UK Scrappers Weekly Challenge March Week 3

This is a bit late posting it on here but I did do it in the allotted week and just haven't got round to putting it on here. The challenge was set by the Crafty Magpies and we were challenged to:

The challenge is to be based on a tribute to a man/men in your life - 10pts
To follow the sketch given - 10pts
To include the colour green - 5pts
To include a bird or bird related item (feather, bird pattern paper, bird stamped image, etc) - 5pts

This is my nephew Connor playing on our Wii. I have used an old Total Papercrafts kit.

UK Scrappers Weekly Challenge March Week 2

This week's challenge was set by Alison. She challenged us to use up old stash for 10 points, use fabric for 10 points and make our own embellishments for the final 10 points.

My old stash is the polka dot alphas - I have had them for at least 2 or 3 years and then I used fabric to make my own flower embellishments by cutting circles out and then holding them over a candle so the fabric melts and ruches up. Buttons are then sewed into the middle. I have also made circular embellishments from patterned papers and Nestabilities and then inked the edges.

52 in 10 Project - Week Ten - Best Friend

Tina is my oldest friend. We lived next door to each from the age of nine and although we don't much of each other I still classs her as my best friend. She was a bridesmaid at my wedding and I at hers, and she is Zoe's God Mother. I have used a previous Total Papercrafts kit and my MS ribbon punch and some delicate blue ribbon. The photo was taken on Tina's hen night.

I have tried some of Shimelle's tips for using old stash and dug out out brads and eyelets.

UK Scrappers - March Week 1

This week's challenge was set by Amanda Mary and she challenged us to up to 3 colours from the list of Black, White, Grey, Blue or Pink for 10 points. She also asked us to use more than 1 photo for another 10 points and finally for 5 points each, use a song lyric, poem line or title and bling or blooms.
I have used some photos of our toys when we all met last week at the Farnborough craft show and used only black, white and pink. My bling comes in the form of the glittery alpha, glittery mount behind the photos and the gems and pearls in each corner of the page. My song title is Ya Gotta Have Friends by Bette Midler. I have to admit to not knowing this song but I Googled it.
More info can be found about our toy challenge here

I am also entering this for Sketch Challenge No 4 over on A Trip Down Memory Lane here

52 in 10 Project - Week Nine - Friends

This week's layout is all about our friends. I have done a layout about the fab friends that I have made through crafting.

The paper is Scenic Route and I have layered the flowers and added gems. I have used ribbons and Bazzill edges.

UK Scrappers - February Week 4

This week's challenge was set by the Bijoux Belles. We had to use a sketch (10 points), bold or bright papers (10 points), ribbon or fabric (5 points) and stitching (5 points).

This photo is of Zoe and her pal Edith playing horses. Edith is so skinny that I am surprised that she didn't collapse under the weight of Zoe.

I have used papers by Scenic Route, stitching using a Bazzill In Stitchz template and green thread, ribbons are wrapped round each paper and I used the sketch provided.

52 in 10 Project - Week Eight - Inspired NOT to be...

This week's prompt was about what or who has inspired us and had an influence on the choices we have made in our lives. Well I tackled this one in reverse and thought about someone who inspired me not to be something.

After finishing school I got caught up with a group of people who either had kids or pretty dead end jobs and for a while it was fun joining in with them. We had some great times and I will never forget them as they were the best friends that you could have but I knew I didn't want the same future as them and so I pulled my socks up, went off to uni and the rest as they say is history. I don't keep in touch with them anymore as our lives have gone off in different directions and sometimes I think I would love to see them again, catch up with what is happening in their lives - it is almost 20 years ago. It is thanks to them that I am where I am today. If they were to read this, I would hate them to think that I am belittling them in anyway, as I am not - I loved them like they were my sisters. I admire anyone who can bring up kids single handedly but I just knew I wanted more.

Crikey did I really go out looking like that! I am on the right with the blonde hair. I think I must have been about 17 or 18 in this photo and we were off to Sandford Labour Club on Christmas Eve.