JUST SNEAKING IN.....

...with a layout, based on this month's sketch from ANOTHER FREAKING SCRAPPY CHALLENGE

I had a few random shots I'd taken of mum and dad while they were here, and thought they might just work with this design.

I'm also linking up with THE SCRAPBOOKING SOIREE over at JENNIFER'S JUMBLES.

As this Sunday is the first one in September (I know, I can't believe it either!) SIAN will be hosting STORYTELLING SUNDAY over at FROM HIGH IN THE SKY....I'm still deciding on my story, but I'll be there....hope you will too!

Have a lovely weekend

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

Alison xx

DOGGY PADDLING!

As you probably realise by now, my sidekick here is a little white ball of fluff called BOO. When I agreed to bring her over to Spain to live I had no idea just how grateful I would be for her presence and companionship.

At the time Craig had a permanent post in Germany, and I was able to spend chunks of time over there with him, leaving Boo with a friend or with mum and dad when they were here.

For a variety of reasons, he eventually decided he could no longer work for the company, and decided to go into partnership with a colleague, which has entailled  a fair bit of travelling.

With Kirsty having been in Barcelona for the last three years, it has often been just Boo and I 'holding the fort'. I just can't imagine not having her around now...and I obviously talk to her all the time, as when Craig or Kirsty are here they are constantly asking me what I've just said- and my reply is 'I was talking to Boo'!

A bit like the rest of us, poor Boo gets so hot and bothered during the height of summer..more often than not she's to found under our bed from about 10am-6pm, then she gives herself a shake and gets out into the garden,following the shade until the sun goes down. The only time she appears is if she hears  the coffee machine going on (which isn't often in this heat) - or if she realises I'm in the pool.

She has progressed from standing on the top step of the pool to cool her little paws down, to crying to come in for a bit of a dip..and a doggy paddle!

I took these pics  the first time Kirsty 'persuaded' her she would like it, and when I saw that one of the challenges over at  ANOTHER FREAKING SCRAPPY CHALLENGE  was to scrap about your pet(s), I reckoned they would fit the bill..and using  this sketch from LET'S GET SKETCHY.......

...this is what I came up with

I'm also linking this up with THE SCRAPBOOKING SOIREE over at JENNIFER'S JUMBLES

Hope the sun is shining on you this weekend- and even if it's not- that you manage to have a relaxing, enjoyable one!

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

Alison xx

TWO NEW LAYOUTS....

...inspired by SHIMELLE'S ONLINE CROP from this past weekend but, in one case used for another THREE challenges...I think that might be a record for me!


Shimelle's Challenge #11


Using two different types of pattern....I used a paper with spots and a  paper with diamonds and triangles....

The journalling reads:

We couldn't believe the storm we woke up to, the morning we were due to travel from E.K. to Newcastle. On the ten min. taxi ride to the train station, we encountered fallen trees, flying dustbins and other assorted debris..and then discovered that the trains to Glasgow weren't running. One brave taxi driver agreed to take us into the city...where we soon discovered ALL trains (and most other forms of transport) were cancelled in and out of Scotland. MANY cups of tea and coffee later, we eventually got a train at 4pm that afternoon to Carlisle, and had to get the Newcastle train from there. 

The LO also qualifies for the challenge over at ANOTHER FREAKIN' SCRAPPY CHALLENGE  using  the topic 'storms' or 'Spring' and using this sketch

  

As I used the PICCADILLY line of papers from BASIC GREY, it also qualifies for SUSANNE'S IN GOOD COMPANY CHALLENGE  and, finally, it met the criteria for a 'flower' challenge over at SCRAP FRIENDZY!

SHIMELLE'S CHALLENGE #5

Sorry the pic is at a dreadful angle...and the photos themselves aren't great quality, but I've resorted to copying  some of my niece's pics from FB ..if I don't , I might never get this album done- I hate waiting for other people to send pictures!

I rotated the original 90 degrees....used 4 pics instead of one panoramic one..kept the pale background and the butterflies.

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

Alison xx

A 'VINTAGE' Easter Layout......

......inspired by this week's Sketch Challenge over at  ANOTHER FREAKING SCRAPPY CHALLENGE (AFSC). If you've been following my Blog, you'll know that I'm on a quest to get some of my old, original (boring) scrapbook pages re-done...and  over at AFSC , the idea is to scrap about YOU, preferably in your 'younger' days.


My problem is that my mum is NOT a hoarder...and got rid of SO many family pics when my Gran died, and she fell heir to all of her photographs as well- admittedly a lot of them were of the headless, blurry sort so who can really blame her! So when I saw that the Challenge was to create an Easter layout, I was initially a bit stumped...then it occurred to me that we got married just before Easter (in 1980!), and that I had a few Honeymoon pics on a page somewhere. I rooted out yet another old album, and sure enough- all of three pictures on a page, which, of course, I forgot to photograph before carving carefully cutting it up.


This is the sketch from AFSC

 

and this is my take on it

The pictures themselves are very poor quality, and badly faded...and there were originally an awful lot more of them, but I have my mother's genes and got rid of far too many that, at the time, didn't cut it! I was too busy thinking of saving space rather than posterity, at that point in my life...thank goodness for the digital age!!

So there it is..no Easter Eggs or fluffy bunnies, but another page re-done, and lots of happy memories brought to mind whilst doing so...and apart from leaving a legacy for future generations, that, to me is what scrapping is all about!

If you stop by next Saturday (24th), it will be party time! Our lovely friend DEB over at PAPERTURTLE is hosting a Housewarming Party Bloghop, and a bunch of us are joining her (unfortunately in cyberspace and not in Arizona :<). There will be recipes for Starters, Soups, Salads, Mains..and of course DESSERTS flying through ether..hope you can join us!

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

Alison xx

Another 'VINTAGE' Layout!

Still using  GLITTER GIRL'S inspiration, I managed this page

of the first holiday we ' Girls' went on in 1976...if you are asking yourself who the heck  'The Girls' are- check out THIS Post.

The sketch is from SCRAPBOOK CHALLENGES (#285) and I was told of another Challenge Site called Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge, which is encouraging us to scrap our own stories. The current Challenge is for a school break you experienced, so it also qualifies for that.

Hope you've had a lovely weekend..please pop back tomorrow, for the chance to be put in the draw for a wonderful book- part of PASS THE BOOK YR2!

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

Alison xx