Tuesday, 18 January 2011

Catching up!

Now that the kids are back at school and everything's back to normal (well, nothing is ever normal in this house but you know what I mean!), I have had a chance to do some scrapping. I should be doing housework, but...... Anyway, I've got 3 Scrapagogo kits sat here, and you know how that stresses me out. So I made a large dent in my new Circa 1935, then tackled my November kit. This hasn't been my favourite, but that's not to say I don't like it - I love it! I was surprised to see how I could get some sunny, holiday LOs out of it too. I have half a LO sat on my desk from the same kit which is much more sombre, and this is what I love about these kits - the challenge of making the LOs look so different using the same collection of products.
Before Christmas I bought a vintage atlas - it's really old but I wanted it specifically for a project I had in mind. On this LO I've used a piece of it, having cut around the destination of our holiday. **edited to add: I should explain the title - the journaling says (along the lines of...!) "on the last day of our holiday we went sightseeing, it took ages to get to the cathedral in the scorching heat, we took one look and headed for the nearest bar! We spent a long leisurely afternoon eating drinking and people watching! Best lunch of the holiday!"
I've also made a card today for a friend who's got a special birthday coming up.
Due to being nearly out of glue, I got stuck into my craft room this morning rather than finishing my LO. And I feel all inspired and ready to go again. Roll on this evening!

I'm sad to say I have barely any photos from Christmas or Cam's birthday, so I've just added on my To Do List - get new camera lens.
Thanks for stopping by!

2 comments:

Lisa said...

That card is so sweet - are they vintage playing cards? And of course the layouts are lovely. Makes me want to get out the November kit and get on with it! Thanks for the inspiration. I love the idea of buying a vintage atlas - how resourceful are you??? Two things - love the letters on the layouts - what are they? And I can see what the first favourite thing is but what's the second?!?

Great to see you getting creative again. I am getting there slowly.

Deb Hickman said...

Love the card and gorgeous LO's. Great idea using a vintage map on your LO,it looks fab.