Blogtoberfest 2014 Day 23 - Throwback Thursday (Happy New Year and Tandoori Nights)

It's Thursday and time for another blast from the past - I seem to have a lot in my 'to be blogged' folder that never made it here at the time.

Last year I missed a few people with Christmas cards so decided to send them a Happy New Year card instead.  I always miss all the extra mail dropping on the doormat so hopefully getting an unexpected card on a dull, dreary January day brought a little bit of cheer to some people.

I used some of my favourite Penny Black stamps and stamped them directly onto the card and coloured them with Promarkers. The sentiment is by Kaisercraft.  A bit of Stardust Stickles was added for some sparkle.

Today Wendy has shared a layout that she did in 2010 using a photograph from a post crop meal out.  At the time she challenged myself and Sy to use the same photograph and do a layout as well.  I did blog mine at the time here but thought I would pop it up here as well - notice that I did pinch Wendy's title!!

Blogtoberfest 2014 Day 16 - Throwback Thursday

Some cards I made last year and I haven't blogged yet.  This one I made for our neighbour to give to her daughter for her birthday.

 The little dog is a digi stamp from DigiStamp Boutique and the papers are lovely textured ones by First Edition (Boho Chic).

And this card was for my sister's wedding anniversary last year.  One of my favourite Penny Black Christmas stamps.  Her anniversary is just before Christmas so I often use cute Christmas stamps for her cards.

Blogtoberfest 2014 Day 9 - Throwback Thursday

For Throwback Thursday this week I am sharing a layout that was started in April 2013.  I should have done this layout at a Cardinal Colours crop weekend in a class by Linda from Scrapology, but sadly I was still ill with 'flu after succumbing the week before so couldn't go.  Anyway I dug the half finished layout out last weekend and finally finished it. 

The papers are Kaisercraft Pickled Pear collection and the photograph is from our 2012 Christmas cruise - on Boxing Day Mr P went on a yellow submarine in Lanzarote.

The splats were made with Tim Holtz Distress stains.    Thankyou Linda for a lovely class and sorry that it took me so long to do it!!

Blogtoberfest 2014 - Day 2 - Throwback Thursday

On Thursdays I am going to share some of my layouts and crafting made before I started blogging or stuff that has been sat in my 'to be blogged' folder for eons.  I started scrapbooking back in 2004 when there wasn't the array of products and papers that are out there now.  So please forgive the simplicity of some of the layouts, especially the ones that I am sharing today.  I only had one alphabet for my die cutting machine so often use to draw around chipboard letters to make my titles.

These are from my holiday album for 2006 and are from the Baltic Cruise that we took that summer.

The chef made Mr P some rice pudding as every night he kept asking the waiters when it was going to be on the menu.  It didn't take him long to polish off two bowls!!

Dressing up Russian style -

Russian Dolls -

Formal nights -

Gosh hasn't my style of scrapbooking changed since those early days!!