26 November, 2009

Treasured Scrapbooking

I have some great news to share with you. I have been selected for the Treasured Scrapbooking design team. I'm so thrilled! After leaving Ally Scraps after two very happy years, I felt like I needed a new challenge. I had searched around to find something that would suit me and somewhere that has lovely products to work with. Treasured Scrapbooking seemed to fit perfectly, so I'm truly thrilled to be accepted. I can't wait to get to know everyone better.

With only a week to go to our Christmas fair at school, I'm frantically trying to put all the final pieces into place. I know a lot of people out there are all in the same position with their PTA events so good luck to all of you!


I'll share a layout that I did for a MME sketch challenge. It was lovely working with MME Laundry line (one of my absolute favourites) and the sketch was wonderful.



The photo was taken at Land's End in the Summer. I've been dying to visit for years so it was such a thrill to finally get there. For those of you who don't know Britain well, it is the most south-westerly point in Britain. It really does feel like you're at the end of the earth when you're there.

I'm still a guest designer for Ally Scraps blog this month and have a layout to share tomorrow. I'm also going to start a new project tonight that I hope to get finished this weekend so I'll sneak that one in too!

Thanks for stopping by.

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22 November, 2009

Brr... It's Cold Outside

The nights are drawing in and Christmas is only 32 days away! Can you believe it? I haven't even begun to think about Christmas shopping yet.


Oh well. I have been in a crafty Christmas mood though. I have had my eye on Eskimo Kisses from Basic Grey since I saw them on the CHA sneaky peaks. They are even more adorable in real life.

I've had this project in my head for the last 3 months, so I've been dying to get my papers and get started. The plain wooden sleigh was painted with Gesso before being covered in patterned paper. It is obviously quite tricky trying to cut out the fret work so I created a little template first.

The snowman is is polystyrene craft balls covered in Gesso and glittered. You know I have a little soft spot for snowmen!


I really wanted to include two little dickie birds on a branch - these have been created with Fimo. I'm afraid I'm not very artistic, so my shapes have to be simple.

The adorable stocking hangs at the back of the sleigh complete with tiny pom-poms.
This project was surprisingly simple to put together - the papers all co-ordinate beautifully and such a dream to use. I do have some left over and I have my eye on another project for Christmas - so watch this space!
Remember all the latest products are available at the Ally Scraps store. I have my eye on some very pretty goodies for Christmas!
Thanks for dropping by.
Morag x



16 November, 2009

Prima Pick

Prima are doing some lovely blog candy featuring these HOT products. Yummy. So I'm a girl who is easily lead especially where pretty things are concerned. So head over to Prima's blog for more info.



I thought I'd share a little project I did for Scrapbook Inspirations magazine here in the UK. This little door hanger was so much fun to do, that I'm going to make one for each of us.

The snowman is made from a polystyrene ball cut into 2 before being covered in lots of sparkly glitter.


The chipboard shapes are from My Mind's Eye. The background paper isn't Christmas at all , but I did love the silver finish. You can find more Pink Paislee in the Ally Scraps store.

Of course, there has to be a sign so that Santa knows where to stop. After printing the words onto stiff card (the font is Almonte Snow), I applied lots of ink to give it a wooden feel. Top off with a Snow Writer and more glitter for a fresh sprinkling of snow.

I hope that you've enjoyed this project. We have lots more to share with you in the next couple of days, so I hope that you'll pop back.

Ally Scraps has loads of the latest goodies in the store and can all be found here.

I'll leave you with a sneaky peak of another project that I've done for Ally Scraps. Yes, another snowman (they're really addictive).


Pop back on Friday for more pictures.


Thanks for stopping by.


Morag x

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12 November, 2009

Busy, Busy, Busy

It's that time of year again, when those of you who are PTA's up and down the country will know what I mean by busy! Although I was going to step down from our committee this year, I ended up being chair person or we wouldn't have any continuity. Thankfully, the rest of the new committee are all lovely and enthusiastic so I'm hoping that things go well despite me being in charge.

So I'm sharing a couple of projects from the past couple of weeks in no particular order. The first is from a trip we made to a local National Trust property. One of those rare occasions when my two little monsters posed for the camera. They posed beautifully one minute, then acted up the next. Very typical behaviour.


It did give me chance to dust off a Buzz and Bloom spinner I had been hoarding. Do you know those things that are just too precious to use? This is one of them. I've covered mine in paper (all My Mind's Eye). The journalling is Naughty, Nice, Nicer.

I have gone a little mad over masking recently, so I've masked circles and stuff onto my background - I just love this technique.


Did I mention that the papers are the lovely Stomp! collection from My Mind's Eye? I just love getting boys stuff in my stash - there just isn't enough of it out there.
Speaking of boys stuff, I'll share a layout I did for the AllyScraps blog last week.

I love the cool graphic images of the Oh Boy! collection from Fancy Pants. I wish I could doodle in the same way. The really cool thing about this paper is that all the hard work is done for you. All that is left to do is to add your photos and some fancy bits (if you really need to).


I added my favourite bit of magic mesh and added rub-ons here and there.


Before I go, AllyScraps are participating in the Adornit Blog Hop this Friday. As I'm guesting on the blog, I get to play along too! Yippeee!


As the theme is Christmas, I'll leave you with a sneak peak of my contribution. Be sure to pop over to AllyScraps blog this Friday to find out what we've been up to.
Thanks for stopping by.

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05 November, 2009

Prima Build a Page

I entered Prima's monthly Build a Page last month - I haven't done a comp in ages. I have loads of photos to scrap from the Summer, so it was a good excuse to scrap some.



Well, what do you know, I didn't win! LOL. I did get a mention though. Wow. That's good enough for me.

I used a broken locket that I inherited from my Auntie last year. It's hard to see, but the glass is broken - just adds more charm in my opinion.



The title is cut from the patterned paper and layered onto another copy. I've wrinkled them up for a bit more depth.

Well that was my five minutes of fame. Wait. I think you missed it!

Thanks for stopping by.

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01 November, 2009

All that Sparkles

I thought I would enter Simon Says Stamp Challenge this week - the prompt is All that Sparkles.


I love the Fairy Doodle stamps - they are just so delightful to colour. I like mixing the pinks and reds together so I'm afraid they just have to be in this colour combination. The sparkly background papers are Amy Butler (K&Co) - it has been so hard to actually cut up and use! *sigh* why do they have to make something so pretty?


The fairy has sparkly shoes, hat and wings (although hard to see in my photo).

Thanks for dropping in.
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