Doodling

My youngest son loves nothing more than playing on the PS2 but on those rare days you might also find him doodling in Paint on the computer and this was on one of those occasions.

October 2006 and it was howling down with rain and hadn't stopped so off he disappeared and was very quiet, always a bad sign lol, so I went to investigate and he'd been creating a picture of our two cats at that time, Pablo and Lacie...I immediately knew it was going to be one of those moments that would be scrapped eventually and here we are June 2008 and I've finally got round to making a page about it.

I didn't want to change the photo to black & white but I really didn't have any papers to match so I foolishly decided to colour in some Doodlebug paper, well I started at 9pm thinking it wouldn't take me long...oh how wrong was I and was still colouring in at 10.30pm but I stuck with it and eventually loved the overall feel that the colouring produced.

I kept to the doodling theme by adding a border around the edge with the Marvy Le Plume pens in the red, orange and blue and doodled my own title...I choose the colours to match with the cat bows and his name. I added three brads in opposite corners again in the three colours, added a Doodlebug frill for the date and a crayon button at the end of the title. Printed off his picture and a smaller scale and used a paperclip to anchor to the page, I also used to the Spiral Bound punch for Stampin' Up to look like it was ripped from a book and after a hard nights scrapping I'm really pleased with how its turned out and not a blossom in sight...amazing lol.

Take care xxx

Moody

I absolutely adore black and white papers, its got to be the best way to scrap in my opinion of course. Photo's look 10 times better when printed that way too, it creates a more dramatic and striking page or photo (well I think so), and so here's another page done with the Gotta Craft January kit.

This one is of Kyle my eldest, I was taking shots outside last September for a course I was doing and having spent a fair time in the wet posing this was the look I got when I said 'oh just a few more' so I called it Moody...nearly added an extra bit on the end but resisted the urge lol.

I used my new Bazzill In Stitch'z on this page, first time too, and wow what a difference it made to the page. I slightly spoiled the title as the 'y' blobbed, but hey I'll get over it...being the perfectionist I am it may take a little while lol. Having said that, I am rather pleased with the two creations and they sit side by side in my album, sometimes it just comes together.

Take Care xxx

Lashes

Not the teddy bear kind...the ones attached to your eyelids lol.

Both of my boys have the most amazing eyelashes, and it seems to be that us girls who crave long lengths are never lucky enough to be born with them, yet the male species seem almost blessed with length, life can hard when your a woman searching for that next pot of mascara.

Anyway this is a layout I did for the Design Team gallery over at Gotta Craft (link below) with the January kit which I just love, probably because its Doodlebug. I wanted to keep it simple but classy to compliment the papers, I did the font on Word with Scriptina, printed it in mirror and painstakingly cut it out by hand, honestly I did!!

I used a Doodlebug frill to edge the patterned paper, a few brads, two black blossoms and hey presto, simple yet effective - hope I've inspired you to pop along and order your kit :)

Take Care xxx