Skipping

Sometime last year I started doing LOs based on Elsie Flannigan's book 52 Scrapbooking Challenges. I didn't get very far, but have decided to try again and see how far I get. This LO is based on Challenge 8: group four photos together. The photos are of Andrew on summer holiday in 2007 when he decided to take up skipping. The paper and words are from scraps.

The bass guitar arrived today! Think I will need to start playing music again to drown out the beat!!!

Week 7

I have managed another LO. This time for Week 7 challenge - which was to use an artistic photo. Gordon this photo of the raindrops on the outdoor chairs last summer on one of the many days it rained! I have stamped and embossed rain drops effect on the background.

Challenge 6

This is a LO done for Elsie Flannigan's 52 Scrapbooking challenges, it is based on week number 6. The challenge was to use a ribbon cluster and my LO is scraplifted from the example in the book. The photo is of Andrew taken in 2001.

I am now so far behind in these challenges that I have decided not to stress myself and just do them when I can. I have also not got on very fast with my A-Z journal, so I think I will just put that on on hold for the moment.

Why has life got so busy? I am working slightly longer hours this month. Mainly it is because my OU studying is taking up so much of my time. I am enjoying it but there is a lot of reading to do for it. I got my first assignment back and was happy with the mark, the next one is due end of this month.

Andrew has been off school all week with a sore throat and being sick, and the rest of the house are trying to fight off various coughs, colds and sore throats as well. Roll on Spring and everyone feeling better!

Tea at Dobbie's

This is the LO I have done for Wk 5 of Elsie's 52 Scrapbooking challenges. The challenge was to embellish a floral accent. I have used felt flowers and have painted the chipboard flower then filled the centre with beads, the journalling goes round the centre of this flower. The photo is of Mum and I at Dobbie's Garden Centre, Ayr. We always stop off there when going up to Glasgow and it's where we generally meet my Sister when Mum is going up to hers.

Only two weeks behind now - I really don't know where the time goes to.

Star Climber

Today I did a double LO of John when he did the aerial assault course at Xscape last October.

This one did for Wk 4 of 52 challenges - to make a chipboard embellishment. I handcut the star and painted it.

I have also been playing with paint again.

I used a vaseline resist technique on this page. You put blobs of vaseline on the paper, then paint over it, then when it is dry you wipe off the blobs revealing the paper underneath. I also painted some doodles on it.

Pizza Anyone?

Managing to get caught up with Elsie Flannigan 52 Wk challenge on UKS. This is my LO for week 3 - the challenge was to use ribbons. The photo was taken last April in Rome.

We took the boys to play short tennis at the sports centre today, which was fun. During the week Andrew and I went to see Alvin and Chipmunks which was funny. Its Back to the Books however for me as my next OU course starts today. I am doing a Level 3 course (eek!!!) Religion Today. Looking forward to it but a bit apprehensive too.

SO

Finished a LO for Wk 2 of Elsie Flannigan 52 challenges on UKS - I'm up to date! Challenge was to convert a photo to black and white. Photo is of John last May at Gardenstown in a typical teenager pose, I can just imagine him saying So.... Background paper is from The Page Coaster Collection, Trendy Stripe, the other piece is from my scrap bag and I can't remember what it is, title is Heidi Swapp stickers.

Rose

I have managed to make a start on the first of my challenge projects for this year - Elsie Flannigan 52 Scrapbooking Challenges, being run on UKS. I have had this book for a year but have really just started looking at it - its great. The first challenge is to put a quote/journalling in strips. The quote I have chosen is "We can complain because rose bushes have thorns or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses" Abraham Lincoln. I liked this quote as I thought it fitted in well with my Positive thoughts for the year. The photo is one I took last summer at Castle Howard. Paper is Basic Grey's Lily Kate.

The other project challenges I am hoping to do this year are the A-Z Journal at Its a Creative World, Got Paint - BPS and Emily Falconbridge Art Journal. I'm going to be busy!!!