More scrappy shares (news + layouts)

First of all, I am SO thrilled and excited to have been asked to be part of this for another year:

I swear Pebbles just gets better and better with each new release...I'm so looking forward to seeing the new goodies in person and getting creative with them! Huge congrats to the rest of the girls...I can't wait to get to know you all!

I don't know what happened to me this weekend, but I was feeling super creative and made two more layouts...

 The supplies: patterned paper - American Crafts, Crate Paper, October Afternoon; cardstock, chipboard letters, tags, Flair!, brad, buttons, journalling ticket, fabric paper, chipboard button, adhesive - American Crafts; punch - Martha Stewart Crafts; other - twine; font - Cocktail Shaker

The journalling: "A cat's life is a hard one...nap, eat, repeat!"

The story: Sometimes I look at my cat and wish I was one...I swear all he does is eat and sleep. And maybe sometimes ventures outside to go and find another nap spot. HAHA.

The supplies: patterned paper, cardstock, chipboard letters, adhesive - American Crafts; stickers - American Crafts, October Afternoon; mist - Maya Road; punch - EK Success; font - Little Days

The journalling: "So proud...of the young woman you're becoming. You're really growing up little sis!"

The story: My sister turned 18 this summer and got a job in the city in a law firm who are going to pay for her course fees to train to be a legal executive...it's all so grown up! I'm a super proud big sister!

The details: Made this layout for the 7th August Studio Calico Sunday Sketch. Awesome layout my Sasha Farina as a starting point...just love the cirles. I always forget how much I love that EK Success Bumpy Road border punch until I use it again...I love love love it so much! I'd use it on every layout if I didn't think it would make me look really boring! Definitely want to use it more than I currently do though. Also haven't misted in SO LONG...I kind of got a bit scared of it to be honest...the spraying thing wasn't really working for me...never really liked how it turned out when I did it so stopped using them. And then felt so guilty seeing my 6 or so bottles just sat there. So I decided to get them out for this layout and unscrewing the lids and try sprinkling them instead, and I LOVE how it turned out! Definitely will be doing this more!! And it now REALLY makes me want to buy a load of Studio Calico Mister Huey's and October Afternoon Sprinklers...so many beautiful colours!!

Happy Monday!

A layout to share (aka how I spent my Friday evening)

Loving making scrapbook layouts just for fun right now, digging out older items from my stash to use on my pages. So seeing as I had nothing to do this evening, I thought I'd scrap these Instagram pictures my dad took of me at my graduation a couple of weeks ago.

The supplies: cardstock, foam letter stickers—American Crafts; patterned paper—Studio Calico, Pebbles Inc., American Crafts; journaling cards—Studio Calico, October Afternoon; camera sticker, apple die-cut, bracket die-cut—October Afternoon; border sticker, apple sticker, chipboard flowers—Sassafras; wooden letters—Making Memories; punch—Fiskars; font—Little Days

The journalling: "It wasn't as fancy or even as special, but I did get to wear a mortarboard this time!"

The story: My graduation this year was my second one so far. I say so far because I will be having another one in March. It's a very long story but basically when you do your degree at Cambridge, you automatically get an MA a few years later...I think it's to do with the amount of work that you have to do when you're there compared to at other unis. (E.g. one or two essays a week vs one or two essays a term.) Anyway, my graduation this year was for my PGCE (teacher training) and while it was still a very proud moment for me, it was nowhere near as grand, fancy or special as the day I graduated from Cambridge. BUT...I did get to wear a motarboard this time, which I was VERY excited about and wanted to document this little piece of information!! And I didn't have to wear a fur hood either, just a cloth one. I almost melted last time in my fur hood!!

I'm all for using what you've got when it comes to scrapbooking...on this layout, I wanted to use up those fab wooden Making Memories letters but didn't have the whole alphabet so I just substituted the missing letters for Thickers. I'm a little annoyed there wasn't enough room for the whole alphabet on the page, but I guess that's just the slight OCD in me. I'll get over it. HAHA.

Have a lovely weekend!

CHA product picks (part 2)

I loved seeing photos of CHA and all the new goodies and I guess now that CHA is over, a lot of the new stuff will start shipping soon...exciting much?!


Here's part two of my product picks...


Crate Paper

Random Collection

Peppermint Collection

Cosmo Cricket

Clementine

October Afternoon

Hambly Screenprints

Definitely lots of goodies there...I think I should start saving the pennies now!!

What are you loving from CHA? Have you pre-ordered anything in particular?

I've been creating...

 Just hopping on here quickly to share some projects that I've made lately. I moved house last week, which has somewhat halted the new blog schedule that I've been planning in my mind. I've stolen the odd half hour here and there in between all the hideous packing and unpacking to scrapbook...it's what's kept me sane during the move! I had no idea how much stuff I had...I've tried to be good and throw out/give away all the stuff I don't need/use but it's been a tricky task to sort through everything.


These first two projects were assignments for the Pebbles blog...

And these next two were just for fun...

Lots of lovely papers from American Crafts as well as the fun sewing pattern one from October Afternoon, along with a bunch of older embellishments from my stash (Sassafras, October Afternoon, Studio Calico, Jenni Bowlin)...really challenging myself to use up some of my old stuff :)

Pretty much everything here is from American Crafts Hello Sunshine...such a happy, summery line...I love it! And I found some doilies in the pound shop!! 72 doilies for £1?!?! Can you say bargain?!

Well that's it for now...will try to resume normal blogging ASAP. Now, back to the boxes... :(