Yesterdays Family Wedding

Yesterday my cousin Emma got married

I was working so I was unable to go but i made these

cards for her.

Its ages since i used the big embossing folders

Id forgotten how much i liked them, they gave the card a lovely texture .

I love this little stamp of the wedding cake too

its from the Scrapbook Garden. I used foam pads

to make it stand off the card .

Its a gorgeous rubber stamp and I know I will use it alot

I also stamped some champagne glasses on a tag

and attached it with some ribbon between the layers

 to allow the tag to hang loose from the card.

I used mirror card behind the french vanilla

to add a little feel of bling and some

sentiment ribbon as a finishing touch

with some card toppers.

Hope you have all had a lovely weekend, its my Sons wedding next weekend so ive been busy
getting ready for that , decorating and the like, but i hope to get some serious crafting done after the wedding as i now have nearly 3 weeks off work.
Thanks for stopping by my blog its much appriciated as always

Maureen & Gordons Golden Wedding Anniversary

Tomorrow sees the Golden Wedding Anniversary of

two very good Friends.

Maureen and Gordon Jarrett used to live in Boldon

and moved a few years ago to be near their Son Nigel and his lovely

family.

Many years ago they bought the house where I was born from my parents

and they have remained friends ever since.

Maureen has kindly commented on alot of my layouts

when ive linked them to facebook, so it was with this in mind

I thought it would be nice to do a layout this week with a photo

of Maureen and Gordon on it.

This is me with Maureen and Gordon

at the caravan , aprox 1963 / 4

I used my Dads old typewriter again for the journaling .

The top 2 photos on the layout are me with my Mam

taken on the same day .

These are the Golden Wedding cards I sent down for them , I hope they have a Wonderful Golden Wedding Anniversary , they are a lovely couple and I know they are missed by alot of people in Boldon. ( And Maureen makes the most amazing cakes.....I know they are missed too, she makes the most gorgeous wedding cakes and birthday cakes)

Have a lovely weekend everyone , Im busy getting ready for my Sons wedding next week so I apologise Ive not blogged much this last week. Im on nearly 3 weeks holiday starting on Monday so I fully intend getting plenty of crafting done in that time.

Have a nice weekend , and thanks for stopping by my blog :-)

The Scrapbook Garden - Golfing Cards

Well day 7 is here and this is my 7th and last design for

this months kit 4 for the Scrapbook Garden

 I Started with my card blank and the remainder of the

Bazzill Guacamole 12 x 12 cardstock

Next I added the remainder of my torn

Glitz Design Afternoon Muse - Carte Postal

( the reverse side) which was left over from my 2nd design

featured on Tuesday 5th

Harlequin always reminds me of golfing , and sat next to this guacamole cardstock

it reminded me even more of grass and golfing.

I have a harlequin rubber stamp so i stamped another

Bazzill Just the edge strip with some green ink  and

layed it across the bottom

Next I took some bright blue embossing powder and

covered some thickers letters and set them with a heat gun

It gave them a fantastic shine , this has to be my favourite way to colour these thickers letters.

I added them to my card

And finished it off with some golfing embellishments

I also mad a smaller one in red using the same Bazzill edge

but inked in red and this time I inked the thickers letter with Distress ink

and added some golfing die cuts and a metal golfing tab

And thats it all done

Thank you so much for popping by this week and allowing me to show you what I have

made with this months design kit.

Its been a beautiful kit to work with and I have made some lovely layouts for my albums to add to my collection.

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Once again Thanks for stopping by my blog its always much appriciated

Happy Crafting  :-)

The Scrapbook Garden - Angel

This is my 6th layout for kit 4 for the

Scrapbook Garden

This layout shows my Mum and her Great granddaughter

(my granddaughter) Edie at only 3 days old.

Edie has her own scrapbook already and I have scan photos

and a collection of gorgeous pictures to fill the album.

I started with some Bazzill 12 x 12 Dotted Swiss cardstock

in the colour Salt I adore this dotted cardstock

its fab quality and comes in a gorgeous range of colours that

just seem to always look good.

As Edie is only little I wanted to keep this layout very simple

I added 4 squares of contrasting pink card & and paper.

But  I set one off to the side.

I used a Tando Creative Word - Angel I left it white

but rubbed pale pink Stickles over it to make it sparkle

I laid the Angel title over the square I had set to one side

Added my photo without a matt as i didnt want to cover

too much of the squares, then added a quote

which i matted on some matching paper from last months kit

Basic Grey Sweet Threads paper pack

I added some abc's ( sorry this picture is blurred slightly)

And a cute little mouse stamp

And thats it, all done

Its made a simple , and quick layout which looks very sweet, just like Edie herself

Shes a little bigger now, heading for 7 months and doing really well.

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The Scrapbook Garden - Family Wedding

This is my 5th  layout from design kit 4

for the Scrapbook Garden

Its a while since I did a double page layout and I forgot just how much I like doing them.

Sometimes if you have a selection of photos relating to one event

its hard to choose which one makes it to the scrapbook.

By doing a double page layout it enables you to get more images onto the layout .

I had 3 photos of this wedding but 2 of them were very similar

so in the end I decided to just use the 2 of them.

Its the Wedding of my Grandmothers cousin Hannah Cain

who was in the Salvation Army and was married in her Army uniform instead of a wedding dress.

Another example of how the times have changed

as even todays weddings in uniform are very elaborate occasions. 

Looking at the pictures there were no signs of lace or wedding extras that you normally see

so i decided to go with a darker more plain layout.

I started with the Bordeaux cardstock 12 x 12 from Dovecraft

its a lovely rich colour, I teamed it up with the

Glitz Design Afternoon Muse - Block 

which contrasted perfectly.

I cut the 12 x 12 in half and then diagonally to get the large corner pieces

Then adding some Prima 12 x 12 

paper from the Botanical collection called 'My Love' 

this paper was left over from my first design kit

I made up the 2nd side to match the first

I used Thickers for the word Family in the title

and inked it with Distress ink to give it that cracked look which I love

I then used the Prima Botanical collection paper

for the remainder of the title

I inked the heart as I felt it needed something

lovely dovey on it seeing as it was a wedding

I cut some tags from the Bazzill French Vanilla

12 x 12 and embossed them with a wedding cake and some wedding bells

instead of using a brad in the top of the tag I added

a couple of lillies , Hannah was carrying Lillies in her boquet

and although a slightly different shape to this lily i thought it matched in ok.

some champagne glasses , 2 love birds, my photos matted in the Prima

paper and then the french vanilla and my journaling.

and thats it........

I enjoyed making the double page , and it really helps to fill up an album if you have alot to do.
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The Scrapbook Garden- Dance Night

This is my 4th layout for kit 4 from

the Scrapbook Garden

I had this picture of my Mam and Dad, my Uncle Tom ( mams brother)

his wife my Auntie May and her brother Ronnie Lavery (who were

both also my dads cousins)

They were at the Miners Hall in Boldon at a dance.

The Miners hall has gone now, knocked down years ago but

at one time was somewhere for the people who lived around about to go

for dances , weddings , or parties in general.

I remember going there as a child and it was huge inside

(well it felt like it at the time, maybe it was because i was young)

For this layout  I used

Glitz Design Afternoon Muse - Banner

but the reverse side. The other side is fab and its always at this point i wish

I had 2 sheets of a particular paper, I often buy 2 sheets for that purpose.

Anyway this side won this time.

Its got all these fab music notes on it just perfect for a dance night photo.

I also used a Bazzill Just the Edge strip

inked down with Distress Ink to blend in with the paper

I used a music note punch and some black cardstock

which contrasted well.

I used Thickers for the 'Dance  Night' title which

I embossed with Black Embossing powder

which gave the letters a finish which looked like patent leather

which reminded me of dance shoes.

I matted my journaling on some

Basic Grey Sweet Threads paper from last months kit

( this paper pack has gone for miles and is well worth having in your kit)

and then black card to make it match in with the rest.

I then added a rubber stamp party girl in a glass

and a small wallet cut from black card , inside the wallet i put some white card

on which i used the Tando Music Mask

from last months kit and some black soot distress ink

to colour it down.

I wanted to creat a dance card idea although I know they looked

nothing like this at all. I then added some white music notes

to it again just for detail.

Lastly I made a record , I cut a black circle and then used a 5p piece

and cut out some printed paper ( i found this bell which I thought

looked like a record label) punched a tiny hole in it so the black card

showed through and voila one record.

I enjoy making my own embellishments I think it helps me

to personalise the pages more.

With a few music notes scattered around to finish it off.

all done.......

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