Sunday 11 June 2017

Cocoa Vanilla Studio

Cocoa Vanilla Studio are one of my favourite all time paper manufacterers and this Wild at Heart range was flying off the shelves at Hey Little Magpie & I can totally see why. I used this range for my May blog post.

Beautiful.

Recently on a trip to Paris I got to see Monets Water lilies for the first time, I could have looked at them for hours, a real highlight of my trip so I had to scrap them when I saw this watercolored background.

I didn't want to cover it totally so added a die cut over it allowing the paper to show through.
Together.

In this range there is a pack of assorted frames, this is usually the type of embellishment I hoard so I made myself use 7 on this page!

3 frames hold photos from our day trip & another some journalling, the rest Ive used ephemera, rubber shapes and thread to embellish.
Many thanks for looking x
Sheena x

Thursday 1 June 2017

HLM Challenge

A couple of weeks ago it was my turn to set a challenge on the Hey Little Magpie scrapbooking and Inspiration Facebook page.
The challenge is now over but thought Id share the page here with you now.
You & Me.

 The challenge was to use 2 or more 4x3 journaling or project life cards on a card, layout or project.
I used the 4x3 cards from a Cocoa Vanilla Studio cut apart sheet as the basis of my page before embellishing with puffy stickers, die cuts & flair.
Many thanks for looking x
Sheena x

Monday 22 May 2017

Its been a while...

It certainly has been a while since I last blogged, life has a funny way of getting in the way some how & even with the best intentions something has to give.
To be honest Im not sure people really read blogs so much any more now with FB & IG etc but I'm going to try to keep this going if I can x
This year Im continuing with Project Life as my main way of documenting my family using pretty much the same formula as the last few years & here are my January pages including...
 ... golf, OLW, lunch out...
...Graduation evening, boys night out, holiday planning, back to Uni...
... scrapbooking retreat, awards night, school trip, big feet!... 
 ...Iceland...
 ...Iceland...
...Iceland, rugby, poorly Dad...

Many thanks for looking x
Sheena x

Thursday 2 March 2017

PL - December 16

I have finally finished last years Project Life album. I'd decided not to make a Christmas Journal as I have 2 half finished ones so consequentially December turned in to the most mammoth month I've ever documented!!
December included...
... advent calendars, teaching at our crop, Jump In...
...Manchester Christmas market, baby Sofia, Elf on the Shelf... 
 ...Winter Camp, Matt ski trip, Bills 70th...
...Dan is 22, Xmas card writing, Editor of School mag...
...Birmingham German Market, Pub Golf, Movies...
... Works Xmas do, study day, elf on the shelf...
...Strictly winner, Magical Lantern Festival, trimming the tree...
 ... Christmas eve & Christmas day ...
 ...panto, fairy lights, sale shopping...
...family get together, New Years Eve...

Many thanks for looking.
Sheena x

Wednesday 22 February 2017

PL - November 16

I've been doing more Project Life so thought I would share with you my pages from last November which include...
...Amalfi, Ravello, Positano... 
...Pompeii, Sorrento, lemoncello... 
 ...Birds of A Feather Paige workshop...
...formal dining, movie night, Catfish & the bottlemen... 
...Marseille, baking, Rory, crochet... 
...cambridge visit, old friends, I'm a celeb...
Many thanks for looking.
Sheena x

Sunday 19 February 2017

PL - October 16

I know I've been rather absent from here of late but I thought I would share with you a little more of my PL pages from last year. My 2016 albums are really filling up now & I'm hoping to be finished real soon.
So here is October...
 ...Matt starting Uni, Jen is 50, Dan's exams...
...Scrapping weekend, Apex scout challenge, Paris trip... 
... Ruths 50th weekend, work, Movie night, House Prefect...
...Paul is 50...
...50th birthday celebrations...
...Italy, Sorrento, Capri, Vesuvius...
Many thanks for looking x
Sheena x