Wet Bank Holiday...

In typical British style it rained here all day yesterday!
So we headed to Coventry's Herbert Art Gallery & Museum for a little culture. The Lady Godiva exhibition is always worth a visit to remember our cities folklore.


Also they have an Egyptian exhibit till the end of this week which I really wanted the children to see before we go out there in the summer.



So not only did we have a good afternoon out it was also totally free including the parking :)

Sheena x

Celebration

Today we have been to Liverpool

to celebrate my Mum in Laws

80th birthday.

We all had a lovely meal out

plus a fabulous cake

with 80 candles !!

It was great to catch up with some

of Paul's extended family.

Mollie makes & other Mags...

I picked a copy of Mollie Makes magazine

in our local Sainsburys

after seeing it mentioned on Facebook.

I was pleasantly surprised by

the mix for crafts & articles it had to offer

plus beautiful photograpy.

I certainly will be taking up their offer

of 3 issues for £5.

Also there was a sweet free gift

to make on the front.

I had planned to make something similar to the picture

except yesterday I had a poorly sick girl at home

who persuaded me to make it for her

to take her phone to big school in september.

How could I refuse !

So as you can see the finished article

is nothing like the original

but I have one very happy 11 year old.

( the skull was hand cut after checking out some images on the net)

I'm not a big magazine reader

preferring internet sites & blogs

for ideas & inspiration

but now thats 3 I've bought in the last few weeks,

lets see if I make anything from them

watch this space.

Scooter made for 2

ScrapaGoGo's May Kit

Over the Hills & Far Away

was just perfect for this photo

of Eileen & I

at the Making Memories stand

at CHA last january.

The free hybrids

designed by Kirsty Wiseman

go so beautifully.

I used the Jillibean Soup Corrugated clouds

as masks & dry brushed over them with white paint

to create the background.

It's that time of year...

... when school children take their exams.

Here we have had sats & end of year exams before

but this is the first time we have had GCSE's.

I do remember sitting mine

in the dim & distant past !

When a C grade was a pass !

Now all people seem to care about is how many A's

or A*'s have been achieved.

When did this change ?

I sincerely hope my kids do their best

on the day

and that is good enough by me.

These results may effect the path they take in life

but they will be the ones to shape this journey.

If I could give them one wish for their future...

... it would be to be happy.

A day in the life...

... of Hoot !!

I love a sketch as a form of inspiration

& when I saw this one on

Create & Co's crop blog,

I remembered these fab photos my friend

Eileen had taken of the owl

I'd made for her as a gift.

The papers are My Minds Eye- Fine & Dandy.

Alphas- Thickers & My little shoebox.

Assorted ribbons.

Bazzill -Just the edge strip.

I made the layered star embellishments with 3 punches

to echo the patterned paper.

The cloud embellishment was ready made by My Minds Eye.

Thanks for looking :)

Future career ?

For this weeks Team A DT sketch

over at Twisted Sketches

I chose to use a photo

of my daughter to show the Twist - Play.

She loves these Harumika dress forms

she got for her birthday

and spends hours designing new outfits

with them.

I wonder if this will lead somewhere ?

She already has an interest in clothes & fashion,

so we will have to wait & see.

Patterned papers, stickers & crochet circles

are all Websters Pages- Trendsetter.

Dress form cut using Tim Holtz Sizzix die.

Jenni Bowlin vellum butterfly.

Prima pebble.

Alphas- Thickers & October Afternoon.

If you use the Twisted Sketches

leave me a link as I'd love to see your take on them x

I (heart) sketches...

Over on ScrapaGoGo's ClubHouse

you are never short of inspiration.

This is May's Blueprint To Go Sketch

and I loved it so much that I produced 2 Lo's

inspired by it with May's kit.

"Over the Hill and Far Away".

No.1 Favourite

For this Lo I've rotated the sketch

so the focus is in the bottom right corner.

Featuring my most favourite sweets ever

peanut M & M's !

Love the limited edition pastel colours

they made them in for Easter !

Blow.

Here I just flipped the sketch

so the focus was in the top right corner.

This is a simple Lo

made with kit leftovers I didn't want to waste.

Bubbles created with pearl paint & bottle tops.

Sketches are so versatile ,

why not try turning it or flipping them

for completely different looks.

I was just thinking ...

no jokes please !!

I get enough of that off the kids !

This post isn't really connected with the TV show

but I wanted an image

& I liked this one !

I was away at the weekend

scrapping :)

and was lucky enough to catch up with old friends

plus make loads of new ones too.

I just love this hobby of mine

for getting me meeting people I'd otherwise have never met.

I've made some life long friends this way

who enrich my life

more than they know.

This weekend was no exception

I met some amazing & talented ladies

I know I will be speaking to again.

Angry Birds !!

When I first saw one of these on Sarah Youde's blog

I knew I had to make one for my son Dan !

What I didn't bargin on

was everybody wanting one !!

So here are the 3 I've made so far using my new sewing machine

I ordered at the Hobbycraft Show in march.

Don't they look cute even when they are angry !!

The free pattern can be found here

I can see me making some of the other birds too

when I track down the right coloured fleece.

And the winner is...

for the ScrapaGoGo

National Scrapbooking Day

Blog Hop

from my blog...

Jo.C

Congratulations Jo x

Please email

mail@scrapagogo.co.uk

so you can receive your prize.

Many thanks to all the Ladies

who took the time to stop by & comment x

A patriotic 100th sketch !!

To celebrate 100 Twisted Sketches

both DT teams produced Lo's

from this weeks sketch

with the Twist- Celebrate.

Go take a look, there is a prize draw

if you comment.

I wanted to scrap a Lo to remember the Royal Wedding

and this photo of Harriet

with a Regal cupcake from

our wedding tea was perfect.

I've used the remains of my ScrapaGoGo

July 2010 The Village Fete Kit

which was perfect plus some extra ribbon.

The bunting was stamped and embossed using the ScrapaGoGo

July 2010 stamp and Zing embossing powder.

On this day ... 1993

we were married !

Just like today the weather was ok

but very breezy

which played havoc when wearing a veil !

So 18 years on

we are both a little older and a little wiser,

still enjoying life together.

For Paul I painted a little canvas with techniques

I've learnt on the "she art" course

by Christy Tomlinson.

Paul gave me a glass heart &

a tile by Rob Ryan

who is probably my most favourite paper artist.

If you've not seen his work please go take a look.

Blast from the past !

one of our wedding photos to make you smile.

ScrapaGoGo Blog Hop

Welcome, welcome

to ScrapaGoGo's

National Scrapbooking day Blog Hop.

Big Hi to all who have joined us from Rebekah's blog.

On a day like today-NSD

it makes me think why I scrapbook...

I love the creative outlet,

I like telling stories

but most of all I love the concept of future generations

getting to know me & my family

through the pages I make.

Who's that Girl ??

When I look at this photo

I know who the babies are.

My Dad & his twin sister.

But the Lady ??

I've no clue & there is nobody left to ask :(

I don't know all my ANCESTORS

but hopefully through scrapbooking

future generations of my family

will know theirs.

Please leave a comment about why you scrapbook

to be entered into a prize draw.

Time now to hop on over to Sarah's blog x

Scooter Girl...

ScrapaGoGo's May kit

Over the Hills & far Away

was just perfect for scrapping these photos

of Harriet.

She had received a scooter for Xmas 2005

& was desperate to try it out.

So we got her all kitted out in coat & hat

& off she went up & down the garden path.

I wasn't a scrapbooker then

so the photos are pretty poor

but by cropping them & printing them small

they still convey the fun Harriet had.

Along with the create kit

I've used the Go to Pieces add on

which includes the Maya Dd chipboard tags, kraft journalling spots

and the Studio Calico pink patterned flowers.

The arrows are this months add on stamp

& the hybrids co ordinate beautifully too.

Twisted Sketches 99

This week it was the turn of the

A team to take on the new sketch.

The twist is Straight.

It totally reminded me of a visit to Warwick castle

years ago when Matthew lay down on the rack

as if hoping to be stretched !!

The photo isn't great

but boy does it remind me of that day out.

Hope this straightens you

out Son !!

Patterned papers by October Afternoon & Basic Grey.

Stickers Cosmo Cricket & Jillibean soup

Alphas Jenni bowlin & Cosmo Cricket.

Next sketch will be sunday

when we celebrate 100 Twisted Sketches.

Month in Review...

I'm surprised every month

by just how much I manage

to cram on these little 6x6 pages

for ScrapaGoGo's month in review challenge.

These document April for the family.

Highlighting Daniel's school leavers prom !

how grown up he is.

The smaller photos cover

scout camp, Easter,theatre trip

spring, bike rides & a Royal trifle !

The ScrapaGoGo exclusive hybrids are ideal

for adding small embellishments

to these pages.

Till next month...