Mojoholder Challenge 116

This week's talented designer is the lovely Edleen Maryam. Check out her blog & gallery to see more stunning designs. I really loved the shape & the elements of this week's page & felt they needed a vintage treatment. So I picked these photos of historic areas of Grimsby. I was born in Grimsby & now live in Scunthorpe but I commute to Grimsby every day. Strange how you end up back in places you thought you had left behind forever. Both these places are within walking distance of the office too!!! As the journalling says, the Ice factory (top picture) was one of the places used to film Atonment. Corporation Bridge (lower photo) featured in a pop video for the duo Erasure. I love history & archaeology so being able to combine these interests with scrapping is fab.

Materials List;

Cardstock, Kraft.

Paper, 1959 Vintage Classified Page- Studio Calico

Stamps- Clearstamps Damask set-Kelly Panacci.

Ink - Adirondack Dye Pad, butterscotch. Rangers Distress ink - brushed corduroy.

Title - Making Memories tiny brown ledger "Historic"

American Crafts black fabric thickers "Grimsby"

Maya Road rub on calendar.

Bracket was drawn on using a pink paislee die cut as a template & a whispers black pen.

Happy Birthday, Den!!

I already know she is having a fabulous day! here is the card I made. I called it my recycled range using vintage colours & pages from an old book. The Whitewash Co-ordinates paper is excellent for running through the cuttlebug embossing folder as the soft pink dots that came through gave a really vintage girly feel and the scallops (made with my corner rounder) added a soft touch. The flower was lemon but I inked it with chalk ink & overstamped with my script background stamp. The ribbon was given to me from off someone's birthday gift.

Mojoholder Challenge 115

This week over at Mojoholder, our guest designer is Nancy Van Den Berg. I was very disappointed with this page in the end. I had it visualised in my mind long before I put it to paper & it didn't really quite come out right. I wanted to use this paper as it is glittery & pretty & the cardstock hinges (cut out using my grungeboard ones as templates) were supposed to make the page look like a book but it never really came off. The photo is one given by a friend, she stayed in this hotel in Las Vegas. I made a smaller title of rubs ons that says the stuff of...

and ends ... and dreams with the word Fairytales between but you'll need to get close to see them.

Full Materials List;

Bazzill Cardstock, Heather. White, for scalloped edge (made using corner rounder)

Patterened Paper, Die Cuts With a View- Once Upon A Time.

Grey cardstock for hinges, Earth tones Co ordinates. Brads- Papermania.

Title - Papermania Cardstock Stickers.

Small words & sentences, Doodlebug Simply sweet Rub Ons.

Stamps - Snag 'em duos, Papermania.

Blossoms - Prima.

Gems, Papermania.

Happy Father's Day! Dad.

I made this card using Black Magic Co-ordinates cardstock & the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder, run through my Big Shot. Stamp is PaperArtsy.

Mojoholder Challenge 114

Here we are again, Friday night is Mojoholder Night & our guest this week is the talented Laura Price Fiore. Pop over to the mojo blog & see the other designs & check out Laura's blog while you are at it.

I received my latest Studio Calico kit early this week, Soda Fountain so I used the kit to make the June page of my "Year of Studio Calico" album using the back of the 6" Jenni Bowlin calendar that came with the Christmas kit. My thoughts turned straight to summer when I saw these papers & memories of childhood holidays spent in strawberry fields with our grandparents came flooding back.

Materials List;
Patterned Paper, Ducks in a Row/ Sleep Tight - October Afternoon
Early Bird - Cherry Pie - Cosmo Cricket
Hello Hen - Studio Calico
Teal flat back pearl gems- Opaline - Basic Grey
Pinwheel Stamp- Studio Calico exclusive stamp
Porcelain alphabet- Basic Grey
To make the tiny pinwheels, I stamped the design once on the front & once on the back of two double sided sheets of paper. Then I cut away bits of the design & glued them onto the other to give the appearance of doublesided pinwheels.

Mojoholder Challenge 113

I'm back again this week with another bright & colourful, fun page featuring my step-niece Lucy. I really had got low on ink, but my order arrived last Saturday morning in time for this week's Design Team page. Pop on over the blog to see the original page by talented crafter Frances Sylvia and see what the other DT girls did.

Materials List;

Background paper; October Afternoon, Hometown-Depot Park. (SC kit Sept.08.)

American Crafts Elements -Dandelion photo turns & brads.

Green cardstock- papermania- scalloped with corner rounder.

Numbers 1, 2, 3 and flower centre- Sassafrass Chipboard stickers (SC kit. May.09)

Red Blossom- Prima.

Title Word - Heidi Swapp - Play.

Border hand stitched using DMC embroidery thread.

Lucy was a bit nervous of the bouncy castle, hired for brother Oliver's birthday, but after seeing all the big girls & boys having so much fun she took her first step up to the top. Once back down she grinned from ear to ear and spend hours on it.

Mojoholder Challenge - 112

Crikey its already this time of the week, where has the last 7 days gone!!! Well we mojo girls are back again with a fab guest designer, Danielle Flanders. Pop on over the mojo blog & she the rest of the Design Team pages.

I loved this design & stepped out of my comfort zone to scrap something quite bright & funky. Mind you I had just the right materials. For more information see below.

All items from the May Studio Calico kit, Playground except the Hambly clear border stickers which were in a previous Studio Calico Kit.

This page was made for the ongoing album "A Year of Studio Calico" and for those who have not seen any of this album so far, the actual page is the 6" Jenni Bowlin calendar that came with the December kit.

Materials List;

Patterned Paper; Sassafras Anthem -ticket & Anthem - Classic. (both doublesided sheets)

Title - Cardstock Alpha Stickers Black Ledger - Jenni Bowlin

Orange Chipboard Bracket - Sassafras Self Adhesive Stickers.

Black Tab Sticker - Jenni Bowlin.

Pink Paislee - Fascinating Press Ons.

I really enjoyed working with the bright colours they went perfectly with this photo I took on Cleethorpes Beach in April last year.

Mojoholder Challenge 111

This week's Guest Designer is Nicole Stark. You can check out the Design Team work & a little bit about Nicole over on the mojoholder blog.

I went with an 11 x 81/2 page this week. I managed to find this photo of the farmhouse my sister lives in. Only two weeks more & I can buy some ink. I must not go over budget or it will have a knock on effect for all my plans in June & July.

Materials List; White Bazzill cardstock.

Green Spotted paper (unknown as was given a while ago)

Black Magic Colorcore cardstock spellcaster embossed with a provocraft texture embossing file & sanded to allow the green core to show through as the pattern.

Green Trim, Making Memories, passport.

Fabric & paper flowers, Making Memories.

Green textured brad, Lemongrass collection, Crate Paper.

Stamps; Journal Spot-Studio G & Corner Scroll- Stamp Away

Title - Moxie, Quickutz

Mojoholder Challenge 110

This week's guest designer is May Marix Marte. Pop over to the Mojoholder blog to see her page & the rest of the design teams. As always with lifting, I just see an idea & go off on my own tangent. I loved the circular design but only used it as an element. I also decided to make it using items from some of my Studio Calico kits.

Materials List;

Kraft cardstock.

Crate Paper- Lemon die cut (Oct '08 SC Kit)

Paper - Jenni Bowlin Vintage Blackbird (Feb '09 SC Kit)

Hambly Vintage White Rub Ons (July '08 SC Kit)

Rub on title- WHSmith Commercial Script (I kept my title small so it didn't dominate my design)

Scalloped Journal spot - Rebecca's Scrapbook stash (sadly no longer)

Versamagic Chalk inks - Gingerbread & Tea Leaves.
Photo - Taken during my sister's wedding. It is Langley Castle. Hexham, Northumberland. It made a fabulous wedding venue and we were all made to feel like royalty the whole day.

Mojoholder Challenge 109

Its Mojoholder time of the week again and we girls on the DT had the pleasure of lifting the fabby Lizzy Wurman. I started off really chuffed with my piece but ended up actually hating it!

Materials List;

Cardstock Bazzill -pale blue.

Paper; October Afternoon - Night Light Katie coverd in Artists' Gesso & inked with Rangers Broken China Distress Ink. Sassafras - Vintage Yummy - Memory Lane (brackets)

Colourbox Queues - blue ink Peacock.

Felt flower & patterned flower, brad, word stickers - Studio Calico kit embellies.

Blue Dragonfly chipboard- unknown.

Hambly stick on borders.

Title - small foam letters- Craft Work Craft Stickers - The Range

Photos taken by my Dad in Australia in 2003.

I still have no ink for the printer and 3 weeks to go before I can get some! But it will be worth the wait knowing ALL the bills are paid :0)

Mojoholder #108

This week on the Mojoholder Design Team we are lifting the wonderfully talented Chris Millar. I have to admit that my budget is way too tight right now after paying out for tons of bills & my printer has completely run out of ink. So this week I had to use a photo a friend took for me as she knows I adore squirrels & would love to have got this close for a shot of him. I made another page for my Year of Studio Calico using materials from the April kit & also from older kits (tree)

Materials List;

Jenny Bowlin 6" calendar page.

Paper, Studio Calico Happy (double sided sheet from the April kit)

Sassafras Paper Whimseys - flower & circle

Maya Road Cherry Blossom & Birds-chipboard tree, (Feb kit) inked with Colourbox fluid chalk ink Dark Brown

Making Memories tiny alphas (Dec kit)

Capture the moment words from a stamp by Technique Tuesday & Ali Edwards (Swan Lake add on kit Dec)

Art to Share

I heard today that my artwork had reached there destinations so now I can share the full pieces.

The first, I sent to Suse is made using reds and golds with vibrant purple Alcohol inks, mixatives and gold embossing. The stampbord tiles are coloured with alcohol inks & stamped with PaperArtys stamps.

The second piece went to Chris and is made with softer colours of pink and blue alcohol inks, skeleton leaves and silver embossing. The stamp is one I bought several years ago from Lakeland Ltd. The background flower stamp is by See D's. The bits and pieces are just in my stash.

Both Suse and Chris are forum friends and very creative ladies so pop on over to their blogs with a cuppa & browse. I made them both a tag to bear my RAK message but it was too late to take photos I needed to parcel these up before I convinced myself I had room on the shelf for them!! I am in the process of making myself a larger piece so can be content with that for now ;)

Weekend Creations

Over the Bank Holiday weekend, I have been playing with a few things. Two items are altered art backgrounds that I can't share just yet, but have included two sort of "sneak previews". Below is the big project I am creating. It is the front cover of an A4 book. The book is full of blank pages which will have all my rubber stamps in it. I store my stamps in a cart. The cart is not in the same room as my craft stuff as there is no place for it. So when I am creating I often forget which images I have. Having them all stamped into a book will help & perhaps even prevent duplications when buying new ones. I seemed to have hundreds of stamps but I have been collecting them for almost 5 years.

This is a close up of a textured background piece I am working on. It is almost in its final stages & I can probably share next week once it reaches its destination.
This is a larger close up of another background piece I am working on. It is full of soft colours & silver. Again it can be shared next week once it reaches its destination.

I am on a roll this weekend & I have a third piece started, but it is still raw, as in no inks yet. It is a piece for myself & I hope to work it slowly building up the piece. I ran out of the net ( old bag for putting wash tablets into the washing machine) so am a bit peeved. I am using masking tape, clear tape, skeleton leaves & glue. What I really like is how each piece is so totally different from the next.

Mojoholders Challenge 107

It is so good to be back again. I have missed my weekly DT pages. Glad to be feeling so much better now & really fired up to craft. This weeks page over on the Mojoholder's blog is by a talented lady Sherry Steveson. Pop on over & take a look at the rest of the design team's pages.

Materials list;

Paper- 7Gypsies Notting Hill, Carlton.

Heidi Swapp, Invisibles - Butterfly shapes coloured with Rangers Alcohol Inks; Wild Plum & Eggplant.

Butterfly Stamp- Studio Calico stamped in Versamagic chalk ink pads; Eggplant & Pink Petunia.

KI Memories - Celebrate life chipboard flower.

Title - Hope - Making Memories metal word coloured with Rangers Alcohol Inks; Lettuce & Pesto.

Click on the picture for a larger image as I uploaded this the wrong size!!!

Jo's Birthday Card

It was Jo's birthday at the beginning of the week and I made this card for her. It was rather quickly done as I wasn't well at the time but I am pleased with it all the same. Patterned paper, Basic Grey Periphery pad. Stamp, Paper Artsy. Flower from Studio Calico kit. Blue crystals, Papermania.

Getting my hand back in..

to crafting!! It has been a long while since I made altered art & I got so frustrated at throwing away ruined pieces that I decided to pack up all my craft stuff out of sight. It was the best thing for me to do because my thought processes began to work & I let the ideas flood. I couldn't see my craft tools so I couldn't get all hung up about nothing coming together as I didn't try to do anything. Then I got ill & its been 3 weeks since I even did my scrap pages.

Back in August last year we did a forum challenge to make a set of 3 things & I made 3 identical tags in 3 different colours. Today I set about making backgrounds for all 3 & they will be placed in clip frames that once housed some very old cross stitch pictures.

The light isn't that great on them because it is so sunny the camera doesn't like it, but tough because it is high time we saw some sun light again :0)
The top & bottom backgrounds are made from Rangers Alcohol Inks on watercolour paper. Top colours are Red Pepper, Raisin & Wild Plum. Bottom colours are Wild Plum, Stream, Lettuce. Blending solution was used on both. The middle background is torn pieces of scrap papers painted with a thin layer of gesso. Once dry I added Rangers Paint Dabbers in Lemonade, Willow, Peach Bellini & Pebble. To finish I added some Rangers distress ink in Peeled Paint & Spiced Marmalade around the edges. The stamps I used were Crafty Individuals, Heidi Swapp & some Stampers Guild ATC parts. I also used a script large background stamp by Hero Arts & some small prima flowers which I stamped with the script to add a continued theme to them. If you click on each picture you can see a larger version.

M.I.A

I have been missing from blog world for a while. I caught a Gastric Flu bug on 1st April & it has totally wiped me out. I ended up taking time off work & I was far too ill to care about crafting. I feel better now & hope to get back to my Design Team duties soon. All I did make was this card for one of my work colleagues, Lesley who had baby Gemma Marie on Friday 27th March. This card got made just days before I was too ill to blog it!!

Mojoholder Challenge #104

Well its Mojoholder time again, pop on over the blog to see our interepretations of this weeks great page by Kimberley Garofolo Neddo, who I might add is this month's guest designer for the new Studio Calico kit Jack & Jill out tomorrow.

This page is in celebration of Patricia Margaret Burt, mum to Tracy & I who passed away 35 years ago on 7th March. I made this page on Mother's day to honour her & the anniversary.

All items are from my March Studio Calico kit Garment District. I made it on the back of the 6" Jenny Bowlin calendar from my December kit as an ongoing project, "A year of Studio Calico".

Materials list; Paper Stitchy business, Studio Calico, Stickers, Patchwork fabric by American crafts, Garment Fabstrips Studio Calico, Reader Chipboard Buttons, Jenny Bowlin, title Rockabye foam stickers, American Crafts.

Mojoholder Challenge #103

I had a fabulous birthday, yesterday & did absolutely nothing!! And today, I did the same again. Ireally needed some time off work. I started almost 8 months ago I can't believe it. So this weekend is all about chilling out & trying to shake off this cold that started hitting me on Wednesday night. I don't think I have slept right for a week & I am rather narky.

Right it is DT time again & on Mojoholder you will find a sketch for this weeks great page by Tammy Tutterow. I loved it instantly but am down to the dregs of ink in the printer so came up with another solution.

I have gone for new this week as I promised myself that when I used up some old I was allowed the new stuff out the box :0) I got this incredible pack for Xmas.

Materials;

Cardstock, Bazzill Robin's Egg.

Paper; Crate Prudence Collection, Discretion, Consideration & a small piece of Virtue for the journalling.
Glitter Border & Glitter Shapes, Crate Prudence.

Pink Paislee Pop Fashion Icons, butterfly & small title "My favourite".

Title "Stamps", Quickutz moxie alphabet font.

Stamps all by Craft Individuals.

Happy Birthday to....

ME!!!!! :0) Here are a few handmade cards I received this morning. There are quite a few more but we play a birthday game where each person has to guess who made the cards so until the guesses are done I can't share.

Anne

Val

Rachel (Taniwha)

My scrap shoppin girl friends.

I also got a gorgeous sunflower card from Pauline a member of the gang who is almost finished at uni, having gone back to learning to become a teacher.

Also a shout out for Ange (hairbear) another one of the bunch who passed her mock maths exam, well done proud of you hun :0)

Mojoholder Challenge #102

Crikey Ladies! It's that time of the week again, where on earth did those few days go! Well it's the weekend & time to create so pop on over the mojoholder blog & check out this week's page by a fab scrapper & photographer, Maria Kress. The bright colours are so funky. I just couldn't get the star to work for me so I went with a bracket instead and the other DT girls also picked some different shapes. That's what I love about reveal night, seeing all the different variations on the same design.

Bit of a mix of old & new again this week.

Paper is Pink Paislee Office Lingo- bottom line, fast track & the orange bracket shape.

Title made up of American Crafts- Thickers Fabric Alphas Dolce. October Afternoon- Night Light Newsroom and Making Memories Tiny Alphas Brown Ledger.

Apricot blooms source unknown. Red bloom Dunhelm.

American Crafts Vinyl Thickers Vera Sunflower Accents, corner detail.

Studio Calico buttons & ribbon curl. American Crafts Flair Badges, Friends.

Floral Stamp from a craft magazine. Ink; Versamagic Chalk - Pumpkin Spice and Staz On Pumpkin.

The photo by kind permission of Den & her mum, Margaret. It was taken in Australia.

Happy Birthday, Dad!

Have a very special day, love Paula.xxx

Mojoholder #101

Well it's that time of the week again. I honestly don't know where the time goes. Or maybe that is a lie. I am spending rather a lot of time crawling into bed by 8.30pm during the week as I get more & more ready for a break. In a year I have only had 12 days off & I can't wait now that my 6 months (well it's 7 months now) in my new job is completed. Well enough of me, lets get on with the proceedings. This is my page for this week's DT page on the Mojoholder blog. Do pop over to check out all the rest. We are lifting the fabulous Jill Godon this week & I love the simplicity of this page.

My page is made up of old stash again this week. Materials list;

Bazzill Avalanche cardstock. Paper, Basic Grey, Urban Couture;Silk & Cashmere. Scarlet's Letter;Pearl. Ribbon, free (found on a gift box in my Xmas stocking). Flowers, mini mix from a kit I bought when Rebecca's Scrapbook stash was open online. Title stick on bubble letters picked up in Poundland. Photos are of Colette & Kitch. Margaret, Peter, Colette's daughter & Grandson.

Mojoholder's 100th Challenge

This week sees the 100th lift on Mojoholder's and I am very thrilled to be part of the design team and share this event. We have then pleasure of lifting a gorgeous page by Robyn Weatherspoon. Go see the mojoholder blog for the design team pages. Mine is below. Another 6" Jenny Bowlin calendar page for my SC project.

Materials; All items in my February 2009 SC kit, Fortune Cookie.

Patterned paper Making Memories Lace Love Notes. Bazzill Avalanche card scalloped with a corner rounder & hole punched using my Big Bite.

Title; Karen Russell Narratives Creative Imaginations Rub Ons.

Embellishments; Making Memories Love Notes Title Alphas & Stickers. Maya Road chipboard flower.

The photo is of my dear sister, Tracy & Nigel my brother in law(who sadly passed away) taken on their Wedding Day, 26th July 1997.

Something really bizzare happened to this post as I had amended bits to upload but as I went to select the time I wanted it to automatically upload my computer shut down on me!!! So it appear like I originally uploaded hours before mojo went live!

Mojoholder Challenge #99

May I first of all thank you for your kind words regarding the passing of my friend, Kitchner Hoareau. The funeral is early on Monday morning.

I really enjoyed the Mojoholder DT lift this week of a fabulous page by Elizabeth Carney. I hope it urges you to play along too. I decided on a mix of old & new scrap stash this week. See below for a materials list. I wish the picture of this page had come out better.

Photos by kind permission of Rachel Millington (Taniwha) taken 5th February. Paper, Making Memories;Hilary Stamp Shape. Glitter snowflake paper, Little Yellow Bicycle. Titles; HS Centre of Attention-white,

AC Thickers -glitter blue. Blue Dymo tape.
Stitched Flower Stamp 2, Pink Paislee stamped on BG; Figgy Pudding silent night paper. Blue pearlised buttons, Papermania. White Pom Pom trim Bazzill.

These two people, Colette and Kitchner Hoareau, have been my very close friends for 15 years. They have been more like family to me and I was treated as one of them. We have shared many happy times together and I am now very sad to say that Kitchner passed away yesterday. My heart is with Colette and all her family.

Mojoholder Challenge #98

Well I'm back after my one week craft break & we have another fabulous layout & sketch for you all to play with. Pop on over to the Mojoholder blog to see the rest of the DT versions of this page by Tone Jenson.

I will be making a series of 6" pages, for a small project I have up my sleeve. Each page is going to be made on the reverse of A 6" Jenny Bowlin 2009 calendar I got in my Christmas SC Kit. Each page will be made using the corresponding months kit from SC. Watch out for more as they appear, once a month of course. All items from the Janaury Bibliography kit with the exception of the stamps that spell the word window.

Mojoholder

Due to exhaustion & illness, I bowed out of this week's Design Team piece. The team did a splendid job so pop on over to Mojoholder Blog & check out the layout & a sketch.I spent the whole of last weekend in bed. Work is really hard right now. The roadworks are such a pain in the rear. We are late each morning, but worse even later home. 10 hour days feel more like 12 & I have no energy left for anything. The icy roads really haven't helped the situation. I hope this weekend to complete my DT piece for next weeks reveal, but right now my warm bed beckons. At least I have managed to do plenty of reading which is my second favourite hobby!

Mojoholder Challenge #96

For my Design Team piece this week, I used more old stuff up. Pop over to the mojoholder blog to see the sketch & my fellow DT team member's versions of this wonderful page by Sharon Laakkonen. Sharon can be found over on the Prima blog.

Materials list; Paper, Crate Avenue Collection :- Glam, Trendy, Style.

Daisy D's cream script. Paper edged with a Multi shaper allDeco punch, Honour.

Blossoms, from an old selection I bought from Rebecca's scrapbooking shop. Brads, Papermania.

Lace & Ric Rac, market stall. Title, Heidi Swapp Runway clear extras.

Photos are of my sister Tracy & hubby Martin on their wedding day,October 2006, Gazebo in the grounds of Langley Castle, Hecham, their gorgeous wedding venue.

I had great fun with this page. Been a rough week and Im far too tired to do anything except feed myself & sleep. Due to the roadworks I've been getting home far too late at night to really bother with my computer or crafts. Reading is all I find time for & preferably in bed with a mug of Ovaltine.

Mojoholder Challenge 95

This week myself & the other DT girls over at Mojoholder blog lifted a beautiful design by Jasmine Brahim.

I selected a photo of the gifts I wrapped for my friends & family and did a Christmas layout. I got bought some fab stamps by my friend from Tesco & I chose to heat emboss them gold for some opulence & place them down the side like patterned paper. I also heat embossed a stamp by Studio Calico to act like a gold lace border.

Materials list;

All items from SC December kit "Centre Stage" & add on "A Christmas Carol" except dymo label words, gold embossing powder, the square stamps & the glitter tree which was taken from a gift I was given (spot of tag recycling) 4 snowflake brads & ribbon scraps - from own stash.

All other materials;

Black Bazzill Cardstock, Paper, Snowflake-Making Memories, Gingerbread- October Afternoon. Journal Label, unknown as it was a gift. Hambly rub on ticket. Music Note Poinsettis flowers- Making Memories. Red felt brad- Rouge brad combo set-MM. Newsprint Glossy Black Alpha-HS. Silver mini shimmer alphas- MM. Black tiny alphas-MM. Green apple pixie stix glitter-Pink Paislee. Lace border stamp- Studio Calico exclusive stamp.

Time Minibook - Part 2

Here are the other 4 pages I got made the other week. we were 8 behind but are now currently up to date. Had real fun playing with different backgrounds & fonts for my word pages. The TODAY is a HS stamp.

WK43 Today

WK44 Share

WK45 New

WK46 Be

Time Minibook Pages

I got these pages completed some time ago but it took forever for me to take the photos. There are another 4 pages to share. We are up to date with the book now after a short break & the 52 weeks are coming to a close. It is a mighty thick book & one I really enjoy looking through.

WK 39 Thanks

WK40 Joy
WK41 Comfort

WK42 Hugs

Very down in the dumps right now. The working week is fraught with computer issues, making the job hard going & several miles of roadworks both ends of the day don't add well to the mix! I was exhausted & slept most of my weekend & plan to do pretty much the same this weekend too. I've had to go by train to work some days & that makes the day very long. I do precious little in the evening, but the lights night will be here soon!!

Mojoholder Week #94

We are back again this week over on mojoholder blog with the fresh clean lines of this Sarah Klemish page. I like how simple the design looked & how easy it could be dressed up if the need required.

I am on a mission this year to get a lot of my old stuff used up because everytime I buy something new or receive my kit, the old get pushed further to the bottom of the paper storage boxes. I have brand new kits untouched so thought that each time that I do use some old stuff, I can then use new.

Santa brought me some very nice pretties, but I stuck to my guns for this layout below.

Supply list; Paper, Yesteryear's, Homemade by Stampit Australia & Ephemera Backgrounds by Paper Pizazz. 2 pewter photo turns & brads, Papermania. Maya Road chipboard border, fence. BG Mod Rub ons. Hambly cardstock journalling sticker. American Crafts, Cream Soda Thickers. Rebecca Sower Typewriter Alphas. Slick Writer for journalling.

The chicken photo was taken at my sister's at Christmas. Her free range eggs are so yummy that I thought this baking paper was ideal for the picture. The ephemera background paper looks a lot like a shed or barn wall.

Desk Calendar

I made this to sit on my desk at the office. I had wanted to create 7 more pages to match the one I made in August for my new job, but mojo was low & time short. I plan to create a page a month to add to it & then next year I will have a full calendar & can add 2010 dates to it. I created a simple folded structure by cuting card 5ins high by 12ins long. I scored at the centre & then outwards from the centre along the long side at 5ins & 1in both sides. I added some extra card to act as a strengthening piece once glued together. The pages are from an old book. I sponged on distress inks & then lightly brushed over two thin coats of gesso. Once dried I inked my designs using Chalk inks, Malted Mauve, Pink Petunia, Perfect Plumeria & added a blue & a brown from some colourbox queues. Stamps are Gel-a-Tins Big Wild Things. The Calendar dates pad I picked up in a stationery shop for about 20p.

Front

back
I'm quite pleased with the effect. The cardstock is Bazzill in brown & raspberry (not sure of the correct names had them in my stash a long time).

Welcome Back Mojoholder

This week's see's the return of Mojoholder after our Christmas break. I have missed creating my weekly DT pages. This is challenge #93. See the sketch & the rest of the design team's versions on mojoholders blog We selected a piece by Becky Novacek. Now you will probably think my design looks nothing like the original but that is all part of ScrapLifting. Taking an idea & working your own magic with your supplies. I was so inspired by the shapes & colours so I wanted a pretty girlie page. The problem with this decision was I had no pretty girlies to scrap... enter teamie Pauline with two adorably gorgeous daughters, Hayley & Iona. I added soft focus to the photo so it drew the eye directly to there smiling faces.

Once the page was together in rough I attached it to the front of a 25cm square deep canvas because I thought it would make Pauline & her family a nice gift. Materials list is below.

Bazzill Basics card, Mauve Ice cut into a semi circle. Paper & heart is Pink Paislee, Office Lingo, Lunch Hour & die cut. Embellishments; K&Co Amy Butler Ephemera, Fabric brad & floral butterfly. Melissa Frances Lace. Basic Grey, Sultry Chipboard swirl. American Crafts, Flair Friends adhesive badge, Cute. Blossoms mix from Prima & Dunhelm. Versamagic Chalk ink Pink Petunia. Papermania flat back pearls. Silver photo corner, unknown supplier. I am quite pleased with this piece & it was hard to part with.

On the run up to Christmas

I was very busy at work & so made very few things. I did get some much needed birthday cards done & did start a Christmas 2008 minibook. But, everyone at work is ill with one bug or another & it has been a battle trying to avoid them all. So I took a much needed break from my computer & the outside world. It was actually lovely to be cut off from everything for a few days & just enjoy the festive period of watching telly & not bothering to get dressed! I then went to Newcastle to spend a few days with my sister & brother -in-law & it was back home & straight back to work for a day. Had two days off & then back to work again on 2nd January. I feel well rested & ready to start creating again for the DT on mojoholder as we will go live again on Friday :0)

Deb's Birthday card for 18th December '08.

Martin's birthday card (BIL) for 1st January 2009

I will be back Friday. Just got to get through this week as we have huge changes at work & its stressful!!!

Time

is running away!!
I'm so busy at work & all the craft things that I have managed to make, is not for sharing just yet.
Due to family illness we girls on the Mojoholder DT had to finish for Christmas earlier than planned, but we will be back as normal in the New Year. I hope to be back on this blog at the weekend!

Things Are Looking Festive....

around here!! I made this mini banner to dress my mantlepiece. The fire no longer works as the chimney is unsafe & too expensive to repair so the gas fire had to be capped off to prevent Carbon Monoxide fumes entering the flat. I begged my landlord to leave it in because it makes a nice focal point for the room & takes the eyes off the manky wallpaper! I painted this fireplace as it was brown & red!!!! The decoration at the bottom is my Instant Xmas. Many of you will remember how I made it from a cheese box two years ago. I love to light my candles & turn all the lights off.

A Layout...

just because... I wanted to create it. AND, I totally enjoyed myself. I bought this fabulous Add On kit Hobson's Choice with my last SC kit Fountain Square. They feature October Afternoon Weathervane products & are very close to my heart...... they are all about HOME.

The stamp at the bottom is Heidi swapp as is the clock that I placed on the time card over the clock image. I had planned to upload this yesterday, but instead, spent the whole day under a blanket on the sofa thanking God for looking out for me. My friend Louise & I set off for work in the snow & 500 yards from my front door the car couldn't cope with the ice under the snow & skidded right across the road we were trying to turn right onto. We hit the pavement very hard, damaging the wheel rim & tyre, which I couldn't understand as we were crawling along at 4 miles an hour. The biggest worry was the car travelling far too fast behind us. He couldn't brake & had to swerve to miss us. He was only inches away & another vehicle was coming towards us. I can't even let myself think of what could have happened. I was shocked for most of the day but counted my blessings for being unharmed. Being here in the sanctuary of my home, I felt so safe & warm so even more fitting that I made this page on Sunday afternoon!

Mojoholder Challenge #92

Over on the Mojoholder blog, this week's lift came from the fabulous Betsy Veldman. I loved everything about this page & it was perfect for this black & white shot of my friends & fellow teamies, The Scrap Shoppin' Girls a.k.a, Rachel , Myself, Pauline , Nikki , Angie , Val , Anne (& Helen, who left the team ) Nic wasn't on the photo as she was busy giving birth to her beautiful daughter, Isabella when we had our retreat in February. The papers are all from my Studio Calico kit, Looking Glass & the Add on Tweedledee. I've had the kit almost two months & am still using it!! I used BG Offbeat, Lighthearted paper as circles on last weeks' snow layout & thought how lovely they looked so this week I sneaked them onto this page too. They are scrunched, inked & placed behind the Prima flowers. Buttons are from my stash & the alphabet was in a previous SC kit Iconic. Journalling block is an SC exclusive stamp as is the bird on the top right hand corner of the photo.

Late Blog Post

It was Karin, one of my Forum friend's birthday on Friday & I completely forgot to blog the card I made! I used some stamps over the DCWV Once Upon A Time paper. Stamped swirls around the edge & gold embossed all the stamping. I went around the edge of the paper with gold Krylon pen & then heat embossed a Tim Holtz grungeboard key with gold powder. This is another card that actually looked better in my mind's eye than on the craft table, but I was reasonably happy with it.