One photo - 20 words

Taking some time out to spend some quality time together and remember why we liked each other in the beginning...

Joining in today with Abi's idea of linking one photo with 20 words.

Guest Designer for Scrapology

I was thrilled to be asked by the lovely Linda to be a guest designer on the Scrapology blog this month.
There are some extremely talented ladies over there and it was lovely to be asked to take part.
The theme this month is 'P' for Punchouts and they chose the layout below by Stacey Cohen to take inspiration from

What a gorgeous layout. It has everything on it I love - the colours and butterflies are two of my favourite things ...

We could use whatever we fancied so I used some Kaisercraft Heirloom papers and set to with some glittery texture paste which I stencilled through a star stencil.
I then used an EK Success butterfly border  punch which served a double purpose as I could use the punchouts after the border had been punched  separately to place above the design randomly.

I added a couple of little flowers and some vintage embellishments and inked around the edges .

So there we have my take on the layout - these are a special couple of photos of a special aunt of mine who recently celebrated her 80th birthday. She had a surprise afternoon tea party which was lovely for her and it was great to get together with the girls of the family too.

In my element

Life is pretty busy here in Den's Crafty Land - but this weekend is being spent in the company of some lovely people enjoying free reign to scrap some lovely projects - all Kaisercraft,courtesy of the lovely Chrissy and Merly Impressions. We've got some gorgeous projects to do ... But true to form I'm being distracted by the gift we had - a mini Project Life type album 

I don't know about anyone else but I have a collection ( or three ) of photos that I always consider not really suitable for a 12 x12 page.Why? I don't know. So I started playing about this morning and am really on a roll with it now ...

Watch this space for more pics over the weekend 

Challenge 14 at Crafting Musketeers

It's that time again. Time for a new challenge over on the Crafting Musketeers blog

The theme this month is 'stamped image' which can include a digi stamp and is being sponsored by
Polka Doodles

The design team were given images to work with and mine was 'DIY'.
 here's my card

I coloured her in using Spectrum Noir pens. I used paper for the background  and sentiment from Heartfelt Creations and fussy cut then decoupaged the flowers on the pad and added glitter.

The prize on offer this month is four digi images from the sponsor.
You can do any project you like as long as it's sticks to the theme of a stamped image  (including digi). Good luck !

Guest Designer for The Ribbon Girl

Good Sunday Morning everyone. I'm a very girlie,ribbony lace and florally type,and when the lovely Mary over at the Ribbon Girl asked me to be a guest designer on her blog I was really happy to join in.
I decided to go with the Lilac challenge as it's one of my favourite colours..this is my card

I used a Lily of the Valley image,and some pretty die cut flourishes and bows,then embellished to my heart's content with the lovely goodies from The Ribbon Girl.

Here's what I used...

White Pearl Bead String, Cherry Blossom lilac/white , Tulip Flower White (I inked them),

Ivory Stretch Lace,  Floribunda Roses White( I inked these too), Lilac Velvet Lace, Amethyst Crystal & Diamante Embellishment.

The little girl image was from a Lily Of The Valley Pad 

I hope your Sunday is a good one and thanks as always for dropping by.

ATDML April - Designer's Choice

We were given free reign for April to choose whatever we liked for our DT kits for A Trip Down Memory Lane
I went straight for Kaisercraft and Marion Smith. This layout I'm sharing today is a photo of myself and Ann from the Design Team being silly and dressing up for her Mad Hatter's Tea Party crop.
I used tiny strips of paper ,some lacy ribbon and some  grunge paste through a stencil on the background.

Then I embellished with some gorgeous new Marion Smith Butterflies which have just come into the shop, some Prima flowers and one of the cute wooden clocks you can find here called Romance Novel.

The lettering was some I had in my stash.

It was a great,fun day enjoyed by all.

Crafting Musketeers challenge 13

Morning all - it's time for another challenge over on the Musketeers Challenge Blog and this month it's our anniversary. One whole year !
The challenge this month is 'Anything But Square' and is being sponsored by
                                               
                                                     KATY SUE DESIGNS

                                             

                                  Here is the gorgeous prize they are offering for the winner
                                             
             You can create any kind of project as long as it is anything but square!
                                                        Here's my project

I stamped a two flowers on vellum ,heat embossed them with white then coloured them on the back with some Peacock Feathers Distress Ink,and the dress is decoupaged.

Hope you can join us this month and good luck !