A little sneaky peek.....

Here is a little looky at what we have coming up for Feb over at Scrapology
It really is a fab challenge and it got my mojo rolling again :)....so pop over and have a look at the rest of the DT sneaks and hopefully you will come along for the reveal on 1st Feb.
 

And don't forget there is still time for you to join in on our January Challenge to use Tags and the sketch and you could win the super prize kindly donated to us from the lovely Jill at Cardinal colours

Have a super sunday xxx

You Are One Of A Kind - my canvas class at Cardinal Colours Autumn Retreat.

This is the large canvas class I taught back in the autumn at the Cardinal ColoursWeekend Crop. I used papers by My Minds Eye from their beautiful Sweetest Thing -Honey- Collection

( IT LOOKS REALLY MIS-SHAPEN ....BUT I PROMISE ITS ABSOLUTELY SQUARE!....lol)

I also added some large flat backed gems and some alpha stickers onto the kit. The canvas was a nice large one, 16 inches square!

I think the ladies that took the class enjoyed making it......hope so anyway :) xx

One of a Kind....Linda's class

This was Linda's gorgeous class from the Autumn weekend crop at Cardinal Colours. You can see her lovely original layout and post here
We used beautiful papers from the My Minds Eye 'Sweetest Thing'- Bluebell Collection
 

 I just added a few little odd bits and bobs to finish it off. The photo is the last one I ever took of my darling Daddy, 2 days before he passed away :(. He was sat in the armchair trying to draw a bird bless him....he had always loved drawing and painting birds.
Although the layout looks a bit wonky, I promise you it IS straight in real life....HONEST!!

I really enjoyed making this page, even though it was really hard to scrap my Daddy...I miss him so very much :(.
Thank you Linda for a wonderful class page, its a beautiful design xx

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

Y is fr Yarn over at Scrapology

This month ( much to my delight) we are once again lifting a beautiful layout by my favourite scrapper, Gabrielle Pollaco ( please do pop along and check out her truly inspirational blog)..

I have been busting to scrap this photo of my scrumptious, youngest niece, Madison and when I saw these lush new Crate Paper sheets in the Little Bo Peep collection I just knew that I HAD to use them for this challenge and scrap this gorgeous little bundle of pink fun.
I even had a go at making something from Pergamano and created the little frilly dress....not sure I really have the patience required for it though , so this is probably the only layout you will see it on LOL

 The added challenge was use some sort of yarn on our pages, so I took a reel of silver metallic thread and drew stripes on it with a Hot Pink Promarker....and made a sort of Bakers Twine. I layered up various blossoms and punched out some leaf sprigs and a deco fan edge strip, then added a few dots of Liquid Pearls here and there.

I cut a circle of corrugated card ( from the front flap of a pizza box LOL,) then sprayed with a white mister and edged with Liquid Pearls

and also did a fair bit of fussy cutting of baby clothes, little chicks etc. i really REALLY enjoyed this challenge.

Here is Gabrielle's original, stunning page that we lifted............

And here is the sketch we worked from......................

Why not pop over to the Scrapology blog and see what all the other lovely DT members have created for this months challenge...there really is some truly wonderful work there.

You have until the beginning of Aug to enter this comp, so get cracking......or should I say Get Scrapping! We would LOVE to see what you create, so please do not forget to share your work with us and you could be in with winning this months prize, once again from Jill at Cardinal Colours.

Warmest Wishes
Anita xxx

Hidden Treasures...a class by Linda.

A few weeks ago now we had the Cardinal Colours Spring Weekend Crop...it was a fab weekend, people could come along and just scrap or cardmake or do anything they liked. And if they fancied it they had the choice of a few classes to choose from too. I chose to take 2, one was with Lynn and I did this page and the other was with Linda and this is the page below. I didn't actually do it at that crop, I took the kit away and scrapped it at our Blossom retreat

The papers ARE gorgeous! ( Fab choice Linda!!) so elegant and striking in the black and white....very classy!
Now I don't really get on very well with white space lol( infact I really do struggle with it!) and the original class had its fair share of white space on it ( and very nice it looks too on Linda's original page)
so I added a half sheet of another paper in the same range and just changed the placement of the little diamond sections.

The photo opened up to reveal 2 more inside from our wedding day ( the one on the front was our last wedding anniversary)
I loved Linda's addition of a little bit of colour with the ribbon and the distressing with matching ink pad and I decided to carry the colour onto some of the clear crystals we used. I just coloured them with a Promarker to the same shade.

Thank you Linda for a lovely class xxx

May at Scrapology.....C is for Charms.

This month ,over at Scrapology,  the DT are scraplifting the work of Karola Witczak  (she is a member of the Prima design team and her work is always beautiful).  Our challenge was to use charms on our layouts and also follow the sketch provided.

Here is my entry for the DT this month. I desaturated the photo of Lauren, I really liked the soft, vintagey effect it gave. This gave me chance to play a little with my new Prima Brickwork stamp too.
I used an earring, a brooch and some charms from a bracelet to decorate the page a little, coloured the flower band with Cosmic Shimmer Mists.

I made both of the voile flowers, one was just a gathered strip with a fancy charm sewn into the middle. The other was voile which was die cut using the Tattered Floral die and then I singed the egdes over a tea light. Then popped some pearls and Stickles in the centre  after layering a few petals together.

 Here is the sketch and the original layout of Karola's that totally inspired us.

 We would love to see you enter the challenge for May....

L is for Lace...April at Scrapology.

Be it paper or fabric, over at Scrapology, the DT challenge you to use lace on your layout. This month we are scraplifting a beautiful layout called 'Cherished Memories' by BettyLou1 from Scrapbook.com

Here is my DT offering for this one. I used papers from 7Dots Studio, doily stamps from Stampin Up, stickers from Echo Park, some glitter card for the photo mat, a variety of blossoms and some seed beads.



The beady swirl actually ended up a lot thicker than I wanted :(. I dribbled a swirl of Tacky Glue and dribbled the seed beads onto it, it just decided to spread out a bit LOL. I then sprinkled on some irridescent glitter for a little extra sparkle.



I couldn't decide whether to use paper or fabric lace, so ended up using both! I punched out some paper lace using a MS punch and then took some cream Broderie Anglais lace and sprayed it with various Cosmic Shimmer Mists.


This is the original, beautiful layout by BettyLou1, so pretty isn't it!

And here is the sketch we all worked from and is the one we would like you to use if you decide to play along with us.

As always, we have been very spoilt by Jill from Cardinal Colours, she has once again donated a fabulous prize for the winner. Its Core Impressions -Vintage Brights Collection.

Vintage Brights is an Exclusive collection of Jenni Bowlin Studios designs embossed on Core’dinations, the only sandable Colour Core Cardstock. The Vintage Brights Collection is the perfect compliment to the JBS Front Porch and Tangerine Dream lines. The assorted pack consists of four embossed patterns in five colours totalling 20, 12" x 12" sheets.
What a fab prize!
So, all you have to do is create a layout, using our sketch and some lace on your page....and you have until the 5th May.

Warmest wishes Anita xx

Pieces of Me....a canvas class.

Yesterday I spent the day with a super bunch of ladies, we were at the Cardinal Colours Spring Weekend Crop. Unfortunately I could only do the one day, which was 10am til 10pm, but the other ladies are back there again today til 5pm. Over the 2 days there are various classes being held with some lovely ladies
In the afternoon I taught this class on a large 16inch canvas. We used beautiful glittered papers from My Minds Eye.



We made some large spiral roses with pearl centres, did some paper pleating and some layering of papers too.


I had a great time designing the canvas several weeks ago and it hangs in my lounge, I have to say I am really pleased with the end result and I hope my ladies in class are pleased with their ones too :)
In September Jill will be holding another Crop Weekend, this time in St Leonards, nr Hastings. If you like the sound of it then check out her website for details.


Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend? Its certainly a lot warmer and more pleasant than it was yesterday xxxx

Lifting myself! G is for Glitter...

Here is my DT scraplift for March ( it felt a bit odd lifting myself LOL). I just ADORE these lush papers from BoBunny, they are from the Snowfall collection are are so, so pretty. The glittered designs and colours are completely lush and with a bit of fussy cutting and the addition of a few blossoms and some extra glittering I hope I have done the papers justice.


The photo is of Lauren,, taken in last years snow that we had in January.

Here are a couple or so close ups :)
The hydrangeas are velvet and made by Petaloo.


The Bo Bunny papers have some beautiful patterns and elements on them and rather than use whole sheets I picked out and cut a few bits and peices from them. Extra glitter and sparkle was added using Stickles and other glitter glues.


We look forward to seeing your entries in this months challenge over at Scrapology, where the theme is G is for Glitter and there is a sketch to work from.
Once again there is a fabulous prize, very kindly donated by Jill of Cardinal Colours.

Come on ladies, shake ya glitter!

February with Scrapology is P is for Patchwork!

This month over at Scrapology we are scraplifting a super layout designed and created by SJ for the Cardinal Colours Retreat last autumn. We really enjoyed creating this class layout and thought you might like to have a go at it too, so this month our technique is to use your patterned (or plain) papers to create a patchwork background. ( it's a great way to use up scraps, just like in fabric patchworking)

Here is my layout for the DT gallery. I have used papers, cardstock and embellies by WeR Memory Keepers for my page. I loved the bright colours and I thought they complimented my photo perfectly to depict the summer fun my youngest had last year with her new body board. Some of the papers are embossed with glitter but it doesn't show on the photos unfortunately.


Here is S-J's original, beautiful class layout.

And here is the sketch that Lynn very kindly created for us all to work from.

As always there is a super prize that has once again been generously donated by the lovely Jill of Cardinal Colours
We look forward to seeing what you create.
Warmest Wishes
Anita..xxxx

T is for Texture on a Double Layout over at Scrapology.

This month we are challenging you to use texture on your layouts, while scraplifting a fab, fun and bright double layout by Stacey Hansen.
We would also like to see you add some texture to your layout, this can be in the form of fabrics, lumpy embellishments, chipboard, embossing, just anything you like to add
texture and dimension to your layout :)

Here is my layout for the DT this month, I thoroughly enjoyed letting loose with lumpy bits LOL.
The photos were taken on holiday back in the Summer, the girls had some chocolate facemasks and we had a right giggle with them ( it was Chloe's first time trying one on!)
They thought they would be kind and share a bit with me by swiping their cheeks against mine when they gave me a hug!! Bless em!

Here are a couple of close up's.
I painted the bubble wrap with some cream acrylic paint and then gave it a generous squirting of Cosmic Shimmer Spray. I also used lots of 'Platinum' Stickles to outline the flowers and other bits and bobs ( both available from Cardinal Colours)

Here is the original layout of Stacey's that the DT have lifted
and the sketch was created from.

Here is the sketch which was modified slightly to fit in with our 'Scrapology' style!

Why not pop over to Scrapology and have a look see what the rest of the DT and our Guest Designer for this month have created :)

Once again we have been very lucky this month and our lovely Jill of Cardinal Colours has generously donated this amazing prize!! Thank you so much Jill. xxx



This prize is a sheet of all 32 flavours including: Cherries Jubilee, Raspberry Parfait, Strawberry Cheesecake, Tutti Fruiti, Orange Sorbet, Irish Mint, Mountain Blackberry, Tin Roof, S’mores, Rocky Road, Cookies and Cream and more! I can't decide which is my favourite? And just think, if your's is the winning entry then you wouldn't have to choose.....you would *scoop* the whole lot of them :)

So, all you have to do is scrap a double layout using the sketch near the top of the post and add some texture to it....as much as you like :D. So, what are you waiting for :)