JFF - Anything but a card

This is my entry for this weeks Just For Fun

which is anything but a card.

I have chosen one of the recent pages from the wedding album i am busy

putting together.

Although the page is mainly showing the bridesmaids as the happy couple

passed by while confetti was being thrown, there are 2 small heart

shapes on the left of the page.

One shows my grandson Joe gathering up all of the confetti and the other

a formation of planes flying passed as they left the church.

It was the same day as the Sunderland International Air Show

and we had joked earlier in the day wondering if we would get a fly past as both of my sons used to be in the air cadets.

We giggled when we did actually got just that , as we were having photos taken later outside the

Beamish Country Park Hotel before the reception we had another one .

Thanks for stopping by my blog its much appriciated, leave me a comment so that I know you have passed by, have a lovely weekend.

Scrapbook Garden Cards

This is my last post for this months kit from

The Scrapbook Garden

I have made a set of cards with the bits and bobs left over from the beautiful

Prima Printery Collection  and Two Scoops Papers along with

some Dovecraft cardstock that i used for the previous 3 layouts.

I decided to make a border down the edge of this card using the

Prima Printery Clear Rubber stamp - Keys

its a fab little stamp which gives a good clear image and its a

bargain at only £1.99 a must buy item if ever I saw one.

I masked off a section with ordinary masking tape

and then stamped my image down between the 2 rows of tape

using Distress Ink

Next I added some strips of Two Scoops and Dovecarft cardstock in wicker

and a monogram from the Prima Printery Monogram paper,

a sentiment and small left over piece this time the reverse side of

Emperor across the corner.

This one i cut some die cut flowers and added a flower from

the Prima Marri Collection Botanical Flowers

Similar idea here, the Two Scoops comes in amazing rich colours

and it sands beautifully revealing the additional colour beneath.

This one is a more delicate shade , I used the reverse side of the

Monogram 12 x 12 which is a gorgeous shade of duck egg blue and cream, again

I added one of the flowers from the botanical collection.

Im pleased with the set of cards I have made.

There was no waste from any of these papers

I was able to use even the teeniest of scraps . They are delicious papers

and would say they are a must for any kit.

If you havent seen the range at the Scrapbook Garden

why not pop over now and take a peek, you wont be dissapointed

theres some beautiful papers there and at fantastic prices too.

Also dont forget to visit their blog to be in with a chance of

winning this months super blog candy. Its so easy to be included in the draw

and well worth it.

Hope you all had a lovely weeked and Im looking forward to getting some crafting done this week when I hope to get some more of my Sons wedding album done .

Thanks for stopping by my blog , leave me a comment so I know you have passed by

Thank you and Happy Crafting .

JFF - A shape with more than 4 sides

This is my entry for this weeks Just for Fun

which is a shape with more than 4 sides.

Its my second attempt , I dont know what I was thinking yesterday

I used those sugary papers and before i knew where i was

I had added a little mouse and ended up with a cutie card ( which isnt allowed)

So I set too last might and made another on the same principle

but this time made it with darker papers and an image stamped with distress inks.

Its made a very grungy looking card which i love , a completely different

feel to yesterdays even though its exactly the same

Thanks for stopping by my blog and for leaving a comment its much appriciated .

Hope you have a lovely weekend.

Cutie Card

I started by making my little cupcakes

Folded my card and added some coloured paper

Then my large label

stamped the smaller one with this cute little mouse

and added my cakes and a bow

Next added a strip of cupcake ribbon and some craftworks candi pieces

to hold the shape

Its made a sweet little card , very sugary colours but perfect for a child.

Thanks for stopping by my blog , your comments are much appriciated.

I hope you have a lovely weekend whatever you are doing .

Happy Birthday to Joan Jarrett

Happy Birthday today to Joan Jarrett.

Joan is a fan of Coronation Street so her Granddaughter Natalie asked

me to make this card for her.

I had fun putting it together and used some of my own photos of the Street

when we were there a few years ago and did the tour.

Natalie gave me a picture of Joan which I cut around the table and Joan herself

so that I could place it in front of the bar at the Rovers to make it look as though Joan

was sat right there, enjoying a birthday drink.

Hope Joan likes her card , and hope she has a fab 65th Birthday

Thanks for stopping by my blog as always its much appriciated

The Scrapbook Garden - Grandas Ledger

This is my 3rd layout this month using my design kit for

The Scrapbook Garden

This has to be my favourite layout this month but I imagine thats because it features my Dad .

Its coming up to the 7th anniversary of his death and i still miss him very much.

Ive created many pages featuring my Dad and to be honest love them all .

This one features 2 of my favourite photos of my Dad with my children.

He adored his grandchildren , as they did him and hes a huge miss in all of our lives.

When I saw this paper I knew straight away what my title would be before id even picked the photos to use.

'Theres no charge for love in Grandas Ledger'

My Dad did alot of book keeping due to his job so this was perfect.

This time finding a sketch to use wasnt so easy, so i decided to create my own

as the ideas flowed to easily.

The 12 x 12 I used was from the

Prima Printery Collection and its called Love Ledger

its the most beautiful colour of a delicate duck egg blue and it has tones of cream

and brown, its absolutely gorgeous.

It has the most perfect quote in the top corner

which was an inspiration in itself.

I challenge anyone to read this quote and not instantly know

who to scrapbook about on this paper, its fab.

I added my subtitle using Dovecraft 12 x 12 in Wicker

which matched perfectly .

It seemed to blend in rather than stand out which was the look I was going for

as I wanted the main title to stand out , but all the same wanted this part to be there in the readers mind. I feel Ive achieved that .

I added a strip across the bottom of the page which was the reverse side

of the Prima Printery Collection - Emperor

another gorgeous paper .

I always find it hard to know which side to use as they are all so lovely.

Guess the answer is to buy a few sheets , then thats the problem sorted.

I matted my photos on Bazzills French Vanilla

which i use alot as it goes with everything its a beautiful cream.

The photo of my Dad with the boys was taken when my boys were just young

before my daughter was born, I love this photo and you can tell by the look on all of their faces

how close they were.

The next picture is years later , my daughter with my Dad

dropping the crumbs from a near empty cornflakes packet into the canarys cage.

My daughter gets her love of animals from my Dad as he had experience with horses , dogs

and birds. He also had alot of patience, and never more so than with the children.

I cut my journalling tags from the bazzill french vanilla

and then stamped them with the

Printery Clear Stamp - Keys

i love rubber stamps and these ones give a great clean image first time.

I cut tags also and stamped them in the same way.

After laying everything out I added the main title

And thats my layout all done.

To be honest this one may end up in a box frame as I dont really want it hidden away in an album as I love it so much Id like to be able to see it all of the time.

To me this is what scrapbooking is all about, creating something which keeps those priceless memories alive i wish i had twice as many hours in everyday and yet id still

want more. I cant imagine life without scrapbooking its the most amazing therepy there is.

Thanks for stopping by my blog, as always its much appriciated .

Have a lovely week , whatever you may be doing.