Sketch challenge for Scrapping Clearly

Now I normally don't do challenges especially a sketch one as I really don't like to copy, but when I saw the one for August I changed my mind and decided to give it a go.

Papers, photo quickly came to mind so I decided to work on it today I did all my diecutting on the weekend, so it was just the actual layout to get done.
I have no idea where time goes but I went in my craft room at 10.30 and came out at 2pm with my finished layout.

I'm happy with it, I used my favourite stash my Tim Holtz papers and made my flowers for it.
This week is about making time to craft and create I start a nine week course next Tuesday so want to get things done, just in case I don't have time.
My pocket letter for August is ready to send so all is good.

I also did a page for Bella's album, kept it simple using Heidi Swapp papers and my Tim Holtz dies, so loving how my alphas came out.

Carpe Diem

Whats on your Work desk Wednesday 320

The front of my Tim inspired pocke letter

Hello and welcome again to my messy crafting space,I'm currently working on a Prima pocket letter swap so it's finally coming together that's what your seeing on my work desk today.

I'm really getting the swing of these letter pockets this one above is going postal, it's easy to make something when it's a brand and style that is so you.... 

If your looking at my blog then hopefully you have blog hopped off of Julia's blog, if your a first timer at doing the Workdesk Wednesday then pop on over and read about how to get started, so click on my link and just go... http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com.au/

My desk as usual is a minefield, even hubby asked me yesterday however do I find things hmmm lol yeah well it takes a while, but come on with me it's just going to get messy again... So I'm only showing the one uncluttered space of my workdesk the other sides are a no go zone... 

 

Had to post it off in something pretty

My prima one a work in progress

The back of my prima one I added my letter and a tea bag sachet to the back two pages

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Hello fellow crafters from across the globe, haven't been crafting that much lately, but I'm back and hoping to keep on that crafty path and blog each week...
Kids have just started the new school term on Monday so life is going back to normal, except for this so called winter weather, woo hoo are temps dropped abit and for Brisbane it's the chill factor...
Seriously not cold at all but then we've lived in England so the temperatures are like a Newcastle Upon Tyne's summer's day cool and windy...
Sad news last week my scrapping idol's son Heidi Swapp lost her son thru this silent disease that affects the young and old, seriously such a sad day a beautiful lad whose light just shone, but who only could see darkness in front of him...
So say a little prayer for the Swapp family as they mourn for their beautiful boy Cory.

If you haven't jumped on the blog bandwagon weekly round up then head on over to Julia's blog 
and join on in show us your desks and the projects your working on...
My desk looks like the usual bombsite, I've been working on pocket letter's the latest addition well I have only done two which go postal tomorrow, so  I am looking for ladies to swap with if your interested drop me a comment as this is going to be an addiction.
As you can see on my desk I'm working on pocket letter's my son Drew is also doing his first one that's the one on top, he went thru my cutting files and found anything dinosaur related to send to his new friend...
The fuse tool has come in handy when making these, it's my new favourite tool to use at the moment, so loving it for project life pages.
Also doing my Typo photo a day book which I got the other week, keeping it simple...
Wanted to share a couple of my weekend photos that I took of us at the Abbey Medieval Festival the kids and I loved it so much to see, do and experience, Max and I got leather wrist cuff's, Bella got a hand crafted wooden horse, and Drew got a bow and arrow...
The performers were amazing, so getting in theme next year and buying costumes for us all...

My newest craft stash

Goodies from Typo

Xmas in July pocket letter swap

The back of the Pocket letter

Just beautiful memories of the Abbey Medieval festival

Need one of these at home especially for hubby who is a constant midnight snacker

Bella and Drew loved the kids fighting arena

From my workspace this morning WOYWW 302

Hi Everyone,
Thanks for dropping by my blog and checking out Wednesday's workspace, if you haven't joined the bloghop yet then head on over to Julia's blog and add your blog to the list. http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com.au/
My workspace is always a dangerzone, no matter how many times I clean my desk cmon it's just going to get messy when I craft lol.

Had to rearrange my space after the cyclone as I had water coming in thru the side of the garage, which was totally annoying, damn the garden mess was awful to clean up, then had to go and do the craft garage and it took ages...
So I've been working with Heidi Swapp's portfolio and this cute little scrapping kit from A Piece of Cake Designs called the Cupcake kit, as soon as I saw this cute kit I had to buy it, as I love anything Heidi Swapp related....

It's finally finished, nice to actually find time to scrap, I've been looking back at my written resolutions for 2015 and getting more creative is one I still need to make more time to do, as for my other ones which were

get healthy
more outside time with the kids
train the pom
One electronic free day a week

I make the time to do all this especially the get healthy one, this one is a top priority and I have become addicted to my elliptical so much so that hubby is always whining that my body needs a rest day, but every so often I will take a day off, but I have total withdrawals and end up doing one session instead of two a day.
Today he actually pulled my shorts up and said you need to get a size that fits, damn felt so good especially coming from him who's ex army and has always been fit as an ox...
I've weaned myself off of coffee which was an addiction and I'm back to drinking black tea again, tried green tea but yuck can't drink it...
So feeling good, I'm sticking to my diet and losing that weight and for once not putting it back on

What's on your workdesk Wednesday #287

First off just read some of the comments and wanted to answer what's in the Santa hat ladies meet my little Pomeranian puppy at the moment the kids have named her Elsa she is 5 weeks old right now and is so tiny compared to her sister Milly and her brother Olaf....
The puppies have been playing with Bella's Santa hat that day and when I saw her fast asleep in the hat had to take a Santa Paws kind of photo....
Gosh this year has gone by so quick lots of bumpy roads for our family but were all together and that's what matter's, I started doing my December daily the other day, but wanted to include photos from a couple of days in November as the kids had Xmas activities....
I so could fill this album up with photos within 10 days so I'm trying to just focus on the little things and document them...
Is anyone doing a Dec Daily I would love to see yours?
So anyway if you have dropped by from the Stamping ground blog-hop well thank you, and if your a newbie maybe you should join in on the weekly crafting table blog hop, make your way to Julia's blog Julia's blog

Day 2 meeting Frosty

It's too hot to work in my craft garage, it's heading into snake season and to tell you the truth I'm hesitant to go in there now by myself, I make such a darn racket when I have to rumble thru my bookshelves....
So if your doing a Dec daily leave me the link to yours so I can check yours out too....
Now gotta run I have someone coming to look at one of my puppies today....

Working on the kitchen counter

Putting up the tree on the last day of Nov

Day 2

Day 2 back page

First pages in Dec Daily 2014