New toys!

I went to the Port Sunlight show yesterday and got new toys yay! Sir Stampalot was there with a big range of Magnolias so I got 3 new Tildas and some magnolia accessory stamps, a new cuttlebug embossing folder, some flowers and new distress inkpads. I saw a tutorial on Marlene's blog about colouring using distress inkpads so thought I'd give it a whirl (at 3am when I was up pottering!)

This is one I made for the Opposites attract swap on Crafty Cardmaking, the idea being you use 2 dominant colours that are opposite each other on the colour wheel, I chose Blue & Orange.

Tilda is coloured using distress inkapds in tattered rose for the skin tones, vintage photo for the hair, basket, signpost and boots, peeled paint for the grass, faded jeans for the jeans and spiced marmalade for the top. The grass line is hand drawn and the blue sky I sponged on Moonglow starburst stains in azure sea asters. The card background is cuttlebug then I daubed on starburst stains in glory of the sea gold (which looks yellowy orange) I filled the basket using flowersoft to give some dimension. This one is going to Spain hence the signpost!

Tilda & Friends ATC challenge - Bugs!

Well here's my first go at a blog challenge! Tilda was stamped on watercolour paper then masked and I then stamped the background hills and grass using stampscapes stamps.Its coloured with watercolour pencils and sakura stardust pens. The extra sparkle is made by mixing the water with a tiny bit of pearlex iridescent watercolours. I've added the little dragonflies, which are coloured using sakura stardust pens and stickles glitter glue, and some flowersoft on the grasses for extra dimension.

Seriously GRUMPY!!

I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOO peeved! Less than 2 weeks ago I went shopping and bought 6 magnums, 3 mint choc ice lollies and 3 fruit and nut ice lollies. I havent had ONE of them. Stacey & Boo have had them except a couple of magnums which I dont like so 2 days ago I bought myself 3 Wall's Feasts which are my favs. I had one a couple of days ago and just gone to the freezer to get another as its 50 million degrees outside and oh what a surprise they seem to have evaporated into thin air!!

If anybody sees my feast please let me know! They are depriving poor Molly Moo of her chocolate fix!

*Editted to add that I asked my darling daughter where MY Wall's feasts were, oh yes she had one yesterday and gave her friend one too!!!! Cheeky bint!

Scrapbook LO's

I finally scrapped my fav photo! This is a monotone layout except the swirls and letters are holographic silver and the 3 brads are iridescent. Its also got silver eyelets running down the scallops on the right hand side Its a lot brighter in the flesh, I cant for the life of me get a good photo. I stamped all round the edge of it, it reads "Father and son walk together in harmony, the moment captured forever, fond memories. A magical scene of a unique bond of love and wonder. Bruce and Ethan Kennedy, Lake Bala, March 08"

This layout is one I've done for this weeks challenge on UK Scrappers. Its our teams challenge (Blooming Pages) It was to use a photo of yourself at any stage, use a colour or bloom from our team logo, use seen journalling and use ribbons. The word cherished was traced and cut out of DCWV pocket full of posies paper, various brands of flowers (the more the merrier!) and the photo is a recent one of me and Ethan (with Molly Moo bump) on holiday.

My 1st minibook

Well I finally did one! I've wanted to make a mini book for ages and thought I'd do this for OH's mom who lives in Bali. She hasn't met Eefie yet so this will keep her up to date with progress right from the 1st scan. I'm not showing the actual pages on here coz she sometimes looks in but this is volume 1 and covers from the first scans up to about 6 months. Its done on 6x6 and some pages are single, some are double LO's.

I've now started one for Molly Moo which I'm going to love coz its PINK :D

Thought I'd also post this little slideshow. Eefie has always hated "baby food" and as soon as he knew about finger foods then forget spoon feeding him, he doesnt want to know. Still I persist and try him every now and then with a nice jar of baby food, here's the reaction lol!

One photo, three looks

Thought I'd show you these photos (for the scrapbookers amongst us!) I've learnt a lot about photography over the past year and want to learn a LOT more. This is to show you to always look twice at photos. Some might seem pretty unremarkable at first glance and you may overlook its real potential, look at parts of it, baby photos particularly parts of the face or a hand for example.

This is the original snap I took of Boo & Eefie at Lake Bala which is nice in its own right but somewhat unremarkable.

This one has been cropped which throws the focus immediately onto Boo & Eefie and I've just switched it to standard greyscale.

Then this one has had minor changes and looks sooooo much better than the original :)

The light and shadows are more defined and the photo produces a lovely atmosphere.

Molly Moo's 4d scan

(Yes they checked again and she's still a girl lol!)

This time she performed and didnt hide herself, we think she looks just like Eefie, has same nose and face shape. We're not sure about the lips though!