Nautical Night - 4x6 photo love (August)

I didn't get to do the August page at the time so have finally completed it and pleased to say that I have totally done this year long project.  I am very good at starting projects and not seeing them through to the end, so I was determined to complete this one.  You can find Shimelle's idea for putting 8 photos on a layout here

I used photographs from our cruise last year to Iceland - one of the themed nights is a Nautical Night, so we joined in and dressed up as pirates, we had a lot of fun and it was a shame  more people didn't join in - thankfully all of the staff were dressed up so we didn't look totally stupid.

The front page with the top page closed -

The front page with the top page open

The front page

The front of the top page

And the back of the top page

I used October Afternoon 'Seaside' papers, alphabet and journalling stickers.  The borders were punched with a SU scalloped border punch.  All I have left to do now is stitch the two page protectors together.

Cruising the Caledonian Canal - 4x6 photo love (December)

Well I am feeling very virtuous at the moment as over the weekend I did the final page for Shimelle's 4x6 photo love and also did the page that I didn't complete at the time for August (I will share that in another blog post).

I loved how Shimelle manged to get 12 photographs on a single layout but didn't want something so bulky in my album, so I put photographs on both sides of the cardstock and instead of having the pages dangling by string, I left a half inch gap at the top of each page so that they could all be attached together.

I used photographs from the Scottish cruise that we did in 2008 - I have so many photographs and it was nice to be able to use so many on one layout.

I used a Sarah's Cards kit which contained Cosmo Cricket 'Social Club'.  The title was done with two different AC Thickers and the border punch and butterflies are Martha Stewart punches.

Meet the Family - November 6x4 love

We are very nearly at the end of Shimelle's 6x4 love and the November class showed a fab way to include eleven photographs on a double page layout by the clever use of a 6x12 three pocket page in the middle.

I didn't have a page the right size so I just cut a 6 pocket 12x12 page protector in half.  I had plenty of photographs to do this page from my niece Milly's horror themed fancy dress party - you may remember the party photos from this blog post.  It was hard trying to choose which photographs to use - I still have plenty more to make layouts with.

Close up of the left and right hand sides

And with the 6x12 page protector added -

A close up of the 6x12 page protector (both sides)

I used Kraft cardstock and My Mind's Eye 'The Spider Web' and two different sets of AC Thickers for my title.

Shimelle's 6x4 love - October

Just done the October page for this month's challenge and that means using 10 photographs.  I did mine as a double page layout instead of the back to back layout that Shimelle did and I used (like I did for previous months) photographs from my recent cruise to Greenland and Iceland.  I have enjoyed doing these layouts using loads of photographs, as it means I can use more of my holiday photographs rather than just selecting a few good ones.

I used Sarah's Cards May kit - MME Stella & Rose (Mabel) - I have loved this kit and just have scraps left now.

The photos are from a little wander around Reykjavik that I did with my parents on our free day there.

The left hand side -

The right hand side -

The title was done using AC thickers - they were white but I coloured them with Promarkers to match the layout better.  I also coloured the clear gemstones on the punched butterflies with Promarkers too.

Haukadalur - September 6x4 photo love

I have got a little bit behind with the 6x4 challenge so have jumped back in with the current challenge - September - 9 photographs.  Whilst on our Icelandic cruise I took lots of photographs with this challenge in mind.  I had so many photographs from our trip around the Golden Circle that I ended up doing a second layout using the page from July's challenge - 7 photographs.  So I now have a lovely double page layout using 16 photographs!!!

I used Sarah's Cards May kit for the layouts - MME Stella & Rose (Mabel) and Sunrise Thickers for my titles.

 

I didn't have any overlays or a large piece of acetate to make the see through pocket on the front so I had to improvise with a small piece of acetate and made a frame for it as it wasn't 12 inches wide.  I then hand stitched the acetate front to the base paper.

I then added eight photographs to the pieces of cardstock and decorated the tops using a Woodware tab punch.

My second page had a concertina element which held 6 photographs and some journalling.

The page opened one way to show photographs

And opened the other way to show the journalling

I am so pleased with how these layouts have turned out and now looking again at the photographs I am amazed at how close you are actually allowed to get to the geysers including Strokkur - haven't the Icelanders heard of Health and Safety LOL!!

So just August to do to get caught back up - I have the photographs all ready!

Christmas Stockings - Shimelle's June 6x4 class

As it is June we are now up to 6 photographs and another double page layout.  I was amazed to find that I had 6 portrait orientated photographs as I take virtually all my photographs in landscape mode.  I did have to trim them down slightly as one of the photographs would only print with a large white line down one side so I had to trim that off and then trim the others to match.

The PDF and video for the class can be found here

My photographs are from last Christmas and from our morning ritual of opening our stockings once we have had breakfast -

I used Basic Grey Jovial and Bazill cardstock.  The title is American Crafts Thickers and I cut some of the flowers and baubles from one of the Jovial papers for my embellishments, these were glittered with Eucalyptus and Crystal Stickles.

The left hand side of the layout

And the right hand side

And some close ups of the hand cut embellishments

There is still time to join in with this class as the deadline is 29th July.

Shimelle 4x6 photo love May - Debden Dining

This month we are up to five photographs for Shimelle's 4x6 photo love

I did my layout about the lovely meals we always have at our weekends away at Debden.  I used Sarah's Cards January kit - Fancy Pants 'Happy Together'

I must apologise for the strangeness of this post but I have had to revert to the old editor on blogger to get my photos uploaded - hope this is just a blip as I hate the old editor - I can't put in links properly or get my photos in the order that I would like them :(

Shimelles 6x4 love - April page

Well we are now up to April's class which means four photographs on the page.  This is where it starts to get tricky for me and where I start hyperventilating at the thought of having to do interactive bits on pages.  But I gritted my teeth, found four suitable photographs and did this layout -

I used some photographs from our Scottish Islands cruise in May 2008 on the lovely Lord of the Glens.  The patterned papers are Crate 'Restoration'.  The alphas are My Little Shoebox stickers and AC Thickers.

And a close up of the photo under the flap -

And I have just realised that I have managed to do a layout without adding flowers or butterflies - how on earth did that happen?????

Lets Dance - Shimelle's 6x4 Love

As I mentioned on an earlier post I loved this month's sketch so much that I have done a second layout for it this time using landscape photographs.

Some more photographs from my sister Lucinda's 40th birthday party - I didn't take any of these photographs - one of my BIL's friends is hoping to become a professional photographer so he took pictures all evening for some practise.  I think it was a great idea as my photographs taken in that sort of light are usually rubbish and I usually come away from parties with maybe only one or two half decent pictures - I have printed out loads of photos from this party as they are so good.

I used Bazill cardstock, ribbons from my stash and two different border stamps.  The tiny butterfly is from a new set of Artemio stamps that I bought whilst in The Netherlands and the lace border is MME Stella & Rose 'Remember' set.  The title is done with plain chipboard Thickers and coloured with a purple Marvy pen.  The punched butterflies are a Martha Stewart punch and the pearls are from Hobby House.  The plain scalloped border is a SU punch and the doily lace borders were punched with a Martha Stewart border punch.

Sisters - 4x6 photo love (March)

Well we are now onto the third class for Shimelle's 6x4 photo love so are now using three photographs on our layouts.

This is the first layout that I did using the sketch and ideas from the class -

I used some photographs from my sister's 40th birthday last year of two of my nieces on the dance floor.

I used mainly Bazill cardstock apart from Basic Grey Wassail to make the rosettes from.  The title was done using Thickers and I used a couple of Martha Stewart punches to make the borders.

I loved the sketch so much that I did another layout using landscape photos - I will blog that layout very soon.

Travel in Style

The February class for Shimelle's 6x4 love included a sketch for two 6x4 photos on the layout.  The sketch actually used two portrait photos and I have suddenly realised that I rarely ever take portrait photos, they are virtually always landscape, so I had to adapt the sketch slightly to accommodate this.

I found a couple of photos from Milly's prom back in 2006 that I hadn't yet scrapped.

Supplies used

Papers - Prima Blooming Retro
Bazill cardstock
Doodlebug alphabet stickers
MS Monarch butterfly punch
Self adhesive pearls from Sarah's Cards

Bedtime Stories

I have decided to do Shimelle's new monthly free class 4 x 6 photo love and this is the layout that I have done based on the first month's class.

I am trying to scrap more of my older photographs as well as recent stuff so found this photo from 1995.  I used Sarah's Cards May 2010 kit - Fancy Pants 'Roadshow', a sheet of MM noteworthy for the journalling, assorted blossoms and bling/pearls from my stash and the alpha is Echo Park 'Life is Good'.

There is still time to do the first class as the next class does not go live until 28th February.