OMFG!

Well, in my defence it's been an incredibly busy and difficult year again...it's been incredibly difficult and busy for a few years now.......I think maybe we all deserve a break so that we can gather our thought, take a deep breath and look at life from outside hospitals and such?

Anyway, have started documenting 2013 in a scrapbook, yes! you heard it right, I have committed to a whole years worth of documentation-week by week. So far so good ;)
My good friend Kate is to blame or thank, depending on the mood, for this rash decision! And introduced me to Project Life (check it out) but I won't be held accountable should you become hooked.

Anyway, really enjoying it, we're halfway through March and I'm still up to date, up to speed and full of enthusiasm for MY project life :) I have a feeling that I may need a new book every year and keep it up!

So, I took a couple of pics of a couple of pages and here they are in their out of focus glory Oooops!

Long time again

Oh and I don't have time to write much now either.....Two new puppies have kept us seriously busy since the last time I was on. A quick card for a 21st and a quick layout of the pupstars!

Chicken Soup Recipe #44

A little card I managed to make on a dreary wet Sunday, acetate wings stamped with staz-on and a yummy Tim stamp, I might even manage to get something else done today LOL xxx

Kate's scrapping a poorly exposed photo Challenge

Thanks Kate! For the photo which I really love, taken on the i-pod on one of Brian's birthday parties(!!!) he has been such a good boy this year that he got two :) and the kick up the bum to actually scrap it, I've also printed off others from that great night in Dehesa and also from the party in Gordon Ramsay's and will do my best to scrap them soon!
If you want to take part in Kate's challenge, lets's face it, who doesn't have a few poorly exposed photos lying around? see it here and have fun!

Chicken Soup Recipe #32

Ahhh, pretty birdhouses and birdies :) I'll be making a few more on this theme, but here is the first one. See the inspiration here! Thanks Ladies :) x

Chicken Soup Recipe #30

Finally, it's finished! Old gig tickets that I've been meaning to do something with for ages and ages.

Thanks ladies!Inspiration here

Shows a slightly dodgy music past, with some good ones and a lot of excellent ones that have been lost in time and space- wish I'd managed to hold onto them all :)

Chicken Soup Recipe #28 and 29

Right, so back to crafting after a major re-jig of the craft room, which is now also a gym...hmmmmm
While we (I) were busy getting it reorganised, I couldn't reach or find any of my stuff, but slowly we're getting back to normal. I had a chance to do a couple of things today before the decks have to be cleared to do a cake tomorrow. Busy busy!
So first to recipe 28- which you can see here

I was quite literal with the interpretation, but as I got this gorgeous new stuff for my kitchen from my lovely Mum and sisters, it seemed to fit nicely.

and for recipe #29 here I had the perfect photo from last weekend. On our way home from our unsuccessful owl spotting excursion, we saw thousands of crows roosting in the trees. They made a fantastic silhouette against the darkening, blue sky. It's a very simple Layout, but I like it.

Thanks for looking! :)

Chicken Soup Recipe #25

Lots of birthdays coming up so here's another card :)

Chicken Soup Recipe #23 and 24

After a craft-free diet for most of the last month, I finally got a few bits done yesterday. Waiting for phone calls and deliveries seems to be good for the crafter!
This is one I made for hubbies birthday next week and was inspired by recipe #23....

This second one (Chicken soup #24) is a layout of the best holiday ever, I've scrapped these photos before but in a mini album, so I wanted to get them into a main album and the colours worked perfectly!
Thanks for the inspiration ladies, love logging on every Friday :) Check them out if you haven't already http://mojoschickensoup.blogspot.com/

A few tags I made before Christmas, for the 12 days of Christmas on the blog, but never got around to posting- doh!

12 days of Christmas Chicken Soup

On the first day........ A pretty white and red advent inspired image.

As there is one a day for the next 12 days, I don't count this as cheating ;)

I wrapped Hubby's advent calendar (a bit late like everything this week ) in pretty white paper and wrapped it in a red bow, ready for him tonight when he battles his way home through the travel chaos. Cheers!

On the second day of Christmas a Christmas card inspiration.
A T!m snowman stamp, a Christmas sheet music stamp, a spot of therapy while tearing and rolling and a very amatuerish attempt at blending inks with cut 'n dry-perhaps I'll have the knack by the end of the season!

On the third day of Chicken Soup Christmas..... a tree inspired card- I'm seeing a theme here (hehehe)
A very simple card with an embossed tree paper from DCWV, topped with a Tree and more stickles, got to love those stickles!

On the fourth day of Christmas a holly inspired Christmas card. Simply T!m's holly stamp, stamped in a border, cut out and mounted on the card, some pretty baubles on foam pop up squares, finished with some ribbons-oh and some stickles for sparkle :)

Chicken Soup Recipe #22

Again, better late than never! ;)
A larder full of fresh produce all lined up like this reminded me of the photo of all the delicious sweeties Chicken soup used as this weeks inspiration. I used a bit of fabric on the layout that I used to make hats for the jam and chutney. Thanks for looking!

Very late... Recipe #19!

Errmmmm, it's been busy and the photo is a bit rubbish but here it is :)
I've blocked the kids faces to protect their identity!

Thanks Chicken soup! :)

Chicken Soup Recipe #18

Oooh! What a rotten, wet week it's been. Loads of time for cooking and cleaning, oh...and a spot of crafting. I finally got around to doing recipe 18 for the Chicken Soup blog and here it is :) Thanks for looking :)

Just goes to show how dark it is too, the poor ass has a flash on his ass ;)

Now to get onto No 19!

Chicken Soup Recipe #16

Very busy times, trying to keep up with preserving the glut of fruit on the trees (photos and a layout soon to follow :) ) But as it will be my nephew's birthday on Thursday, I had to sneak in a very quick card.
 I tried to fit it in with the theme of this weeks recipe on Chicken soup. A rush job on the photo Sorry!

Thanks for the inspiration ladies :)

Chicken Soup Recipe # 13

Hi again :)

I didn't think I would attempt this one, but then thought what the hey!

I chose this photo of my Gran, my Mum and her 2 sisters. This photo was taken in Scheveningen in 1947/48 I think. Scheveningen is a seaside district in The Hague, Holland. I love this photo and have been meaning to scrap it for years and years. The inspiration I took from recipe 13 was the fabrics and trimmings. I printed the photo on canvas and used various other bits to give it that vintage nostalgia feeling. Thanks for visiting :) xxx

A couple of old layouts

I wanted to upload a few more layouts from before blogland. Some are digi, some just old-fashioned paper and glue :)

 

Chicken Soup Recipe #12

Ok, so I had way too much time on my hands the last few days, but only managed to produce one card. Not good!

I was asked to make a wedding card for a friend and the remit was loose. She told me a bit about the Bride and Groom though and that's why this is such a personal card that will never be reproduced for any other wedding.
The groom is a bit of a hippie by all accounts and loves restoring  old VW vans, the Bride is hugely into animal rights and rescuing woofers, so I went with the converted mystery machine and left Scooby in the front. Photoshop was the order of the day on Saturday, as the silhouette couple took me a loooooong time to complete.
I tried to make it a bit more romantic with a few glitters, pearls and a bit of Bazzil edge strips.

I hope that the elements from recipe #12 have come through :)
Thanks for looking and I hope you like!

Chicken Soup Recipe #11

Well, here we are again, I really enjoyed this one and had a bit of fun with the theme.
My hens create a big mess wherever they go and I feel it's only fair to warn unsuspecting visitors! ;)
This sign isn't suitable to hang outside all the time, as it's sure to rain sooner or later (heavy dose of sarcasm there) but I love it and will print some more up and experiment with weather proofing.
Thanks for the inspiration girls!

Chicken Soup Recipe # 6

I have done a card for this week's challenge as there are a few anniversaries coming up, two birds with one stone ;)
It was a hard one to photograph, so excuse the quality.

Chicken Soup Recipe #5

Recipe #5 is a gift for me as it's always hard to know with those dozens of photos from birthday parties, gatherings etc. Thanks for the inspiration and I'll be using this layout again for sure :)