I heard the very sad news today that
Beverley Todd
passed away on 23rd December,
having suffered a major brain haemorrage.

My heart goes out to her family at this very sad time
Beverly will also be very much missed in the scrapbooking world too
she was very talented and had many friends.

Good night sweet lady

Sleep well.

x

Twas The Night Before Christmas

Twas the night before Christmas,
and I'm glued to the tree.

I'm wondering what Santa has brought, just for me.
Could it be cardstock or chipboard or lace?
Or a Cricut, I thought, with a smile on my face.

But, that's when I heard him,
"Hi Santa," I said
"Ho Ho! You know....all good girls should be in their beds"

"I know I should Santa, and now I've been caught.
I was just so excited, to see what you brought."

"Well, let's take a look in this room where you work,
he then shook his head quickly, and left with a jerk.

I heard him exclaim, as he put his sleigh in gear.
"You've got enough crap, so I'll see you next year!"

Merry Christmas to everyone
have a fantastic day

See you all soon

Jane x

Snowfall

I love, love, love how this LO looks in real life.
But, try as I might I just can't show you on here the true 3D in all it's transparency!

The dog by the way, playing in the snow is my 11yr old faithful GSD 'Murphy'.

It from December's Mini Kit from ScrapaGoGo containing
12 x 12 Acrylic Sheet by K I Memories in *Hibiscus*
12 x 12 Double Sided Patterned Paper
12" strip of Cream Lace

I added Black, Blue Ink, Rangers Dabber Paint in *Pearl* & my trusty White Uni Signo pen!

LO incorporating Paper Beads

Here is the LO that I gave you a peek of a few days ago, it also incorporates the paper beads from my tutorial.
The LO was created using December's ScrapaGoGo kit.

The photo was taken back in June this year at the GoGo Getaway Retreat in Cheshunt in Hertfordshire. The girls in the picture {left to right are Dee, Jane, Donna & Emma} were all such fun to share a weekend with and I can hardly wait until next year for the next one or rather two!

The stalk of the largest flower has been made using some Bazzill pompom ribbon and some of my paper beads.

My Paper Beads Tutorial

Paper Beads are not only a fun project to make, but they are also great for using up all those scraps of pretty patterned paper. They can be made up in batches and stored away until your ready to use them.

Suggested tools required:
Pencil
Ruler
Scissers or craft knife
Patterned paper {non cardstock weight is best}
Wooden Stick {manicure stick or similar sized dowel}
Pallette or non stick messy mat
Modge Podge or Water/PVA glue mix or {my chosen medium} Deco patch glue & gloss
Cocktail sticks or similar

Step 1:
Draw elongated triangles on the reverse of a 6" x 6" piece of patterned paper, as you can see by the photo, you can get a lot of beads from this size.

Then cut along the drawn lines to make the triangle shapes.

Step 2:Dip the wide end of the triangle into the glue medium and then turn it around the wooden stick, brush the glue along the paper as you turn it, to glue it together.

You will see the shape of the bead appear, when it is completely wrapped and held firm.


Step 3.
You may find it easier to transfer your bead to a finer stick at this stage to coat with the glue medium. You can either dip them completely in the glue mix, or brush them with the glue if you prefer.
Set it aside to dry out completely!
When completely dry you can then, coat them with a gloss medium or even clear nail varnish, to finish if desired.

Zesty Thanks

A simple thank you card, again made using the
Decembers ScrapaGoGo Greetings kit! I love the colours in this card and those stick on faux brads, they are gorgeous!

Yummy Blog Candy Alert!

Huge blog candy over at Claires blog and very generous amount too!

Ol' Christmas Tree

I have been wanting to create a paper tree for the past few years, but have run out of time every year so far. So when one of my design prompts was to create a Christmas home decor item, I knew exactly what I wanted to make. Then came the challenge of how to make it my own, there are so many paper trees designed each year that I decided to use a present/gift as a tree topper, rather than the traditional star or angel.
The tree was created using the ScrapaGoGo December Create Kit, plus the G2P's!

I am also using this project as this weeks Arty Girlz challenge where we are asked to use our Favourite Crafting Medium, and my favourite has always been Patterned Paper. So for me this challenge was easy!

December Sneeky Peek

As I said the other day, Decembers ScrapaGoGo kit was such fun to work with and thats just what I had when creating this LO. I can hardly wait to show you the rest of this LO and the other projects that I created with the kit. Maybe later today!I am also putting this forward for the ArtyGirlz challenge where they are asking to use Frames

I have actually heat embossed!!!

I have created this folder of papers goodies as part of a swap over on UKS

I hope that the person I made it for likes green!I started out with a 12x12 sheet of Bazzill Smoothie ardstock, then stamped using Versamark ink & embossed using clear powder for the bigger image & lime green for the smaller ones. I then measured & cut out the 4 corners. I made fold marks using my Scor-Pal (I love this bit of kit) as shown below. I then made a couple of holes in the back of the folder to thread the ribbons through!

Next I made an ATC sized pocket with more Bazzill smoothie, to hold hand stamped journaling cards, adding ribbon to tie!

Next I decorated the front by holding a snowflake template {these were a set of freebies with Papercraft Inspirations Magazine, given to me by a friend} I then patted my Pearl Paint Dabber {another product I would hate to not have in my crop bag} to create the snowflake & allowed to dry!

{TOP TIP} There will be a lot of paint left on the template, don't waste it, choose a piece of cardstock & lay the template carefully on it, this will create a negative image

When completely dry, I then added a large gem flower & glued a smaller on in the middle, before embellishing the snowflake with gemstones. I then made holes for the ribbons!

I used a stamp that I had in one of my Scrapagogo kits earlier in the year to make the journaling cards. It will all be enclosed in the embossed folder, along with some cards & envelopes & a extra few goodies that I won't disclose here.

Now all I hope for is that the person that I am posting this too, will like it too!

Driving Home for Christmas

Just look at what I have just finished playing with!!!

Everything in the December "Driving home for Christmas" Kit from ScrapaGoGo really does scream Christmas, but as a lot of the DT show in thier LOs, that it can be used for absolutely any theme too!

With papers from Crate, October Afternoon, K&Co to name but a few & the Cardstock from Bazzil & Core-dinations, plus a full 12x12 sheet of Alphas, it really is an amazing kit to work with!

Don't you just love that Bazzill Pompom & Velvet Ribbon? Then there's the epoxy brads & wooden ones too. Not to mention that Glitter Marker from American Crafts & the gorgeous journal cards & the tickets are such fun to use on your projects!

I adore the chipboard gift shape & the Bazzill Tulle adds a lovely touch to whatever you choose to use it on, there are also embellishments from Prima & Making Memories, there are gorgeous Ribbons & Ricrac. Plus there are fantastic buttons from Fancy Pants, in festive colours, but don't forget that exclusively designed stamp too, this month it has been designed by our very own Karen Cole & is perfect for creating mini banners & bunting for your projects.As always contact ScrapaGoGo for more information, you can also view the

DT gallery too!

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email either Lorraine or Janice

sales@scrapagogo.co.uk