Oh Dymo where have you been all my life?

I got one over the weekend and nothing is safe, I've labelled my glass, all my herb press, Eli... the list goes on. But what I really wanted it for was journalling.

Paper I used was some Emma shared out (Thanks Emma :) ) I think it was Echo Park, love the grunged faded colours of it. And for the Little Steps LO I used Tim Hotlz Pack, don't ask which one because it's very early but I know I am struggling to find use for it not like the other ones where I only have scraps of them left. I have a PTI order on the way wooooo and can't wait to get my hands on it because I need a scrap lift! But Just afraid my scrap closet won't take much more being squeezed into it!

Hold on Mama

Who knew a trip in a Tesco shopping trolley could be so terrifying? The grip he had on that trolley could have cracked walnuts! He loosened up a bit and then decided he was going to try to slide out the side of the trolley, this boy keeps me on my toes! 

Few layouts of Eli-who else

I just realised I have nearly 4 full albums of this boy before his first birthday, think I had better slow down a bit. Although my scrapping time has been cut to none lately it's still nice to get a few bits done even though they feel rushed and it was more about getting the photo onto the page.

I used Bo Bunny stack and can't remember for the life of me what it was called, love the bright colours of it and makes for easy scrapping because there's not much you can do with it being busy!

DIY baby tie t-shirt

I wanted something special and cool for Eli's birthday but because he is still in tiny clothes 0-3, 3-6 months at a push people obviously don't make cool clothes for tiny babies! So I bought a cheap top from Pennys for €3 for a pack of 2 and a pack of ties on special offer for €1. Took me about 15 minutes, 25 if you include the times I had to pick Eli up off the floor because he rolled off his mat and was giving out and I think if you can thread a needle anyone could do this!

I used the skinny end of a man's tie and measured it so it was just a bit longer than the top,DONT cut yet!

Fold a diagonal edge like in the photo, this is where you make sure the end of the tie is no longer than the top

 Fold the long piece back over to form the tie knot but it's not as bulky as normal

The last fold is the long piece back behind (I hope I am explaining this properly, if not the photos should help!) This is when you cut it, cut about half way across the back of the knot so there's no overlap on the left side (our left)

I then folded the top piece down into a V so there would be no over lap on the top of the tie. Now you can leave it like this and it's a very square 80's pencil thin tie but I prefer a bit a beef in my tie so follow onto the next step

Pinch the bottom piece of the knot together so it looks like this and sow the back bottom piece together like a corset (zig zag back and forth any way the needle goes in, no one will see it so don't worry about being tidy!) so the knot looks bigger on top

Add an embelishment, best to do it before you sow the tie on. You don't have to sow the rest of the tie on after the knot but knowing my fella he would probably shove it into the xbox or use it as a rope to escape his cot. Best to be safe rather than trying to explain to the A&E nurse why exactly you thought it was wise to dress your tiny baby in a tie.

One small problem...I never tried the top on before I made the tie and realised it's too big!  He seemed to think it was hilarious though so we have half our birthday suit now :)

Oh the places you will go

When ever I look at this photo I think of that Dr Seuss quote, Oh the places you will go. I didn't want to use the same old paper so I got my sharpies out and water colour crayons and went loose. The airplanes die is one of Emma's PTI ones and the Get happy sticker was a K&Co that I had knocking around for years. Got inspiration for the design from this blog I saw on Creative Scrappers http://www.felicitasklink.blogspot.com/

Wall saying

Saw this on pininterest and knew I had to do it! Cut the alphabet from TH die and it's an American craft house embellishment. Used mod podge  to glue it and seal it, really love it :) Put it by my front door so I can   see it!

Boys room idea

Got a big pack of crayons in the €2 shop for the kids end of year present and had some left over. Some mod podge stuck them down and volia a lovely wall piece 

Some scrapping with Emma

Steampunk Pendant

I got a packet of watch parts off ebay and had a little play today. I used fimo but it was a bit old and very hard to condition. I used eye shadow of all things to get the glimmer. You can't see from the photo but I used one of the watch pieces for the loop at he top. Once I mod podge it to seal it, it'll be good to go!

Happy fathers day

Bought the transfers on Ebay and cheap T-shirts (only saw his was a long sleeve after I opened it, oh well!) and voilva, personalised fathers day gift I know he will love and use. Good Mama :)

8 month LO

I cannot take a straight photo...and this was photoshopped! 

8 months just gone, 9 months tmrw (6 1/2 corrected) finally getting the hang of some things like standing and wearing 0-3 month clothes if only he could smile at me now it would make my day!

Altered art book page

To draw you must close your eyes and sing. Mermaid is a downloaded image and I just drew in more hair and tail to help it blend in a bit. I gessoed the page first and then used my new watercolour crayons to get the background colour (need alot more practice with these!) and random stamps.Nothing special but it was nice to get my hands dirty :)

And Danbo was born

I was curious about a little amazon box turned into a robot I was seeing popping up on camera blogs, until I googled him & fell in love! I wasn't willing to pay the stupid price they were asking and found a tutorial here:
http://win1999.web.fc2.com/Oshiire/EXTRA/032/make/body.htm
and photo help from here:
http://win1999.web.fc2.com/Oshiire/EXTRA/032/make/body.htm
This isn't a quick project, don't be fooled!! Took me about 6 hours all in all but I was so determined to have my own Danbo I didn't mind :) except maybe having brain freeze in the middle and reading the English like it was Japanese, I don't do well with instructions!

His legs, I inked up the edges with TH Burlap to give it more dimension

This is around about where I felt like throwing it in...but wanting to see his little head kept me going

Poor Danbo is shy, I'll have to introduce him to everyone

Take my photo

Take my photo- journalling is about how I always take photos but  no one ever takes one of me unless it's a set up one and I always smile like a loon. Love this photo because it wasn't set up (but that's not saying I didn't shove the camera into D's hands!)

The TH dress form die with a bird cage dress and raffia bow

I made bunting out of circles folded in half over raffia, never thought of doing this before and would probably go smaller again. Think this was 1 1/2" circle.

Button heart card

Can't remember where I saw this but it was the last thing I saw last night and knew I had to try the button heart today. After having a boy I have an abundance of pink buttons and what a great way to use them!  Nice and easy, just have to find someone to give it to!

Dress form card

Mr Tim's dress form die I cut while at Cathy's die. Seriously am tempted to buy it :) I had so much fun sowing the tiny dress together, think I missed my calling to be a barbie dress designer

Quick cards

A circle cut in half with some hand cut sails, my fav PTI cloud die and PTI baby sayings. This card took me less than 2 minutes :)

Sheesh like Lou, get a new paper stack. This is one of my first stacks but I still love it even though it's been used to death!

Emma's PTI stars and I really wish I didn't chomp the corner of that star off, it looks so sad now!

Baby LO

Me and my childhood dog Laddie, he never left my side and there's a few photos with him tipping me off chairs, prams and beds :)

Man I love those feet, tiny little toes that never stop kicking and especially since they found out that they can kick the keyboard *sigh Looks like I will have to post at 4am to make any sense now

Butterfly LO

Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly

A beautiful tag Emma gave to me and I didn't know what to do with it. Not that I'm saying Eli looked caterpillar like when he was born (He looked many things but not really caterpillic) but it's a lovely thought because I think he has really blossomed the last month. Such a cute lil smiler, never fails to make me smile

Bandanna bibs

I loved the ones Eli had and since he started drooling/teething more he needed some more.  Alot of work IMO and I probably wouldn't do it again. Got the material in a cute little material shop in Galway which does great retro materials and patterns.

Bebe cool

All set up to scrap, inks out, paper laid out, in the right frame of mind...no photos *ughhh

So a scrap session cut short. Searched everywhere for inspiration and in the end I just laid pieces out without a sketch. The camera washed it out a bit because it was nearly dusk and my crap photo editing did nothing to help. Half of The Book of Eli-Chapter 2 is nearly full now and that's only since January...Better slow down

Scrap that baby Challenge

Scrap your ultrasound...since I have over 30 scan pictures it was hard to choose but I like this one because it was before all the trouble and it brightens up my hall as an altered canvas :)