Beachcomber...

A couple of months ago I spotted some butterfly leggings in H&M. I immediately thought that Evie would love them and also (and I hate to admit this!) how I'd be able to embellishment a layout with a photo of them on it using my butterfly punch!

When I got the new October Afternoon papers I couldn't resist getting stuck into them to create this layout. It's all about how Evie has always loved collecting things on the beach: this time it was some super sparkly stones.

All the papers and stickers are October Afternoon, the letter stickers are Jenni Bowlin, the ribbon from American Crafts (which I pleated to be wave-like) and an Elle's Studio journaling spot and a Martha Stewart doily were used to make the embellishment in the top left. I also used some jute for the hand stitching as I felt the colour and texture fitted the beach theme quite nicely. There's actually a blue machine stitched frame around the top half of the layout too but it seems to have been cropped off the picture.

As ever, thanks for looking and for your comments :)

I scream...

...for ice cream!!!

Evie and Oliver are both obsessed with eating ice cream (I wonder where they get that from?!) and I wanted to record a few of the pictures of them eating ice cream. This is Evie's layout.

I used some of the new October Afternoon papers along with some Pink Paislee tapes and some random embellishments (I think the ice lolly was from a set by Sassafras). The black photo frame was from a recent Studio Calico kit.

I had a play with some of my new mist colours too. I took the lid off and flicked the tube to make the splashes on the paper. I was trying to get an effect like drips of melted vanilla and chocolate ice cream on the page.

Now I need to do a version for Oliver :)

My Family...

A few weeks ago, I spotted Evie drawing a picture of our family. I couldn't resist giving her a piece of card so that she could do me another version that I could use on a layout.

This started off being one of those layouts where I shuffled papers for a while, not being overly happy with what I was doing. I don't think it came together until I got the idea to stamp some frame images as a background to the picture. Thank you to Lou for suggesting and lending me her 'original artwork' stamp which I stamped onto an Elle's Studio journaling spot. The papers are a mix of the new October Afternoon and Lily Bee ranges.

Check out Daddy's hairy beard! Oh and thankfully, she left out my 'big bottom' (her words!) from this version!