Oops I Did It Again

Impressive thunderstorm .... check.
Falling asleep beside S ..... check.
Lovely two hour nap .... check.

There are worse bad habits to adopt I suppose.

On the bright side my 15 minutes of craftiness last night was successful.

I managed to complete my first layout and got a good starting point made on my next one.

I ended up going with hand written journalling after playing with a handful of journalling cards. Nothing quite worked so I decided finished was definitely preferable to perfect.

I had pulled out an older OA paper from my Handmade collection so I used that as a base and grabbed some scraps from Summer of 69 and put together a layered starting point in the style of Shimelle and that gives me a chance to choose a photo and get embellishing tonight.

I have no great plan for this start but I do love all the bright colours. Here is hoping Miss S gets to bed without me tonight and gives me a chance to play!

Just a reminder that the 15 minute challenge competition runs until Midnight Sunday night EST and there is a $10 Studio Calico voucher up for grabs for all those who take part. Please share something you have made in a 15 minute period in the comments on this or any post from this week and you will go in the draw to win. If I get more than ten entries I will add a second voucher to the mix. You know you want to.

Brr it is a very chilly 24 degrees here now - I have my cardigan on! I hope you are keeping warm and crafty wherever you happen to be today.

The Accidental Nap

Things are a little delayed today after I hopped into bed with Scarlett to settle her for her nap this afternoon and woke up nearly three hours later! She is still sleeping as I type. She had a very unhappy night last night with lots of bad dreams and such so the mega nap will do us both some good.

Yesterday's fifteen minutes of craftiness was actually four bursts of less than five minutes as Scarlett really struggled to settle for her nap. I went with the general consensus and set up a simple embellishment block in the top right corner. I am fairly happy with that. I also need to pop some journalling somewhere on the page. I trimmed down a journalling spot from the BG Clippings collection bu I don't love it. The colour is just a little off and the location doesn't thrill me either. 

 

So I hope to finish this layout tonight and perhaps even gather my supplies for the next one. There is some urgency as my new kit (and FOUR add ons) has just been delivered this afternoon and I really need to get rid of the last pieces of the previous two kits first. I am pondering writing the journalling directly onto the page at this point.

Here is a quick close up of the embellishment cluster. 

I love those Ready Set Go stickers and the pop of colour from Sasha's Paper Play flair is just what it needed.

We have had a tremendous thunder storm here this afternoon and the air is fresh, cool (25 degrees C) and delicious. I plan on opening windows and enjoying the freshness before I start to cook some dinner. The afternoon really has got away from me!

I have been so excited to see what projects my readers have come up with. btsoi has posted some awesome cards in the SC gallery that she has been making in spare chunks of time. I am loving seeing how much we can achieve in those spare moments.

Have a great Wednesday!

Handmade Revisited

I have a kit from November 2011 that is essentially untouched. I decided to grab this as part of my fifteen minutes a day challenge. I liked the Handmade kit when I ordered it but just have not felt inspired by it when I have been playing with my photos.

When I went to tuck Scarlett into bed last night I found three photos sitting on the table in her room. They were Instax photos from our trip home last year that had been placed in a box and packed away for some reason. I decided to take this as a sign and grabbed the three photos and the Handmade kit and set to work.

This is how far I got in 15 minutes.

At this stage only the photos, Amy Tangerine Love card and title are stuck down. I pulled out some bits and pieces from an OA pack of goodness and spent a little time playing with them. Before I got any further my fifteen minutes was up and my daughter and her father were back from an impromptu trip to the mall. A little bribe to get S to take her Pamol!

I have fiddled for a couple of minutes with the word labels this morning.

I am not sure where I am going with the upper third of the layout. I am thinking perhaps quite a large cluster of something in the middle of the top third...

I am super excited that some of you are onboard to have a go with the challenge. If I get more than ten entries I think I will have two $10 Studio Calico vouchers up for grabs. Those are pretty good odds!

My wee one woke up much improved but has taken a turn for the worse again as the morning has progressed. I thought for a moment she might actually be well enough for school tomorrow but alas it appears that is not going to be the case. Sigh.

Have a happy Tuesday everyone.