Next up, I redid my own dictée (P4) (and no the pages look nothing like each other, though if you examinje them closely you will see they both follow the same layout), this time in a more 'classical' manner. I absolutely loved these papers, and thought...

Page 5 and Page 6 today: Based on the Sketch from La Fée du Scrap (26 June): Here's my version, pretty much a perfect copy of the sketch: Followed swiftly by this page, created for the June tournament on Scrap Atelier:

Ready for this? Here are the next few pages. Page 3, a page of my own design, with the background sketched in by hand and coloured with my Promarkers. I think it looks pretty cool: Followed by Page 4, another challenge page devised by me. I proposed this...

Earlier this year I had a message from a good friend of mine, Linda, who was ever so generous with her compliments over my pages, and who is a very crafty person herself, especially with her crochet and fibre work. I was honoured to be asked to make a...

... ou au moins pour faire plaisir à ses parents, car le p'tit bout' chou' qu'il est, est bien trop petit pour apprécier autre chose que les bras de sa môman-chérie et l'amour de papa, et le bonheur de sa famille. Un petit tote-à-pois, et aux couleurs...

... pairs of converses, that is! This house has seen a procession of various coloured converses over the last few years, and it's not over yet! Never really out of fashion, these canvas shoes have become a classic over the years, and my own kids have...

Lots of cardmaking going on here recently: Cardlift of Charlotte's challenge, 3 November, Scrap etc. Cardlift of Charlotte's card: using Scrap Tape as the main decoration Cardlift of Nany's challenge, 11 November, Scrap etc. Cardlift of Mimi/Sanguine's...

I swapped some goodies with ecline recently, and this is what I received in exchange: This is just so cuuuuute, I absolutely love it! It was accompanied by a fun card: AND a challenge: to try my hand at making something fimo myself, ecline even included...

... to a very special friend. Always cheerful and good humoured, enthusiastic, full of fun and energy, and generous to a fault ... I am so happy to have met this wonderful girl both virtually and in real life. Don't ever change, hunny, we love you just...

My post box has been overflowing with cards and packets these last few days. Thank you all most sincerely for all your lovely birthday wishes, kind thoughts, and fabby cards. Just get an eyeful of what Mr Postman has brought my way recently: From Nath:...