PL - September

I thought Id dust off my poor neglected blog and update you on some months of PL x

This was our September which included...

...first day of term, new job celebrations, movie night... 

...starting new job, theatre night, movie with the Girls, Birthday treat...

...hen do, Boys BBQ, Prize Giving, Jambo night...

...tennis win, celebrating  return of Para Olympian , suit shopping, 25th wedding Anniversary...

... stay at Champneys, Scrapping weekend... 

...Uni prep, life drawing classes, early Birthday celebrations...

Many thanks for looking

Sheena x

August Project Life

August was a really busy month for us & consequently it went to 8 sides in my PL.I'm getting rather behind again but hopefully my notes & photo taking will help me get back on track as I always love looking back on old pages.

August including...

 ... buying garden furniture, new business logo, sewing with H...

 ... having friends over, brewery tour, visiting Wookey Hole...

 ...long weekend enjoying the sun & sights of Cornwall with friends...

 ...H working at Boardmasters, Matts A levels...

...Dans new job, Friends visiting, theatre night...

...My birthday, D of E expedition, Olympics...

 ...Birthday lunch, Speke Hall, H GCSE results...

...Godsons 18th, SMA fundraiser, chilling...

Many thanks for looking 
Sheena x

C'est La Vie

Over on the Hey Little Magpie I've created using the Pink Paislee C'est La Vie range twice as I loved it so much & I thought I'd share them here with you too.

My April pages.

3.

48 & fabulous!

For this page I painted the roses pink to co ordinate with my embellishments.

My August pages.
Focusing on using the C'est La Vie alpha.
Love is in the Air.

 Hello.

For all the close ups & a list of supplies used please check out my April & August posts here.

Many thanks for looking x

Sheena

PL - July edition.

Here is our busy July including...

...D of E , Godiva Festival, tea with friends...

...boys in Cyprus, Wimbledon, Upper 6th Prom...

...house clearing, Wimbledon win, BBQ's, school tour, channel tunnel...

... staying with friends in France...

...exploring France, road trip...

...graduation, Brighton...

... South Africa School Sports Tour...

...NT visits, cinema, crafting, gardening, planning...
Many thanks for looking x
Sheena

Loving Basic Grey.

I'm sure you will agree with me that when your life gets incredibly busy, something has to give...and for me its been my blog :( But I'm hoping to get back on track over the coming weeks. So today I'm sharing the pages for my Hey Little Magpie post for March.

They were all created using the Basic Grey Urban Luxe range.

The bright colours really drew me to these papers & its such a shame they will no longer be producing paper ranges . 

These papers could have been made for this photo taken at my brothers wedding.

This is a colour combo I love to use & I added texture paste and mist to the background paper. For all the details check out the original blog post here.

Thanks for looking 

Sheena

Project Life - June Edition.

This month has taken me longer to complete than normal as to be honest I was dreading it. I know the reason I do Project Life is to record our lives & events big and small but this month incorporates the worst thing that has happened in all the years I've been doing this project. My Mother in Law died after a brief illness. I have tried to include it sensitivity with all the journalling hidden behind photos with tabs, but I may come back and alter it when it is less raw for us.

June including...

...movie night, kilo sale, family bbq, crochet...

...new bed, crochet, planning a funeral, 50th birthday... 

...Queen is 90,A level & GCSE exams, visit by Eileen, movie night, gardening... 

...last day of school, graduation ball, fathers day...

... saying goodbye, funeral, voting, GCSE art display...

...hen night, house clearing, cubs 100, degree award...

Thank you for looking.

Sheena x 

Taking iPhone photos at night.

For a post on shimelle.com I had a play with my iPhone & an app I found to take interesting photos of lights at night.

We had lots of fun trying it out in different setting including at a fun fair & with torches in our garden.

When we got more confident we tried with sparklers & I loved the result so much I had to scrap it.

I used a Just Nick cut file which I splattered for my background then used supplies from all Shimelle ranges to finish it off.

I'm pleased with now it turned out. If you try the app I'd love to hear how you got on. Full detail are found here at Shimelle.com.

Sheena x

Using Thirds.

Recently, at shimelle.com I created a layout for a weekly challenge where you were encouraged to only fill 1/3 of the scrapbook page with your design.

Hello Gorgeous Boy.

If you follow my scrapbooking you will realise this was totally a challenge for me but to add lots of pattern & texture I used the branding strips to weave a "blanket" for my photo to sit on. My journalling is hidden behind the photo.

All the details of the challenge & other great examples can be found here at shimelle.com.

Sheena

Project Life - May edition.

Another month has flown by & as usual Im playing catch up. may was a "big" month so stretched to 8 sides so please bare with me x

This month includes...

...a trip to the theatre, Mums b day, walking in bluebells... 

... London visit, climbing Big Ben, theatre trip, eating at the market...

... walking in the Thames, show time, Walkie Talkie views...

... sewing at a Scrappy weekend, last day of yr 11...

...Lunch out, course work handed in, exams start, new windscreen... 

 ...walking, gardening, sewing bee, cinema trips...

...golfing, hospital visiting, snap chat, meal out...

...last day of 6th form, new phone, NT house visit...

many thanks for looking x

Sheena x

Shimelle Sketch Challenge

A few weeks ago I was creating for a Sketch Challenge at Shimelle.com. I've always like sketches as they are a great way to get your scrapbooking started.

This was my starting point.

3 Explorers.

I used all the space and star embellishments to scrap this photo taken at NASA. I used a Cut Shoppe file to create the white stars on   the background.You might not initially see the connection to the sketch but in fact I just moved all the elements closer together in the centre to allow more of the lovely background paper to show. My journalling is an the back as the front is busy enough!

Please pop over to Shimelle.com to see other great takes on this sketch plus more weekly challenges x

Sheena x