A Simple Story of Her @ Easter

Over the past few days I've been sharing layouts using the fabulous collection,

DIY Boutique by Simple Stories.

Jen sent me this collection and wow have I loved playing with it.

A few of you have complained about squiffy eyes but 

maybe my eyes are squiffy already so it didn't bother me!

I have a few scraps left and hope to make one more after today but

this layout is a great way to use up scraps.

My layout today is for another LOAD prompt

and show The Child at the end of her annual Easter Egg Hunt.

She will never grown out of this OR Advent Calendars

(I am in the process of devising that one!)

Anyway, my layout...

Do you have little traditions that will never cease?

A Simple Story of Churros & Me

Remember the snake & me?

Well today it's something a lot nicer and one of my favourite

"stall" foods!

I'm drooling just thinking about these delicious bits of deep fried batter, covered in sugar 

and dipped in hot chocolate.

Mmmm healthy!!!

I love these papers from Simple Stories, so bright and fun and available at Wearcrafts.

The collection is DIY Boutique, how do you feel about bright papers?

This layout is created for today's LOAD prompt which is foreign food.

What is your favourite foreign food?

Negative World

A while ago I cut out this map using my little machine.

You can see the layout HERE

Whilst shopping for my "Hello October" kit

 I found the negative stuck between some 12x12s I knew just what I wanted to do with it...

...and I love how it turned out.

The Wrong Master Forger!

The second challenge of the month posed by 

Queen Laura 

is to use confetti on our project and this is just the perfect challenge for fellow 

Master Forger & Sparkly, Shiny Lover Lisa !

(I wonder if she will choose CH#2 for the blog hop this month?!)

However this is my assigned challenge for the month so

"bling" it on!!!

I used a mask to create a few hearts (the blue ones) before using one of my favourite punches to create smaller confetti hearts to layer up a bit. I the n used gems and liquid pearls to add a few more scatterings and no glitter in sight!

Do you like glitter or do you prefer to cheat like me!?

Do You Scrap Sad?

I don't know about you but I usually scrap the happier stories in life.

The holidays, the parties, the days out, you know the ones

BUT

the joining in with a prompt for LOAD I decided to go sad.

We were asked to scrap about a pet and this photo had been ready in my collection for a long time and although it looks like a happy photo, the story behind it is sad.

Taking the photo whilst holding back the tears was difficult especially knowing that he
wouldn't be there when she got home.
These two were best buddies but the time had come to let him go.
I dreaded her coming home from school but she was very brave, far braver than me in fact!

So, before I get my keyboard any wetter, do you scrap sad?

Use It Up Day

It's not very often that I scrap with papers that I grab from the shelf 

as I've usually got a kit on the go 

but today I need a subtle look page and none of the kits I was working with were suitable.

I grabbed a Christmas paper from my shelf (OK I used the reverse) 

and some vellum and joined in with

The Studio Challenges September Sketch

I rotated the sketch for the purpose of my portrait photograph, embossed some vellum and drew around a side plate before adding a few embellishments to create a softer look.

I think it must have been Use It Up day as I finished off 3 small sheets of embellishments.

I also used my Tim Holtz die for the first time since buying it over on Crafty Sellers.

 The prompt I was following was to scrap somebody special and who better than

my parents as the subject.

No Such Word as "Can't"

Did your parents always tell you
"there is no such word as can't"?

Mine certainly did, especially my Dad, and I often hear myself telling this to the child

when she gives up too quickly.

Luckily it's not very often as she has inherited my stubborn ways!

This month, the challenge over at Challenge YOURself is to

scrap an affirmation and I have always been a big believer in believing in yourself.

There are many times when I could easily said no but with that built in stubbornness

I generally succeed although sometimes I wish I hadn't.

I know my limits these days pushing those limits can't hurt sometimes, can they!?

This is the story of a walk completed in Madagascar in the blazing sunshine with no shelter.

Steep steps and narrow path climbs were obstacles in themselves but with health factors to contend with I wasn't sure whether my body could take it.

As you can see by the layout, I DID!!!

I found the little wooden heart in a shop on my return home

 and knew it would be perfect for a future layout!

I was so proud of myself for perservering
however the following day brought its own challenges - my body had forgotten how to move!!!

This is another layout created using my "Hello October" counterfeit kit.

What have you done recently to Challenge YOURself.

(Please note that this month I actually remembered to include that photo of ME!)