I have become so SLACK lately at finishing something I have started. Or even putting a finished project away properly! I left my Bollywood Princess LO perched on a bookeshelf, and it fell - into the clutches of Indie, who promptly tore off the journelling strips and crumpled them up in his chubby little fists. Fortunately the rest of the layout survived unscathed, and I wasn't too disappointed about the journelling strips as I'd planned to rewrite them anyway, but have I done this yet? No. I stashed the layout in a drawer in my scrapbooking closet and put it on the 'things to get around to eventually' list.
Not cool Callie. Not cool.
And, I have so many more layouts yet to photograph and upload here. It's another task I keep putting off.
I will get on to this. Now. Quicksmart. Or perhaps after I've made another coffee...
Sunday, 31 July 2011
Monday, 18 July 2011
Stay tuned...
Indie loves to wander through the beautifully designed playground at Hobsonville Point, and Basic Grey's 'Out of Print' collection worked really well with the 'lines and circles' style I used in this layout (the lines and circles were in turn inspired by the fall of shadows cast by the sculptures in the photos).
Here's a hint, stay tuned (oh non-existent followers!) for the completed layout in a future update...
Thursday, 14 July 2011
"Craazy"
When Bree got hold of Nan's glasses and tore around the house all cross-eyed and topsy-turvy, I had to get a few photos - of course! And promptly turned them into a scrap page before the pics became just another set for the 'things to do list' that has now turned into a full drawer of photos...
By some divine miracle I had the perfect supplies for this layout. Two of the papers from the Pennylane range by My Minds Eye (which I bought on a whim and wondered what I'd ever do with them) worked fab with the colours and print in the Bree's top. I cut the embellishments from the same paper, sanded the edges, and then for something a little different I also sanded the surface of the paper.
Created with My Minds Eye 'Pennylane' paper, Basic Grey chipboard alpha stickers 'Jovial' & Pioneer lettering stickers. Handstitching. Vintage lace.
By some divine miracle I had the perfect supplies for this layout. Two of the papers from the Pennylane range by My Minds Eye (which I bought on a whim and wondered what I'd ever do with them) worked fab with the colours and print in the Bree's top. I cut the embellishments from the same paper, sanded the edges, and then for something a little different I also sanded the surface of the paper.
Created with My Minds Eye 'Pennylane' paper, Basic Grey chipboard alpha stickers 'Jovial' & Pioneer lettering stickers. Handstitching. Vintage lace.
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
"Summer in a Nutshell"
We made the most of the beach as much as we could over summer, and our days spent there were fun, crazy, impulsive... And I wanted this layout to reflect that. Hence the big bold polka dots.
Originally the whole page was polka, and at the time I thought the black filmstrip would be an interesting contrast to the vibrant summer polka. I also loved the way the curves of the filmstrip worked beside the photo's mid-air sand. Of course, I was wrong. I wanted a fun vibrant summer feel, but I'd taken the wrong turn at Funsville and ended up in Crazy Town.
Unfortunately I'd already begun applying rub ons and affixing chipboard before I realised this. Typical. Rather than bin the project, I tore it in half-ish and stuck the bottom half to plain blue cardstock. The chipboard 'SUMMER' left behind a final layer when I tried to remove it, so I cut around the letters and decided it would be interesting to use it rather than the original chipboard.
All in all, it's crazy, cluttered, and pretty much looks like I threw everything onto the page and glued it down wherever it landed. Meh, if the clown suit fits...
Started: April 2011
Reworked & Finished 30.05.2011
Created with:
Paper: AC Cardstock, My Minds Eye (I think?)
My Minds Eye "Breaking Free" rub-ons
Craftworks alphabet stamps.
Monday, 11 July 2011
Yellow makes me happy...
Today on the way home from the park, Bree and I had a discussion about the seasons, and when we got to Autumn and I started telling her how the leaves of trees turn yellow, red, golden, brown etc and drop to the ground, she told me "I hate brown. Brown makes me ANGRY! Brown makes me SAD! But I love yellow mummy. Yellow's my favourite colour. Yellow makes me HAPPY!" It was a cute moment.
She also pointed out a hole in my lesson: that not all of the trees have lost their leaves. This led me to explain evergreens. And then she noted that the grass is still green, which in turn led to a discussion regarding the difference between lawn grass and trees... By this time I was sort of stumbling on explaining plant anatomy and whatnot to a three and a half year old, but before it became all too complicated (for me :P) we had reached home, and the topic of conversation soon turned to FOOD!
I love that Bree has reached the age where we are able to have these discussions with her. She took so long to begin speaking in the first place, but of course once she started...
She also pointed out a hole in my lesson: that not all of the trees have lost their leaves. This led me to explain evergreens. And then she noted that the grass is still green, which in turn led to a discussion regarding the difference between lawn grass and trees... By this time I was sort of stumbling on explaining plant anatomy and whatnot to a three and a half year old, but before it became all too complicated (for me :P) we had reached home, and the topic of conversation soon turned to FOOD!
I love that Bree has reached the age where we are able to have these discussions with her. She took so long to begin speaking in the first place, but of course once she started...
When I grow up I'm gonna be.... A dinosaur!
Had an interesting conversation with Bree this morning where she stomped around the room like a T-rex (or Bree-rex as we call her) and told me she was going to be a dinosaur one day. Then stopped, and said in her most solemn quiet voice "but, I can't be a dinosaur one day Mummy."
Why? Because she had just realised little girls really can't grow up to be dinosaurs. Much as she may will it to be, it's just not possible.
Anyway, I just recently bought a couple of Dinosaur papers from my favourite source of scrapbooking goodies so once I take a satisfactory shot of her doing her Dino Stomp, I'll be scrappin' it. :)
Why? Because she had just realised little girls really can't grow up to be dinosaurs. Much as she may will it to be, it's just not possible.
Anyway, I just recently bought a couple of Dinosaur papers from my favourite source of scrapbooking goodies so once I take a satisfactory shot of her doing her Dino Stomp, I'll be scrappin' it. :)
Sunday, 10 July 2011
"Bollywood Princess"
I love that eureka moment when I realise I know exactly where I'm going with a layout, and it can be pieced together quickly and with relative ease. Such scrap epiphanies don't happen all that often, but I suppose that's what makes the magic all the more special.
I chose the bold colours to continue the Bollywood style of the photoshoot, although under any other circumstance I wouldn't be appealed by intense pink by any stretch of the imagination! As my wiser though not always better half pointed out, were it true Bollywood, it would be even more OTT and probably with a significant display of gold to boot.
The supplies used were Prima 'Paisley Road' papers and rub ons. I'll get back to you on the lettering.
I chose the bold colours to continue the Bollywood style of the photoshoot, although under any other circumstance I wouldn't be appealed by intense pink by any stretch of the imagination! As my wiser though not always better half pointed out, were it true Bollywood, it would be even more OTT and probably with a significant display of gold to boot.
The supplies used were Prima 'Paisley Road' papers and rub ons. I'll get back to you on the lettering.
Saturday, 9 July 2011
Time Keeps On Slipping...
Charlotte has recently turned 16, and although she's still in the newbie stage of her 16th year, suddenly I am viewing of her as a 16 year old, especially in regards to decisions that make or break or social life. I'm not sure what it is about being 16 that makes a child seem so much older suddenly. Has she changed so much from who she was a couple of weeks ago, when she was 15? No... But a cosmic shift seems to have occured nonetheless.
Bree is starting kindy in a few weeks and reminds me regularly that she is three years old, and next year she will be four. She then sets about planning her fourth birthday party, and reminds me so much of her big sister who was also 4 once upon a time. Before she suddenly became 16. (She leapt from 4 to 16 in 0.12 seconds. Seconds, not years I tell you!) Soon I will have to surrender her to the likes of school. Time is slipping by too fast for my liking.
Indie has begun singing along to his favourite nursery rhymes. Sometimes he seems to croon in tune, or enough so that you can actually tell which song he is singing. Also, some of the words come out plain as day, even though he won't speak a word outside of 'ta' and 'mama' otherwise (I lie, recently he's begun saying 'dook' for 'look' and 'rah' for 'run'.). During Twinkle Twinkle he'll say "wah-wah" for "wonder" and during Wheels on the Bus he'll say "rah-rah-rah" for "round and round".
My point to all of this (and I'm oh-so-quickly loosing the point as the time scoots closer to 2am) is that I would like to have moving pictures on a page layout. Or a little doofer that plays for example, a soundbyte of Indie's singing when you open a flap on the page (like the card Nan bought Char for her 16th). Yes that's right, this is where all of my 1am ramblings have lead to. And I think I'm on to something here. Someone needs to make a chipboard-thin LCD screen that you can slot a memory card into, and stick to a scrapbook layout. Is that crazy 1am talk, or am I on to something profitable here? (If so, I have first dibs on the whole All Rights Reserved thing.)
So, at the same time that I'm wishing I could find a way to scrap the little videos I've made of Indie's singing sessions, Bree's rolly pollies and that section of time between coming home from school and sitting at the computer, where Char tells me about her day, I'm also painfully aware of how quickly my children are growing up. These cute idiosyncrasies that make them who they are today will change a little tomorrow, and a little more the day after. I will never be able to keep up with or remember them all, much as I try. Every day my children are born again. A little different from the children they were the day before. It is inevitable that unless I can write or scrap daily, I will forget all the many many daily precious moments I tell myself I will remember forever.
And on that note, I'm going to bed. I realise I'm literally squinting at the monitor and wondering why the letters have begun to dance a wee jig across the screen.
Bree is starting kindy in a few weeks and reminds me regularly that she is three years old, and next year she will be four. She then sets about planning her fourth birthday party, and reminds me so much of her big sister who was also 4 once upon a time. Before she suddenly became 16. (She leapt from 4 to 16 in 0.12 seconds. Seconds, not years I tell you!) Soon I will have to surrender her to the likes of school. Time is slipping by too fast for my liking.
Indie has begun singing along to his favourite nursery rhymes. Sometimes he seems to croon in tune, or enough so that you can actually tell which song he is singing. Also, some of the words come out plain as day, even though he won't speak a word outside of 'ta' and 'mama' otherwise (I lie, recently he's begun saying 'dook' for 'look' and 'rah' for 'run'.). During Twinkle Twinkle he'll say "wah-wah" for "wonder" and during Wheels on the Bus he'll say "rah-rah-rah" for "round and round".
My point to all of this (and I'm oh-so-quickly loosing the point as the time scoots closer to 2am) is that I would like to have moving pictures on a page layout. Or a little doofer that plays for example, a soundbyte of Indie's singing when you open a flap on the page (like the card Nan bought Char for her 16th). Yes that's right, this is where all of my 1am ramblings have lead to. And I think I'm on to something here. Someone needs to make a chipboard-thin LCD screen that you can slot a memory card into, and stick to a scrapbook layout. Is that crazy 1am talk, or am I on to something profitable here? (If so, I have first dibs on the whole All Rights Reserved thing.)
So, at the same time that I'm wishing I could find a way to scrap the little videos I've made of Indie's singing sessions, Bree's rolly pollies and that section of time between coming home from school and sitting at the computer, where Char tells me about her day, I'm also painfully aware of how quickly my children are growing up. These cute idiosyncrasies that make them who they are today will change a little tomorrow, and a little more the day after. I will never be able to keep up with or remember them all, much as I try. Every day my children are born again. A little different from the children they were the day before. It is inevitable that unless I can write or scrap daily, I will forget all the many many daily precious moments I tell myself I will remember forever.
And on that note, I'm going to bed. I realise I'm literally squinting at the monitor and wondering why the letters have begun to dance a wee jig across the screen.
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