Scrapping a song...

When I saw that Scrap365 magazine wanted layouts documenting "music in your life" for their April/May edition, I embarked on making a page I would never have made without their initial push.

Our Mountain to Climb.

The song in question -is "The Climb" by Miley Cyrus. I heard it purely by chance when I needed it most. During the 2 years between the house fire & the new house being rebuilt there were times when I really struggled to stay positive. This song became an anthem to me, giving me strength to keep going & moving forward.

You can hear it here. I printed the song lyrics on the background paper using an A4 printer.

and included the song on a hidden CD for future reference.

The powerful lyrics still bring tears to my eyes reminding me that we have climbed our mountain as a family & lived to tell the tale x

Love is ...

I hope you had a lovely Mothers Day x I did, both by spending time with my Mum & my children. I thought I'd share with you this quick Lo I made with the last of my ScrapaGoGo " Nearest & Dearest" february kit.

Love is ...my 3.

I used 3 of the frames cut from the Authentique Lovely Greetings paper to highlight 3 photos of my children all taken when they were around 6 months old. I couldn't get over how similar they look especially the  youngest two. I know as siblings they would look  alike but I'd never compared them before.

I inked the embossed tag to hold my title & little embellishments cut from the papers.

A pretty quick Lo by my standards but I love that feeling of using up a kit.

Doing a little crochet...

I've been trying to finish things I've started & as this was top of my crochet box it got seen to first! This cushion may look familiar. The pattern for this is from Lucy at Attic 24. I loved how it looked when made up in lots of colours like I did last year for Harriets room but for our bedroom I wanted a more grown up feel so I crocheted it in all one colour.

I'm really pleased with how it looks & the texture of the petals.It's approx 12in across & I got the cushion filler off the internet.

Now to rummage through the other WIP's to see what to work on next !

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