More layouts from Pages of Memories...

Hi Everyone!

Hope you are all enjoying the amazing weather at the moment, let's hope it is as good for the Jubilee weekend coming up!

Anyway here are my last 3 x layouts that I did for Pages of Memories...

This one is using the May Week 2 Kit 'Sweet Pea' and I had a lovely photo of a family get together in 2010 with Lee and I, both of our parents and his nan. We took his nan to Sopwell House in St. Albans for dinner as she couldn't make it out to Las Vegas for our wedding. Unfortunately she passed away last year so this holds some very special memories for us.

The next layout was using the May Week 3 Kit 'Rosy Love' and I had a beautiful photo of my sister on her wedding day that I knew I wanted to use. I loved her bright bouquet of gerberas and the colours matched perfectly with the papers...

My final layout was using the May Week 4 Kit 'Con Brio' and I had a cute photo of our friend's daughter Lucy to use...

You can buy all of these Page Kits from the Pages of Memories Online Store for a limited time!

Thanks for looking!

Kirei x

Simply Stampin' Challenge #61 - Sketch

Hi Everyone!

I'm a bit late today, actually thought I had already set this post up but I obviously hadn't! Anyway this week we have a fab new monthly feature for you over at the Simply Stampin' Challenge... a focus on one of our Design Team! This month we are starting off with the lovely Amanda, who has been with us since the start!

The challenge this week is one of my favourites... it's a Sketch!

Pulled out a stamp set I haven't used for a while... Circle Circus and made them into layered flowers...

Products used (all by Stampin' Up! unless specified):

Cardstock: Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White
Paper: Brights DSP
Ink: Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight
Accessories: 3/4" & 1 1/2" Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Brights Buttons, Linen Thread
Stamp Sets: Circle Circus, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Love to see what you can do with this Sketch, don't worry if you don't have a blog as we do accept email entries!

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Back from a land downunder!

Hi Everyone!

Lee and I have just had an amazing 3 week holiday in Oz visiting my family and friends. My family emigrated there when I was 10 years old, but I came back to the UK 15 years ago. It has actually been 6 years since we were last there so it was so good to catch up with everyone! Thought I would share some of our holiday snaps with you... (be warned this is a photo heavy post!).

My Mum and Dad live in Gulgong which is a small country town in central NSW about 4.5hrs from Sydney.

We visited Hill End, an old mining town...

Wandered through Mudgee and Gulgong...

We flew up to Brisbane to visit our friends Donna and Aldo.

Day trip to the Sunshine Coast visiting Noosa...

Took the ferry to Moreton Island and spent the day on the beach, swimming and snorkelling...

Had a few days down on the south coast at Mollymook with my sister Tina and her husband Craig and my Mum and Dad...

Lunch at Bondi Beach...

A walk around The Gap and Watsons Bay...

A day in Sydney at The Rocks and lunch at Manly...

Spent the night with my friends Sharon and Trevor down in the Southern Highlands...

Lee went on the Illawarra Fly viewing walk, I am a scaredy cat with heights so skipped this!

Lunch at their local pub...

It was an amazing holiday and we are already thinking about when we next go, it certainly won't be 6 years between visits next time! Plenty of scrapping opportunities so keep an eye out for some layouts coming up...

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Simply Stampin' Challenge #60 - Theme

Hi Everyone!

Thanks so much for sending in your entries to last week's Simply Stampin' Colour Challenge, we had some fab designs which always makes it hard to choose a top 3!

This week's challenge was to create something to the theme....

Monochrome (with a splash of colour!)

When I thought monochrome I decided I wanted to go with gray and use the spotlighting technique to add a splash of colour to the stamped image so this is what I came up with...

Did you notice that my design was based on the Sketch from Week #55!

Products used (all by Stampin' Up! unless specified):

Cardstock: Regal Rose, Basic Gray, Whisper White
Ink: Regal Rose, Basic Gray
Accessories: Scallop Trim Border Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Regal Rose Taffeta Ribbon
Stamp Sets: Creative Elements, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Why don't you give it a go and send in an entry to this week's Challenge, don't worry if you don't have a blog as we do accept email entries!

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Simply Stampin' Challenge #59 - Colour

Hi Everyone!

Thanks so much for sending in your entries to last week's Simply Stampin' Sketch Challenge, we had some fab designs which always makes it hard to choose a top 3! 

So we are back with a Colour Challenge this week...

When I saw these colours I knew immediately what stamp set I wanted to use...

Products used (all by Stampin' Up! unless specified):
Cardstock: Regal Rose, Real Red, Island Indigo, Whisper White
Ink: Regal Rose, Real Red, Island Indigo
Accessories: Petite Pennants Punch, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Linen Thread, Brights Designer Button, Square Lattice Embossing Folder
Stamp Sets: Pennant Parade, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Why don't you give it a go and send in an entry to this week's Challenge, don't worry if you don't have a blog as we do accept email entries!

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

More Pages of Memories layouts...

Hi Everyone!

Here are the last three weeks of layouts for Pages of Memories, the online store that I design for...

The first one was the April Week 3 Kit 'Decorate' and had the lovely My Minds Eye 'Miss Caroline' papers to work with, I had a cute picture of my friends daughter Phoebe on a rocking horse that I think went really well with the rustic, country style papers.

My second layout used the April Week 4 Kit 'Train' and I had some sweet photos of little Joe, my friend Andrea's son that worked perfectly! See.... even the My Minds Eye 'Lost & Found 2' glitter papers can be used for a boy!

And my final layout was for the May Week 1 Kit 'Province' using Prima 'En Francais' papers. I had a lovely photo of Lee's mum and dad, Sue and Garry taken on a night out celebrating Garry's retirement.

All of these Kits are available for a limited time at the Pages of Memories Online Store. Pop on over to the Pages of Memories blog to see more layouts made with these Kits.

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x