Shimelle's Scrapping weekend

Shimelle's fab starting points were just what I needed to kick that mojo into it's last ditch effort before term re-starts.

I have had a lovely scrappy time and have done many of the challenges and plan on completing them all by the deadline of next weekend.

The ideas have been simple but inspiring.

This page was made in response to the challenge of using stamps you should use more often.

I have lots of stamps - a serious number - and I use maybe a tenth of them. Mind you, those I use I do use a LOT.

However, I made this page for the challenge.

 
The word Abbey is straight in reality - it is a scanned image and there always appears a bend somewhere

Anyway stamps ...

The camera stamp is one I bought - and I blame Shimelle totally and utterly for its purpose. I was going to use it over and over. It would appear on most of my pages. Um ... I used it once. So out it came and I do still love it. I stamped it twice, once on the green and once on cream and cut bits of the cream out and put it onto the green using foam squares to make it dimensional.

 

I also used a set of stamps I love but always forget I have which are a Banana Frog alphabet set FT Rosecube so it made me rediscover them.

Finally I also used a set of stamps I have become addicted to this past week. They were a tiny 99p set and I totally love them. They have teeny flourishes and little borders and I have been using them over and over on the Bath mini book I have made. So I couldn't resist using them on here too  

As it was an old abbey the page has lots of distressing and stitching.

I will upload more challenges when I have scanned them, but I am loving the challenges. You can play along too at Shimelle's place

This is my take on challenge 11 which was an extremely scary challenge for me. I don't do pattern. I do bland. I do simple. Two heavily patterned papers - yikes.

And yes - I ended up with a lot of layering to try and calm me down!

And my final challenge for today is Challenge 10 - scrap two photos on bold paper. Well that red is certainly bright and it is bold for me.

 

I have a photo of the day to share from yesterday and from today.

yesterday was our final meal out for a while. Back on the sensible eating plan now

 and today my last Starbucks for a while. We have loved having our daily fix but our waistlines and our wallets will be happy this is an occasional treat rather than a daily hit for a while.

Today I am thankful for

• a lovely easter holiday - well Ok the first week or so was hell, but at least it was hell at home. If it had been term time I would have been off for a week and I have never been off for more than a day and a half so it would have been dreadful. I am glad it was in the holiday.
• the generosity of people like Shimelle who share so much with the crafting community for no reward save sharing their passion with others

Comments

[Mandy]

I really like the double-stamped camera. Looks great and adds dimension beautifully too. I also bought the camera stamp with the idea that I'd use it loads. Not even once, but I am thinking I like how yours turned out so must get inking!
Mandy

[Liz]

I love your layout. We went to Lacock Abbey late last summer and I agree that it is great for photos, I took way too many!

[Mary B]

Love your pages especially the first one all those lovely stamped images.
the lolcat made me giggle perfect with your love of Starbucks lol

[Jeannie L]

Great LOs... especially love your London one. The photos in your Lacock Abbey LO are beautiful. Bet you'll be using that camera stamp again in no time. Love how you used it in the LO.

[Barb in AK]

Love your layouts! I read Shimelle's blog about 4 times a week. She has a very unique style. I'm kind of stuck in a rut. I'm making a few cards occasionally, but haven't scrapped in months. I've just been admiring lots of online work ;-)

[Cynthia]

Your pages are so lovely! The abbey photos are gorgeous--as are your layers!

[Debbie P]

Gorgeous layouts! You did well mixing the patterns.

[Kelly Shults]

Love your layouts! I really like the idea of using two different colors of cardstock to stamp a single image and cutting out bits to create dimension! So clever! Thanks for the inspiration.

[Helen]

Well done with all the challenges, the layouts look fab!

[Linsey P]

Your London layout turned out awesome! And I adore that camera stamp...how cute! Love browsing your layouts from Shimelle's challenges! Thanks for sharing your creations.