Sketchy Thursday's and Colour room

Hi all,

I have a LO to share today and pics of the lovely stash I bought at Alexandra Palace last weekend. :)

First up, the LO.
I really liked the look of this week's Sketchy Thursday's sketch, so had to have a go and use it. It's also been quite a while since I took part in a colour challenge, so thought I would this time. I really love colour challenges, and often look at the Colour Room's weekly palettes, so this week I decided to use their gorgeous current palette. The combination of the two challenges left me with this LO :)

Here's the sketch

And here's the colour palette

This sketch was such a great sketch to use, and I love that collection of colours, the deep red, white, pale yellow and pale brown looks great together :)

I hope you like the LO, here are a few close ups

 Seeing as the LO is all about my art, and the long summers spent drawing for my art GCSE (even on our family holidays!!) I decided to actually sketch a little on the LO. I have seen others do this, so thought I'd give it a go and quite like it. I have also stitched a grid behind the two focal areas with a sewing machine, and numbered it, to mimic the type of grid you draw in art when you are copying from a photo etc.

 This rose has been created following Sutty's most recent flower tutorial, I just had to try them :)

I have used lots of washi tape on this LO. I LOVE this stuff, it is absolutely super. On this LO I have used washi tape bought from John Lewis (the colours were such a great match) and also some of the new hambly screen print washi tape (bought at Ally Pally)

Edited to add : I have just had a lovely comment from Beth Moore telling me about The Kraft Journal challenges. I am so pleased she has introduced me to this challenge, I love Kraft so it's the perfect place for me :) I have linked up this LO to their current challenge, 'lavish layers' :)

So, now onto Ally Pally.

Mum and I had a great day, we really enjoyed it. It's a long time since we last went to the show, and it really made us realise how much our styles of crafting has changed. We were walking past stalls that once would have caught our attention for ages. 

Anyway, it was beautiful weather, so the walk up from the station was lovely. The building is so gorgeous.

Mum took this photo using her iPhone (love this app, I want an iPhone too now :)

We spent a good few hours at the show, and I spent most of the money I'd saved :) Here's what it was spent on

Do you see that moustache Hambly Screen Print? Yes...well I was extremely excited to see it there, so excited I bought 2 of them!! I have been looking for this for quite a while, I have photos that I've been waiting to scrap, just so I can use this once I had it. So pleased :D 

A lovely little collection of embellishments. I LOVE those little retro style appliances, I just had to have those. Also, do you see the scalloped calico ribbons? These are great, so versatile, I have used these in the LO above, spritzed with ink through a stencil :)

And lastly, this little collection of goodies :)

There were a great collection of stalls there, and I can't wait to get tucking into more of my new stash.

One of the highlights of the day for me though was helping out on the Scrap Revolution stall. I spent 2 hours helping out, restocking, working on the tills, and it was really good fun. It was also lovely to see my kit LO on display :) Speaking of which, the tutorial for the flower I created for the kit LO has been posted on the scrap revolution blog, so do take a look :)

Thanks for looking, sorry it has been such a picture heavy post, well done for surviving through it :)

Bye for now,

Hannah :)

P.S. Have you heard about the new UK scrap magazine, SCRAP365? It is amazing, I came across it a few days ago as some of the lovely people I follow are on the new fabby DT. Do check it out, I am so pleased to hear we will soon have a great UK scrap magazine, I've really missed not having a magazine since Scrapbook Inspirations stopped. I subscribed at Ally Pally, so can't wait for the first issue to arrive in November :)

Pretty Paper and Chipboard stories

Wow, I've just been directed to this blog by someone advertising the gorgeous blog candy she has on offer. Take a look ....

.... doesn't it look lovely. :D
Her blog is great, and for your chance to win these goodies, take a look here. 
Hannah :)

'A' fab day

Hi everyone, this will be quite a big post.

I don't know where the time has gone or why it has been so long since my last post.

I'm sure everyone knows that today was A level results day. I took AS maths early as a GCSE class, and have been to collect my result for it today. I have basically taken an AS level in Statistics and my result ....... an A. I am so pleased with that, I needed a high mark in the 3rd module to receive an A overall and I managed it, getting 91/100. :D I'm a very happy bunny.

Now to some scrapbooking. I have finished my whole Jessica Sprague Up + Running class now, here are the layouts created from lesson 3 and 4.

I have followed this lesson exactly and although the colours wouldn't be my first choice for those photos I quite like the finished piece.

I have changed some elements in this lesson 4 page. I haven't used the title word art provided instead using a Dawn Inskip Alphabet I have purchased. I decided to do my layout about my crafting area.

I learnt so much from the course, it's just a shame I haven't had time since to do any digi scrapping.

Instead I have been doing proper scrapbooking, decorating more pages for my Prom book. I have managed 2 more pages.

(By the way I hope you like my copyright stamp I've created using fabulous brushes I found on this website)

I have done more paper pleating and another flower on this page, I have fallen in love with making my own flowers! The doily on this page is a hand cut paper cut, the technique I learnt in GCSE art. I have drawn my design on the back of my piece of card

and then cut it out with my craft knife to create a sort of doily with my own pattern.

I created my own notes card in Photoshop Elements for this page, and am very pleased with the way it has turned out, it shall be so useful for both digi and hybrid use.

Here is the next page I have managed to complete. I'm very pleased with this page. I wanted to include 3 photos on this page, but didn't want them to be obvious, so I have hidden them in a flap.

I liked the way this ended up, I have used flowers on the page to cover the edges of the photos below to hide them when the flap is closed, they also overlap to hold the flap shut. Once again, more flowers, beads and hand-stitching.

Here's a little close up

That's it for my scrapbooking progress over the last week. Just a little craft shopping to share.I purchased this lovely little set of things from Hobbycraft recently, with the colour scheme of my prom book in mind. I've finally found some crocheted ribbon, so had to buy some!

Also look at this
I have recently discovered this blog 'Life & Times of a 12x12 addict'. Not only does she do some gorgeous layouts but also has a few giveaways. The photo above is of the giveaway that's on offer at the moment, so head over to her blog, if you haven't already, for a chance to win this lovely stash.

I've now just got a few non-scrapping things to share.

Let me introduce you to Mr Giggles...

Mr Giggles is James' new toy monkey. We had a mini holiday to stay at my Uncle and Aunts on Monday and Tuesday, which we enjoyed. We had a good run around in a country park on the Monday, James playing with my Uncle and learning how to kick a rugby ball far. On the Tuesday we went shopping, and James found Mr Giggles. He was in Hawkins Bazaar and after a look around the shop he wouldn't let us exit without Mr Giggles. He loves him so much. You tickle his 'Tickle spot' and he giggles like mad, much to James' amusement. I'm surprised his batteries haven't already run out, our house has been full of giggling since Tuesday.

And finally... My bag is packed and I'm ready to go. Weighing 16kg I'm glad I don't have to wear it for a very long journey!! It is packed out and I am looking forward to camping with the rangers as it shall be a very different experience to our normal camping trips, which are luxurious compared to how this will be!! Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to my first experience on an airplane, slightly anxious, but know that it will be an experience and open up doorways to the rest of the world.

So from me, night night. I'll post next when I'm back next week from my adventure.

Bye, Hannah xx :)