Nuts About Sketches - Week 185

The last day of October.... BOO! - that's it for this day for me... I don't "do" halloween in any manner.

Here is today's sketch from Nuts About Sketches... an awesome single page with lots of photos.

My layout captures all the toys that Aaron has collected over the years from Kinderjoy.

Be sure to check out the blog this week to see a great variety of layouts by the sketch team.

Nuts About Sketches - Week 184

Boy but it is HOT today... we're in the middle of a heatwave.... in all my years I don't think I've EVER known it to be this hot.... temps of 33 degrees and higher predicted for Jhb.... so NOT my cup of tea!  I battle to think in this weather and even end up with horrid heat induced headaches..... bring on the cooler temps please!

What better way to recuperate than to scrap.  So here is this week's lovely double sketch from Nuts About Sketches.

For my layout I turned to holiday club photos and used lots of extra paper piecing bits for effect.

Check out the blog this week for some more great layouts which will give you lots of ideas of what to do.

Nuts About Sketches - Week 183

I had hoped to post this week's sketch from Nuts About Sketches last night but we ended up with lots of thunder and lightning threatening, so the pc didn't even go on.  So without further delay, here it is.

My layout for this sketch is all about a little visitor that I found next to my bed late one night.

I love how each one of the design team interpreted the "banner" on their layouts.... so interesting to see how such a simple design feature can be transformed on a page.... so be sure to go and have a look here.

Today is hubby's birthday - a special celebration day in our family.  We will also be going out for supper tonight so no cooking for me (big smile!).

The other biggy that is happening is that today we received Aaron's exam timetable for November.... ouch.... two weeks of exams.... going to start studying in earnest next week to make sure he is all prepared.

Happy Birthday to Google

Okay so I'm way past posting about this, but thought I'd get it in there anyway just to keep things going.

On the 27th of September Google turned 13 and celebrated with a true birthday party look and feel.

I almost don't know where we would be today with our dear friend Goggle... as just about any time I need to know anything that is where I turn to first!

Playing with Google

Today's Google pic is just toooooo cute.... I spent way tooooooooooo much time just clicking and playing on all the little bits.... so here they are to show you in case you miss it.

This is all in celebration of the creator's 90th birthday.... he evidently made these plasticine men for a tv series in the 1950s. Too cute.

Thanks to my friend Judi for the heads up on today's google page.

Nuts About Sketches - Week 182

Where oh where is the time going.... somehow Monday came and went and I woke up today that I missed my Nuts About Sketches post.... oops.  So here it is for this week... just a few days late.

An awesome double page sketch with space for lots and lots of photos.

I decided to do an Easter layout and used some lovely papers that I ordered from the States.

This page worked so well for all the little pics that I almost had a hard time stopping myself from adding in some more.  I loved the double sided papers so used them in a variety of manners too.... yummy chocolate range!

This week you are in for a treat with the design team's layouts... lots of doubles and a smattering of singles.  Check out the blog post here.

Helen's giveaways

Speed your way over to Helen Tilbury's blog quickly and get in it to win it... she has two giveaways going to celebrate her 3rd anniversary.

Shoestring Scrapbooking - Design Team - Reveal 8

I feel really bad that it has taken me so long to post this layout.  This is the last layout that I made using the wonderful kit that I got from Shoestring Scrapbooking back in June.

I loved the tools on the paper from Kaisercraft but had to find just the right photos for it... and these ones of Aaron exploring the MTN Sciencentre in Cape Town were just perfect.

If you are looking for great scrapbooking goodies at very reasonable prices, be sure to shop online at Shoestring Scrapbooking.

Nuts About Sketches - Week 177

It's the first reveal for the new design team for Nuts About Sketches.... and boy have they done a great job.  Unfortunately I was so sick over the last week that I never got to do my layout.... but it is planned so will be coming soon soon.  Here is the sketch though that you can work on.

EDITED: I managed to scrap my page for this sketch about two weeks ago....

This page is about a bunch of mushrooms that sprung up in our back garden during April... they were so very interesting to see.  I used leftovers from a previous Scrapkits page to do this layout.

Scrapkits completed

Over the last few months I have also managed to complete a few of my Scrapkits that I subscribe to.  Feast your eyes on these:

These pages are full of interactive flaps and booklets... so lots of photos get used... my kind of scrapping.