whoops!

..so the pictures came out in another order: first is the card, second the one I really think is great and third the post-it pad. Sorry!!

I've been busy!

Here are my latest creations! The first is one of the post-it pads that I have made. I read on another blog somewhere that these were 'hot' at the moment and thought it was a great idea for using all my leftovers.........but then I started making my own design paper and voila, I had made something NOT from scraps at all!!! But it is great technique called GHOSTING. And GLIMMER MIST on paper flowers is awesome; fantastic results, you have got to try it! The middle picture is a card using the rest of the paper I made and Edwin of course...and the last one is my masterpiece! well, in my opinion at least. I have used so many different techniques so hardly a 'cheap' card, but it is beautiful.

And that was my day. Hope yours was as creative as mine.

change of heart

I have been thinking about making a new header for my blog for a while now, and excuse the lack of technical ability in getting it right, BUT! I have managed to get one made all by myself!!! It reads: 'life has many untravelled paths; choose carefully'. I have chosen this one because I think when one is nearing 50 the options are still as many and as diverse as they always have been but making the right choice is much more important. Well to me anyway. What I have time for, where would I like to see and go, do I dust or scrap...these determine my way right now! I am enjoying my life that is for sure, but there is still so much more to come and that is the adventure called LIFE. Live it fully. Take those opportunities as they come. Make the best of every day. Fill your cup to the brim. What ever you are scrapping or whatever you are photographing, that snapshot only lasts a fraction before it is gone. Don't waste it!!!

Inspiration

I love Ali Edwards blog and scrapping style!! She has such a lot of interesting links there and her idea of taking a photo every day for a year is something I personally cannot do, but I am thinking about one a week!!! I think that will do, and I plan to start on 28th February when I will turn 49. So I will have a year of photos taken up until I am 50, appropriate really! A good time to see what happens to me in this phase of my life. Am I ready for it? Do I feel THIS OLD?!!!! No! Not my a long chalk, but sometimes my bones are stiff and I creak a little when I get out of bed...but in my HEAD I am still probably 28. That was a great time for me, or 18 when I fell irrevocably in love for ever, or 34......the decades have all had something wonderful to offer so why shouldn't the next one do the same?.................... And then I found LISA LEONARDS delightful silver jewelry and fell in love with her stuff right there and then! I am such a sucker for simple but unique items, and her tag necklaces are lovely. www.lisaleonard.blogspot.com is where you can find them. I am hoping to be able to order one for myself but I know my daughter will also love them and she is 21 this year so here is a surprise I can arrange for her I hope; a personalised gift from me to her. Love you, Becci!xxxxx And I can hear you saying ' you wanted storage for your birthday' Suzanne (earlier post), and I DO, BUT!!!! one of these would be so NICE!!!! But what would my tag have on it............... one little word that says it all: my word for this year: I have several I could use:- dream / achieve / grace / patience / search / change / age / live / embrace / joy / grasp. So many tags though!!!!! I think I will choose one of these as they all suit me right now, and I would be happy to have any one of them around my neck. And now I am off to scrap before meeting Loes for coffee and just sharing our last few days with one another. Sport is off limits today; we are shattered! but we will be going later on this week, promise! And she has printed out some of her photos from China now so we can start on the album soon...exciting!! Have a great day yourselves folks; it only comes along ONCE!

Ladies who scrap!

This is the layout I made for the challenge 'button up' for Scrapfever. I think it is great!! I have captured two of the little dogs that belong to an acquaintance of mine, sitting at the scrap table eagerly watching everything that we did!! They are so sweet and it was super having a new subject to scrap. I have used the buttons as flowers on the fence on the right and as accents across the page. I am happy with it and that is important.

I have also been busy making the notelet pads which is fantastic when you want to make something fast and at the same time use up lots of small leftovers. I am making them as little presents for my friends. I will take a photo this week. It has been really extremely busy this week. I have given 3 workshops which were all super but quite draining on the old energy level when I had late evenings as well. I am the early bird not the midnight oil burner!!!! But it was really super today and it went very well indeed so after a little toddy I am feeling less exhausted and more relaxed. Only the housework is taking a back place and needs some attention this week! Now I am just waiting to watch 'Lark Rise to Candleford' and then bed!!!!

wish I were a dormouse this morning!!!

My wish for today would be to find a very large teapot, crawl inside and fall fast asleep for months!!! I am shattered and have got a huge desire to do nothing all day!! But that cannot be because I have to see the GP and then have a blood test and then...............all the other things I have on the list! And then later on this afternoon I have to work for a couple of hours; if I can stay awake!!!! I am a body that HAS to have enough sleep otherwise I am useless to man and beast. When I was in college I had Glandular Fever quite badly and that has had a long term effect on my energy levels after 7.30pm!!! They rapidly disappear!!! But hey, I am putting my best feet forward and trying NOT to focus on the fact that I cannot eat or drink until after ten this morning!!!! On a lighter note I am going to make a Layout for the Challenge at Scrapfever. Yvonne has set this one: a 12 x 12 inch LO incorporating BUTTONS. I have an idea but first I need to find them! I am going to plead for proper storage for my birthday from my DH and friends! I adore that 'lazy susan' style container from making memories (I think) and I need storage for ribbon etc from Cropper Hopper.......and for my kitchen roll. Where oh where can I find an old-fashioned wooden kitchen roll holder?!!!!! I don't like the modern ones for my scraproom so I am on the hunt! It is going to feel like a very long day...........................

Phew, I'm shattered!!

I am shattered! I have given a workshop all day and although I thoroughly enjoyed it, it does demand a high concentration level and a lot of 'one the spot' thinking! Tired or what....but I think the ladies who were here are also having scrap- thoughts swirling around in their heads this evening!! It was really great fun and so nice watching people learn about scrapping and creating their first layout etc. I am trying to stay awake long enough to enjoy "Lark Rise to Candleford" in half an hours time as I love this new series on the BBC. I read the book as a child and loved it then so this is super to see it all over again. Are you watching it too? And of course there is MASTERCHEF on again....Tim and I love it! So far it seems a very high standard and the food looks mega delicious....does inspire me to make my meals look more inviting I admit..but I am SO tired.........can't concentrate too much now, got to go.................snore!!!

your question answered...

I fixed the frilly ribbon onto the box by first sticking it around with double-sided tape. To ensure it stayed in place I added tiny brads in the curves that just make sure it sticks to the wavy flower shape and that was all!! It is elasticated ribbon so there is a thin part that is fine to stick to the tape, but don't stretch it, let it go gently around the lid and be generous with it. I have got a ribbon under it that is there as decoration and to add to the design, but it is not necessary. Have fun! I'm delighted you like it.

Pretty box for my Magnolia's!

Loes gave me this chipboard flower box before Christmas but I never had the time to sit down and decide what I wanted it for! But yesterday I suddenly decided that it was a perfect 'home' for my Magnolia stamps so I set to work painting and altering it until it looked like this!! I have painted inside sunflower yellow and added paper around the rim and bottom as well, and then I got this gorgeous frill from the market this morning and hey presto! it was done! It is nice to have them on the desk and in a pretty box, so that I can just pick one up when I am in the mood to start another project! What d'you think; like it?