December Week 3 layout for Being Scrappy...

Morning Everyone!

This week from the December 'Being Scrappy' Kit I used the 'Chalk Studio' papers from My Mind's Eye which feature some of the chalk style papers that are very popular right now. I decided to scrap some photos I had from a visit to Shaw's Corner with mum and dad last year, that featured some stunning purple alliums.

I used the 'Pictured' paper as the base for my layout and trimmed it to 11.75" x 11.75". Then I carefully cut out the centres from all of the whole frames (6) on the paper.

Use these centres to cut shapes from the green honeycomb 'Happy Day' paper and cover the frames centres around the edge of the paper.

Use some short strips of the gold glitter trim to line just under some of the frame edges.

Cut your photos so you can stick them behind each of the 6 x frames.

Attach the entire layout to the piece of purple Bazzill.

Then I added short pieces of some of the patterned strips to the bottom right corner. From my stash I did add a few purple enamel dots around the layout.

I managed to fit some journaling into one of the small frames. To finish off add your title, I used some alphas from my own stash.

Pop on over to Niki's blog to see the two layouts that she has designed this week. This month's Kit can be purchased here for a limited time.

Thanks for looking!
Kirei xx

GoGo Getaway Oct 2013 Part 1...

Hi Everyone!

Last weekend I was at the October GoGo Getaway with some of my lovely scrapbooking friends. Niki, Jean and I all went along to the very handy location at Cheshunt (only 30mins away from us!). We met Donna and Rachel there and also caught up with Natalie who we hadn't seen for a while. Janice and Lorraine put together a great weekend, with 7 x classes (you can select from 3 x options for each class!), plenty of crop space and a visiting shop (we were very lucky to have Sarah's Cards there this time...lot's of opportunity to spend money on essential stash of course!).

Here are the classes I completed over the weekend...

The first class of the weekend was on Friday night and was 'Twiglet Time' with Lorraine Ablett...

'Chanson Pour Deux' on Saturday morning with Nicola Kerridge, a lovely little mini canvas decorated just like a scrapbook layout...

'Make An Entrance' taught by Rebekah Brumby was my second class on the Saturday. We created some acetate faux gates to go over a photo...

My next class on the Saturday was 'Just Divine' by Sam Ball... you need to be prepared for lots of fussy cutting in one of Sam's classes as you can see!

 The last class of the day was 'Nesting Instinct' which was another class with Sam. Not quite as much cutting out in this class though we did have to make a nest from raffia, sew some eggs from felt and twist some thin twigs into a nice shape to go round a photo!

On Sunday morning I did the 'Pop Up Peeps' class with Rebekah, we made our very own pop up on  a layout...

My final class of the weekend was 'Petal Press' with Sheena Rowland. We got to make faux handmade paper using loo roll but looks very effective!

All in all a fab weekend, I look forward to these each year and they never disappoint! When else can you sit up until 2am in the morning with friends scrapping and catching up.. perfect! More photos in a post later in the week...

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

October Week 3 layout for Being Scrappy...

Hi Everyone!

This week I used the Basic Grey 'Mint Julep' papers from the October Being Scrappy Kit. As they had a vintage feel to them I decided to scrap some photos of our visit to Highclere Castle in August with mum and dad.

I used the 'Carolina' paper as my base, again I didn't gut this but you could if you wanted to have some extra paper for another project.

Cut a 9" x 8.5" piece of the 'Marion' paper and stick down to the right side of the layout. I did add a couple of embellishments first - in the top right they were stapled on, and the bottom right they were tucked under the edge.

 

Stick down two photos cropped to 5.75" x 4".

Then I just created embellishments using the matching transparencies that come with the Kit (there are loads!). I layered up some tags and used these for journaling, attaching some small decorative pieces after with staples.

Add a length of one of the manufacturers strips and a border punched strip to the bottom left of the layout.

Finish off with a title, this one was from my own stash.

Pop on over to see what Niki came up with this week... this month's Kit is available here for a limited time.

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Mum and Dad's visit to the UK...

Hi Everyone!

For the last 9 weeks my mum and dad have been visiting from Australia and they just went home yesterday. We will definitely miss having them round, as I know Lee enjoyed spending time with dad in the old pubs around St. Albans and I had fun taking mum to a few scrapbook and card classes!

They packed in loads while they were here... Marrakech for mum's CWA group (Country Women's Association), visiting an old friend on the Algarve in Portugal, a weekend in Paris, Europe coach trip (Munich, Budapest, Vienna, Salzburg and Prague), a week on the Isle of Wight with Lee and I, trip around the UK, visiting relatives in York and Lincoln and quite a few day trips locally (London Eye, Houses of Westminster, Highclere Castle, Shaw's Corner, Garden's of the Rose). Here are just some of my favourite memories from their time here...

Arrival day...

Verulamium Park...

Scrapbook Class...

Shaw's Corner...

Isle of Wight - Osborne House...

Isle of Wight - Cowes...

Isle of Wight - Spyglass Inn at Ventnor...

Isle of Wight - Donkey Sanctuary...

Isle of Wight - The Needles... 

Isle of Wight - Yarmouth Pier...

Isle of Wight - Shanklin Chine...

Isle of Wight - Carisbrooke Castle...

Isle of Wight - local ice-cream...

Anniversary Games...

BBQ at Sue & Garry's...

Highclere Castle...

Garden's of the Rose...

Dinner on their last night in the UK...

At the airport...

Bye mum and dad, we had a fab time with you both, see you in 2015!

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x