Becoming a Scrapbooker!

morning crafters! 

so in August I went away to my first ever scrapbook crop!! it was amazing!! I've always wanted to give it a go, but it was just getting started... you know one of those things you keep saying, mmmm yes I fancy doing that.... but never actually doing it ! My Friend Sandra who is a long standing talented scrapbooker, introduced me to MTS- Mind The Scrap a brilliant group run by the very very lovely and talented Emma Clark, if you are a scrapbooker and you haven't ( im sure you will have!!) seen Emma's fab Facebook group check it out just here... Mind the Scrap

it was such a great day, the crop ran from 10am to 10pm , Emma and every single lady that attended were just the loveliest group of crafters you could wish to meet!, so.... I now declare myself a Scrapbooker lol, I actually only made one page that day, although I did start page number 2!

I spent quite a while just staring at my stash thinking what shall I do! but once I got on a roll, it was all good!

so here it is, my first page, and of course I used a photo of my most precious Granddaughter Scarlett my angel ( Rory will be coming up on my next page!) 

so where to start lol..... I really had no idea, it really took me a while to decide on which photo, I could see all these lovely ladies pull kits out their craft bags they had made up ready to put together!.... so I made a note of that! make up kits hahah brilliant idea!, but I knew it had to be PINK, that was a must so whilst deciding what I was going to do I knew I could at least start my base! I chose a gorgeous patterned paper from one of my Heartfelt Creations pads, and I HAD to do a bit of tearing and curling, I just cant stop myself... you'll see a lot of this if you keep popping by to check my posts! bit of Spectrum Noir Harmony ink in plum Jam on my edges and that's it I'd officially started!!

  I probably stared at this page a good while  until my ideas came together,

 so what have I used.....

some gorgeous flower stamp and dies from Heartfelt Creations, 

all the foliage and swirls etc are from Crafters Companion, the word Beautiful too!

 then the perfect phrase " You are my Sunshine" for my title, this is a fab little die from a Creative expressions set I have that comes with a cute rainbow. 

and here's my first ever finished page! I love it! now.... it definitely will not fit into a scrapbook lol, so this one will go into a box frame and will proudly hand on my craft room wall! 

I have already started page number 2! with my gorgeous little Rory, so I'll share that one as soon as its finished,

thanks for stopping by my lovelies!!! 

Nicole :) 

xxxx

Crafters Companion Brambly Hedge

Get ready guys!!! I'm so very excited!! Tomorrow the 5th of September see's another BRAND NEW launch from CRAFTERS COMPANION

This time they are bringing us the outstandingly beautiful Brambly Hedge double CD rom and paper crafting kit. Now i am already a huge fan of this art work, like many out there i grew up reading these books and then buying them for my children. The illustrations and breathtakingly brilliant! so very detailed! I remember I used to try and copy them hen i was young and draw little mice houses too! I already have the first triple cd rom that launched a while back now, so i was very excited to hear a new one was on the way and it hasn't disappointed! but then, what would you expect from Crafters Companion! they strive to bring us the best....and that's exactly what they do!

Sara will be launching the new range tomorrow on Create and Craft at 12.00 noon, along with our fabulous NEW CC family member Fiona Clayton who has just joined the team! You will be seeing Fiona regularly on your TV screens so I hope you can tune in on her debut appearance !! right I've waffled enough....would you like to see some of my DT cards..here you go..

 This first one is printed from the Easel Box cards section on the CD rom "Poppies Babies and Secret Staircase" isn't it cute!! it's all thought out for you all you have to do is hit that print button! All measured correctly, and guides for scoring etc, so very easy to make up but looks amazing!! The paper roses are on the cd too in the embellishment section, I've never made them before but again you simply cut out twist up and glue into place!

and this one, has an image taken from the same CD rom but this time an image found on the toppers section, again the paper flowers are all on the cd for you, and the papers I've taken from the coordinating backgrounds section. There are some truly beautiful papers, and the whole cd has the most beautiful array of subtle colour palette just exquisite!

I have more lovliness to share with you through out the day tomorrow, i'm off to schedule my posts now! as I have alot to share!!

Happy creating

Nicole

xxx