Blog Winner

Firstly, thank you all for your lovely comments!  I've never had so many on my blog before :)

The winner of my blog candy is.....


KATHY ROGERS!!!!


Congrats Kathy.  Please email me your details (cropkat@gmail.com).   I have raided my stash and have found some fab American Craft Thickers, Studio Calico, some embellies and more.


Check out the Scrap 365 blog for the main winner.  Don't forget to sign up for the new mag which launches on 18th November (it is going to be fab).

In the meantime, I'll share my first project for Manor House Creations with you (i have since done a whole bunch with these gorgeous flowers).

As you may already know, we moved house at the beginning of the month.  The house is older than our last one (about 60 years old) has plenty of solid walls but is in dire need of rennovation.

We'll be spending the next few years knocking it about and redecorating.  I'm determined to make a good record of it this time, so I'm sure you'll see our progress on my pages.

I used a mixture of flowers for this page as well as combining them with all important leaves. 
Products used: TSC ‘The Bright Side of Life’ collection, MHC flowers – Cottage Garden ‘Fragrance’, Ballroom ‘Waltz’, Tiana white & rose leaves.


The papers are 'The Bright Side of Life' from Scrapcake.

Thanks for popping in.

Morag x

Scrap 365 Blog Hop

I have some jolly exciting news to share with you.  The UK are about to get a new shot of inspiration from Traplet Publications (we all love Craft Stamper Magazine).

Scrap365 is a brand new scrapping/journal magazine full to the brim of exciting projects and scrappy inspiration.  If you have popped in on the off-chance, then head along to the Scrap 365 Blog to start your hop.

For my part of the hop, I have to introduce myself with a favourite project from this year.

Well this is me (don't you hate having your photo taken).

I live in the centre of England with my lovely family (tolerant hubby Pete) and my two marvellous children.

I have been hooked on scrapbooking ever since I created my first page 6 years ago. I love the way that anything goes and so many things can be incorporated onto a page. Building up layers and texture is definitely one of my favourite things on a page – I rarely do clean and simple! Stamping, inks and patterned papers will always be my favourite elements although I am particularly partial to punches at the moment especially border punches.

I am fortunate enough to be on Craft Stamper Magazine’s design team which certainly leads the way with creativity and pushing crafting boundaries here in the UK.

I can’t wait for Scrap 365 to hit the newspaper stands. I’m anticipating that there are going to be totally fabulous projects inside!

Here is  a favourite project from this year.

The project appeared in Craft Stamper Magazine, earlier this year and features fabulous Alice in Wonderland images.

My cake was made from various round boxes and finished off with a 'top hat'.  I had fun making the little cake and using tiny bottles.

I used tiny playing cards and more clock images here and there.

Well that's me.  Leave me a comment and I'll pick out a random winner for a RAK (I have a bit of stash stock-piled here). 

Why not hop along Suzy Beecher for more inspiration.  Remember to leave comments on all the blogs along the way to win a year's subscription to Craft Stamper Magazine PLUS fabulous stamps worth £20!
Thanks for stopping by.

Class Layout

I've  been busy, busy, busy here. Nicki and I are recuperating after hosting our charity crop last Saturday.  We were raising money for Cancer Research UK. We raised a totally awesome £900!  Thanks to all the lovely ladies for making it such a fabulous day out and all our generous sponsors.

I have been really busy with projects for Manor House Creations. It's amazing how much fun it can be when you have free reign and a big box of goodies to play with.  I can only share a sneaky peak at the moment, but check out the Manor House Blog  for lots of gorgeous inspiration.

The flowers are stunning aren't they?! I'm sure you would love to own some flowers for free - who wouldn't???!!

All you have to do to win, is get your shop to place an order, email us telling us which shop you requested our flowers at sales@manorhousecreations.com & we will send 6 extra packs for you to collect next time you order from, or visit, that shop.


This offer is open to anyone worldwide!!
(Please note: this offer is open to shops that make their first order from 13/09/11, not to existing customers).


Sounds like a great deal to me.
Anyway, onto a layout I have done for our monthly local crop.  I have used Prima flowers and papers for this one.

I teamed these papers up with some beautiful co-ordinating flowers, pretty pearls and lace.

You can tell that little flags are my current thing at the moment. LOL.

Thanks for popping in.  Enjoy the rest of your week.

Exciting News!

Sorry for the gap in posts but we finally moved house on Weds!  Yay!  It was a bit of a close run thing as they only sent 2 men to move us.  After complaining they did send more and eventually there were 10 of them!  Anyway, I'll be taking some pictures of our doer-upper house so you can laugh at the delightful patterned carpets :) ROFL.

Anyway the real exciting news is that I have made the DT for Manor House Creations.  Wow!!!  I am truly excited.  This brand-new Australian company have created gorgeous flowers.  Check out their blog for all the latest info.

I have just received my first box of goodies (you'll be so jealous!) so I can't wait to start playing.  The unpacking will just have to wait :)

In the meantime, I'll share my layout that I did as GDT for Fiskars.

My layout features some photographs I took when I did a photoshoot with  Julie & Jackie  a few weeks ago. 

 I was inspired by nature so I used the Fiskars Butterfly stamps as my starting point. 

Thanks for dropping in.  I have a few layouts which need to be photographed and I'll work on my first project for Manor House Creations.