Anything Goes - Challenge #2

Here is my design for the second challenge on the Anything Goes challenge blog.

This week the theme is 'Pearls and Lace' and the colours are 'pink and cream'

I have done another scrapbook layout as it's my first love, and I don't do enough scrapbooking outside of the Craft Den classes so it's a good opportunity to fit some more in and to justify it - 'it's my design team work' ,lol!

I have made a LO of my lovely Emma, sitting in her 'Bumbo'. It's a kind of baby seat that you can plonk them in from about 6 months and it supports them and more importantly... they can't go anywhere, lol!





Recipe:
Bo Bunny double dot cardstock
K & Co Madelaine papers
Colour my World scalloped edge template
Martha Stewart scallop dot punch
Piece of vintage lace
pearly buttons
Viva cream pearl pen
Zva pink pearl bling swirl
cream corrugated card
pink embroidery thread

I used the template and the MS punch to create the bottom pink border from the Madelaine range of papers and overlaid the wide lace border. I got this from an antique shop, but Lynne sells quite a lot of similar wide laces at Craft Den. I cut out flowers from another piece of the madelaine range and overlaid them with pinflair glue to create some height and added stickles and pearly baby buttons to the centre. I finished it off with another lovely Zva pearl bling swirl, a corrugated tag and some handstitching around the page border. Everything is edged with versa magic 'jumbo java'. Everything from Craft Den, except the buttons and thread from stash.

I hope you like it and please join in the fun at Anything Goes!

Emma's Easter Eggs

I had a lovely time as usual at Craft Den scrapbooking crop last night. We had free reign a bit last night and it will be good to see all the different pages we all created on the blogs. I had just printed some photos I took of the boiled eggs which Emma decorated for nursery and the easter basket she made, and Lynne produced the perfect harlequin patterned paper to match! I think it is a sandylion paper??

We used some 6 x 6 Crafter's Workshop templates to add detail. I used them round the edge of my circle with Victorian Velvet DI. I also used them on the green die cut flourishes, using Broken China DI. I backed my layout onto a piece of Bo Bunny dotty cardstock. I think it is one of the new colours, Lynne has a lot of lovely new ones in, which I have managed not to but yet, lol. Emma 'won' some mini eggs for her lovely creations! They all did, bless, they are only 3!



I have also done 3 more 8x8 layouts for my album of Emma as a baby. All the photos are in order up to 12 weeks old at New Year 2007. I think I am up to the 10 weeks pictures for this album. It's sad how quickly you forget. At one stage I could have told you how old she was to the day! I just checked, she's 3 years, 7 months and 14 days old today, lol!







Lynne has a lovely range of Prima E range flowers in, from £1.50. They are a lovely bargain. I have used some on my last layout here. Love the dotty ones.

I just found a memory card in my drawer and found a lot of lovely photos of Emma at her 2nd birthday I didn't know we had. What a lovely surprise, fresh scrapbook photos! Lovely one of her in her sleepsuit and wellies! I can't for the life of me remember why, but it will make a lovely page!

More layouts

Sorry I am still in catch up as I have been away this week and no crafting has been done. However I did do two scrapbook layouts last week, using up the last of my Bo Bunny papers from the Craft Den (well almost, I am sure you will see some cards soon with the leftovers, lol). Emma as usual is the star sitting and posing for a photo at bedtime when she was at Grandma and Grandads and Poppy, my other little girl, being sooo tiny as usual!





BTW, on Sunday my mum, my sister Liz and me are doing the Race for Life in Burnley. I will be running (ha, ha, walking) for my lovely Grandma, Elsie Jackson who died in 1989 from leukaemia and Dan's auntie Jill Lowe who died of breast cancer in 2009. My mum also lost her cousin Gillian a few years ago and my auntie lost a good friend Karen last year to cancer as well. I think we all could run or walk for someone, it's such a horrible disease. That said I am looking forward to it as I hear the atmosphere is great. Also it will be interesting to see my mum finish 5 K, LOL!

Sorry I have not had chance to surf tonight on everyone's blogs, I will catch up, I promise next week!

Funny Lil' Face

Had a great night at Craft Den last night, as usual. We used the lovely new Bo Bunny Gypsy range of papers (I had to buy some more... I had just printed a couple of great photos of me bathing Emma on holiday more that 2 years ago. She was going throught the stage of gurning at the camera whenever she saw it! I added some bling, and some sizzix cut flowers as decoration. The papers, ribbon, and delicious brads all the Craft Den. I need to take a better photo when it's light!

Latest layouts

Hi there, not been able to craft as much as I would like lately and just realised I never posted any of the layouts I did find time to do! Oops, I really do need to retire from work, it really does get in the way..

Last week we did a lovely layout at Craft Den using threaded ribbon and some gorjuss new Bo Bunny papers. We also did some stamping and embossed a huge swirled border and journaling tag. I printed a black and white photo of Emma when I got home and added the prima tiara! Princess Emma!


I managed another layout last week of Emma's first ever Christmas tree decorating. She was more interested in the bubble wrap than the baubles. I think the tree will be decorated more to Emma's style this year. These are really lovely Christmas papers from Bo Bunny 'Tis the Season' range. So much so I have found that I already had two more copies of each paper I used!! Whoops, I must really have liked them!! All from the Craft Den except ribbon and letters from stash.



I've pulled out the hidden journaling tags from behind the photos.

Beautiful Bo Bunny

Lynne at Craft Den has some lovely Bo Bunny papers just arrived. Last week I picked up 'Kitchen Spice, Cinnamon'. I thought this was perfect for autumn cards and made this card with an owl stamp from my stash. Branch stamp from an oriental stamp collection, Bo Bunny flowers, craft work card sentiments, blue and brown bazzill cardstock, and glossy accents all from Craft Den.

I just picked up the Bo Bunny Boo Crew range tonight, ready to scrap some photos of upcoming trick or treat with Emma, this coming Halloween!