It's taken me 5.5 years to scrap!

I'm talking about the Disneyland Paris scrapbook page... these photo's are from our Christmas time trip in 2006. I've only made a few of the pages so far... Justin bought me a gorgeous Disney scrapbook album, and papers set, so I really do need to scrap some more of them.

The picture isn't very good - it was taken with my phone (a Samsung Galaxy S).

The page below is the last of Christmas 2010. The large cracker in the centre opens up showing more of our presents... we got loads!

4 hours!

That’s how long it took me to create this double scrapbook layout. I really enjoyed making it. I had a lot of fun.

I used papers from Bo Bunny and My Mind’s Eye. Embellishments from various packs laying around. I made the little pocket and put some tags inside. I glittered lots of things too.

The next page I need to do is the presents… I’m going to have to put some hidden, or folding out or something… I was meant to do the Christmas Dinner layout as a single page, but it turned into a double, so there’s a single page needing a layout now. 

Click on this layout, to get a better view.

A REAL scrapook page!

I decided it was time that I made another real paper scrapbook page, instead of digital. I love the touchy feely of "real". The digital layouts are great too, and they look fab in the 8x8 album I've put them in now that they've been printed.

Anyway... here's a page I created this afternoon. I used Bazzill Basics plain cardstock, My Mind's Eye, and Daisy D's patterend papers. Added embellishments from Do Crafts Silent Night range.

Click on the image to read the text.

 

 A close up trying to show the glitter around the lettering... although it wasn't dry lol, so looks a bit gloopy.

The Aquarium...

...got an overhaul.

It was about time. We needed to restock the tank so we decided on Friday to go and buy some more fish. The photo's below don't really show the fish very well, and I don't think you can even see my favourite, Kribensis... The Sailfin Mollies are nice too. The tank has 16 fish in it... although a lot of them are hiding in these pics as they'd only just been put in lol.

 

With Flash.

Without Flash.

So we had a barbie...

And it was yum. Justin was busy cooking away when I got in from work on Sunday. Darryl, Abby, and Elijah were here too. Matthew had a great time as well.

Here is a page I made of Elijah peeping out of Matthew's Bob the Builder house, and some other photo's of the day.

 

Dawn Inskip kit - Fairyland.

Nice to see their normal faces for a change!

Three things today!

I have three things for you today, two pages, and a video! The video is of the little mouse that's taken up residence in our ivy. "He's" been there for 5 to 6 weeks now... eating the bird feeder food that the birds drop!

 Matthew blackberry picking - August 2009. Dawn Inskip - Farmyard Fun digital scrapbook kit.

 Elijah cuddling up to his monkey. I used elements from both the Dawn Inskip Farmyard Fun kit, and Just So Scrappy Sweet Treats kit.

We had a BBQ yesterday afternoon. Justin prepared and had started cooking it by the time I got home. We had Darryl, Abby, and Elijah over, and Matthew built his old Bob the Builder playhouse for Elijah to play in. We had a lovely time. No doubt another scrap page will find it's way here in the next couple of days.

Other news...

Dad decided to go to the shop for the first time since coming home from hospital and the interim care place... he walked up there, got his shopping, and the lady stood next to him in the queue put dad's shopping up to the checkout till for him... and THEN, asked dad if he wanted her to give him a lift home!!!!!!!!!!! He said YES! He didn't know who this woman was!!! LOL! Tut tut, dad you should know better than that! What if I'd of been asked to get into a car??! LOL

Elijah in the pool, and Hinchingbrooke. Post is picture heavy.

Little Elijah has got his first paddling pool, and as Darryl and Co dono't have a garden, they filled it round ours. He had a lovely time. So of course, I scrapped a page of him... but this is before he got in the pool, and the second one is from a couple of winter pics Darryl and Abby took.

 Kit used Summer Fun from Just So Scrappy.

 Kit used Winter Frost - Just So Scrappy, and the cluster frames is from the Brrrr collection, Just So Scrappy.

Below is a mix of pics taken from Hinchingbrooke Park today. 

Woohoooo a paper page!

But first... another digital lol.

This one is of me and my lovely Justin. I used the Cherish kit available at Just So Scrappy.

The following page is a paper version of the Elijah, Wonder, digi page. It is lovely in real life!!! All touchy feely... ahhhh.

I'm going to have to slow down on these!

I'm going to have 20 printed when I've finished 20, and then put them in one of my 8x8 albums I have. I have a nice Forever Friends album that hasn't had anything put in it yet...

The first one here is of my gorgeous son, Matthew, having a bit of a chuckle about something. It was during a day out at Hinchingbrooke Park.

I used the Denim and Daisies kit again. (See post below for link).

 

...and here is me! LOL! Created with Happy Days kit and addons from Just So Scrappy.

And here is a gorgeous one of my grandson, Elijah, looking inquisitively at the camera. He is growing up fast!

Kit used is the same as the one above of me.

I'm getting addicted...

To digi scrapbooking!! I love looking at all the fabby kits you can download as well. I still love paper scrapbooking, but I haven't made a page in over a year!! I really need to do some because I have some lovely papers and embellishments to use... and a brand new Christmas album too, not forgetting a Disney album to scrap the two trips to Disneyland Paris photo's...

But, for tonight, here are two more layouts I've conjured up today.

This first one is reflecting on a farewell party that my friend, Jacqui, gave the kids before departing to Oz... and the second layout is a couple of photo's taken in October 2010 over Godmanchester river. 

 

 Kit - Just So Scrappy - So Jordon.

 Kit - Just So Scrappy - Denim and Daisies.

A touch of yellow?

2 more pages created over the weekend. The first one is of me with my best friend, Jacqui, a few months before she left for Australia. 

I used a kit from here called Sunshine of my Life.

 

The following page is a challenge on UKScrappers. We had to follow a sketch and something had to be altered... well it's a digi scrap page, and most things tend to be altered slightly to fit how you want them... 

I used a kit from Just So Scrappy, Denim and Daisies, a massive kit on sale for $1.50!!! So it was a bargain! Most of her kits are that price at the moment, with Brag Books all being FREE! It's an amazing site for digi scrappers.

Please click on the photos for a much better look, clicking on the new image will give an even better look! 

 

Like Father Like Son.

Have you noticed how I go in phases of what craftiness I get up to?? So now I'm in a digital scrapping mood, lol... I wonder what's next?!

Anyway, this is a photo I love. It shows my son, and his son. Darryl and Elijah. I love it because they're both strolling along in the park, and their same leg is in the air... 

Papers etc from Shabby Princess - Promise Collection.

My son - Beautiful.

D'oh, just realised, I meant to add the date to this page... well it's the 27th October 2010, lol, I'll add it to the right hand bottom corner later.

I love this photo, it was taken in Godmanchester over the river. Matthew had been having fun taking lots of photo's with his little digital camera.

I used a kit from Shabby Princess, a freebie kit, and the scrolly overlay wotsit was from Digital Scrapbook Place.

In other news!! Justin is enjoying his new job, and the "old" delivery drivers are having a laugh when they realise they're still delivering things to him.

I changed the Christmas page...

...into this.

I decided that the first version was too busy with the backgrounds... and here's what I came up with.

2 more digi layouts.

I've been playing again... with digital wotsits. The top one, the Christmas one, I used NitWits T'was the Night collection, and used Craft Artist to make the page, and the bottom one, the Valentine one, I just used Paint Shop Pro, and NitWits From the Heart digi collection. I like the easiness of being able to plonk something on the "paper" in front of lots of embellishments, and then being able to click a button for it to sit behind them, one at a time... that's with using the Craft Artist software. I've not found out how to do that with PSP yet... that's something I'll have to search up this afternoon.