UK Scrappers Simple Recipes layout April...

Hi Everyone!

This is the layout that I did for the UK Scrappers Simple Recipes challenge for April... the guidelines were to use:
1) A sketch
2) 3 x colours (spring green/zingy yellow/orange)
3) A stamp
4) Technique - clear embossing with water colour paints
5) Confetti/sequins
6) Project Life card or tag

I managed to get all of them in except the technique! Just been very busy with work as I am off on holidays soon and there is too much to do before I go :-( which means my scrapbooking is getting left behind.

I picked a couple of pics from a visit to Willows Farm with my friends and their children, Amy and Joe. The photos aren't the best but I love that they show them having fun on the blow up slide.

I stamped the splats using a Stampin' Up! set...

Used a Project Life card...

And a tag...

And punched out some confetti pieces...

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Project Life - Feb 2014...

Hi Everyone!

Back with another Project Life post, this time with my February layouts... definitely getting easier to fill up a double page spread per week! Just need to remember to keep on top of writing down what I have done each day. This month we had 5 x double layouts to do...

Week 5...

Week 6...

Week 7...

Week 8...

Week 9...

Whew... that's quite a lot of photos...hope you made it to the end!

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

UK Scrappers Week 2 challenge...

Hi Everyone!

The weekly challenge over at UKS last week was to scrap a layout that documented a change in your life, have lots of white space and use something that is 4 years old. So this is what I came up with... I managed to tick all the boxes, my layout represents the change that our friends kids have had on our life, definitely got in plenty of white space and most of the layout was made with an old scrapbook kit that was well over 4 years old!

This is a pic of Lee with his godson Oscar at a pre-Christmas lunch...

Love the Heidi Swapp gold Color Shine!

The wood chip pieces were the only new embellishments that I used...

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

UK Scrappers April Week 1 challenge...

Hi Everyone!

I am determined to get the monthly challenge and all of the weekly challenges done over at UK Scrappers this month! So here goes...

For the Week 1 challenge layout we had to include the following: scrap a pet/animal, use the title of a musical (or show/film song) and include circles or cogs. I had to think about this one as scrapping animals and musical titles didn't naturally spring to mind... but I do like a challenge so came up with 'Circle of Life' from The Lion King to go with this photo of our godson Freddie with a spring lamb. With both of them being babies it ties in nicely with the song 'Circle of Life', if you saw the movie or stage show they sing this when the new baby Simba is presented to all of the other animals!

I forgot to post my March Week 5 challenge for UK Scrappers so here it is, better late than never! We had to use a sketch, square photos, stars and chevrons... I had these photos of Lee's godson Oscar that I have been waiting to scarp for some time. I used some of old paper scraps for this layout and then punched large stars from the same colour cardstock as the background.

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

GoGo Getaway March 2014 Part 3...

Hi Everyone!

What a nice day it has been, we have been into town and then had lunch at friends where we spent the afternoon enjoying the sunshine in their garden. I almost feel like I caught some sun!

So, I finally get round to posting the last lot of layouts that I did at the GoGo Getaway at the end of March. I managed to do most of the sketch challenges that they were running and these are the last of them...

We stayed over at our friend's Phil and Helen's place for New Year and the next morning their two girls, Lucy and Ellie dressed up for us...

I have been slowly working my way through our honeymoon photos (it was 2010)! so managed to get a few more done...

I loved this sketch challenge, a great way to use up small scraps of papers! This photo was taken at our annual Christmas lunch and Lucy was being very focused colouring in after dinner...

Another honeymoon photo!

And the final one was our GoGo group photo, we have never posed for it out in the Italian garden before so was a nice change...

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x