Rabbits in our rockery!!

Well the weather here in Sheffield is wicked it today it is windy, wet and dark a very gloomy day and to top it all snow is forecast later!! Anyway I am very nice, warm and dry here in the studio sorting my scrapbooks out. Since I got back into sewing my scrapbooking has taken some what of a back seat...

For this layout I have used Graphic 45 papers from the Once Upon A Spring Time collection Primrose Cottage

It was this picture that gave me the idea for the page, Ava looks as though she is watching something in the rockery.

The little rabbits are cut out of a sheet of Fairy Folk from the same collection. I stamped some grass here and there and have decoupaged the flowers and rabbits to give some depth to the page.



Really enjoyed myself doing this, always did like Beatrice Potter stories.

We have a new challenge over on our Anything Goes blog the theme is 'Love Is' IndigoBlu are sponsoring us this fortnight with a £20 voucher to spend on IndigoBlu stamps. How fabulous is that. So why not pop over and see what our wonderful talented design team have come up with this fortnight and join in. Don't forget anything goes so it can be a card, scrapbook layout, tag, mini book the list is endless.

Our DT call is still open until Monday 30th January

Happy crafting Love and hugs Lynne xox

Thursday night's scrapbooking class...

Good morning all, Monday again already the weeks are just flying by. The sun is shinning here in Sheffield at the moment although more of the wet stuff forecast for later :-(

This is my page from last Thursdays scrapbooking class. The floral papers are from SEI which is already lightly glittered and clear embossed here and there to highlight some of the flowers. The backing sheet pale green Bazzil Dotted Swiss. The border is a deep edge MS punch brads, gem and pearls from my stash.

 These flowers were just waiting to be cut and punched out.

Thank you to those of you who took the time to email me about not being able to leave comments, its nice to know you are still calling by. I was unable to blog again yesterday and I know a lot of people are still having major problems too, lots of gremlins in the works just lately.

Hope the weather is good with you today. I am going in the garden while its fine got to make the most of it while we can. 

Happy crafting love and hugs to you all. Lynne xoxo

First scrapbook page...

Several weeks ago at our weekly scrapbooking class at the studio I was asked if I could create some pages suitable for boys. This was one of the layouts I came up with. It has been sat waiting patiently for a picture... I thought this one was perfect for it, Baby Rocco one day old.

The papers are from Best Creations transportation range I have used 'Taffic Jam'. By cutting around the traffic that is along the bottom of the sheet and mounting on to a dark blue card with foam pads I was able to use the full sheet with out any waste at all. The plane and banner are cut on the Cricut using the New Arrival cartridge which I have a feeling might get a lot of use over the coming months.

Natasha brought these gorgeous cupcakes to class on Thursday night to celebrate Roccos arrival, blue icing and blue foil cases mmm they were delicious. Thank you Natasha it was a lovely thought.

Hope you all have a great weekend and the sun is shinning where ever you are.

Happy crafting Love and hugs Lynne xox

Thursday Nights Scrapbooking Layout...

How long is blogger going to act up, that's what I want to know? I have been trying to blog this post since yesterday afternoon and commenting has become impossible, I will try again tomorrow, fingers crossed.

Here is my page from Thursday nights scrapbooking class at Craft Den studio.

The papers are from Bo Bunny Sophie collection. The die cut trees, hearts and ticket are from T!ms Alterations range - Pine Tree, Heart and Ticket dies. Martha Stewart Border and Crown punch.

We did a crackle paint technique on wooden heart shapes.

Hope you all have a great weekend.

Happy crafting love and hugs Lynne xx

Messin' about on the river...

Well Blogger really has spat his dummy out this week! lol Sign in....Sign in...Sign in...argh I just signed in!!

ERROR!! your comment can not be published! Please sign in...........

Yes, you all know what I am gibbering on about, as you are all having the same problems too!

Technology is wonderful when it works......pain in the bum otherwise.

I know I should think myself lucky I can write a post as I know a lot of you can't. Any way lets hope normal service will be resumed shortly and we can all blog hop and comment again with out having to sign in 60 million times!! ARRRRRRRGGGHHH

OK rant over...

Today's layout is from my scrapbooking class last week.

The beautiful floral paper is from Prima - Madeline Collection "Bella Donna" and "Ste Marie"

Embellishments: Prima flowers and leaves, Zva crystals and bits and bobs from stash.

Tools: Martha Stewart border punch

Thanks for poppin' by

Happy Crafting Hugs Lynne xox

Where have all the smarties gone?

Good morning all. The sun is shining here in Sheffield this morning, which is a welcome sight after all the rain we had yesterday.

This mornings layout is one I have made for my Mums 12 x 12 album.

The spotty backing paper is from the Bo Bunny Jazmyne collection.

The letters are cut with the Storybook cartridge on the Cricut.

The pictures are from October 2010 When Ava came for a postphoned birthday tea with her Granddad. Ava was poorly when it was BH birthday. Ava came with a large smartie cake which she sat holding on to until  her Grandad arrived home. After tea Ava tucked into the cake and when we were all busy clearing the table, washing pots and having a natter, Ava was busy helping herself to the Smarties off the top of the cake.

When Grandad asked her where all the Smarties had gone, Ava opened her mouth wide. 

We all laughed, it was just so good to see her better again and eating...

Hope you all have a good day and what ever you are doing Enjoy.

Happy crafting hugs Lynne xoxo

What a difference a year makes...

Good morning to all my crafting blogging buddies. I hope you have all had a lovely relaxing weeking and are now ready to face another week, what ever it may throw at us... I've got the sniffles again this morning and another cold sore, so fingers crossed my cold isn't returning. :-( Can't seem to shake this one off.

My scrap layout this morning is created with the gorgeous Jazymne Limited Editon papers from Bo Bunny. They are all glittered and shimmer beautifully in yummy lilacs, pinks, creams and greens.

Ava loves sitting amongst the plants in our rockery on the big rocks. This picture was taken in April 2011 when all the heathers were out. I took pictures of Ava sitting there last year and thought it would be nice to compare. Only thing is the pages are missing from my album, mmm I wonder whos borrowed those...

Have a great Monday and happy crafting.

Hugs Lynne xoxo

Scrapbooking...

A few weeks ago I was asked if I could come up with a wedding layout for our Thursday evening scrapbooking classes. This was the design I came up with. The flowers are cut from a sheet of Basic Grey Curio - Camellia

I inked a sheet of cream 12 x 12 Cardstock Warehouse with Victorian velvet and all of the flower edges. I placed a 6" strip of lace across the middle of the page with the photo on top, decoupaged all the flowers using Pinflair Glue.

 I have cut a cream journal tag with T!ms styled labels die inked with Victorian Velvet and tucked under the flowers at the bottom. Although I haven't done the journalling yet, such a good match you can hardly see it.

 

Hope you all have a lovely weekend and the sun is shinning where you are.

Happy crafting Love and hugs Lynne x

Yet Another Scrapbook page

For last weeks scrapbooking class layout I used Bo Bunny Flower child papers for my design. These are a very bright mix of orange and yellows through to lime greens ideal for sunny days and holiday pages. The circles are cut from a sheet of Flower child Love Beads I cheated on some and used an assortment of circle and scalloped punches to cut them out. I used the various sized punches to punch yellow, rust, and stream coloured cardstock to mat and layer on to. I have used foam pads of different thickness 1mm, 2mm, and 3mm to give the page more dimension.

The backing paper is called Free Bird from the same collection.

I would not usually use these colours and felt a bit out of my comfort zone while creating this page, but it was well received at class and everybody loved it.

All that leaves me to say is Thank Crunchie it Friday!

Happy crafting love and hugs Lynne xx

Scrapbooking...

Another scrapbook layout I designed for one of my Thursday night classes at Craft Den last month.

The pictures are from June27th 2010 again. I am making several family albums so you might see these pictures used again yet!!

 The background is a sheet of American cardstock stamped with my fave Paper Artsy Hot Picks 106 stamp set inked with a mix of Adirondack Pool, Butterscotch, Terracotta and  Espresso

 The corner is a quarter cut from a Bo Bunny Gabrielle die cut sheet

'Good Times' & 'Special Memories' are from the new Paper Artsy stamp set  Hot Pick Sentiments 03

A close up of the rosette made with T!m's alteration die.

Happy crafting hugs Lynne x

Scrapbooking class a couple of weeks ago...

Good morning all my crafting blogging buddies, how are you all this morning. I won't say bright although the  sun is trying to push itself through the clouds this morning here in Sheffield but it is still a bit nippy as they say.

I came onto blogger earlier just after 8am to blog this post and there was no facility to upload pictures, all very strange. But hey ho it all seems to be working fine now so fingers crossed.

This is the layout I designed for scrapbooking class a couple of weeks ago. The papers are Basic Grey Origins. Tim Holtz tattered leaves die which I love and works great with these papers don't you think?

The pictures are from last summer, the morning after my 50th birthday party, we are all sat drinking orange juice! I wonder why? lol I was thinking of putting a title on 'The morning after' Love the pic of Ben wearing Ava's sun hat.

Have a great day and happy crafting. If you have time please leave a comment I love reading them and I can pop by and visit you too. Don't forget the new BINGO challenge that started yesterday over on our challenge blog Anything Goes

Love and hugs Lynne x

Don't children say the funniest things...

My layout from Thursday nights scrapbooking class. I have used Bo Bunny Vicky B die cut for the  background inked with Victorian Velvet DI mounted on a dark brown Bazzill using double sided tape and silicone at the corners to raise them slightly to add more interest.

The large flower is made using a clear acrylic Bo Bunny stamp set also from the Vicky B range stamped 4 times on Double Dot paper, cut out, inked, shaped and layered layered using silicone.

The flowers are all punched from a mix of pink, brown and green Bazzill using Martha Stewart and EK Success punches. I have used gold Liquid Pearls for the centre of the flowers a few gems added here and there all finished off with some Crystal Stickles which gives it a fabulous glistening shimmer.

Did you all enjoy the Royal Wedding on Friday? Didn't Kate look stunning? I was so pleased the weather held for them as it didn't look too promising first thing.

My grand-daughter Ava calls me Nannie and my Mum Nannie Kathy. While watching the wedding she said "look Nannie Kathy" when asked where she replied "yellow hat on" Ava started waving and 'Nannie Kathy' was waving back. Priceless! If only we could bottle these moments.

Wishing you all a wonderful bank holiday weekend.

Happy crafting love and hugs Lynne xoxox

Scrapbooking class

Good evening to all my crafting buddies. I hope you have all had a lovely relaxing weekend and been able to enjoy the glorious weather we have been having. Lets hope it continues for the bank holiday weekend.

I have a scrapbook layout to share with you this evening. It is one from our all day scrapbooking class a couple of weeks ago. The papers are from my favourite company Bo Bunny. Most of the flowers are cut from the paper with a few punched flowers and leaves added.

A blank label waiting for a little bit of journaling

Happy crafting

Love and hugs Lynne 

Snail Hunt-er

I spent a lovely relaxing Sunday morning last week scrapbooking. It was the first weekend in ages that we had nothing planned. This layout is of Ava looking for snails, she loves finding the shells, up to now no one has ever been home! I think she may not be so keen when she finds one occupied. lol

I have kept the layout simple, mounted the pictures on some brown Bazzill basic cardstock and doodled round the edge with white pen. The background is a sheet of Daisy Bucket which I have had in my stash for ages, time they got used up to make room for some more.

 The snails are from the Walk in My Garden cartridge cut on the Cricut from pink and brown Bo Bunny Double Dot papers, I have inked the edges, shaped the snails and shells and decoupaged with silicone,  highlighted with white pen and added silver and black pearl pen to finish off. The letters are cut from brown Bazzill using the Storybook cartridge, more white pen for the faux stitching around the edges.

Hope you all have a fabulous weekend and find time to fit in a little crafting.

We have another relaxing weekend planned and if the weather is as good as forecast you will find me crafting in the garden. Thanks for popping by. Happy crafting love and hugs Lynne xx