Interesting times

Sketch #19 at my scraps and more sketches is a lovely clean and simple one and how I wanted to scrap this photo. 

For this photo - I need to do quiet a bit of journalling as there is a long story as part of this photo

Due to complications at birth Monique was born with a severe hearing loss and needed to wear hearing aids until she was 6 months old - she is now a hearing child.  The flag are the ear pieces from her aid during this time.

Bounce!!

I have found another great scrapbooking site my scraps and more sketches - who have a weekly sketch - I have done the first two for the month and here they are:

Sketch # 18

 This sketch was just what I need for these photos of my daughter in her Jolly jumper.

All of my children loved their time in the jolly jumper and it certainly meant I was able to get on with things and know where they were.

Baptism

Sketch #84 at Inspired-blueprints worked perfectly for these photos that I have of my daughters Baptism.

Looking back at some of the pages I did when I started scrapbooking approximately 8 years ago - they are now very scary and basic - I am currently working on my 2nd daughters 21st album and so redoing many of the early pages - oh how we evolve and develop.

Here is my take on this sketch

 

Originally these photos were spread over 3 pages - they look so much better as one and tell a much more complete story.

I have tucked her Baptism Certificate behind the mat for safe keeping.

Thanks for visiting.

ScrapFriends fun

The Sketch Challenge #11 over at Scrapfriends was lots of fun to put together.  This is the sketch and as you can see it had lots of elements to it

 

Here is my layout:

I had fun with a new purchase, being my Chevron Mask - it really worked for the background of this layout - and then let the fun begin - adding a bit here and a bit there - tucking a bit more there.

And we have the finished product.

FISHIN'

The sketch over at Stuck Sketches certainly gave me something to think about:

but in the end I am really pleased with my results.

and I really love my wee seagull that I found in my stash - my challenge to myself is to use only what I have in my stash and I am not allowed to by anything until I have made a"big dent" in it.  It has been fun finding things that have been buried for a while.

First Colour Challenge for me!

Today I have completed my first ever colour challenge - I found this colour plate over at Scrapmuch

and I have combined it with the March sketch at JAI Scrap #15.

The colours were just what I needed for these photos - I did have a bit of trouble trying add the silver grey until hunting through my "stash" I found the bling - which just brought it altogether.
The DSP I have used is from Stampin Up Comfort Cafe - it had all the right colours

Oh yeah we are going home

I am loving the new site (too me) over at Inspired-blueprints - they have some wonderful sketches and they are all working really well with the photos I am working on at the present time.

This sketch #86

was just perfect for this page of our second daughter all ready to leave the hospital.

I have used Stampin Up DSP from the Fan Fair collection - this has to be my favourite paper in the current Stampin Up collection.

One Day Old

For this sketch #85 at Inspired Blueprints

            

I turned it around and I am really pleased with how it ended up:

 This layout is of our daughter Monique - one day old and the first cuddle we were allowed to have.  It was great to be able to put lots of journalling on this layout.

A Road Trip ....

.... with #86 Sketch at sketchabilities

For this sketch - one of the photos (the car load of beer) is the title - as really this says it all.

This layout is part of an album that I am putting together for my husbands 50th birthday.  This was a great road trip to a New Years Eve party.   Those were the days!

Purple Pumpkin in March

I have had lots of fun putting a layout together for the March sketch over at purplepumpkincrafts.blogspot.co.nz.  It is a very versatile sketch.

I am at the moment putting together an album for my 2nd daughter Monique's 21st in July.

This layout is taken of my Mum's first meeting with Monique - she was one day old.  The doily and button from the Purple Pumpkin range worked in perfectly.