As I have probably mentioned on here a million times I don't work Wednesdays. Actually, let me be more specific, I don't go to my paid job on Wednesdays. Recently I have found myself spending most Wednesdays working around the house, following around after everyone else but not today. Today I was determined to spend the whole day, from getting up around 8.30am to Mr Grumpy coming home at 6pm, in my craft room doing some crafting. I was waylaid this morning by my daughter asking me to help her put the last coat of paint on her bedroom walls so that took me up until lunchtime, a quick break for my favourite low fat, tomato and red pepper humous with 6 water crackers (dieting again!) then locked myself in my little craft room.
I wanted to do something with the latest montly kit from Sarah's Cards as the kits are starting to stack up now as I never seem to have time to do anything with them and the next one is due to be posted out in a few days time. So I dug out this old photo of my now 18 year old daughter (A'Level results tomorrow, OMG!!) and got to work and created the bottom layout. She always wanted it to be "Teddy's Turn", I'm sure she didn't like going on the springy things herself!
The top layout "Icebox Bear" is a joke layout for my husband Phil, aka Mr Grumpy, aka The Teddy Bear Collector. He has over 300 of them all over the house, it drives me mad, but I'm sure I've said that before so sorry to bore you. My hubby loves the Birds Eye bear, I believe he is called Clarence. Every time an advert comes on featuring Clarence he asks me when the bear will be available to buy, like I'm the font of all knowledge! Anyway I saw this photo on the internet and couldn't resist printing it off. I saw these papers in a sale and snapped them up cos I knew exactly what I was going to do with them. Actually, what I was going to do with them was use them as backing papers for some Christmas cards (I like to start early) but when I saw the papers and the photo on my desk at the same time I couldn't resist creating this layout. To try to make the papers go a bit further as I'd only bought a few odd sheets, I gutted some of the patterned paper and I have to ask....why are craft knives so flipping sharp? I not only managed to slice the paper but my finger also which bled profusely, so much so that I spent several seconds swearing under my breath whilst biting down on the end of my finger to try numb the pain and stop the bleed, taped it up with a bit of tissue and some low tack masking tape and got on with the layout. Hope you like them.
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