Right Royal Trifle...

What a wonderful day we've had.
Watching all the Royal Wedding TV coverage in our PJ's with a cuppa in hand. Harriet even took her own Wedding photos !!



Then buffet time :) with Royal cupcakes...


and Union Jack trifle - courtesy of my Mum !


Our Royal appetite has been completely satisfied.

Sx

House Building review...

Apologies for the lack of updates

on the build since the start of March!

TBH we have been having some technical difficulties

with both the electrical company

(the power cable to next door still hangs in front of our house!!)

& our temporary neighbours.

These issues have prevented me visiting the site

until recently as I'm trying not to get

too stressed over it all so I've been leaving it to Paul to sort

- he doesn't mind & is so much better than me with official issues !

Things aren't totally sorted but are much better !

First floor joists going in.

First floor external walls started.

Back view.

We visited the site over Easter with the children,

they were thrilled with the changes.

It's starting to feel like our house

& I can't wait for it to feel like our home.

Pay back ??

...I'm not sure thats what it's called !!

I was thrilled this week to receive my first

"Pay it Forward" back.

This adorable, beautifully made bag

came to me from Fay.

Funnily enough the pattern is from an Amy Butler

book & was on my list of things to make,

great minds...

Happy Easter

I hope you are having a good Easter Sunday.

Just when I think the children may be too old

for an egg hunt, they surprise me

& charge round the garden

making me laugh out loud.

I on the other hand received a non edible gift.

I've been a Rob Ryan fan for a long while

so I'm thrilled with this bag.

The quote is apt too

"you can still do a lot with a small brain "

I think this was made for me :)

We popped to Crackley Woods

to see the bluebells

& enjoy a walk before sitting down

to a big roast dinner with family.

Twisted Sketches - 97

This week it is the turn of the DT Team A

from Twisted Sketches

to work with the sketch with the twist Medium.

I created this Lo - Sunshine Smiles

using my ScrapaGoGo february kit- Happiness is...

To create the sun, I stamped, embossed,misted & inked

the cardstock till I was happy with how it looked.

She Art...

I was given a place on the

amazing She Art Workshop,

for Mothers Day.

Christy Tomlinson has produced a very detailed course

& you can watch her work

in real time in the videos.

her creativity is so inspiring.

This is my Week 1 girl

& I kinda like her :)

I'm not a messy kind of gal

but that could be changing !

There is something very liberating

about this creative process.

Now to watch week 2.

Pay it forward - 3

These 3 little chicks

are my 3rd Pay it Forward gift

for a lovely local Lady

with 3 children.

The pattern was a free one,

I came across one day whilst

surfing the net, as you do !

They each hold a Cadbury Creme egg !

- at least at the moment :)

I'm thrilled she likes them as much

as I liked making them.

Now to think of what to make for my 4th gift.

just scrapping

I'm on a bit of campaign at the moment

to use up some of my stash

or give it away if I'm not likely to use it,

rather than have it just hanging around.

So in my attempt to use some

here is a Lo of Harriet

using Sassafrass paper- make do & mend,

& lots of bits of ribbons.

I used the Sew Easy gadget for the lines of

embroidery & it's fab.

I defiantly will be collecting all the heads for it

so you can produce different stitches.

I know it's simple but I like it x

March in Review

I'm loving this monthly project

over on ScrapaGoGo's Club House.

It's such a quick & easy way to document

your year.

These are my March pages

covering the fabulous GoGo Getaway,

the census, red nose day, a chess cup win, man of the match

Harriets 11th birthday...

The specially designed co ordinating

hybrids are ideal to use for a mini album like this one.

Have a look at the blog for more ideas.

The last few days

Thursday was the end of term for us

& saw the Year 11

Crystal Ball.

Dan all dressed up.

He was very tolerant as his

Mum took loads of pics of him !

We are just loving this weather

& over school holidays as well :)

Harriet likes nothing more than singing on her swing !

I had a swing in our garden growing up

& I'd spend many an hour lost in thought

just enjoying the motion.

It's fab to see her doing the same...

simple pleasures.

Yesterday was my Dad's 68th birthday

so I made a victoria sponge for him.

I know I went a little mad with the butter cream

but nobody complained !

I just hope this weather continues ... fingers crossed.

Surprise present

I was at a local crop,

Moxley Massive,

last weekend to catch up with friends

& maybe get a bit of scrapping done!

When I arrived there was a present

waiting for me from the lovely Kirsty.

I love spending time with this young lady

& we try & meet when we can

despite quite a distance between our homes.

For regular blog readers you may remember

that Kirsty & I spent a couple of nights in Toby Tab

her sweet mini caravan recently,

Well my present relates to that weekend.

I'd bought a hot water bottle as I knew we would be

a little cold but as it's now the spring all I could find

was a blue plastic one in Boots :(

Anyway, look at this fabulous hot water

bottle cover Kirsty made for me x

The fabric is lush &

she has even hand quilted

around the owls & the moons.

Now I want the weather to go cold so

I can snuggle with my hot water bottle & cover.

Many thanks Kirsty.xxx

Sketch 95

Over at Twisted Sketches

its the turn of Team A this week

& here is my interpretation of the sketch

with a twist of PAPER.

Happy Days.

The majority of papers are by Fancy Pants

Thickers alpha , prima pearls.

These photos are from my first day at school !

You will need to look close at the Lo

if you want to know the year !!lol

The flowers were all punched from paper then shaped before

being attached with pin flair glue

to help maintain their dimensional shape.

Chinese Whispers CJ...

Over on ScrapaGoGo's Club House

it is time for the next round of the Chinese Whispers CJ.

Here is my Lo

Spring Beauty captured on film.

I used a mix of papers, embellishments & hybrids

from ScrapaGoGo's march kit

What a Picture !

Here is Josie's lovely Lo

that I lifted,

I rotated it once to the left

so I could use my photos horizontally.

It will be great at the end to see how all these

Lo's have progressed as they have

travelled though the hands of 10 scrapbookers x

Happy Mothers Day x

I hope all Mums had a lovely day today. I've had a great day & been made to feel really special with thoughtful gifts & fragrant flowers. Followed by tea with my parents & brother.
Now tired, full & happy.



Sheena x

March Blueprint to Go

Over at ScrapaGoGo

they offer loads of monthly inspiration.

This is the Blueprint To Go,

with a sketch & colour swatch

to inspire.

Here is the Lo I made from the sketch

using photos I took in 2008

on a visit to New York

to celebrate a big birthday !

For this lo I used the ScrapaGoGo March create kit

plus an add-on kit, hybrids & loyalty stamps.