HOW MANY STEPS!?!

For our 25th Wedding Anniversary we went to the lovely town of Raglan and very appropriately we went for a walk to The Bridal Falls and the double sketch over at Scrapmuch worked well with all the photos to to show off this lovely place

 

I love multi-photo layouts

 

There were lots of steps to walk down to the bottom of the water fall and then of course you had to walk all the way back up!

YUM IT'S MOET

Gosh where has the time gone - in more ways.  Now that we have had my daughter's 21st and husbands 50th I am back to scrap-booking other photos which is rather refreshing.

So here we go - over at Lets get sketchy their week 1 sketch is just what I needed for a bit of inspiration for to get started again.

 

This year has been a year of "big" numbers - our 25th wedding anniversary, Monique's 21st and Jeff's 50th and these photo's were part of our 25th wedding anniversary  

mmm you can't beat a lovely chilled glass of Moet & Chandon.

LOOK AT ME NOW!

This layout is a wonderful kit that I purchased from the very talented Nic Howard and is what I have put together as the "look at me now" photo for my daughters 21st birthday album

I am so pleased with how the whole album has come together and this layout is certainly the Grand Finale!

JEFF & THE KIDS

I love the week 4 sketch at Lets Get Sketchy

 

I had these two photos of my husband and the girls and Jeff and Gavin - and the above sketch worked wonderfully that I was able to put both photos on one page.

The papers I have used are from Stampin Up - but are unfortunately retired - it is a real shame as they work so well when you need a bit of a masculine edge to your layouts. 

 

FAMILY TIME

I love the sketch at Scrapmuch

 

I have taken it and turned it around a bit 

The whole doily thing worked so well with my photos as well - on the back of the couch we are sitting on it has square doily's and I found some square doily's in my stash - so it all co-ordinated really well.

 

HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY

I am busy scrapping my daughter album for her 21st Birthday and working through her birthday photo and for some reason I can only find one photo from her 4th birthday - and this photo has had a hard life - it has been chewed on as one corner of the photo has lots of teeth marks in it and it is a bit mangled - but I have use it

The sketch at My scraps & More Sketches is just the sketch I need for it:

 

and here is my one and only photo

 

I am sure some more photos will turn up one day - but at least I have this one - really pleased with the results

 

CHILLIN' & RELAXING

I love the sketch over at Scrappin Patch -

 

It was a great way to use up some of the "I will just keep this bit as I might need it" pieces that go around and around your craft desk

This is my husband "relaxing" in his hammock but in 1982.  It was a fun layout to do.

 

THE TWINS

Sketch #32 over at My Scraps & More Sketches

 

 I had these photos of my daughter Monique

having her photo taken with the Ever-Swindell twins - all very exciting when you are 12 years old and they are so famous.  They are lovely girls and so happy to pose with the kids for photos and signing of their rowing caps - a real treasure.

JEFF'S 21ST

For the sketch #34 over at My Scraps & More Sketches

 

I have chosen to use one photo

 

and love the result. 

 

THE FRONT ROW

 The mid month sketch at Stuck Sketches

 

was versatile for me to turn around and use with 

this photo of my Husband playing a very wet and muddy game of rugby.

The papers used are from the new Stampin Up Catalogue - Soho subway - it is a wonderful paper - due for release 1st July 2013