Today was delightful. All the kids finished early because it was the Matric's last day of school & the new line-up for next year was announced, Head Girl/Boy, etc. Before collecting them I met with a friend for coffee & grocery shopping at Gateway, where I needed to exchange some shoes dh had bought in two different sizes {I mean, who does that???!!!} ;-D Finally we had some groceries in the house {I have been too busy scrapping to think of much else LOL!} so we all enjoyed a delicious lunch & now my teens are out & about gallivanting & my two littlies are enjoying their downtime. Life is good...
Here is a layout I completed yesterday. Recently my mojo has returned & I feel inspired to create!
Here is a close-up of my journaling but I have typed it out below as it's photographed rather tiny here.
"In the SPRING of your life you were just a little girl in awe of all around you & hung on my every word
In the SUMMER of your life you were a child enchanted by your life but still very much a mummy's girl
In the FALL of your life you are a teenager, delighting in the camaraderie of your peers & convinced you know best
In the WINTER of your life you will be an adult, making your own decisions & then realising that I only ever wanted the best for you"
Yeah that's machine stitching!
I love the Sassafrass letter stickers I used here (the big white ones with the dark red outline).
The flowers are pretty good Prima look-alikes I think...
Bazzill cardstock - brown Metallic cardstock - copper
Craft board
K & Co. Wild Saffron Decor Stripe
Basic Grey Doilie (inked with Versa Color metallic pigment inks in "93 Copper" & "94 Bronze" & Gold
Photos edited & printed using Picasa Collages
Font - Lucida Calligraphy
Transparency (used to print journaling on)
Thread (Burgundy) used for machine stitching
DCWV Glittered Chipboard flower & butterflies (recoloured using Versa Color metallic pigment inks "93 Copper" & "94 Bronze"
Flowers & metal leaves purchased at local craft store
Prima "Love" pebble
Sasafrass Lass "Item #21105 Robotics" cardstock alpha stickers
Scenic Route Chestnut Bristol alpha stickers
Making Memories Glitter alpha stickers
Dodz adhesive dots
Tombo Mono Multi Liquid glue
Double-sided tape
I have been eyeing out so many scrumptious Fall Layouts on the Internet recently that I really wanted to create my first one EVER {as we don't have a defined Fall/Autumn where I live as there is not a vast contrast between the seasons} & had these photos of Chelsea, taken recently in Botswana, which looked "Fallish" {is that a word???!!!}. I didn't know how I was going to make it actually pass as a "Fall" layout though, then inspiration hit me & I came up with the journaling! So there you have it...
End of year madness reigns my side as & I have a full agenda of functions to attend next week & the kids need my help with various projects, etc so my presence here may be rather scarce but I will try to keep popping in with a post here & there if possible!