Buzzing

Yet another page using some of the papers I got whilst at 'A Maze of Memories'. I absolutely loved this paper when I saw it and not just because it was great to use for a picture of my daughter who we call Bee or Bry as a short form of her name. 

Sorry I got a bit of glare on the photo, please ignore it  

For this page I used a backing paper of plain manila coloured coloured card over which I placed the sheet of shaped bee covered, glitter encrusted card that I got from 'A Maze of Memories'. However, before I applied it to the base sheet I craftily cut out the centre so I could use the bee that was in the centre as a final embellishment.

I then mounted the photo on a piece of old gold coloured card applying over the whole I'd cut out of the bee paper. I found some pieces of paper in my scrap box which I felt coordinated well with the photos and the base paper. These scraps were torn and applied to the base of the photo I then adorned this with some roses from the Prima Flowers collection and some silk leaves I had in my crafting box.

At the top right hand corner I added a paper doilie  from the Dovecraft 'Tea Party' collection. I give a slight difference in colour and to tie it to the background I added some distress ink and a spritz of gold. Over this I added the bee I had removed from the backing paper. To give the embellishment a little more presence I backed it with a torn circle in gold and another circle of old gold to match the card I had used to back my photo.

Finally I added a small title to the page and some journalling.  I felt the paper was busy enough so went for a discreet title.   

I love the page hope you do too.

Summer Pages

Well  finally I've got back to doing some more scrapbook pages, having had numerous other jobs to do before I could get back to it without feeling guilty. I had numerous cards to make, plus loads of tidying up after Christmas and recently tons of marmalade to make. You may wonder why marmalade? Well I make  the marmalade for a whole load of people not just my own family.

Anyway back to the scrapbook pages, I have made up a few but I do them one post at a time. This page shows a photo from one of our summer Wenlock and Manderville walks. It was taken on the South Bank near where the Golden Hinde is held in dry dock. 

Near the Golden Hinde on the South Bank

For this page I began with a plain blue backing sheet which I roughly sanded  using the 'Hoogie board' to create the patterning around the border. I then cut several strips of differing widths of paper in coordinating colours. I used some scraps from my stash including some from the Papermania Portobello Road  and  Burleigh blue packs   I placed the strips horizontally on the page to create a backing pattern for the photo.

I mounted the photo on a contrasting bright blue piece of card which I then layered with a backing of blue Portobello Road paper torn along one edge. At the bottom left hand corner I added a paper doilies and then added some strips of Burleigh blue borders to the base of the photos. 

I embellished the bottom left hand corner with some Tim Holtz die cut cogs I also added a small map a wooden cut out galleon and some fake doubloons. To finish the nautical affect I added some butchers twine plus a little anchor charm and chain.     

The page title and sub title are from 'Thickers' and Forever Friends respectively.   

I am happy with the nautical look, I hope you all do.     

Scrapbooking pages

I thought I'd share with you all some scrapbook pages I completed just before Christmas. I have still more pages to do before I catch up with all the photos I took over the summer. I have then all the shots I've taken since September though that's not too many. 


After I have finished these pages I still have loads to do to complete my daughter's 'This is your life'  scrapbook. So far I have reached her 4th birthday so lots to go.

So here's those pages

The Imperial War Museum London and look more Berlin Wall

For the above pages I used some masks and distress inks and some Tim Holtz die cuts. It was very simple to do but very effective I thought. To finish the page I added some adhesive spider webs from a sheet of Halloween stickers I saw in our local sweet shop. I think they were for children to use to decorate stuff for Halloween but I thought they looked effective on the page.

221B Baker Street

For this page I used lots of bits from my paper stash or bits plus some of the Portobello Road stickers. I used a main picture with hubby and daughter to which I added a smaller picture showing Sherlock Holmes Olympic statue. 

The next two pages also show some of the Olympic mascots. 

Another Wenlock

Another Wenlock or is it a Manderville

I have not given all the details of items used to create these pages as I did them just before Christmas and sadly lost the details of what I used. I do know the flowers are from Papermania  and I also know there are  some K&Co embellishments used. Next pages I do I will make sure I give all the details of the products used. I hope you like them.