a notepad border on the left and used a bit of history - how Alex being bathed in the sink reminds me of days when I washed myself in our kitchen sink at home!

This page was also finished this morning and from the same kit. It had started life as Sarah's Cards monthly challenge but it didn't get finished before the deadline! This was Alex dressed up in some of her presents at Christmas last year as everything she unwrapped needed to be worn!

So now I have just enough bits left to make a card or two and then it's on to using up the next kit!

On a different note, tomorrow I am stepping back into uniform and going to help at Brownies in the village. It's been a few years since I hung up my leaders hat but am really looking forward to getting involved again.

Now I just need to find my badge...

A blatant scraplift!

I wanted to do this photo justice as it is one of my all time favourites of Tony and Alex taken at a Venture portrait shoot we did some 10 years ago! Gwyneth did a gorgeous page which I just had to copy as I knew it was perfect for this picture. You can see Gwyneth's orginal here. Have used Sarah's Cards January kit with beautiful Fancy Pants papers and added some of my own pearls.

Apart from that I can take no credit!

Thank you Gwyneth for letting me copy your lovely work!

Pages from the Golbourne Crop...

Made a couple of pages at the crop last week. Love this photo of Josh sat on the trig point on Loughrigg Fell. It was the first time we had climbed a Wainright and the view was amazing from the top. Have used an old Sarah's Cards kit from January 2010 - Bo Bunny Flutter Butter.

These were photos from one of Alex's parties a few years ago when she turned 9. They weren't the best of pics but I wanted to include them all. Have used some American Craft Princess range papers and embellishments.

Only about 6 more birthdays to scrap but I am determined to catch up with them this year!

One more day at work then I am off for 10 days and looking forward to catching up with friends, a visit to my parents and some me time.

4x6 Photo love May challenge

This month's challenge was to use 4 4x6 photos with the addition of a flap holding hidden journalling. I've had these photos on my "to scrap" pile for a while but I was struggling to scrap them because of the bright colours. I'm pleased with how this has turned out and think I will do the same with a set of photos featuring Alex and the rhinos!

The pictures were taken one day last August in Chester who had a whole trail of Rhino's around the city. We stumbled across it by accident on a trip to by cheap school shoes at the Chesire Oaks (the outlet centre) and spent the rest of the day looking for them until we got rained off!

TFL
Julia

A visit to London...warning, photo heavy post!

It was a while back we went but need to share these pics for the family members that read my blog! We headed down in the Easter break (or the not Easter break as it was actually way before the bank holiday!) for a couple of nights. We stayed out at Docklands and visited sites out the the east in Greenwich, spent a whole day at the Tower, had dinner with my brother and then spent the last day walking "the sites" and a quick stop to shop in Hamleys.

All in all a great trip and the weather was gorgeous on the last day.

Buckingham Palace

A tender father & son outside the palace (actually I think he was being tickled!)

Trying to get on the lions in Trafalgar Square!

Finally she made it!

Outside Horseguards

It's for you!

Big Ben was an impressive site - especially for two kids that had not seen it before!

Some old dock cranes outside our hotel

Another cuddle - this time at the Tower

This was the Cutty Sark!

A really interesting display of measurement at The Royal Observatory, Greenwich

A view of canary wharf and the Royal Naval College

Josh enjoying Tower Bridge (it was freezing and very windy at this point in the day!)

Our friendly Yeoman Warder - we had a fantastic tour!

Back with more scrapping pics later this week :)

Scrapology Challenge D is for Dimension

So first I will share this page which has taken me all month to work on, mainly due to the fact that I haven't had much time for scrapping. It's inspired by Rachael's "The Best" lo from the Sarah's Cards DT booklet in January's kit. I really enjoyed cutting all the flowers and leaves out and love the icy feel of the lo. The Scrapology challenge gives you a sketch each month and this month's challenge V is for Vine is running until the 5th June.

I have also started making a few cards based on two challenge blogs I have found. I hope to build up enough stock to have a basket on my desk at work to sell for charity. More on that when I have enough to sell!

In the meantime I tried a less is more challenge and created this one which was to use a small amount of red....

Very simple but I quite like it. The 52 card challenge is also a good one over at Paper and Ribbons. This was week 13 - pink/die cuts and flowers made using some scraps of an old kit.

We have a weekend of doing very little apart from a pedicure for me in a little while and a party for Alex. Tomorrow is the Turkish Grand Prix and a big Man U match so thank heavens it's a wet weekend - we won't mind sitting in doors!

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia