Gem's Scrapbook Stories & Other Tales

Sunday, 29 March 2009

The one about the trip round Cheshires countryside...

So the sun was shining when we got up this morning and we decided it would be a great day to go off visiting. So we found a leaflet about a castle and gardens, looked it up on the website, found that it had opened for the Spring last weekend, so off we went this afternoon.... we get there to fins it doesn't open for another week :( Even though the website had said it was open. We were not impressed, got to see some of the countryside though.

I've actually sat down and done a CJ entry today (round robin to those non-scrappers out there) so here are some pics:

I've blurred the photos as its of a child and you have to be careful about these things :)

Also heres a LO I did a couple of weeks ago and never got round to uploading:

Sunday, 1 March 2009

The One About The Scrapping I've Done This Week...

So I've not blogged for ages... It's mainly because I haven't done any scrapping, and because I've been spending a lot of time on Facebook. But in the last week I've done a CJ entry and a DLO, so I'm back!!!

The Peak District CJ Entry:

The DLO that I did today is another set of pages that are part of the My Freedom class that I started last summer. I really enjoyed making it too, especially as I managed to use my new Amplified papers!

Friday, 30 January 2009

The One About my Free Goody Bag...

It came today! The goody bag from Scrapbook Inspirations magazine that was promised for having a letter published in the mag, and its quite good too! Things I'll use:

A pot of lots of different coloured flowers, and a lock and key, which might act as an incentive to do a heritage page for a change, as I haven't done any for AGES!

Off to the shops tomorrow with Mum and Robert (who is home for the weekend), and then a trip to Hobbycraft with my friend on Sunday. I'm also determined to find a recipe for low fat chocolate brownies- probably don't exist they're that bad for you!

And just a note to a friend of mine on UKS, I'm thinking of you and hoping that things turn out ok xx

Monday, 26 January 2009

The One about the Pantomime & My Car...

We took the Brownies to the Pantomime on Saturday to see 'The Snow Queen', and it was so good! They got the audience involved with the 'he's behind you' and 'oh no he isn't' & 'oh yes he is!' And the adult members of the cast really made it I thought. And the brownies really enjoyed it! And at the end they'd made up a song for the audience to sing but to the tune of Rudolf the reindeer. Then they had a competition to see which half of the room could sing the best, and then... at the end they got all the children up on the stage to sing! They were very brave, thats all I can say, particularly with some of our Brownies!

So after having a really lovely time at the pantomime, I get back to my car to find that some idiot has wacked my car as he's driven past and completely smashed my wing mirror. To say that I wasn't pleased is a complete understatement! Luckily one of the house owners down the street saw what happened, wrote the reg number down of the car and left me a note. So now the insurance company has to make their insurance company pay, and I have to send my car away to be fixed yet again, for up to 7-10 days. For just a silly little wing mirror, over a week! I couldn't believe it.

Anyway yesterday, I made more soup potato and leek this time, and then went shopping to the Trafford Centre with Mum to buy some clothes for work. This is the suit that I bought:

We had a lovely time but were worn out when we got back!

Sunday, 18 January 2009

The One with the LO About Tatton Flower Show

As I have finished all my Christmas pages, I decided to back to the double Layout that I started last summer of Tatton Flower Show. With my papers that came last August I was able to put this together this afternoon, I still can't believe that the photos have been printed and waiting for six months now!

I've used lots of bright colours, because it was a really lovely hot sunny day when we went. Thats about all for today. I've also managed to do my step video all the way through, and half an hour of yoga this weekend, so I'm feeling quite good and healthy!

The One About the CJ Entries

I have done two CJ entries this weekend, the first one is about a trip to the Moors Valley, and the lady whose book it is asked us to each do a 8x8 inch page using the photos provided. I really liked this photo, as its primarily of the Totem Pole, but when you look closely, the lady's littls boy is peeking out from behind it!

The second one is for a smaller book, and the photos of days out last summer (I think), so I chose to use this photo of the castle, with the gorgeous blue sky.

I'm really enjoying these CJs, I think its much more fun to be using other peoples photos, rather than for a general theme. Plus witht eh smaller books I've been getting through my scraps quite quickly, which is good as I'm trying to not buy any more stash supplies in a long while (I already have a Bins it All on my wishlist though)!