27 September, 2013

Busch Gardens Love

It seems such a long time ago now, but we went to Florida in February. One of my favourite days was the day we went to Busch Gardens. For me, it always feels a little more relaxed than Disney although to be fair, it is still a lot of walking between rides. I just love the gardens bit and all the animals though.

This guy with the parrots was just hanging out on our way to a ride. The birds were truly stunning! And my little dolphin trainer in the making is always keen to get up close to any animal she sees.


I've used a mixture of Basic Grey goodies from various collections and a little My Mind's Eye thrown in. The speech bubble is something I designed on the Silhouette.


That totally awesome button is from the Just Chillin' collection which is one of my favourites from the past few months.


The fun little zip detail added a nice bit of texture. I just love the 'film strip' acetate (Basic Grey).


Thanks for popping in!
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25 September, 2013

Pink Tulip Class | 12th October

It's a little dusty around here as the builders are converting our garage into my 'studio' currently!  I'm sooo excited! It will be great to have my own space for my huge pile of stash again. So if they ever decide to turn up this week and carry on, I'll be all set for completion in another 2 weeks or so.

Anyway, I thought I'd share a class with you that I'm doing over at Pink Tulip in Studley, Warwickshire.

We will be getting our the inks and stamps to embellish our background before layering and adding detail to this vintage layout.


The class is on 12th October at Pink Tulip Creations. Visit their on-line shop for more information.
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02 September, 2013

I'm still here!

I bet you're thinking that I've fallen off the face of the earth! It's probably the longest between posts ever!  I have no excuses except that I have been busy over the summer doing family stuff and taking a break from blogging. As I am working on stuff for classes, I thought I would share some stuff that came out in Scrap365 Magazine earlier this year.


One of the most popular articles in the magazine is The Thrifty Scrapper - creating a layout but spending very little on materials. For my layout I used a couple of sheets of patterned paper and went to town with things I found in the kitchen.

I made paper flowers from napkins. They're a little fiddly to make but I think that they look great!

Choosing papers that can be cut out. I also made some flags using cocktail sticks


Love the texture I got by curling up the tape measure.

So hopefully as the kids go back to school tomorrow I'll be back on track. 
I'll be sharing sneaky peaks of classes that I'm doing at Funky Farm Scrapbook Barn and also for Creative Craft World's Retreat on 19th October.

Thanks for stopping by (and for your patience). x
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