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Hey Little Magpie project catch-up - May

Morning everyone!

What a lovely day it is compared to the weather extremes of yesterday.

I thought I'd take a moment to share my Hey Little Magpie May projects from last week - the full details can be found here.

I was lucky enough to grab some fab items from the new Pink Paislee Fancy Free collection before they flew out the store. Sadly the ephemera pack and 12x12 pad went out of stock before I could finish checking out! Looks like I wasn't the only one who had this collection on their wishlist! :D

Here are the card projects I made

Paper: Pink Paislee - Fancy Free
Dies: Simon Says Stamp, Neat & Tangled, Lil' Inker Designs
Other: 3D foam tape, coordinating cardstock

I love the 6x6 pad from this collection as the paper designs are the perfect size for cards without being overly busy. Sometimes when 12x12 designs are shrunk for the 6x6 pads they can be too busy, which is why I usually always buy the 12x12 sheets from collections. But on this occasion the 6x6 pad is the better option for cardmaking.

On this card I combined papers from the 6x6 pad with the 12x12 version of the spotty paper. I used as Simon Says Stamp Christmas die to cut the "Happy" from the paper and used 3D foam tape to attach coordinating colours of cardstock behind them.

Paper, cardstock tag, chipboard sticker: Pink Paislee - Fancy Free
Stamp and die: PTI
Punch: Martha Stewart
Other: 3D foam tape

I love the watercolour and brush stroke style of this line - the perfect style to add a greeting from PTI's Graceful Greetings set. :)

Paper: Pink Paislee - Fancy Free
Dies: Neat & Tangled
Stamp: Lawn Fawn
Other: sewing machine

I loved using the scored shapes die set from Neat & Tangled to cut all these circles, stars, and hearts from the 6x6 version of the #06 paper. All I needed to do was sew them on and add a sentiment. :)

Paper and chipboard sticker: Pink Paislee - Fancy Free
Die and stamp: PTI
Other: hemp twine

This card was made with left-overs I'd cut from other papers in the collection that were on my desk. Just a bit of snipping with my scissors and voila! A nice fringe trim. All that was needed was a sentiment and little chipboard button.

Paper, cardstock sticker, and layered sticker: Pink Paislee - Fancy Free
Punch: Martha Stewart
Other: 3D foam tape

This card was a very simple one - all the elements are from the collection, I just added the punched butterflies from the scraps of the pink ombré paper to bring everything together.

Paper, chipboard frame, and layered sticker: Pink Paislee - Fancy Free
Dies: Neat & Tangled, MFT
Other: enamel dot

The stitched paper in the 6x6 card is just lovely as a full background for your card. I combined it with the other design in the collection that looks a bit like a quilt and it really made the layered sticker pop. The little rosette was made with left-overs of the hearts and circles I die cut earlier. :)

And then there were some project life pages - I am so behind on my 2014 album, but I had the photos ready to scrap and thought this collection would work great with them, especially the lime green June insert from my desktop calendar that I'm using to mark the months in this album.

Much of June was about our family trip down to Cornwall for my cousin's fab wedding and we also got in on some of the wedding prep too. Pompom assembly and my dad very much enjoyed the sit-on mower that was put into action to clear space for cars.

There was some sightseeing on the evenings too:

My main project was to use some hand-sewing on the awesome #02 paper.

It involved a trip to Hobby Craft to invest in some nice matching shades of thread!

I really love how it turned out against the desktop calendar insert.

I also did a fair bit of machine stitching too:

This time using the circles from the 12x12 sheet and more hearts and stars cut from scraps. They go so well with journaling stickers from Pinkfresh Studio's Felicity collection plus Simple Stories Life in Color.

I also used a cardstock tag from the collection to add a little pop on the calendar insert.

The remaining pages from the wedding were photo-centric:

But still lots of opportunity to add little sticker accents:

That's it for June 2014 for now, but I still have more photos to scrap. I might keep using Fancy Free or switch over to some other recent (summery additions). :)

Well, I'd best sign off - need to head on over to my mum and dad's soon to assist with the painting and decorating.

Pink Paislee - Fancy Free - 6x6" Paper Pad	Pink Paislee - Fancy Free - Paper #02	Pink Paislee - Fancy Free - Paper #11	Pink Paislee - Fancy Free - Paper #10
Pink Paislee - Fancy Free - Paper #07	Pink Paislee - Fancy Free - Paper #08	Pink Paislee - Fancy Free - Paper #03	Pink Paislee - Fancy Free - Paper #06
Pink Paislee - Fancy Free - Paper #04	Pink Paislee - Fancy Free - Paper #05	Pink Paislee - Fancy Free - Layered Stickers	Pink Paislee - Fancy Free - Cardstock Tags
Pink Paislee - Fancy Free - Chipboard Stickers	Simon Says Stamp - HAPPY BIRTHDAY die set	Neat & Tangled - Scored Shapes dies	Simon Says Stamp - HAPPY WINTER AND CHRISTMAS dies
Lil' Inker Designs - Stitched Mats: Rectangles die set	Papertrey Ink - Graceful Greetings stamp set	Papertrey Ink - Graceful Greetings die set	Martha Stewart - 3-in-1 butterfly punch
Lawn Fawn - Sophie's sentiments stamps	Hemptique natural hemp cord	Papertrey Ink - Double-ended banners dies	Papertrey Ink - Phrase Play #6 stamp set
MFT - Die-namics Fishtail Flags STAX dies	Pinkfresh Studio - Felicity - Word & Phrase Stickers	Simple Stories - Life in Color stickers

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Hey Little Magpie February projects

Well it's been a while since I had an scrapping projects to share, but last week on the Hey Little Magpie blog I had a post featuring some of my 2014 album catch-up plus a couple of cards that I'll share in another post.

All the details can be found here, this post is mainly photos and a few explanations for the pics. ;) I mainly used Crate Paper's Notes & Things, Kiss Kiss, and Open Book collections.

And some of the stash used from the store can be found here:

Crate Paper - Notes & Things - Memo Paper	Crate Paper - Notes & Things - Honest Paper	Crate Paper - Notes & Things - With Love Paper	Crate Paper - Notes & Things - Be Kind Paper
Crate Paper - Notes & Things - Journal Paper	Crate Paper - Notes & Things - 12x12" Adhesive Chipboard Shapes	Crate Paper - Notes & Things - Ephemera Pack	Crate Paper - Maggie Holmes Open Book - 12x12" Chipboard Shapes
Crate Paper - Maggie Holmes Open Book - Die Cut Ephemera	Crate Paper - Kiss Kiss - 12x12" Chipboard Accents	Crate Paper - Kiss Kiss - Constellation Paper	Crate Paper - Kiss Kiss - Love Rocks Paper
Crate Paper - Kiss Kiss - Gemstone Paper	Crate Paper - Kiss Kiss - Be Mine Paper	Crate Paper - Kiss Kiss - In Love Paper	Crate Paper - Kiss Kiss - My Heart Paper
Crate Paper - Kiss Kiss - Love Life Paper	Teresa Collins - Nine & Co - Cardstock Die Cuts	American Crafts - Shimelle - Crane paper	American Crafts - Shimelle - Dowdy Paper
American Crafts - Shimelle - Baxter Paper	Pink Paislee - Bella Rouge - Diamond Paper	Pebbles - We Go Together - Sending Love	Pebbles - We Go Together - UR Sweet
Pebbles - We Go Together - Hugs & Kisses	Pebbles - We Go Together - Budding Romance	Simple Stories - DIY Christmas - Enamel Dots	Gossamer Blue - On My Desk - Enamel Stars

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So yes, it's back to April we go!

And the first double spread page was all about my week dog-sitting miss Lola, and the many walkies we went on with various people.

I definitely had lots of gold accents to play with, including making my own Thickers with Lawn Fawn alpha dies, funky foam, and gold glitter paper.

The Notes & Things ephemera and chipboard products have plenty of gold foiling in them too:

And it's the return of the Caroline Gardner 2014 desktop calendar I'm using as a way to mark the dates. The April page was a perfect match for the pinks in the Notes & Things collection.

I'm a big fan of these configurations of Simple Stories pocket pages and Echo Park photo freedom pockets with a 6x12 pocket ideal for each monthly calendar entry.

I really went to town layering up various accents - chipboard, vellum die-cuts, wood veneer:

There were even some apt labels in the Notes & Things ephemera pack, perfect for those photos where a dog has parked her butt in your handbag because that's where the sun is!

And I've now added some little star enamel dots to my rather large enamel dot collection!

And onto April part 2:

The focus was spring fun and Easter celebrations.

Also plenty of random things, like the END of Silk, sob, sob - and it ended on such a non-ending too. I hate how it was left. I'll just have to enjoy re-watching everything that came before the last 5 minutes. ;)

There were lots of signs of spring being in the air - we had sun, bees, blossom...

Ice creams in the park. Fun and Stotties at Finchale Priory... a thoroughly nice time.

I also got using up some journaling cards and cutting them down to size where needed.

I'm wondering when our warmer temperatures and sunshine will hit this year!

Then Easter was on the way.

I found a bunny of a sort in the Open Book chipboard set and ran with it.

The Notes & Things chipboard set had some lovely spring blooms that were the perfect accent.

I cut down this journaling card and altered the layered sticker a bit with a heart enamel dot.

And wood veneer accents were a perfect complement to the rustic Easter display in the pic.

And then it was onto May!

Lots to celebrate in May, my cousin's baby daughter entered the world, my brother got engaged, my mum and dad's Kitchen redo finally happened (many, many years in the making) and some Bank Holiday antics were enjoyed.

The pink for the May calendar page definitely found a great match in Crate's Kiss Kiss collection.

I remembered that this gold ephemera from Notes & Things would finally have the perfect use.

Still digging the look of that darker paper being used for negative die-cutting.

More funky foam and gold glitter paper, plus a DIY engagement ring using an enamel shape and a heart crystal from Prima. Tada!

Got to love how various chipboard sets by Crate Paper can come together so well.

And you can make every bit of a piece of paper work for you some how. :)

And onto May part 2:

I had a lovely long BH weekend with Zoe - we attempted to recreate our Warkworth road trip from the previous year, but the weather wasn't as kind to us. However we finally found some sun in the park!

I think May 2014 also marked the first in the series of photo ops where my friend Kelly and I remember our cinema outings by me making her pose with whatever promo prop they have in the cinema and she obliging like the true friend she is.

May it was the Postman Pat van - perfectly paired with some of the Pebbles Inc We Got Together Valentine's line that had paper aeroplanes on it:

More everyday, the rhododendrons and lavender where in bloom:

I had some little pics that I wanted to frame in some way, and the chipboard frames in the Crate chipboard sets did the job nicely.

As did the cut-outs from the Notes & Things paper:

And next I'll be working on my June 2014 pages. :D

 

2014 album catch-up - March

Ugh, well so much for today being a productive day. I have been sneezing night and day since last night and looks like I'm coming down with a bad head cold if not the flu! Bleeeurgh!

But since I've not managed to do much more than put the washing on, have a hot bath soaking up the vapours of my Molton Brown eucalyptus bath and shower gel and go through half a box of tissues the day has been a bit of a dud. Mind you I have managed to download a load of new tunes so I've got them on now as I type - loving Ella Henderson's new single Glow and Emma Louise's track Jungle which is used on the new black opium advert. :)

Anyway, enough of the babbling, here are my March pocket pages that I shared over on the Hey Little Magpie blog as part of the September projects.

Left page:

Right page:

So March was the month of Mother's Day and our little shopping outing complete with the prerequisite trip to the Gourmet Burger Kitchen:

I also finally broke into my L'Occitaine almond gift set from Christmas - talk about enjoying the little things. Couldn't do without the almond shower oil - it's great for a soak in the bath!

We also had our very first here-comes-spring sunshine! The kind that heats the house and path so that Kizia cat can just lie there warming herself.

I really went to town with the enamel dots and also the accents from the Teresa Collins Nine & Co. collection. Loved the arrows and chipboard.

March was also the month of becoming addicted to banana loaf again - best enjoyed reheated with custard. Nom nom nom.

March was also the month of the no-make-up selfie campaign on facebook to promote donations to Cancer research and other charities.

And finally for the calendar entry from my desktop calendar that I am using for each month in this album I blinged it up a bit by using the packaging from the Notes & Things layered stickers - a handy clipboard background. :D

I've not yet printed out photos from April and beyond, it was going to be one of my tasks today to get them prepped but my head is so sore and everything is starting to ache that I just cannot face it right now... boohoo... oh well it's not like they're going anywhere after all! ;)

Here are some of the products used in these pocket pages:

Crate Paper - Notes & Things - With Love Paper	Crate Paper - Notes & Things - Journal Paper	Crate Paper - Notes & Things - Be Kind Paper	Crate Paper - Notes & Things - Honest Paper
Crate Paper - Notes & Things - Memo Paper	Crate Paper - Notes & Things - Standouts Layered Stickers	Crate Paper - Notes & Things - Journalling Cards	American Crafts - Shimelle - Crane paper
Crate Paper - Maggie Holmes Styleboard -Vintage Charm paper	Crate Paper - Maggie Holmes Styleboard - Journalling Cards	Teresa Collins - Nine & Co - Cardstock Die Cuts	Teresa Collins - Nine & Co - 6 x 12" Adhesive Chipboard
My Mind's Eye - Just Sayin' - Enamel Dots	Studio Calico - Essentials - Tiny Alpha Stickers - Red/Pink	Basic Grey - Second City - 12 x 12" Alphabet Stickers	Basic Grey - Capture - Alphabet stickers
MFT - Die-namics Fishtail Flags Layers STAX dies

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January 2014 album

Before I get on with a few hours of work, I thought I'd finally share some pics of my January album entries. So difficult to get decent photos of your pages in pocket scrapping without taking it all out, but for ease this time I photographed everything in the pockets and I'm not so bothered about the photos - they're of nothing particularly exciting or thrilling. Just the day-to-day... the things that made me happy in January feature a lot (I do love pics of inanimate objects it has to be said). ;o)

Anyway, here we go - five pages is probably a bit much for one month, but hey, I was just finding my feet in this whole pocket scrapping thing. ;o)

Page 1 - all about New Year's day - it involved a lot of walking from morning through to the afternoon:

I'm using the desktop calendar I received for Christmas from my mum as the monthly feature across the year. Very handy, and nice to be able to keep the calendar some how. I've done this before with mini-albums documenting a year so carried it over to my 2014 album.

While Lola was staying we still managed a nice walk or two even though I was working from home:

Very glad to have finally found a use for this little lady - not that I bear any resemblance to her, but it's nice to use up all the left-overs from a chipboard set some how:

I used journaling cards for all the entries on this page:

I even resurrected some very old Making Memories tags which will get used throughout the rest of this album no doubt!

Page 4 was all about the things that made me happy in January:

Including finally unpacking the lovely Orla bedding set I bought in TK Maxx last year:

And the last page is something I hope to feature every month - a record of movies seen, books read, that kind of thing:

Can't believe I only read one book in January - February will be a very different matter!