Ticket to Ride

Good morning all. 

Yesterday was much more relaxed :) Picked up my wedding shoes and bag on route to my sister's and found the perfect corsage to put on my bag so my outfit is complete and now in the building!! I did end up sealing envelopes for my brother in law who was up to his eyes with entries for the Jim Clark Rally and needed to catch the post office before it closed though.

My feet and legs are killing me.....breaking in new walking shoes for next week, which are so comfy but as they correct the way you walk I'm using muscles I'm not used too! Also breaking in a pair of heels for Saturday....it's not easy tottering around when your leg muscles ache from top to bottom!! Anyway I'm off for a manicure and pedicure this afternoon and a little bit of waxing (ouch) and I'm having my hair done tomorrow morning..so hopefully I'll be all glammed up for the weekend!!

My third and final share for my guest design spot over at Sketches in Thyme this month. It's a double page layout this week so I just had to add another page to the Mongol Rally album.

Created in Craft Artist using "Ticket to Ride" from Mye de Leon.

Most of these photos were taken in Mongolia when crossing the Gobi Desert...tarmac roads just didn't exist!

Challenges entered:

Lasting Memories - alphabet

The Memory Nest - Whimsical Wednesday

Carol x

Life is a Journey

Good morning all, I hope you are all well.

It started off lovely here yesterday but turned cool and rained quite heavily when we were in Edinburgh. Eldest managed to get his suit so he's all sorted for the wedding now, just need to get hubby's suit dry cleaned and we're all done. 

Things didn't go quite so smoothly at the dental hospital and they had quite a struggle getting the wisdom tooth extracted as it was so big and the roots were dangerously close to the plate he has in his jaw as a result of maxillofacial surgery a few years ago. They had to break the tooth into four bits in order to extract it, Gary says he blacked out at one point!! I would imagine he'll be quite sore and bruised when he eventually gets up today!

Today's share is another page for the Mongol Rally album using some more of the photos of them and their convoy buddies on the road in Kazakhstan, Russia and Mongolia

Created in Craft Artist using "Ticket to Ride" from Mye de Leon.

Challenges entered:

Sketches - Creatively Yours - sketch and something round

Pumpkin Spice - create a layout

Carol x

Explore Mongolia

Good morning all. We had another nice day yesterday although a little cooler than it was at the weekend. Spent my day doing laundry and housework though and I will need to do more housework  today!!

A double page layout to share today, another for the Mongol Rally album.

Created in Craft Artist using "Adventure" from Sherwood Studio and "Ticket to Ride" from Mye de Leon.

Challenges entered:

Sketches in Thyme - #109

Carol x

Convoy

Good afternoon all. 

A second post from me today. This is another Mongol Rally layout. I'm plodding on quietly but still have a mega amount of photos left!!

Created in Craft Artist using  "Adventure" from Sherwood Studio and the chevron from "Ticket to Ride" from Mye de Leon.

Challenges entered:

Sketchabilities - #88

Carol x

Genghis Khanny Row

Good morning all. Spent another day sorting the craft room out yesterday and I'm nearly there. Treated myself to some Crafter's Companion marker storage last night to free up some work surface . Just trying to work out the most efficient use of the space I've got....but at least I can see my work mat!!

A Mongol Rally layout from me this morning.
Still plodding away on this album and still don't seem to be making any headway into the plethora of photos I have to scrap! Thank heavens for the sketch challenges to give me loads of different starting points for the pages.

These photos were taken a couple of months before the Rally took place. To raise awareness of what they were doing they took part in the Trades Cup boat race at North Berwick. None of them could row and they only managed two lessons before the event but they made it back to dry land in a noble fourth place (out of four) lol.

Created in Craft Artist using "Ticket to Ride" from Mye de Leon.

Challenges entered:

Creative Craft World - scrapmat

Carol x

Explore

Good morning all.

Another Mongol Rally layout this morning. 

Layout designed in Craft Artist using "Ticket to Ride" from Mye de Leon.

Challenges entered:

Sketchabilities - #86

Frosted Designs - chevrons

The Pink Elephant - chevrons/hexagons

Carol x

Room with a View

Good evening all. It's been a beautiful day here - can't believe it's March already!

A quick Mongol Rally layout before I miss the challenge deadline! The lads pulled into a car park one night somewhere in Kazakhstan after a long day's driving and this is what they woke up to in the morning!

Created in Craft Artist using "Ticket to Ride" from Mye de Leon.

Challenges entered:

Creative Scrappers - #249

Frosted Designs - chevrons

Carol x

Passport Required

A second post from me today. Scroll down one to see my DT project for Whoopsi Daisy.

Paid my regular visit to the hairdresser's this morning so my roots are back under control!

Another layout from the Mongol Rally album.

Created in Craft Artist using "Ticket to Ride" from Mye de Leon.

Challenges entered:

Digitally Sweet - sketch

Carol x

Meeting the Locals

Good morning all. Gosh it was cold here yesterday, don't think I felt warm all day!

Another layout this morning from the Mongol Rally album. The photo was taken by one of the other teams our lads were convoying with - the kids are presumably brother and sister and just wandered into the camp.

Created in Craft Artist using "Ticket to Ride" from Mye de Leon.

Challenges entered:

Creative Scrappers - #247

Carol x

Blue Donkey

Good morning all. Another lovely day yesterday although a little chillier. Got the washing done, beds changed and some housework done before  taking the dog for a 3 mile walk....my aim this year is to get fit again and lose some weight!! Also tweaked my blog some more and finally managed to get the layout to save so did some tidying up here too!

Another Mongol Rally layout to share today, I've been utilising all the scrap mats to vary the layouts for the many pages in this album. Blue Donkey was found in a bazaar in Almaty, Kazakhstan when they had a Top Gear style challenge with another team to buy the worst present! He then rode all the way to Mongolia on top of the car. They bought a kids bath in return!

Created in Craft Artist using "Ticket to Ride" from Mye de Leon.

Challenges entered:
Creative Craft World - scrap map

Carol x

Festival of Slow

Good morning all. Another week started, is it just me or are they flying by this year?

Decided my blog needed a makeover so guess how I spent last night! Still need to do some work on it and for some reason I can't save any layout changes at the moment. It was a gorgeous day yesterday so we took the dog on a 4.5 mile walk to the harbour and beach.

Another page from Gary's Mongol Rally album to share today. All the layouts will end up as double pages with a collage of photos on the opposite page and perhaps some journalling.

Created in Craft Artist using "Ticket to Ride" from Mye de Leon.

Challenges entered:

Creative Scrappers - #246

Carol x

Ready2Go

Good morning to you all.
 Gosh wasn't blogger awful yesterday or was it just me who had a load of old posts in their newsfeed?

Another layout from eldest's Mongol Rally album to share today. Still dozens of pages to be done and I need to get a move on as he's already planning his next adventure!! Thank goodness I discovered digi scrapping!!

Created in Craft Artist using "Ticket to Ride" from Mye de Leon. I'm loving working with this kit, it's been perfect for this album.

Challenges entered:

Sketches in Thyme - #101

Carol x

Brian

Good afternoon all. It's been a bit dreich here today. A second post from me today.

I've been catching up with some scrapbooking this week whilst feeling under the weather.

Here are a couple of the pages from the Mongol Rally album for my son.

I thought sketches #243 and #244 at Creative Scrappers would work perfectly for this album. The first layout is of the car at the end of it's journey in Ulaanbaatar, the second is my son enjoying an icecream cone somewhere in Kazakhstan - the photo was taken by one of the guys they were convoying with and when he uploaded it to FB on their return home Gary wrote the comment "that's a face only a mother could love" beneath it!

Layouts produced in Craft Artist using "A Ticket to Ride" from Mye de Leon.

Carol x

Skate-a-thon

Good morning all I hope you're well and not too badly affected by the weather. We had a dusting yesterday and it snowed on and off all day, it was finally white by dusk.

I nearly had a hairy canary yesterday when I discovered I'd deleted several hundred files from my computer rather than just removing them from Picassa as I'd intended to! Luckily they were all in the recycle bin and I was able to restore everything!!

I saw a double layout sketch over at Sketches in Thyme on Thursday and decided it would be perfect for one of the pages of the lads Mongol Rally album, so here I'm sharing the finished article.

I love this kit from Mye de Leon called "Ticket to Ride" and it's been perfect for this album. The layout has been created in Craft Artist. One of my resolutions for this year is to get this album finished.......there are several pages to go before I even get to preserving their 5 weeks of adventure!!

Challenges entered:

Sketches in Thyme - #100

Winter Wonderland - vintage

Cards Galore Scrapbook Challenge - anything goes

Lasting Memories - something old, something new (old kit and photos, new resolution)

Carol x

Mongol Rally Montage

Good evening all. Not being a very good blogger at the moment I'm afraid. My mojo has taken a hike somewhere, I know not where!

I've been having a play this afternoon with some of Gary's photos and those been shared by the friends he made en-route.

Made in Craft Artist using a Mye de Leon kit called Ticket to Ride. I've used Cutout Studio for the first time, I still need a bit of practise but I'm quite impressed with how well this works.

Challenges entered:

Craft your Days Away - anything goes

Divas by Design - anything goes

Papercraft Star - phot insp + holiday/vacation

Tando Creative - travel

That Craft Place - vintage

Carol x