Good morning, so have you done it yet? Ordered the May kit from Jen at Wear Crafts - if not why not - have you not seen how gorgeous these papers are. Here is the link to the 12 Pledges page over on Wear Crafts, the initial kits are £5 and Jen always does some fabulous add on kits for those that need more.
Now I love chevrons but they aren't the easiest of things to create by hand. Or so I thought until I saw a fab instruction on Pinterest recently where they took some squares of card cut diagonally and then offset them on a layout to create a chevron. Yes you can see the join, but with the gorgeous rikrak ribbon included in the kit - the join was no more.
The layout shows our first visit to the newly opened Victorian conservatory at Wentworth Castle - utterly gorgeous!
Next up I used up lots of the little cards that form part of one of the sheets or the kit, mounting elements on little scraps of cardstock I had lying around, I used both the punched elements and the remaining elements from the punches. I got the hearts to 'pop' by cutting two hearts, folding in half and then stick one half of the folded heart on the left and then with the other folded heart sticking down one half of that on the right. I even used the little polaroid journal card as my journal block. Add a bit of embossed white cardstock and some ink and it's a really simple and effective layout.
Another layout documenting our recent walk using the Five Weirs Walk.
Here is one of the hearts and that journal block up close.
Finally I thought I was done, what little I had left of the kit was on my desk and I really didn't think there was any more that I could create with it, I had some negative strips from punched hearts, and a couple of hearts left over, some organza ribbon and a couple of journal blocks. Surely I couldn't create any more - wrong, here is the final layout using up the final elements of the layout. So before you throw away those negatives next time - take an extra look and see what you can do with them!
Documenting the positivity of living in Yorkshire!
Don't forget to head over and see Jen if you want to get your hands on this kit, they really do fly off the shelves - so don't leave it too long!
Good morning, well it's Friday (again I hear) and it's time to take stock of the positives - this one will most definitely be a dig deep week because of my poorly back but I'm sure there are some positives to be had.
First up has to be the most beautiful gift that I received from Jen this week!
Made by her Dad, it wasn't expected and was quite overwhelming when I opened it - a beautiful Celtic Knot and we all know how much I love my Celtic knots.
Next up is hubby for coming to my rescue when my back went on Tuesday, arriving home, racing out to get a new tens machine, sorting some voltarol gel, making sure I'm OK, driving me to work on Thursday and picking me up because I can't press the clutch down - my knight in shining armour - he really is a gem!
Sunday having family over for a barbecue, it was blue skies, fun and laughter all the way - such happy times. Did too much food as always but enjoyed it nonetheless!
Oh next up has to be Wear Crafts 12 Pledges, in amongst the madness that was setting in with the back pain I managed to prepare a few layouts for the kits due to be released in May and June - I can't tell you how much fun these were to work on and how lovely it is to work with gorgeous papers - sheer bliss I tell you!
And in no particular order the rest of my grateful moments are
The Wednesday Whine girls for keeping my going and giving me a laugh and sharing their happy photos!
Happify - fab web-based happiness program!
47 Ronin - amazing film
Oh I'm sorry it really is a dig deep week isn't it!
Well that my lovely people will have to do you for the time being at the moment.
I best leave you with some pretty layouts - more counterfeit kit layouts me thinks
First up hubby and said 13 year old on our walk recently, we found a view point from which we could see a needle sculpture, it was well hidden in the trees. This was also a challenge on UK Scrappers which was to use a Winnie the Pooh quote for a title.
Then me and said 13 year old at the RSC - apparently being pursued by a bear.
Quite a quick layout given how much colours was going on in the same.
Good morning one and all it's Friday which means only one thing - rocking your world time
What has made you smile this week, raised your spirits made you feel good about the world - let's see what I've got to share with you this week
First up is hubby for his lovely idea of going for a walk over the weekend and encouraging us all to do the Five Weirs Walk into Sheffield, both hubby and said 13 year old have done this walk before but it's a few years ago now, we decided to walk into Sheffield, have a wander around the market with traders from around Europe before catching the tram back.
Here is me and said 13 year old at beginning of the walk!
To say that we were technically in the middle of a city it's surprising how quiet the walk is and how green it is, I do believe the Sheffield is said to be the greenest city and given this walk, I'm minded to agree.
We had a lovely couple of hours, walking, chatting, stopping to take photos and enjoy the scenery - blissful family time, nothing finer - good for the soul.
We got some great photos - I particularly liked this one hubby got for me!
We managed to miss the tram back to the car by seconds, but on one of those serendipitous moments wandered into the Cathedral that has recently reopened, I had never been in there and it really is lovely.
I got this great shot of the modern element at the far side near the entrance.
Saturday was also National Scrapbook Day and being part of the Wear Crafts DT meant that Jen had put together a fab schedule of events through the day which we all contributed to, I produced a mini book with instructions and the largest set of mini book pictures I think I've ever seen on a blog, but it's been well received and hopefully was easy to follow, so I'm grateful for Jen encouraging me to put it together in the first place and secondly for all the lovely outpouring of positivity from the mini book itself, it made me smile from ear to ear.
Ooh I nearly forgot, seeing a fox run across the road when we were heading to my Mum's last Friday, it's the first time me and said 13 year old have seen a fox in its 'natural' surroundings - it was fantastic!
Then on Monday we decided to head out to the local ancient bluebell wood, it's a couple of years since we last visited at this time of year. I now pass this wood every day on my way to work and all I glimpse at is a flash of blue from the corner of my eye; so being able to have a proper walk through was fabulous!
In addition to the walk, we finally actually FINALLY fully signed up to the geocaching website so we can now get to premium caches too, so as well as a walk through the woods we found two geo-caches to boot!
Instagram shot of the blue bells off my phone
So the bank holiday was fab stuff, great time in the fresh air enjoying each other's company - bliss!
Tuesday however found us with a poorly 13 year old, so why is this making my list - well hubby called in knowing I had a really important meeting that day - so a massive grateful to hubby for this!
Catching up with family (always lovely)
Speaking of which if a lovely cousin of mine is reading and is speaking to his sister soon - will he tell her to call me haven't had a proper catch up in ages and I keep ringing and missing her - thank you hun!
Next up are two gifts that I sent on to their recipients that were amazingly late - however, thankfully they are now in their rightful homes thanks to good old Royal Mail and my other grateful is how much both girls liked this!
First up one for Carmen (a very very very belated birthday present), my grateful is that the needle felter is just as good as I hoped it would be and the grateful moments are to hubby for encouraging and helping me make these.
And then one for Sarah - a late (but not quite as late as Carmen's) needle felted jackelope cushion, grateful - quality craft time!
And final grateful is the outpouring of love from Melanie my old work colleague for the card I sent her this week, she was over the moon, and talk about being in synch with each other tonight I've arrived home to a gorgeous little angel statue for my new work desk, which means we were thinking about each other this week which I think is fab! So a big grateful to lovely friends!
I shall leave you with my entry to the stay at home journal this last month, it was heart in the art and this is my interpretation.
So if you fancy putting down your positives, taking a step back to enjoy the grateful moments and would like to join in, do a blog post, come back link up and we will come and visit.
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