Warm up with Scrapwhispers

So are you starting to feel the autumn/fall weather coming now? We certainly are!! We have had some really blustery days here and theres no sign of it stopping. Today is really windy, there is not one cloud in the sky but boy, is it cold!! Our challenge this week for Scrapwhispers is all about the campfire. You can use camping photos or images, the colours of a campfire, any link you can find to give you that warm glow of the campfire. My layout is of DD in cold, windy french weather, while we were walking in the dunes. Lots of green, for the camping and orange for the fire. So come over and warm your cockles!! :0)

Its time for another blog hop with Scrap whispers. You should have come to me from Rosey's blog but If you have started here you need to go back to the main blog for Nilsa's tutorial and then begin hopping from there. Nilsa is showing us how to make a corner book mark. As you can see I couldn't stop! These are so fun to make. So to see how, make sure you start back at the scrapwhisper blog. Also don't forget our weekly challenge is up and this week we want to try and find a hidden mouse in your creations. Now its time for you to leap on over to Leah's blog. Have fun and don't forget to link us to your bookmarks

Scrapwhispers - The hidden mouse.

Hi all. Hope you've had a good weekend!? I'm really late posting this (so sorry!), I've just had some family stuff, and well you know how life can get in the way sometimes. This weeks challenge is just that. Terence Cuneo was a Military artist and in every picture he hid a mouse, only visable to those who went looking for it. So your challenge this week is to create a layout of a card and to include that hidden mouse. My layout is, of course, of the Magic Kingdom in Disneyland Paris and that mouse is there! (I apologise for the poor photo! Its pretty grim up here now) So come on over and get creative. See if you can spot the mice hidden in the DT creations.. ;)

STP: First Day of School - Eddie Garcia

Do you remember you first day at school? I do. I screamed the place down and my poor mother, how she must have felt leaving me. It was the first time she had ever left me with anyone. I was 5. So when DD started school I prayed and prayed she would not be like me and she would love going to school. My prayers were answered. In fact she didn't even look back!! She went right in, I called to her I'd be back later, and she just said "OK" and that was that. A breath of relief!!! Now a year later and she still loves going to school. Every friday she comes home and says that she has 3 sleeps til she goes back. I am going to cherish every minute of her loving her school days, because I hated mine so much! As you can see she was SO excited on her first day back and for going into a new year. I have used a mix of fancy pants and October afternoon papers and stickers for this layout, and an Owl badge that I found in paperchase. I am in love with their badges. Click here for the poem and to see what the other fabulous ladies at Scrap that poetry have created. What will you create?

Scrap it with a song Blog Hop Winner

I'm sorry I've been MIA this week, I was really sick over the weekend with a headache that left me pretty ill. But without further ado, the winner of my little RAK is

KELLY MASSMAN!!!

Congratulations to you! If you could contact me with an address and I'll get your prize posted out to you. Thanks to all of you who joined in! I hope you had as much fun as we did!

Also this week, because I was so sick I couldn't join in the scrapwhispers challenge but click here to see what the very talented DT created and maybe have a go too! :)

Hoppin' and a boppin'

Hey all and welcome to the first ever Scrap it with a song BLOG HOP!!!! If you have come here first, head on back to the Scrap it with a song main page for the full details. This weekend MTV are hosting their awards to show their appreciation to some of the worlds top musicians and so in honour of these awards we are going to sing along to our favourites as YOU hop. Each DT member is offering a prize too but you'll have to sing for your supper! :) so Make sure you get all the hop details from the main blog. I find it impossible to choose just one, single favourite artist or band, just beacuse I like so many different genre's of music. But for Reggae music, UB40 are my favourites. Calming, soothing, and chilled out mostly. I saw them in concert last year and it was the perfect way to round off a busy year. They were supported by Eddie Grant which made it even better. So we had a dance at the beginning and then sang along to the classics like, Red, Red Wine, Cherry O baby, I got you babe, and Kingston Town. So there you go. Now its time for you to HOP on over to FAYES BLOG to complete Karaoke Hour. Before you go though, leave me a comment and tell me what latest song you can't get out of your head and I'll put you in a hat draw for an RAK! Happy hopping!!!

Scrap it with a song - you'll be in my heart

We have another great song choice for you to be inspired by this week, at Scrap it with a song! Phil Collins - You'll be in my heart from Disney's Tarzan. Sucha beautiful song with plenty of scrappable lyrics. Here is DD and The Boy. They are like this all the time... always together, and they don't like to be seperated. So this title is just perfect. I've used a mix of Crate Paper's Brook collection and MME Quite Contrary. Pretty different paper stacks but they just seemed to work somehow. Click here to see the full song lyrics. and check back on Wednesday to join in with Scrap it with a song blog hop!

Before and after

Hello. Me again. I'm a bit late posting this weeks scrapwhispers challenge. I've just had my neighbour here crafting with me. Can you guess what we did? Yep, a frame card... AND a matching envelope! We always have a lot of chat and laughs. Probably more than we craft... So onto this weeks challenge. This week we challenge you to show us the before and after. This challenge has taught me that I need to take more photos when I decorate, or when I get a new hair do... I found this realy tough.

Instead I chose to look at my Son's rapid growth from baby to boy. It just seems to have flown by! Obviously time is time but you know what I mean. Everyday he will say something new, or do a new action that reminds me time is precious. So what will you show us? Click here to view the full challenge and to see what the uber talented design team have done for this week.

Enjoy your weekend

Material Girl!!

Hi all, Just wanted to share a quick birthday card I did for one of my sister's. She is a total shopaholic and makes sure everyone knows what she's bought, where from and how much it was, so this card is her all over! Another frame card, these are seriously so quick and easy to do. The papers are from Papermania, the shopaholic stamp is from Sugar Nellie and the handbag one is from Hobby Art. I paper pieced the handbags to add colour quickly. I coloured the "Shopaholic" in using my new pro markers. I need plenty more practice I think.. I even decorated the inside, something I don't do often enough, with a sentiment from Penny Black. I added a little bit of my bargain basement lace and another handbag. It turned out that Sis had asked for a Handbag from my Mum so this card is even more fitting without even trying! Yay! I'm entering this card into this weeks Cute Card Thursday challenge of using material on your project. Thanks for stopping by! :)

Scrap that poetry - Ode to the end of summer.

So summer here in the UK leaves alot to be desired, mostly. for the whole of August its done nothing but rain... and I mean full pelt rain. We even had floods in some areas. So our summer ends when we finish up on our annual holiday away. So this layout to me sums up the end of our summer. This was the last day we had on the beach, DD was making sand angels and it was just bliss. The next morning we touched down on the runway to black skies and.... yup, rain! What will the poem inspire you to create? oh, and incase you're wondering, the kids go back to school tomorrow, its the beginning of Autumn and the sun is blazing... typical! :)