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Our First Car – Scrapbook Layout

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

Hey there everyone,

Another layout to share today.

This time i got my fingers messy as I played with some Cosmic Shimmers sprays! FUN FUN FUN!

I thought it was about time I scrapped about our first car. Most people probably dream about getting their first car when they are about 16 -17 years old, but no, not me. I never actually got off my butt to even start to learn to drive until this year! Whoops, i’m ten years behind the game! Meh, i don’t care!

Even though I was 27, not 17, it was still just as exciting when we went to go car shopping! I was like a big kid, almost hyperventilating at the fact that we were going to bring home our first car. Eeeek!!

No more walking into town in the thundering rain!
No more bored days at home.
No more going into Guildford because it was something to do – now we can go anywhere we want. See new places, have new adventures, picnics, forest walks, drive to the airport!!! AwESoMe!!

And so we picked one. A little Renault Clio. And I love it! I’m sure it will get plenty of scrapes and bumps and bruises, but it’ll always be our first car!

So this layout isn’t one of my clean and simple layouts, but is a bit more carefree. I just had fun when I was making it!

Journaling reads:
It was so exciting going & looking at cars. We picked out a few that ticked the boxes & began to narrow down the choices. Can you believe the best one was teal – my favourite colour!! When we saw the number plate, it sealed the deal. A little Scottish Clio – the perfect choice! Proud as punch, I insisted that you took a photo of this momentous day – of me and our new car!

Products Used

Pattern Paper – ‘Sundress’ from the lemonade collection, Basic Grey
cogs mask, tim holtz
cosmic shimmer
sizzlets watercolour papers
sewing machine
baby pack stickers
october afternoon paper (yellow flowers)
doodlebug loopy lou alpha stickers
white signo pen
stickers – border strip and arrow
papermania brad
button
string
doodlebug cardboard stickers
making memories shimmerz silver alphas
making memories tiny alphas, black
glitz designs rub ons
black pigment marker
K&co chipboard to go- (pink and green tag)

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Thank You Car Card

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

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Helloooo. You may have seen last week that Craig and I have just bought our first ever car. It was such an exciting experience for me. Researching cars, looking at different ones at the car lot, narrowing down the selection and finally choosing the car that would be ours. Given that we have never had a car before, both Craig and I had ZERO car experience, and my knowledge was always as extensive as describing the colour. But throughout the whole experience, my brother Roger was an absolute Godsend. Many a night we conversed, and my inbox now is full of a million emails with the word “car” in the subject line. He really was our personal advisor, and made sure that we knew exactly what to look out for, and how to get the best deal.

SO this card, is a custom made thank you card for Roge, complete with rolling hills and a cute little car on the front. WIthout you Roge, we wouldn’t have had a clue where to start!

And whats more, Roge even helped me come up with a name for our little car. So Thanks Roge for all your help, from me and from Kioko the Car!

Products used
DCWV Spring stack
Rainbow stamp – Unity Stamps Feb 2010 KOTM
Green paper – Unknown
Car Die cut – Quickutz
Circle punch
Distress inks- Broken China, Peeled Paint,Mustard Seed
Ribbon
Thank you stamp – Hero Arts Clear stamps
Oval nestabilities die
Blue car sticker – Habico

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Tags: Acrylic stamps, boy, car, card, clear stamps, Cuttlebug, DCWV, die cut, distress ink, hero arts, masculine, men, nestabilities, paper punch, quickutz, rainbow, Ranger, ribbon, rubber stamps, spellbinders, sun, thank you, tim holtz, wizard
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Miss You Monday: Denim + Gingham = Love!

Monday, March 15th, 2010

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HAPPY MONDAY everyone! Oh, such a busy, busy week I’ve just had, I hope life starts to slow down a little so I can get more crafting squeezed in.

Some exciting things to share with y’all before I talk about this weeks card for Sarah:

* Firstly, I had my Driving Theory test on Saturday. I didn’t tell anyone, and keeping the secret nearly killed me. But, it all went well and I am thrilled to share that I passed! Yippeeee.

* After the excitement of passing the exam, Craig and I went car shopping. We walked for AGES, trying to find the dealership, and when we got there, the one we had our eye on was gone. BUT, it was meant to be – ‘cos we found one that was exactly what we wanted. And, you’ll never guess what colour it is……..TEAL! Yep, my favourite colour! I have been so excited, jumping up and down, clapping my hands, smiling form ear to ear. I can’t wait to bring her home once she gets serviced. Plus, I really need to think of a name for her. Any suggestions would be more than welcome!

* I am delighted to see that the Unity Stamp March KOTM is going to be a treat to receive through my letterbox. I am loving that scooter stamp! Check it out for yourself here.

* The Paperclipping March challenge has been announced over on the Paperclipping forum, ‘The Crop Circle’. It would be great to have you play along. Check out the challenge topics here. Feel free to email me if you have any questions on how to enter. (lez (at) hungryheffycrafts.com)

* I have too many projects going on in my head right now. Inspiration is a funny thing, and this weekend, my head was feeling very creative, but my hands, not so much; so I spent hours brainstorming and taking notes in my notebook. There are three projects developing simultaneously, and I am excited about each of them. Watch this space for more details, but here is a sneak peak of the first one. You’ll need to wait to see the final project when its done though.

And now, on with this weeks ‘Miss You Monday’ feature!

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We had a little bit of a Spring clean of our wardrobe a few weeks back, and I packed a bag of clothes for the charity shop. One pair of jeans though, didn’t make the cut. They were hand me downs from my sister, and they may have even came from our brother originally, but they were the iconic pair of jeans that live in your closet and are used for gardening, painting or any other work which means that you might get messy. One too many holes in the fabric meant that I really didn’t think they would find love in another home, but I knew that they would be perfect for some crafty projects.

And a few days ago, an idea came to mind!!

When you sign up to Unity KOTM, they send you a starter pack with 10 free extra stamps, and in my bundle I received a fabulous grid stamp. When I was testing it out, I noted that it almost looked like gingham. Thus the inspiration for this weeks Miss You Monday card was born, because everyone knows that gingham and denim look awesome together!

To make this card, I first masked a border with low-tack tape, then stamped the grid / gingham pattern onto the front of the card using Fired Brick distress ink. The edges don’t quite match up, but I was okay with that, but I would be lying if I told you that I hadn’t thought to myself “if only I had a Stampamajig….”. Using a pigment marker, I outlined this section to give more definition. To make the label, I ran a piece of denim through the cuttlebug using nestabilities die. I ran it through twice, and I still had to use my scissors to snip a few edges that didn’t quite cut through, but it was easy to see exactly where to cut as the die had left an impression in the material. Once the denim was cut into this label shape, I laid the die on top and traced along the inner edge of the metal die with a white gel pen. Reaching for my box of scraps, I found a piece of white card embossed using the swiss dots embossing folder, so I cut triangles in the ends and edged with a blending tool and some Faded Jeans distress ink. To embellish, all that was needed was a little bit of Kraft cardstock, a button and a piece of string. YUM!

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