Scrapbooking: First Family Photo

Having raised stickers that are already layered can come in very handy, it just calls for a little bit of matching of colours & style to create a scrapbook page.

Scrapbooking: Indoor Play

I love My Minds Eye Lost & found paper ranges. They are so pretty & such good quality that I sometimes find that I dont really need to add much to them to complete a page. this was one of those pages.

All I have added is the photos, clouds & a title. Even the journalling is written straight onto the page.

Scrapbooking: Keeping Cool.

I'm not very good at layering, my pages usually end up looking a mess and rather confused, but I keep practicing and sometimes I like what i see. This is just such an occasion.

Scrapbooking: Soft Play

One of the Scrapology Challenges for December is S for Splicing, a lovely sketch based on Miki Krueger's scrapbook layout.

With so many colours in the photo I had of Kai at Soft Play it gave me a wide range to choose from & potentially use on the page.

(I have blanked out a couple of words under the title to give us a little bit of privacy).

What to give a Harry Potter Fan?

Some of you may know that my friend Ruth is a huge Harry Potter fan so I wanted to make her some Hp themed pressies for christmas.

Having recently decorated a jewellery box (HERE) I thought a similar item would work well..... it worked very well.

I think this is the best thing I've ever altered / made / decorated. I was so please after it had been covered, painted (multiple times) masked, aged, stamped, varnished.

Of course you cant leave such a box empty so inside went....

A snitch bracelet

An Albus Dumbledore quote necklace 

 And radish earrings, the same sort that Luna Lovegood wears in the movie

The actress who plays Luna (Evanna Lynch) actually made her own earrings for the movie.

Happy New Year!!!!

Who knows what the following year will bring, I do know that I'll be sharing with you more scrapbook pages, foodie makes, jewelry and anything else I turn my hand to in the name of crafts :)

I do hope this year will bring you great fun, laughter and (as much of a cliche as it might sound) joy.