The Serious Art of Pebble Throwing

This layout was done for the weekly challenge on UKScrappers. The challenge was to use Autumn colours, 6 of something, a Sting or Gwen Stefani song title and some sparkly bits

Funny Faces layout

I had these three photos which were not particularly good quality but I wanted to scrap them because of the faces Daniel was pulling.
So here is a digital page that allows the photos' defaults not to show too much

Welcome to Fatherhood Layout

The SLYMI challenge this week was to scrap a lesson learnt, so I took Neil as my subject and the ongoing lesson of becoming a father.

Precious

I started this digital layout just to get an idea of size and design so that I could do it with paper and things but I liked the computer produce one so much I decided to keep it as a digital one.

Abbey Meads Scrappers Birthday Crop

Today we have had an all day crop (get together to scrap) with two classes set by Total Papercraft a great day was had by all. Karen brought lots of her stock from the shop and I spent too much money as usual.
Here are the two layouts from the class


It would have been John's birthday today, so to celebrate and remember I did this layout using some of the photos I have of him, the smaller one on the front and the two shown on the inside were transparencies which I had put onto a CD the quality after all these years is not good but I have been able to enhance the colour of two of them and turned the other to a black & white photo.


below is a close up of the pull out pages from the above layout

All Change

I decided that it was time for a change of colour for my hair, I have been bright ginger for some time and because it was growing out and looking dull and uninteresting this was the right time to do it. I have gone RED

Life is a Journey Enjoy the Adventure, Layout

I love this photo of Daniel taken on a little steam train, I scraplifted this layout from one by Kirsty Maluga which I found in a magazine

eh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I picked up a packet of soft egg noodles today and I just had to take this photo

Twigs

I just love these photos of Daniel having so much fun in the grounds of Skipton Castle. He was running around picking up twigs and taking them back to show Helen, then poking them through the slats of the bench we were sitting on.


This layout was done for the SLYMI challenge on UK Scrappers which this week was to scrap in metal. I used thin copper sheet to punch out the border but then used the cut off strips and the little tiny bits of waste to make the seed heads

Music to my ears

The monthly challenge on UK Scrappers for September is Music Music Music, well as most of you who know me will realise I am not musical, not into music, can't sing in tune, can't hold a note, but...............
When Helen phoned me with these words "How many grandchildren do you want, Mum?" that was music to my ears indeed.
I have journalled all over this LO the excitement I feel in the anticipation of three grandchildren in as many years. and at 65 that was something I never believed I would have, and now at 69 wow

Baby in the house

I couldn't resist putting these two photos together in one layout

Introducing Rufus

I took so many photos of my new grandson on Saturday I thought I would use several on one double layout

This also fits the weekly challenge on UKScrappers which was to scrap something new, use primary colours (well I used one Blue), hand journalling (just a little under two of the photos) and flowers as the challenge was set by Flower Power Blossoms. I googled for the picture of Little Roo as this is likely to be Rufus' nickname while he is small anyway

Let Me Present

Let me present Rufus Redfearn Bainbridge the new man in my life

New Life

Today I have become a grandmother for the second time. My Son and his partner have just had a baby boy 2.29pm weighing in at 7lbs. He is a fortnight early and of course Neil isn't ready yet new house still needing decorating and they haven't moved yet. Still baby knows best when to arrive.

At the same time I have just done a layout of the scan of my third grandchild Helen's second baby at just 12 wks gestation. Did this for the SLYMI challenge which this week was to scrap something magical. I prefer to think of this as a miracle of new life and marvel of technology that enables us to see inside a mother-to-be's womb.

Back home and another Layout done

I came back home yesterday (Wednesday) so I can now do some paper and glue scrapping.
This one is for the weekly challenge which was to scrap about the weather, use red and white, 9 of something (which I forgot to do), Scalloped edges and hidden element.

Digital Layouts

Two more digital layouts that I did in Skipton the first one I really love, this photo was taken in the carriage of the little steam train. I use a flash to fill out the details and it seemed to work very well


This next one was for the SLYMI challenge where we had to scrap a bank holiday, well A day with Thomas on bank holiday Saturday seemed the perfect opportunity and I used Pencil Line sketch 79 to do it.

Well enough to get up to Skipton

At long last I am here in Skipton with my Daughter and family, Journey was very uneventful and straight forward for which I thank the Lord. Not too tiring either.
I brought up some little cars for Daniel and all we heard for the next half hour after I gave them to him was 'new cars' said in a very excited voice. Of course I had to scrap that.

Helen and Andy are both playing games on their computers so I thought I would do another digi layout from one of the photos I took today

The Cat The Mice and a lump of Cheese

The SLYMI challenge this week was a sketch challenge this gave me an idea for another one of my little treasures.

Throwing Stones

Another LO of Daniel. I used PencilLine sketch 124 for my inspiration I do find them a good place to start

Oh No

Well my roll was rudely interrupted by Swine Flu, this is the first day since last Wednesday week that I feel human again, still not completely better but well on the way, now need to build up my strength again, then perhaps I can go up to Skipton to see my family.
In the meantime I have been scrapping today and done the weekly challenge, which was to use Love as the theme, use five of something, incorporate memories and use a technique you hadn't used for a while.
I have scrapped very few of Helen and Andy's wedding photos and most of those I have scrapped I have done digitally so I am now on a quest to make an album of some of the photos with paper and elements. I thought this one very appropriate as the memory incorporated here is John, for as the journalling says:- Although your Dad couldn't lead you down the aisle his presence was there in the form of his beloved hat.
I made five poppies from a spray of artificial flowers with a brad and fibre centre and used my heat gun to create to golden swirls.

I'm on a roll!!!

Finished another page for My Little Treasures album last night, really beginning to get the hang of scrapping on such a small scale.



This one, Blue Bird, is a scraplift from a layout by Lythan Nevard in the September addition of Scrapbook Trends. I am pleased how it has turned out.
I used white textured cs, K&Co Addison Stitched strips pp (all from one piece), Ribbon, bling flowers Papermania (I think) and the transparencies I made using a dingbat font.

My Little Treasures Album

I wonder if you are like me and have lots of little things around the home that are special to you in any way. Not necessarily of an monetary value but not the less great treasures
I have decided to make a catalogue of mine for future generation and being a scrapbooker what better way than to give each item a layout page of its own.
I have made the Album too as I wanted it to be small just 6x6 and it needed to be something unique



I have so far done three pages, the first being one of the cross stitch pictures that John did, this is my favourite one of his done on fine evenweave linen with single threads so it is very delicate in appearance.



This next one was done for the SLYMI challenge this week which was to scrap using Something Old, new, borrowed and blue
the something old is this box which was given to me by one of my grandparents when I was a young girl
I have journalled about it under the photo mat which I hinged onto the layout with these little hinges

The something new is the patterned paper which I only bought yesterday. Something blue, the mat for the photos and also the fibre has blue in it. Something borrowed is the amber charm from a necklace.

I didn't realise that doing a small layout like this would prove so difficult, but most embellishments are made for standard size layouts 12"x12" and even 8"x8" are not too bad but getting enough information and decoration onto a 6"x6" is much more tricky. In the past when I have done this size I have done it digitally and of course you can make the embellishments to fit that size. Still I love a challenge so am enjoying sourcing this one out

Happiness is ....... Layout

This weeks challenge on UKScrappers was quite involved

Use up precious stash
Life Theme
Doodle, draw or illustrate
Swirls
Evoke cosy feeling

I wanted to use one of this month's kits from Total papercraft the BoBunny one and I found one of the first photos taken of Daniel that I hadn't already scrapped



I took a Pencil Line sketch as my inspiration No. 92

Sweet Baby Girl Layout

I saw a challenge Thursday for an all white layout and took up the gauntlet. This one is of my daughter the photos were taken in 1971.
I didn't want the journalling to show on the front so made a little card for it.
It was quite tricky to get a decent photo of the layout; I never realised that taking a pure white picture could be so difficult especially as there is plenty of texture here.



Here is the journalling

Freedom Layout

The SLYMI challenge for this week is Independance, this had me puzzled as to what to do for some time, until someone put a layout of their child camping, this reminded me of our caravan which we used so much going out practically every other weekend.

People watching

I just love watching children at play, especially when their parents are otherwise engaged in talking to friends.
In Starbucks the other day was a little lad of about 18 months playing with a little toy , not content to just play with it on the floor, he was poking it through the bars of the chair his mother was sitting on, as it pushed into her back she moved slightly and the toy fell on the floor, the little lad grinned from ear to ear, picked it up and began the process all over again, still the mother just kept on talking hardly noticing what he was doing but he was having such fun.

All Dolled Up Layout

Isn't it exciting when you find something from your past that you have completely forgotten about?
I have been looking through photo slides that were taken back in the 1960 when transparencies were the thing. What a lot of photos I took even then. Most of them are of places and so not that interesting to do layout of but some are of family, of myself and of John and of our cat Beauty.
In amongst these I found two photos, one of John and I and one of my parents, taken at a wedding. So I had to suss out who's wedding it was. Well as they were both taken in the same place it had to be a family member getting married as my parents and I didn't really share the same friends. It wasn't my brothers as mum's outfit was not the same. That really only left my cousin Roy, so finding some photos of that wedding, discovering that the ground was very wet (as it was in the photos of us) I have deduce that it must be the one.
I do know for a fact that mum and I made our own outfits, hence the title.

Love you Rudi Layout

The weekly challenge on UKScrappers is set by different people each week and I usually try to do it. This week's challenge set by a team was to scrap using 'Love' as the theme, to incorporate pearls and something recycled.
I thought my cat Rudi would make a good subject because I really love that animal, so I tried to catch him, but I am sure he realised what I was trying to do and kept just out of my reach. I nearly gave up and used an old photo of him and me, but didn't like the fact that my hair was grey and not the vibrant ginger it is now.
So waiting until he was lulled into a false sense of security I managed to pick him up, balance my camera on the mantle shelf and take a photo, or two or three, well I did eventually get one I was reasonable pleased with and here is the layout to prove it.

For the recycled bit of the challenge I used a little cat broach

Cyber Crop

I have been directed to another UK scrapbooking site called Scrap Stars and they had a Cyber Crop (CC) this weekend and I managed to do three paper layouts and one Digital, which was good

This one won me a prize which was brilliant. There is a lot of stitching in this and took quite some time to do but well worth it


This one also won a prize but for the life of me I don't see why as it really was put together very quickly and not, in my opinion very well.


and finally the digital one. This photo was originally a transparency from 1965, our honeymoon. I had this and others put onto a CD so that I could scrap them, the only trouble is that the colour is so bad now faded and gone blue that I have had to change them into black and white. Some I have been able to enhance the colour but with difficulty. Still I am pleased with this one as a black & white photo

MYO Album

In Scrapbook Inspiration this month was an article to make you own albums using the ring binder mechanism which gave me an idea, I had a deep A5 ring binder so I added mounting board to the covers by sticking them on with carpet double sided tape. then covered it all in material padded out with wadding added a ribbon on the front cover for decoration. I now have a unique 8x8 album for my layouts of my new grandson-to-be. I will make a 12x12 one as well for his layouts and one with different material suitable for Daniel now that he is two.

Splish Splosh Splash Layout

This week's SLYMI challenge was to scrap with three so I went overboard with the threes
Three Photos
Three strips of patterned paper
Three Words in title
Three Mirror Pebbles
Three Lines of Cord
Three Die cut Stickers across the top
Three Die Cut Stickers down each side

The Wonders of Modern Technology Digital Layout

I have been doing mainly paper layouts lately and was beginning to forget how to do a digital one, but this week's challenge on UKScrappers was the perfect opportunity to do another digi one.
The challenge was to scrap a celebration, use squares and stars, blue and birds and leave plenty of 'white' space (white space being an area with nothing on but not necessarily white)
I had such a lovely thing to do for the celebration with these 4D images of my new grandson to be

Newly Weds & On top of the World Layouts

I have been going through my transparencies that I took in the 60s and found some of John and I when we were first married several of them I have had put onto a CD so that I can scrap them.
On top of the world was done for the SLYMI challenge in which we had to use needle and/or thread, I have stitched the hills with zigzag stitch on the sewing machine using it with different widths. I am rather pleased with the effect of the torn and stitched papers for they echo the photo quite nicely.

My shirt's too big Layout

Helen has just emailed me some really lovely photos of Daniel so have done a layout and written the journalling in the form of verse

Throwing stones in the lake
You get soaking wet

No dry shirt to put on
So take Dad's off his back

Where's Danny's hands
Disappeared up the sleeves
Hidden under the shirt
is Danny's feet.

Interesting Things Layout

I sent Daniel some little cars for his second birthday and Helen sent me this photo of him opening the parcel, apparently his remarks when he saw the cars was "Interesting things". Well I just had to scrap the photo with that as the title.

O Perfect Day Layout

Well I think I must be slipping because I haven't done a layout for about a week. I think that the weather has had something to do with that as it has been unbearably hot and adding that heat to the hot flushes has made me feel really unwell, yesterday I was near to tears with it. But today the weather has got a lot cooler and there has been a lovely breeze all day which has kept me sane and given me my energy back. So this afternoon I scrapped this for the SLYMI challenge