I've had time to scrap!

This week I have managed to do a bit of scrapbooking at home, quite a rare occurrence really as I am usually busy making things for other people. I have also been busy making cards for my family as it is both my childrens birthdays next week and it is my wedding Anniversary on Sunday. I also made Darling husband a family tree album of his relatives. Hope he likes it.
Here are the pages I have done this week.

I went to a new crop on Saturday but did not manage to do any scrapbooking at all as I was making a Christmas organizer for my daughters birthday. Regrettably I forgot to take a photo of it as I was in such a hurry to get it wrapped the same evening so she could take it back with her.

My Little Princess

I made this Crown for my Grandaughter as she is going to a birthday party and they all have to dress up as a Princess and wear a crown so I grabbed the chance to make her one.


I also finished this necklace last night, it is suppose to resemble buds of flowers and leaves. It sparkles beautifully! I have started another one but this time I am using glass flowers and leaves instead.

New Jewellery

Hi all, been busy as usual, this time I have made some more jewellery and I think it is gorgeous; admit it is not your every day style but it is very pretty all the same. have placed it in the wedding jewellery on my website as it is rather special. Hope you like it as much as I do.


I have also done a scrapbook of my fathers old Army photos, he had them in an album but it fell apart and they were not mounted very well at all. At least I have managed to salvage most of it, something I think the rest of my family would be pleased about too!

Visit to the Zoo

It's been quite a while since my last update, I've been busy updating my website sjccrafts.com and have not had time to do much else recently; It's surprising how much time it takes.

We have managed some time out and spent a couple of days with our Grandaughter. She celebrated her second birthday last week and we took her to Whipsnade zoo on Monday. We all had a fantastic day, very tiring but great. I know what will be keeping me busy for the next week or so, I will be putting together a scrapbook as a memento from the day.

Have a great weekend

Have been rather busy this week trying to finish a book and box for a customer plus make cards for my Grandaughters 2nd Birthday. I can't believe it is 2 years already!

I used my Robo to cut the Niece card and the scallop circle mat. Makes a change from using ths Cricut and now I have it on my desk and connected all the time it makes it much easier to choose which machine I will use.






I am looking forward to tomorrow as I am going to Capture the Magic in Cambridgeshire, I have never been to this store before and am told that it is quite large so will be like a kid in a candy store; not that I need any stash but it's always nice to see what is on offer?!?!

Well hope you all have a great weekend what ever you are doing.

Sunday Crop

Yesterday was crop day with friends and a portion of my stash, but most valued is the the part where I get to leave the house for a few hours and have conversation!! It has been particularly hard for me this week as it has been so hot...not that I am complaining, I usually like the heat but for some reason it was particularly hard this time on my legs and feet as the heat has made them swell and they have been exceptionally painful... I am now grateful for a little restbite from the heat.

Here are the LO I did yesterday...

The first LO is of friends we met in Cyprus last year, we met up this March in Spain as they live reasonably close to my parents. The papers I used are from the Basic Grey Marrakech collection. I love the Blue!.

I decided I should scrap some photo's that I have sitting in my drawer as a change from photo's of my Grandaughter, I have so many!

This one is of my son making silly faces; It would have been taken in the late 80's.
I used Basic Grey papers again on this LO from the Oh Baby collection.



This is the first LO I have done for Halloween, the photo's were taken in the early 90's when we lived in Germany. The papers have been in my stash since I first started to scrap, about 4 years ago!

I did start another LO but did not quite so will have to post it next timefinish. it

Saturday's Beading Class

This is the necklace I started at the beading class on Saturday; It's very summery and it was surprisingly easy to make; and the best thing about it is that it can be worn with lots of different outfits due to the colour scheme. Hope you like it?