The Scrapbooking Angel

Several of my Christian friends believe in the Car Parking Angel and Guardian Angels so I don't think it's that much of a stretch to believe in the Scrapbooking Angel.

 You see, I picked the DCWV woodgrain background paper for these pictures last night. I couldn't find a green mat to match the sleeping bag so I went to the other side of the Colour Wheel for a pop of orange. I picked out the Project Life cards and tags to match, adhered them down and went to bed. When I woke up at 4.30 am (as I often do) I remembered that, ages ago when my brother first promised the kids a sleepover in his camper van, I had found an embellishment in a French Scrapping Magazine and kept it for when the event finally happened and got scrapped.
                             
I got up this morning, amazingly managed to find said embellishment and, even more amazingly, it co-ordinated perfectly! Very pleased with myself (and sending up a payer of thanks to the Angel) I finished it off with brads, Studio Calico wood veneers and Ranger liquid Pearls.
                            
As January has been pretty much defined by work and  rain I haven't taken many pictures yet so I've gone back to the Autumn to do some catching up.

These photos were taken in October. My brother parked his camper van in our drive and let R & M have a sleepover. R loved it, but M was not too sure. I didn't know whether she would last the night (hence, parking outside the house) but to her credit they did not come in until about 6.30. Very brave, as the weather was pretty cold that night.

Here she comes

Based on my Zoom In Zoom Out photos of M cycling without stabilisers, this layout came together quite easily.

A sheet of DCWV woodgrain cardstock gave rigidity to the most delicate handmade pink paper. I doubled-mounted the close up portrait to highlight and overlapped the others behind so M appeared to be cycling towards me. The bicycle cards are from Simple Stories Snap, the bingo card was a 12x12 Christmas cut apart, washi tape was from K&Co SMASH and everything else was selected from my stash purely to complement the colours.

Just One Sketch

I still don't have a pinter or scanner so I had a go at creating my sketch for Kirsty's class in Paint. Not great, but you get the idea. I then rotated it 90 degrees, 180 degrees and flipped it horizontally to give me 4 sketches, which I will be able to choose from during this class.

I won't show you them all; I'm not sure that they look very different, because of the triangular formation, but I'll give each of them a go.

Here's my first layout, based on my original sketch. I used most of the design elements I had originally identified but I moved away from my planned triangular format because I wanted to follow the line of the flowers on the Kraft Kuts This Girl paper, which I highlighted with my Sakura Clear Star pen to give them some sparkle. The star paper is the reverse of a My Mind's Eye Christmas paper.

 I know that any scrapbooker worth her salt has dozens, if not hundreds, of flowers but I have...er...11! because I resent paying shop prices for them.

I decided to get out the Flower Loom which came free with a copy of Simply Handmade magazine and spent an hour making flowers with embroidery silks. I enjoyed it and I'm quite pleased with how they turned out. My daughter loved them (which makes them appropriate for the LO) so I made her an extra one and attached it to a safety pin as a brooch. I like the idea of trying thin jewellery wire next.