I and J Celebrations!

I have kept these two quite plain and flat as I have realised that the book will be pretty chunky and may resemble an old Encyclopedia Britannica lol.

I is for INDEPENDANCE DAY. So it was stars & stripes all the way! I used a couple of those coffee stirring sticks that I had 'borrowed' to make the flagpoles. I stuck some foam tape under the middles of the flags so that they look like they are waving a little.

J is for JANMASHTHAMI, this is a celebration of Lord Krishna's birthday. As I don't know too much about this diety I found a picture of Krishna and worked around the colours in that. The background paper is a gorgeous green paisley from BG Boxer range again.

Thanks you again for looking, have a good day whatever you are doing X

More Celebrations A-Z !

Hello !

REMEMBER REMEMBER THE 5TH OF NOVEMBER

GUNPOWDER TREASON AND PLOT.

I SEE NO REASON WHY GUNPOWDER TREASON

NEED EVER BE FORGOT.

Gosh....who remember s that one??? Seems ages since I heard it. So G is for GUY FAWKES DAY. I know that everyone calls it Firework Night these days but I needed a G lol.

I found a photo of a beautiful firework display and used that for the background and my inspiration. Behind the face of Guy is some journaling about the dead for which he is famous! I cut the lettering on my trusty Robo and highlighted them with a white pen. I took the photo on the slant to avoid some of the glare!

Now I am down to H. Just had to use HALLOWEEN though I did think about Hannaka to be different!

The lovely papers are by Doodlebug and came in a kit from Bubbly Funk a while back, along with the die-cut pumpkins and ghosts. The pumkins were a very bright orange so I tested a felt pen on the back and found that it came thru to the front. I quite like that effect as it makes the pumpkins look a bit mouldy LOL. Inside the book is a history of the event and inside the flap it says BOO very loudly iyswim

Many thanks for taking the time to look X

F for Fathers Day

This entry into my Celebrations A-Z was a difficult one for me to do. I don't and never have had anything to do with Fathers Day at all. My father abandoned my Mother before I was born and always feel there is a gap in my life.

So I decided to keep it very simple. Again the flash was a bit bright so you can't see that the insides of the lettering is a pretty blue, as are the other bits & bobs.

The background paper is from Junkitz, the blue is Adornit and the chipboard thingies are from Bubbly Funk. The sentiment is a quote from my daughter when she was 12!!! Out of the mouths of babes eh...

E for EASTER

Here is my E for Easter page. Not too sure about this one as I think its looks a bit fussy.

The paper is from Papermania, in a springtime pad. The easter egg stamp is also by them and matches the paper. The little chipboard bird is from Bubblyfunk. I coated the stamped, coloured eggs in glossy accents. Some of them are tags tucked behind to form a nest of eggs......well supposedly lol.

Thanks for looking X

ffffffreeeezing fffffriday!!!!

Here is D for DIWALI for my Celebrations A-Z. I loved doing this one, mainly because of being able to go a bit barmy with flowers, candles and bling!!! The patterned blue card is white stamped with blue. The stamp is one of a set with wise men from Elusive Images I think.

I put some candles together to get the photo and wrapped tinsel around them so that they sparkled a bit lol. The cats thought it was Christmas again already LOL. The flowers are just cheapy ones from a local shop, pulled apart!!!!!

Over on Janice's blog she is celebrating 5000 visitors. She is offering one of her gorgeous bags. To qualify we need to make something using felt!!! So here is a little diary that I covered ready for next year! WHAT??? I hear you shout....well......its never too early to start on your Christmas pressies now is it!!!!

The spotty background is sticky-backed felt that I've had in my stash for yonks. The felt flowers & leaves are from BubblyFunk and the numbers are made from foam stuff!

The little sweetpea is Millie. She's my 8mth old niece and is very savvy! Although not walking yet she manages to get round by a series of wiggling moves that would leave me exhausted. Having just mastered the remote control & the fun that brings she has turned her attention to the importance of the daily natter to a pal on the mobile. Just has to be done doesn't it girls???

My sister had me in stitches the other day tho as she was telling me that she had a call from the police........it would seem that Millie was intent on getting her opinion across after pressing 999 hahahahahahahahaha. All the poor operator could hear was huffing and this strange language that she couldn't quite place!!!! Seriously tho, I thought it was brilliant that the police did ring back to check because she could have been a toddler raising an alarm!

I have completed another page of my Celebrations A-Z journal. This is C for Christmas. The flap behind the tree opens up to reveal pics of my daughters (thanks honey!) Christmas tree!!!

Inside the parcel are tags with a few Christmasy sayings. I used papers by Basic Grey and Adornit. The gorgeous chipboard tree and Christmas tree word is by BUBBLY FUNK. I painted the tree with twinkling H2O's and kept the word matt with a red marker pen. Please check BF for lots of different shapes which are exclusive to them!

hee hee hee Did you know that we only really have an actual birthday every 7yrs??? How about that??? That makes me a mere 7yrs old hahahahahahaha. The date we were born on moves each year to the following day of the week.So it would seem that what we really celebrate is our birthdate. Another nearly useless piece of information for you to digest!!!!

I have started work on a new book/journal thingy! Its called CELEBRATIONS A-Z. Here are pics of the A and B that I have done so far. A is for Anniversary....sorry folks I cannot remember what make the paper was but it had love words all over it and looked pretty vintage. The chipboard swirl & heart are from Bubblyfunk.

B is for Birthday. The pic didn't come out very clear on this one but the word birthday is a lot bolder than it looks. The paper is scrummy & by Daisy Buccket (Snowflake Waltz). I reversed it to make the tag. The letters are cut with my pal Robo in scrap from my stash. Thanks for taking a peek X