Sorry to be cryptic

Evening

I am not often upset or angry or disappointed by people but at the moment I am all three at one person who is seriously letting us down - just had to put this thought down on paper to see if it made me feel any better, hhmmmm - will let you know. Some people surprise the b—–y hell out of me sometimes…

We went to our lovely crop at West Moors last night where I finished one scrapbook page and then stamped a whole load of characters (Penny Black mostly) for my cards and had a great chat with all the girlies - Helen, Jo, Ellen, Anna and Fleur mostly!  We are looking at having a scrapbook retreat in October and are all very excited about the prospect and Jo and Ellen are having a great time finding properties for a long weekend.

I am stuck on what to do photo wise for prompt 3 of the 52 in 10 - I know what to do for my ‘What I know now that I wish I had thought about consquences later!’ so may have to raid my mothers photo albums and scan a photo so hopefully will find something before our crop on Saturday in Moordown with Linda.

Nothing to show today - just wanted to talk.

Julie

52in10 Aims & Goals

Morning

Well at last I have finished prompt 2 for the 52 in10 challenge - the papers are old K & Co ones with DCWV bazzil that matched.  All four sections fan out to hold my hidden journaling which is all about getting myself thinner and fitter this year, hopefully at last moving house and the last, to take better photographs (something I took up last year on an OCNW Photography course and have lapsed this year). 

 The stamps used are from Stampin Up their Whimsical Butterflies which are lovely and I have stitched around the outside of the four sections.  This has been a challenge for me that I really enjoyed.

Julie

Nearly there…

Evening

Well, we had a lovely day as usual at our local crop in West Moors today and I picked up my Stampers 8 parcel from Jo with my new stamps - this time the Whimsical Butterflies and the little houses which I can’t wait to  use on my cards - if you have never seen Stampin Up, go to Jo’s blog on my sidebar to see all their lovely stuff.

I  am nearly there with this week’s 52 in 10 with Scrapdolly (I know, another propt tomorrow!!) but I forgot my photos for the page so may get a chance to finish that tomorrow.

Got home and Mike had cooked dinner - can’t get a better day than that, a full day crop then a meal waiting for me - bliss. Now a glass of wine and that will be the end to a great day…

Julie

5210 - First Page!

Well afternoon!

I have joined Karen Leahy’s (Dollysdreamings!) 5210 class and as I haven’t been scrapbooking for months after making card after card, this is going to be quite a challenge for me - but one I really need.  I felt I had lost my mojo for scrapping and am hoping this ‘page a week’ project will get me back into the swing of things.

She has wonderful prompts, very though provoking and this project is going to be mostly about ’self’, something I have never really put down on paper before.  So looking forward to this with some trepidation!

The paper is DCWV with a few of their flower embellishments too and I just realised that the 1999 must have fallen off before I took the photo…  The rub ons I have had in my stash for ever and I am naughty and have typed the journaling for this week - I will hand write some of them honestly Karen!

The second prompt is about goals and aims for this year, have just downloaded and printed it off as there is a lot on it to read.  If anyone wants a challenge go to my sidebar and look at Karen’s site - she is a great blogger as well as scrapbooker so enjoy!

Thanks for looking

Julie

Shutter Card Album

Well, as promised  I have taken some photos of the gorgeous Shutter Card Album we did for Christmas with Jo - I kept it for myself!  I did make another one for my friend Lucy in the States as I know she appreciates a handmade gift and hope she will copy it to get her started on her crafting too.

It is all made from Stampin Up card, paper, brads and embellishments - see Jo on her site on my links - isn’t she so clever!!

Thanks for looking.

Julie

Happy New Year

Morning

Bright and crispy here today so will be spending time indoors as it is so cold everywhere - maybe get to do some card making eh!

It was very busy for me before Xmas hence no blog, made and gave 79 individual cards to family and friends and that kinda wiped me out.  We did some lovely classes with Jo Dumbleton at Stampin Up during December too and will take photos of the things we did, just such lovely ideas with great paper and embellishments.

Then I was on holiday with my family for a week from Boxing Day skiing near Verbier in a little place called Siviez in the Four Valleys - to say we had snow was an understatement but it was great fun, managed to get some good skiing in and apres with our family and friends - superb.

So, I am ready to start again for the new year - in fact I have started my first class with Karen Leahy’s 5210 free download class, just finished all the journaling and now trying to find the right photos for the first page! Karen is a great blogger and scrapbooker, www.dollysdreamings.typepad.com if you want to be truly inspired.  With such a busy job and lifestyle, I really don’t know how she makes the time to do all the work she does.  We are at our local crop tomorrow night at Scrapfrenzy in Ferndown so hope I will get it all ready to scrap.

OK, will try and get Jo’s wonderful projects down on camera, if not go to Jo’s blog on my sidebar as I think she has photos on her site of the projects we did.

Thanks for looking!

Julie

12 days of Christmas

Well, two posts in one day!  It has been so cold out I thought I would get on with a project I have been doing for my sister for xmas. 

These are the 12 days of Christmas clear stamps from Penny Black (got them at the Newbury Show).  Instead of making them as a card I have made a decoration out of them instead.  The backing papers are mostly K & Co - I know you can’t see them properly but I ran out of daylight and had to use auto wiht the flash (oops) so will try it again in the daylight.  All the little critters are decoupaged too, again not clear, but I have had such fun doing it, hasn’t taken quite a long time on and off, but like the end result.  Hope Helen likes it too!

Julie

Christmas stamping

Well, I did get some stamping done today and it was more Christmas cards.  The snowgirl is one of the stamps my sis brought me back from Hawaii and I think she is just great - quite a few people will be getting this image from me! and the other is the snowman from Whiff of Joy Stamps, again one of my favourites.

The snowgirl card papers are from Anna Griffin as is the sentiment stamp and the snowman sentiment stamp is from Penny Black that I bought from David at Craft Obsessions - just decoupaged the holly leaves and added a few gems, both cards I have used copic and promark pens - quite simple for me but then I have loads to make! Bo

Hope you like them

Julie

Nearly December!

Afternoon

Well, Christmas is nearly here and I have just about made all my cards - as I make a card for everyone I send to (62)  and no one is the same - all originals! - they take a long time and I have not really posted any and all my other cards have gone on hold for the moment.

We did a wonderful class with Jo from STampin Up last Thursday (go to her blog on my side bar and you will see the gorgeous box and cards she designed for our class).  I know you can buy the class from her too - such fun to do with our great crowd of friends.

We are doing another one with Jo on Thursday too for a Shutter Album with the Stampin Up gear so can’t wait to do that one - think we will have 8 round my table for that one.

So sorry no cards today, tried to do some Christmas shopping after visiting with my Mum, sister and great niece and did get a few things for my grown up boys. There just doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day at this time of year, this afternoon after all that horrid rain!

Julie

Umbrella Girls

Well, I have at long last gotten round to doing some cards.  My sister bought me this stamp in Hawaii (lucky girl!) and have used it for some birthday cards today.

The papers are from my stash from long ago, the statement stamps are from Jo at Stampin Up used with their oval punches which are great - can’t say enough about the quality of Stampin Up!   Ribbon and flowers are from Craft Obsessions and the umbrella ornaments were from The Range.

Hope you like them and that I can get more time to create!

Julie