An old favourite of mine.

I thought I would share an old favourite of mine with you. I made this page just over 5 years ago and it still remains high in my list of faves.I used various bit and peices of papers on it, some odd bits of organza ribbon,  stickers, a jewelled button,fluffy fibres, blossoms, brads, chipboard letters and number....and ooooodles and oodles of GLITTER!!!

The large chipboard letters were covered in Glossy Accents in small sections at a time and then dipped into glitter, I squeezed some shapes with the GA for added effect. When it had all dried I then poured a thick layer of GA over the top, this not only sealed in the glitter and stops it migrating across the page protector in my album,but it also gives the letters a gorgeous thick gloss

I really love this photo of Chloe, taken on her 7th birthday....doesn't she look cheeky! Jeeez where HAS the time gone???

Baby Girl.....

 A layout of my gorgeous youngest niece, Maddie, I took the photo when she was just 10 days old.
I  loved these gentle papers from Prima and thought they would work well for this page. (Unfortunately the light wasn;t at all good when I took this pic, so I may retake it and upload a better one hopefully)
 All I had to do was a little fussy cutting and plop on some crystals, blossoms and Stickles!

To make the title I took some plain chipboard letters, coated in Glossy Accents, I then poured glass seed beads all over, when dry I sealed over the top again with more Glossy Accents. When that was all dry I rubbed a little Crystal Stickles over...and it really glistens in the light.

I am sure lots of you have some seed beads languishing in the bottom of a drawer or craft box somewhere....why not get them out and glue them down :). chipboard swirls can look absolutely scrumptious treated the same way.

Thanks for looking xxxx

Best Friends.....Lynn's Class Page

This is the beautiful class taught by my lovely and mega talented friend Lynn at Cardinal Colours Autumn Crop Weekend. You can see her original page and her super close ups of the beautiful details here

Although I didn't get to do my page until very recently I really enjoyed creating it. Lynn had given us all a very detailed set of instructions which were easy to follow and it helped me so much with my total lack of mojo!
The photo is of my best friend Sue and I taken at Drusillas a couple of summers ago.
 

I just loved the folded back corner with the flowers and doily, such a pretty touch.

And I loved Lynn's idea to make the trail of flowers down the fountain and to use Glossy accents to create the effect of water trickling down.

Thank you Lynn for a wonderful class and a totally inspirational page xxx

Scrapology November Card Challenge

Over on Scrapology the card challenge for this month has been set by and sponsored by none other than Joanna Sheen. She and her team have challenged us to use an image from the gorgeous House Mouse collection.
Here is my card for the DT.
I decided to make it into a small easel card and added some Stickles, GlitterDust and Glossy Accents along with a sentiment from Craftwork Card.


Just a little close up.....he is such a cutie isn't he...passed out on the buttercream LOL.
Why not pop along to Scrapology and check out the vast gallery of DT creations for this month ( and Joanna's card too!) and also you can find out how to enter the challenge yourself and see what prize is up for grabs from Joanna.

Warmest wishes
Anita..xxxxx

Our Pumpkin Posse "11

Every year we visit the local pumpkin Patch and every year I make a layout of it....so here is my page for this year :)
You know me, I just love to pile on loads and loads of lumps, bumps and sparkles and I couldn't break my habit so I am afraid this one is no exception LOL.

I have ripped, inked, glossed, glittered, beaded and stuck and I am really pleased with the result.
The pumpkin head on the bottom left even lights up and has flashing eyes and mouth LOL, I got him from our lovely Jill at Cardinal Colours and the beautiful irredescant beads came from her too( she has a super selection of beads!) and the copper nailheads too!

Next year's visit to the patch will include one more little one....my Sister is due to have another baby at the end of January, so I wonder if I will have a new neice...or nephew?



now onto things that are not anywhere near as nice or cute as little ones....eeeeek, check out this big old fella who was just outside our back door the other day ***shudders*** he really was huuuuuge ( I could even see the hairs on his legs lol).

YUK!!!!!!! I hope he stays OUT in the garden and doesn't think he can come inside....I shall have a rolled up newspaper waiting for him if he does!


Right, I am off to do some scrapping....hope you are having a fab weekend too..xxxx

November with Scrapology...F is for Fabric Flowers

This month over at Scrapology we have chosen to lift a lovely layout by Hannah Young, please go and enjoy a visit round her blog Handmade Hannah

Here is my contribution to the DT. I used papers from Prima and scrapped the photo of our eldest, taken at an awards night ceremony.

*** I know the layout looks really crooked round the edges.....but its not....honest!! ***



The flowers are made from some satiny type fabric, I sprayed the flowers and the doily with some Cosmic Shimmer spray. I die cut some sprays of leaves and also added some crystals. I also printed out some butterflies, Stickled them and then totally coated with a thick layer of Glossy Accents, which then dried and they look almost ceramic.


I took a 2nd sheet of the same background paper, cut out the little girl and the balloons and then raised them up on foam pads. I added some Stickles, Liquid Pearls and then, when dry, I coated them with Glossy Accents.

This is the sketch that we worked from

And this is the original layout created by Hannah.

If you would like to play along with this challenge then you have until Dec 5th to create and upload, we ask that you create flowers from fabric, lace or ribbon and that you also work from the sketch above please :)
Really hope you are inspired to enter....as always there will be a super prize to be won.
Warmest wishes Anita..xxx

Good Enough To Eat?

At last I have got round to scrapping this photo of my eldest girly and her very best friend, they were having a sleepover and beauty treatment evening at our house and I think the chocolate face masks were amongst the favourite things they used….how could I NOT take a pic of that!


I made this layout using lush papers from the ‘In Bloom’ range from My Little Shoebox and added a couple of sheets of bazill cardstock. I made the spiral roses and then scrunched them down as I didn’t want them to be too ‘uniform’ and sliced and rolled up the lower border across the page. The title was cut using an old sizzlet alphabet and my lil ol’ Sidekick, then I covered the letters in Glossy accents( it actually looks really nice in real life, almost like an enamel, but I can never seem to capture it in a photo lol)



My Little Shoebox are really lovely quality papers, each range comes with a die cut scalloped edge circle paper, die cuts, and more recently with lovely letter stickers, mini alphas and even some overlays. They are so nice to work with and there are several different themes that they cover, check out the MLS blog. there is some absolutely stunning work on there, so inspirational.

Right, off to do some work on an exciting new venture that I am honoured to be have been asked to be part of….more on that soon. Have a lovely day

…. Warmest Wishes Anita..xxxx