MONDAY SIGH - WHAT CAN I SAY - PUBLISHED, TIRED AND WALK...

Life just seems so full on at the moment, really and truly blink and it's Friday blink again and it's Monday which means Christmas is hurtling towards me and I'm not at all prepared, added to that that I need to slow the season down to enjoy it and I'm unsure of how I'm going to manage that, thankfully my Journal Your Christmas is right around the corner, so hopefully that will allow me to take stock a little - we shall see!

So I'm sharing layouts at the rate of 2 to 3 a day - you may ask if this is a never ending pile - I shall answer - nope the end is in sight which is worrying as I always have some 'in stock' as it were.  Might have to head off to find me a challenge to get me going again on the scrapbook layout it isn't as if I don't have enough photos to scrap now is it!

So first up a layout of the one and only time I've ever been published, it was in the now defunct Scrapbook Magazine and was organised in its entirety by Jen at Wear Crafts (she is a star).  I obviously had to capture this moment in a scrapbook layout!

Next up the aftermath of a weekend retreat in the Peak District for said 15 year old, we did have to wonder whether he would cope with the 20 day expedition to Lesotho if this is what he was like after a weekend, but we needn't have worried he managed just fine! 

And the two of them stood by a giant tree when we went to Bodnant Gardens, a fabulous day out and a stone's throw from where we were staying!

I hope Monday finds you positive and happy and that your day is kind to you and that the weekend arrives quickly!

CKCB FEBRUARY - LAYOUTS 1 2 AND 3

Morning all without further ado the first three layouts that I created using the kit I've put together this month, the first one is a direct scraplift off the Scrapbook Magazine for this month, it's ages since I did any pinwheels on layouts - I'd forgotten how easy and fun they were.  The original layout I used was done by Lisa Hausmann - check out the Magazine for the original image

The photo documents an Alice in Wonderland quote when we visited Chatsworth at Christmas last year

Another direct scraplift from the Magazine (I decided to use it as a source of inspiration, to get my mojo running) the original was done by Janina Beckett.

This photo documents our early morning walk around Center Parcs just the two of us before the park woke up

And the final another scraplift from the magazine the original done by Judith Nesbitt, I couldn't cut the hearts out using a cutting machine because I don't own one, so I just cut one by hand, drew around it and cut the others, then used offcuts and washi tape to create the designs to sit behind, stitched around the hearts by hand and added the photo.  Which documents our Autumn Bucket List - we did good!

Hope you have a happy scrapping day!