...better late than never :0)

I know that life has been eating into my blogging time but have only just realised that I forgot to share my calendar for 2013 with you!

I like to make a calendar every year and when I say the Heidi Swapp free printables click here I knew that this was going to be the one for this year :0) It is only 7 x 5 and DH made a wise point...how are you going to fit everything into those tiny squares? Hmm...with mini journaling cards and a sparkly peg of course!!! Happy accidents :0)

OK...as there are 12 months in a year there are going to be a lot of photos....you have been warned!!

I have put my Silhouette to good use on this project! The cake stamp is Hero Arts and everything else is from My Minds Eye, Ali Edwards, Studio Calico and Maya Road :0)

Thanks for popping in,

Ali x

'Hello, Hello?'

I loved this month's kit from Scraptastic Kit Club. I got Hall Pass and there is nothing in it that I don't love...trouble is I love it so much I am struggling to use it, LOL. When will I learn???

I did this layout for Project Italy and am submitting it for one of the challenges they host on their blog. I am supposed to be doing a double pager or 3 photos on a page but as I didn't have a 2 page spread left to do or 3 photos left to scrap I chose to ignore that part of the 'rules', he he he ;0)

The photo is from our day in Salo and after walking along a wonderful boardwalk for awhile I popped of fto buy some water......this is what I found on my return :0)

papers are all Studio Calico....be still my heart :0)

SC die cut frame, Panache Stash button, Elle studio cut out tags, Thickers question mark and MME brad. The stamp in the flag is also MME.

Ali Edwards stamp, the rubber xoxo thing is ancient!! I have no idea who made it.

splats and an inked lid that I salvaged from the bin

nearly there with Italy now :0)

Thanks for popping in today,

Ali x

Birthday Boys....a couple of cards

Both my Godson and DH celebrate their birthdays next week and here are the cards that I will be sending them :0)

this idea has been pinched from the PLS blog. Paper weaving with old Basic Grey papers and a bit of kraft and a PLS journal card stuck onto a homemade tag. A Spellbinders die cut label, edged in white gel pen and stamped with a Hero Arts stamp and a Anna Griffin star.

weird angle I know but the camera wouldn't focus with all that white! Another bit of lifting from Etsy ;0) I did the graphics in Word and then overstamped. Punched some holes for the tag and then matted onto pop dots. The stamps are Hero Arts and American Crafts...the little insignificant stamps that you don't take much notice of on a sheet!!

Thanks for popping in,

Ali x  

'So Happy Together'

Don't you just love it when you follow someone and they lead you to a happy place?

I have been following Lizzy Hill for a while now, our styles are very different but our tastes are the same...we often discover that we have the same things in our stash! Anyway, Lizzy is on the DT for ScrapFriends and I have to tell you they have the nicest sketches I have seen for some time :0)

With my new found scrapping time I was eager to give their latest one a go and will certainly be back tracking as there isn't one I don't LOVE!

So here is another lo for the Italian album of my Mum and Dad. Completely different to what I would normally do...3 4 x 6" photos on one page??? Unheard of! However, I do kind of like it :0) Of course being this far removed from my comfort zone I had to return to a white background!!

Sadly we are back to grey days here in the UK and the flash has caught the edges of the photos, but you get the idea :0)

Lots of washi tape loveliness and a resourceful bit of crafting...the orange strips are the packaging from my new Elle Studio stamps!

This title is a freebie that I found on Pinterest. The heart and star stamps are super old Hero Arts - I am trying to use stamps on all my layouts - especially the old ones :0)

The 'comfy' sticker is Crate Paper, and the label at the bottom is typed, then die cut on the GC and then edged with Pro Marker ...it's a bit of a trend in this craft room at the mo!

Elle Studio striped cut out, arrow from Studio Calico, the heart stamp is MME and the 2 tag is another freebie from Pinterest - I must start making a note so that I can give them a shout out and a thank you! The background stamp is from Prima

So hop on over to ScrapFriends and have a play with this sketch:



Thanks so much for popping in,

Ali x