Pieces of me...

I have started a mini album using an embossed Prima chipboard album.
I have decided to call it Pieces of me - I plan to decorate the cover with jigsaw pieces and use a piece on every page.
I have loads of fab vintage pics of my ancestors and thought it would be nice to make an album with just them, as they are all the little pieces that make up me :D

This is the first page I have made with a pic of my mum ....


Extremely warm hugs'n'snogs

Julie xx

Marley and me....

Well it was a beautiful day today so we took Rolo for a trip to Ennerdale, one of my fave places as it's so unspoiled :D just a tiny village, a campsite and a beautiful lake and scenery :D
The carpark was quite full today and by full there was aroun 50 cars - it's a hidden gem away from the tourist track so shhhhh don't tell :D
Rolo had a fab time swimming and met a few new friends, the main one being Marley, a one year old retriever - they got on like a house on fire and were so cute runninga round and playing together. Marley isn't a swimmer yet so Rolo swam out for the sticks followed by Marley as far as he could wade then Marley would bring the stick in LOL - kinda like a relay race haha :D


It really made us think wouldn't it be nice to have a friend for Rolo.....hmmm????
There wasn't a single bark or snarl between all four dogs :D

Sunny hugs 'n'snogs :D

Julie xx

Busy, busy, busy...

....Oh my goodness!!!
Busy at work!! I have been working at Carlisle as they have had a major visit today from the directors!! worked lots of hours and very tired!!

and my poor pooch :( paul came to meet me at the train station on Monday and played with the dog on the wasteground next to the station - poor wee fellow took the skin off his pads running around :( He has been a very good boy and laid patiently while we bathed his feet with saline and didn't rip off the socks we taped to his feet thankfully!!
We went to see the nice vet, much to Rolos disgust, and she said they were starting to heal :D YIPEE :D so he has pain killers so he can put some weight on his tootsies :D

Ok, here's my scrapping efforts for thsi week - this is a pic of my mum as a young girl which she had a negative made, I scanned and then printed in a much bigger format - the original is teeny :o
The scowl is so like so many pics of me as a child LOL

Swine flu free hugs'n'snogs,
Julie xx

all aboard!!!

the Skylark LOL ( if you can remember Noah and Nelly LOL)
caught this little cutie when we were walking the dog yesterday :D

had trouble identifying it because it looks more grey but is actually brown.



This was me playing with my new camera :D

Julie xx

Happy INSD!!!

... a bit late I suppose but happ INSD :D
for any hybrid or digi scrappers there are some amazing freebies floating around the web :) I'm busy downlaoding now :D fave ones are at myscrapbookart.com and digishoptalk.com

happy downloading everyone :D

Got my first alcohol inks this week - now I need to work out how to use them LOL

hugs'n'stuff

J xx

I have been doing a little bit of altering today

from this










To this :D
















This is my Grandma as a girl

It's been a tough couple of weeks at work...

Been busy trying to get the shop look amazing for the regional store managers meeting - the biggest visit we have me thinks!!!

It meant a lot of hard graft getting the windows dressed in extreme circumstances, and dressing the store!!!

Living display...

Swimwear...

why did I have to be clever and cover all the plinths in fabric!!!

Oooooo and look what was waiting for me when I got home :D

A beautiful jigsaw piece fom the lovely Rebekah :D

How cute s this :D

Huge Thank you hun :D

Snogs'n'stuff

Julie xx

Happy Easter :D

Happy Easter :D

This is a LO of me and Paul at my nieces wedding - these are normally the out take pics as Paul is known for pulling faces, but i decided this was a normal pic haha :D

Plus the other one was horrible of me LOL

I used recycled printed acetate from a chrimbo prezzie - Boots No7 :D and all the bits of ribbon were samples I was sent when I ordered some lace.

Ooooo I'm all excited too- I have just ordered a new camera :D

It's a Fuji S1500 10MP Bridge Camera from QVC which i am sure will take lots of getting used too haha :D

Proud Parents

I'm just loving vintage grungey looks at the mo :D
This is another pic of my nieces wedding of her and my sis and bro-in-law.
And look.... not only did I cut the gorgeous paper, I crumpled it and inked it too :o
Gotta love Prima :D

First of my scrapblog photo LO's :D

Well this is tonights work, I couldn't sleep last night and this was one of the thinks on my mind LOL

I used Prima Angelique papers, which I lurve and have been trying to use for a while!!
It's just so hard to cut in to something so pretty LOL

Swings are fun!!!

It looks as though Jess needs a little convincing about this LOL

Todays efforts

This is my niece on her wedding morning :) love this pic
- BUT... I also love the dressing table which was an M&S gift card that they gave me frr of charge :D I went and asked what was the min you could put on a card, they were goingto try and put 10p on for me but when I went back they told me to just take it!!!
It's gorgeous!!















Cute eh :D

Action shots!!!

Just gotta love this pooch :D look at the size of that flippin tongue!!!
DH took him for a good run about and this is the result hahaha :D

I had forgotten DH had taken the shots below last summer on his phone - he has a multi burst shot function on his phone :D How funny :D

Have to scrap some of these :D

:D ..... not sure what I love more? Scrapblog or phone, Scrapblog or phone??

Well we went to the first meeting of the speedway season last night (took my niece who was visiting from London) - I think I am still frozen stiff now!!

And I want my hour back :( how rude is that?? Pinching an hour of my day :(

We are off for an indian tonight :D so that should warm me through a little.

Hugs'n'stuff

J xx

Ready to scrap

I thought I would alter my pics on www.scrapblog.com and have them printed ready to scrap.
Thought this was a fab way of embellishing them without messing with stamps, overlays etc.. and all the elements I used were free - now we all like freebies LOL.
So, above is a typical pic of me and Paul, haven't got many without him sticking his tonue out!!

This is my nieces photo shoot...


My mum and Jess...



Me at Solfest last year...

Us at Solfest last year...

Can't wait to see what they are like when they are printed :D
I have also printed my digi LO's - thought they would be nice to put in a little album to carry round with me, and if they look nice I might get some printed larger :D

Love'n',hugs

Julie xx

Woohoo - look at my pwitty new phone :D

Now thats a scrapbookers phone :D

Ok, it's not a new phone, but it has had a makeover :D
I have always wanted a girly phone, but have to have a good spec phone, and girly ones are ussually rubbish quality!!

Now I have the best of both worlds :D
hmmmm wonder if Paul wwould let me do the laptop to match??? LOL

well I'm truly addicted....

...to scrapblog :D
If you haven't tried it pleaseeeeee .... give it a go:D they have fab designers over there - I noticed Glitz and sassafraslass were new ones today :D

Have a go - it's really easy and fun :D

latest digi LO's

OMG!!!!!!

..... I can't believe I have just taken this photo for one thing but also published it on here!!!!

I have the lovely Cal to thank for this, who kindly tagged me to take a photo of myself right now! no touch ups, no hairbrushing, no nothing- result.... a hidious pic of me :o!!!

Now I have to tag three more peeps to be tortured .....mwaaahahahahhhhh!!!

I am going to tag Twinny, Leigh and Toni...... looking forward to seeing you girls :D
No Cheating!!!!!! as you can see I didn't LOL - how did my hair end up so messed up???

Been busy...

..well I have been busy making cards today for charity :D
I found a box full of cards that I made before scrapbooking and what a difference to what i have made today haha :D
I have been trying to use things I won't really use in my scrapbooks, but the differnce is the tools!!!

I LOVE Cuttlebug embossing folders :D

I just had forgotten how much :D
I will try and remeber to take pics ,tomorrow

night all

Hugs'n'stuff,
Julie xx