We are thinking of you Clausey

As it was the 1st anniversay of the death of our little Clausey on boxing day, he has been in our thought alot laterly.

I want to remind you of a LO i did the very next day, whilst in floods of tears trying to select 12 photo's that summed up the 12 years of his life. I love this LO and have it framed so i can look at it and be reminded of the good times and the few bad times we had including the infamous great escape episode where he got lost for 3 days and ended up in Elgin which is 17 miles away from where we live!!!!

We are not as sad as we where since we now have the crazy dropped on head at birth Koby to help fill that little gap but we do still miss him.



Off to blow my nose now as i am all chocked again just writting this, lol

Some sad news

I have recently heard from Caroline over at Carolinez Craftz Kitz that she is closing down due to ill health. I am really sad about this as i love the shop for all my chipboard bits and i loved playing with Caroline's fantastic kits each month.

I wish Caroline all the best and with the business gone she can finally chill out abit and get her health back up to scratch.

You can take advantage of a 50% reduction on all stock by using the code CLOSING. As the majority of orders will be heavy P&P will be £4.95 for each order during the closing down sale.

Head on over to the shop before its all gone

So i thought id show you are few pics of our xmas. Too much food but lots of laughts.



He is not usually this gozzy eyed, doing it for the camera



The boxing day buffet, oh i feel sick just looking at it



The present opening



Koby getting in on the act, lol



More presents, shiny new trainers

And yesterday i got on the wii fit and just did half an hour. I mainly did the hula hooping and ski jumping but boy does my rib area hurt today. And tomorrow i probably wont be able to walk as we took the boys out on their new bikes and my bike got stuck in first gear half way round so alot of peddleing was done by me!!!!

Any way gonna chill out tonight as i have been trying to research Ecoli 0157, the nasty one for an essay due in on the 5th of Jan. So spoiling my christmas break and i am dying to get some scrapping done with my new stash i got for christmas.

Bye for now
Sarah

Did you see......QVC

I got to watch QVC craft day for most of the day yesterday as the boys were watching movies in there room or on the wii.

So i sat and indulged my shopping senses, not that i bought anything as i am like the queen now adays, and carry no money, lol

I had a shopping list wrote down but as most of the american crafts stuff i wanted sold out i am hopeing there is some left for DH to get me for xmas.

But did you see Becks Fagg demonstrating all the new creativity life stuff and show caseing the scrapbook apprentice participants stuff. I saw loads of the other girls stuff but not a sausage of mine. But they were there.

The loverly Mel posted this link for me and it shows the Sweet LO i made. This is the one that is up in the voting list. You can see it here. The lo is in the flock demo and is about half way thru the clip.

The voting is still up for this month before it starts all over again for January.

Speaking of which, i had a flash of inspiration for the next month's challenge which is to use cardstock only. I never do CS only LO's as i have to have my PP on there. But i was inspired and got snippy with my scissors. No sneak peak yet.

Anyway, off to food shop soon, arh, i forsee a nightmare.

see you soon

sarah

Christmas Fire place screen

I thought id remind you of the screen i made last year for my fire place as i just noticed it featured in the christmas section on the UKS Homepage.

This screen was a labour of love/hate as it took me ages to cut all the doors and decorate etc.

You can find the full instructions on how to make it here if you scroll down to the bottom of the link.





Off to watch qvc craft day now

Birdie garland

I have another class for Caroline craftz forumz. THis one is a christmas garland made from stars and birdies. You can find all the instructions here.

I used the tempate that came with the kit to make some cute little paper robins. I then deocrated chipbiard birds, stars, slide mounts etc that where also in the kit with the fancy blingy PP in the kit beofre wiring it to a green tree garland on my fire place.

Here are a few pics for you but plenty more over on the site.











Bye for now

Mini tree album

I have another class for Carolinez craftz get ready for christmas crop. I made a cute little 'tree album' from the left overs from the pink kit.

You can find all the instructions here.

Here are a few pictures for you.











i made this for my aunty in Widnes, Cheshire who doesnt get to see the boys much now we are in Scotland. I hope she likes it.

Oh and here are a few pics of our non traditional coloured tree. I still think it looks very traditional thought, lol











Thats it for now

Christmas planner/jornal keepsake

I have finally managed to complete a class for Caroline using one of her gorgeous new christmas kits. You can find the full set of instructions here.

I made a little paper bag book that i have been using already as a planner and journal and i have left lots of space for stories, ethemera and photo's that i will gather over the festive period.

I used one of the pockets as i storage slot for all the christmas recipe's that i have printed off the interent. I am gonna Nigella our christmas lunch again this year, already working on a cranberry glaze for the turkey and definatly NEED and i mean NEED to make the girdle busting chocolate pie, Mmmmm, very yum.

Anyway here are a few pics of the paper bag book but plenty more on the instruction page on Carolinez









I have another little book on the go with the left overs from this kit

Bye for now

Its finally over

After weeks of essay prep and completion followed by weeks of revision and the dreaded exams on wed, thurs and friday, college is finally over for this session and i can begin to live again.

I have spent all my time since my last exam on friday trying to catch up with my poor neglected family, do some cleaning, some crafting and christmas shopping.

I also had a mad dash to complete the LO's and cards for the next round of Scrapbook Apprentice just incase i make it to the next round. I loved both my Lo's this time and didnt have a favourite. I tried new things, made them a bit different than my usual style etc. I even had a flash of inspiration for the cards as well. I just loved the new Papermania papers that we got to play with, so fresh and funky, my kind of PP's. In my mad dash i forgot to take pictures so no sneak peaks this time, arh.

Anyway, you can still vote for me if you like as the voting for this month is still open for another week. You can find it here

I have a little class coming up on Carolinez soon for a christmas planner/journal paperbag book which i will show you pictures of soon.

Be back soon

Getting ready for xmas

I have been making a few decorations recently in readyness for the festive season. My latest project is a mirror inspired by Tim Holtz.

Fiona, from our crop, got her husband to get us all lots of Ikea mirrors whilst he was down that way recently. What must he have looked like with a trolley full of mirrors.

Anyway, i adapted sir tim's idea to suit my own colours and as i dont pocess any stamps to make my tiles or memory glass etc, i am quite pleased with the result.

I learnt the technique of mounting an image on to chipboard, and then embossing with ultra thick many times from our scrap attack weekend with Dyan Reavly from art from the heart and blonde moments.

I embellished with a few small grungy board bits, metal frames and buttons. I added glitter to some of the plane pp tiles as well for added bling.

I had fun doing this and it only took the whole day cutting, glueing and embossing, lol







Dodgy photo's, I know. The camera didnt like the flective surface at all.

And just look at this to get you in the christmas spirit. What i nice surprise when i opened the door this morning to go to college.





Sarah

JYC 2008

As I previously mentioned, i finally finished my journal cover last night after weeks of stopping and starting.

I went for an american craft d ring album in craft and black which is 8 x 8. The loverly angela over at Angel Crafts specially ordered them in for me with super faster delivery thrown in as well.

I wanted to use my stash as times are hard. Whilst raking thru i noticed i had an unusual amount of pink which is strange as i have boys and only do BOM pages every now and again. So thats the colour i went for. I had some loverly pink paisley papers, again from angel crafts and mixed it up with creams, blues and whites.

I have mixed media pages in there as well, acetate from hambly, felt pages/pockets, Teressa Collins bracket covers and some little atc sized pocket pages that i snaffled from DS1.

Now i am all set to start my first prompt hopefully later this evening.



Be back soon

Sarah

Scrapbook Apprentice Challenge 1

It's been a nervous wait for all of us 12 Candidates but now is the time for you to start deciding our fate!

A sample of one of our cards and LO's is up on the Creativity Life Magazine blog for you to see and make a vote determined by the one you like most. So pop on over and cast your vote. Please remember to make the system fair and only vote once and for the one you actually like and not who you know the most, IYKWIM, lol

Sarah

Christmas Quiz; What colour tree should you have

I came across this quiz site and decided to see what colour tree i should have especially as its the first tomorrow. Here is the answer, not sure on the colour but i love the sentiment.

You Should Have a White Christmas Tree



For you, the holidays represent joy and spirituality.
The true meaning of Christmas is important to you - even if you're not religious.

The holidays are a time of reflection for you.
You like to spend time thinking about what's important in life.

Your white tree would look great with: Bright, bold ornaments

You should spend Christmas Eve watching: The Nativity Story

What you should bake for Santa: Sugar cookies - served up with a tall glass of milk

I finally finished my JYC album ready for tomorrow and Shimelle's class

Sarah

Its nearly time for .......JYC with Shimelle

Its quickly approaching decenber, not good for college work and exams, and the poor boys cant have the decorations up until i finish my last exam.

So to get me into the whole spirit of things and too cheer us up from last years god awful christmas period with the loss of our beloved dog and Grandad all within a few days, my mum has gifted me the JYC class.

As this is my first attempt at JYC i am so excited and I have already bought a 8 x 8 american crafts album to get me started and made a start on putting together some pages. I went for a non traditional colour scheme of blue, cream and shocking pink and i cant wait to get started now. As i have made a start, i hopefully wont get to stressed with revision, exams, starting to actually christmas shop for gifts on the 13th Decenber, arhhhhhhh and will fit each prompt in daily.

You can find all the details here for Shimelle's online Journal your Christmas class if you fancy joining in.

Not long to wait now

Sarah

Ribbon Oasis

Here is a selection of stuff i did last month for the Christmas ribbon pack from Ribbon oasis. I struggled with this as i dont celebrate christmas in the traditional red and greens as we have a blue, brown and gold theme here and have for a good few years now. But i made some decorations and a few LO's. I didnt do any cards as i am not a card maker and Bea as other DT members who are more than capable of producing fab cards, i am not, lol. Check out the Christmas Gallery here to see some fab work by the rest of the DT. I shall be using some of those ideas soon.



This one was non christmas papers from a BG collection pack but i think it still looks really festive. I love how Alex looks so young and this picture is only two years old. He is growing up fast now. Soon will be 8, arhhhh, where have my babies gone. I think DH would pack up and leave if i suggested some more, lol





I just loved the star and plan to make more in my own blue/ brown colours.

Also check out my mums new blog to see what she has come up with for her own christmas tree books. Really nice and traditional in comparison to my modern theme.



This one was not in the christmas theme as i just wanted to use the whites in the collection to make a plain, white spaced LO of Alex and his missing teeth.



Back to the study, about to make myself a revision timetable, exciting ha

Sarah

Pre Winter wonderland

One of the perks of being a northern girl living in the highlands of Scotland is the snow we always get. But i cant remember getting any in November before now.

We have spent a few days outside in the garden having lots of snowball fights and plenty of sledging.

And Koby's first experience of proper snow, he just loved it, lol



























And just look at these little beauties. They were at the winter festival in Elgin yesterday. Nearly wrote my dad's car off on the way as i skidded on ice and nearly needed new under wear, lol











That it for tonight

Sarah