Just a quickie . . .

Well the online community thing is going so well that I am going to have to set myself limits. I have been chatting and posting on and off all day so much so that I have hardly done any scrapping. Still chatting about it is almost as much fun (I said almost!!!) as doing it. I have been poking my nose in on some of the galleries and I have seen some great layouts. I have made a note of a few ideas that I am going to lift for use on my layouts in the future.

I have signed up for UKS Cyber Crop later this month. Its my first go at something like this so I am really excited, and I also am quite fancying the look of the monthly kit from Scrapagogo so will probably sign up for that when I get some money in to prop up the ever decreasing bank balance. Who knows, start with a kit and work my way up to one of their Retreats - now wouldn't that be lovely :)

So, I think its off to bed now. Need to get my reading fix - Tess Gerritsen's The Surgeon. Its an excellent book, although not so sure it was the right choice for bedtime reading !!

Heading on out into Cyber-Space and Loving It x

I am becoming hooked on cyber-space communities ,. . .  and loving it!  Having spent a couple of years quietly scrapping away by myself in my own little world I finally got around to joining some of the online communities and sharing my  layouts for other people to see. I am so excited . . . and looking forward to  hopefully making some new friends amongst my fellow scrappers. I have joined scrapbook.com and UKScrappers so far. Why oh why did I wait so long to join in the fun ???

Love Ya, Miss Ya, Wish I Could Have Kissed Ya xx

This is my layout for the March Challenge at Adornit. This months theme was things we say everyday and the page elements required were striped paper, quote strips and brads. Everyday when I drop Amy & Tony (our twins!) off to school we say our little saying instead of having the traditional kiss goodbye.

My quote strips journalling reads 'Love ya, Miss Ya, Wish I could have kissed ya'  This is because . .  the two of you are embarrassed in case any of the other kids see you kiss me goodbye. So we dont kiss . .  instead we have our own saying xx'

I chose pink and blue for the colour scheme to cover the girl / boy theme of the photo's and added a little of the new bling that I brought back from my holiday to Vegas. I am really pleased with the finished layout - it makes a change to use more than one photo on a page as lately that is a rut I have been stuck in.

Where is Spring ?

OK - Where is Spring ? The past week has been just awful weather. We have had rain, snow, sleet and gale force winds. Somebody needs to tell Mother Nature that it is suppose to be Spring.

Tuesday was the worst day of the year so far. It started raining at teatime and didnt stop until  about 9am Wednesday! The result was flooding around our entire house! We lost electricity and our internet connection, and as the boiler outside was completely submerged we have had no heating until today!

This photo is of our back garden taken from my craft room window.

Still, Joe seemed to find the fun element amongst all the chaos as usual. Only our Joe would go body-boarding in two foot of flood water complete with wetsuit and wellies!!!