It's Nearly Done!

Ever since we moved to this house in March 2008 we have been working towards getting some outbuilding space for ATDML/ After a failed planning application, a revision to the application and finally approval we started work last summer.


Dad constructed the frame for the concrete bases and together we did the concreting. When they were dry and lever the company who were supplying the chalets arrived and in the space of a day two wooden chalets were in place.


With no electricity supply out there initially only a little bit was done over the winter months with so little daylight but come spring chalet number one was insulated, plasterboarded and had cabling in place for electrical connections.

Finally the first chalet is almost ready. The walls and ceiling have been plastered, there is a floor and skirting boards! The lighting cables are in place and fitting the lighting and sockets is noxt to do.

Double Trouble!

When was the last time you created a double layout? A few years back they use to be quite fashionable in the scrapbooking world, but you don't see so many of them these days. I have been creating a double layout a month as part of the Project 12 challenge ran by a Candian Scrapbooking magazine. There is a double layout sketch provided each month and participants are encouraged to create a 2-pager of their favourite photos of the month. The hardest part isn't pulling a 2-page layout together, not given the sketch does the work for you, but shortlisting which photographs you will use can take a while (especially if you snap away quite frequently!)


The double sketch for June asked for just 4 photographs - a real challenge given our family did plenty, but I'm pleased with my selection with gives a good feel for what occured in June chez the Freeman family. I used papers from my Echo Park collection pack "Walk in the Park" which even came with the bunting style stickers which worked perfectly with the sketch. The collections by Echo Park are so jammed full of product they are perfect for summer pages and make pulling together fun layouts very quick and easy!

Share with us your double pages or your Echo Park creations - we love to see what you all create.

This Weeks Recipe...

...called for a grungy, distressed style and an eye catching yellow black and white colour scheme! Well that is what inspired me when i saw this weeks recipe over at Chicken Soup. The recipe inspiration was provided by Ann and it is so her! I thought about ideas for a layout using it but it wouldn't quite fall into place in my head and then I decided to make a card and it all came together quite quickly (for me!)

Anyway, i hope you are enjoying the challenges over on the Chicken Soup blog and that you take a look at what the other girls have done with it.

Revisiting Your Albums

A week or so ago I was asked by a colleague who also scraps to take an album in to school to show one of our other teachers exactly what it is we do when we play with paper!

I only wanted to take one album in and resisted the urge to pick up the newest album and took a slightly older one. I was amazed to find that as she looked through it I saw layouts that I had FORGOTTEN, and worse I saw photographs of days out that I had FORGOTTEN! Now bear in mind I only have albums of photos since I had Isabelle and she just turned five, so they weren't from the dim and distant past!

Anyway, when i got home I sat and looked through some of my other albums and spent a happy little while on my sofa looking at all the old layouts and photos. I have made a mental note not to let too long go by between looking at the albums and to help with this I moved some of the full albums into the higher cubes of my Expedit TV unit (My lounge is like an IKEA warehouse with all the Expedit products dumped in it - seriously it really is Expedit city but I do love cubes and at least it all matches!!)

So anyway, I thought I would leave you with a couple of rediscovered old favourites from my album, I know it is the school holidays and there are children to entertain for many of you but do try to take the time, maybe one evening with a glass of wine, to look through and enjoy the work you put into creating your layouts!

Tis The Season...

So as we unpacked the shipment that arrived earlier in the week it seemed odd to be in July looking at "Hallowe'en In Wonderland" by Graphic 45, and of course the summer CHA releases will be available soon which for some manufacturers will include Hallowe'en and even Christmas lines.

So what have you seen that looks good?

I am liking the look of Sassafras Indie Girl and apparently it is selling well and a second print run has been ordered.

Let us know what goodies you would like to see lining the ATDML shelves!

In other news, chalet number 1 of the 2 outbuildings we had put up to house stock and to run occasional classes in is having it's floor laid this week. It has been insulated, plasterboards, painted and will have a laminate floor any time soon - so the next job is to set it all up just as we would like it. Watch This Space!

A Little Box Of Goodies Is Heading For...

And the winner of the giveaway, as chosen by the mystical powers of Random dot Org is....

Comment number 39 which was:

kazy1 said...
Don't you just love giveaways?....AND surprises! fingers crossed for me xx
19 July 2010 10:43

Please email me ( Mel@atripdownmemorylane.co.uk ) with your address details and we will get your box of goodies sent out to you.

Giveaway Time...

Who wants a little box with some stash from the shipment of NEW goodies due to arrive tomorrow?

Just leave a comment and random dot org will do the rest.

You have until 6pm tomorrow to leave the comment if you want to be entered into the draw!

Don't forget to keep an eye on New Products as there are lots of things coming our way starting tomorrow and going on through the next couple of months as manufacturers have staggered release times of different lines again.