tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26081896249076863762024-02-19T11:28:37.902+00:00Lottie Loves PaperSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827855434409808436noreply@blogger.comBlogger239125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2608189624907686376.post-14437364159986162372016-02-09T14:51:00.000+00:002016-02-09T14:51:13.033+00:00Introducing Lottie Loves Paper<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Let me introduce you to Lottie Loves Paper ....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As some of you will know I used to run a bricks and mortar and online craft store. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I miss it! A lot!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, for several months I have been thinking long and hard about starting a little Scrapbooking business again and after many, many discussions with my hubby and with some very close friends, I eventually came to realise that in life, sometimes you simply to have to follow your dreams and grab every opportunity that may come your way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And, so earlier this year, Lottie Loves Paper became more than a dream, and things are quickly beginning to fall into place to make it all happen!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Lottie Loves Paper will primarily focus on </span><b><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Embellishments </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and pretty accessories. You know, all those pretty, little embellies that make your scrapbook pages special. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There will be paper too, afterall I </span><i><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">LOVE </span></b></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Paper but our main </span><i><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"Thing"</span></b></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> is to stock embellishments. There will be </span><b><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Kits </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">as well. I will be carefully selecting products from leading manufacturers as well as from smaller, lesser known companies and always on the look out for something a little bit different to give your layouts or projects that special finishing touch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We have a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LottieLovesPaper">Facebook Page</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lottielovespaper/">Instagram</a>, where you can also keep up to date with all our news as we prepare to launch the very first "Lottie Loves Paper" Kits.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I hope you will join me on this journey!</span></div>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827855434409808436noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2608189624907686376.post-90050255380863928762015-06-11T13:01:00.001+01:002015-06-25T16:24:25.104+01:00Cream Tea Layout & A Scrapbook Process Video<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div>
I am sorry for the lack of blogging lately! I have been having some internet connection problems lately.<br>
I recently treated myself to some new scrappy goodies .... The true stories collection by Shimelle Laine.<br>
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Here's the 1st layout I made with my new stash<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigjQI-1ol2R1gkfAPJar9YGDsGQKgIvBtOnhrhpvPEXIhyps1iRs7J-_5mAzsnOngivb3XLigrlXojKtQIFEZdXRNvVgwqpKgIaFSUPBwPVp5fanlMBybBZe2JM4wHRFBaFDgtC1x_KFXo/s640/blogger-image-1935317799.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigjQI-1ol2R1gkfAPJar9YGDsGQKgIvBtOnhrhpvPEXIhyps1iRs7J-_5mAzsnOngivb3XLigrlXojKtQIFEZdXRNvVgwqpKgIaFSUPBwPVp5fanlMBybBZe2JM4wHRFBaFDgtC1x_KFXo/s640/blogger-image-1935317799.jpg"></a></div><br>
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I made a video to show you the supplies:<br>
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And I also made a youtube video to show the process of making the layout using those supplies.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://youtu.be/_iIgEP2Xnmc">http://youtu.be/_iIgEP2Xnmc</a><br>
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<br></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827855434409808436noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2608189624907686376.post-34098737071377640052015-05-07T16:40:00.000+01:002015-05-07T16:40:22.280+01:00Family Selfie Layout<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you saw my last layout <a href="http://www.sjpapercrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/one-more-selfie-layout.html">here</a>, you might be seeing a theme appearing!! Selfies!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This photo was taken on a winter's walk - don't be deceived by the blue sky in the background but take note of the woolly hats - it was very cold!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I began by layering up some patterned papers onto which I would later put my photo (which I had already matted onto white card). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then cut small pieces of paper taken from a Simple Stories 6 " x 6" pad into banner shapes which I would later tuck under the left hand side. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before adhering it all into place I created some </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">faux stitching (which you can see on the black arrow paper and on the banner pieces) I used a "pokey tool" to make the holes and then joined up the holes with a white gel pen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I stamped the camera and coloured it, added the clip, cork stars and a title and called it "done"!</span></div>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827855434409808436noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2608189624907686376.post-31109195569462589422015-05-05T17:07:00.001+01:002015-05-05T17:07:54.162+01:00One More Selfie Layout<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you are the parent of young teenagers or "tweens" (10-12 year olds) you will, no doubt, know all about the obsession with selfies for this age group!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For this layout I took inspiration from <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/534802524476004775/">this layout</a> by Els Brige. Although I loved the banners on Els's layout, they didn't work for me as my photo was slightly larger than hers so I dcided to layer up some 6 x 6 papers from the Crate "Notes and Things" paper pad behind my photo. The diagonal thin striped paper at the back is still a 6" x 6" sheet but I cut it in half and adhered it with a gap between the two pieces so that the paper would show on both sides of the photo mat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used a Stampin' up heart stencil to create the hearts on the background cardstock.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I loved this photo that my daughter took of herself on her mobile phone whilst out on a family winter walk and couldn't wait to scrap it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have you scrapped selfies that your family have taken of themselves?</span></div>
<br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827855434409808436noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2608189624907686376.post-9324316042507039932015-05-01T17:07:00.001+01:002015-05-01T17:07:12.436+01:00Branscombe Beach Layout - a layout for NSD<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello & a very happy National Scrapbooking Day (or weekend!) to you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Officially NSD is tomorrow (2nd May) but as I am participating in a Cyber Crop over on a scrapbooking Facebook Group, which starts this evening and this layout is for one of the challenges on there, here I am posting today!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 ) Use a recently purchased item of stash - can be a new sheet of paper, a new tool or a new embellishment or something else .... whatever was your most recent purchase.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used a total mix of supplies - the papers are Simple Stories and American Crafts, the alphas are AC Thickers and some very old Jenni Bowlin stickers I've had for ages. There's some basic Grey chipboard pieces, wood veneers and enamel dots on there too. The lovely wood anchor is from Jennifer's <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/HappyScatter?ref=em">Happy Scatter Etsy shop</a> - the anchor embellishment was just perfect for this page as this beach is where the container ship Napoli ran aground back in 2007 and the ship's anchor now stands on the beach on display.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">My recently purchased roller stamp was put to good use - I stamped "memories" on the top of the journaling card and added the arrows just above. I then added some more stamped elements (from a different set of stamps) with the date and the little hearts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A few weeks ago I spent the weekend tucked away in a converted barn in the countryside with 9 other scrapbookers!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was a wonderful few days filled with laughter, fun, yummy food and surrounded by pretty paper! Bliss! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Over my next few posts I'll be sharing the layouts I made on that weekend with you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Taking inspiration from <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/534802524476457735/">this layout</a> on my Pinterest Board, I layered up some patterned papers and sticker (mainly Crate Paper Maggie Holmes collection but there may be some Flea Market in there too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I added lots of different textures with some cork alphas for my title, a cork arrow sticker, wood veneer hearts, enamel dots, a resin flower and twine on the tag. The layout is finished off with a few droplets of pink ink.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'll be back soon to show you another page from that weekend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These are made up with some slightly older patterned papers hence the great value price of the kits.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is Kit 1:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6 sheets of 12" x 12" patterned papers (3 x Teresa Collins Daily Stories, 2 x Crate Paper Flea Market, 1 Pink Paislee Hello Sunshine)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6 Cork Die Cuts (3 each of scallop circles & butterflies)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A small selection of wood embellishments - Each kit has a random selection but typical pieces are arrows, people, butterflies, hearts, chevrons, cameras.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Should you wish to purchase a kit, please e mail me at sarah_sjr (at) hotmail (dot) com stating which kit you require and your e mail address for a paypal invoice to be sent to you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We try to get up to London at least once a year, sometimes for a show or concert, for shopping, a museum visit or to see the sights of the city. It's something we all enjoy and a great way to spend time together as a family. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last year, as soon as we learned of the Tower of London poppies exhibition we all agreed we wanted to go and see it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, during October half term we booked our train tickets and off we went!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This layout is the first of several layouts which will record our day in London.</span></div>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827855434409808436noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2608189624907686376.post-75440253106658121412015-01-30T11:49:00.001+00:002015-01-30T11:49:32.933+00:00Derry Walls Layout - Amanda's Scraplift Challenge<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Very quick post from me today as time is fast running out to play along with <a href="http://amandas-scrapbook-pages.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/january-scraplift-challenge.html">Amanda's Scraplift challenge</a> and I wanted to get my layout entered before I have to go to work this afternoon!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used some gorgeous papers from the new <a href="http://www.wearcrafts.co.uk/department/simple-stories-life-documented/">Simple Stories "Life Documented"</a> collection and added various stickers from my stash, cork thickers for my title and the little green arrows are from a pack of Heidi Swapp Puffy stickers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for a great challenge, Amanda - look forward to the next one!</span></div>
<br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827855434409808436noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2608189624907686376.post-9722391374901185732015-01-12T21:56:00.000+00:002015-01-12T21:56:57.171+00:00"Granda's Tree" layout<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">During one of our trips over to stay with my hubby's family last year we visited his Granny and as it was a beautiful Spring day we were all out in her garden when I snapped this photo of my daughter stood by this beautiful tree. Sadly his Granda had passed a few months before but he loved this tree and tended it carefully for many, many years. We all said how the tree had never looked so good and was in full bloom in his memory! My daughter loved "Great Granda's tree" saying how pretty it was.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The gorgeous floral paper and the puffy heart stickers are both from Heidi Swapp's Favorite Things Collection. The "Life is Good" card is from Jennifer's "How Refreshing" collection from her <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/HappyScatter?ref=em">"Happy Scatter" Etsy Shop.</a> If you haven't yet had a look in her shop, do pop over as she has some lovely items.</span></div>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827855434409808436noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2608189624907686376.post-33137126691930394732014-12-30T17:08:00.000+00:002014-12-30T17:08:32.516+00:00River Photos Layout<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am keen to get my 2015 scrapping off to a great start so in preparation I've been having a bit of a sort out of my craft space recently and earlier today I found myself putting away some of my recent layouts. But before I put them in my albums I took a few photos as there was a fair few I've not yet shown you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First up is this "River Photos" layout, made at the recent <a href="http://sjpapercrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/scrapbook-retreat-beach-layouts.html">scrapbook weekend</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm lucky enough to live near both the beach and the River Stour and so tend to have a never ending supply of both beach and river photos to scrap. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This particular day was just another weekend stroll by the river ... with my daughter in the mood for posing for a few photos!! She only took a little bit of persuasion!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I took inspiration from this <a href="http://bellablvd.typepad.com/bella_blvd/2013/11/saturday-sketch.html">"Explore" layout</a> which I had <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/534802524474417119/">pinned</a> onto my Pinterest board quite a while ago. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used some Echo Park papers from their "This & That" Collection which I received in my "Secret Santa" gift on the retreat. Thanks to Paula for the loan of the gorgeous border punch and to <a href="http://comeinsidemycrazyhead.blogspot.co.uk/">Lisa-Jane</a> for the pink Cosmo Cricket "Tiny Text" stickers. The camera stamp is by Stampin Up and is coloured with pro marker pens. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A few weekends ago I was away on a Scrapbook Retreat with some lovely ladies including my good friends <a href="http://comeinsidemycrazyhead.blogspot.co.uk/">Lisa-Jane</a> and <a href="http://jennifergracecreates.com/">Jennifer</a>, staying in a beautiful barn deep in the Dorset countryside. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We spent our days chatting, eating yummy, home baked cakes, drinking tea/coffee/wine, enjoying leisurely strolls around the farm land and some of the ladies went in the swimming pool/hot tub/gym although I decided that wasn't really my "thing". There was much laughter and of course lots of playing with pretty papers!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I'm sharing two of the layouts, both feature photos taken from the same day out at the beach last Summer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm afraid I didn't take note of the papers I used as most of them were out of my "Scraps" Box. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been waiting for just the right layout to use this lovely <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/190119308/seaside-smiles-wood-veneer-shapes?ref=shop_home_active_5">Happy Scatter Sandcastle</a> wood piece on and I think it fits perfectly with these photos.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I added a couple of stickers, a splatter of gold Heidi Swapp Colour Shine and a few enamel dots and it was another fabulous "Beach Day" recorded and in the album.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For this page I used a photo of my daughter taken on the same beach trip as the first layout.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She loves to use her body board in the sea and will quite happily spend a whole afternoon splashing about and trying to "catch a wave"! This particular day she was using a brand new board purchased on the way to the beach as her old one had broken. It's a bigger board than her previous one and so she felt like a proper "Little Surfer Girl"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Papers and stickers are from Simple Stories "Good Day Sunshine" collection and I used my favourite Stampin Up Chevron punch to punch out the coloured chevrons from small scraps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for popping in today - please do leave me a comment to let me know you stopped by!</span></div>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827855434409808436noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2608189624907686376.post-91179264046491859082014-11-24T20:51:00.000+00:002014-11-24T20:51:00.148+00:00"Hello Santa" Layout<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A few months ago I was asked to create a layout for Scrapbook Magazine on the theme "Hello Santa" .... it's in the current issue No: 85 on sale now so I'm now able to show you at last.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The lovely Jen at <a href="http://www.wearcrafts.co.uk/">Wear Crafts</a> sent me the Simple Stories <a href="http://www.wearcrafts.co.uk/product/simple-stories-cozy-christmas-collection-kit/">Cozy Christmas collection kit</a> to work with and it was just perfect for this theme. I knew I had to use the "Hey Santa" 3" X 4" journal card as soon as I saw it in the pack!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">See the little red and white striped pieces just peeping out each side - I cut one of the 3" x 4" cards in half so I could tuck a piece in each side of the photo. This is something I often do with journal cards!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Simple Stories sticker sheet in the Collection pack has some lovely word stickers on it - I added "Wonder & Magic", "Ho Ho Ho" and "he's making a list" in 3 different areas of my page, adding a star and red gem to each making a visual triangle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The photo is one of my favourites of the many that I have of my daughter meeting Santa over the years. Even though it doesn't show her face, I love the twinkling lights and stacks of presents in Santa's grotto and I remember how she listened in earnest to him telling her to "make sure she goes straight to sleep on Christmas Eve!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, that's two layouts made with this kit (if you missed the other<a href="http://www.sjpapercrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/changes-and-christmas-scrapping.html"> it's here!</a>) and I'm already half way through a third page so I'll be back to show you that soon.</span></div>
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<br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827855434409808436noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2608189624907686376.post-88593897055461166802014-10-22T17:35:00.000+01:002014-10-22T17:35:13.158+01:00"Our Lovely Girl" Layout<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been scrapping and have several finished layouts to show you - it's just finding the time to photograph them in decent daylight and upload to the blog that I'm struggling with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, here's one that I made a couple of weeks ago at the Artful Angels Crop. I always enjoy going to this crop but it was even better this month as my lovely crafty friend <a href="http://jennifergracecreates.com/">Jennifer Grace</a> came along with me. It was her first visit to the crop and I think she had a fun and productive day and we had a great time scrapping, chatting and catching up. </span></div>
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<br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827855434409808436noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2608189624907686376.post-17884360977155617932014-09-26T11:54:00.000+01:002014-09-26T11:54:46.257+01:00Changes and Christmas Scrapping<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">September has been a busy month in our house. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A month that has seen a lot of changes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was quite sad to finally close the S J Crafts online shop although I know it is the right thing for me and my family. My daughter started the next phase of her life as she moved up to her new secondary school and has quickly settled into her new routine and enjoying the opportunities school now offers her! And Me?! I have started a new part time job! I can't believe how lucky I have been to land myself this little job which gives me all the school holidays off!! I'm very thankful for this next phase of life for me and my little family!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Recently I was lucky enough to work with the brand new Simple Stories <a href="http://www.wearcrafts.co.uk/product/simple-stories-cozy-christmas-collection-kit/">"Cozy Christmas" collection pack</a> from the lovely <a href="http://www.wearcrafts.co.uk/">Wear Crafts</a> for a magazine commission. Unfortunately I can't yet show you the layout for the magazine but I can show you this layout which I created with some of the left over papers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started off with a row of three photographs across the middle of the page. The word "Joy" and the stars in the bottom right corner were already on the paper as was the little gold strip on the top edge so I simply used these two areas as my start point to build up the design, adding the red striped border sticker (cut into small pieces), little stars, the gold "25 Dec" and word stickers (all from the sticker sheet which is included in the collection pack). I also die cut the larger red stars and the small woodgrain stars. The "Oh what fun it is" card is cut from one of the patterned papers in the kit and I added the heart sticker to match the red heart printed on the paper next to the word "joy". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I finished off with some metallic MME arrows, date stamp and a scattering of gems.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And here's a look at what you get in the collection pack:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A gorgeous selection of double sided papers and journal cards in traditional reds, greens, mixed with some woodgrain and more neutral creams and golds. The two sticker sheets have lots of really useful words and festive icons which I know I will use up on more layouts very soon.</span></div>
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<br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827855434409808436noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2608189624907686376.post-74160576775250138732014-08-28T21:50:00.000+01:002014-08-28T21:50:07.461+01:00Scrap 365 September Sketch<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love the monthly sketches over at the <a href="http://www.scrap365.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/lets-get-sketchy_15.html">Scrap365 blog</a> and one of the things I'm happy about since the shop closure is that I now have a little more scrappy time which means I can play along with a few of the challenges that pop up in blogland and on UK Scrappers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This one helps to draw the the across the page to the journalling and the title!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A few weeks ago I set the first <a href="http://www.sjpapercrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/start-to-finish-new-challenge.html">"Start to Finish" Challenge</a>, where I showed you the very early stages of a layout with just a few pieces of paper layered up and challenged you to copy the "Start" but to add further papers, photos and embellishments in whichever way you chose to. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Top left:</i> "Aren't you lovely" By <a href="http://beadsbuttonsandbirds.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/sjs.html">Laura</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Top right:</i> "Look at you" By <a href="http://www.artyfartyannie.com/2014/07/look-at-you.html">Annie</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Bottom left:</i> "Soakin' up the rays" By <a href="http://jackin-thebox.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/soakin-up-rays.html">Jackie</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10202360484955463&id=202470015865">Petrina!!</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Congratulations Petrina - please drop me an e mail to sarah_sjr at hotmail (dot) com with your address so I can get a little prize off to you!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I recently got my hands on some of the lovely Highline collection by Basic Grey, the colours and embellishments are just perfect for scrapping photos of my daughter!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sometimes I find it tricky to find collections suitable for older children (past the cute/princess/disney stage but not yet a teenager!) but the bright, funky pinks and oranges mixed with the black were spot on!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you to everyone who played along with <a href="http://www.sjpapercrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/july-challenge-1-of-five.html">July's challenge</a>. There were some lovely entries and I'll be back soon with some of my favourites and also a few favourites from June's challenge too (as I've realised I've not done those yet!) and of course the winners of the prizes (chosen at random) for both challenges.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another page from our Ibiza holiday from a few years ago using some new papers and stickers from the Simple Stories "Good Day Sunshine" collection. My older stash includes the washi tape that I've had for a while, the red thickers and some very old Prima e. pearls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A few days ago, I showed you the very start of a layout. A few sheets of patterned paper layered to make the "bare bones" of a layout and explained that the idea behind this new challenge series is to help overcome that "scrappers block" that so many scrappers tell me they get when they sit down to create. If you missed that post you can catch up on it <a href="http://www.sjpapercrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/start-to-finish-new-challenge.html">here!</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why not play along with this challenge and instead of pushing papers around for 20 minutes or so .... Cut into them and stick them down in the same position as the "start" layout. Simply copy it .... and then add your own photos and embellishments to finish off your layout in any way you choose.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With my papers already layered I had a nice base for adding my photos. I trimmed 2 journal cards down and tucked the "these boots are made for walking" card underneath the smaller photo and placed the other card (pink with the # phrases on it) above the larger photo to balance it out. Some <a href="http://www.sjpapercrafts.co.uk/washi-tape-twine--ribbon-56-c.asp">washi tape</a>, tiny hearts (punched from the rest of the pink journal card), <a href="http://www.sjpapercrafts.co.uk/studio-calico--essentials--chipboard-hearts-redpink-5531-p.asp">chipboard hearts</a>, <a href="http://www.sjpapercrafts.co.uk/enamel-dots--gems-115-c.asp">enamel dots</a>, a few stickers and a title and I was almost done. I added some journalling to tell the story of a very muddy walk in the forest. To finish off my layout I flicked on a few drops of <a href="http://www.sjpapercrafts.co.uk/heidi-swapp-colour-shine-455-c.asp">Heidi Swapp Pink Colour Shine.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you want to play along, start off your layout by copying the <a href="http://www.sjpapercrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/start-to-finish-new-challenge.html">"start"</a>of this layout by positioning your papers in the same, or a similar placement (if your papers work better slightly higher/lower/further over to one side then go ahead and change it up slightly ) and then you are free to carry on to finish your layout in anyway you choose.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use the linky tool that can be found on <a href="http://www.sjpapercrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/start-to-finish-new-challenge.html">the first "Start" post</a> to link us up so we can come and see. Remember to take a photo of your start layout before you add your photos and embellishments as well as a photo of your finished page.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the things I often hear Scrapbookers say is "I don't know where to start with a layout". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have you ever been in the position where you've managed to squeeze in some scrapping time into your busy week and you've sat down at your craft desk and chosen a photo or photos from your stack of "To Scrap" and picked out a few sheets of pretty paper that you want to use ..... and then you spend the next 20 minutes (or even more) deliberating what to do next??!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you stare at the paper, thinking "Which way should I cut into the paper" .... "How big shall I cut?" .... "Can I even bear to cut it - it's so pretty!" .... "Should I stick that piece horizontal or vertical?" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, if it sounds even a little bit like you (maybe just sometimes) then this challenge is especially for you!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will show you a layout in it's very early stages, which you can then copy!! Yep, no thinking about it - just grab your trimmer and cut and stick!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can cut full sheets of paper to the same size or you can use scraps that are about the same size - afterall it's always good to use up those scraps, right?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once you've got the basics in place, you just need to add your photo(s) and finish it off with embellishments however you choose to. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So many scrappers tell me it's getting started that is the hard bit so hopefully this challenge will help with that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once your layout is finished, upload it to your blog, online gallery or our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/S-J-Crafts/202470015865?ref_type=bookmark">Facebook Page</a> with a photo of your "Start" and a 2nd photo of your "Finished" layout and then use the Linky Tool at the bottom of this post to share your layout with us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So here's the Start:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The background is a full 12" x 12" sheet (you could "gut" the centre if you wanted to and keep that spare piece for another project) or you could use plain cardstock for your background if you prefer. Add another paper (I used the yellow spotty paper) cut to 11" x 11" layered on top, a vertical panel measuring 3.5" x 11" placed towards the left hand edge then I layered a scrap (the light blue flowery piece) which was about 8.5" x 6" on top. Finally I added the yellow camera piece of paper which is actually a 6" x 4" Simple Stories card on top.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course, if you feel you need to move the papers slightly or adhere them higher/lower than I did or use slightly different sizes then go ahead. As long as it gets you started on that layout!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Firstly, thank you so much for all the lovely emails, messages and comments in response to my<a href="http://www.sjpapercrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/some-news.html"> recent news</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For those that have asked me "Will you still be scrapbooking?" .... Yes, most definitely! I will still continue to make layouts. I have a whole mountain of photos to scrap so I have to get those into the albums. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And yes, I will still pop up from time to time in your blog reader (don't forget there are bloglovin' and feedly "follow" buttons on the sidebar if you fancy making use of those)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The monthly challenges that I started earlier this year will continue (in fact July's challenge is <a href="http://www.sjpapercrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/july-challenge-1-of-five.html">right here</a>) and there will be layouts, sketches, ideas and even more challenges to keep you happily scrapping popping up right here soon. And for those of you that were with us last year, there is even a little rumour that <a href="http://www.sjpapercrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/introducing-six-cards-on-6th.html">"Six on the 6th"</a> (or something very similar) may be making a return appearance!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, that's a quick update .... and in other news....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.... this is a layout which I made for Scrapbook Magazine Issue 82 (Currently on sale)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started off with a sheet of plain white cardstock and spritzed a little light green <a href="http://www.sjpapercrafts.co.uk/inks-and-mists-147-c.asp">Mister Huey ink</a> onto it quite lightly. I knew the photo mat would go in the centre and cover the area of intense ink spray so that just the lighter splatters would show at the edges of the photo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I then built up the page with patterned papers from the <a href="http://www.sjpapercrafts.co.uk/capture-life-collection-just-arrived-459-c.asp">Capture Life collection</a>, tucking the "Today" journal card in the left hand side and adding stickers (some raised up on foam dots).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The scattered stickers, <a href="http://www.sjpapercrafts.co.uk/essentials-collection-just-arrived-428-c.asp">chipboard stars and hearts</a>, <a href="http://www.sjpapercrafts.co.uk/wood--cork-embellishments-265-c.asp">cork arrow & camera</a>, wood "yummy" and <a href="http://www.sjpapercrafts.co.uk/enamel-dots--gems-115-c.asp">enamel dots</a> help to bring the eye in towards the photo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm trying to create more layouts about our everday life recently. I realised I tend to scrap our holidays, days out, birthdays and so on but sometimes I forget the more everyday stuff, like visiting our local coffee shop where my daughter has grown rather fond of their chococinos (they're a little like a cappuccino but no coffee, just hot chocolate!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you scrap the everyday stuff? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you use "pocket page" style scrapbooking for documenting your daily activities or do you still make 12" x 12" layouts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There's lots of texture on this layout - wood, cork, chipboard, enamel, ink ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have a wonderful day and don't forget to check out the <a href="http://www.sjpapercrafts.co.uk/">Closing Down Sale!</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There's still loads of bargains!</span></div>
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<br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827855434409808436noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2608189624907686376.post-40212791387871526692014-07-04T13:02:00.000+01:002014-07-10T22:25:31.410+01:00Some News!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is with mixed emotions that I write this blog post ....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As many of you will know I have been involved in the craft retail industry for around 7 years, initially working in a Bricks and Mortar shop, which I then took over as owner to starting and running S J Crafts for the last 3 years!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sometimes in life our priorities change.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In those seven years my priorities have changed a few times ... at first it was to gain my dream job in a craft shop and then to start my own business .... to be able to work from home so that I could do the school run and "be there" for my young daughter .... to get my work published in a scrapbooking magazine .... to establish and then buildup my on line shop in the craft world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is therefore with some sadness that I tell you that the S J Crafts on line shop is closing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you may know there is currently a Summer Sale in the <a href="http://www.sjpapercrafts.co.uk/">shop</a>. There will be a Closing Down sale with further reductions all across the store, although please do bear with me whilst I get that up and running.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the moment it is my intention to continue with the monthly challenges (with examples from the Design Team) here on the blog and to regularly post my craft projects to share with you. I would love it if lots of you will continue to follow the blog and play along with the challenges.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been lucky to work with six very talented ladies - Louise, Lisa-Jane, Jennifer, Jenny, Annie and Jemma, some of whom have been on the S J Crafts Design Team since the early days. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These ladies have all been wonderful to work with and I continue to be in awe of their crafting talents - thank you to all of them! I'm happy to say that most of them have agreed to stay on to design samples for the monthly challenges.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will post separately very soon to thank each of them properly and provide you links to their blogs should you wish to continue to follow their crafting journeys.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you to each and everyone of you who has shopped with us, come along to a class or a crop, joined in the challenges, chatted on facebook, visited the blog, commented on a post .... I have become friends with many of you (albeit some online) and sincerely hope to stay in touch either through blogging, facebook or the crops.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you and please do get ready to shop in the Closing Down Sale so that I can reclaim by craft room/dining room soon!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The idea for this challenge is that you choose 1 out of the five shapes/symbols to include on your project, 1 of the five phrases as your title or inspiration/theme and 1 of the five colours to include on your project.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Shapes/symbols are: <b>Butterfly - Banner - Star (or this could be a sun) - arrow - circle.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The Phrases : Summer Days - Right Now - You and Me - Explore - The Story ... </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">* You don't need to include the exact phrase but something very similar .... I need to be able to see the link *</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://just-jimjams.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jemma</a> had fun with an Easter photo from last year and some very <i>ancient </i>stash (the Christina Cole Life Happens paper from 2006). </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The page started life with the </span><a href="http://miniowner.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/june-sketch-challenge.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">June sketch</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> by MiniOwner but ended up elsewhere! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Louise used a photo taken a few weeks ago with Heidi Swapp products</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">from the <a href="http://www.sjpapercrafts.co.uk/s-j-crafts-scrapbook-kit--april-2014--dreamy-kit-new-6009-p.asp">April Kit</a> along with the new Heidi Swapp <a href="http://www.sjpapercrafts.co.uk/heidi-swapp-mini-stencils--shapes-new-6263-p.asp">shapes stencils</a> and <a href="http://www.sjpapercrafts.co.uk/heidi-swapp-colour-shine--pink-6044-p.asp">pink color shine</a>, Tim Holtz <a href="http://www.sjpapercrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-layering-stencil--stars-x28ths008x29-new-6238-p.asp">stars layering stencil</a> and<a href="http://www.sjpapercrafts.co.uk/mini-distress-ink-pads--kit-4-new-6100-p.asp"> inks</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Annie used a photo from back in 1982, when her son was just starting to explore his little world. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The design was inspired by a</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qY0wzUjCu8" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Glitter Girl video</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and uses 3x4 cut-aparts from the collection, so it will co-ordinate perfectly with a pocket page layout using more photos from around the same time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The weather down here on the south coast has been glorious the last few weeks (although a bit cloudy today!) and the sunshine and warmth reminds me of holidays we've been on and this makes me want scrap my holiday pics!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This photo was from a holiday in Ibiza a few years ago and of course we took a whole load of photos of the scenery and each other but we had none of all 3 of us .... until the very last morning when we stopped for a drink in a little beachside cafe and realising the lack of "Us" photos asked the waitress to take a photo! Selfies weren't so popular then!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The title stickers are some old Jenni Bowlin alphas which were just the right red to remind me of the hot sun and matched my t-shirt. I kept the embellishment quite simple with a few more stickers, a resin flower and a "Summer" Flair badge from my stash (sorry I can't remember the brand/collection of some of the embellishments), <a href="http://www.sjpapercrafts.co.uk/wood--cork-embellishments-265-c.asp">cork arrows and a cork camera</a> (with a red enamel dot on top), a handful of <a href="http://www.sjpapercrafts.co.uk/enamel-dots--gems-115-c.asp">enamel dots </a>and some drops of <a href="http://www.sjpapercrafts.co.uk/heidi-swapp-colour-shine-455-c.asp">Colour Shine gold mist.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Down in the bottom left corner I stamped the little aeroplane and added the date. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I'm making a layout, I try to include a whole variety of different textures. So, apart from paper I'll aim to use at least 3 other textures. On this page I have cork, metal (the flair badge), the resin flower, enamel (dots), chipboard (the "live in the sun" embellie is a chip piece!) ink and mist so I think I've acheived (and exceeded) the three textured elements on this page. You could try including lace, ribbon, twine, thread, felt, acetate, vellum, buttons ....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've also just seen that my daughter's cuddly bunny named Flopsy also sneaked into the photo and as she was her constant companion on the holiday I think I will add another line or two of journalling about Flopsy being in the photo too!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you scrap holiday photos from years gone by when the weather reminds you of that holiday?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have you ever added extra journalling to a layout after you thought it was all done?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you've made a holiday layout recently or included lots of different textures on a recent project or this post inspires you to do so, please do leave a link in the comments so we can stop by and see your work or why not post your layout to our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/S-J-Crafts/202470015865?ref_type=bookmark">facebook page</a> - we'd love to see it!!</span></div>
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