I Blame the Hormones

So I just tripped up the steps!  Who does that?  Seriously, I now have huge bruises on my legs and hip...NOW I feel old... remember when  you were young, and you just seemed to 'bounce'... well not anymore!  That's my disabled moment for today (I hope), now on to the important things, before the pain and stiffness really kicks in...

I'm showing you my PROJECT LIFE week 50 pages first...

 

Using the 'Jade' Edition

 

 

Now to more recent matters...

 

I am attempting a sketch challenge today, with a scrapbook page made with my recently acquired 'SCRAPTASTIC' April Kit - "Let Me Go".  The sketch is from a site called "Lets Get Sketchy", there's some amazing and brilliant inspiration for everyone there, so go check it out!  And the sketch is...

 

 

 

...and my interpretation is...

 

From this...

 



 

To this...

 

In 4 short years!

 

 

 

My son was the sweetest, until the hormones kicked in... then he became a moody monster... overnight!  I bet all you mums out there are saying "Done that, Been there"!  Thankfully he's now all grown up and the best son... ever!

 

 

CHALLENGE...

 

LETS GET SKETCHY - April Week 1, Team A - 'Sketch'

 

... also found on Facebook Scraptastic Page

 

Have fun crafting x

 

 

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Sympathic Wrapping

Hi Everyone, my daughter has disappeared again, so I'm all yours!

 

It has been lovely to have a visit from my beautiful (don't know where she gets her looks from, its certainly not me and not her father either!) daughter, she's now gone - travelled far far away, back to her life and back to work, so here I am.  Do I miss her already? Am I lonely? Yes/No.

 

I realised that I really don't want my life disrupted, at all! I've turned into a grumpy old woman!!! I mean its great to see people, but they do interfere with what I want to do, namely craft!  I suppose this is why 'crops' are so popular.. 'cause then you see people who want exactly the same thing as you... to craft uninterrupted!  And your children (no matter what their ages) still expect you to do things for them!  Still, I haven't eaten so well in ages (take-aways and roasts), and I can't remember the last time I went out shopping (although my daughter did manage to lighten MY purse considerably).

 

My sister's husband's mother (there's a mouthful) had been unwell for some time, she always liked the 'sauce' a little too much and very tragically passed away recently.  Tragic? Yes indeed, apart from being far too young to die, she had an addictive personality, which try as her family might, just couldn't be overcome.  Unfortunately her time was up, and now (if you are a believer) she has moved onto a better place and is no longer suffering.  I didn't know her well and so, do not feel it is right to 'gush' about her, but those left behind will greatly miss her and at least she is now, at peace.

Having made a sympathy card for my sister's husband's sister... I realised my stash of sympathy cards was non-existent, and so I thought I'd rectify this by making just such a card.  I opted for simple (very simple).  A card blank/a piece of HOT OF THE PRESS 'Colour Me' 'flourish' and 'labels' paper/a doilie/a rose embellishment/a peel-off sentiment...DONE... 

 

 

 

CRAFTING BY DESIGN - April - 'Anything Goes'

CRAFTIN DESERT DIVAS - Craft it up & Link it Up Part #28 - 'Anything Goes'




I also had my first 'Scraptastic' kit delivered this week and so decided to give it a go...

 

I used the 'Let Me Go' kit with just an added doily (coloured with a promarkers), and the stamp set from 'Scraptastic' from the 'Worth Wondering' collection.

 

 

MY CRAFT CREATIONS - new challenge - '31/3 -12/4

Having fun!!!

 

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PROJECT LIFE - Week 49

My daughter has travelled (on her own- a big achievement for her) a lot of miles to come and see me whilst she's on holiday (she's a teaching assistant, in England they have broken-up for the Easter holidays already, so until she has to get back for her second job... she's come to see her mum!), so I'll be MIA for a few days.  Before I disappear for a couple of days I'd like to share my PROJECT LIFE week 49 with you...

 

 

My two-page spread, PAGE 1

 

 

 Title card made using the CRICUT EXPRESSION

 

 

Job lot of buttons purchased on Ebay.  This one was VERY appropriate here!

 

 

 

Love these little wood veneers, they manage to give just the right decoration.

 

 

 

 

PAGE 2

 

 

 

I used a page from an EK SUCESS 'Smash' pad to fill in the journaling here

 

 

 

I used a date stamp to document this event.

 

 

I'm really enjoying this way of documenting life, it is SO easy, and in years to come, it will be so interesting to look back on.

 

Thanks for taking the time to view my crafting, have a great week.

 

 

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Kanban Kwikie IV

Out came the trusty Kanban Kit AGAIN, to make a few quick, quick, quick male cards... and here they are...

Not a lot to say about any of it really.  The Kanban kit, my scraps and my stash and hey presto!

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Cricut American Alphabet VIII

'MY Cricut Cartridge Alphabet' this is number 8 (we are no longer in alphabetical order, as I've bought more cartridges since starting this series... AND I got confused!!!)

CRICUT AMERICAN ALPHABET' sometimes called simply 'CRICUT ALPHABET', only comes with the Cricut Expression 2 (pre-loaded), although this may change in the future. 

    

 

The creative features on this cartridge are... 'blackout/shadow', 'font 1', 'font 1 shadow', 'font 2', 'font 3', and 'font 3 shadow'. From this you might be forgiven for thinking this cartridge contains nothing but letters... you'd be wrong, there are, in fact, some lovely images on this cartridge.  Among them - hearts, shoes, flowers, a guitar, light bulb, rabbit, dog, swirls and cupcakes, I could go on, but I won't, there is even a cowboy boot, the range of images is as wide as it is eclectic. I suspect this is to allow new users to get as much of a taste of the Cricut range as possible.

 

My View... I think this is a great 'starter' cartridge, its got loads of simple cuts that encourage you to explore more.  There's a couple of things that I dislike about this cartridge, firstly the images are a bit 'swirly', that's fine if you want a whimsical look but not for the more serious creativity.  I'm sure this is deliberate on Cricut's behalf, to encourage you to buy more cartridges and therefore to push you in the direction of cartridge financial suicide!  The other thing that I dislike (although its more of a general complaint directed towards the booklets themselves), and that is the colours used in the booklet to demonstrate the various cuts, are exceptionally garish, I don't think  shows off the images to their best advantage.

 

My Verdict... If you buy the Cricut Expression 2 you will, undoubtedly be using the 'CRICUT AMERICAN ALPHABET', and since you have no choice (its just there), you might as well explore and enjoy it!

 

An example of MY usage is here.

 

 

 

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PROJECT LIFE - Week 48

Hello Everyone...

 

I'm NOT having a good day... I don't like going to the doctors, least of all because you have to wait for HOURS and then you're only in there for 30 seconds!  Anyway... crafting

 

I'm sharing my week 48 of PROJECT LIFE, with you..

 

 

 TITLE CARD - epic fail!

 

I don't like my title card for this week... and perhaps in years to come, I will change it (or not), but for now... it is what it is!

 

Also I'm entering Hazel's patterned paper challenge for this month with this little card...

 

 

 

SUPPLIES USED...

 

Blue scalloped card blank

 

Patterned Paper... 

• DOCRAFTS 'Me to You - With Love' - base mats
• RECOLLECTIONS 'Valentine' -  punched scalloped circles and bingo cards (got it on sale!)

Embellishments...

• Puffy Hearts  - £1 shop purchase
• Vellum - from stash

 

A mega quick and easy card!

 

CRAFTYHAZELNUTS PATTERNED PAPER APRIL CHALLENGE - 'Anything Goes'

 

 

 

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Cawl

Hi Y'All... how's it goin'?

 

For the last few weeks (here in rainy Wales) we've been following the Six Nations Rugby Championship.  The clubhouse has been open for every match, and cawl (a traditional Welsh dish similar to a chunky soup, in our case with LOTS of pepper in it) has been served to all.  So I've draw inspiration from this (Ireland won the Championship by the way) and made a rugby card.  I suppose I could of made a card with food on it... but that's for another time, and to be perfectly honest, by the time the championship players kicked their last conversion, I was heartily fed up of making HUGE pots of cawl!

 

 

 

SUPPLIES USED...

 

DL card blank in Kraft

 

Topper/Sentiment

• KANBAN 'Scrum Down'

Papers...

• HOT OFF THE PRESS 'Colour Me'
• WHITE CARDSTOCK - from my stash

Embellishments...

• WOODEN LEAF VENEERS - from my stash
• WOODEN HEART VENEERS - from my stash

 

In case you're interested this is cawl...

 

 

... told you it was a BIG pot!






THE CRAFTING CAFE - April Ch. - 'One For The Boys'

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PL - Moorlands... the beginning

So here's the start of my 'Moorlands' PROJECT LIFE.  Hopefully this (when complete) will be an account of our lives at Moorlands Caravan Park.  It's been great fun looking through all the old photos, but a REAL pain in the behind to figure out what all the dates were!

 

I have a HUGE chest of photos that I've gone through and sorted into different categories - although as soon as I'd sorted out any 'Moorlands' ones, I got started on my album.  I have found that the whole day can pass with recalling memories and reminiscing!  I bought an album (yes, another one), especially for this project and I am trying to use just one core kit (Kraft).

 

The object of this album (unlike my weekly one) is simply to have a place to put all the 'Moorlands' memories into.  Sometimes I document different events or occasions, but its not that important as I'm always going to be 'playing catch-up', and the past is the past, I don't always remember what happen, when.  I've also discovered that the same picture will have different memories for different people... it's been a wonderful experience so far.  And well worth the effort of getting all those photos out of storage.

... album

... KRAFT core kit

 

 

... BECKY HIGGINS page protectors (design A)

 

 

 

... first couple of pages

 

So I've made a start... more to follow!

 

 

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