L.O.V.E || Scrapbook Layout || We R Memory Keepers 'Urban Chic'

Hi all!

Funny time of year. Still waiting on the new collections to come out from every single company there is so in the meantime I've been catching up on my 2016 scrapbook and using up some things I bought at the end of last year.

We spent Christmas in Liverpool and I have made a layout using a picture I took of the huge Christmas tree at Liverpool ONE.

I mostly used We R Memory Keepers 'Urban Chic' on this layout, it's one of my favourite collections from last year - so bright and funky.

The title is die cut and I used Nuvo Crystal Drops on them to look like they are lit up.

Thanks for reading!

Emily xx

Carnaby Street Scrapbook Layout || First Edition 'Black Out'

Hi all,

First things first - Happy New Year! I stayed up to see the new year in and then went straight to bed. 22 going on 102...! 

Anyway, here is the first project I have made using the new First Edition 'Black Out' paper pads.

The picture is one my parents took on our recent trip to London. We never got to Carnaby Street but they did and the Christmas lights looked amazing and I had to make a page using this photo. 

To find out how I made this layout, head over to my Trimcraft gallery (LINK)

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily xx

You Light Up My Life - Stitched Layout

Hi all,

Hope you had a wonderful Christmas Day and Santa brought you what you wanted! I'm now chillin' in the jammies I got in the sales today with a glass of Bailey's.
Here's my latest layout. For our photography project at uni, one aspect was portraits so I wanted to have some interesting lighting going on so I got Nathan to hold some Christmas lights, in the garage with the lights off.
The lightbulb paper from the Heidi Swapp 'September Skies' paper pad was perfect for this layout!

Lately I've been inspired by circular layouts. I always enjoy a bit of stitching too so I got my compass out and drew two circles, one a little smaller than the page and another inside that. I started by stitching around the outer circle in orange but I pulled it out because I didn't like it. Instead I stitched between the circles for part of the way around. I just pierced the paper at points along the outer circle that intersected with the edges on the lightbulbs on the backing paper. I then stitched towards the centre point. For the outside edge I did the same, finishing each stitch 1.5cm from the edge. 

A close up of the title, stamped using the Traditional Alpha stamp set from docrafts. I lined the letters up on the layout before pressing the clear stamp block onto them so they were in perfect alignment with the curve of the circle. 

We're going to the pantomime (Snow White) in Grimsby tomorrow afternoon.

We went every year when we were little, and back in October my cousin said how fun it would be to go again... the next day, my grandma rang to see how many tickets to book...

Also it'll be my first time driving on the motorway... luckily so far my dad has been a good teacher so I can't see there being any problems. I drove to the outlet today with Nathan and it all went fine and we got some things from the Next sale. Super pleased with myself :)

Until next time...!

Emily xx

Spent the weekend in Chester!

We went to see the Christmas market, the lights and the zoo.
It went far too fast! It was a lot of fun, we stayed at Cheshire Oaks which was lovely. Felt like the Christmas Market had been so much better when we've been before, though. On the Sunday at the zoo it was sunny all day and we spent a good hour watching the Red Pandas... an hour well spent!

DCWV Hey Sailor paper

Papermania Letter To Santa paper

Teresa Collins chipboard

My Mind's Eye Chipboard

Grace Taylor Modern Cabin die cut

Teresa Collins Daily Stories paper

First Edition Neroli paper

Studio Calico wood veneers

Papermania Lace Paper

Kaisercraft die cuts

My Mind's Eye The Sweetest Thing papers

My Mind's Eye On The Bright Side die cuts

Papermania All Aboard tape

Papermania Sew Lovely ribbon

Now all my scrapbooking is up to date...

What am I supposed to do with my time now...

I'll have to do uni work and I don't want to....