Time flies

Well, how quickly does the time go? The reason for not blogging very much over the past week is that I have been sorting my stash so I can fit it all into one nice new craft room that is now decorated and has some new units plus some that were in there before when It was my eldest son's bedroom.We had a trip to Ikea and bought some gorgeous little - well not that little white units and have got some bluey checked material boxes to go in them,and a few other bits.I am so thrilled to be able to have one room where I can keep all my stuff and escape to and not have to pack it all away at nought hours in the morning when I go to bed....Sorting 5 years of stash is no mean feat though but I am getting there,with himself breathing over my shoulder every five minutes to make sure I'm not slacking!I haven't done much crafting lately but I went to the Craftystash crop on Sunday and enjoyed a whole day with friends. We did two layouts whichI loved.

Back to blogging

Well, things have been pretty hectic here at Holmes towers, what with two boys moving out,one to go to Uni and one to live with his girlfriend.I haven't had easy access to my scrapping gear as it has been er-sorted out(sort of)and packed neatly in the garage in readiness for the move to the craft room.I have been managing to do my pages for Learn Something New Every Day but have had no computer for a couple of days and have been busy tidying stash.Anyway here are a few of the pages I've done



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A busy weekend

Well,it's all change in our household at the moment.Our eldest has moved out to live with his girlfriend, the middle one has gone back to Uni and the youngest will be going to Uni in a couple of weeks.It was very quiet when I got in last night and very weird.Anyway we have decided to convert oldest son's room into a craft room for me, I think that if he does decide it's not for him we have other bedrooms and he always has a home here.So anyway - we hired a skip and have started the marathon of sorting years of er things we have horded out.Needless to say there was quite a lot of stash to sort. I decided to be ruthless and have sorted loads of old card kits and cardstock etc etc out to give away or throw.
So last night I made my cover for Shimelle's new class and was quite pleased with the result, now I have togo off to work, more sorting/scrapping this evening methinks.

A card for a change!

It is my Sister in Law's silver wedding anniversary today and I made a card for them. I haven't made any for ages and now I am inspired to make a few more- two more pages for the class too..

A baby mini book

When we were at the Craftystash workshop last week , I saw a lovley mini book that (I think) Tracie Hudson had designed and made and fell in love with it.As we are going to see my nephew's first baby today who is a little girl, I decided to have a go at making one so have shamelessly copied the idea . The original was a beautiful green which I think was spritzed with mists. I used distress inks in Tattered Rose and Spiced Marmalade to colour it. Thanks for the fab idea Tracie !

Go To Press more pages

I'm enjoying this project as I am doing 8 x 8 pages and they are nice and easy to complete. As much as I love 12 x 12 layouts, when you are doing a class like this, sometimes you only have small photos or not many photos on a particular subject so this is ideal.I've done three more this evening so am now up to number 10..

Catching Up

So- I am slowly catching up on my Shimelle classes.I managed to print on fabric last night for number 5 with the help of some 'freezer paper' that my good friend Deb sent me. Basically you iron the fabric onto the paper and then run it through the printer. I had a bit of a clamity where the printer got slightly jammed half way through and there was a yukky inky black smudge right on the best part,so I had to cut the journalling piece short.One of the next pages was to print on ribbon, well being a total wuss and not wanting to tempt fate and not being able to find a really flat smooth piece of ribbon, I chickened out and printed on card, but used ribbon on the page..so here are pages 5,6,and7..