A layout to share

Well when I bought this paper I had this photo in mind - I normally buy paper then fit the photo/s around it but Basic Grey Wassail just fitted this photo perfectly. I used an old music book for part of my mat and the bottom layer of the flowers.

Mothers Day and a new stage of parenthood

Well I had a lovely Mothers Day - thanks so much Andrew for letting it happen. I had a lovely breakfast in bed - egg,sausage,bacon,hashbrown, grilled tomato and mushroom and I had a sleep in until 8:30 when the kids came to give me my gifts.

first up was Christopher with a gift he chose all by himself - a little cat candle holder very cute and some very detailed drawings which I will put on a layout later


Then Katie gave me this lovely scarf - it has a hood and the at the ends you can put your hands in. It is for me when I am scrapping in my space in the garage which gets a bit cold in winter.



And Brendan had a choice between perfume and a Treasure box and he chose this as he says it will last longer.



So now I have got to decide what to put in my treasure box. Thank you my precious children for your lovely gifts. I also had a lovely lunch and dinner which included Sticky date pudding one of my favourites made for me.

Today I went to get a uniform set for Katie - there was a notice in the school newsletter for a second hand set of three shirts, two culottes and a pair of tights in excellent condition for $50 so I managed to get that - excellent bargain as they are in excellent collection and if bought new would have been about $180. Add these to the polar fleeces I got for $10 each and she has her uniform. Yes my baby starts school soon and has her first school visit tomorrow. The stationery is bought and she is so ready to go and so am I ready for her to go though there is a part of me that has a knot in my tummy thinking about it - so a new stage in parenting begins in June- no more preschoolers........

Having a go at Digi Scrapping

Well I don't have photoshop but have an application on my Mac called seashore so with the freebies I have downloaded from eidou I have being having a go at digital scrapping.

My first attempt



the next go



and this one - which I like best



It was fun doing these - though It is a bit tricky as once you put on one element and get to the next one I couldnt work out how to edit the previous one. Also doing any text on it was an issue. I definitely prefer tradtional scrapping nothing like getting full of glue and cutting paper:)

Scrap Tech Tuesday at Scrappin' Patch

I have been on a number of scrapbooking forums and a question I have often seen raised is how do you use a sketch or do a sketch challenge? So for this Scrap Tech Tuesday I thought I would show you an example of a sketch and then show you some layouts I did using it.

My sketch is a three portrait orientated photo one.


My first layout uses the sketch literally ie as is with just a little tweak of having the photos at an angle.



Another way to use the sketch is to rotate it and therefore have landscaped orientated photos like this example



With the sketch you can use more or less photos and with the following example I just used one large photo (it could even be larger then this)



Sketches are very much open to interpretation - you can also flip the layout ie have the journalling and embellishment on the opposite side and change the title over.

One of the best places on the web to find sketches is at Page Maps (http://www.pagemaps.com) and there are heaps more sites.

Now I would like to see your interpretation of my Sketch upload in the gallery here

http://scrappinpatch.co.nz/coppermine/t ... ?album=130

by the midnight the 12th of May and I will draw a name to receive a small RAK from me.

Happy scrapping.

National Scrapbooking Day Fun at Scrappin' Patch

The clue for this is can be found at the big sale at Scrappin Patch post.........
Find the

Final Friday Night Challenge at Sketchbook

Well it was my turn to set the final Friday Night challenge - the new weekly challenges start next week.

The challenge is to do a layout in Megans style and have an owl on the layout somewhere
Check out the challenge here and be in for a chance to win RAK at the end of the month
http://www.sketchbooknz.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1361

Here is my Layout

A Scrapping weekend ahead ?

Well not for me but tomorrow I will put up the final Friday night challenge at The Sketchbook- its a surprise of sorts!! (the new challenges start up on Monday)

Then on Saturday something is afoot at Scrappin' Patch for National Scrapbooking Day and I am not giving out any clues ....

Talking about Scrappin' Patch I did this layout using the gorgeous Equinoxe paper range by Rose Moka and a bit of 7 gypsies flocked paper thrown in which came in a parcel yesterday - goodies I bought from the sale.



I bought a H20 pen and used that to do the distressing and I love prima crystals - I only used them for the first time at the retreat!!