Sunset

A sunset is #5 on Rinda's 2013 Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt

and I couldn't resist this one taken at Carfest last week.

I love how I've caught the silhouette of the person on the bungee as the sun goes down behind them.

I'm working my way through the list slowly, only 7 to go!

You've still got over a month to play along ...

1.   Open air market
2.   Theater for performing arts (not a movie theater)
3.   City Hall, Capitol or other similar civic building
4.   Airplane
5.   A sunset
6.   Someone or something taking a nap
7.   A sign that is intentionally or unintentionally funny  8.   A tower
9.   A photo with someone or something that is clearly out of place or doesn't belong
10.  A bench that is outside
11.  An animal in a zoo, aquarium, nature preserve, etc.
12.  A cloud in the shape of something (please specify what you see)
13.  A fence
14.  A stained glass object or a mosaic
15.  A fire truck or police car
16.  A windmill
17.  Candle(s)
18.  Your local pub/bar, coffee house or tea shop
19.  A fisherman
20. A dinosaur
21.  A photograph of you with an artistic tool or craft supply (you cannot substitute for this item)

Scrap Memory!

I don't know about you but I have a huge box of leftover papers that I usually dig into for card making. I had a good clear out of this box a while ago but it's filling up again rather quickly.

When I saw the new challenge on the Counterfeit Kit Blog today

 Use a leftover...go through your paper scraps (not from your kit) and pull a scrap to add to your project.

I got the box out, got carried away with my layout and guess what?

Yep! I forgot to use a scrap on my page - doh!

So, do you see that pink polka dot zigzag?

That's the scrap I've used on my project!

I hope you will make a bigger dent in your scraps than I did!

Don't forget to link up to Mr Linky so we can all see how you use your scraps...

Remember That Flower?

A few days ago I posted a tutorial on how to make a flower from hexagons.

The one I made was far too big for a scrapbook page so I mounted onto the front of a card for a friend's birthday!

My printer has gone dodge again but I'm pretending the writing is meant to be like that!

Punky Reveal

Today you find me jet setting across the pond on our travels to Florida State.

(If you fancy following our travels please do so HERE)

This month at Punky Scraps we were given this wonderful mood board to inspire us.

Those are probable my most favorite colours right now so using them on a layout felt good.

We also had to use chipboard. I have so many chipboard shapes thrown in a drawer that I never get around to using so I hopped in and saved one by half covering in washi and using it to highlight part of my title.

Fancy joining in? Link up and you could win a prize...

Rockin' All Over The World

Not literally all over the world but across the pond.

Very excited as today is the start of our 3rd USA Road Trip.

More on that next week...

So, what has Rocked Your World this week?
My week started off at CarFest, Oulton Park. Our very first festival! We only live 5 minutes down the road so instead of staying, decided to do daily visits and enjoy our home comforts!






The Vulcan Bomber was spectacular
The weather was glorious
The free samples were in abundance

 

Mr Hollywood waved at ME!
The music was great
and
we spent the weekend together as a family.







Imogen's Zoo School was a success and she had a great time playing with penguins, getting up close and personal with rhinoceros, mammal trapping, butterfly counting (there's an app for that!) and much more...

Nick's shift changed which meant he had more time to (help me) prepare for holidays.

Following on from last week re the assault and since the independent witness came good, the police will now be interviewing the alleged - I would like to be a fly on the wall when the police knock on her door!!!

All the paint is out and ready as my wonderful Daddy is decorating for us whilst we're away!

The packing is nearly finished and we head off to the airport hotel tonight for our flight to Miami.

My post next week will be full of holiday rocks...(if I haven't been eaten by an alligator)

(Apologies if I don't comment on your "rock" posts for 3 weeks but I will do my best to catch up on my return)

I saved a hedgehog :)

Rocking the other way is the fact that my Godparents have taken a turn for the worst and being told that they don't want me to visit anymore due to the embarrassment of how they are living is quite hard to take and makes me very sad.

But, even though I am not next of kin (they don't have a next of kin) their doctor has spoken to me about them and I now hope that there will be some intervention - fingers crossed...

Have rockin' good week, I know I will!!!

I Don't Do Flowers!

If you read my post on August 1st you'll know that I deliberately left the flowers out of my Counterfeit Kit because I don't really use flowers on my layouts.

Having said that I had already decided to attempt a tutorial and it became my worst nightmare!

Ribbons, paper, punches, string all went flying as I tried and failed several times to make a flower.

"If at first you don't succeed

try, try, try again"

So I did!

It worked but this one is far too big and bulky to add to a layout but maybe a smaller one would work?

I'm always trying to think of different ways to use my crafting items and this was a good opportunity to see if I could use my hexagon nestabilities to make a flower...

 Mark a faint line down the centre of each

Fold each side into the centre

 Pinch together at arrows

 Stick with Glossy Accents

 Sew through each petal...

 ...until you have something like this

 Tie carefully ensuring petals are in the right place

Cut string, or add a button to finish.

I don't really fancy my chances at making a smaller one but you never know... 

  

Did You See The Same As Me?

Yesterday I posted my cloud photographs for the

2013 Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt

did you see the same as me?

A puppy?

 A plane flying over the sun?

A rabbit?

Isn't imagination such a wonderful thing?

 Unfortunately my imagination wasn't forthcoming when it came to making a friend's birthday card. I saw something similar on Pinterest and as she's a big tea drinker, I couldn't resist...