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

Scrapbook Saturday

Today I'm linking up with STACEY, over at HAVOC AND MAYHEM for her SCRAPBOOK SATURDAY  post.


I just finished this LO an hour ago, using Sketch #281 over at SCRAPBOOK CHALLENGES- the papers are all BG 'Sweet Threads'.

This ribbon  flower

was made following TRACEY'S TUTORIAL over at SCRAP FRIENDZY.....I am thinking that a few more of these will be appearing on my LOs!

Hope you're all having a safe and warm weekend!

Thanks for dropping by!

take care of you

Alison xx

ANOTHER Bloghop.....

.....this time over at  SCRAPBOOK CHALLENGES. It was their 'Seasons of Change' Bloghop, introducing the new DT and saying farewell to the outgoing DT.


The sketch created for the Bloghop was this:

and this is my take on it

These are my favourite pics of Christmas Morning..the look on DD's face was priceless...and between dad and I we managed to get from the 'Is this REALLY hungry Hippos?' to starting to play with it!!

Hope you're having a great weekend...I have just seen DH off at the airport and returned to my house of invalids. Mum was very sick last night and still doesn't feel too good...and poor dad caught his finger in the car door two nights ago, and is still in pain from that. Fortunately, Mum's friend Barbara (who used to be a nurse) arrived at the beginning of the week, and she has been able to dress dad's finger...I DO mean fortunately, because mum and I would have been hopeless on our own!! We are neither good at dealing with blood, nor being terribly gentle!

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

 Alison xx

In Good Company......

........is the name of a great challenge I found, when I dropped in on SUSANNE over at her blog 'SNAPS AND SNIPPETS'. 


Here's the gist of it.


'...for the next several weeks, I’m going to spend time with some of the various manufacturers’ products that I have buried in my scrapbooking stash – company by company, week by week.'


She then goes on to invite her blog readers to play along.....if you pop over to her blog you will  get the full details.


This sounded like something new and a bit different...'I'm up for this' thought I, and off I went to search through the stash.


There was only one little major problem......Susanne's manufacturer of choice this week, was COSMO CRICKET, and I haven't bought any of that for ages (imagine a very sad face here).  I knew it would have to  be in the VERY OLD stash file...in fact I had convinced myself that I had none at all (now the face is sad and grumpy...I really wanted to play!). After the second rummage through, there - right at the back - was a sheet of CC 'Get Happy'!

As you can see, I was very lucky in that it was lots of strips, which I was able to chop up (and do some happy dancing while I was at it) and produce this

I am actually indebted to Susanne, as it jump-started the album I want to  do for DD's Christmas, of the photographs she and her friends took in NYC last December, while they were there celebrating DD's 21st. I felt the paper had just the 'urban' feel/look I wanted for some of the pics!

Needless to say, as I had no CC embellishments, I had to make my own...and the 'OH BOY!' phrase worked perfectly as the title!

I then went on to do the first page, now having an idea of how I want the album to look...

I used sketch #269 from SCRAPBOOK CHALLENGES  for this page.

So my thanks go to Susanne...not just for a 'new' challenge, but for getting me started on the album!...why don't you pop over and play along?

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

Alison xx

P.S. Lost all of 0.2 of a lb yesterday...but given my stressful weekend expected worse, so was happy...back on the bandwagon though!

LSNED DAY 28

Today I learned that I was still as hooked on jigsaws, as I was when I was younger! Dad has developed a taste for doing jigsaws recently, and we borrowed one from one of my neighbours....there is constantly one or other of us sitting at the table!

My scrapping mojo has been working on all cylinders this week, as I managed another LO  last night, for a Quote Challenge over at SCRAPBOOK CHALLENGES and also for a Colour Challenge over at SCRAP FRIENDZY.

...and today it was weigh-in day! After gaining a pound last week (which I was actually quite pleased about, after 'the girls's' visit and my Barcelona trip!), I had lost two pounds...so I'm back on track for having lost three stones by Christmas!

Just a reminder that this is STORYTELLING SUNDAY over at  SIAN'S BLOG....lots of interesting stories to read, from some lovely bloggers!

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

Alison xx

LSNED DAY 25 and Shimelle's Sketch of the Week

DAY 25


I learned that it doesn't get any easier seeing DH off at the airport.....even though I've had to endure a week of 'man-flu'!

Sleeping off 'man-flu'...don't know what Boo's excuse was!

Boo features in Shimelle's  SKETCH OF THE WEEK too!

The inspiration for the alpha frame came from a challenge at SCRAPBOOK CHALLENGES  (and particularly from a lovely lady called Lori Pinkerd), in conjunction with Design Challenge #10 over at SCRAP FRIENDZY!

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

Alison xx

LSNED DAY 24

DAY 24


Today I learned that a night's rain is so much more beneficial to the garden, than half an hour's watering by me every night!

I also managed a layout yesterday, from our few days with mum and dad in Barcelona

I used  sketch  #10 from SIMPLE AUSSIE GIRLS....it also worked for Sketch # 266 from SCRAPBOOK CHALLENGES and Challenge #8 at SCRAP FRIENDZY.

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

Alison xx

LSNED DAY14

Today I learned that I am getting to that point in my life, when I panic about how much I have to do the day before I travel anywhere! This has happened to me a few times recently....it's as if I expect the day to have lost about ten hours! I woke this morning, sure that I would never get half of what I needed to done. In the end, of course, I got it all done and managed two LOs (as well as then re-tidying my scrap space!)


I'm only going to show you one of the LOs, as the other is for a certain Bloghop on Saturday

I used Sketch #265 from SCRAPBOOK CHALLENGES to scrap the pictures of Boo looking as if she was being abandoned!

Thanks for dropping by!

take care of you

Alison xx

Back scrapping...YAY!!

Having caught up with most of the jobs I needed wanted to do since I got home, I have been happily surrounded by scrappy goodness and managed three LOs!


First up was this one

which was based on a sketch and recipe Challenge, posted by Sandy over at SCRAPFRIENDZY.......I journalled on a  piece of the gorgeous packaging that the Prima flowers  came in.

Next, was this LO about me which was inspired by last week's Challenge at SAG 

It also fitted the criteria for the PRODUCT CHALLENGE over at SCRAPBOOK CHALLENGES (using at least three punches) and  another 'recipe' Challenge at  SCRAPFRIENDZY...YAY! 

Lastly, I completed this one

for yet another Challenge at SCRAPFRIENDZY (using orange, cream and chipboard)

I'm now off to get another LO done...hope you're having a lovely weekend, whether you're scrapping or not!

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

Alison xx

Seasons of Change Bloghop at Scrapbook Challenges

It's Bloghop time over at Scrapbook Challenges. To start the Hop, go to Brynn's Blog and from there you will be able to hop on and take part .

This is the  sketch for the Hop

and this is my take on it

If you've got time, why not come and join us?

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

Alisonxx

Good Mail Day....Bad Weigh-in Day!

I had a feeling I hadn't lost the pesky .2 of a KG this week......but I was not prepared for the news that I had put on just over a pound!! 


I put it down to the fact that, because DH was home at the weekend, we had a few meals out (and, therefore a few drinks) and I also had rather a few 'cafe con leches'. I have been avoiding Cafe con Leche when I'm out, because they are basically a Spanish Cafe Latte........but, unlike the UK and USA, there isn't the option of 'skinny'-there isn't even the semi-skimmed milk option- they are,in other words high in fat/ calories. When my beloved is here, however, I tend to forget things like that and gaily order one every time we stop for a drink, or at the end of a meal.  All-in-all, there were a lot of contributary factors ......but bottom line is that I didn't keep a tally of the blessed 'points' and have no-one to blame but myself. Add to that my two days of misery when he goes away again..and what do I turn to? KitKats of course! When I look back on it, I didn't stand a chance, but I am back on track. Today has been a much better day eating wise and Boo has had a jolly good walk tonight!


After the desolation of this morning, however, I went to collect a parcel from the Post Office....and was delighted to find a parcel of scrappy goodies from the lovely Natalie, over at SCRAPBOOK CHALLENGES. She had organised a MiniCrop for NSD a few weeks ago, and yours truly was the randomly chosen winner!

This was certainly enough to put a smile back on my face.....thanks Natalie! After gazing at them, touching them and gazing at them again, I managed to put the 'pretties' aside and get the 'Q' challenge for  my 'A-Z of ME' album (again, over at Scrapbook Challenges). The challenge was to scrap about a question that has always 'bugged' you...

Today, this was the obvious one for me!

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

Alison xx

A couple of Layouts

I managed to get a bit of scrapbooking done this week...the weather was much more settled and mum, dad and DD were quite happy to lie around the pool reading (apart from the ice-cream day of course....see previous post).


 There were a few NSD Challenges that I fancied trying, and though I haven't managed them all, here's a couple I completed.


 This first one was for a Challenge over at Scrapbook Challenges and I ended up using this  sketch by Tracy, over at ScrapFriendzy.

I rotated it clockwise, to work with my photograph.

Apart from the orange paper (and I can't remember what collection it's from!),everything else was from my stash..the flowers are all Prima.

The other LO I completed was also for Scrapbook Challenges , but I also used it for a 'mixed alpha title' Challenge over at ScrapFriendzy.

Again, the papers were all from my stash, and I had been loaned a 'Cuttlebug' to try so embossed and debossed my butterflies. The border along the bottom is a ' Paper Ribbon Doily' by BASIC GREY.

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

Alison xx

Scrapbook Challenges NSD/Thank You Pamela Blog Hop

HAPPY NSD!


It's a very special  NSD Blog Hop over at SCRAPBOOK CHALLENGES today. Pamela, the lovely lady who started the site, is 'retiring' to spend more time with her family. Today's Blog Hop is also the members' there way of saying 'thank you'  for all her hard work and inspiration. I have been a member there since last July, and have enjoyed the inspiration and friendships I have found there.
Pamela has handed the reins over to the very talented Brynn, whose Blog HERE is the start of the Hop today...why don't you stop by and see what yummy prizes are up for grabs...and what talent there is on the site?


As our 'thank you' to Pamela, we are all using one of her sketches for our post today. This is the sketch I have chosen


 

and this is my take on it (sorry, the light isn't so good here today, so it's not a great pic!)

I hope you might have time to pop over and have a look!

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

Alison xx