Spotty Baby

Here is Daniel with the chicken pox, I'm so glad it's out of the way. You can't tell on the photo but he was much spottier than Jacob.

Jacob's crocs

I loved this photo and the story behindit that it had to be scrapped. I've had this cloud paer in my stash for ages and have dying to use it. I'm really pleased with it with this photo.

West Kirby

Recently we had to drop off a geocoin that was after a seaview, so took the opportunity to go for a wander on the beach at West Kirby on the Wirral. Jacob collected a lot of shells

Bath Babe

Took some photos of the boys after their bath. I just love this one. I always find it hard to scrap a photo with little colour, so i was pleased when I came across this paper in my stash

Cherry Bomb

Last week I printed off this photo to be scrapped. Then, the July scrap-a-go-go kit arrives with lots of lovely cherry stuff. Perfect.

Birthday Sketch Challenge #1

Over at Capture These Sketches they are celebrating their 1st birthday with 9 days of sketches. I love a good sketch so thought I would play along. Here is sketch #1 courtesy of Ally from the DT.

I took lots of picture of Jacob on the bouncy castle a few weeks ago at a party. The sun was really bright and he had his hat on so I didn't get any great ones, the sketch was great because I could the photos into circles and the focus was on Jacob.

For every layout you collect a bithday decal and here is my first one.

Can't wait to start the net one.

Time to Party - 8pm Saturday Challenge

Not too bad. I've managed to complete three challenges so far. I'm determined to do one more before I go to bed. Part of me wants to get cracking right away and part of wants to wait ten minutes to find out what the next challenge will be!

So, here is my layout for the 8pm challenge. I already had these photos printed off and a plan for them. That plan was sketch #31 from Capture these sketches. So I've combined the two challenges. I've decided to enter this on Shimelle's blog and just to use the sketch as inspiration.

(For some reason blogger has decided that it should be sideways. As I took this picture with the flash I shall replace it in the morning anyway.)

Getting back to normal

Well, I can't believe how long it has been since I blogged. Life has been a little overwhelming so far this year. I think with pretty much everything changing in our world made me just want to hide away for a bit. I don't think the terrible wintry weather helped much. I took a break from lots of things for a couple of months, including scrapbooking. However the last few weeks I have been feeling much more like my normal self and the paper trimmer and double-sided tape has come out again.

Here are my layouts from the last couple of weeks. I have used a combination of Capture these Sketches and Pencillines sketches as a basis. Enjoy.

Recent Scrapbooking

Here are my layouts from December. I would normally upload them one by one as I go but, life has just been busy.

So, this one is from our day at Martin Mere feeding the ducks over the summer. This is based on sketch 165 over at pencil lines.

My brother graduated in 2008. I think I put this one off because I look so terrible in the photo, but finally bit the bullet early one morning in December while everyone was still in bed.

Another family day out in the summer holiday. A visit to Stockley farm. I think it might've been the only day that week when it rained, but was the only day Mike was off work. I used this sketch from Capture these Sketches blog.

I had this layout in my head from around the middle of December, but didn't manage to scrap it until Jan 2nd. This is a picture from Jacob's Christmas party in 2008, he is with his nursery key worker very reluctantly meeting Father Christmas. The idea came from The Studio December 16th challenge. You can read about it here. I didn't use any Christmas themed products for this layout (as per the challenge). 

I love this photo of Jacob and Daniel. Extremely posed, trying to take a good photo of thenm both from my nanna for Christmas.

Here is my sleeping beauty. I've been dying to crack open this pack of paper wimsies from sassafrass lass.

Hope you like them xx

Come On Daddy

I managed to complete another layout yesterday afternoon while Mike was in charge of the boys. These photos were taken on a trip to Chester Zoo. Jacob loves running from one animal enclosure to another calling "Come on Daddy".  It was dark when I photographed it looks much better in real life.

I used Sketch 21 from Lets capture these sketches blog. Thaks for a fab sketch. I'm just loving all the fabulous challenge blogs at the moment.