It's Hot Hot Hot So Here Is A Beach Themed Class For You!

To celebrate the warm weather we thought we would upload a class for you to showcase your beach photos.

This layout: "Beach, Beach & More Beach" is by Vicky Johnson, as usual there are free PDF instructions available to download HERE.

And The Winner...

... of the lovely little pair of 7 Gypsies notebooks is (as chosen by Random dot Org)



Claire! Congratulations Claire, I just hopped over to your blog and I see you have still got loads of Florida photos to scrap - perhaps you could use the books to plan your layouts and jot down ideas for papers, embellies and sketches! Enjoy them whatever you decide to put in them. Please drop me an email ( Mel@atripdownmemorylane.co.uk ) with your address and we will get them sent over to you.

Bingo!

We have had some lovely entries for our Scrapping Bingo challenge this month but there is still time to join in. See this post for more information and don't forget to email your entries to me ( Mel@atripdownmemorylane.co.uk ) on or before 8pm on 30th June.

Also you have only one more day to add a comment to the previous post to be entered into the Giveaway for the gorgeous 7 Gypsies notebooks.

Giveaway - Take Note!

These beautiful notebooks from 7 Gypsies are gorgeous and they are going on the website tonight. We have a pair of these to give away to one of our blog readers. Just leave a comment on this post and we will draw a name at random on Tuesday night.

Be sure to check back to see if you have won so you cans end us your contact details.

Handmade Buttons

You know sometimes I like nothing more than to use lots of lovely products from my stash on a layout, there is a lot of satisfaction to be had using those special embellishments that you were saving for "just the right layout!" However, there are other times when you want to make something that is uniquely yours, that no one else will have exactly the same of and the only way to ensure this is to hand make your embellishments.

The layout below is not a new one, but it is one I absolutely loved making and which is not the same as anyone elses! I made all the little buttons on it with fimo and hand painted them to match the papers I was using. Would I do it for every layout? No way! but an evening spent in front of the TV making little round balls, squashing them into flat buttons and then adding indents and button holes using a variety of tools was quite theraputic. I then cooked the whole batch and used the majority the next night to make this layout. It was so easy to dig out the right number, paint them and glaze them with glossy accents - then I knew my layout was entirely uniquely mine!

The rest were stored in little jars which I came across last night while having a semi sort out. There aren't many left now and I feel another night of fimo playing coming on very soon!

"Home" Decor On A Large Scale?!?!

Well I have had a really busy week so thought I would pop by and tell you why... I teach part time in an infants school and have had a bit of extra work this week moonlighting in my school as "Artist In Residence!"

Really that means I am being paid to work outside the classroom with small groups of children to create a large piece of art work for our new entrance hall. It is a lot of fun, we are painting backgrounds and then stenciling on childrens own pictures to create a large PATCHWORK style mural. Hahaha i told you I was patchwork obsessed!

I will try to share picture when it is done, we are only just starting but maybe next week. I have also managed to use some scrapping products (Heidi Swapp masks) and may also fire up the Cricut to help out tomorrow - just need to locate the cutting mat.......... !!

Anyway, I hope you are all enjoying the good weather, no doubt it won't last and we will all be back indoors scrapping and moaning about the rain soon!

A Little Reminder...

The ATDML Sale ends tonight at midnight so if you have been umming and ahhing now is the time to order your goodies if you want to benefit from 15 - 20% off most products in store.