Trying To Be More Organized

Good Morning!

I've got a few photos to share with you, of a project I'm working on at the moment and it's not crochet! I'm making a craft planner to try and organize my time a little better. I was inspired to make it by one of Lilibee's lovely classes and a planner kit, that I wish I'd bought when it was out! The folder is upcycled, it was a guide to money for new parents, given to me by my midwife.

 

To decorate the planner I used papers and embellishments from Sassafras-Sunshine Lollipop, Prima-Rebellious, American Crafts-Craft Fair and Blue Skies, Cosmo Cricket-Nutmeg. I've also used Red Velvet Art Paper Dolls, embroidery patterns and some black and white colouring book illustrations which came free with the RVA Small Craft Class that I took last year.

 To make the page tabs, I downloaded and printed off some free fonts from dafont.com, onto printable acetate. Since taking this photo I have changed it a little bit and double up on the months, because the planner was filling up too fast and it only had dividers in it!

 

More to come soon!

XxX

Lilibee Studio Giveaway

Make sure you check out the Lilibee Studio Blog, there's a great giveaway. You can win the Apple Jack stash required to make the new One Week One Project. I'm going to start on that this weekend I hope!

We're in the middle of decorating the front bedroom at the moment, this will be Dylan's new room. We bought some gorgeous things for his bedroom last weekend from Ikea, curtains , bed set and a blanket similar to Iggle Piggle's. I've also bought some Apple Jack stash because I'm going to make some altered frames for Dylan's bed room, so watch this space!

There's also a layout I'd like to share with you as well today, It's Create 10 Project 9. I've skipped 8 and 10 for now, I'm in a frenzy of nesting at the moment! The prompt for this layout was to use more than one photo on the page. I've used photos of Dylan chatting to Auntie Clare's rabbits.

I used papers from Sassafras Sunshine Lollipop and Prima Marketing My Mommy and Me. I've embellished the page with Prima My Mommy and Me Rub Ons, wooden ladybirds, Japanese deco tape, ribbon and hand stitching. The alphas are all American Crafts Thickers.

Thanks for stopping by!

XxX

Create 10 Project 7

Good Morning! Here's my layout for Create 10 Project 7. The prompt for this class was to include a handprint on the page. I chose to use one of Dylan's rather than my own, I thought it would be a nice thing to look back on in few years! He didn't reckon much to me painting on his hand, he hates having dirty hands! I also asked him to draw a picture for me that morning to include on the page.

Papers used;Sassafras, Anthem. Cosmo Cricket, The Boyfriend. Basic Grey, Lime Rickey.

Alphas; Sassafras, American Crafts Thickers and others.

Embellishments; Sassafras stickers and paper whimsies. Die cut flowers.


Also don't forget to check out LilibeeStudio where you'll find a new One Week One Project tutorial. It's a lovely colourful mini album using the new Sassafras Apple Jack line. I'll be starting that project next week, when I've completed the rest of my Create 10 Layouts! I'm trying not to burn myself out! :)

Have a great weekend!

XxX

Happy Easter Monday!

I hope everybody has had a lovely weekend? Most of my weekend has been spent like this, we've all been full of cold. We're starting to feel much better now though, thank goodness!

I've also finished another mini album this weekend. I've been having great fun following the tutorials over at LilibeeStudio. Last weeks tutorial involved painting. I used to paint for a hobby but I haven't done any for a very long time, so it felt good to get reacquainted with my paint brushes! I also did a bit of doodling in this album which I really enjoyed.

To make the folder I used the packaging that some of my recent scrapbooking stash arrived in! The papers are a mixture of Sassafras-Monstrosity, Cosmo Cricket-The Boyfriend and some from Bam Pop. I wish Bam Pop would bring out a new line of paper, I love their products!

Thanks for visiting!

Rachel XxX

Recent Burst of Creativity!

Just recently I've had a new burst of life. I've been feeling quite crafty, it's wonderful. I'm not sure how long it'll last though, so I'm doing as much as I can, while I can! :) I've been having great fun following Lilibees One Week One Project. I've made an album for my summer photos and a Wedding album for my sister, using the tutorial from One Week One Project Part 3.

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I've also made a mini album using some of my new Sassafras stash that I received for Mothers Day. I dug out some old photos of my first holiday abroad to Spain, I was 6 years old. Because I have Womble tendencies I like to get the most out of my stash. I used a small circle punch and some Papermania clear domed stickers to make some epoxy stickers with my Sassafras paper. The wave effect in the first picture of mosaic was created using the waste in between the banners on the Flag Banners sticker sheet. My favourite embellishments are the felt ones (even if I do say so myself!). The felt flower was hand cut and stitched. To make the rainbow I used a Sizzix Sizzlits Hello Kitty Rainbow Die, cut the felt out in various colours, stuck the different pieces to a sheet of double sided sticky tape stuff, stacked the layers and then stitched beads on for the eyes. It was a fiddly task but well worth it. :)

These albums can all be viewed in more detail on my Flickr photostream if you're interested.

Thanks for dropping in!

Rachel XxX

Mothers Day Came Early

Yippee! Dylan and Tony bought me a lovely gift for Mothers Day and it arrived this morning. I've been wanting to get my hands on this ever since I first saw it on the Sassafras blog. I've been checking the online scrapbooking shops nearly every day to see if they had it in and finally one of them did! I love it so much! And thank you Tony XxX (I know you'll read this later).

I've also been for a scan today. I did go for a 20wk scan last week, but our baby was being awkward and wouldn't get into the right position to have it's spine checked. So we had to go back today for another look. Everything looks good! So I'm on top of the world today. I've been suffering really badly with anxiety during this pregnancy, but I'm feeling much better now I've seen the scan today.

I tried to take a photo of Dylan this morning whilst photographing my new stash, but he hid under my bump. I had no idea it was this big already! :)

I've also finished my project from Lilibee Studio. Instead of making a recipe card book, I made it into a book about the words Dylan has learnt recently. I thought it would help us to remember all the funny things he says.

Lilibee 2nd One Week One Project

I'm a little bit behind with the second One Week One Project, so I haven't got any photo's of that to share! But here's a link to the tutorial and giveaway on Leila's blog.