- Yesterday
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
Hi there everyone, getting back online took a little longer than I thought, so I haven’t posted since Christmas Eve! Hope you all had a good one! Anyway, I have made a number of cards over the…
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- December 24th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
A couple of weeks before we moved from our old house I decided to create some hand made Thank You cards for our neighbours as they have been good neighbours and Honey, especially, has made lots of fri…
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- December 20th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
I just love this image, such a gentle one. Again the paper is K&Co, from the 6×6 pack called “Classic” and the blue bit of matting under the photograph is from the 6×6 R…
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- December 18th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
The second of the cards I made at my crop last Saturday! I’ve used the same image as I did for a card a little while back which again, is free from Shabby Chic Papirskatter. K&Co backgroun…
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- December 16th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
Here is the first of some Christmas cards I have made this year… more coming up! I tend to be a scrapbooking cardmaker, and therefore keep my cards fairly simple. I have recently “got…
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- December 15th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
I found the quote below on my friend Siobhan’s newest blog. And she found it from ScrapNspire. I think it’s lovely and would be great to use on a scrapbook layout about yourself (if you&…
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- December 10th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
Oh yes indeed… I have a Special Announcement to make! I am moving house on Tuesday! Twice in fact and yes… just before Christmas! Twice because we have to stay in a holiday cottage for a…
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- December 9th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
Another multi-photo layout sketch. This time we have 2 photos, but the emphasis is on the journaling, the story of the page. And it’s a pretty simple page too. SKETCH CHALLENGE The challeng…
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- December 8th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
I’ve had lots of comments on the recent video I posted as to how to Quickly make single sided paper into Double sided using stamps! I thought I would just post one of the questions and my answer…
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- December 7th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
Oh here’s a real quicky! Just a little picture of Honey yesterday with the “fairy” birthday cake I decorated for her Birthday Party! If I get time I will upload more photos shortly.…
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- December 6th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
I have made a quick video showing how you can use your stamps to create a complimentary design on the back of single sided scrapbook papers to make it double-sided paper. Not ground-breaking in news,…
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- December 2nd, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
I recently had a conversation with a lady who was telling me that she would have wanted to scrapbook her daughters’ pictures had they not been lost. She explained that somehow, in circumstance…
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- November 26th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
I am in the process of making a scrapbook about a holiday we took in 2007 to Disneyland Paris. I realise it’s nearly 2010, but I’ll get there eventually! I just thought I would show you…
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- November 22nd, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
How’s about this mushroom then? I thought it definitely looked like something out of a fairytale! I snapped it with my phone when out walking the dogs recently. It’s definitely Autu…
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- November 18th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
The November 09 Sketch for the Newsletter is a multi-photo Scrapbook page. One large photo and up to 4 smaller photos (and/or blocks of embellishment). As part of my demo at my crop last weekend I…
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- November 14th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
I made a card and a half at my crop today! I thought I would make some vintage style cards with some pictures I have downloaded from the internet and here is the result of the card I actually finish…
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- November 13th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
No it’s not scrapbooking, but IT IS UPLIFTING and I’m all for that! The music video gives extra weight to the message and I hope you enjoy it… This one will be blasting out in my c…
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- November 12th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
I want to keep the Multi-Photo layout theme going, which is my intention for most of my sketches, and so here is a sketch for one large, main photo and up to three smaller photos. You could keep thi…
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- November 8th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
Recently I showed you a birthday card on which I had put some “Crumpled flowers”. I made them using the “wet” technique. Here is a closeup of one of the flowers (before I…
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- November 4th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
I do get fed up every time I read “the first thing you need to do as a beginner to scrapbooking is buy an album, a few papers and some adhesive”! That makes me cross because you DON’…
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- November 1st, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
Well we had a little party for Halloween yesterday evening, and then a quick round of Trick or Treating. With Honey’s school friends and the children (and adults) from the neighbouring houses…
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- October 31st, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
I made this card this month for a friend. My friend likes Cath Kidston type design and so I used these colours to give the feel of that designers work. It’s the papers from PaperMania Signatu…
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- October 29th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
Hi there, the next Scrapbooking Layout instalment of my “Intentional Scrapbooking”! I’m just showing you the layout here and will write a little more about it later! Some of th…
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- October 25th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
I am very pleased (on a regular basis) that I finally took the plunge to get a mobile phone with a decent camera in it! I even saved myself £10 per month in the process which was a bonus! But it…
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- October 24th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
My mum visited us last weeked for a couple of days and we managed some scrapbooking together, which was nice. She bought me some stash for my birthday, including a pack of Basic Grey “Porcelai…
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- October 22nd, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
Ok, so… as promised in the previous post here are the other pages I created in my circle mini album. And yes… I Know… I missed out day 5! This I realised after I had already mis-…
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- October 17th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
Thank you to those of you who have commented on Here and via Facebook and forums regarding my last post. I am still here, and I have been warmed by the kind words you have spoken, some from complete…
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- October 14th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
I’ve been blogging about Scrapbooking for 0ver three years… starting on the old blog and this year on this one. In that time I have spent a LOT of time preparing the projects, the phot…
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- October 13th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
Well the title says it all really! This layout is by Aphra and I know you’re wondering about the plaid (tartan) puppy… well he’s in the Basic Grey ‘June Bug’ collectio…
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- October 9th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
Yep… it’s my birthday today! I usually keep quiet (as I have gotten older) but I thought… sod it… I’m gonna tell everyone and make some effort. So here’s a pict…
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- October 8th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
If you just want to set eyelets on your pages, then there are cheaper alternatives, but if you want to punch holes in thick media, such as chipboard, (apparently even leather, plastic, metal, acryli…
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
I decided to join in with the Basic Grey Challenges Blog this week and so here is my interpretation of the sketch… It’s an 8×8 scrapbook page. I have noticed that there are mostly…
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- October 6th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
Stitching, using fibres such as embroidery threads, can add a lovely touch to scrapbook layouts and, indeed greetings cards. There are companies that make templates for such a technique, but of cour…
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
Here is the Sketch for this month. It’s a multi-photo (well dual-photo anyway!) scrapbook page, however I think I may use one large photo instead of 2 smaller ones when I create my page. I m…
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- October 2nd, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
Here is the last in the series of short videos showing you the three mini scrapbook albums I made using just one piece of 8×8 cardstock and patterned paper each. This album is quite “girl…
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- October 1st, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
Only us crafters would find this funny! The description of the video… “How to make a hand made card with tools already in your garage! “
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- September 30th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
Hi there, I thought I would film a “video draw”… I can’t really call it a live draw, can I? But I announce the three winners of the Scrapbook Sketchbooks and all you need t…
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- September 26th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
You know how when it’s your birthday, and you go into the office (assuming you work in an office by day, or have done so at one time) strangely it’s You who is expected to “get the c…
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- September 22nd, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
I have posted a link to an article (below) showing how to use a faded picture as a journaling block instead of a plain coloured background. An example is pictured here. This article refers to usi…
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- September 20th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
Here is a lovely page by Stephanie over at the Scrap Paper Scissors Blog. I particularly like the layering of the leaves, butterflies and fence. And this is a great example of the use of white s…
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- September 19th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
Here is the second of three short videos (this one is 2 and a half minutes), taking a look at three mini albums I made using only one piece of 8×8″ cardstock each and some patterned paper.…
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- September 18th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
My friend Siobhan has a flair for Scrapbooking! So much so, in fact that she is on a design team! I will be sharing her layouts with you from time to time (and I thank Siobhan for allowing me to d…
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- September 15th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
I took this photograph when I was last visiting my sister and brother-in-law recently. I do not have any newspapers in my house (apart from the free ones which are thrust through our door whether we…
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- September 11th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
I can now show you a page I made a few months back, but which I was unable to post here until after it was published. So, as Featured in the September 09 issue of Scrapbook Inspirations magazine, he…
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- September 10th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
Here is video of a great scrapbook mini album, which ”MsScrappaperscissors” (YouTube name, don’t know her real name) has created for some relatives in Scotland for them to add phot…
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- September 8th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
This month of September marks the first birthday of the SimplyScrapbookingNow.com Newsletter, my Ezine. So the theme for this month’s sketch and challenge is birthdays! Get scrapbooking a bi…
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- September 6th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
I mentioned a while ago (I think) that I am working on a fairly dark set of printable papers (hybrid crafting). I decided to give away a downloadable quick page to all my Newsletter Subscribers in A…
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- September 5th, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
Whilst I was visiting my folks in Surrey and Sussex recently I visited a (fairly local) scrapbooking shop Crafts U Love (they do mail order). While I was there I bought a number of items such as ne…
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- September 3rd, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
Well I just had to share this with you! I was cooking a piece of Smoked fish to make kedgeree (spelling?) and I came across something on the label that made me laugh out loud… and then sayR…
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- September 1st, 2009
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SundayL has posted a new entry on: SundayLDesigns
I signed up to my first online class with Shimelle Laine of Shimelle.com. Its the “Learn Something New Every Day” Class and is for the month of September. So this being 1st September, t…
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