Mwa ha haa

The kit killer is back! I have officially run out of kit space. Seriously. I was already stacking them against the trolley I keep all my papers/kits in and now I don't even have room there. And now it's countdown to the next kits arrival. Oops.
So, what to scrap so I can use them up? I was wondering when mum asked me if I was ever going to finish the baby album I started making for her when I started scrapping. Finish?! Yeah, turns out I put photos in PPs but forgot to actually make the pages...huh.
So I went through the album, cringing at some of the pages I made (who wouldn't over their first pages?!). Some of them are bearable but some of them?! My goodness! Take the one I've uploaded here - candidate number 1 for a remake! So, kit killing of Lawn Party has begun and so has my journey of finishing/fixing my baby album. Always love a new project plan! (p.s love that doily and butterfly exclusive papers that were in Lawn Party - so cute!)
Oh, and just so it's clear, the original that I took apart is the one at the bottom^-^

Altered book

Finally made a start on my altered book for the Studio Calico class 'Happy Little Moments'.
I didn't really have a selection of 'happy little moments' photos on hand but I do seem to have acquired a rather large collection of pics of Taz that I don't really know what to do with...so voila, book of Taz!
(I already have a book about Pip so it works out!)
I decided to use one of my old SC kits, Field Guide, plus some extra bits and bobs that I have hanging around. Like how the cover's turned out, now just to start filling in the pages...

And another

Here's my layout for March's Magpie sketch set by Vanessa. I tweaked it a bit as I used it in my 8x8 Isle of Wight album so needed it adjusted for smaller size ( I removed a photo and a journalling square). It also helped as I used my mojo prompt for the month, a new one from Patty to do a layout other than 12x12 and only one photo. I'll be honest, it was my second mojo prompt as I picked one out that was to make a mini book on a favourite pet (from Claire?) which is what made up my mind on my subject for Studio Calico's 'Happy Little Moments' mini book class. I can't really do much about it until I get a hardback book to alter so thought I'd better pick out another prompt!
Hope all the mums are having lovely days xx

Card making

I knew I was saving all those paper scraps for a reason!
Finally managed to find the inspiration to make mums mothers day card - cutting it fine, yes, but at least I finished it before tomorrow!
Also, those scraps came from a Studio Calico kit - really need to get back to killing those as I am officially out of room...oops! It's all these add ons, I keep waiting for awful stamps so I'm not tempted but every month there they are. Sigh. Have I mentioned I have no willpower?! I think I might be able to manage it this month but I haven't seen any DT sneaks yet so goodness knows what I'll have bought by the 28th!?...seriously, no willpower!!!

Golly gosh

My baby boy is all grown up! Ahh Taz... How could we think he was just a kitten when he strolled into our lives last October?!
He's going through a growth spurt, I think. Suddenly his little stubby legs and tail are looking all long and lean...sob, they grown up so fast! He still loves his mummy cuddles though! I wish I could figure out why he refuses to jump on *my* lap though...he's even jumped on strangers (to him!) laps and fallen asleep, what did I do?! Sigh... He will love me!!!

Weekly challenge

Just like a bus, I forget to post in forever and then twice in one day!
While trying to figure out my Feb 2012 page I realised it could work for this weeks challenge on UKS. Used up some more of those gorgeous papers and embellies from Studio Calicos Daydream Believer kit. It's hard to see on the photo (might slightly be starting to see the joy of the new cam in iPad 3...*don't regret it...don't regret it...*) but my journalling is in a pull out tag under the top photo - it's about how happy I was I couldn't sleep at 2am and managed to get a photo of the snow as by 9am it was mostly all melted (I took a photo then too and it's on the tag).
I was a bit worried when I first saw Daydream Believer as I knew the snow would probably end up as my highlight layout of the month and how would pictures of snow work with spring colours?! Well, as it turns out, on occasion, I can actually be wrong. Huh. I love it! And I even managed to sneak one of those gorgeous butterflies on there, butterflies now like snow. It's pretty. Deal with it. ;o)
Oh, yeah, almost forgot the rules - tearing or distressing (hard to see but I tore the edges of a few of the papers), 5 different patterned papers and the sketch which I rotated to make it fit into my album a bit better (Febs page is on the right). Full points for the Crafty Magpies!
TFL!xxx

Currently

Trying to work out what to do with my Feb 2012 page and pockets. Think I've got the Pip & Taz one down, just all the rest now!
It's hard when you're feeling dizzy and can't quite focus but I'm so bored and TV's too loud, same for music, and there's now way I can focus on a book or drawing so crafting it is.
I hate how I'm feeling at the moment. I keep crying, I don't want to see anyone or talk to anyone...eurgh...I keep hoping that now we have sunshine I'll feel better but all it's doing is depressing me that I can't go out in it! Rah.
Sorry for moaning on. Hope you like the picture of my messy desk xx

Needing inspiration

So, I haven't been able to scrap for, what feels like, forever! I'm not sure why. Every time I sit down to make something I just can't. Even with the weekly challenges on UKS, some lovely sketches but I just can't get started.
That being said I finally managed to sit down and make this weeks challenge! Another layout for my Isle of Wight album - I'm saving those layouts for the weekly challenges and our team sketch challenges just to make sure I have something I actually want to scrap when they come around!
This weeks was a sketch, butterflies, sewing (real or faux) and make your own blossom/s. On top of that I had pulled out a prompt for Feb from my teams mojo jar that I'd forgotten about (!) from Stacey, which was to use fabric on your layout - so I made the bottom layer of my flower out of fabric.
And I'm all caught up! Well, apart from the Twitterings sketch. And the new team sketch for March. And about 5 million other things. Other than that, totally caught up!

The colours are a bit more sunnier in person, to match the sunny pelicans!