Setting Stones in PMC

I took a class on Saturday in 'Setting Stones in PMC' and once again really enjoyed it! I didn't get as much done as I would have liked but I am looking forward to putting into practice what I learnt. This is the one thing I got completed, well I say completed but I still have to polish it up some more. I hope to get the other sorted today but as with all new things I don't have all the equipment I really need so not sure if I can without buying more stuff.... crafty hobbies are expensive aren't they! This morning I spent some time looking on the internet for books, there are so many out there making it difficult to decided which to get so if you have any suggestions?....

I finished it!

Well it was started at the crop but I couldn't finish it as I didn't have the neccecaries. I must say though that I did learn a lesson and that is double spreads need to be done at the same time! Having received a photo of one of my daughters with her children I took it along to a Scrapaholics crop as it was black and white and I thought it would work well with the information I had. It did! I am really proud of it, especially as it was only my second ever page. Then my other daughter gave me a fabulous photo of her and her children and I decided that although it was colour it would go well with the other. Of course that is where the trouble began... I had used almost all the papers from the first page and it was done in another place where others had kindly lent me bits and pieces, inks etc. I didn't have enough of the original supplies left to do it exactly the same but with some manoeuvring I think I managed a fair job and they are side by side in my scrapbook. It was only as I finished that I remembered the actual colour I used for the embossed bits... it was mine but, oh well, to late! Must say I wasn't to impressed with my new glue pen but that's another story, suffice to say I won't sell them! As for paper the Periphery Collection Pack was my saviour! It included some paper that in the same colourways so I managed to do it with a bit of cut pieces hidden under photos! All in all it worked out ok I think....

As always my photography is rubbish although I did learn some things on Paintshop Pro while sorting out the little ones!

National Scrapbooking Day yesterday

I had the great pleasure of joining in with Modscraps crop and great fun it was to! I am not very good at scrapping but who cares as long as it gives me pleasure! Not only that but we all have to start somewhere don't we! Some of the girls who go to Modscraps do produce some incredible work. If I thought that someday I may be half as good I would be happy! I have included a page I did finish but I am part way through another which I need to finish. What to take to a crop is still something I need to sort out as I never seem to have what I want when I go. Perhaps a little more forward thinking on my part would help but as I am so disorganised and lacking knowledge I have no idea what to do until I arrive - some day, Please God, I may break the cycle and actually know what I am intending to do so I can ensure I have the right equipment. For example I scan and print off photos I want to use but usually not until the morning I am going. Some of the girls there yesterday had hundreds of photos... it gave them some choice whereas I just had a couple and could only work with them. Not much help when we had surprise papers which really didn't go with my photos. Ah well it's ok as long as I enjoy myself! The page I have shown was done for one of yesterdays challenges which was to use a black background. The patterned paper was one I happened to have with me. Elisa is a very bubbly person and the spots texture on the background piece and patterned paper is representative of this. I was able to use the bubble alphabet to compliment it, thank you to the person who lent it to me!