Scrapping Tonight

I have mentioned several times on my blog, my love for SJ's Little Musings. I love them so much I commissioned her to draw a Little Musing of the girls, and we all adore it. Since that SJ has produced a family Little Musing and also made Lilly's birthday invites for her Mad Hatter Tea Party. I am telling you there is no limit to this girls talents!

You can imagine my delight when SJ invited me to guest design for her, using the newest release of stamps, Angels. After my initial excitement, I kinda panicked. I am no card making at all, and my colouring skills are extremely basic!

Layout using Pencil Lines sk236

I simply printed the digi versions of the Angel stamps SJ had sent me, and spent an afternoon in the garden "colouring in" with my Promarkers. I added some highlights with a white signo pen; I had seen this done before and love the added depth it gives.

I cut out another set of wings and used 3d pads for added dimension and pop!

Supplies : Fancy Pants, American Crafts papers, Crate Paper chipboard, Little Musing digital stamp, Letraset Pro Markers, Heidi Grace rub on, Such Sweet Tierney journaling block, Dear Lizzy chipboard and title

Once I had my Angels coloured and cut out, I was on a roll and had fun adding the Little Musings to my layouts.

I also made this card with my favorite Angel of all, which funnily enough was the Angel SJ had in mind for me!



Supplies : Papermania card blank, Nikki Sivils paper, Fancy Pants die cut, Dear Lizzy felt flower, Little Musing digital stamp, Letraset Pro Markers

I had so much fun I purchased this cute set to do a mini book of Lilly and her love for the garden!



Please pop on over to SJ's blog for a ton of freebies she has on offer of her Little Musings, and delight in all the talent she oozes on her blog!

Thanks for stoppng by
Anna x

I am not kidding, these are so quick, so simple and so easy!

You need :

White blank card
Buttons
Alphabet stamps
Ink

Choose words thats have an "O" in them and replace with a button.
I used "HOPE", "JOY" and "HO HO HO"





Supplies : Papermania blank cards, Autumn Leaves and KI Memories alphabet stamps, Ranger inks and Such Sweet Tierney Christmas buttons

Don't forget to visit London's blog daily for a free giveaway for her 12 Days of Christmas. Today she has a pink Christmas tree up for grabs and some of her gorgeous buttons!
Tonight I am wrapping a few presents and making fudge for teacher gifts!

Thanks for stopping by
Anna x 

I have so much stash, too much to be honest. I have embellishments I never open because they are "too" nice to use. I have decided to start using my "too nice" stash and made a couple of cards at the weekend with some gorgeous Prima flowers and Dear Lizzy trim.





I left the cards with no greeting, so I could add at a later date for when I send the card and I know the occasion.



Supplies: Prima flowers, Dear Lizzy ribbon, Cosmo Cricket chipboard, PaperMania greeting card, October Afternoon papers


The weather here has been so pituresque. It looks like the county has been dusted with icing sugar and glitter. I have taken so many photos, sad I know, and I will share tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by
Anna x

Today it is my turn to blog over at Nikki Sivils. I had lots of fun playing with Ellies Day Out. I made a 12" x 12" layout of Izzy, using a photo I took of her the day before she went on her first school residential to Scraborough. Some of you may remember my post last month of tears and real concern about Izzy going, but it all turned out good in the end. From this photo you wouldnt even know  how worked up she was!



Supplies : Cardstock Co Ordinations, Pattern Paper Nikki Sivils Ellies Day Out, Diecuts Nikki Sivils, Chipboard Heidi Swapp and Cosmo Cricket, Flower Prima, Alphabet Cosmo Cricket



I also made a card and gift bag for a Teachers Gift, using Ellies Day Out. This is a cookie bag I have made on  numerous occasions; especially at Christmas!



Check out the instructions below.
Instructions :

• Trim your 12" x 12" sheet into 6" x 12"
• Now score 1 1/2" in from each side
• Next score 5" up from the bottom and from the top
• Score 2" down and 1 1/2" in, on all 4 sides
• Cut along the line to the 5" score line, and cut the 2" x 1 1/2" out.
• Ink if you want all edges at this stage
• Using double sided tape, adhere 2 of the flaps and stick to from a box
• Now lift up the 2 sides, you now have your basic cookie bag.
• I now made a flap to pop over the top of my bad, using a scalloped punch.
• I stuck the scalloped circle onto one side of the bag, and punch a hole and thread ribbon through to keep the bag closed.
• Decorate your bag as you wish :)

I have a busy weekend ahead; a few projects to tie up, some sun worshipping to do, my monthly crop, and a dinner of steak on the BBQ with homegrown salad and Hestons new potatoes using all homegrown herbs!
Don't you just love the Summer!
 
Thanks for stopping by
Anna x

Will he in deed!!! Well I have my man, and nothing is gonna change that! "Will he B the 1" is the name of a fun range of papers by Nikki Sivils.
I had not recived this paper line in my first DT box, and to be honest was a little miffed, BUT Nikki is sooo generous that she sent out another box of goodies with all the product I hadn't recived first time round, and lucky me had lots of "Will he B the 1" for me to play with.
By the way, if you love Nikki Sivils, then you may like to know that she is looking for a new Design Team, how cool is that!.


It has been sooo long since I have been in my studio playing with Nikki Sivils, that I ahd already dedicated this afternoon to scrapping my heart out.
I used photos from our holiday in Florida. Every afternoon we treated ourselves to the most gigantic, scrumptious, lip smacking icecream! Peter and Lilly were queing up for ice cream, whilst Izzy and I waited; perfect photo op !!
So here we are; its good to have photo's of Izzy and I, I am too often behind the camera, so out stretched arm came in handy for these, LOL.





Supplies : Papermania cardstock, Nikki Sivils pattern paper, Nikki Sivils diecuts, Such Sweet Tierny buttons, rubons.

I enjoyed playing with these papers so much, I made a quick card with some scraps sitting on my desk.



Supplies : Papermania card blank, Nikki Sivils pattern papers, felt alphabet
UK Stockists of Nikki Sivils : Scrap Revolution and Sarah's Cards


I have realised that I haven't yet drawn a name for the Nikki Sivils RAK on NSD!! Smack my wrist. I will draw a name tonight. Check back tomorrow to see if you are the lucky winner.

If you have any layouts/projects using Nikki Sivils, do post a link. We are always looking for layouts to showcase on Nikki's blog.

Thanks for stopping by
Anna x

I adore Cosmo Crickets Early Bird collection from last season.

On Sunday I taught at my local crop and used Early Bird to teach a layout and a card. This layout was inspired by a layout I had seen in Scrapbook Trends UK. I loved the idea of the paper strips; great idea for using up your scraps!

Here is my layout :

Here is a quick card I made with this sketch. I made a birthday card, but will make another card for Mothers Day using this sketch.


I used Nikki Sivils Flaming Butterfly papers, and Such Sweet Tierney buttons. Love London's buttons. She hand paints each button.
Today has been a good day; I shared my passion for scrapbooking with my class of 33 children, and the delight on their faces made my day.



Tomorrow pop by for delicious blueberry muffins, just perfect for Mothers Day morning! Low in fat so Mum will thank you!!

Thanks for stopping by
Anna x

PS: I am hosting my last Scrapping Angels retreat this April, pop by here for details, would love to see you there!

A fresh vase of white tulips.



I currently have so many photos to go through from the last 2-3 weeks for  my 365 and general stuff. Hoping to get started on editing and sharing real soon! I hate getting so behind!
Happy Tuesday
Hugs

At last I managed to photograph (not very well), the mini book I made with the free Valentine printables.
I love the simplicity of this mini album, makes a change from my usual cluttered pages I do, LOL.