Hello, I love you (& a challenge complete just in the nick of time!)

Well, once again it is the end of the month & I am trying to cram in a couple of challenges!
This month has been a month of highs & lows. And taking stock of what is important. It is still school holidays here & I am trying to make the most of time with my precious children. That said, I quite like some routine so am not sad about school starting next week ;)
Anyhoo, now I have all that off my chest, here is my lo for the challenge over at Scrappy Canary. I am a newbie to this site but an instant fan :D

Here is the link and sketch....





My husband is from Scotland so this was the first time that our children had met their grandfather and it was such a lovely day. I have picked this photo up so many times to scrap it but this time it just worked. Sometimes it is worth waiting, hehe. And I also got to use some of my CKC kit as well.
Thanks for looking & have a wonderful day..Jx

CKC January kit

Don't you just love holidays. We have been doing a little bit everything & not too much of anything :) I put my CKC kit together about a week ago & while it is quite small & I am sure to add to it as the month goes on, I think I like it...

 This is the original kit from Hip Kit Club & link to CKC...


I know I have some gold letters somewhere but couldn't find them at the time so I popped some brown ones in. I have not been a great fan of using gold so I probably gave them to my daughter :D
So now I am working on my idea for the first challenge. When we are home anyway! (Off again tomorrow for a few days.)
Have a great day & thanks for popping by..Jx

Surf Assessment - WW1 & Sketchabilities

Happy New Year!
Well, just a few firsts here - 1st January, 1st challenge for the year & 1st challenge for this blog...
I have followed White With 1 for a while now & love what people do with only 1 colour but just couldn't quite get the hang of it myself. But...new years resolution, put myself out there & have a go. So here it is...

The challenge is placid blue & white...






and they have also combined with Sketchabilites....


 
Yay, what a great combination! I have had a lot of fun putting this together & am also happy with my lo so good day all round :D
Thanks for popping by...Jx

Sweet beginnings...

A very quick share to end the year. I finished this about a week and a half ago so thought I better actually get into the challenge before the 31st! :)
This is for the monthly challenge at D-Lish and as usual the JAP kit is just gorgeous & so much fun to work with. These have got to be one of the best value kits around (just my opinion :D )

Last week my daughter & I moved our craft room. It occurred to me a little while back that my children had a room with lots of natural light where they kept the curtains drawn to watch tv & I had a craft room where I always had the light on so why not swap them over. Plus their room was bigger & as DD takes after her mother, it was starting to get a bit squishy & we needed more room ;D
We moved from this....

To this...

It is still a work in progress but we are sooo looking forward to creating in our beautiful new space.

So, thank you for your support in 2015, hope you all had a lovely Christmas, & are looking forward to a wonderful new year...Jx

November is almost over....

Yes, November seems to have past me by. But, I have not been idle. I may not have been blogging but behind the scenes I have been scrapping for the D-Lish cyber crop at the beginning of the month & I have been very busy sewing this month. Once a week I go to a craft group where there is rather a large of group of quilters & they have been helping me to complete a quilt for my daughter for Christmas. I actually bought this material 10 years ago when she was born so now seemed as good a time as any to complete it :D
Here is a little sneak peek of how it is going....

In the past all I have done is sew squares together but when one of the ladies suggested I could do a "diminshing 9" I thought "yes, I could do that!" and I have to say that I am wrapped with the result so far & can't wait to finish it.
In fact I have got so enthusiatic that I have started a second one for our grandson without even finishing this one first. Oops, may have bitten off more than I can chew! Hope I can get them both finished in time.
Thanks for popping by & hope you have all had a wonderful month..Jx

CKC challenge

"I'm on a roll Mikey!" Another lo using my CKC kit and this one is for one of their challenges as well :) This challenge was to use an idea previously saved. I cut this lo out of a magazine, I would say over a year ago & have had it pinned up on my board all that time. I look at it often & still love it (I even wrote the name of the owner so I could credit if I ever used it!)

Here is a close up...

 

 I love the simplicity of it & knew immediately it was time to use it as soon as I read the challenge. Here is what I came up with...

 And here they are side by side...

So thank you Colleen Bashoff from Qld & thank you all for popping by to look.
Have a great day..Jx

You are fabulous - D-Lish October challenge

I set myself a goal to finish this by the 15th & yes, I am a couple of days late but hey, I finished it! :D
Another "fabulous" JAP kit from D-Lish. They are just so much fun to play with.

This is the mood board & link...


Oh, & I used some papers from my CKC kit.
I still have plenty of bits left to play with & a photo to match so stay tuned...

Thanks for popping by & have a simply fabulous weekend..Jx