Two Fine Fellows

We paid a visit to our local family farm recently.  The kids love to pick up the guinea pigs there.  This time, the two little fellows they were handling had such diverse personalities. 

Sorry that my photos are poor once again.  I need to get to grips with my flash as the light is so poor at the moment.  I have used items from my Studio Calico kit for this - love their new lines.

I've mixed in some Pink Paislee canvas trim which I think is a school theme.

I'll let you guess which one has the crazy hair and which one is moody.
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Anna Bowkis started the Pencil Lines blog almost 6 years ago. Sadly, she has decided to call it a day as she concentrates on her photography career. I've been on the design team for two of those years and have loved every minute of it. I have had the privilege of my layouts appearing alongside totally talented girls from all over the globe. I would like to say a huge thank you to Anna and the rest of the team - it has been a real pleasure.

On to the very last Pencil Lines sketch then. It was designed by Anna.

For my take on the sketch I pretty much kept to the original shape and layout but swapped the triangle piece for a circle.

I also created this fun little scene from the October Afternoon Farmouse collection.  How adorable!

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope that you'll continue to pop in and have a look around.

Recipe Box

Our oven didn't work since moving house and this forced a lot of projects to be done in our house. We had to install and move the central heating before knocking down walls and having a new kitchen. I've been so pleased to get my kitchen back and in particular my oven that I've been baking a lot.

So for one of my projects at Manor House Creations, I thought I'd make a family recipe box. I imagine it will be somewhere I can store our favourite recipes and hopefully one day, my DD will bake them for her family.

I started off with an old wooden box.  I used Cosmo Cricket's digi papers - Early Bird to cover the box.  I also altered a few of their labels to suit my box.

Those fabulous flowers are my favourite - Chiffon (Peach) and Fairy Floss.

I also made recipe cards and dividers in Photoshop before printing them out.

The collage for the lid are images downloaded from the web mainly.
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25 Disney Style

Thought I'd give my blog a little makeover.  It's been a while.  I'll be tinkering around with it over the next week or so, so please bear with me.

Anyway, a quick share of a Christmas layout.  Actually is was from a couple of years ago, but I've only just got around to scrapping it.

Papers are all October Afternoon.  My little flags and bits and pieces are directly from a gorgeous card I received from Julie.  It was such a great idea that I just transferred it to my layout and added some pieces of my own.

It's a great way to incorporate great cards into a layout.

It was certainly a Christmas to remember. 

I'll leave you with a sneak peek of a project for Manor House Creations next month.  It is one of my favourites so far. 

Quick Post

Been really busy redecorating this week.  Our house is a massive improvement on when we moved in.  Plus I have a kitchen which is always a bonus!  I'll setup a gallery so you can have a poke around the before and after photos - they're quite something!

Anyway, I have been scrapping in between.  Lighting been poor so it has been difficult to get some decent photos but  I'd never share if I wait for a decent day.

DH bought me some lovely October Afternoon for Xmas.  It is always a pleasure to play with their goodies.  To make it stretch I've mixed in some Studio Calico and My Mind's Eye.

It was a great excuse to mix in some of this and that.

We stayed at Lake Buena Vista Resort the last time we were in Disney.  The place is AWESOME!  If you need somewhere to stay that's close and luxurious then check it out.

Thanks for popping in.  I'm trying to get the next Pencil Lines sketch done before tomorrow.  Yikes!