WEAR CRAFTS LAYOUTS

The lovely Jen at Wear Crafts sent me some gorgeous 'We are Memory Keepers' papers recently (if you want to have a look at these - there is a link here which shows the great range Jen has in). 

So these are the layouts I created using these papers. 

First up said 15 year old enjoying the conservatory at one of the cottage holidays we stayed in earlier in the year. Definitely Home from Home! 

Next up I loved the 'tie dye' effect of these papers, really pretty.  A pop of Yellow and I pulled this layout together.  Photo taken on our way in to the Harry Potter studio in London earlier in the year, giddy doesn't come close.  

Next up hubby and son inside an ancient monument on Anglesey.  It was an amazing place to visit if I'm honest.  The papers aren't my normal style (lots of flowers aren't usually the path I go), however I like the simple sketch outline of this paper, so I matched it with some of the graduated yellow paper and then 'coloured in' a few of the buds on the paper to bring the two together.  

Next up a sculpture we found in Conwy of mussel shells, right on the front in Conwy.  I cut out the circle and used the 'frame' to create this layout.  I softened the photo, title and tag using a corner punch.  I used a stamp to create the 'dotty' background on the white card stock.  

I then hand punched the hearts and the running stitch around the edge and completed with a running stitch with embroidery thread. 

 Next up I used some of the leftover elements to create this layout, lots of 3.75" x 2.75" cards with a mix of two photos taken at Chatsworth of two naughty ponies pushing against each other!  Such fun to see and so tiny! 

Next up a photo of the three of us in front of Swallow Falls in Wales, a beautiful and easily accessible waterfall if you ever get chance. 

I added the stenciled green dots on this layout in two different distress inks. 

Another Harry Potter layout, this one is the three of us in front of the Mirror of Erised, showing my heart truly desires! I added an inked backgrounds, a computer generated title and adding a little hand stitching. 

A poignant layout given yesterday's Remembrance Day, me taking a photo of hubby and said 15 year old, when we went to visit the Poppies at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

And finally, I decided to take the paper literally to generate this layout.  The stars map is lovely and I wasn't sure if I'd ever create a layout of the three key stars hand prints from Harry Potter that we took earlier in the year.  However, cutting the photos into circles and dotting up the paper I think I just about got away with it. 

I hope you've enjoyed looking at the layouts and some of the things I've been documenting!

ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY - 38TH OF 2015

Morning all, tis Friday - means only one thing in this house

Well it was the week that included my 43rd birthday and said 14 year old officially became said 15 year old - where does the time go! 

So what better way to kick off our birthday weekend with a trip to Chatsworth to preview the Beyond Limits Sculptures, to be honest we had actually seen most of them when we went a few weeks earlier for the evening, but there were no 'write ups' relating to the same and some hadn't arrived at all or were still cordoned off, so you can imagine our delight to rediscover one we were undecided about and to find a few new ones.

This one I loved - probably the bright blue colour against all that greenery!  

And the sunset and rust combination was pretty spectacular as well!

It really was a beautiful evening

Some I didn't 'get' like this bronze sculpture - yes it was made of bronze!

We also enjoyed time to stop off and enjoy the gardens

Even the dead seed heads were brilliant as said 15 year old needed photos of growth and decay.

This was one of our favourite sculptures, bronze tree with bunches of apples hanging from it

We even managed a family selfie!

Saturday we woke to grey rain clouds and it really didn't look like it would break if I'm honest, but thankfully the afternoon provided a break in the rain clouds.  We jumped in the car and dashed a few junctions up the motorway so we could go and see the poppies at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, I don't think I've ever seen it so busy, however the display was worth it!

Expect to see these photos on a layout shortly!

Next up Sunday was my birthday and despite hesitating over a Minnie Mouse or a Frozen cake (not because I like either but I have scrapbook papers to match), I finally settled on Dave!

And for the afternoon I was surrounded by family, we had a grand afternoon, although I would appear to have my eyes closed on this one!

Monday found us with said 14 year old becoming said 15 year old (where did that year go).  Despite having to go to school, he was most impressed with his gifts and we ventured out for a meal and had a different cake when we got home, here he is preparing to make a wish!

The rest of the week has tripped along at a merry old pace as usual, work has been busy but not crazy and I love all the people I work with, which is such a blessing!

I hope you too have had a great week, if you fancy joining in, pop a post together, come back and link up and we shall come and visit.