Pin-teresting Layout!

So we've created our kits, forged a thing or two and now it's time to join in with the challenges.

Are you with us? Let's go for it...

Challenge #1 - May You Live In Pin-teresting Times

Base a project on something spotted on Pinterest. 

But, here's the twist, it can't be a craft project (so no layouts, minis or mixed media as inspiration.) 

Look for inspiration in home decor, architecture, quotes, etc, instead.

When I first open Pinterest I see lots of pins "chosen for me" 

and I really have no idea why this one came up 

as I am in no way religious

 but it has inspired me to create 

so maybe Pinterest can mind read now!!!

You can find the original pin is HERE

So I got to work cutting out my letters on my trusty Cameo and creating my background stripes from slicing up some of my journalling cards and came with this...

My daughter looked so beautiful on Prom night last year and this layout showcases the fact that
nobody needs to spend hundreds of pounds on a dress when a £4.50 outfit does
just the same!!!


What non-crafting Pin will inspire you to create today?

Back to Forging

Thanks for popping back to see me and my pie chart forgery.

I do have to admit that I've missed creating forgeries - it gets my brain working!!!

 I chose to use a sheet of 12x12 vellum to create my pie chart.

So, along with my craft knife, a ruler, and ink pad, some stencils/masks and my trusty Martha Stewart circle cutter, I got to work...

...I cut my circle...

...sliced my pie

...inked through my mask/stencils (I never quite know which they are)...

...to create some different patterns...

Pretend you haven't seen the state of my masks/stencils 

but they do still work even though I never clean them!!!

What do you think?

I then started on the labels for the pie chart where again I used my circle cutter along with white card and some rub ons...

It's hard to take the photos in this shockingly grim and dim British light

 but you get the gist and I hope to use these on one of the upcoming challenges.

What have you forged for your kit?

Go on, have a go!!!

For One Month Only!!!

Having left the Counterfeit Kit Team last year to concentrate on things closer to home,
I was absolutely delighted to be invited back this month as Guest Designer.
Thank you girls for thinking of me and I hope I don't let you down. 

So let me introduce the kit we are forging for the month of March.

It's not quite a
kit as we are used to and
 I must admit I was little nervous when I first saw the dinky contents of the

Ali Edwards "Click" Story Kit

I decided that, even though this kit doesn't have any paper involved,
I would also leave them out and add them in when required.
This, in fact, is probably very easy for me as I generally scrap on white in any case!

I know a lot of you liked how I set out my forgeries when I was on the team
so today I will do the same.

Firstly the stamp set - I'm kind of glad there are stamps involved because I have literally hundreds and constantly neglect them. I have chosen "Limor Circles" by Indigo Blue because I got it two Christmases ago and it hasn't even been out of the packet!

                 

Next up is the plastic word "click" my choice for this is "fabulous" which i cut on my trusty Cameo

Another huge amount of neglected items in my stash is wooden shapes. They are all so beautifully arranged and labelled but again I forget they are there.

I have chosen...

Next up is chipboard shapes and chose a huge pile of polaroid frames
      

                      

Word stickers are next and I've thrown a fair few of these in (just in case!)

                                      

And we can't miss out the alphas...

                                     

Journaling cards aren't something I really use as I don't really do Project Life but I have picked out a few from my huge stash that I've collected anyway in the hope that I can use some up!

                               

This is my favourite part of this kit, the pie chart die cut transparency 

and here I have forged my own version...

                       

...along with the sentiments labels 

So, with just those last two items to add,

"My March Mini"

is almost complete!!!

Time to move onto Susanne who will have created a fabulous kit I'm sure but before you go

thank you for having me back and I hope you will join me on the 4th to see my forgeries...



Blog hop list just in case you get a little lost...

YOU ARE HERE >>>  Lesley (GDT) - http://ohblogitifyoucantbeatthem.blogspot.co.uk/   <<< YOU ARE HERE
Susanne: http://snapsandsnippets.blogspot.com
Clair: http://obstinatepursuit.blogspot.co.uk/
Jemma: http://just-jimjams.blogspot.co.uk
Julene:  http://julenebydesign.blogspot.com
Kelly: http://66.147.244.112/~honeysv0/
Leslie: http://lcsmithsaved-outofthemire.blogspot.ca
Lisa: http://lisahausmann.blogspot.ca
Lynnette: http://www.sassyscrapper2010.blogspot.com/
Margie: http://scrappinmargie.blogspot.com
Susan: http://littlethingsbigdays.blogspot.de/
Stephanie:  http://skylinepaperie.blogspot.com

Another One!!!

Yesterday I blogged a layout based on Sue's February Sketch Challenge.

I mentioned that I'd had another idea in my scrappy head so, as the saying goes - "strike while the iron's hot" - I cleared all the c**p off my desk and created my first layout at home for over a year!!!!

Sue's sketch just shouted "newspaper" out to me and with all my snippets of Storm Imogen just waiting to be used, I knew what had to be done.

You see, if you don't know me, my daughter is Imogen and she took a fair bit of stick when the last storm of the Winter was named "Imogen" especially as my "boss" in the charity shop calls her "Thermal" - do you get the connection?

Thermal Imaging (Imogen)!!!

I do like how it turned out, far easier than cutting up that photo in my previous attempt at the sketch!!!!

You've still got a few days to join in over at

Me and Mine

Two Out Of Two

So far so good this year in joining in with Sue's Monthly Sketch Challenge.

Yeah OK, so it's only February but that's a huge achievement for me!!!

Sue always posts the challenge just in time for the monthly crop I attend so it's perfect to get my creativity going.

This month's sketch had my brain working overtime and I even have another idea in my head although I doubt I will have time to get it done before the 29th of February deadline!

So, before I babble on too much, here is the sketch...

...and here is my interpretation (having flipped it 90 degrees clockwise) of it...

The hardest part for me was measuring the photo and cutting in the right places to avoid going through and vital parts!

I used my Quirky Kit, another thing that I always take to the crop. Gone are the days when I cart everything there - I now take my kit and the essentials!!!

I hope to have my other idea scrapped in time to link up to Sue's page over at Me and Mine.

Will you join in?

Go on, you're in with a chance of winning one of Sue's kits if you win!!!

Two Posts in Two Months!!!!

GO ME!

OK, so now you've picked yourself up off the floor, read on...

Once again I have joined in with miniowner's January sketch challenge 

and I'm getting in just in the nick of time.

If you've got a bit of spare time today, you'll need to get in quick smart and link up too

and be in with a chance of winning one of Susan's lovely kits.

I was delighted to win last month's challenge and receive one of those lovely kits myself.

Thank you Sue!!!

So, onto my entry for January ...

  

I'm usually a white background kinda' gal but I've stepped out of my comfort zone and gone patterned!!!

I'm sure there will be a February Challenge to play along with soon over at

Me and Mine

so why not pop over and join in?

Blog!!! What's a Blog????

Wow!!!

5 months and 2 days since I last blogged - has it really been that long?

I am shocked that I have missing in action for that long!

I have been crafting, just not scrapping.

I have a pile of photos getting higher and higher

BUT

I can proudly announce that I scrapped!!

Yep, I did it it, two pages.

OK, pick yourself back up off the floor and take a look...

My beautiful girl on Prom Night this year.

If you see her, tell she is beautiful because of course she doesn't believe Mum!!!

My layout follows Susan's sketch over at Me and Mine

Here it is...

Why don't you join in yourself?

Thank you Sue for encouraging me to unblog myself!

(I had to sit and think about how to do it!)

So, did I enjoy scrapping again?

I did, it was a refreshing change and maybe that pile of photos will start going down again!!!