Roll up, Roll up!!!!

What are your plans for National Scrapbooking Day this coming Saturday?? Fancy playing along in some fantastic challenges all day long? Fancy some winning some scappy goodness?? Then....... Come and join me and the rest of the Scrapwhispers Team for a funfilled day of scrapping and more. We are having a May fayre, fete, fair themed day. Everyone welcome. On the scapwhispers blog all this week Georgina will be putting some sneak peaks of some of the prizes up for grabs... You won't be disappointed. Come and play, and join in the festivities!! See you there!

Glitterball!

Scrapwhispers is back with a new challenge!! We are going to be having a relaunch next week, so in the meantime we are hosting a "just for fun" challenge, just so you're not left waiting too long! Challenges are also changing to a friday instead of a Sunday giving you plenty of time to play along (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) This weeks challenge is Glitterball. We want to see glitter and sparkles on your projects. The title of my layout kind of gives it away, but I got to see Beyonce last year. In these photos she was wearing a glittery, gold dress. And she stood still long enough for me to get a photo! So I just had to frame them. I used Papermania's "Chatsworth" frame stamps, and heat embossed them with Gold Tinsel embossing powder from Heat it Up. The paper is DCWV All Dressed Up. So thats your challenge. Come and show us your sparkly layouts, cards, altered items. Don't forget we are taking sign ups for the main Scrap Whisper!!

Scrapwhispers

Yay!! Scrapwhispers is back tonight with a brand new challenge! We are also taking sign ups for the next Scrapwhisper main game! If you have never played before, check it all out here. I promise you, you will have so much fun! Don't forget to check us out. See you there... :0)

The Boy AKA Mister

I did this layout based on a sketch on Creative Scrappers but its not a challenge one... though I thought it was at first (that'll teach me to read things properly!) Anyway, its about time I started being brave and scrap The Boy's photo's. This photo was taken when he was around 5 weeks old and was still known as Mister. I couldn't decide on a name until I had to register him, and even now he is mostly called Mister by pretty much everyone! The papers are a mix of my scraps of BG Marrakesh & lemonade, K&co Hopscotch Boy, and DCWV Nana's kids.

Creative Scrappers - Sketch 98

I've just found creative scrappers challenge blog and I'm in love with the sketches! This is the latest sketch, #98 What I love about this sketch is the clean lines and the single column focus. I recently rediscovered my photo albums from when I lived abroad in various places, and one of those places was Copenhagen, Denmark. Of course I did the touristy things but The Little Mermaid is one of the tourist attractions that I would visit on a regular basis. She would always be surrounded by people from all over the world taking her photo but there was always such a serene air about her. I used to love sitting on the rocks looking out to sea and getting my thoughts together. I've really tried to capture that serene feeling in my layout by using BG Wisteria, Graphic 45 Baby to Bride papers, BG Eskimo Kisses alpha stickers and my scraps of BG porcelain and Eskimo Kisses papers to make the lollipop flowers. The border punch is Fiskars Apron Lace. If there was one place I could go back to, Copenhagen would definately be it!! Maybe one day... (drifting into daydream mode..... :) x

As promised- DD's card

This card took my DD hours to make! Bless her, she tried so hard with these ribbons, trying to get them to stick with a glue stick then decided a stapler would be better. Then she flipped it over and on the other side is a 'button garden' (in her own words). Here, she had asked if she could use my glue, of course I said yes without realising she meant my stickles!! I think the placement of the buttons is well on the way to being a modern masterpiece.. but then I would say that wouldn't I?! :)

Whiff of joy colour create

DD and I are still crafting and I was hoping to be able to show you DD's creation but its still in the creative process... i.e DD is having a whale of a time rifling through my papers, ribbons and anything else she can find while she thinks I'm not looking! So in the meantime heres a card I'm entering into 2 challenges: Whiff of Joy - Sketch and Colour Create - Lilac, grey and white. I've used Shy Willow and Cool Oakley for this and instead of doing them in the usual rectangle box I thought I'd cut them out and pop them up on foam dots. Not sure I like it but its a bit different to my usual. The papers are from BG Wisteria (I have to say it, they are not my favourite BG collection) and there is a piece of white flocked vellum that I picked up donkeys years ago. I had a go at paper piecing Willow's dress too with some Wisteria scraps. Thanks for looking Kel x