A Wintry Wednesday morning...

...here in the Highlands of Scotland. Luckily it is not enough to bring any disruptions or for snowmen, but it is the polar opposite to the lovely spring like weather we have had for the past week. I think Spring is having a little vacation...

I have a couple of layouts to share with you today. The first one is based on a sketch from Pencillines.



I had fun with this one, making some flowers by folding strips of paper and then adding buttons on top. I even made a lacy looking one by using a strip of paper I had punched with a Martha Stewart punch. I handcut some leaves out again, and handstitched some swirls using a template.

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics

Patterned Paper: BoBunny Press, Making Memories, PaperMania

Stamp: PaperTrey Ink

Buttons: PaperMania

Alphabet Stickers : American Crafts

Stitching template: InStitchz by Bazzill Basics

This second layout is based on Get Your Sketch On #9. I was a bit late is doing this one this week, with having a short deadline for an assignment, but I still loved the sketch, and sat and did it yesterday :)



This is Tom, back in 2007, with his recently purchased (for a pricely sum of 20p) beanie cat, who he called Choco. He was hamming it up for the camera, which was a recent purchase at the time for me (and a bit more than 20p) ready for our upcoming trip to New Zealand.

I kept this one nice and simple, no handcut leaves on this one! I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder to add some texture to the strip behind the title, and I also coloured in the Thickers with a Promarker to make them a slightly darker shade of grey. I added a bit of white ink to the background paper as I was going to write directly onto the paper, then had a change of heart and stuck with some journalling strips again...

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics

Patterned Paper: Fancy Pants Design

Alphabet Stickers: American Crafts

Embossing folder: ProvoCraft

Buttons: PaperMania

Now the sun is out, and I expect the white stuff will be gone by lunchtime. I hope that the Spring like weather returns soon, I was getting used to having the windows open again!!

TTFN

xxxx