Kool Kitty Musings

Better late than never...

Might as well upload the layout I finished last night - alas the pics are a bit dodgy as I couldn't be bothered to faff with the scanner tonight. ;o)

It was supposed to be Asian inspired, fit the bill of the stamping Scrap Like You Mean It challenge from weeks and weeks ago and fit the colour scheme of the Fat Buddha logo/card. They used aubergine and lime green... so well... what else was I to do?

Not sure how happy I am with the end result as I had no real journaling space that fitted the bill, but I added some dimension to make the journaling, card and some of the paper pop a bit...

BG papers twinned with Hero Arts Asian stamps and some Bazzill bling.

 

As per usual it looks better in real life honest... :oS

But it was a very nice lunch out with Zoe and the girls to Fat Buddha's glitzy restaurant - the girls loved the lime green catwalk with sparkly dangly bits quite a lot and the noodles proved tasty yet challenging! hehe

So now that I have this done, plus finally updated my MS Money with 6 month's worth of data, been to the gym for big workout and crossed a few other things off my to-do list for the weekend, tomorrow I plan to just play and chill!

So off to get back to reading my current book and hoping the weather will be as nice as it was today! ;o)

Long time no post eh?

And not much to report - have been down out with a cold the past week - and even at yesterday's crop I was less than productive on the layout front, but not the shopping front... LOL

But I suppose I should share my meagre output, it was my layout for week four's scrap like you mean it over at UKS.

 

There's little old me in my Mothercare pushchair (not designed with the wonderful suspension of my friend Karolina's Polish push-pram thingy!) tucking into my yummy fresh rye bread.

Lots of American Crafts stash with a dash of October Afternoon!

Today I went for a fast shopping trip - bought a spring coat (turquoise don't ya know! And looks lovely with my red shoes - er kind of like the LO above...) and these took my fancy in Paperchase:

 

Cute eh? Plus this...

 

I wonder what's in there...

 

At last a home for them, where I can easily find the colours I'm after!

And last but not least - I see it's March already!

Sunday catch up

I just love Sundays sometimes! And especially a relaxing one finally spent reading my book from cover to cover!

After finishing that late this afternoon I got got a little card made for a certain new addition to the Banana Frog fan club, Trish's new baby boy!

 

Banana Frog stamps used are Tiny Type and Postage

 

And yesterday's crop did at least end in a layout! LOL It's week 4's Scrap Like You Mean It challenge - and Shimelle's sketch.

 

Afraid the photo isn't too great as it's quite dim lighting in the evening.

Proof....

Oh, poor Zoe last night, having to put up with my creative inadequacies! She did about five billion layouts while I ummed over this one. I had a LO in my mind, then it just all went to pot, it started off being Lily Kate paper, then it wasn't, next I dragged out more paper, October Afternoon, and tried the Lily Kate again, then I added some MM paper, then dragged out the Lily Kate again - still determined to use it!

In the end Scenic Route came to the rescue and we have October Afternoon, MM and Scenic Route in what looks like the simplest LO in the world, yet due to indecision took an entire evening to create! LOL

Anyway, the whole idea behind it was that I wanted to do Shimelle's week 3 challenge - use chipboard but also finally get these photos scrapped before Becky has baby 2 in oh 7 weeks time! hehe

Had a lovely breakfast with Angela and Becky in the morning and so I was off on my creative plans by the time I got my stash packed to head to Zoe's.

The thing doesn't scan well at all due to the lumpy bits and the scallop white background, so here it is photographed - also not the easiest thing to photograph!

 

 

In the meantime I have a fair few things of a creative nature to get done today, so best get dressed and started! ;o)

Crossed off the list!

Back on this page I set out my 10 things to do before popping my clogs... well one of them was to see Pink Martini live in concert. I bet you can guess where this is going!

Wish granted Nov. 2007 at the Sage Gateshead in a totally amazing concert - I can't wait to see them live again and hope they're working on some new material! :oD

Only thing was, I wasn't allowed to take photos in the hall. We had an amazing box so close to the stage, but next to me stood one of the ushers or whatever they're called and he had the eyes of a hawk - this is all I managed to snap!

Oh and the scrap like you mean it challenge included hearts, managed to put a few subtle ones on there!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Think I might get on with some cards next...

Oliver Swift

So Shimelle's first challenge was to scrap your favourite colour... hm hard to tell these days, but if it's a Bazzill shade, then the KI Green Tea shade is my all time favourite! And colour set 4 in those American Crafts cardstock stickers are my quickly becoming my favourite alpha stickers!!

 

Bit challenging to remember how to scrap in the style of the rest of this album over a year plus on! I had to dig out all the stash for it too... but I can't believe I've still not scrapped my car, it was such a milestone passing my test and getting little Oliver Swift... :oD Mind you he is in real need of a good wash right now from all the salt on the roads!