Monday, 31 March 2014

New Camera

So Matt has finally upgraded his camera to this fab all singing all dancing piece of equipment! He is so chuffed with it and I get his 'old' camera so am pretty happy too :)

I've used 2 great kits for this page, 'Click' and 'Focal Point', both by One Little bird. I thought the circles would draw the eye to the camera lense in the photo. 

I've been desperate to do something with circles after being inspired by my last 2 saturday spotlight pages.


Saturday, 29 March 2014

Saturday Spotlight Wk 23

Welcome to The Saturday Spotlight!

I have gone for another circle type page this week. I've obviously got a thing about circles on pages at the mo lol.

This is by Nanny Jean and is called Gracies Garden. The photos are great. Being a keen gardener myself, I love to see children getting involved. Gracie looks to be having a fab time getting her hands dirty. Just lovely!
I also love the crossword in the BG. A great idea for the title and the over all grungy feel of the page is perfect for the gardening photos.
 The photos were taken last month when Gracie was given her own little section of the garden. Jean says that gracie will be chuffed to bits that her page was chosen!
Jean used a kit by KK79 and is called 'Soar Through Spring'
Thank you Jean x

Friday, 28 March 2014

Digital v Traditional

I love this photo of my son and stepdaughter so much that I scrapped it twice. First I did a digital page, then a traditional one.
I really enjoyed the process of the traditional one. All the gluing, matting, stitching and stamping. But I also loved creating the digital page with what feels like an endless supply of papers and embellishments and gorgeous digital kits.
I thought I'd prefer one page over the other, but, in fact I like them both :)



Still haven't worked out how to take a good photo of a traditional page - so the colours are muted and the white looks grey. I am determined to work out how to do it though!

Saturday, 22 March 2014

Saturday Spotlight Wk 22

Welcome to The Saturday Spotlight!

This week I have chosen  'Port Merion' by Caroline58.

I love everything about this. The circles are so right for the photos and are beautifully placed. Totally gorgeous LO.

Caroline used Kreative by Karen's 'Beaches' (which she loves)! and elements from 'Life's a beach' from Sahlin Studio.
She also says that her 'go to' whenever she crafts is Craft Artist :)

Thanks Caroline for a stunning page. I feel inspired to do something with circles now lol x


Saturday, 15 March 2014

Saturday Spotlight Wk 21

Welcome to The Saturday Spotlight!

This week's page is 'Memories' by

I absolutely love the clustering and layering. She has captured 'vintage' perfectly, which is something I struggle with! A stunning scrap Irene.

The kit is 'Take Me Back' from G&T Designs. Beautiful!

Thank you Irene x


Saturday, 8 March 2014

Saturday Spotlight Wk 20

Welcome to The Saturday Spotlight!

 This week it's 'little moments' by liesl kyle.

A gorgeous photo of her daughter and grandson. The page is really sunshiny and happy and is just the sort of lift we all need after our very soggy, gloomy winter.

I love the layered papers and the littles bees. A really well put together page - Fabulous!

The kit is by Mary89 and is called 'Little Wonderland'

Thank you Liesl x

Sunday, 2 March 2014

I'm Runner Up!!!

I am very excited and proud to say that I am a runner up in Scrapbook Magazine's 'Scrapbooker of The Year 2013'! 
I'm so glad I entered - thanks to Matt's encouragement.  I am enjoying traditional scrapbooking so much lately (paper and glue as opposed to digital). Largely due to the new scrap room lol. 

Anyway, here is the page that was published in the magazine. still can't quite believe it :)



Sorry for the poor photo quality - the colours are much brighter in 'real life' ! x