Happy Together

Been working on this for weeks, the basic design, the circle and the spiked cut outs are a lift from the Fancy Pants gallery and was done by a talented lady called Guisppa Gubler. Once I'd got the circle cut and the pattered papers and cardstock stuck down I couldn't decide what to do with it next so it has just been laying about in my craft room, waiting for me to spill Pepsi Max or some ink on it. A couple of days ago I bought the Tim Holtz Tattered Rose Sizzix die and thought I'd have a play at making some grungy flowers, so I made three using that die and another Sizzix one with two flowers on and a few similar but smaller punches. Of course none of my current layouts would be complete without tons of butterflies, well five anyway, I don't seem to be able to scrap without them at the moment.

I wish the sun would come back, trying to photograph layouts when it's grey and overcast is not good, if you stick the flash on it washes out the image, if you don't it comes out looking dark and flat. Caroline, Kathy, myself and another lady are doing a class at the weekend with Kirsty Wiseman where she is going to attempt to get us away from the Automatic setting on our DSLRs and using them more like a pro, that should be a laugh. Hopefully we won't get stabbed or mugged as we wander around Leeds looking for interesting things to photograph.