Posted in Christmas, scrapbooking, tagged ali edwards, dd 2013 on December 6, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Today is a little unorthodox. I put my page together while Emily is eating her lunch…
Not awesomely photogenic with sun in her eyes and not all that much eaten either.
Here is the page…
I might try adding something more dimensional later. If so I’ll update you!
It does look good with Christingle opposite I guess.
Posted in Christmas, December Daily 2013, scrapbooking, tagged ali edwards dd day 4 2013 on December 4, 2013| Leave a Comment »
So today I managed 2 entries in the advent journal/December daily type item. The pocket format really does make it simpler to get a basic page together, but harder, I think, to come up with the layered and full of details pages that I like to make. Turns out that I’m not all that satisfied with the look of basic!
Mum got me these really cool stickers from Cosmo cricket when she was in the States last week. I can see me using the whole pack in this album. They are teeny text with Christmas phrases.
See how cute they are?
So anyway here is today’s effort… the Santa Parade.
The elf outfit is Emily’s babycino. Have you ever seen the barrista’s face if you ask for a SOYA choc babycino?
Here is the journalling, let’s see how good the phone camera is!
I’ve also done Christingle. The facing page will be advent calendars but not got the photos I want yet.
Very happy with my handwritten Ali Edwards Style ‘overlay’ but see what mean about the one dimensional-ness? Not sure how to fix that…
Close up here…
Maybe see you with more tomorrow!
Posted in Christmas, December Daily 2013, scrapbooking, tagged December daily 2013 on December 3, 2013| 1 Comment »
Technically its not a dd at all. We are in the midst of moving house and getting over evil germs and all sorts of stresses so now is not the time for a huge project. But I couldn’t bring myself to give it up entirely. The plan is to do Christmassy events instead of every day.
So far I’ve only done the front though and that in the last few minutes… do you want to see? I’m blogging on my new phone (thanks mum!) so let me know if it comes out wonky!
I’m using the Stampin Up Christmas album with all the cool pockets. I haven’t done any foundation and unusually for me I’m über apathetic so let’s see how it goes.
Not sure I should be allowed to blog in this sort of mood. I have it on the best of authorities that ‘Yummy Mummy’ blogs, which apparently this is, should be picture perfect and beautiful all the time and only show my beautiful and perfect life. I’ve decided to quit censoring… you get to see real life for a bit instead. Sorry. But Alison and Ally you do at least get something to read!
Hmmm I can’t make the phone do in blog links but if you look on the categories cloud to your right you should be able to click on did from 2012 and 2011 to see what I did then.
Posted in scrapbooking, tagged baby layout, hovercraft layout on July 24, 2013| Leave a Comment »
I took these at a Hobbycraft Crawley crop in erm… maybe May… Bad Ruth… must actually blog what I’ve taken pix of… must do better…
So firstly here is a hovercraft layout that I actually love!! Doesn’t happen often… and it’s noit just cos my man is SECOND in the WORLD don’t you know!
This one is for Miss Emily’s baby book. Her first year is woefully under documented poor love!
More scrapping soon please? Alison, I’m talking to YOU!
Posted in baby, scrapbooking, tagged mummy, pray, scrapbooking on April 29, 2013| 3 Comments »
Posted in Christmas, December Daily 2012, scrapbooking, tagged ali edwards dec daily 2012, scrapbooking on March 5, 2013| Leave a Comment »
For those of you that have been asking, yes I did actually finish my December daily. I even finished it in December, and a one day cropfest we had between Christmas and new year.
So without further ado…
the 16th
the 17th
The 18th is Oscar’s school play so I can’t show you that, as there are other kids in the pictures. Here is the 19th though…
and the 20th
and 21st… an invitation…
22nd, at Grandy’s house
23rd…. LEGOLAND SANTA SLEEPOVER!!!!!!!!!!!!
24th…
and finally, Christmas day.
Posted in scrapbooking, Stampin' Up, workshops, tagged bird cage, heart box, heart garland, note peg on January 28, 2013| 3 Comments »
I did a demo at HobbyCraft in Crawley earlier in the month and I thought you’d like to see a few pictures from it.
I made this heart garland with the lovely paper stack that they gave me to demo with.
This is a note peg using the Stampin’ Up owl stamp from the Christmassy party set.
And a cute 3d bird cage. Also Stampin Up. We like! I stamped the pattern on the bars and also the bird. There’s a matching punch for the birdie too.
This 3d box is something that’s been in my head for a while and I wanted to have time to make. The papers are Stampin Up and the hearts likewise although it’s a retired set called I {heart} hearts.
I had a fun time and hope to demo again there soon.
Posted in December Daily 2012, scrapbooking, tagged ali edwards dec daily 2012, day10 on December 11, 2012| 3 Comments »
Very simple (and fast page today) I was all set with some pictures of the kids playing with a santa hat when the lions club knocked on the door because santa was visiting! Jamie took Oscar out in his pjs. 🙂
Posted in baby, Christmas, December Daily 2012, random baking, scrapbooking, tagged ali edwards dec daily 2012, christmas cookies, day 6, gingerbread on December 7, 2012| 2 Comments »
Don’t you love Christmas baking? I do!
I was persuaded by some wise friends to let Miss Emily ‘help’ and to let her make a mess! Well Susan and Kate, you’d be proud of me. I wish I was the messy mummy more often, but see I let her play with flour and even eat it!!!
Gratuitous baby photos coming up (in case you can’t see how cute she is in the album pic which is, I promise you, coming! (can I spell gratuitous btw?)
Right, if you made it past all that here is today’s DD page:
As you probably saw I used the stars overlay, and stuck a second photo to it. The teeny cookie cutter buttons are from hobby craft.
I also found 6×6 paper with 2 slightly different wishlist blanks on it, side by side. (It’s by kaiserkraft.) I folded it and stuck it back to back and journalled on it. This has gone in as a flipper before Day 1. As ever I may yet move it. 🙂 Here it is:
I really must include the gingerbread recipe one year! maybe I’ll fit it in someplace this year. There’s bound to be more cookies to come!
Posted in Christmas, December Daily 2012, scrapbooking, tagged ali edwards dec daily 2012, day 5 on December 6, 2012| 5 Comments »
Another fast page! The pic was easy as I wanted to document the ‘nearly’ snow we had this morning. It fell for over an hour, but it fell on to puddles and was never going to lay.
As you can see I found another piece of that overlay. That surely is the last of it! The stars have been bumped to tomorrow, although I have been considering them for before day 1 instead…
Here is the double layout:
The stamp is an older British one. (no visible postmark.) the gold star is one of a few left from the Christmas market in Dortmund, Germany a few years ago.
And here is how yesterday now looks:
This postage stamp is labelled 2002. Not sure of the country though. Writing looks Scandinavian. I think the page balances better now, what do you think?
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