Easter Time at Scrap Map Saturday

Good morning everyone , don't these Saturdays come round quick :)

The new scrapbook sketch at CCW is here and the theme is Easter .

It just so happens this year we decided to collect some twigs/branches and put them in a vase to decorate them in an Easter theme and the bright eggs are ready for an egg hunt in the garden , they were put away again after the photo so as not to get eaten :)

The bright colours of the egg wrappers inspired me to use some blue cosmic shimmer spritzed onto the Bazzil cardstock . Never tried this before but seeing as my daughter Hannah has just bought some for her 'She Art' canvases I thought I'd borrow some :)

The bright pink flower is made from a strip of satin and I used Karen's tutorial here on the May Arts blog and Karen's own inspirational blog is here . My flower is not quite as full so I added some beads into the centre , you may see that flower again as I like its shabbiness and I need more practice making it .

So hop on over to the CCW blog and see this weeks sketch and others to play along, you can submit pages until the end of the month for any April sketch and they are on the look out for a new Guest Designer for May from this months submissions .

Hope you all enjoy the weekend and thank you for looking and leaving a comment x

Scrap Map - A girly page

Morning again ....second post today , which means the housework is being neglected again ...oh well :)

This weeks Scrap Map Challenge is a sketch and a girly theme, now because I couldn't get to the NEC this weekend I decided to do some stash shopping locally ( crafters logic ) and , amongst other things , bought the new Cosmo Cricket 'Upcycle' paper pad , the colours are fresh and bright with a bit of news print thrown in . It was the perfect choice for my page about my daughter ready to go on the first day of her work experience at a local special needs school .

Here's the sketch and LO

The journalling explains how her new shoes rubbed her feet so much the first day she could hardly walk and had to wear plasters and trainers the rest of the week !

The flower in the top right hand corner is made following this tutorial posted yesterday by Katherine on her blog so I thought I would have a go at making one for this page . I really like the rolled edges and they are simple to make , here's a couple of close ups

Thanks Kat for a great tutorial .

Pop over to the Creative Craft World blog and join in with the Challenge .

Right I have to restock the food cupboard now so Sainsburys is calling .

Thanks for looking and have a great day X