I was trying to create a "manly" page but some flowers did creep on, I think the overall feel is ok though and there is no pink in sight!
A few weeks ago I bought the Tim Holtz tattered florals dies, I just had to have them but didn't actually use them until this weekend. I have to say though that I really love them, to create this embellishment I cut out one of each of the dies, inked the edges and them scrumpled up each flower before layering them up. I added a punched circle for the centre and a little butterfly to add some extra interest. I can see I am going to be using these a lot.
When I got to the retreat I was allocated a room that could easily have doubled as a broom cupboard, when one of the other girls said that she had been given a room she didn't need as she was sharing I asked if I could change. I am so glad that I did, my new room was a lot bigger and had a lovely view over the garden and this huge tree. There were quite a few squirrels playing in the grounds as well which I could watch from my window.
On Saturday morning Linda, Lisa and I went for a walk down into Sidmouth. It was a beautiful day really hot and sunny, Sidmouth is a really pretty town with lots of public gardens which are so well manicured. I just had to take some photos of these.
We decided that this was a conkey, from behind it looked much more like a cow than a donkey but from the front it was definitely a donkey...hence conkey :)
I will pop a few more photos on tomorrow but my bed is calling now, back to work tomorrow.
I did this page for Sarahs Cards, all the details are over on the shop blog if you fancy a look.
My tote is all packed now ready for my weekend of scrapping and I have to be honest I found it really hard deciding what I needed to take as I needed everything in my craft room! I think the more stash you acquire the harder it gets especially with tools, I don't want to "need" to use just the one that I don't take. I have even contemplated squeezing in my sewing machine! I think it is a good job we have a big car.
I am off for a weekend of scrapping on Friday and I can't wait! It is relatively local as well which is even better, only about an hours drive away so hopefully I will have lots of layouts and photos to share with you next week.
This flower was really simple to make, I pulled the cotton from the ends of a cotton bud and trimmed the little blue stick so that it was the length I wanted. I then cut a piece of paper that was longer than the stick and used some really strong double sided tape all over the back of it. I covered the stick with the paper squashing down both the ends which overlapped the stick. For the flower pot I just hand cut a pot shape and stuck one of the squashed paper ends of the stick to it then attached it to the page using foam pads to add extra dimension. I used punched to create the flower and hand cut some leaf shapes.
We bought her a spongebob birthday cake which had big icing eyes, she decided to try the eyes on for size which just had to be photographed. I just had to add a punched butterfly to her nose for effect. Definitley a photo that I am going to have to scrap.
As promised here is another one of the layouts that I created for my flowers article, I love using my circle punches to create scalloped borders now. It is so easy to do and I really like the effect. I used some papers by Crate called Brook, the colours are gorgeous and not too girly for a change, turquoise is definitley Emilys colour.
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