Lynne-Marie CT!

I am so excited to say that I have been chosen to be a guest designer for Lynne-Marie over at The Lily Pad for June and July.

She is such a talented designer and I often use her kits in my LOs.

This is the first LO I have done. I know it's not actually June yet but I am so keen lol. 

The photos are of Hollie meeting an owl at Sparsholt Countryside Day. 

Sparsholt is the college that Matt attends, so naturally we had to go along and see what it was all about.

The kit is called Honey and is, of course, available at The Lily Pad Store.

Saturday Spotlight Week 30

Welcome To The Saturday Spotlight!

This week's page is 'Sandsfoot' by hollihops. The photo is of her daughter and youngest granddaughter on a family day out.

I absolutely love the way she's picked out and matched the colours from the photo. I also like the criss cross arrangement of materials and the little photo 'buttons'.

Just an adorable page.

hollihops used elements from a variety of freebies that she then re coloured to match the photo.

Thank you hollihops x

Saturday Spotlight Week 29

Welcome To The Saturday Spotlight!

This stunning page is 'Marek'  by Jirina (Jirsev).

This is so beautiful. Love the blending of the large photo in the BG and the flowers are placed perfectly. And isn't that little boy adorable?!

It's worth having a look at Jirina's gallery, her pages are gorgeous!

Kit used is by Buddy at DBB.

Thank you Jirina x

Saturday Spotlight Week 28

Welcome to The Saturday Spotlight!

This week's page is by Iris (trulytango) and is gorgeous!

The LO features her daughter and her dad and I love the photo of them cuddling. A truly 'captured in time' moment. The strip of bunting across the corner is great and really gives a happy, beachy feel. Also love that blue!

Kit is Summer Passport by syndee Nuckles.

Thank you Iris. A beautiful page x

Nephews, Nieces and A Template

This first LO features my nephew, William. I've gone for a cut out effect to frame the photo and added some stitching to give more definition. The flying birds, from Lynne Marie, add a feeling of movement.

This LO captures my niece, Mabel, in a rare moment of quiet!

I blended the big photo into the BG, saved as an image then blended again. I find that this method really makes the photo melt into the BG.

My colour scheme is taken from Mabel's clothing and I converted the BG of the photo to B&W to make her stand out even more.

This LO is based on a template by Amy Martin. it's a little different for me, and quite an experiment, but I think I quite like it!

I've used lots of kits for these LOs by the following designers:

Lynne Marie

Sahlin studio

One Little Bird

Pink Reptile Designs

Amy wolff 

Saturday Spotlight Week 27

Welcome to The Saturday Spotlight!

 This week's beautiful page is' Where's My Mum?' by Margaret (lady_mags)

This is so different. I love all the higgledy piggledy shapes and layers, which somehow all come together perfectly! The colours are lovely too and compliment the photo really well. Loving the frog too. Just a gorgeous, eye catching scrap :)

Kits is from Dawn Inskip plus a few bits from other kits,  and the photo is one that Margaret took of a baby blackbird in her garden last year.

Thank you Margaret x 

Besties!

This is my step daughter, Hollie, on the beach with her friends. 

As soon as I saw the photo, I knew it needed to go right across the page. Then it was just a case of adding a few layers and paintbrush effects on the BG. I split the writing slightly to give the effect of paint going across 2 layers.

I decided to stick to one colour as I think it makes the photo stand out nicely.

The kit I used is a collab kit from The Lily Pad called I'll Be There For You. Details of how to get this gorgeous kit can be found Here.