My prize and my daughter arrive

Today my dd came home for a long weekend.As I haven't seen her in nearly 3 months,it is a lovely surprise.It is her 22nd birthday on Tuesday so we will be celebrating while she is here.
Also in the post today I received a lovely set of clear Christmas stamps.They will be quite useful.
tHey were my prize from mad about scrapping's cyber crop last week.

Sunsets

I have always loved staring at sunsets,especially at the beach.I did this layout about that passion. I painted using 3 different shades at each side of the photo to make it look like clouds in a sunset sky.The orange/yellow ribbons were perfect for this too.I used word art to do the heading.

Blast from the past.

This is a photo of me at age 16.I always love turquoise and black together, so created this simple layout using those colours.It was for a sketch challenge on Mad about scrapping.I'm really pleased with how it turned out.

Mad about scrapping

I joined in a cyber crop on mad about scrapping last night. They were fun ladies and we played a game,which was a scavenger hunt of scrapbooking techniques and products. It took hours to find them all, but I won a prize, so it was all good.I'm busy now making layouts for the other challenges.

More retreat layouts

I was pleased with all 3 of these but particularly like "flip Flops" . The colour scheme worked really well.The old church one is from a Becky Fleck sketch.

Online class

I've just uploaded a shaker box class on to Purplescraps. Hopefully they will all be able to follow my instructions. Happy halloween to my readers.
At the retreat I met Mel Nunn whose work I have admired for ages on Scrapboxx and in the magazines.I think she thought i was a stalker cause i kept going over and looking at her creations but it is good to watch how talented people come up with ideas.

Best layout I've done in ages.

I recently made a layout for "white with one' blog using a colour I detest...Orange.I threw everything orange I had at it and surprised myself by creating a really good layout (in my eyes anyway) I used a shaker box,several flowers,lace flowers I've had for years,painted chipboard and buttons. I photoshopped a coloured photo into a black and white one. The whole layout came together beautifully.