Christmas Cuties | Stick It Down

I'm up on the Stick It Down blog with this new layout using this month's festive sketch.

I've gone for a more subtle approach to the wreath design on the sketch by using white on white. The wreath cut file is by Paige Evans.

Also I'm trying to use up some of last years Christmas stash.

I would love to see you join in with the sketch challenge.

Happy Crafting!

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Snow Cute | UK Scrap Addicts

I've been up on the UK Scrap Addicts Blog this month with my take on using paint on a layout. We had no specifications as to type of paint or how to use it which meant there are so many different layouts created by the team this month. Why not head over to check them out?

Happy Crafting!

Hello Beautiful | GoGo Getaway

Hi, I'm up on the GoGo Getaway Blog today with a layout using Cocoa Vanilla Studio 'Bohemian Dreams' collection. The focus of this layout was to use the Bokeh technique from March's GoGo Getaway.

I'd forgotten how much I love a good grid layout, quite simple to put together but so effective.

I've had these Dear Lizzy key and keyhole metal embellishments for years. It was great to get them used on a page.

Happy Crafting!

So Sweet | UK Scrap Addicts

Hello there, I'm up on the UK Scrap Addicts blog with a monochromatic layout using black, white and yellow.

This is one of my favourite layouts ever. I love how bold the yellow is against the black.

Be sure to check out my other layouts over on Instagram and Facebook.

Happy Crafting!

HoHoHo | Bramble Fox & Pinkfresh Studio

This is one of the cutest photos I've ever taken of my male cat. He is so affectionate towards me but such a little scaredy cat if we ever have visitors. He tolerated this cute little Santa hat for such a long time.

I added Heidi Swapp Mist to the background using the packaging technique to break up all the white space. Adding splatters of the blue and also gold mist to create droplets of more concentrated colour to the background.

I used some white tulle that was given to me by the lovely Lisa on the GoGo Getaway DT and it works perfectly tucked under the edge of the patterned paper to add a subtle texture and depth. The stunning acrylic piece makes for a bright and striking title.

Not only was the title created with the 'HoHoHo' acrylic perspextive from Bramble Fox I also used snowflake to create a varied texture. I've developed abit of a love for sequins again over the festive period and scattered them around many of my layouts often in a similar way I would use enamel dots or even Nuvo drops.

Happy Crafting!

Terri

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Hip Kit Club | Fur Baby

Using August's Hip Kit Club kit plus a couple of bits from my stash I created this layout of my sleepy little pussy cat. Oscar loves to lay on my bed amongst the scatter cushions. I'm totally in love with those black and white striped fabric bows.

I created a scattering of embellishments across the centre of the page in a horizontal direction.  These included puffy stickers, pom poms and nuvo crystal drops. Most of the products were from the kit and from the Maggie Holmes 'Carousel' collection.

Using the packaging technique I added some Heidi Swapp Colour Shine in teal to add some colour to the white cardstock background.

I added a flair and acrylic word from Bramble Fox. I'm absolutely in love with this new UK company. They have some lovely items and great service. I'm excited to get more of their products over the next few weeks.

Thanks for stopping by and I should be back with a new layout to share next week.

Happy Crafting!

Terri

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~ Like For Ever - November Moodboard ~

Good morning from a cold and dreary UK! Its a good job Christmas is during winter otherwise I would be totally over this season! Although its a little early to have Christmas decorations up in November, mine go up the first weekend in December.

Every month Nicola compiles a Moodboard to give us inspiration with our Like For Ever Kit. This month's is right down my street. Will you just look at those pinks and blues!!! I'm squealing slightly at the thought of them. 

I used mostly the 'Stargazer' kit to create this 12x12 page but added in a few bits and pieces from my stash. I used the colour scheme, florals, glitzy dress and script from the Moodboard as my inspiration.

I'm so in love with these beautiful teal blue glittery thicker words, the script font is perfect. I added quite a few gold texture paste stars to add interest to the plain background. The pink patterned paper has some pale pink flowers and I used the butterfly paper as I imagine my cat is dreaming of chasing butterflies.

I've left a lot of white space on this layout but I tried really hard not to add anything extra to it. I'm really pleased with how it looks. I've had these photos of my little boy cat asleep on our bed for a while and have been waiting for inspiration to get it scrapped. He is such a little cutie!!

Happy Crafting!

Terri

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~ A Cat'z Tale ~

Good Morning!

This photo has been sat on my computer for a while as I forgot I hadn't blogged it.

It is the final full 12x12 layout I created with the Like For Ever 'Little Things' kit. I cut out the paw prints using my Silhouette Cameo and then back filled them with the red patterned paper. I love this photo of my cat Oscar. He gets himself snuggled up in the smallest of places by my side on the sofa.

I had run out of 'S' letters on the alphabet sheet so had to use a 'Z' instead. I had quite a lot of journaling to write so I split it up in to 2 sections on the right hand side although now it feels a little lopsided to me. I really struggled to use the large die cuts in the ephemera pack but managed to get a few on this page.

Happy Crafting!

~ Hello Morning ~

Happy Saturday Everyone!

This is the first weekend I've had free for quite a while and it's nice to spend some time at home. I'm taking advantage of my other half training for the Sheffield Half Marathon next weekend by spending the afternoon in my craft room.

This is the first layout I have made using my new Silhouette Cameo. I used it to cut the picture frame background from The Cut Shoppe. To be honest it took me a few attempts with this layout as I struggled with the different patterns and amount of blocks of patterns. But the more I look at the completed page the more I like it. I tried to keep the embellishment quite simple.

The layout was made using the Like For Ever April Kit 'Little Things' which includes loads of MME 'On trend 2'. Can't wait for my next kit to arrive at the end of the month. It seems like I've had this current kit for ages as we received it early at the Like For Ever retreat.

This photo isn't very good quality as it was taken in the dark with my phone. Oscar often comes to wake me up in the morning to tell me he wants his breakfast but on this day my partner had fed him and I had gone to bed after my night shift which Oscar wasn't impressed by so he decided to climb on my head!

Thanks for reading & happy crafting!

Terri

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~ Little Miss Sunshine! ~

Good morning readers! This is the final page I created at the Like For Ever Retreat at the beginning of March. As soon as I took these photos of my girl cat 'Millie' I knew what title I wanted to use. She loves to lay in the cat tree in the sunshine.

The fabric chipboard embellishments on this layout have been in my stash for YEARS!! and I am so excited to get them used up on this page. They were from a ScrapaGoGo kit I had a very long time ago. I spritzed the suns with Heidi Swapp Gold Shine mist which the lovely Caroline Steele lent me.

Fingers crossed for some more sunny days as we go in to Spring so I can take lots more bright photos.

Happy Crafting!

~ January Sketch - Stick It Down DT ~

I know we have headed away from Christmas and are firmly in 2016 but I couldn't help using this sketch challenge to create this cute page of my cat Millie in her Christmas Collar.

Head over to the Stick It Down blog to join in with us this month and to see everyone else's fab interpretations.

We've had shocking weather here in the UK over the last few weeks so I apologise for the dark photo.

Here's hoping 2016 brings you everything you've wished for!

Happy Crafting!

~ Stick It Down - October sketch ~

It's that time of the month again! Over on Stick It Down there is another sketch challenge posted. Hop on over to see for yourself and show us your interpretation.

I love both my cats but Oscar my male is much more loving than his sister. Oscar's place in an evening is asleep curled up on my knee. I have taken numerous photos of him like this and this month's sketch was just what I needed to showcase them all on one layout.

The papers and embellishments are mostly from the Shimelle Lane 'True Stories' collection and the bright bold colours was just what I wanted to contrast the black and white of Oscar's fur.



Hope to see you over on the Stick It Down blog, linking your own creation.

Happy Crafting!

Terri

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~ Oh So Lovely! ~

On my return from London I found the most gorgeous kit from Like For Ever full of Crate Paper Wonder collection. I have found this collection so inspirational. I have managed to creat 3 layouts that I'm really pleased with.

The papers really worked well with a couple of my photos from a trip to Vietnam a few years ago. I'm desperately trying to finish this album.

Whilst in Vietnam we did a cookery class. We made lots of lovely food, including these gorgeous summer spring rolls. The kit had some cute puffy stickers which aren't really my style but look really sweet on the layouts. I love how the kit makes you use things you wouldn't normally buy.

Whilst cruising down the Mekong Delta during our trip we stopped off at a lovely hotel for lunch. It had gorgeous gardens that we were able to walk round. There was also traditional items for us to pose with. I fussy cut all the flowers out from one of the patterned papers.

I'm completely amazed at how a collection can create completely different types of layouts. This is so cute. Oscar spends most of his evenings laid on my knee snoozing. I love the cat related embellishments in this collection. They are cute and not over the top.

Happy Crafting!

Terri

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~ Such a cutie pie! ~

My two cats are my pride and joy (except at 2am when they decide its playtime!). They can be so photogenic and I'm really pleased with this Instagram photo of Oscar relaxing by the radiator.

 

I am proud to say that I have used up quite a few scraps of paper and left over bits of ribbon. I've never really picked a single colour to focus on but love the different shades of blue used in this layout with a few kraft/brown pieces added in to break it up.

 

I've realised I'm a lover of layers. I can't help but put lots of different pieces of paper/stickers/tape overlapping each other! On this layout I also used mists and stamps to create added colour and decoratio to the layers.

 

Happy Crafting!

 

~Hide and Seek~

Well the Sun is shining on this Bank Holiday Monday, so far so good. Doubt it will stay like this with the weather forecast.

Here is a layout I completed yesterday for the Two Peas National Scrapbook Day challenges: 

For this layout I used my February Scrapagogo kit with a few added extras, including the April tag from the April kit.

This layout documents my kitten's fear of our hoover, everytime we get it out he shoots upstairs and hides in my bed.

Might try to get somemore crafting done today but to be honest I haven't really been feeling like it.

Happy Crafting!

~ A purrfect Christmas ~

This is a card that I made from the 'Holiday Card Bootcamp' I did online.

Here in Britain we never seem to send photo cards whereas in the USA it seems to be a very regular occurance. I expect this is because often family is so far away and only visited on very special occasions.

So I decided rather than photos of me and the other half maybe a photo of our two six month old kittens under the tree would be more appealing. They seemed to be as I made 4 different ones and 3 of them sold at the Grand concert stall I did.

Again another very simple card.

Happy Crafting!

~ A little monster! ~

Well our 5 1/2 month old kitten Millie seems to have taken rather a liking to socks - thankfully she likes clean ones only!

It started one night when she pulled all the socks off the radiator and brought them to us one by one. Now she seems to have taken a liking to any that are left around the house.

I walked out of the living room to find her in the hall playing with one of my other half's rugby socks, which is actually bigger than her! Her brother doesn't seem to have mastered any new fetishes.

We have nicknamed her the sock monster!

Happy Crafting!

~ A creative obstacle ~

Well I can't get on for trying...I have recently had plenty of time to do some crafting since I have taken some holiday before my operation, however there seems to be a big obstacle which seems to appear every time I get comfortable in my craft room...

This is my 16 week old kitten Oscar. He likes to sit on my knee whilst I'm trying to craft. But by doing this I can't get my knees under the desk. I almost squashed him the other day when he crept up and laid behind me on the chair.

What obstacles do you have to your crafting?

Happy Crafting! 

~ It's been a long time! ~

Well what can I say... since moving house, despite having my own fully set up craft room my mojo has been very absent! I'm hoping to regain it now these bundles of joy have arrived.

This is Oscar and Millie oour new 10 week old kittens. They are so energetic and currently provide endless hours of entertainment. Hopefully there will be lots of photos for scrapping in the near future.

Maybe I'll manage to fit some scrapping in during their afternoon naps (just like babies they need a sleep post playtime!).

I have managed to produce a few pieces of art/scrapbooking to use as decoration in our new home so over the next few days I will try to share them with you.

Happy Crafting!