Curiouser and Curiouser - A Scrapbook Page

I think this page is why I scrapbook. The photos taken of my son and granddaughter at Landmark, Aviemore are from 2014! Now that my granddaughter is an adult it is lovely to remember her when she was just fourteen. 

I put the layout, loosely based on a sketch from Scrap-A-Sketch, together from one of the kits I made up back in 2022 whilst preparing to move house. The plan was to use the kits in my spare time on a temporary table until my new craft room was set up. But to quote John Lennon, "Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans". Now I have a new plan to work through the kits, alternating with the pages I'm making for my 2024 album.

Materials are all old - from 2017 to 2021 - but I think the finished result doesn't look dated. Papers used are from Echo Park's 'Farmer's Market' & Simple Stories 'Simple Vintage Cottage Fields' collections. The flowers were fussy cut from one of the patterned papers. Embellishments from my inconsiderable stash!

The spatters, which can just about be seen on the background in the photo, were created with Heidi Swapp's Color Shine 'Citron'.

That's it for today. It's late and I need my beauty sleep, so I'll bid you all a good night. 

Elizabeth

December Scrapbook Layout - No. 1

Hello Everyone,

I hope this finds you well and keeping warm - unless, of course, you live in the southern hemisphere where you are probably trying to stay cool. 

Following on from my WOYWW post yesterday, I've decided to post the pages made in December daily rather than sharing them later when it could be way past the event. Here's the page for December 1st - all challenges and groups mentioned can be found on Facebook. 

It's based on Lisa Sikorski's sketch for Day 1 of her December Sketch-a-Thon. I tweaked the sketch to enable me to use the green cut-apart - it just had to go on the first page of the month. 

The photo is of the Christmas lights on Ayr High Street taken on my birthday at the weekend.

Everything used on the page is from the kit put together for the Scrap Backwards challenge this month. The oldest item is the 'Holiday Words' patterned paper from American Traditional Designs dated 2006! I'm chuffed to bits to have used it at last :) 

The flair in the lower cluster is from Dotty About Flair. There's three daily requirements all this month over on this group - for this month they are, paper layers, gold and a rainbow. I stamped and coloured the rainbow from the April Showers stamp set from Clearly Besotted. I forget where I got the gold enamel dots but it was a long time ago. 

Before I go, I just want to say that my thoughts go out to anyone who is still living without electricity. It's the sixth day for many and that's too long to live without heat, light and cooking facilities. In the meantime, I hope you're all managing to keep warm and stay safe. 

What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday - Week 652

Hello Everyone,

Happy first day of December. This is going to be as quick a post as I can make it because it's going to a be a busy day. 

I'm here to join in with Julia's very popular meme, WOYWW, over on her blog, the Stamping Ground. If you haven't joined in the fun yourself, but would like to, please do. For what to do see here. Julia, and all the deskers, will make you most welcome., I'm sure. 

And, after all that, here's what's on my desk this morning. 

It's not good today. A bit of muddle actually. I'm in the process of sorting through Christmas/Winter stuff to make up a kit for this month's Scrap Backwards challenges. I'm being really ambitious and hoping to scrap a page a day for the whole month! But with my track record it's asking a lot! Under the box there's the sticker sheet that I'm basing the kit on. It's old, one of the main requirements for Scrap Backwards challenges, and it's also very traditional, with lots of red and green in it. The box contains cutfiles, all of which are suitable for December pages. Underneath those two items is the Mind the Scrap kit for December which is too new to include in the kit. And next to that pile is a basket of old Christmas themed embellishments - perfect to include in the kit. In the background is a collection of items that I either hope to use, like the neglected Xyron sticker maker, metallic washi tapes, a huge roll of  cream lacy fabric which I find difficult to find a use for. The items in front of these, in the bowl and piled up by the side are simply frequently used and so essential.

Next is the kitten Silver pic for today. 

No, it's not the wrong way round. The photo was taken as she was looking up at me and planning what naughty thing she could get up to next. Most of her waking hours are spent in doing mischief. Fortunately, like most cats, she sleeps for around sixteen hours a day.

And finally the funnies,

I suspect this is what we have to look forward to this year. 

And maybe this is what we should settle for.

And for those of you who are not cat nuts, something completely different. 

Season's greetings to you all. 

Last week I managed to visit and comment on everyone and I intend to do the same this week though, because I've so much to do, it could take me a few days to get round you all. In the meantime, I wish you all a very happy WOYWW and a great week ahead.