The Weekly Sketch wk1

I grew up in Ipswich, Suffolk and when I married my husband Andy in 1988 we bought our house in nearby Bramford where we still live today. I have 3 grown up children, 2 boys and a girl, and so far two gorgeous grandsons.   I am also a mad cat lady; I have one cat Ollie who loves to bring all his cat friends home.  I work as a care assistant for the elderly and work nights in a very assisted living complex.    I started scrapbooking in 2005 after a family holiday to Florida.  I found Papermaze online when...

How to save time decorating your pages   Die cut shapes are pre-cut designs that come in a variety of themes, sizes, and styles, making them perfect for enhancing your layouts and often made to complement printed paper collections. Our guest scrapbooker Ali, has demonstrated perfectly the use of  die cut shapes on this week’s layout.  Can you spot which techniques she has used from the list below?   Title embellishment Use large, bold die cut letters to create eye-catching titles for your scrapbook pages. Arrange the letters in different fonts and colors to match the theme or mood of...

Ok, here goes ! I live in rural Nottinghamshire with my husband. All three of our children are grown up and married now and we are blessed with 5 adorable grandchildren, aged from 3 weeks to 7 years old, plus 3 older step grandchildren. They all live close by so I always have an abundance of photos to scrap ! We love to travel and I have photos from three major trips that are slowly getting scrapped and into albums. It was on a stay in the USA in the late 1990’s that I discovered Creative Memories and scrapbooking and...