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A Page! At looooong last, a real, bona-fide, 30x30 *Page*!!!
It's been a looooong, loooong while since I actually scrapped a page, hasn't it? And all of a sudden two of them just sort of "came" to me. Here's the first, featuring the huge birthday-grin of my youngest scallywag: And it doesn't come all on its own,...
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Page entre amies
Ca y est, les vacances sont terminés, et on est rentrés, la tête plein de belles souvenirs, l'apn remplis de jolis clichés, les doigts qui démangent pour scrapper tout ça ... Mais d'abord, j'ai terminé une page commencé en Alsace avec ma copine, mamounette,...
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Scrapbooking Day: Imposed elements
Friends sometimes, brothers forever . Another challenge on Scrap etc. for Scrapbooking Day: a page with several elements imposed, namely: -3 Buttons -At least 3 brads -A black line -Sewing -2 photos, one matted -Something brown -1 stamp I adapted the...
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Speed Scrapping: Childhood Pleasures
Cat123 ran a 'Speed Scrapping' challenge onLe Scrap Clean and Simple: To scrap a layout based on her sketch starting at 9pm, with the completed pages to be sent to her by midnight. Three hours, said I to myself, that should be do-able ... I was not counting...
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Play!
My son helped his little cousin to climb all the way to the top of the big slide, and boy did she love whizzing down it afterwards. As often as he was willing to haul her up the climbing wall and frame to get to the top, she was happy to chugg along,...
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Puget!!!!!
My wonderful Dad volunteered to babysit for me last month, so that I could head off to the south of France for a weekend relaxing in the sun, discovering the area around Cavaillon, meeting friends who up till now have been 'virtual', and attending a fantastic...
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Like a little princess for a day!
My gorgeous little niece made her First Communion in May, just a week before my own son made his. The difference in the formality of the day is even more noticeable when there are two such events in close succession. My son's affaire was very simple,...
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C'est moi qui propose ... en Juillet
Toujours pour le forum Scrap etc., ce mois j'ai proposé une carte clean selon une modèle vue sur internet (mais je ne sais plus ou): avec le gabarit: et une page clean, selon un modèle dans le magazine {EntreArtistes}: J'ai trouvé les brushs sur internet,...
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Ride On: mini album, crop Puget
So, the first of the two project from the crop at Puget, is this fabby mini album by Mle Séverine! With a simple envelope covered in bright, summery fabric, and inner pages made from sheets of white bazzill, it's within anybody's budget to make. The charm...
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Altered Canvas
I've been working on a project I spotted in Histoires des Pages ( link ) last year. When it's finished there will be four canvasses, hung vertically. For now, however, I have only two of the elements ready. I'll show you anyhow . Keep an eye out for the...
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Scrapbook challenge
I have resolved to enter the monthly Scrapbooking challenge on CoC every month this year. It's probably the only way that I can be sure of making an effort to get through the tons of photographs I intend to Scrap! This month the challenge involved creating...
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Baby gift
There's a wonderful tutorial for an embroidery basket to be found on clicking on this link. The first one I made was an unmitigated disaster, but it did serve to show me the way. Being a perseverant old biddy I tried it again, and again, and again, improving...
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Bibs Galore
With five babies expected this year, my sewing machine has been working overtime, and flavour of the months is Bibs! One baby is due any day now, the second early April and the third a month later, then there are twins expected for early September. Not...
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Meet "Canelle"
Oh, how I love this sweet little rubber stamp. Canelle is a dress-up paper doll stamp from La Compagnie Des Elfes (link), and I love her to pieces. She has lots of different outfits, to suit all occasions, and is just the most darling little image to...
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Winter Wonderland
This is a work-in-progress. The photo dates back a few years - I believe it was taken in 2001, in Glendalough in the Wicklow Mountains near Dublin. It was such a bitterly cold day, with thick frost covering the everything. The youngsters crunched through...
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Welcome to my blog
So I've finally decided to plunge into the world of internet blogging! So many of your blogs have been a source of inspiration to me, that I feel it's only fair to return the favour. So, a little about ME: I'm on the right side of 40 (just about ), Irish...
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Scrap Canelle
Meghan really loved playing with my rubber stamps. I have no choice but to immortalise the last few weekends in a Scrapbook page. A few close-ups: Rubber stamps from La Compagnie des Elfes, holographic embossing powder for the bit of bling, Perfect Pearls,...
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Envelope Card
I spotted this challenge with La Compagnie Des Elfes, and decided to give it a go, as I liked the model. link Overall I'm pretty pleased with the outcome. I got to play with two new stamps ~ Tilda from Magnolia (my very first Tilda :)), and the large...
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Yet another Scrapbook page
It's been an 'odd' kind of day today. It started early (around 4am) with the arrival of junior at my bedside: "Can I climb in to warm myself up beside you?" "huh?! *mumble*mumble*" then two icy cold feet plant themselves onto me to be sure I'm properly...
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Recipe for success
Ingredients 1 Wet and sleety Wednesday 3 Hungry Children 1 litre of batter 1 Hot frying pan 60 Minutes in front of the stove Method Rejoice that the outdoor chores are done. Decide to please everybody and have PANCAKES for tea (I know, I know, it's not...
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Le Beau Saucisson
As my friend has (finally) had her baby, a whopping 4.95 kg baby boy!, I have had the pleasure of Scrapping some curent baby photos Introduced to us all by his father as the 'beau Saucisson', I couldn't but use the nickname as the page title Poor kid...
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Sunday Snow
There's snow on the way (just not around where I live). Hearing the forecast, and finding myself free of my most demanding youngster for the day, I decided to finally Scrap those holiday photos which have been lingering since February 2008!!! We brought...
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Pour Philippe
Je me coucherai moins bête ce soir - maintenant je sais ce que c'est "Les Shadocks" Les Shadoks est une série tévisé d'animation française en 208 épisodes de 2 à 3 minutes, créée par Jacques ROUXEL, produite par la société AAA et diffusée entre le 29...
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Sugar Nellie Envelope Card
I love the envelope card model, and have just used it again to make a birthday card for a little girl who will be seven very shortly. Sugar Nellie stamp, coloured with my aqua pencils, heart flourish (La CDE) stamped on a Nestabilities die cut piece,...
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Cookies!
My kids love 'em! A colleague gave me a recipe for chocolate chip cookies. The boys (under supervision) set to work, and at the end of the procedure everybody indulged in crunchy, tasty cookies :) Recipe (for ~40 cookies) Thermostat 4/5 200C 300g Self...