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Just a few more small things to tie up before I have to start packing - which is the bit I hate the most!
But soon....
Also wondering what goodies the airport bookshop will offer up, as I'd like some new reading material (my list at the library has been stalled and I doubt any of my reservations will come in before Sunday...).
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Well this time next week I'll hopefully be sat in Manchester airport waiting for my flight to Chicago! Waaaaah!
I just need to make sure that around all the packing that I'll need to do this week that I definitely get more than one outing to see the new X-Files film when it comes out on Friday. Gaaaah - so excited!!!
Forehead love.... *Ü*
Still so much to sort out for my trip, lots of online research needs to be done for *cough* stores to visit as well as those tourist attractions!
Anyway, today it's another shopping outing - you know you're going on holiday when you go stock up on M&S knickers! :oP
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To card a day - soooooo woefully behind, but fancied doing one of the old challenges and twinning it with the current CPS sketch (#74).
Everything but the stamp is from the January Poppy Ink kit.
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I some how doubt I'll actually get chance to scrapbook again before I head off on holiday to Chicago in 2 weeks... so to tide me over, here are a couple from today's crop:
Finally managed to use up a few sheets of pp from my Basic Grey Phoebe stash, not to mention some of the lace and buttons from Making Memories and those huuuge MME flowers! And those chipboard Thickers go great with these papers.
Next up, I got out my new July Scarlet Lime kit, which arrived Friday.
Oh and here's a card made using some of the left-over circles I'd cut out of the Phoebe paper, combined with Banana Frog Perfect Paisley stamps:
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I sometimes forget! Because when there is zero inspiration and motivation going on, it's not that nice... so I am still basking in a post-productive glow and thought it high time I uploaded the rest of my Gibside layouts.
More of the beach shots. :o)
Rather recent pics of my Polish cousin and his girlfriend at his graduation ceremony:
Love that AC patterned paper, it is so vivid in real life, and finally got to use my fabric button making kit with some of the fabric from the kit.
Another pic from my cousin's graduation - I totally loved his degree project - he is a graphic designer and redesigned all the publicity/displays for Plock Zoo:
Finally, more or less a use for those Obscure papers! And thanks to Sheena for the Polar Bear and numbers from the die cut sheet... alas didn't have a need to use the crutches die cuts! :P
And finally, a layout of my brother, cousin Lukasz and cousin once removed (gawd knows how you work that out) Magda - do not even ask what was going on here, I have no idea... but I am sure my brother will cherish this photo of him wearing a babushka head scarf....
Anyway, in other news, my new Lumix TZ5 camera arrived today, complete with US charger, so I just need to master using that before my holiday, but it is most lovely!
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Last night, with some coercion I went to see....
Oh my gosh, I was so glad I was persuaded into it. I totally love ABBA (come on, who doesn't?) but the clips I'd seen I thought I'd just save it for DVD.
It was great, and the only film I can remember in recent times where the audience stuck firm to their seats at the end and applauded it. If you go, stay to the end!! You'll not regret it. Julie Walters totally steals the show but there were so many LOL moments from her....
Next up I want to see:
I have heard such great things, I am thinking ET crossed with the Short Circuit films... I am sure there will be some rather moist-eyed moments, but the trailers have been soooo good! Hopefully next week I'll be seeing it.
BUT... what I'm really counting down to now is this, OMG, I'm just totally apprehensive and totally excited as to what the FBI's most unwanted have been up to since we last saw them:
I daren't even contemplate the possibilities!
But in the meantime my Wii Fit arrived yesterday, so need to give it a test run but also have some of last night's telly to catch up on and some DVDs I should really watch. Love Film isn't a patch on amazon... they keep sending my lower priority choices instead of any of my high priority ones. Grrrrrrr... but it did mean I finally got to sit down and watch Playing by Heart last week, and that was actually a really good movie!
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So, here's that double layout finished and scanned at last - plenty of October Afternoon Detours papers and even my KI apple lace cardstock finally had an outing. ;o)
Here they are separately:
Have to say I am glad I had those vinyl thickers in my stash - they were perfect with the colours in the Detours line. :o)
Anyway, tomorrow I am expecting delivery (at long last!!!) of my Wii Fit but I will be out in the evening for a meal so will definitely need to try it out Wednesday night. Hopefully I'll be back home in time to catch the repeat of Private Practice on Living+1. Still more LOs to scan at some point, oh and I think I'll be sporting some of my new John Rocha sale items tomorrow night - hope there'll be lots more going into the sale but what an annoyance that Debenhams no longer does Nectar as I'd have loved to use some of my points!
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I had hoped to be posting a huge update with loads of Layouts today....
Errrrrrrrr no.
I have loads of layouts to scan and upload still (OK, four) but I have had a very successful shopping day and I also have this on my desk:
A double pager started at Zoe's last night, and still in progress - the teeny alpha stickers are out which means I'll be spelling words out for some time to come!
Best get back to it!
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With some new October Afternoon!
So here's the first LO from the weekend, using October Afternoon Daydreams - thought it worked quite nicely for these recent beach photos! :o)
It's quite disappointing how grey looking the "white" AC poolside thickers are in real life - they should rename the shade M&S grey bra white... hehe
And here's the card to use up some of the scraps...
Can you tell a copy of June Card Trends finally arrived today with the idea to stamp on chipboard. ;o)
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So, here's the first project from the weekend. Started off flexing my scrapping muscles with a very recent purchase of a crop in a box kit from Shimelle that included a mini-book project, this one:
Loved the little WRM Keepers mini binder, especially it's teeny page protectors and I am so in love with American Crafts gathered ribbon - and the green one was the only one I'd not managed to get my hands on! :o)
So with the left-overs from the mini-book I made a card:
Will get another project scanned and uploaded tomorrow night, but for now I am off to watch the rest of Mary Queen of Shops!
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Well what can I say, I've just had a totally fab weekend away at Gibside. Despite the back spasms from lugging around stash and having to scrap stood up some of the time I did actually manage to reacquaint myself with my old friend: The Mojo.
In fact, I managed more than the average amount of project output given the average amount of time actually spent dedicated to the art of scrapbooking vs. how many varieties of sweets and cake one can consume within 24 hours.... hm, although it is hard to determine which was the more fun pursuit...
Haven't got time to scan and upload the lot tonight (sleep, must get some sleeeep), but let me just share the joy a little with this photo:
Oh and I have no idea if I've already posted this card or not, but made it over a week ago with scraps left over from that Christmas layout...
Tomorrow night I'll try and upload some pics, and (with any luck!) make a card with some of the left-overs from this weekend... hehe
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