Scrabby Bits....

Hi There,

I have been scrapping again (no not fighting..!) Scrapbooking...!

The photos are of 2 of my granddaughter, one from my son and one from Georges son.

The pink Pj page is of myself and Our Emily and the second page is of Our Charlotte or Lottie..

I love the turquoise in the bib so wanted to use that as the main colour and the large flower is great as you can make them as big or as small as you need. There is however space on one of the pages for me to do some sort of text, I may need some words from mum or dad for this...

The photos are great as there were so many taken in a short space of time. I do think she got a little bored due to the big Yawn she did... Lol..

We need to take and print our more of Emily and it looks like I will get the chance whilst helping out when mum goes back to work soon... If and when i'm needed the camera will be by my side although a new one is needed so I best start saving.

I will be back with more pages soon as my cards are on the back burner for now.. I will do more when I can find my MOJO again...

Come back soon but leave some love too so I know you have been over to look...

Lynn xx

Melt Pot and Grunge paper....

Hi,

Less than 24 hours and i'm back again...

I promise that I would put some pictures on for Marie in Canada a while ago and then I never got around to it. Sorry Marie....!

So as well as the grunge paper flowers on the boxes I have used my melt pot....and wanted to show you the flower I made first and just love it....

The first box is the blue one and I wanted to keep it plain. There is a bit of a flaw in it but i'm not saying what but it is the melt pot flower that I love. The basic shape is one from a mega bag of shapes I bought from Craft Work Cards based here in Leeds and the middle is an old button that I bought from the market on the East coast of the UK and thought it was a perfect match. the side view is just to show that I try and thread ribbon around just to keep the box together a little as the sides kept coming unstuck using DS tape, on the cream box I managed to use eyelets..

The cream box was the one I made after watching Tim Holtz. It is not fantastic but I like it. The flower was my first one made with his grunge paper. The big bold beads that I bought from the same market on the east coast are wonderful and knew I would find a use for them as I just bought them because they were so nice... What are we like....Lol..

I have also finished my wedding card but will put it here in the next few days..

Get your melt pot out and use it it is so much fun, but I now want more colours ;o)

I would also love some of the TH sizzix flower dies.... My list gets longer every hour...

Lynn xx

Coices, choices... !

Hi,

I was very excited yesterday as I had 2 cards in my door which meant 2 parcels to collect although one is too far away and will be redelivered on Thursday now.

I have been to collect one today and was even more excited as it contained my new magnolias and some more Tim Holtz grungepaper and more of his goodies which means the parcel on Thursday will contain a set of his inks that I got on ebay... Bargain...!

I have had a chance to play with my stamps and have made a card that is on the magnolia group on PCP (i'm not sure about it but it is made now and the wedding card that I have started here but not sure which flowers to use...

I don't think I want an over loaded card just a minimalistic one. I may lok at it again after tea or tomorrow. Which flowers would you use???

I am looking forward to doing more on the project I started to email to magnolia hoping it will get into one of their mags... You will just have to wait and see but it is Big.... My son saw it today and could not believe what he had seen and thought it was beautiful but I think he his bias.... Lol

well I best make tea..

Lynn xx

Shrink Plastic

Hi,

I'm watching the tv and they are using shrink plastic which I love to use....

I never use my heat gun though as I tend to use it on a day when I have the oven on ...Lol...!

The cards I have made this week are are mostly made without any stamping other than 1 of them..

I just wanted a change... I have also used my melt pot at long last but I will show pictures of that some time in the week...

my granddaughter is coming along now too and is filling out that much I may not be able to pick her up that much soooon ;o( so i'm making the most of it when ever she is here. I took her to meet her great great aunt this week...

Well i'm missing all the shrink plastic tips so I will leave you to whatever wonderful creations you are making and see you sooooon.

Lynn xx

Just for a change..!

I have left my cards for a couple of days and have had a dabble at scrapbooking again...

I have quite a few albums on the go but am never happy with the results, but I keep trying..

These are my two darling grandchildren from Wales.. We will meet up again at some time this year for some more fun and a chance to get more pictures...

The black and white photo page is the one I like best, it does not look as good on the photo... the one thing I wish I had not put on is the white rose in the middle of the flower, I think just a plain pink brad would have been better....

The other two pages I like and have used up some embellishment sent in RAKs..... the more I do the better I hope to get...The white space is ready for some text.

Tomorrow I hope to have a go with my melt pot... It has been waiting for some use for ages (i bought it a few years ago as it had 30% off) I managed get the utee a few months ago..

My desk is getting to the point where I will be able to use it safely...Lol.. I have some flowers that i'm dying to use in it and after seeing the demo on qvc on Tuesday i'm itching to get going with it. I now wish I had bought the small "Cookie Cutters" in the sale in January when I had them in my hands.....

Let me know what you think of my scrapbook pages.

yesterday my hubby told me he had found the pile of odd socks I have in a drawer (the washing machine always eats one..) and said he may as well wear them.... OMG what am I to do with him...Lol..

I will have to add that to my album too.. ;o)

See you again soon.

Just Messing...!

Visitors have just arrived so I best keep it short and sweet.....

I have been finishing off more cards and have even put the verses in them and put some away in boxes...Lol.. I will add some ribbon to the boxes soon and a flower or two ready to give as presents...

We had snow again yesterday and it is forecast again for wed, Thur and Friday too so looks like I may have chance to finish some more off...

Here are the pictures, I got to go as the twins want some of my time too...!

I will be back before the end of the week hopefully..

Sweets for my sweet...

My friend was 40 a few weeks ago. I gave her a lovely box of hand made cards a nice pen and some refills, I also added a Note book to the inside top of the box. She loved them, but she loved the sweets the best. I had thought about adding more embellishment however she is not into crafting like we are and would have moaned about too much stuff on it so I kept it minimalistic (big word for me on a friday..Lol).

I showed my other friend it as the box was from the glasses she had bought for me at christmas along with a big bottle of white and some flowers (they know how to keep the boss sweet).....!

She loved it and she will now try and do something along these lines herself (I know she won't as she does not have a creative bone in her body, she will have the idea and ask me to do it).

She has never seen anyone get so excited over a clear plastic box...

The amount of sweets that box held was unbelievable. I can see a trip to the dentist looming, although my friend has just become a step mum of 4 children...

Hope you get some inspiration from it....

I hope to be back with more soon..