9/100 'Hello Sweet Baby'

I haven't played at Let's Get Sketchy for a while but when I saw this sketch I knew exactly what I wanted to use!

I bought the Ali Edwards new baby brushes a while ago and converted them to SVG files with the intention of making new arrival cards for DD#2....sorry to say, what with everything else on my plate, it didn't happen!! So I now need to do something with them to justify the buy :0)

Ta da!!! DGD and DGS meeting for the first time....bless :0)

used more of my CKC Kit ....yay! It really does make scrapping life sooo easy :0)

the embossed heart is one of my new bargain Sizzix folders!

I adore Ali Edwards' work ......love that the lines are wiggly woggly!

Basic Grey fabric thing....I wasn't really sure what to do with it...so I chopped it in half!!

Here is the lovely sketch that got the old creative juices flowing:



Thanks for popping in today,

Ali x 

Layout 5/100 '& baby makes 3'

This layout is using my CKC kit...yay, for the second time this month!! and also the sketch over at Sketchbook365.

This is the first layout for my new DGS' album :0) and is also one of the first photos taken of his arrival :0)))

journal tag is tucked away into the glassine bag

circle cut on Silhouette, the house stamp is super old

I punched all the hearts to make the 'tiles', the stamp is my fave MME

Studio Calico wood veneers and Pink Paislee really old chipboard number

It was such a fun idea to 'build' a house around this new little family :0)

Here is the sketch:

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Ali x 

Whit Woo I have been published!!

Well to add to all the recent excitement I have received my copy of Scrap365 and a little gift....like seeing my layout in print wasn't the biggest scrapping present I have ever had in my life!!!

So here it is :0)))

lots of lovely diecuts and dimension.....that's what they wanted!!!

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Ali x 

A couple of cards

I haven't had time to do any layouts recently but I have been able to spend a little time playing with paper as I have needed some cards. Here are a couple that I didn't have time to share.

The first one was for DD#1's birthday

MME The Sweetest Thing paper, various butterfly punches, jar cut on Silhouette and inked with Dreamweaver brushes, MME and Hero Arts stamps

The second one is for my Mum on Mother's Day, already been and gone over here.



Birds are cut from MME papers on the Silhouette as is the speech bubble



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Ali x 

Magical

I am so in the scrapping groove right now! I am making the most of every second as next week life gets busy again and I don't think I will have much time for me....never mind I am enjoying it while it lasts :0)

Today's lo is inspired by Challenge #31 at Color Me Scrappy. It'as a colour and layer challenge and you won't believe that I have chosen to go with this one!!  It has PURPLE in it!! When you see the photo you will see why this colour palette was perfect for my layout :0)

I have had a tub of Gesso in my cupboard waiting to played with and this was the perfect time to get it out....mainly to disguise most of the purple!!!

Not only did I layer up the papers but I layered up the hearts too!! The 'fireworks' are a TPC stamp in Cloud White Momento (the best white ink I have found) and a WRMK stamp glue stamped and glittered. Ali Edwards phrase stamp

Papers are MME Collectable Memorable collection, Websters Pages

This gorgeous overlay is a freebie from A Vegas Girl at Heart :) I converted the PNG file to an SVG file and cut it on the Silhouette. The calendar is part of a Studio Calico paper. The arrow stamp is my fave from a Heidi Swapp collection (you know the one Lizzy!)

and here is the colour palette:

 I know my background colour is wrong but all of the colours are in my papers and embellies :0) I could just about cope with a purple that was verging on blue!!

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Ali x 

Basil :)

Morning,

another one bites the dust!! I am on scrapping cloud nine!!!

I am always on the lookout for new challenges as a little prompt usually helps to get the creative juices flowing and having seen a few of my blogging friends refer to Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge I thought I would pop over and take a look ....so glad I did!!

Smashing inspiration and not only sketch challenges, although that is what floats my boat!!

Here is a layout of my beloved Basil :0)

I misted with acrylic paint as I wanted that specific limey green......I am going to be doing that a lot more often!

This is my homage to Heidi Swapp...created in frustration at not having a Michaels here!!! You can see I had a little accident with the white love but it doesn't notice so much in real life! Obviously cut on the Silhouette and the black was a an offset shadow of the original word.....I am finally getting to grips with all the functions!

Look at that face! Triangles cut from an old Anna Griffin photo corner and the star is from my bonzer mate Lizzy

and here is the fabulous sketch:

 reminds me of that Tim Holtz stamp :0)

Do you want a laugh?? For those of you who pop in from time to time you will know that I am having real problems getting my photos true to colour with all this dingy grey weather....this is what I resorted to for this one. Balancing on swivel chair, one foot on DH's desk (hence the clutter!!) trying desperately to keep the chair still just so I could photograph the lo under his desk lamp and hope that that would fix the problem.......erm.....nope!!!

I am off to try using some coloured paper ;0)

Thanks for popping in,

Ali x

Happy Valentines Day :0)

Valentines is not a big deal in my house but as I had created this die cut on my Silhouette...I know, get me!!!....I thought it would be mean not to attach it to a card and give to DH :0)

glossy accent heart

inside reads.....tomorrow and forever.

Hope you have a lovely day, thanks for popping in,

Ali x 

'Big Thanks'

I am on a roll!! Can't seem to prize myself away from my desk at the moment, but it's all helping to keep me on the straight and narrow :0) ....over a week now, so by my calculations that's £40 more to spend on paper, paint and pretty things!!!

I saw this week's sketch over at Let's Get Sketchy and thought it would be right up my street....albeit shrunk down!

It took a few little tweaks to get it right enough to go into an album....I went a bit mad with the mist...so not happy from the offset....I know, I know I should have started again, but I just can't bear to throw cardstock away!!

I made the chevron mask on the Silhouette and misted with Mr Huey and Tattered Angels mists and liked it. Then the postman delivered some new SC masks so I decided to use the star one...yeah I know hard to tell as the mist I used was clogged and squirted rather then misted...grrr! So there is a hint of the stars and then I turned the mask over to use up the residual ink. I cut the photo into two as there was a big gap between my Mum and Dad, wouldn't have thought of doing that if the sketch hadn't called out for 2 photos!

The title is cut on the Silhouette as is the arrow that you can hardly see on the left! Papers are Pink Paislee and MME. With Teresa Collins transparency and a chipboard corner from WRMK.

The heart and arrow were also done on the Silhouette. The 21 die cut is Pretty Little Studio (forgot I had them!) Teh stamp is MME, the felt flower is an old Heidi Swapp and the pearls are Kaisercraft

I added some drips of black ink to ground it all, and am now happy with the result :0)

Here is the sketch that inspired it all




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Ali x 

...better late than never :0)

I know that life has been eating into my blogging time but have only just realised that I forgot to share my calendar for 2013 with you!

I like to make a calendar every year and when I say the Heidi Swapp free printables click here I knew that this was going to be the one for this year :0) It is only 7 x 5 and DH made a wise point...how are you going to fit everything into those tiny squares? Hmm...with mini journaling cards and a sparkly peg of course!!! Happy accidents :0)

OK...as there are 12 months in a year there are going to be a lot of photos....you have been warned!!

I have put my Silhouette to good use on this project! The cake stamp is Hero Arts and everything else is from My Minds Eye, Ali Edwards, Studio Calico and Maya Road :0)

Thanks for popping in,

Ali x

'Back in Time'

Oooh I have to say that ScrapFriends is still my absolute favourite for Sketch Inspiration and this one is no exception!!

This page is the very last one for my Welsh Album....it does seem like forever ago...and to be honest I had forgotten that there was still one to do!!

Anywho, the photo was taken on a very rainy day in the Mumbles. What a gloriously beautiful little town with Victorian touches everywhere... I loved it, even in the rain!

A corny title I know but hey ho! I cut the letters on the Silhouette (not done that before, a cornucopia of fonts to choose from but I wanted mine to be simple) as well as the 'mask'

Tag with TH stamp, transparency die cut on Grand Calibur form Glitz, tin letter from back in the day!

clock stamp is super old, Studio Calico veneer and Pink Paislee ephemera, MME brad

Here is the fabulous sketch that inspired my layout:

I shall definitely do this one again and try doing the paper piecing!!

Thanks for popping in today,

Ali x