It's nearly crop time

It's the Altrincham crop this Saturday, so here's what I've done with this months kit.  I was inspired by the sketch over at:

Twisted sketches - sketch #75, circles (I extended the sketch over a double page)

It's not the greatest photo due to the light but the colours are lilac with some green in there too.

As always I can't let those scraps for to waste so here's a card I made, with inspiration from:

Get sketchy - sketch #64

A Passion for Papertrey Ink - scrapalicious

The paper in the kit are Kaiser and the stamp on the card is Papertrey Ink, from the Everyday Buttons set.

Thanks for popping by.

xxx

3,2,1 and I'm back in the room ...

... well the land of blogging!  Well it seems I've lost a week but it's all been good fun.  Last Sunday I went to a make and take hosted by the gorgeous Aimes and Kate from the A Passion for Papertrey Blog.  It was lovely to meet other people who love PTI products and I know I'll be keeping in touch with lots of the girls.

 

We made two gorgeous cards and I'll definitely be remaking them both again.

How cute is that car?

I then spent a couple of days at the office before coming home.  Normally I'd have found time to craft in an evening but this week I was preparing for this weekend and our annual Altrincham crop weekend up at The Nightingale Centre at Hucklow.  Woo hoo we're here and having a blast, it's one of my favourite places and I'm there with lots of my favourite people.

xxx

It's nearly crop time

Another busy day here but I managed to find time this evening to finish the second layout for crop this Saturday.  So again I used the Sakura Park papers from Kaisercraft.  I did add some chipboard letters and extra clear gems to finish this layout.
The finishing touches were inspired by the challenge at:
Tuesday Taggers - Diamonds are Forever - well there's lot of diamond style bling on this layout.


I'm loving this pocket card, I really enjoyed decorating the outside to match the inside.  It's funny where a trigger can take you:
Moxie Fab World - Tuesday Trigger - this trigger just had me set about making a totally girly project with a bit of red thrown in.

This outside of the pocket card and was inspired by the challenge at:
Chicken Soup - recipe #10 - those handbags had me searching through my stash for the handbag charm I knew I had somewhere and started this whole card off!

The inside was inspired by

ICS - sketch #83

Stamp with fun - sketch #76

Penny Black at Allsorts - punch away

She's a Penny Black stamp - evening glow and I used my Copic Ciaos to colour her:
Skin - E00, E21, RV10
Hair - Y21, YR31
Dress - R27, R29
Stool - C3, C5, C7
Gloves and shoes - 100
Pearls - Prima
Punch Martha Stewart
I used my very last scrap of paper to make this card and was inpsired by challenges at:
2 sketches 4 You - Kazan #61
One Stop Craft Challenge - fashion throughout the years

I found some 7 Gypsies texture rub-ons and added black velvet to it.  It's that piece on the right and was so easy and not messy to do.

The stamp is an old one that really belongs to my lovely friend Anna and I "coloured" it with my Copic Ciao's and glitter:

Skin - E00, E21, RV10

Hair - E08, E11
The message stamp is Papetrey Ink from Just the Ticket set.


Thanks to all those who've wished me a speedy recovery for my neck, it's much better today and I'm going to have a hot stone massage tomorrow, just to help it on the mend.
xxx

We have a winner

As promised at the beginning of last week a draw has been made from all of the comments to win the blog candy I offered.  So drum roll please ....

and the winner is StamperSue.  Sue send me an e-mail with your postal address and which 3 SWALK stamps you want and I'll get your stamps, your CD and Collall glue off in the post to you.  Congratulations Sue.

After all that excitement I thought I'd better get me finger out and get ready for our Altrincham crop this coming Saturday.  Well that was the plan but everything is taking a bit longer than usual as I've strained my neck, but it's on the mend so I'll be back to full speed very soon. 

This months kit is fabulous Kaisercraft papers and the colours are red, black and white.  As well as the patterned papers there's white card, red, white and black ribbon, lots of paper flowers and black and red adhesive pearls.  So you're in for a treat girls.

Here's one layout to wet your appetites, which was inspired by the challenges at:

Twisted sketches - scrapbook #6, fabric - I've used ribbon

The Pink Elephant - favourite colour and favourite embellishment, for a girl who changes her mind by the minute it's a tough one, but I'm in the red zone at the moment and my bows are never far from a layout or a card

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - #100, sketch

I'm hoping to have a second layout to share with you tomorrow along with a card made from the scraps.  I like my kit to go a long way.

xxx

Ready for Crop

It's nearly that special time of the month again - crop day.  Big smiles from me as I'm looking forward to spending the day with my friends.  As the sun has been out we've gone all out summery for the morning kit from K&Co and here's what I've done with it.

This page features a photo of me at one of my most favourite places - Port De La Rague.  The layout was inspired by the challenge at:
Chicken Soup - recipe 2 patchwork - I used my word stickers to make a patchwork panel

This card was made with the left over bit and was inspired by another of this weeks challenges over at:

Moxie Fab World - clean and graphic - I managed to walk away and leave some white space!

My friend Anna also made a page using the kit.  I love seeing what other people do with the same products. 

For the afternoon class we've got a Rusty Pickle layout class.  It's a great way to scrap 6 photos or more on a double page layout.  It's great colours and would suits lots of different themes.

See you Saturday girls

xxx