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case file 8 - solved

2012-02-26T10:54:00.003Z

OMG I just fell in love with the colours this week!

Whats not to love about the fresh look of this colour scheme?

This was my take

This was Josh at Wimbledon in 2010, the boy is crazy about tennis. If there is a Grand Slam on TV he will stay up late get up early whatever it takes to watch every single serve, every single set. One day I woke up to find a note "Mum I've gone to watch the tennis at Wimbledon" just like that all on his own where he had such a great day and got to see some of his favourite players. I have written this on a tag that sits behind the pic.

For my Evidence I used Stars, a solid background colour(well white is a colour! lol) & the sunburst element does sit over the edge of an element but I covered it lol also I used the composition of the image to inspire (I made the little flags to represent the cocktail sticks in the glasses) and also the drink in the glass gives a sort of circular shape, I used the yellow circles to represent this.

For my Testimony I wrote in the style of a recipe "for the best experience, Blue Skies, Green Grass, Sunshine need to be present"

A couple of close ups

My journaling that sits behind the pic pulled out

The little flags I made using scraps and cocktails sticks & I machine stitched around the edges of the yellow circles

I really enjoyed working on this (after I finished banging my head against a wall for a few hours cos it just wasn't working at the start lol)

Why not go over and check out the great DT work you won't be dissappointed, hopefully you will be inspired to take on this weeks case

Toodle Pip Xxx

Supplies used Cosmo Cricket Jacks world(yellow), SEI ? (white with blue & green circles), Studio Calico(green), Poolside thickers, the birds are cut from a Stampin Up paper, Authentique word stickers, Sassafras stickers, various bits from my stash

Something a bit different

2012-02-25T14:06:00.000Z

While sat watching the TV yesterday I decided to try my hand at a little applique, he is made totally from recycled clothing

this is my first attempt so my stitching's not very neat but I love how cute this little owl is!
He will be going on a quilt that I one day make!!!
Toodle Pip X

Once upon a Sketch (15th Feb)

2012-02-23T14:26:00.000Z

Decided to play along this time over at OUAS
This was the sketch which I decided to rotate

I love this picture of my Mother in-law strolling along the beach at one of my favourite places in the whole world a small place called Challaborough Bay in Devon England

The title Beauty is Everywhere refers to both my Mother in-law and the location. I am so lucky to have such a wondeful set of in-laws, so kind thoughtful and beautiful in every way.

And here is my take

I used MME Lost & Found 2 - Breeze some Basic Grey buttons & a bit of string
Some close ups

I printed some journaling onto this little cut out frame

I used the negative cut out of the butterfly as an extra accent

I trailed the string from the butterfly to give some flow to this section of the layout

Hope you like it
Toodle Pip XXX

I'm still here!

2012-02-22T11:09:00.002Z

Been doing some DT stuff so can't share yet but I feel like I am abandoning you all if I don't post at least once a week lol
Here is a sneak of one of the projects I've done for Scrappy Chics march kit

Back soon with some scrappiness to share
Toodle Pip X

Case file 5 - Solved

2012-02-12T04:38:00.000Z

Wow this weeks was hard with that "eggplant" I used scraps from my scrapbox which is good because it's in danger of overflowing! I know the green is MME and the love is cosmo cricket and the little monsters are by Sassafras
This week I went with the cutting tool(s) frame,corners and leaves as my evidence.
The journaling tells the story of how my Youngest(the one in the middle) went through a face where she would pull this "bugsy Bunny" face all the time, it's on the tag to the left of the picture and I used the tear off strip from a CC paper for the words "look here"
Here is my layout

Toodle pip x

Featured at CSI

2012-02-09T10:40:00.003Z

Little Toot!
I was featured over at CSI . What an honour with so much talent over there!

If you havn't played along yet go over and check it out the "case files" are an awesome way to get your creative juices flowing!
Toodle Pip Xx

AAM Feb challenge

2012-02-07T16:38:00.004Z

{AAM February Challenge} One Little Word

Have you chosen your word for the year?

Do you participate in One Little Word?

Do you even know what I'm talking about?

About five years ago I got tired of making New Year resolutions because I always felt like I couldn't live up to them. My expectations were so high and out of reach that I always got depressed when they weren't fulfilled. I'm all about having dreams and hopes but I went a little overboard. Seriously. I did.

Then, I heard about picking a word. Your motto. A word that kind of sums up what you want to focus on that year. I had actually heard about this before hearing about the whole One Little Word phenomenon (can you really call it that?) and really loved the concept.

I usually pick a word for the year and then promptly forget all about it, at the very beginning of the year my word was "Organise" but as time went on and I started to work on this challenge I realised that everything was pointing towards "Choices" I can choose to organise. . .I can choose what I eat. . . .etc

I have made some bad choices in the past few years which has brought me somewhat to where I am now, but this year I plan to make better choices. . . .So far so good!

A few close ups

lots of fussy cutting and layering

I wrote my journaling and tucked it behind the photo

I almost always tie off my buttons

Check out the rest of the design team and what they did with this challenge, Fab!

Hope you will feel inspired to play along this month

Toodle Pip xxx

Supplies used - January Scrapbook Nook Kit, AC sunrise bare alpha, buttons from my stash,machine stitching,white cardstock

Scrappy Chics Feb kit

2012-02-04T14:11:00.000Z

A fab kit this month with papers from Glitz , some great bling by Prima, AC Thickers

Papers from Simple stories another mini alpha from Glitz

Some beatiful silk pleated ribbon

And a cute little acryllic keychain that I decided to add to the bottom of this birthday hanger I made for my youngest's birthday on the 12th of Feb (good job she doesn't read my blog lol)

I did make another card but that is for a friend who does read my blog!

Hope you like them

Toodle Pip xx

Case file 4 - solved

2012-02-03T16:25:00.002Z

As soon as I saw this palette I knew I had the perfect pic, so much inspiration this week, but Debbi's journaling just touched something inside and I knew exactly what I wanted this layout to be about!
I don't normally get very personal on my blog but as a small explanation, I have suffered from Agoraphobia for about 7 years or so now and as it creeps into your life it takes away parts of you. Parts that you don't even notice, but I remember this girl in the picture, and I quite liked her! "where did she go"? The journaling is a line from a song by The Script and it just served to say exactly what I wanted to say about this pic (I will be putting an envelope attached to the back to explain to those who follow)

I used a sketch from The Purple Pumpkin ( I strayed a little lol)

For some reason as soon as I saw her socks I thought polka dot!!!
Evidence: Frame, something reflective shiny(glittered flourish)
Testimony: Use a frame to hold your journaling.
I think this a palette I will be using again at some point!

Supplies used; MME Lost & Found2 Breeze, Basic Grey hello lucious, honeyed, MME lush black tiles, coredinations cardstock, Pink Paislee artisan frames, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, kaisercraft pearls, AC thickers & scenic route alphas.
Toodle pip

Boys Rule Sketch 2

2012-01-30T14:14:00.000Z

My good friend Jenny is a dab hand at creating sketches (among her many talents!)
She has some up at the Boys Rule Kit Club and I loved this one with the circles

I had the perfect pics of Leon and the dogs greeting him! They are funny but when we are away they seem to know that he will be there at all times, so whenever he goes out of sight they are crying and barking and looking for him. There was this cute little pathway with a small white wooden gate at the top and they spent ages with their heads on the gate "waiting! I've got more close up pics of their heads peeping above so you will see those on a page soon too!
Here is my take;

My simple stories "Destinations" were great for this sketch and I didn't add anything else much apart from one of my camera stamps from The Girls Paperie stamped onto the SS paper and pop dotted and 2 grommets(think thats what they are called lol)
I cut out the numbered strips from a sheet and ran them through the printer for my journaling which reads "On holiday you can't be out of the dogs sight for more than a minute, before they are looking for you. This little gate at Glan Y Mor was a perfect spot for them to watch for you to come back" October 2011
I used some of the tranparencies that come with the paper pack. I aslo cut one of the little bingo cards thats on the front of the pack and tucked it behind one of the photos.
I like how this turned out hope you like it too.

Toodle Pip Xx

Page maps sketch contest

2012-01-28T16:23:00.000Z

Couldn't resist playing along with this sketch over at Pagemaps There is an awesome prize too of some goodies from CHA

I used Bella Boulevard Tail Waggers & Cat Naps collection October Afternoon and Adornit alphas stickers Also a couple of pieces from K&Company (the tag, the leaves & the be happy words)
I don't often use ric rac but I really liked it as a border across the top and bottom.

These pics are of me and my friends rottie puppy Sox, she really does love me, so much so that if I have visited after I leave she cries at the door for a time for me to come back. It's hilarious

A couple of close ups

I stitched the zig zags onto a piece of cardstock inked the edges with black and the adhered them to the base cardstock for a bit more of a 3d effect

and how could I resist cutting out a couple of the little dogs and the trees!

Hope you like it

Toodle Pip X

CSI case 2 solved

2012-01-24T09:05:00.002Z

Had such fun playing along last week and I am

This weeks pallette was just as much fun & with a great inspiration board I played along again

I used all sorts on this page

Some very old Urban Lily for the raspberry, the stripe is from the Love me do range by MME, the yellow is Emma's Shoppe by Crate Paper and the blue that I embossed with the brick embossing folder is unknown but was in my scraps bag and seemed to be a great match there is also some coredinations cardstock for the lighter blue and once again I don't know who the polka is by that I have used for the tags.

I gathered all the evidence, bricks, gemstones, flowers, something sheer(lace behind the flower), swirls/flourish,and for my journaling, as it is very personal, I have written it on the 2 polka dot tags in a stream of consciousness

(pic to follow)

Hope you will find time to pop over to CSI and play also if you say "Hello" in the chatroom there is usually somebody there to answer

Toodle Pip X

CSI case 1 solved

2012-01-14T10:04:00.000Z

My good friend Debbi has launched a new website called CSI (colour stories and inspiration) and if you havn't checked it out yet it is so worth a visit. Its a colour challenge site and so much more with each "case"
Here is case 1

Now I must admit that I struggle with colour challenges as a rule but this one has just so many prompts and things to ease you into it. I first went with picking the papers which are from a variety of different manufacturers, then one of the journaling prompts was to document something mad silly or crazy and I came across the pictures of Leon and Byron on Star's scooter and voila I was up and running!

Here is what I came up with

Stars on my layouts seem to be the theme this week lol

I distressed all the papers and also doodled around all the edges (it's been ages since I did that but I love the definition it gives!)

Supplies used

Cosmo cricket Garden Variety (mini deck)

Crate Paper random

Studio Calico - Armstrong

MM - journal book - paper reverie sienna

cant for the life of me remember the ruler piece but I think it was october afternoon

Star & arrow stickers by Sassafras

7 gypsies word stickers

Cosmo cricket - tiny type alphas

and the swirls were part of a rub on by Foof-a-la

AC vinyl thickers

and a close up before I go

I do hope you will pop over and play along or visit the chatroom it's such a great place to hang out!

There is a new case each week and you get plenty of time to upload

Toodle Pip x

Sketchy Thursdays 1.5 sketch

2012-01-12T10:49:00.001Z

This week Scrappy Chics sponsored Sketchy Thursdays and I didn't get to play along til now
This was the sketch

And this was my take using the January Scrappy Chics Kit

and a close up of the stars which I stitched with silver thread

Hope you like it

Toodle Pip x

Scrappy Chics January kit

2012-01-09T12:57:00.001Z

As I got my kit a little later this month (due to the christmasness!) I whipped up a few Christmas cards for next year lol You can never be over prepared right?!

The Authentique papers in the kit are just so nice to work with I added some white cardstock and glitter, fussy cut some of the patterns out to make embellishments and these cards came together quite easily.

I bought this frame while xmas shopping and decided it would be great to alter it for my inlaws

It started life looking like this

With a little added white paint and the contents of the kit I transformed it into this

I painted it added some glitter then embellished it with the authentique papers in a similar way to how I made the cards.I cut the ribbon and glued it around one of the pictures. The snowflakes were punched with a Martha Stewart punch.

A close up of the glitteryness

There are also some Glitz design papers in the kit and I hope to make a layout with them soon to share with you

Hope you liked my projects. Head over to the site to see more of the fab DT work

Toodle Pip xxx

AAM - It's my party challenge

2012-01-06T11:31:00.001Z

{AAM January Challenge} It's My Party!

This is my birthday month and while this is definitely a place where we are challenging you to scrap about YOU, we can also take that idea and still include those we love in the mix. Who is your rock? Your go to? The one you love. Is it your significant other? If you are single, do you have a best friend that is always there for you or perhaps it's a relative like your mama or grandma. Whoever it is, it's time to dedicate a page to them.

The twist to keeping it about YOU is all in your journaling. Think about how this person influences YOU. How do they make YOU feel? Do they define a turning point in YOUR life? Have they been a constant for YOU? See where I'm going here?

Do you have more than one person in your life? Is it hard to choose? Consider a multi-photo layout showcasing your "village". Or organize them into groups - friends, life event, etc. and do one layout for each. Too much? Narrow it down to that one! You can do it. And when it comes to it, it's YOUR layout so you do it the way you want to.

There is no sponsor this month. Instead, we'll be showcasing YOU and your layouts at the end of the month. I never want this site to be about the prizes, although they are GREAT incentive and motivation. This place is here as free inspiration and to get you digging deep in a fun and therapeutic way. :)

So... if you share your layouts below, we'll be featuring you right here... on the AAM blog at the end of the month. Can't wait to see who you share with us!

I focused on my eldest daughter and how she is like a gift to me, she brings me joy everyday of my life and I couldn't have wished for a more beautiful girl. I have used hidden journaling on a tab that pulls out, as I felt this Confetti collection by American Crafts was much to busy to write on.

I have used a couple of Mya Road star pins and some twine. The small pink and turquoise alphas are by Adorn it, the small tag with "all the time" on is quite old and from my stash The smile and laugh stickers are also very old not sure who they are by, all other supplies are AC

Here is a close up with the journaling tab pulled out

The journaling reads "As a daughter you are much more than any Mother could wish for. You are a gift to me and I am so proud of you" Love Mum

Hope you will find the time to join in the challenge it is always good to see other peoples take
Toodle Pip X

Scrappy Chics January Kit is live

2012-01-04T00:49:00.001Z

Take a look at this new fab kit from Scrappy Chics

Will be back later with some samples to share
Toodle Pip x

Bo Bunny card sketch

2011-12-30T20:00:00.001Z

Found this card sketch over at the Bo Bunny blog

and here is my interpritation

I rotated the sketch and used bo bunny etcetera papers a couple of buttons from my great nan's old button tin and some string. The camera stamp is by the girls papierie and the alphas are jillibean soup
Hope you like it
Toodle Pip X

mme december sketch

2011-12-11T23:31:00.000Z

I love playing along at MME they have so many scruptious products and they all co-ordinate so well

The majority of this is Lost & Found2 - Sunshine

I mixed up the brads to get them the way I wanted them and also added a brad from another collection(it's the one under ever)

The title was cut from a sheet of Andre Victoria collection and I added glossy accents to it to make it shiny

I love scrapping the doggies and these are their "professional pics" (lord knows how we got them cos the lady who was taking them didnt have a clue about dogs lol)

Hope you like it

Toodle Pip xxx

My Creative sketches

2011-12-11T19:10:00.001Z

I decided to play along again this month at My Creative Sketches there are some fab prizes on offer and it is another great sketch with some awesome DT inspiration
This was the sketch

And this is my take on it

It's hard to get a decent pic with the "Great Bristish weather" but I did my best

I used mainly Cosmo Cricket - Togetherness papers

matted everything in Kraft (borrowed the idea from Jenny who does some stunning work all matted in black)

The red alphas are by Crate Paper and the blue are by Lily Bee

The teeny tiny buttons are from my stash

Hope you like it

Toodle Pip xxx

AAM challenge is live

2011-12-05T20:36:00.000Z

{AAM December Challenge}: Your Brand

Hi everyone!

Welcome to the first official challenge for the new All About Me scrapbook challenge blog. We have a fun one this month that is all about creating your own brand. What does this mean? Creating your brand is all about finding the things that represent you. Understandably, this challenge might seem a bit confusing and challenging. When I first was introduced to creating this type of layout, I thought it was impossible. My brand? What do you mean my brand? Like my favorite shoe company? Mmmm... not quite.

Hopefully if you are at this blog, you know our focus is on the inside. We're using scrapbooking as a way to creatively journal our lives. So when I talk about Your Brand, I mean finding color, symbolism, imagery and journaling to create a layout that is YOU. Self portrait, a slogan, something that represents YOU is what we are looking for here. Use your favorite colors and products. This should be a layout that you can hang on your wall, look at everyday and say, "Yep... that's me and I'm pretty awesome!" In a way, we are labeling ourselves but in a positive light.

This challenge really took some thinking about, I was looking for pics and I came across these ones of me acting the fool in the garden. The outfit was for our girls weekend away I got the silly pineapple sunglasses at a car boot sale as with the top & the wheelbarrow well that speaks for itself! Oh and just to clarify the wheelbarrow wasn't part of the outfit! don't think it would have fitted in Paula's car lol. This got me to thinking how I love to make people laugh (generally with me and not at me LOL)

I love this colour combo its so bright and fresh and of course it matched the pics! As my logo was the smiley face I wanted a daft bitty type feel to the page and after lots of fiddling I was finally happy with the way it turned out. The slogan reads "If every word I speak makes you laugh, I would talk forever" Sums me up quite well!!

Hope lots of you will play along with this fun challenge, check out the blog for more great inspiration from the CT

Toodle Pip xxx

Your looking at a Scrappy Chic!

2011-11-30T11:18:00.000Z

What a fantastic birthday gift! I made the DT over at ScrappyChics
I can't wait to play with these wonderful kits and (hopefully) inspire you all
Thankyou so much Melinda for choosing me to be a part of a great team
Toodle Pip xxx

Sketchabilities 59

2011-11-29T02:37:00.001Z

I have such great skypy friends! We had a party for my birthday (more to follow on that tomorrow)
Fi set some challenges and one of them was Sketchabilities sketch 59 with some added twists
This was the sketch

Added to this we had to use

Black & White with 1 other colour

Die cuts

Stamping

Transparencies

Fi being Fi marched onward and upward with hers here

I got on with it after a small amount of arguing that kraft was a neutral (of course I lost!) here

And Debbi after lots and lots of moaning was the first to get hers up on her blog here LOL

I think I maybe strayed a little from the sketch but I am very happy with the result
The pictures are of my Grandad, my grandads sister and her hubby and my Uncle at my wedding in 2001
Supplies used
american crafts a la carte for the background
echo park for the record
Maya Road kraft printed doilies
MME brad
Basic grey chipboard swirls
Hambly tansparency
Prima stamp
AC thickers

Hope you like it
Toodle Pip xxx

MME Nov Card Challenge

2011-11-17T11:10:00.006Z

Another great sketch from MME

Here is my take

I really enjoyed making this one and it's another crossed off the christmas card list lol

Supplies used:

MME - Holly Jolly collection

MME - Andre Victoria collection

MME - I beleive brads

MME - Holly Jolly collection chipboard

MME twine

Tools:

Martha Stewart snowflake punch

EK success border punch

Spellbinders labels dies

Small circle punch

Hope you like it

Toodle Pip X

AAM Flashback challenge My Five

2011-11-10T12:36:00.000Z

See THIS post for the whole challenge

I decided to have a different take on this challenge and scrap My Top 5 things I like to use on layouts at the moment. I might do one for each year as I think it will be nice to look back at these as with most things there are trends that we cant help but follow (well maybe that's just me lol)
My top 5 are
1.Banners
2.Circles
3.Clusters
4.Butterflies
5.Stitching

It's not very often I do a layout without pics, in fact I'm not sure as tho I have ever done one lol
Most of the bits I used are from my scraps box where I have all sorts of items from circles to borders, I dragged my underused cricut out and cut out all the letters.
I also used a few other things that are faves on a layout for me such as twine, pins and doilies
Hope you like my take and that it encourages you to play along too!
Toodle pip

AAM flashback challenge

2011-11-03T13:08:00.000Z

Flashback Challenge: #32 My Five

Hi everyone!

I hope you had fun reading more about the Creative Team. I'm sure you can see why I'm definitely looking forward to finally getting our new challenges going with the inspiration from these talented women. We have only ONE MORE MONTH until the new site launches. Are you as excited as me?

I'm still finalizing some details and little changes will be taking place on the blog. Then, December it will be full steam ahead and fabulous sponsor. You won't want to miss it!

Let's continue to warm up our AAM layout making muscles. How about taking another flash back into time with me? This time we'll go back to Challenge #32, which appeared on the blog in December 2010. It's a fun one. Here's the original text:

Inspired by the cell phone marketing scheme to make unlimited phone calls to your favorite 5 people, I challenge you to create a layout about YOUR 5. It could be your top friends, places to vacation, or memories from the past year. Wherever you choose to go, as long as you show us YOUR 5!!!

Do you remember that? Do the mobile phone providers still have the Top 5 feature or did it go kapoot? Well, I still LOVE the approach to a good AAM layout. Did you create a layout way back when that you'd like to share? Or perhaps, you need to dig into your stash and create one NOW.

If you choose to create something, which you totally should, share with us in the link area below and YOU could be eligible to win a $10 gift certificate to Two Peas in a Bucket. You just never know when a prize will appear. :)

Hope your November is off to a lovely start!
Hope you will all come along and join in
Tracee x

Sketchy Thursdays 10.27

2011-11-02T10:19:00.001Z

Loved the sketch this week so had to play along
This was the sketch

and this was my take

I used crate paper random collection, the little girl is a prima stamp and I think she is so cute, other bits and bobs from my stash

Hope you like it

Toodle Pip X

My Creative sketches

2011-11-01T17:28:00.001Z

I didn't see this for month 1 but am joining in for month 2 of their grand sketch contest
They have great prizes on offer why don't you hop on over here and join in too.
This was the sketch

And here is my take using Echo Park - for the record collection

Toodle Pip

GDT at creative scrappers 179

2011-10-24T18:19:00.001+01:00

I was asked to be a guest designer at Creative Scrappers it's a (new to me site) that has some great sketches and designers each week
This was my sketch

and this was my take

I used sassafras papers and made some flags to go with the theme of the six flags park I visited when I went to see my dear friend Mabel
Hope you like it
Toodle Pip x

All about me flashback challenge

2011-10-22T23:26:00.000+01:00

Created this layout for the AAM flashback challenge
This was the challenge:
As we wait for the Creative Team call to come to an end, get those ladies in place, announce and prepare for December, we are going to be doing some "flashback" challenges. Let's go back in time to some of our previous challenges here at AAM.

Feel free to participate or, if you created a layout way back when, share it with us!

Get in our time machine and let's zoom on back to November 2009 when this challenge was given!

Challenge #5: I just Can't Live Without
and here is my layout

I used Lily Bee papers lots of flowers and bling

The chipboard is from Scrapware

Hambly overlays & the metal hardware is by Stampin Up the rest is from my stash

I couldn't live without "This Moment This Day This Life" my wedding day to my darling husband in June 2001

Hope you like it

Toodle Pip x

I made the CT!! - All about me challenge blog

2011-10-21T11:38:00.001+01:00

I was so pleased to see that the All About Me challenge blog was going to be up and running again, they were having a Creative Team call so I applied and got picked, from I'm sure lots of many talented ladies.
I am so happy to be working alongside 4 other talented ladies too (go to the blog & check them out)
It's very exciting to be able to share my journey with others & I hope that you will all find some time to join in.
As creators of forever memories we often forget the person behind the lens and so many of us don't actually scrap about our joys, tears and all the other things that brought us here to today!
I am sharing with you the layout I sent in for my application, which tells of the confidence I attain (as a sufferer of Agoraphobia) by spending time with my dog Rodney. . .
The journalling reads "You give me confidence to walk beyond the confines", "with you by my side I can conquer the world". I love this picture of the 2 of us up on Dartmoor earlier this year

Hope you will all come over and join in when the 1st challenge goes live in December!
XXXToodle Pip XXX

Pencillines 253

2011-10-07T14:38:00.000+01:00

Played along at Pencillines this week

this is my take

toodle pip from windy wales

xxx

The Colour Room #78

2011-10-03T11:50:00.000+01:00

Such a pretty colour combo I wanted to play along and decided to go with the card sketch
I am on vacation so went with the papers I brought closest to the palette
Lily Bee designs some bazzil dotted swiss and brads and pearls, for the doily I used a prima stamp and stamped it in white then added some stickles to make it glittery
Here is my finished card which I will be giving my friend for her birthday

Toodle Pip xx

creative scrappers 175

2011-09-30T08:49:00.000+01:00

loved the sketch this time at creative scrappers so had to play along

here is the sketch

and here is my layout

I watched Lileth's video the other day and she demonstrated how to drape the floss on the page so I thought I would give it a go just to break up the plain background on this page (it looks much nicer IRL

I used basic grey papers and did lots of stitching on my machine

Hope you like it

Toodle Pip xx

HMITM - 181

2011-09-27T09:53:00.000+01:00

This was the challenge

Johnny Appleseed

It's Johnny Appleseed day and while nobody else may be excited about it I am. My children are descendants of Johnny Appleseed so we have books, counted cross stitch pictures, etc. about him.

Our challenge this time is going to do a layout using apples in it. So it can be a recipe page, layout about fall or anything that uses apples. Since apples come in three colors I want the colors of the layout to have red, yellow and green in them.
3 apples
3 red,
3 yellow, and
3 green embellishments - ( buttons, brads, twine)

And here is my layout

I wasn't sure what pics to use and then I came across these of leon enjoying a can or 2 of cider while we were at challaborough bay one time and cider well thats apples right? lol

The title is based on a song by a band called The Wurzels

The papers are mainly sassafras.The green apples are from a stampin up paper, mixed thickers title and some brads and twine from my stash

Leon had a giggle when he saw it, hope you do too

Toodle pip xx

Ever so Slightly Loopy

2011-09-03T16:20:00.000+01:00

We were asked at the Nook to make something pretty using a snap we took on the Labour day weekend but of course we don't celebrate that here in the UK so I have wanted to scrap this pic of my friend Claire acting the fool for ages and we were on holiday/vacation at the time so that counts right?? lol

The picture looks slightly blurry for some reason will have to take another tomorrow to see if i can rectify that would do it now but of course it's raining again now!

I used some MME lime twist and scraps of AC paper, jillibean soup journalling sprouts, cosmo cricket mini market alphas and the rest is from my stash
Hope you like it!
Tracee x

Baby Card

2011-09-01T12:01:00.003+01:00

My daughter wanted a baby card for her best friend who is due to give birth to a little girl soon
I used mainly crate paper emmas shop with a little echo park thrown in

Hope she likes it

Toodle Pip xxx

How Much Is Too Much 179

2011-08-29T13:19:00.000+01:00

My last layout as guest designer for HMITM. It's been a pleasure to design for them this month
The criteria this time was
Challenge 179 - August 29 school's back
It's that time of year, school is back in session...so let's use
* 1 lined paper
* 7 paper clips
* 9 staples
* and use the primary colours, red, blue, and yellow.

I havn't had the chance to scrap any of Star's school pics yet so this was the perfect opportunity.
I found some large yellow paper clips and wanted to use them in a different way and came up with idea of fanning them out into a flower shape behind the pic. So then that got me thinking of the staples and how I could mix those up a bit, I actually ended up using 10 red ones and formed a star shape in the title. I enjoyed adding lots of little elements to this layout to make it schooly (if thats a word!)
Lots of scraps from different manufacters including Sass, Cosmo & Echo Park. The lined paper is Collage press

Had lots of fun with this one, hope you all play along too
Toodle Pip xxx

Another for Mother

2011-08-27T20:59:00.000+01:00

Mum loves these cards with the dress form this one is for a very special lady who will be 90 years young on Monday

using Websters Hollywood Vogue, Tim Holtz dress form die cosmo cricket alpha Stampin Up background stamp and bits from my stash

Toodle Pip X

Black with 2

2011-08-22T15:41:00.001+01:00

Found this new (to me) challenge blog which is similar to white with 1 only it's black with 2 lol
I showed it to Fi as she has been using black more lately which has led to me being a big sheep and using it too!! This time it was black with Green and no flowers easy for me as I'm not a great flower user!
Here is my layout just using scraps the word dressed is made up from vellum letter stickers and hasn't photographed that well but they are green and look much prettier in real life.

Toodle Pip x

Once upon a sketch 15th Aug

2011-08-21T15:25:00.000+01:00

This was the sketch over at OUAS

and this is my take

I used papers and embellishments from a studio calico kit, and the scalloped piece is from my little shoebox. The cloud is cosmo cricket togetherness and the journalling spot at the bottom is bo bunny which I yellowed with distress ink to match the rest of the papers, the word stickers are from Authentique.

I mixed up some paint to match the blue and then gently spattered it.

The criteria with the sketch this time was 2 sentences from a song, I chose Hero by Maria Carey and the lines "and then a hero comes along, with the strength to carry on, and I know i will survive" I did edit them slightly and it now reads.

"And then a Hero came along, with the strength to carry on, and I knew I would survive, with you right by my side"

Hope you like it

Toodle Pip xxx

HMITM 178

2011-08-16T09:04:00.000+01:00

Challenge 178 - August 15, Just relax

15 August is ‘Relaxation Day’, which is a fun theme for challenge. We all need to relax now and then and summer time is a particularly great time for relaxation. This week’s challenge is also to take a relaxed approach to scrapbooking and using some of your scraps. The challenge is to do a layout:
- About something that you find relaxing.
- Close your eyes and dig into your stash of scrap patterned papers and randomly pick out at 6 or more pieces of paper and use those on your layout. No peeking!
- Do the same thing and pick 10 or more random buttons, ribbons or pearls.
- Use 3 bits and pieces lying around on your desk (not patterned papers). If you have a clean desk, use 3 left-overs from your last project.
- 1 recycled item

About something that you find relaxing - Writing notes & and planning layouts in my notepad
Close your eyes and dig into your stash of scrap patterned papers and randomly pick out at 6 or more pieces of paper and use those on your layout. No peeking! - This proved a tad more difficult to not cheat! so I waited until Fi & Deb were online and I labelled random scraps with numbers 1 - 25 and got the girls to pick a number for me, to show there was no cheating I took a pic to prove I didnt just swap numbers lol All this was done under their watchful eyes on webcam! Let me tell you they didnt pick the pieces I wanted lol but on 3 of the scraps I used the backside and all in all my random was pretty co-ordinating!
Do the same thing and pick 10 or more random buttons, ribbons or pearls - I dont have anything organised(bad I know) so I just picked 10 random things that were in my "bits" box on the window sill it contains anything from die cuts to buttons to fabric scraps. I dipped my hand into my ribbon bag and pulled out a couple of things too!
Use 3 bits and pieces lying around on your desk (not patterned papers). If you have a clean desk, use 3 left-overs from your last project. - Lucky I do have a very messy desk so I tucked my hand under the top layer and picked lol
1 recycled item - I accidentally picked 2 so I rolled with that
This is what I finally ended up with

And from that I created this

My only additions were the alphas for the title - Creative Process

This was real fun what with all the skyping and stuff, why don't you give it a try!

Toodle Pip xxx

My Minds Eye - August sketch challenge

2011-08-15T11:46:00.001+01:00

My Scrapbook Nook Kit this month had the rather delicious My Minds Eye Lime Twist range in it. I decided to use these for the sketch challenge over on the MME blog this month
This was the sketch

And this is my take on it

I started off by deconstructing the die cut paper and added a border of white cardstock before handstitching it back together around the edges, I then glossy accented the kites and the title die cut which I have cut into a pennant shape, I then layered up the paper staying quite true to the orginal sketch I added twine and a couple of brads to complete it.

All Supplies used are MME (apart from the border of white cardstock & Glossy accents)

Lime twist - Fly a Kite, Soar die cut paper

Lime twist - Fly a Kite, spring Stars paper

Lime twist - Fly a Kite, Everyday lines paper

Lime twist - Fly a Kite, spring zag paper

Lime twist - Fly a Kite, wish ribbon paper

Lime twist - Fly a Kite, spring accessories sheet

Breaking Free lighten up baby Best Buds Small accessories

Breaking Free lighten up baby Best Buds Small accessories title

Stella Rose decorative brads

Twine

Hope you like it

Toodle Pip X

CCG 204 - Featured Member

2011-08-12T08:06:00.000+01:00

I was very honoured to be asked to be featured member for the 204 combo week over at CCG.

It's always a great pleasure to play there when I finally select my papers to match the colours that week.

I always try to add the designers challenge as well just to make it that little bit more challenging, mind you I find just picking the correct matches in the first place a hard enough challenge lol

This weeks challenge was easy! Hmm so I thought yep I have the perfect pics lots of nice beachy ones but when I started to go through my pics I suddenly remembered this great pic I had of Leon when we were at Challaborough.

He had had enough of getting lost when he took the dogs out for a hike (unfortunately my back problem wont allow me to go with him but oopsy that leaves me much more time to scrap in the accomodation) that he decided to get a map, this one his mum gave him on a string in a protective plastic that hung around his neck! Anyways I sort of digress as soon as I saw this I though of GRID in a whole different way, grids on the map!

I used Basic Grey Pheriphery range and the backing paper has a grid imprint on it,which I coated with a whitewash as I thought it was a couple of shades darker than the light greeny/yellow colour.

I faux stitched some blue gridlines around the edge and the map paper I used is from an old A-Z address book. The blue grid behind the pictures I handcut then ran through the embosser with a woodgrain folder finally painted blue with acrylic paint.

I used a few different alphas to make up the title "I would be lost without you" and the word lost I cut on my sizzix and the used glossy accents to make them shiny. Some distressing and string and a few other bits from my stash.

As I thought I had gone rather offtrack I thought I would make a card with more of a regular grid design to it. I quite often struggle for masculine cards but these Hero Arts sillouette stamps make for a simple and effective design.

Hope you like both and I thought I would give a bit more of a detailed view into the process of the layout/colour combo

It was a pleasure to design for CCG this week and I want to thank them for the opportunity

Toodle Pip xxx

Once upon a sketch

2011-08-11T18:49:00.000+01:00

This was the sketch

and here is my take using October Afternoon 5 & Dime range

Toodle Pip xxx

White with 1 - August

2011-08-04T13:24:00.004+01:00

This was the criteria this month

WHITE + PURPLE + DOODLING
and here is my take:

Using Echo Park & lilly bee pp I stamped a prima swirl stamp cut the title on my sizzix, ribbon and other bits from my stash.

I doodled around the pic with a silver and white pen I also doodled down some of the strips in a white pen and I doodled a dotty border around the larger journalling block

The picture is of Tara, we got her from a friend when she was 5 months old and her name was Fluffy, she said she was a girl and it wasn't until we had renamed her and taken her to the vets to get spayed that the vet told us she was a Boy!! we considered renaming her/him but instead of that we just never told her she was really a boy! LOL We lost her earlier this year to cancer but she was a character never to be forgotten. Miss you Tara XXX

Toodle pip x

Guest Designer - HMITM 177

2011-08-01T18:15:00.002+01:00

I was totally stoked to be chosen as Guest designer for How Much is too Much for the month of August.

I have been following this site for some time now and I really look forward to the challenges every 2 weeks, they push you too the edge and beyond using up all your older and forgotten stash, of course you could use new too but I love to use something that has sat around for ages (makes me feel like I was right to buy 2 of them after all lol) Really if you have never been across to see what it's all about I would get your mouse scurrying over there right now!!!

Challenge 177 goes like this:

Challenge # 177 Clowning Around

Did you know today is the first day of International Clown Week? Using this picture as inspiration,

create a layout using:

* 8 buttons
* 1 flower
* 11 different patterned papers
* 1 red circle
* mist or paint

I always scrap when we go away in the Uk and I created the background in stripes,to represent the clowns top, using all strips from the papers I had used on my layouts on one of our holidays, plus a picture of us in our favourite spot on that holiday.I just dotted the buttons around in a random fashion like juggling balls in the air. The big bold black title reminded me of the great big shoes the clown in the picture is wearing.I added the flower and the red circle down at the bottom in a cluster with some of the buttons. I whitewashed over the strips and although you cant see it clearly in this picture i did splash some white paint onto the white background and also added some liquid pearls dotted about. Although this layout hasnt got a clowning around theme I always remember the fun we had in our time spent at Challabourough Bay in the UK. While at first this seemed like a daunting challenge once I started it all started to come together quite nicely.

                                       Hope you are inspired to play along
                                                    Toodle Pip XXX

CCG 202

2011-07-30T19:17:00.001+01:00

This was the inspiration board over at CCG this week

And here is my take

I have no clue who the BG paper is by I must have cut the strip off lol

The leaves are WRMK white out

thickers and lily bee alphas

some paperchase owl stickers

the red pp is Daisy D's and the rest is basic grey

I painted the circle frame with acrylic paint and stamped with white some bubble wrap for a bit of texture

loved how the black made the colours pop (just like Fi's! lol)

Hope you like it

Toodle Pip xxx

White with 1 - Aqua/Teal

2011-07-27T16:43:00.001+01:00

Bit late getting this done this month but am very happy with how it turned out
The extra this month was chipboard I found the frame bird and birdcage in my stash
As usual when you want to photograph something the sun goes in never to be seen again lol played about with this just a little to try and get the true colours

Hope you like it
Toodle Pip xxx

HMITM 176

2011-07-21T09:42:00.003+01:00

When I saw Christmas I groaned, I can never seem to get any good Christmas pics and have only ever done a couple of christmas layouts. I found these pics of my neice that my sister had gotten done in a studio and she looks so so cute with her fairy dress and painted face.

So onward and the requirements were:

Christmas in July refers to Christmas-themed celebrations held in July. It's a fun time and because the weather is so much cooler, we can celebrate with those traditional foods that we cannot have here in summer. Well, we can have them here in Australia but it's generally way too hot that most of us celebrate with BBQ's, prawns and salad. So let's pull out our Christmas paper and embellishment stashes and put them to use.

Requirements:

2 + photos [at least 2]

1 x Christmas tree image, any size

5 x patterned papers, i.e., Christmas patterns,

5 x metal embellishments, and any other embellishment in increments of 5

I used fancy pants - Hot chocolate range that I got in a Scrapbook Nook kit and they went really well with my pics

PP x 5 - Fancy pants
1 Xmas tree image - I used a large stamp(manufacturer unknown) which I stamped onto copier paper and cut around then added some stickles glitter glue
2+ pics - 2 of my neice that I cut out
5 metal embellies - attached the little bells to some twine (and they jangle when you move the LO)
10 rubons
5 pieces of twine
10 adhesive pearls
I love these challenges as it really gets you using up lots of stash and quite often things that you have had sat around forever.
If you have never had a play over at HMITM what you waiting for! it's such a great way to get you using up older stash and thinking outside the box & with a new challenge every 2 weeks you will soon slim down your stash!
Hope you like
Toodle Pip xxx

Once Upon A Sketch - july 15th

2011-07-17T17:22:00.004+01:00

Another great sketch over at Once Upon A Sketch and I got right to it!

The journalling criteria was

Journalling Criteria : your journalling has to be a quote (handwritten, printed, rub on etc. ). As an option you can include journalling in the lines on sketch but this is not necessary.

HERE is the sketch

my take on it

Used Cosmo Cricket - Togetherness range. On the border strips was this cutie little banner that was just calling to be cut out! As were the little rabbity things in the bottom right corner, & don't you just love it when a range of paper is a word you can use!!!

I confess that I had already misted this paper for a previous layout but didnt use it then and this time it was just what I wanted, oh I so love it when that happens so all in all this layout came together pretty quick for me. My quote is "Happiness is Homemade" how true that is!

Hope you Like it

Toodle Pip xxx

CCG 200

2011-07-15T21:46:00.001+01:00

CCG are up to combo 200! had to play along this week!

I drew inspiration from the Ice lolly and "Rocket Lollies" that are very popular here.

I gently tapped some small drips of shimmer mist over the page to represent the drips of a melting lolly

I dug deep into my stash and found the Basic Grey Oh Baby Boy range was a perfect match & incorperated the little rockets. I combined this LO with a sketch challenge that I found HERE

This is a pic of Leon and a young Rodney. Leon was a little hesitant to own a dog as he was allergic to them, I say was as he doesn't seem to be anymore and now we have 2 dogs! Having Rodney (& Peggy) in our lives is just simply "Out of this world"

Toodle Pip xxx

Sassafras July Challenge

2011-07-11T00:57:00.004+01:00

A great challenge over at Sassafras this month!

This was the criteria

This month we are mixing up our challenge, literally! The challenge is to mix Sassafras collections on your layout. I know I am most comfortable using all one line on a layout, and love to see how others manage to combine lines for a totally different look.

The great thing about Sassafras is you can save every tiny scrap and use them, I love alll the fussy cutting & layering it all up together. I used bits and pieces from 5 different ranges well 6 if you count the tiny sliver of blue that is above the picture!

The ranges are

1. Me Likey - scallop border at the bottom of LO

2. Monstrocity - makes up the majority

3. Serendipty - Hog heaven - the tiny orange owl

4. Woodland Whimsey - Arrow Sticker

5. Sweet Marmalade - the flower print behind the pic

6. In Stiches Blossoms - Earth Tones

I really enjoyed creating this lo it was lots of fiddle faffing

Hope you like it

Toodle Pip xxx

HMITM 175

2011-07-09T18:14:00.000+01:00

Here in the U.S.A., we're celebrating our Independence Day. In honor of that, I'd like you to use
** elements that include STARS (embellishments, patterned paper, etc.) and STRIPES (ribbon, patterned paper, etc.)
** a flag or banner accent
** and to play off the date we're celebrating, July 4, 1776, use:

7 - brads

4 - four-word title

1 - photo

7 - labels

7 - seven-sentence journaling

6 - patterned papers
Note: Your page can be of any topic or theme--it doesn't have to be about 4th of July. Have fun!

Here is my layout

1 Photo - Josh messing around with his guitar
6 Patterned papers - I cut a Star shape and covered it with strips of 6 different pp scraps for the stripes
7 Brads
Flags/pennants - I cut some pennant shapes that I tucked at the bottom of the star
4 Word title - The large title word was cut from the front cover of a pack of DCWV paper pad the other 3 words I glued onto the the stars
7 Sentences of journalling - I dont have the 7 sentences of journalling shown on he front I have written some on the tag that is tucked behind the photo
7 labels - now that proved hard but I just about managed to find and fit them on
This is my son who was at the time balancing on the fence that surrounds the decking of the cabin, well needless to say Mr Wobbly fell off shortly after - I hasten to add that no guitars were harmed in this process lol
I really liked how it pops on the black. Hope you like it too
Toodle Pip xxx

Once upon a sketch

2011-07-09T14:46:00.000+01:00

This was the sketch over at Once upon a sketch

I really liked it so decided to play along this time.

There is also journalling criteria that goes along with the sketches over at OUAK and this time it was this

JULY 1st CHALLENGE

Journalling Criteria: Who is in the photo? Name the person in the photo and at least 1 fact about them. This can be personality, character, talent , achievement etc. but it must be at least 2 sentences long.

Used Fancy Pants Lilac house range and I must say I don't usually like papers like these but I am in love with this range, some petaloo flowers that I inked the edges of and added some Deco Ice glass glitter. I added some more paper fowers and a strip of adhesive lace across the center. The fancy cut flowers are from The girls paperie - Jubilee. for the background I used a crafters workshp heart template which I used to both ink and stitch a border. You cant see it from the photo but I also used a versamark and a white inkpad to stamp some swirls in the hearts white space, of course the obligatory butterflies with some pearls for the finishing touches.

Toodle Pip XX

I am in Print!!

2011-06-28T22:47:00.000+01:00

Was comissioned to do some work for our UK scrapbook magazine.
This month there I am, I am so pleased for me! lol
Here is me in all my glory (well have to plug this it may be my 15 minutes of fame lmao)

Toodle Pip xxx

XOXO june scraplift challenge

2011-06-27T16:57:00.002+01:00

Me and Fi decided to have a bit of fun and both scraplift the same LO. After much hooing and haaing we put the "contenders" into a dish and I picked one out under close scrutiny via Skype by Madam Fi. Well of course the first one we pulled we both groaned at and made a joint decision that the first pick was a just a test! anyway so were the 2nd and 3rd picks LOL so I put the remaining 2 in my hand and then Fi picked left or right which turned out to be fair to both of us as it wasnt either of our usual styles so we got to work and lifted Michelle's LO

This was mine

and if you pop across to Fi's blog you can see hers HERE

As usual we had a ton of fun with some added cursing and Nana naps in between!

How cute is Leon in this pic taken of him at Bristol Zoo when he was 4!

I have used Echo Park for the record PP using up some of the little scraps I have created from previous layouts. The red gingham paper is Lilly Bee design that was in my scrapbook nook kit this time.

The other evening I went to play at Evi's and we made a ton of tiny shrinkies (and a whole heap of twisted plastic too!)

This is one of them that I made by stamping on the shrink plastic and cutting out before I shrunk it

There are 3 more on the page see if you can spot them!

Wow a mammoth post for me

Toodle Pip xxx

June Sketch - Handmade by Suzanne

2011-06-25T12:19:00.000+01:00

Stumbled upon this really nice sketch at Handmade by Suzanne blog and decided to play along

I challenged myself to use all scraps for this one (except the cardstock of course) and succeeded so can't tell you what the pp are lol. some pretty butterflies and my new crealies leaf die added the delicate touch to it I thought.

Toodle Pip xxx

HMITM 173

2011-06-18T23:09:00.000+01:00

Going around in Circles

Did you know that 6 circles of any size when put together will make a complete circle with no gap in it? So you can guess where this is leading - the date for the challenge is 6/6 so we're going to use six punched out circles, buttons or brads and use it on the page in a circle.
Easy almost too easy so lets add something else in six, flowers, butterflies, bugs or anything that works for your page and 6 patterned papers.
So that's :
6 circles made into a circle
6 similar embellishments
6 patterned papers.

here is my layout

Used daisy Bucket papers

Toodle Pip x

70th Birthday card

2011-06-18T23:00:00.000+01:00

Mum asked me to make a card for her friend's 70th birthday
She isn't too happy bout being 70 so I kept it discreet

Had the report back that she loved it!
Toodle pip xxx

Validation!

2011-06-15T16:46:00.001+01:00

I have just been reading a blog post about "your place in the scrapping world/Validation" and it got me to thinking since I started scrapping have my reasons for creating changed? Yes I would love to be published (actually a little suprise there maybe 'Watch this space,!) Yes I would love to be a name associated with an inspirational scrapper title Yes,I would love to be on some of the big design teams and get to work with lovely product from my fave manufacturers Are these the reasons I scrap NO. I scrap because it takes me into a world where everything is beautiful and none of the humdrum rubbish is included. I scrap beacause some memories are just to precious to allow me and those who follow me to forget. I scrap because this wonderful hobby has led me to make friends , real friends. If some of the other bits happen along my journey then that's a bonus
I scrap beacuase of THIS

Validation 100%

xxx Toodle Pip xxx

CCG 196

2011-06-11T21:01:00.000+01:00

Really like the colours this week so am quite quick in finishing this one
I have used no patterened paper on this one, lots of fabric instead doesn't really help my paper mountain but I couldn't find the right blue!
I have had to photoshop it a bit as its getting darker here and the light wasn't great
The sky is cosmic shimmer paint will be taking it's place at the back of my paint drawer, it's quite terrible to work with gooey and blobby!
I found a package of jolees seashore stickers so finally used those up
Hope you like it

Toodle Pip xxx

Oops another She Art

2011-06-10T23:48:00.001+01:00

Made this for my darling hubby for our 10th wedding anniversary - he says he likes it but I am sure he thinks she really has lost it now lol

I'm still not good at feet so hid these under a fence lol
Toodle Pip xxx

White with 1 June 2011

2011-06-08T16:05:00.002+01:00

WW1 JUNE CHALLENGE...

This month your challenge is...

WHITE + RED + CIRCLES OR POLKA DOTS

Used loads of different scraps think I counted 12 manufacturers products on here lol
Really enjoyed fiddling with this one and for once it looks almost exact to the picture I had in my head!
This is my first official school pic, and I was just about 6 at the time, and no I'm not telling how many years ago that was! lol
Toodle Pip xxx

CCG 195

2011-06-06T09:52:00.001+01:00

This weeks colours appealed to me and I thought I would play along (plus Fi told me too and boy is she bossy! lol).
The inspiration was to use an image of a hot air balloon on your page, well I searched and found I didnt have one (well afterwards I discovered that there was one in the Echo Park for the record range! grr). After looking around I found a bag of old peel off stickers, found a sort of bauble one that I thought looked like a hot air ballon and I used it as a mask by sponging ink.the outlining in a black fineliner.
To add some dimension to the page I punched out some borders in white cardstock (I thought they sort of reflected waves)
The flowers are some old K&Co ones I had floating around and a few tiny butterflies and a little bling

where oh where is the sun when you want to take a pic!!

Toodle Pip xxx

How much is too much 172

2011-06-03T12:06:00.000+01:00

This was the challenge over at HMITM
This week celebrates National Geek Pride Day. Now, I know we all have a little geek inside of us. Let's scrap about it! Show us in a layout something that's a little geeky about you (or a loved one)! We'll be using prime numbers on our layout.

Use:

2 photos
a 3 word title
5 different patterned papers
7 stickers
11 metal items
13 buttons

Have fun and enjoy your inner geek this week
here is my layout I did have one slight adjustment and I used 3 pics instead of 2

Toodle Pip x

CCG 194#

2011-06-01T23:52:00.000+01:00

Got 5 cards to make this week so decided to use the color combo over at CCG for my friends daughter's 21st card as she is not a girly girl but this combo can still be made to look feminine.
For this card I used the Echo Park collection which I love as it's so nice for lots of different projects
Took the pic on my phone so maybe not the best

Hope you like it

Toodle Pip xxx

My first She Art canvas

2011-05-27T13:13:00.001+01:00

I have been curious about "she art" for a while and when I first saw it I didnt really get it as such. My friend gave it a try on paper and I mentioned that I had a canvas notepad and she could have some of the sheets to try it on the canvas. I got home & I googled it and looked at all the images and thought I'm going to give it a try, hence my title "She wanted to try"
It was fun getting all messy and making a mistake and just painting over it, it took me quite a long time to complete and I was very impatient waiting for bits to dry etc. Overall I enjoyed the experiment and would definately do some more in the future
I dont know if I have done it "right" but I am very pleased with it
Without further ado here she is!

I would appreciate your comments letting me know where I can improve etc (well fact is I just love comments in general lol)

Toodle Pip from Me and She

XXX

White with 1

2011-05-18T18:12:00.001+01:00

Played along at White with 1 this month
the challenge was White with Orange and scallops
This is made up of scraps and when I looked through my scraps bag I was suprised at just how much Orange I actually had!
The embellies are old ones the Heart stickers and the felt flowers the scraps are Echo Park and Kaisercraft alphas by Doodlebug and Jenni Bowlin
Poppy being her Loud Proud and generally unique self about 5 years ago
Hope you like it
Toodle Pip xxx

Pencillines 237 & HMITM

2011-05-17T09:09:00.001+01:00

Doubled up on this layout using sketch 237 from Pencillines and the recipe from How Much Is Too Much

The HMITM criteria was

Please create a layout that has:

-Your favorite color(s) - Blue
-2 circles for wheels - the badge and the journalling circle
-2 pictures - check
-3 or more metal embellishments - badge, paperclip, butterfly, key charm, tab, pin
-ribbon for handlebar streamers - smile ribbon
-a flag or pennant - used the smile ribbon as my flag
-something shiny for the reflectors - bling on the butterfly
-And an image of a bike somewhere on your page. - one in the photo & one on the badge

The good old bubble wrap stamped background
The papers are american crafts & scenic route
the alpha, badge and ribbon is also american crafts
the butterfly & key are from my stash
and the tab at the top is by 7 gypsies

When I was working on this layout I had the very sad news that my Granddad had passed away and I almost didnt carry on with it, but with gentle encouragement from my great aussie cyber friends on Skype I managed to complete it

Rest In Peace my Dear Sweet Granddad & give Nan a big hug from me. . .XXX

Pencillines 236

2011-05-11T11:07:00.003+01:00

Pencillines sketch 236

Cosmo cricket Dutch Girl papers.

I made the little fences from the patterned paper and a little perle cotton thread added some tiny seashells,Fi had the great idea of raising Star up from one of the pictures by cutting around it inking the edges an then replacing the cut out piece on foam pads (thanx Fi xx) lots of distressing and machine stitching too.

Toodle Pip xxx

CCG 190

2011-05-02T09:21:00.004+01:00

Played along at CCG this week

using papers from my Studio Calico kit (april)

Thickers, carolee's tiny alpha stickers .and basic gray buttons. I hand stitched around the pp and across the border (wish I'd brought my sewing machine lol). I flicked some white paint around the background to give it a bit of a grunge and added some butterflies to soften it

Toodle Pip xxx

thankyou card

2011-05-01T14:31:00.001+01:00

This was made for the lady who owns the farm gave me some old calanders so I decided to create a card to thank her for all she has done for us this week! Hope she likes it

Toodle Pip xxx

How Much Is Too Much 170

2011-04-30T23:01:00.001+01:00

My friends Fi & Marissa and I decided to have a little Royal Wedding scrap party on skype. The first challenge was for us to make a royal crown for the occasion
Here is mine

even tho I am away and with limited supplies I was quite plased with this effort!

Fi picked us a challenge to do over at How Much is too Much I have visited before but never played along

This was the challenge

Despite all the 'negative talk' about scrapbookers trying not to feel like they are 'behind the 8 ball' when it comes to their albums, I think we have all felt that way at one time or another. The challenge this time is to use...

8 patterned papers
8 rubons
8 brads
8 stickers

8 word title

Have fun with the number 8!
And here is my take

Using Echo Park for the record again from the Scrapbook Nook kit

8 pp - check

8 rubons- check

8 word title(and that took some thinking about)- check

8 stickers well actually there are 32 which is a multiple of 8! - check

Great challenge that certainly took some thinking about

Toodle Pip xxx

How slack of me

2011-04-27T12:54:00.000+01:00

Not posted for a few days have been busy enjoying the Welsh countryside in this darling cottage we are staying in for the week.

It is the cutest, most homely place we have ever stayed at (will share a separate post on it)

But I have managed 1 layout so far using this months Nook kit which features the lush Echo Park - for the record

The pic is of me when I was 17 with a nice figure (not sure about the hair tho surely it was trendy at the time)

I wanted to share that everytime I look at this pic I see how I wish I still looked like that!

I thought I had packed some bubble wrap but couldn't see it so used a hexagonal glass to stamp on the cardstock instead a little bit of hand stitching finishes it off

TFL

Toodle pip XXX

Pencillines 234

2011-04-18T16:59:00.001+01:00

Am loving sketches again at the moment, here is my take on this weeks sketch over at Pencillines (love that place!!)

Sorry about the glare from the acetate overlay

Crate paper pp overlay is from MME as is the pennant journalling block, the little green circle on the left is a gin-x coaster and the flower brad and thin pennant are from MME stella rose collection, a bit of prima packaging on the right & the alpha is from my stash. Some simple clean lines and layering!

Toodle Pip XXX

Sassafras Sketch Challenge

2011-04-17T18:30:00.000+01:00

Decided to dig through my sadly negleted box of Sassafras stash ,why didn't I do it sooner!!
There is a sketch challenge over at the Sassafras Blog for April not played along there before so I thought I would join in
Used paper from different ranges (thats one of the great things about Sass you can mix and match so easily)
Am pleased with the result, have been wanting to scrap these pictures for ages of Star all covered in chocolate ice cream

How cute is that Little elephant from the Cherry Delicious range??

TFL

Toodle Pip xxx

Pencillines 233

2011-04-16T10:49:00.000+01:00

Wow the sketch over at Pencillines was a real mind teaser for me this week. Im not overly happy with it but was quite pleased with how the background cardstock came out. I flicked some different colour mists around and then outlined each blob with a grey fineliner, there will be journalling on the tags explaining that it was Star's 6th birthday and Danielle made her the yummy cake

Papers are Echo Park - little girl range and some chip thickers from AC

Toodle Pip xxx

XOXO April

2011-04-16T10:34:00.001+01:00

This week me and my friend Fi decided to set each other a little challenge out of our comfort zone

We hopped on over to XOXO (who are sponsered this month by Candy Shoppe Designs)and picked each other a layout to scrap that was a little different from our normal style.

Fi picked one for me by Cheryl Whittaker, when I first looked I thought oh that ones looks quite easy for me to lift but I was wrong lol , after lots of shifting and cursing and shifting of products I finally settled on this

Mostly papers from Echo Park but a little American Crafts and 3 bugs in a rug plus a few embellies by Imaginisce there too, very busy busy LO for me and I'm not quite sure I pulled it off but overall it's a fun happy LO of Star washing her dolly in her paddling pool

TFL

Toodle Pip XXX

Scrapjacked again

2011-04-13T20:29:00.000+01:00

Decided to lift another of the great layouts over at ScrapJacked this time I chose Vicki
I also used colour combo187 over at CCG

The inspiration pic was lots of colourful umbrellas and this picture of my 3 when they were younger having a picnic under a big brolly fitted perfectly. I used crate paper seasons collection and just layered it all up with some scenic route chippie stars border punches and elements from the embellishements from the seasons range. Had fun with this one, hope you like it

Toodle Pip XXX

Special Birthday card

2011-04-12T12:27:00.000+01:00

A special card for a special friend, Happy Birthday Eve xxx

I used Websters Hollywood Vogue pp, the dress form is an older sizzix die, Stamping Up stamp greeting all the other embellies are from my stash

TY for looking

Toodle Pip XX

Scrapjacked

2011-04-10T09:25:00.001+01:00

Loved the DT work over at scrapjacked this month had a hard job choosing which one to lift first!
I chose Mandy's LO to lift because I had some of that lovely rose ribbon in one of my kits last month and I loved the panels
Here is my lift

I used Crate Paper Emmas Shoppe (think thats what its called)

Some Maya Road chippie butterflies a Prima swirl and the pink alpha is from my stash, I stitched around all the panels did a bit of fussy cutting on the frame all the other elements are from the 12 x 12 chipboard sheet

I am going to put this in a box frame for my godaughters birthday I am hoping she will like it

Hope you like it

Toodle Pip XXX

Pencillines 232

2011-04-09T12:15:00.002+01:00

Played along at Pencilines this week Loved the sketch it's very 'me'.
I also used Colour Combo 186 at CCG too
Here is the sketch

Here is my take

I painted a background the pp is Crate paper, I borrowed my friends SU banner stamp and its lush (think I need one now lol) oh and I borrowed her lovely Tim Holtz rosette die to make the flowers(suprise suprise I need that one too lol), some random chipboard stars that I found in my chippie drawer pearl brads couple of buttons thread and doilies and I was done

Hope you like it

Toodle Pip x

Lovin you is easy

2011-04-05T11:19:00.000+01:00

Another one for the paper secrets birthday challenge that my Wonderful 'friend' Fi told me about!
This time it was BINGO and you had to pick a row/column and use all the elements
The row I chose was A circle, Journalling strips, Inking, Chipboard & buttons
once again older papers used sassafras this time

I cut out individual circles in white and kraft to make the border around the circle then I stitched it all down added some hearts bling and buttons, more stitching around the the edges I used a white gel pen around the photo and the journalling reads " the way that Danielle is holding Peggy shows off her baldy belly" (when we first got Peggy she was totally bald on her little belly it was so cute)

Hope you like it

Toodle Pip X

The Perfect Pair

2011-04-05T10:58:00.000+01:00

Did this for a challenge at paper secrets
Challenge was 2 ie twins 2nd birthday etc

Used papers from a few older lines. The background is collage press, the blue is MME Laundry line, Red is KI memories and the rest is crate paper. The frame I have had hanging around for ages. Letter stickers are Thickers ,jenni bowlin & papermania. I put the liquid pearls onto acetate and then cut them out, papermania pearl brads and a button & twine from my stash, my Mum gave me the tiny pack of playing cards from which I used all the 2's lol

a little flicked mist & a couple of border punches completed the LO

Hope you like it

Toodle Pip X

Couple of mothers day cards

2011-03-30T17:21:00.001+01:00

One for my Mother

She likes greens so this was some older dream street papers, I handmade the little roses and the word Mum is on acetate, I stitched around the panels to give a bit more texture

And this one for my Mother In Law

My MIL likes more blues so this is some very old paper adventures paer that I have had since I started scrapping, same layout same handmade flowers & stitching but i didnt use acetate on this one and I glittered around the edge of the word Mum

Hope you like them

I do!

Toodle Pip XXX

CCG 185

2011-03-27T03:26:00.001+01:00

Decided to play along this week at CCG Nice bright colours and inspiration from the patchwork skirt in the pic was all it took for me to create this

I used papers from October Afternoon, Cosmo Cricket and I'm not sure of the other one lol

Scrufts is a discover dogs dog show for X breed dogs and we have been going for the past 3 years.It's a lovely day out at Westonburt Arbouritum

I used bits and pieces from various manufacturers inc thickers sandylion, prima e line flowers etc

I stitched around each picture and in between to create a real patchwork look

Toodle Pip x

Scrapaholix march

2011-03-26T09:36:00.001Z

Well it was a funny old day full of ups and downs, still thoroughly enjoyable tho.
I struggled with my LO this time fiddled and farted about with it when I left Kims I thought is looked ok and was finished but inevitably when I got home I changed a few bits and now I quite love it lol
The pics are of my nan & grandad with my Mum and Auntie when they were small girls on the ferry to the isle of Wight!

Thanx to Claire I actually had some letters for a title as I must have been sleeping when I packed my bag cos there were lots of things "missing" lol
Toodle Pip X

Couple of LO to share

2011-03-16T10:12:00.000Z

This one was using BG june bug papers that I forgot I had. If you look close you can see Peggy stood on the wall that adjoins next doors garden LOL

and this one was using my Echo park paper from 3 diff lines

I went to a boot sale on sunday and picked up a couple of white doilies I cut it apart and dyed it to match the paper (tho for some reason it has photographed bright red which its not!)

The background was created using a pizza box with the top paper torn off and then painted & stamped(just wanted to see if it would work lol)

Hope you enjoy looking

Toodle Pip X

Very Pink

2011-03-08T17:02:00.000Z

While sorting out I came across these BG Bittersweet papers I have had them out before with no inspiration so this time I forced myself to be inspired lol
This is what I came up with, quite nice but very sickly pink lol

Toodle Pip X

More Studio Calico

2011-03-07T15:32:00.000Z

Created this one using Febs Studio Calico Kit
Fancied a patchwork theme

I have tons of bits of stash so am using them up slowly here and there (ie the key, the everyday chipboard journal spot etc)

Toodle Pip X

CCG 182

2011-03-06T11:05:00.000Z

Love love the palette at CCG this week & I have printed this pic of Me Leon & Josh out in about 4 different formats this one was the "sepia" one and just went so nicely with the palette
Here is my LO

This was the palette

I didnt use any patterned paper but upcycled some old clothing & bits the fabric and the cotton lace flower were from a skirt, brown paper, some hessian, and the buttons (apart from the one with the stitched flower on) were from my great grandmothers button tin, the flourish in the corner was pink paislee, I tied up a very fine string of beads to make the little knotted flowers peeking out, stamped some butterflies and a bird onto acetate, the larger of the pins I added some beads & all the other bits were from my stash

Hope you like it

Toodle Pip X

Last scrapaholix I promise

2011-03-02T13:28:00.000Z

A light and bright 8 1/2 x 11 page
Toodle Pip x

Pencillines 227

2011-02-28T13:57:00.001Z

And still more sugar & Spice
This time an 8 1/2 x 11 layout Pencil lines had a new sketch up
It was sketch 227
I cut the BG smaller and then had the scalloped border hanging over to make the size back up (make sense?)
The are my 2 dizzy blondes at their dizziest!
I glossy accented the foam thickers and added glitter
I had one piece of the pinky floral left it had a few holes in the middle but I cut it up and streched it out lol
A couple of the circles made a simple embellie on the side

Toodle Pip X

Scrapaholix kit take 2

2011-02-28T13:45:00.000Z

A couple more layouts made with March's kit using the Sugar & Spice range from Dovecraft (I reccommend it lol)

I'm not sure if this one is "joined" properly with the 2 pics it looks cuter in real life

Just some misting fussy cutting and some thickers & gems

I had a terracotta glimmer mist that worked well with this paper as long as it wasnt to heavy a spraying.
I mucked up the loopy border in the bottom right corner so I cut out an oval scallop from the template I cut a smaller oval from the creamy paper and stamped it with my french script stamp from SU the chippie letters I spritzed with a cosmic shimmer mist and then utee'd themI even printed off some computer journalling & the crown was cut on the cricut and them inked and utee'd again

Toodle Pip X

Tinkle Tinkle

2011-02-26T14:14:00.000Z

Was our local Scrapaholix group yesterday which is one of the highlights of my month
I wasn't looking forward to using this months Dovecraft papers before I got there, but what a pleasant suprise although they were only single sided thgey were much better quality than I had imagined (sound a bit scrappy snobby there LOL)
There were 6 sheets from the sugar & spice range, had great fun cutting into them and came up with a LO that I am very pleased with.
The pic is a very very old one that I took from a slide and it's me about 6 tinkling on my piano (and I have to say it a good job there is no sound with this pic cos I was terrible at it lol)
Thankyou as always to Kim for making the day a complete pleasure
Anyway enough with the waffling here is my LO

Toodle Pip x

CCG 180

2011-02-24T13:36:00.001Z

Here is my take on this weeks palette over at Colour Combos Galore
This was the palette

and here is my LO using Bella Boulevard pp

toodle pip x

More Studio Calico

2011-02-24T12:57:00.000Z

Some of the papers in this months Studio Calico were quite "not me" but I decided to come out of my comfort zone and tackle them lol

I popped over to XOXO to lift one of this months layouts. I chose to lift Ana's LO as I was inspired by the paper placement that I thought suited the papers I was using

Here is my take on Ana's LO

My youngest on her 18th birthday last year

Everything apart from the mist & blue thickers was in the kit, wish I had got some add ons tho!

Would appreciate your thoughts on this one as I'm really not sure about it

Toodle Pip X

Watery Fun

2011-02-21T23:02:00.001Z

Decided to bite the bullet and dip into my Studio Calico kit
I have quite a few pics of Rodney on the beach and there were lots of blues in the kit so I decided to go with that. I used Sketch Inspiration #208 and came up with this!

I splashed some actyllic white paint around then when it was dry I used some bubble wrap and versamark champagne its got a bit of a glittery sheen to it that I thought reflected sand. I recently bought some rectangular doillies in the What shop, there are loads of them in the pack for 79p , I used one behind the pp, the white thickers are from a Scrapbook Nook kit a couple of months ago and I outlined them with a brown fineliner, I made the circular embellishment with some of the pp lace and a brad (also from What 12 for 90p!)I painted a white patch over the pictures added some jute and a jolies anchor sticker with a bit of twine tied onto it.I had a bag of seashells from who knows where added some loose threads from the jute to them in a little cluster.

Whew I think thats the longest description I've ever done LOL.

Hope you like it
Toodle Pip

Giveaway

2011-02-20T21:11:00.000Z

The lovely Lou is having a giveway on her blog...

Follow this link here to see...all you have to do is be a follower and link up the givaway on your own blog for a chance to win!

Everyone is welcome to enter but be quick there is only a week left. . .
Tracee