A little LilyBee

I've been making a real effort lately to use up some old products or at least mix old with new. I still had a pile of LilyBee papers and I really like them and wanted to get working on them.
I saw a sketch over on there blog and although I didn't follow it totally it gave me a jumping off point.

Here is the sketch:

and here is my page:

So that's one down! It's a start right.
Have a fab day
Hayley

Challenge Me Happy No 40

I love typography so I was excited about Challenge No.40. Annelie provided us with a wonderful inspirational piece...

This is what I came up with ...

I've been really wanting to use more of this Everyday Eclectic collection (designed by Alison Kreft for Echo Park) for a while now and this all came together so easily. I used the Silhouette to cut the 'everyday' out of the background kraft cardstock.
Then I just used the scraps from the collection to fill in behind each word. Most of the bits and bobs are from the sticker sheet from the same collection. Oh it feels so good to use stuff up, it's so satisfying as I love these papers! I love it when they actually make it onto a page.

I'm designing over on the Scrappin Patch blog for February if you hadn't stopped by already.... I'm covering school and valentines.

Have a great day
Hayley

CMH Challenge 38

Hi all

This challenge for Challenge Me Happy was an interesting one... we were asked to use the name or some of the lyrics of the song "Somebody that I used to know" by Gotye . I rolled a few ideas around but the one that seemed most relevant to me and the one that I kept coming back to was how different I am now. I compared my life from when I was just married with no babies to now. Sometimes I barely recognize  myself. It has been a welcomed change, I wanted to get married and have babies but sometimes it still shocks me that I am that mum, driving that 7 seater, each day surrounded by small people. It was actually a good reflective page to do, I want my girls to know how I felt as I went through these changes.

I waffled on for three journalling pages but I won't bore you with the details here.

The arrow diecut and the take note die cut I cut on my Silhouette, I am still using this on every single page it's been a fabulous investment. Under the take note die cut is an Amy Tangerine tag. The paper is from Lilybee and the stamps are from the Pink Paislee Portfolio Collection.

Thanks for stopping by...
Have a fab day

Hayley

Challenge Me Happy #33

Oh yeah, I do love a colour challenge, and these were a combination I love.

These are the colours Annelie picked, gorgeous huh!

 What I love about a colour challenge is pulling my supplies out in the right colours, I discover all these things I had forgotten about, they're like old friends. I like to make a little collection of the right coloured items and then go from there. It's really fun, you should come over to Challenge Me Happy and give it a go. Fabulous prize of twine this month, oh how I adore twine.

Anyways. this is what I came up with:

Thanks for stopping by...
have a blessed day
Hayley

Project Life...

I'm having a little bit of a life pile on right now so things have been a bit hectic and I have been wanting so bad to update my project life posts, so here goes, it might be short and sweet.

The closeups:

Well the content isn't short but my babbling is, which can only be a good thing,
Hope you're all having a great week.
Hayley

Challenge Me Happy #32

Hi All!

So who's up for  a challenge? Do you need a bit of a push to get something done and not just sit and stare. Well I have a great one for you. This fortnight at Challenge Me Happy we have a great photo inspiration challenge. Oh I love these ones. I think it's because everybody interprets photos differently, what speaks to me, is not what speaks to you right.

So here's the photo:

Lovely huh! I knew you'd like it. It's all festive and happy.
The first thing that struck me is the colours, I love kinda slightly off primary colours and I scrapbook a lot with them and then the strings, I like the strings.

To this is what I came up with:

To incorporate the string inspiration I used the sewing machine to sew white strings across the page - super easy! I love using my old faithful kraft when I'm using a mix of colours and patterns it just seems to complement and not compete.

Then I just added bits and bobs of colours, pops here and there, all scraps. I am the super scrap user, I do collect them but I actually use them too. That bit of scalloped green poking up is some really old prima packaging. One thing I really like about my kinda off primary colour collection of papers is they never really date, I never have trouble adding to the collection and they all seem to work together. After looking at this page properly I realised that excluding the title all of those papers are at least 2 years old. They are my old favourite's especially the scenic route. RIP scenic route, I miss you.

So that is my page. Fancy joining in.... you really should.

Happy Crafting!
Hayley

The most mucked up few weeks ever...

Oh my goodness, it seems like the universe is conspiring against my PL.
I have been three, yes three times to get my photo's printed and each time there was a problem.
Who knew getting the actual photos was going to be so stressful.

The week I am sharing this week is not in the correct order, the week inbetween is still missing  a couple of photos, see above conspiracy.

I'm trying out something new this week and sharing photos of each pocket individually. A couple of friends and family members have mentioned they couldn't see enough detail so I am trying it out. It does make for a crazy long post but let me know what you think.

I am hoping to play catch up this week and get that odd week that is taunting me done so I can get back to my happy place with my PL. I have started making my Christmas presents so I really do need to keep  my momentum up. Happy crafting.

Have a blessed day
Hayley