In my last big scrappy stash order, i picked up a load of 6×6 paper pads. Mainly because Craig had to carry everything back to the UK in a suitcase so i figured the smaller pads of paper would travel better than full size 12×12 papers. One of the packs I bought was the American Crafts Dear Lizzy Neapolitan collection.
I often stop by Elizabeth Kartchner’s blog because I think she is awesome. I love her style, her individuality, her cute photos, her hilarious husband and her adorable kiddies. And now, I am loving this paper pad that she designed. This collection is full of light hues, something which I love seeing on other peoples craft projects, but I don’t always find easy to use myself, but the designs on the paper make it quite easy to put cards together.
I simply had to add the wooden heart from Studio Calico. I am LOVIN these little beauties. Already I have used loads from this pack….may have to buy more soon they are just too cool
I’m really happy with the way this card turned out, especially as it was for my dear friend and work colleague, Lisa, who is celebrating her birthday today.
happy birthday princess! xx love you.
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Looky looky here, for good lucky, lucky cheer. heehee
One of the girls at Piper’s nursery was moving on to another job so I threw together a quick Good Luck card featuring some buttons as a four leaf clover. I was looking through my stash for heart shaped buttons which would look more like petals, but these were the best i could find. No worries though, its all groovy.
For the main design i simply used up some scraps from other projects, one of my fav ways to use strips of pattern paper tucked in behind each other. It sometimes makes it look like there is a larger piece in behind there.
I also had fun hunting through my stamps to find a good luck stamp. I found one that had the word good, and then used alpha stamps to make up the word good. I like the way it looks with the different fonts next to each other.
And guess what…I’ve been a busy bee. I received issue 65 of Scrapbook Magazine – and one of my pages was in there, featured in the Summer Holiday theme section. I am always so thrilled and honoured to be see my work in glossy print.
And even more exciting news is that there are two more pages which will be published soon in issue 67 of SBM. And here’s a little teeny tiny sneak pesky as a treat for you.
Enjoy.x
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We had the best weekend. We took Piper for her first ever visit to the beach. It was lots of fun. At the start Piper didn’t want to put her feet in the sand, which was hilarious, but by the end she was walking out into the sea until it covered half her body, (the mummy got anxious and insisted that we return to the shallower waters). It was a beautiful day and whats best, our friends M&H came too- which meant that we had a few photographers with us! Yeay, family photos!
before too long she was wanting to run along whilst holding our hands.
Mesmerised by the way feet were sinking in the wet sand. Aww.
I love her wee face in this photo! Her very first sand castle! Awwww. She was so amazed. I tried to lift her foot to get her to stand on it, but she just swung her body weight the other way and pushed me away, giving me the dirties look e.v.e.r! HAHA
…and in my crafty life…
This card kinda reminds me of the beach too with the yellow and blue tones. I wanted to try out my new chevron stamp from Studio Calico and Hero Arts and i just love the tone-on-tone look. So pretttttttty! The butterfly is a Quickutz die, cut from an old french novel bought at the charity book shop. The stamp is from an Ali Edwards stamp set, and I’m lovin’ the font. It looks grungy and distressed but still very cool.
Thanks for stopping by.
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