7 years ago today!

This is what I was up to seven years ago today....

How time flies... the eldest of these little ladies is earning how to drive and going to Uni later this year! The middle one will be learning to drive and starting A levels!!

And Nina is already at secondary school, heading for a life of acting!!!

Here's to the next seven xxx

More of March!

Oh my... you would have to be seriously mad not to love the ScrapaGoGo March hybrids, designed by the lovely Kirsty Wiseman. They are so cute xxx

I'm especially loving the film strip and the cheesy "say cheese" spots! This kit is gonna be good....

And if you're a fan of the bespoke cards, they are looking lush too (did I really say that?)

The one with the two little clouds on a polaroid frame has the line from the song "shake it like a polaroid picture" on it... now who was that by?

I used to think it said "shake it like a polar bear ninja"... as if there is even such a thing LOL!

Only two more sleeps to the BRITS! Perhaps, just perhaps I might not only see a celeb, but actually get to take their photo!

Picture perfect!

Oh wow, sneaky peeks have just started for the divine March kit "What a picture" from ScrapaGoGo!

You might think me slightly biased, but OMG it really is fantastic. Not only does it feature jazzy colours, perfect for this dreary time of the year, it focuses (pardon the pun!) on a camera theme.... perfect if your husband is a photographer!

A real mix of vintage meets retro, it is so cool. Take a look at this stamp,... it's picture perfect! I know if I didn't sub to the stamp, March 1st would be earmarked in my diary already!

How super cute is this paper? See I told you it was totally snap happy!

February's Blueprint to Go!

This month's Blueprint to Go has just gone live over on the ScrapaGoGo CH.

It's a fantastic sketch based on Alison Done's beautiful layout below. It was a perfect layout to Blueprint this month, as we had the especially yummy cloud stamp, designed by the very talented Nicola Kerridge. (If you're tempted, there is limited availability, so you better be quick!)

After spending a bit of time paper shuffling! I decided to reach for the Blueprint to Go - hey presto and voila, one layout!

It seems even more apt that I should have scrapped this photo, after my recent luck with Heart FM, as Caitlin and her Mum were very lucky to have won tickets to see Michael Buble in NY, just before Christmas, also on Heart FM.

Being the festive season, all the shop windows were full of amazing displays. One such shop was Victoria's Secrets. Each window had a different set of wings, which Caitlin promptly stood in front of to have her photo taken!

So, if your mojo is waining, why not give this sketch a go xxx

Done it again!

All this week Heart FM have been giving away a pair of tickets to the brit awards... and today was my lucky day, cause they picked me to play and I got the answers right!

Son on Tuesday 15th February I shall be heading down to the O2 in London, along with Mr B and some spending money (also part of the prize) to be part of the BRITS.

It's not the first time I've won on the radio, so it's definitely worth calling xxx

And honoured again!

So with this Chinese Whispers CJ really taking off over on the ScrapGoGo CH, I was really chuffed when Liz Lowe asked me if she could use one of my layouts as her scrap lift!

Liz was really keen to take part and so joined each one, and bless her, she wanted to lift another of my layouts for the other team.

She chose this layout that I designed using the gorgeous December kit from ScrapGoGo. I loved this kit, especially as it wasn't your usual red and holly green mix of papers. In fact the photo is of my husband on our honeymoon in Egypt! Our anniversary is Valentines Day 2004, so in just over a week, it will be our 7th anniversary xxx

Love you Mr B xxx

I think Liz's take on the sketch is great, the slant of the border and her mix of textures to add a tactile element to her page really works well.

Thanks again Liz. Can't wait to see both yours and the teams creations!

(We heart Mickey)

Sometimes you just have to hold onto an image and wait for the right ScrapaGoGo kit to arrive!

This photo was one such image! Having been on holiday to Florida in the Summer of 2010, you can imagine that we took our fair share of photos, including a vast amount on the day we went to Magic Kingdom.

The photo on this layout is one of these images and I have been waiting for so long to scrap at least one from this truly memorable day!

My three step-daughters are all really cute, not to mention very pretty! My sister-in-law does theatre design and with a few measurements, she managed to create Nina's Minnie costume as a complete surprise for her for Christmas 2009.

You might ask how I managed to get Nina's measurements? I basically said that I had to do a bit of market research on the average sizes of children... I work for a fitted bathroom manufacturer, so goodness only knows why she believed me!

Then, not long before our trip, we were out shopping and spied a top, AKA a dress in a well known v. cheap shop and so the idea was born that we could go matching... it seemed too adorable an idea, so three tops later, we were ready!

I used the AC felt flowers from the G2P in the ScrapaGoGo February kit, along with other embellishments to create the row of flowers, adding the floss for both texture and detail, and used acrylic paint to re-colour the alpha.

So, if seeing this makes you need the G2P, I think their may be a few, but only a few left!