WOYWW - 03 August 2011

As it is Wednesday it is time for WOYWW.

My work area is quite tidy at the moment, as we have been away for 2 weeks I put everything away before we left. 

While we were away I did have a couple of deliveries of items I had ordered & I am now looking at these trying to decided what to use next...

I had orderd 2 CDs  & some Candi from Little Clare Designs (a few images have been printed and are being coloured with my ProMarkers at the moment) as well as some Christmas & Leaves/Fruit/Flowers Wooden Ornaments brought from Create & Craft.

New stamps have arrived

Before I went on holiday I placed an order with Create & Craft for a set of stamps called 'Flypast Clear Stamp Set' featuring 14 stamps of the Lancaster, Hurricane & Spitfire.  The stamps are produced by a company called 'Hobby Art Ltd' - although the stamp set is no longer shown on C&C I have found it here on the Hobby Art Web Site.

I ordered the set so that I could attempt to create a few cards/layouts featuring the Flypast aircraft.

Here are my first attempts... I think I will need a bit more practice on the 'Camoflarge' look.

DH thinks my first attempts are not too bad (particularly the top right).  Well I had better get back to cooking dinner!

Digi Scrapping in Norfolk

While on the Norfolk Broads I did not really feel like using the laptop, even though I did have it with me.  But on the last evening I did feel in the Mood.

I have decieded that our Holdiay in Florida November/December 2010 is being created using Scrapbook Max 2 and will be printed onto A4 paper and then cut to 8x8.  While away I did create 2 layouts during the evening, so here they are...

Back to normal...

Well nearly back to normal.  Yesterday was spent washing & ironing and I was not able to get anywhere near the computer.

Today things are nearly back to normal (and back to work!) having the alarm going off at 6:30am was tough, and not a nice feeling.  However today has been good, part of me is glad that I can now get back into a routine.

Does anyone else feel the same - you have 2 weeks of holiday where you have been doing all sorts and not necessarily sticking to any sort of routine, by the end of the 2 weeks you start to feel that you want to go back to having a regular routine??? 

I am currently sitting in the living room with the laptop on my lap and Create & Craft on TV, not that I am ordering anything (yet...) it is on in the background so that I can pick up various hints & tips - Honest!!!

Although I was really excited about our Holiday I was very reserved about mentioning our holdiay on the Blog as you always hear the horror storys about people saying they are going away on the Internet and returning home to find they have been burgled.  (In some ways I could be considered as a bit over the top on security... I have not said exactly where I live on this blog, and am vary wary about what I mention).

Our holiday was a 2 part one... the first part was 5 nights in Italy, this was followed by a night at home and then we were off to the Norfolk Broads for a week on a boat.

As I mentioned the scenery was amazing, in both places...

Heading up the mountain above Aviano (near Pordenone)

Looking Up towards the mountain tops

Sunset on the Norfolk Broads

The Broads viewed though the reeds

LiM - Feeling Fruity

Ok, this week the Less is More challenge is 'Feeling Fruity'.  This challenge requires either Fruit for fruity colours... I did not think that I had any 'fruit' embelishments so would have to use 'fruity colours'.  I was wrong, when looking through my draw of stickers/embelishments I discovered a sticker featuring an apple!

So here is my finished card, I was surprised to find that once I had found the sticker everything just flew together and within 10 minutes it was finished... that must be a first for me, cards normally take forever.

I'm Back :)

Over the last 2 weeks I have not added any posts to my Blog, DH & I  have been on our Summer Holiday (6 Days in Italy & 1 Week on the Norfolk Broads).

We are now back and having to try and catch up on the washing, ironing, shopping and get ready for work tomorrow :(

I took many photos (probably too many to scrap - It is just as well we now use digital or it would have cost a fortune in film processing!!!) and have a lot of amazing memories. 

Once I get caught up with the non-crafting Stuff I will be back online and ready to go, I have so many memories and photos I want to share with you all.

Just a few highlights: Mountains, Venice, Osprey, the 'Yellow Perral'  & lots of people watching :)

Blogging for Scrapbookers – The Beginning

I am now finally starting to look at the content of Shimelle’s Blogging for Scrapbookers course… although I am not able to follow the structure for 1 Blog per day, but I will get there.

So far in the Day One Information I have discovered Google Reader… what a great tool.  I was beginning to get to the point that using Blogger Dashboard was a long winded way of keeping up to date with the various Blogs I had subscribed to.  Working this way saves so much time… on the down side you don’t get to see the lovely headers and page layouts people create. 

In the Prompt One Shimelle asks us to post a Blog with our intentions for the next 3 Weeks, however as I am not able to post every day and also have a holiday coming up I have decided to give my intentions for the next 2 Months.

So here they are in no particular order...

1. Take part in the WOYWW and to link to the original Post
2. Continue taking part in the ‘Less is More’ Challenge
3. Make time to work through more of the ‘Blogging for Scrapbookers’ Prompts
4. To be creative in the content of my Blog

I'm sure that more will following in the not too distant future - so watch this space :)