tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86377599995686846922024-03-16T18:53:08.479+00:00{Glitter Adventure}Ansohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021585524462797571noreply@blogger.comBlogger1476125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637759999568684692.post-53279061670019785082013-03-18T13:08:00.004+00:002013-03-18T13:09:13.693+00:00(Lawn Fawn) Easter Cards...I looove making Easter cards! Not that I make that many, but I just love the excuse to play with cute Easter eggs, bunny stamps etc. Lawn Fawn has a really nice little Easter stamp set out now which I couldn't resist (of course!) and which I used for this set of cards.<br />
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I also used the Polaroid frame from one of their other stamp set and an alphabet stamp set too. I managed to "fake" a circle with a Memento black marker (matching the Memento black ink I stamped the greeting in) to create the Swedish letter "å" too. Yay! And for those who have not guessed already "Glad Påsk" means "Happy Easter". :)<br />
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The background is made using some blue shades of Tim Holtz Distress ink pads and the images are (of course!) coloured using Copics (see image for shades used).<br />
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Off out to get these in the post now :)Ansohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021585524462797571noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637759999568684692.post-87197292241997726652013-03-08T09:38:00.001+00:002013-03-08T09:50:32.917+00:00My Christmas Album...I realised that I have totally forgotten to put my finished Christmas Album on here!! I always finish my Christmas album after December. Usually I scrap about half way and then, due to often not having access to my supplies, and I leave the rest until the next year. My album this year was finished very early in February. I normally finish late February some time.<br />
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I made my album from scratch and my covers from scratch. I can't remember the exact size of the covers right now but I made it so the pages inside will hold 2 landscape 15x10 cm (6x4 inches) photos above each other.<br />
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The covers are made by chipboard and covered in Echo Park papers both inside and out. Then I added some Distress Stickles to some of the pattern in the paper.<br />
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My album is bound with the largest O-Wire and the Bind-It-All machine. Red wire. I kept my pages as non-bulky as I could and bound it as all the pages were finished.<br />
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The reason that I didn't bind it when I made the covers is that I was unsure how many pages I wanted for each day (depending on how many photos I wanted to feature) and what order I wanted my pages in (I have lots of varied sizes of pages).<br />
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I ended up using one page for most days but I also have days that have 5-7 (!) pages. I love, love, love working with the format of different sized pages and have done so for several of my Christmas albums in the past too. I know this won't be the last time either :)<br />
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Just like it's super nice to have finished the album from last Christmas, it's super exciting to get to start the album for *next* Christmas. Come December, I'll be so ready again and I already have plans for an album that I might use... :)))<br />
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<br />Ansohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021585524462797571noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637759999568684692.post-67394762905418110432013-03-01T12:27:00.003+00:002013-03-01T12:27:50.303+00:00Copic Bargain...I'm a happy girl! Got myself a mad Copic bargain earlier in the week which arrived late on Wednesday evening. I swatched them on my chart yesterday and hoping to get some colouring time in later today perhaps...<br />
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And why do I call it a bargain...? Copics are not really exactly cheap? Because I got them at HALF price. AND it was a good price to start with ---> £4.80 making them £2.40 each :))) Unfortunately they only had so many colours so I grabbed the ones that I didn't have and was very grateful to be able to add a few more colours to my collection :)<br />
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I've made some more cards but I haven't had the time to take photos of them yet, so that is something to come... But that will have to be done another day as I'm starving! Better go and make some lunch!<br />
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Have a great weekend :)<br />
Ansohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021585524462797571noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637759999568684692.post-12344140218562128912013-02-15T11:51:00.002+00:002013-02-15T11:51:36.075+00:00Birthday Star...Hope you all had a great Valentine's Day yesterday! Mine was even better than I could have hoped for - we had a fantastic day and were even (unexpectedly) able to spend most of it together. :)<br />
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The <a href="http://glitteradventure.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/hello-again.html">Clean & Simple 2</a> card class has already ended but I'm still getting ideas from it. And going back through some of the materials a second time too. I desperately needed a male birthday card and - as usual for me - I get really, really stuck when it comes to male cards (though only if the recipient is over 10 years old or so!)<br />
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One card from the class, by Jennifer McGuire, with some fun techniques kept sticking in my head. But it had the idea of a sun, all the "wrong" colours and hearts. After some thinking I realised that I could easily convert it to a more male card if I let go of the sun idea completely.<br />
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For the card I used some round Nestabilities dies, stamping/embossing, stamping (various star stamps from various sets) and Inktense pencils + water. There's also some dry embossing on there, lines in between the "star lines", though I'm not sure that is so visible in the photos...<br />
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<br />Ansohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021585524462797571noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637759999568684692.post-19221651401613751492013-02-04T11:49:00.000+00:002013-02-04T11:49:06.583+00:00Rainbow Animal Card...<a href="http://glitteradventure.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/hello-again.html">Last week</a> I mentioned the card class that I'm taking at the moment. I made a second card last week too but never got the chance to photograph it and get it on the blog. So here I am with it today instead :)<br />
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The challenge for "day 2" of the class was to make a one layer card. As in NO extra layers of patterned paper, cardstock etc. Just working straight onto the card blank.<br />
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At first I was a bit stuck. I nearly always have other layers on my cards. Then my eyes fell on my Christmas present. My Inktense pencils (I might just write more about these one day as I L-O-V-E them!) and since I needed to make a birthday card for my little niece Agnes, I put the two together and with the help of lots of Lawn Fawn stamps I came up with the card above. Colouring this made me soooo happy! :)<br />
<br />Ansohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021585524462797571noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637759999568684692.post-62236345622407940462013-01-31T11:59:00.004+00:002013-01-31T11:59:42.518+00:00Hello Again...Um... it's been... a while... And I'm not going to make "excuses" as to why I have not blogged as usual (because that's boring to write & read!) but there has been various reasons and that's enough said on that matter :)<br />
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So crafting. Have I still been crafting? Yes! Though maybe not quite as much as I'd like to. We moved in the autumn. Can't even remember if I mentioned it here or not. Anyway the good news is that I have a much bigger room for my scrapping/card making/crafting, but it's still not completely unpacked... so I have been doing what I can.<br />
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Right now I'm taking the Online Card Classes current class by Jennifer McGuire, Kristina Werner and Julie Ebersole to get some card inspiration and it's proving a lot of fun! :)<br />
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It's only a 2 week class and I realise that I won't be making cards every day, but I love going through the lessons and getting inspired. Also I will be working behind, regardless, as I prefer to do my crafting in the daytime and the lessons arrive about mid afternoon here as they are scheduled in the morning in the US....<br />
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Anyway this is the card I made inspired by Monday's class. I started off using a sketch by Jennifer McGuire but ended up doing something quite different to her card as I did not have the same supplies... so I'm not even sure it's too easy to tell it's based on the sketch...?<br />
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I used several different Hero Arts shadow inks and some Hero Arts stamps from two sets to make up the card design. Plus some foam adhesive, a heart punch, Glossy Accents and some Liquid Pearls. It was fun, and different, to do a card that relied so much on inks and very little additional paper :)<br />
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I already have an idea for my next card so hopefully I will be back on here again soon... ;)Ansohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021585524462797571noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637759999568684692.post-38640010591261589412012-11-30T11:39:00.001+00:002012-11-30T11:39:13.600+00:00Christmas Album... Preparation Time...Well it's that time of year again. Time to get ready to do my yearly December album, or my "Christmas Album" as I call it :) I'm doing my usual thing of 31 days from Dec 1st-31st. Works for me :)<br />
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I had a quick look at my previous albums. And there's quite a few. I have six already! Which kinda surprised me :) I spent some time thinking about what size and shape I preferred through the years. I have squares and rectangles, bigger and smaller ones...<br />
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I quickly came to the conclusion that I'm not too keen on square albums and this year I fancied making a portrait style one. I like it when I can fit 2 15x10 cm (6x4 inch) photos to a page, so I decided to make my covers a bit bigger than that. And yes I made my album completely from scratch, just like many I have done before. It just makes me happy :)<br />
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I think my album cover ended up being about 23x16 cm. But I'm not totally sticking to that format at all! Something that I have really learnt over the years is that I L-O-V-E working with the mixed page sizes. Totally love having the freedom for larger pages when I have lots of photos (or lots to say) and smaller on the less significant days. So a mix of page sizes it is.<br />
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I have not done too much preparation when it comes to the inside pages. Purely because I want to be able to have the flexibility of grabbing a larger or smaller page on the day. So it's pretty much a pile of patterned paper pages cut to different sizes at the moment.<br />
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Oh and for those who have done some clever spotting work in the photo above, yes I've decided to bind my album with the biggest o-wire and my Bind-It-All at the end. I did that another year and it works well as long as I keep in mind that I can't do too bulky pages as I work on them.<br />
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Bring on December :) Ansohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021585524462797571noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637759999568684692.post-43405050270952004772012-11-23T10:15:00.000+00:002012-11-23T10:15:00.364+00:00Birthday Copics (Part 2)...This is a post that follows on from <a href="http://glitteradventure.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/birthday-copics.html">yesterday</a>. And now I have finally taken the time to sort photos of the rest... So onto the second birthday parcel of Copics that arrived on Tuesday...<br />
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These really do a good job of complimenting my already existing E-shades etc. And good to have some more oranges. Something I was quite lacking. The odd very pale R-shade is included too.<br />
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I mentioned in my post yesterday that I didn't have too many greys. Constantly when I colour I notice that I could really have done with some more greys so this will be really handy. Plus some more blues and BG colours. And two missing greens - of course! Happiness :)<br />
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And a mixed photo of all of them just because. I feel so, so lucky to have such a big addition to my Copic collection in such a short time. I think everyone who love Copics hope to some day in the future have them all. Whether this will happen or not... who knows. But this has made a nice little dent in the missing colours part for me :) Birthdays are great!</div>
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Finally a photo of my Copic chart from a few weeks ago, and below one with the updated colours added. <br />
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Right my back is killing me so I'm going to get off this computer and let these colours make me happy instead while I have a little rest :)<br />
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Wishing you all a great, great weekend :)Ansohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021585524462797571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637759999568684692.post-63403187109565560922012-11-22T13:14:00.001+00:002012-11-22T13:14:57.967+00:00Birthday Copics...On Tuesday it was my birthday! I got totally spoilt with some great presents. But the day in general was pretty rubbish. I got severe back pain on the sides of my back. After getting medical advice there was a worry that it could be kidney related and I needed to see the doctor THAT day. Oh fun! So I spent most of the day on the phone to various places and waiting at the doctor's. That and being in pain. Good news? Turns out they think kidneys are ok and it's nothing acute. Backs can be "funny things" the doctor said. Bad news is that I was sent home with a load of pain killers that doesn't really seem to help and here I am 2 days later hurting just as much...<br />
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Oh well... Let's get onto something fun instead. Like... Let me think... Copics?! Yes I love Copic markers and on my birthday two big parcels with Copics arrived.This is the first lot... <br />
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The fluorescent shades which I have been sooo close to getting many times but never have done. I have always prioritised something a bit more "sensible", like some more very useful E-shades or something. But they are finally mine and just looking at the colours make me so, so happy! :)<br />
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Some more greys. I have been lacking in this department so they are a few to compliment the greys I already had. Plus some blues and I l-o-v-e the BG shades. Yum!<br />
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Then, because I always tend to buy/wish for greens, one has to sometimes think it IS useful to have some other colours too so a bit of red and yellow etc.<br />
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And finally this photo of all of them just because... Well, just because it makes me so happy to see them all in one fun colour mix :)<br />
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I'm off to take some photos of the second batch of Copic (yes I got TWO parcels, lucky me!) and will get back with them very soon. Probably tomorrow. See you then :)Ansohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021585524462797571noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637759999568684692.post-45806514974328167572012-11-15T14:33:00.000+00:002012-11-15T14:33:18.222+00:00Lawn Fawn Winter Card...Oooh how I have had my eye on Lawn Fawn stamp sets...! For a long, long time! I bought the snowmen set last year and since then I have been wanting more and more.<br />
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And I have finally got my hands on 3 new (to me) stamp sets by Lawn Fawn which are just super, super cute :) So I'm a very happy girl.<br />
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"Critters In The Forest" (that little hedgehog is soooo sweet!), "Critters In The Sea" (can't resist the happy whale!) and "Critters In the Snow" (mmm that bear, so cuddly... polar bear? brown bear? or even a panda? The possibilities!)<br />
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I have been scrapbooking, card making, stamping etc for a long time now yet I have never really ventured into paper piecing. I have seen some really cute Lawn Fawn cards done this way so I thought I would give it a try... I decided to start playing with "Critters In The Snow"...<br />
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This is actually my second bear on the card. The first one went in the bin as I picked a paper with a pattern that was far, far too busy and soon realised that I needed something more tone on tone. In hindsight I might still have tried the bear in a less busy pattern, but there's always next time... I'm really pleased with the paper for the igloo as I think that worked well. <br />
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The snowy ground/hills I actually drew/cut by hand as I didn't have a suitable stamp for this. The reindeer is stamped on a left over piece of a Basic Grey pattern from a long time ago and I used a yellow Copic marker just to give the antlers a slightly different shade of brown.<br />
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I had soooo much fun doing this and I can totally see myself doing this again. Especially with the Lawn Fawn stamps that work so well with this technique. :)Ansohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021585524462797571noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637759999568684692.post-52414607969171546262012-11-07T12:23:00.001+00:002012-11-07T12:23:43.227+00:00Playing With Wood Colours...I've done some playing and practising with my Copics this week. At the moment I'm trying out different combinations of shades for wood...<br />
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Then I started picking some other colours and came up with a slightly lighter and more beige version:<br />
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And I really like this one. It's a bit brighter and more "me" in the colours so that makes me happy :)<br />
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Finally I decided (though I was very, very sceptical about this!!) to try some browns with more red tones in them...<br />
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And that combination surprised me most of all... <br />
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Here you can see all three together and who knows if I don't like the redder toned one best. Or the middle one! :) Normally I'm not even a "red" person at all so that's really surprised me and made me realise even more that it's good to think outside the box and try combinations which you have never tried before.<br />
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Hope this was useful to someone else but me too and, if you have time, I'd love to hear your own recommended shades for wood please :)Ansohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021585524462797571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637759999568684692.post-51521098466504975462012-10-31T11:23:00.000+00:002012-10-31T11:24:54.957+00:00You Have A Piece Of My Heart - Card...After re-doing my Copic chart etc I have been longing to colour with my Copics all the time. I brought out a stamp which I have been wanting to use for a long time and got to work...<br />
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Isn't this image just too cute? I love the Penny Black cats and find them really hard to resist. This is actually a woodmounted stamp too, so I can have it sitting on my shelf where I can see it :) I wish I'd made a note of what Copic shades I used so I could put them on here, but I thought of it too late. Sorry about that! <br />
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Here's my finished card. Not sure if the faint colour matched stamping in the background (dotted spirals on the main portion of the card and text on the right side) show up very well on here. Both are made using Hero Arts background stamps :)Ansohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021585524462797571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637759999568684692.post-53056529367579803412012-10-23T14:06:00.000+01:002012-10-23T14:06:19.635+01:00A Happy Copic Edition...I have not bought any new Copics in... well, I think over a year. So I was very, very excited to get a new Copic order in the post... :)))<br />
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It's the 12 "new" colours for 2012. I say "new" as they are not really new anymore, but new to me and new to the Copic colour selection since this year. I also got a few others to go with that. I especially noticed that I was a little low on the blues (compared to other colour families) so I made sure I added a few more of those.<br />
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I said in my <a href="http://glitteradventure.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/testing-to-post-from-blogger-app.html">last post</a> that I had just printed a new colour chart (my old one was years old -2009- and missing boxes for more recently released colours from 3 years) and here it is finished with my new shades added.<br />
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Ayesha, you asked how many colours I have at the moment. The honest truth? I had NO idea, literally not even a guess. Seriously! So I started counting on my new chart and, unless I went wrong somewhere, I got it to be 207 (inc my new ones). I have collected these for several years now, and like all Copic lovers, my dream is to one day have the complete colour set. Will that ever happen...who knows?! In the meantime I'm very, very happy with the colours I do have and I enjoy them a lot :)Ansohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021585524462797571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637759999568684692.post-2516837272443133042012-10-09T13:11:00.001+01:002012-10-09T13:11:53.883+01:00Testing To Post From Blogger App...... Got the blogger app on my iPad (though I wish there was an iPad version... I don't think there is...?!) and thought I would make a test post today.<br />
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I'm in the middle of making a new colour chart for my Copics. My old chart was from 2009 and had hand drawn boxes (by me) for the colours that has been released since then.<br />
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For a long time I have thought I should print out a new one... And now was finally the time :)<br />
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So let's see if I can get a photo into this blog post too...<br />
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(Ok it's looking like it will include an image for me. But I have no idea where in the post it will appear?! Anyone got any experience with this please? Can I tell it where I want it even...? Help gratefully received thanks!)<br />
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I've been dying to use these (Prima?) papers from a very long time ago, and finally I had some photos that fit them colourwise. Yay!<br />
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Keeping today's post very short as I have a very busy day today. :)Ansohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021585524462797571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637759999568684692.post-68690772450189733902012-09-25T13:40:00.000+01:002012-09-25T13:40:00.757+01:00Banana Or Biscuit...?And yes, that is possibly the weirdest layout title I have ever chosen LOL!<br />
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These photos were taken on a visit to Nostell Priory - a huge National Trust estate with some great walking areas and a fantastic kids' play forest. It really wouldn't be fair to call it a playground because it stretches a long way through the forest and is something pretty special. Even fun for an adult!<br />
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The title is a long story and refers to my nephew and his choice (or rather change of choice) when it came to a stop and picnic time. It was indeed a very funny thing to watch his face when things appeared. :)Ansohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021585524462797571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637759999568684692.post-13325660822826179762012-09-18T13:16:00.000+01:002012-09-18T13:16:00.113+01:00A Very Short Break......and that is the title of the layout below, not any sort of announcement that I'm taking a short break or have indeed been on a short break LOL!<br />
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Using up some pretty old papers here. I have decided that my patterned paper collection contains plenty to keep me going so I'm trying to get some used up rather than buying more at the moment. Which is a great feeling! I don't know about you, but it just makes me smile so much especially when I can use up scraps while doing layouts and cards. Such a good feeling :)<br />
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The main background paper here is by Making Memories I believe and the rest are just very old little bits. The paper flower is by American Crafts and so are the Thickers of course :)<br />
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I love it when you can make cards completely from off cuts of scrapbooking pages coupled with some stamps. So great not to have to cut into full 12 x 12 sheets just for small card pieces :) I used some old papers by Basic Grey etc and a Swedish "grattis" stamp by Magnolia to make this card.<br />
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This seriously yummy coloured collection by Echo Park called Everyday Eclectic. I think Echo Park is my favourite paper manufacturer right now. Going back in time, somewhat, I used to love Scenic Route (oh why did they have to stop making their beautiful and useful collections?!), then October Afternoon and now it's definitely swapped to Echo Park :)<br />
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Next up is some washi tape. And let's face it, can you ever have enough washi tape? I don't think so! It's so very useful and also it doesn't take up too much space which is always a bonus. Right now I'm drooling over the new chevron washi by Queen & Co. Especially the green of course! And the pink. And the blue. And black even...<br />
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And since we've already mentioned my love of anything green, these new inkpads by Hero Arts just scream "me". I definitely need the green but would also love the blue and purple too...<br />
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What's on your scrapping wishlist today...?Ansohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021585524462797571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637759999568684692.post-85331402048694596072012-08-29T13:38:00.004+01:002012-08-29T13:38:43.535+01:00Dino Card...I bought this stamp set with cute dinosaurs by Penny Black in a craft sale about a year ago... I'd always liked the look of it (and thought the dinosaurs were just too cute!) but I couldn't really justify the full price for it. After all, how often do you feel the need to stamp dinosaurs?! LOL!<br />
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Having said that, I have actually ended up using this stamp set far, far more than I thought I would do. :)<br />
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The grass is made using the Martha Stewart fringe (?) scissors. I don't have the packaging anymore so I don't know the exact name. It's the ones with several blades. And the clouds are from a Studio Calico/Hero Arts - I just love these. A bit of Glossy Accents on two of the clouds and the little boy card was complete :)Ansohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021585524462797571noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637759999568684692.post-15162437672658438612012-08-21T14:44:00.000+01:002012-08-21T14:44:33.449+01:00Cupcake Card...The need for birthday cards seem to come in bursts for me. Need lots, not so many, and then lots again and so on. This time of the year it's "lots" again :)<br />
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I bought this big cupcake stamp about a year ago with the intention to use it for birthday cards. And this was a perfect time. I left a bit of the white cardbase at one side to create the spine and also to make it be able to stand up better.<br />
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It's coloured with Copics and some old hotfix (where I never actually bought the tool and only attach them with a little drop of glue) jewels plus some Glossy Accents for the cherry on top. Oh and lots of sparkly Stickles glitter glue of course :)<br />
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Got some more cards to get made now...Ansohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021585524462797571noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637759999568684692.post-62271528774418417212012-08-14T13:09:00.000+01:002012-08-14T13:09:28.751+01:00Back From Vacation...We have just returned from spending an amazing 3 weeks in Sweden with my family. We really didn;t want to leave. And we were soooo lucky as we had fantastic weather too. I have never been as tanned in my life - and that was even within one week of being there! I have no idea how that worked LOL!<br />
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We had a lot of barbecues while there. And I mean a lot. I lost count after a while. But since we'd only had ONE this summer in the UK, and I love them, I was all for it... :) <br />
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We spent time at this amazing beach! Within walking distance. A beach which I have spent time on every year ever since I was born. Lots of nice memories and happiness connected to this place. :)<br />
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...and of course we had some ice-cream! From the best place I know. And a total summer tradition not to be missed. Oh and we might have had to go there a second time too before we left for the UK...<br />
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Coming near to the end of our Sweden trip, we also made a short trip with an overnight stay at the island of Bornholm (which belongs to Denmark).<br />
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Again we were so lucky with the weather for this trip and had an amazing time there. It's such a cosy little island and 2 days were just about perfect to see the most of it.<br />
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When we returned from Bornholm we had some more time left over for our beach in Sweden before it was time to get on the plane to the UK (and yes that is really how "busy" this beach is...there are only private roads from the houses near where we are so "tourists" never get to these parts).<br />
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...and now being back in the UK, well it feels like the summer is over :( The temperature is several degrees lower and we have seen mostly clouds. I feel like my tan is fading already. It would be nice to get some sunny days before the autumn is here...! :)Ansohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021585524462797571noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637759999568684692.post-50458675725787842972012-08-03T12:11:00.000+01:002012-08-03T12:11:00.477+01:00Flower Bargain...A little while back I posted about the <a href="http://glitteradventure.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/pretty-flowers.html">progress of our outside flower</a> pots. As this is something I tend to do a "before" and "after" scrapbooking layout about most years, this year was no different:<br />
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So far I have only made the "before" layout. That is when the plants where planted in the pots. I have some "after photos" printed, but that's a job for another day...<br />
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I also wanted to document what a plant bargain we ran into. Over 120 plants (and yes, of the types that we were after anyway) and they were supposed to be £18 but we got them for just over £6. A real bargain! And as I type this, they are so, so pretty and colourful - totally brightens up the garden :)<br />
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Can't wait to make the follow up layout... :)Ansohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021585524462797571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637759999568684692.post-39661050056063523022012-07-26T12:06:00.000+01:002012-07-26T12:06:00.293+01:00The Fluffy Cat... Or What Was The Name?Quite recently we got some new neighbours. They had a cat with them. A super cute fluffy cat which was very friendly and frequently walks into our kitchen if we have the door open when it's warm...<br />
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We didn't know her name in the beginning and, as with all cats in the neighbourhood, we make up little names for them to refer to them by. Due to the long fur one this one we ended up calling her "Fluffy". "Oh Fluffy has come in to the kitchen again" and so on. Later, when speaking to our new neighbours, we found out that the cat's name was Gaga or Lady Gaga (yes, named after... of course!) So a little layout about our new friend was made :)Ansohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021585524462797571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637759999568684692.post-24098173766189619422012-07-19T12:00:00.000+01:002012-07-19T12:00:12.477+01:00A Very Productive Time...I spent a lot of last week in an empty house (think no furniture, no entertainment etc - nothing) waiting around while various workmen came and went. I packed up a little scrapbooking tool kit and some scrapbooking page kits to bring with me...<br />
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Each kit was very simple. A few papers (perhaps a sheet of cardstock in a few cases) some photos, alphabet and a few embellishments. I wasn't sure whether I'd do nothing or loads. I ended up coming home with 13 layouts. 13 new layouts for my 2012 album. It felt very good adding them to my album this morning for sure :)
Definitely something I will try again.<br />
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Sometimes it's a lot quicker and easier to scrap when you only have a very small amount of supplies on hand.<br />
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