It really was too nice to be working a week or so ago! I just think we get so few really lovely days here in the UK, we need to make the most of them and sitting here doing a cash flow forecast is really not in my top ten list of favourite things to do on a sunny day!
I'd spent the morning at a client's premises taking photographs as he'd asked me to take some photos of his new camping and caravanning site so he can put them on his website. This probably counts as my first real photographic assignment (and I got paid too!!!!)! I take photos for pleasure, and occasionally manage to come out with a couple of good pictures, and having seen one I took of the bridge at Ironbridge, my client seemed to think I knew what I was doing.....do you think it would be wrong of me to have kept quiet about the fact that I don't know how to work all the buttons on my camera yet?
Here's the caravan and camping site - looks so peaceful, doesn't it? All you can hear are the birds singing and ok, yes, the traffic from the nearby main road, but the peace and the views more than make up for the noise of the traffic.
A short walk away, this is what you can find:
And there are these tucked away in a hedge:
Just pour me a Pimm's and leave me here:
Anyhow, it was really lovely that morning, being out in the sunshine and listening to the birds sing. Shame I had to come back indoors to do my real job, eh?
But, despite all the work, I have had chance to get crafty, and was able to get my hands on this new release from Girl Boy Girl Designs:
I have been so busy with work (you know, that thing that stops me crafting but just about pays the bills) that I have barely had time to think these last few weeks. I'm running late with my Hybrid Chick project (again :( ) but take a look at what I used for my last one:
Isn't that just gorgeous? I just love that kit, there are so many scrummy papers and embellishments in it! Best of all, it comes with a flowerpot template:
You just can't beat having a digital kit and a hybrid template combined - the best of both worlds ;)!!! So naturally I had to have a go at this and look see how it turned out:
Of course, I had to force myself to use my brand new never been used before Stampin' Up! Floral Frames Framelits dies - now that's real dedication for you!!! As you can imagine, it was a real chore breaking into that and using it for the first time ;)!!!
For further details on how this was made, please take a look at the Hybrid Chick blog. The Hybrid chick team have also come up with some amazing creations so you will find plenty of inspiration there ;).
In the meantime, I shall go back to pretending I am preparing cash flow forecasts whilst in reality looking out through my office door into the garden and the lovely sunshine that I just want to be sitting outside in!!!
Happy scrapping!
Well, they have some amazing templates and cutting files at The Digichick, and I just couldn't resist having a go at making a vase and flowers. I've been wanting to make a vase for ages, and when the chance came to use a bag template (yes, you heard right, a bag template;) ), it seemed the perfect opportunity.
I used the following items, firstly this gorgeous collaboration kit from the Digichick Designers:
Then I used two sets of cutting files from Kelleigh Ratzlaff:
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