I found the perfect patterned paper in my stash for a spread about Kew's Orchid Festival and I'm really pleased with how it turned out ... I also finished a double spread about the February half-term ... where you can just see a glimpse of the lovely Deb. Can you spot Deb? The final page … Continue reading Scrapping in 2019 #5
This year's 100 Day Project is live! This year, I've decided to use the 100 Day Project to finish off the handful of abandoned works in progress I have around the place. Five UFOs to tackle In no particular order, I have the following UFOs: A small album recording each day of London 2012 The … Continue reading 100 Day Project
I've used my crafting time this past week to fill in a few gaps in The Boy Child's album. I added a double spread of 11 photos from last Summer. We had a wonderful six weeks, and I couldn't help but marvel at how different The Boy Child's Summer holidays are from the ones I … Continue reading Scrapping in 2019 #4
Having told you recently that I planned to complete The History Project during the upcoming 100 Day Project, I've actually gone ahead and begun working on it again. Waiting for laundry presents a perfect opportunity It's been a lot of fun to spend time thinking about the first twenty years of my life. I've been … Continue reading The History Project | The Restart
What with Tilly and actually being expected to work in my work-from-home job, scrapbooking time has been a little hard to come by. I did manage to add our visit to the Polish War Memorial to our 2019 album ... and I've added a double page spread on December to The Boy Child's album. (I … Continue reading Scrapping in 2019 #3
I signed up for Kerri Bradford's online class, The History Project, in January 2015, full of enthusiasm, but somehow it became one of those online courses that I didn't complete. I came across my uncompleted work in a drawer recently when looking for Lego instructions (as you do). As I flicked through the worksheets, I … Continue reading The History Project | Revisited
Did February turn out to be thrilling? Let's take a look at the numbers ... February in numbers 3 nights in beautiful Cambridge thanks to a work trip falling in half-term. One amazing evening at the Jack Petchey Foundation Awards. 8 scrapbook pages created - an even split between traditional and TN. 9 pieces of … Continue reading Month in Numbers | February 2019
Do you remember when you were a child and your parents warned you not to talk to strangers? Do you remember constantly telling your children today not to meet up with 'friends' they met on the internet? The Boy Child and I recently did both of those things. We even met arranged to meet a … Continue reading Stranger Things
Two more spreads have been added to my traveler's notebook. It seems that we thrive by simply embracing all that is good for the soul. I reused a design to record the weekday walk in Notting Hill ... and I added the Awards Evening.
I didn't make anything during the first two weeks of the month, but completed last week was a double page spread starring Tilly (for our 2019 album). Call it puppy love It's an old design, one that I've used a lot over the years. I think it originally came from Shimelle. I also reused a … Continue reading Scrapping in 2019 #2
