Fancy a challenge?

The new monthly challenge is up on the Sarah's Cards Blog - loads of inspiration from the design team, and a £10 e-voucher up for grabs so get creating!

I've been playing along with The Color Room again - this week's palette was a gorgeous mixture of blues and greens with a little brown thrown into the mix. Perfect for one of our London Eye photos taken last year when we spent the day in the capital for our 1st wedding anniversary. Not only do you get a fab colour selection to inspire you, there is also a sketch provided each week, and I loved this week's so stuck to it pretty closely. I'm really happy with how it turned out, and I even used up a few really old scraps - got to be a bonus right?!

Patterned paper: MME, SEI, October Afternoon 'Night Light'; Letters: AC Thickers, My Little Shoebox, Jenni Bowlin; Gems: Basic Grey; Journalling Spot: Scrap 'Em @ Etsy; Puffy shape: AC 'Abode'

Bump update!

We had our 20 week scan yesterday - we are now over halfway!
Everything looks perfect with baby which is such a relief to know, and the best birthday present ever!
We decided against finding out if baby is a girl or boy - we will have a lovely surprise on delivery day. It was a bit wierd knowing that we could find out if we are having a son or daughter, but we stuck to our guns! So for now we are embracing greens, yellows, creams & whites, and I have a couple of things in rainbow colours!

The Color Room

I found a link to The Color Room over on Leanne's blog a little while ago - each week they post a palette of 4 colours, along with a sketch to inspire you. I loved this week's colours because they almost perfectly matched our wedding colours - pink, green, cream and lilac. We didn't have much purple, but hey, it's close enough!

Sarah's Cards update!

Here's what is coming your way in the May kit - I am a little jealous not to be working on this one, it's stunning! The DT have done some amazing pages with this.

Time to share the pages that I created with the April Sarah's Cards kit - gorgeous spring colours and loads of patterns!

Also you have until Monday 10th May to enter the latest sketch challenge over on the Sarah's Cards blog - there's a £10 e-voucher up for grabs so get scrapping!

Finally a big hello to my Grandad and Granny who I recently discovered googled me and now read my blog! *waves*

The Bumpy Bump

Ah, the bump is getting increasingly bumpy these days! I'm sure I look further on than I am (4 1/2 months) but as M keeps reminding me - it's going to get a whole lot bigger than this. Great, thanks for that lol!
We've been busy looking at pushchairs, car seats, prams, nursery furniture and all the other bits & peices that we need - it's a massive job, I could not believe how many different types of pram they are and I wasn't sure how on earth you go about choosing! It's like they are talking another language half the time. Despite that, I think we have picked out the carseat, and I have my eye on a certain pram - we just need to travel to a certain shop to try it out & make sure it's easy to use and comfortable to push!
Any mums out there - tips of things you definately do need would be great, and tips on things that thye try to seel you but you really don't need also much appreciated!

Blog Party - Woodgrain

The lovely Shimelle is holding an all-weekend blog party - check it out over here!
There's tons of inspiration and challenges to get your teeth into, and loads of fab prizes up for grabs too. 6am tomorrow is the deadline so get scrapping!
I've been keeping a note of the challenges and slowly starting to put together a few projects, in between enjoying the sunshine and attempting to clean the house.
This is the first one I've completed - I used Shimelle's sketch as a starting point, and also included a little bit of delicious woodgrain. We took this photo during a lovely brisk winter's walk on the beach up in Norfolk. It was only a few days after we found out we were going to be a mummy and daddy so we were feeling particularly loved up - aaaww. Yes, I am wearing earmuffs - I cannot pull off hats so these are my winter headgear of choice!

Simply Perfect

It's no secret that I love weddings. I love all the planning and preparation that goes into them. I love the pretty colours, the classic designs and the elegant shapes. I love the quirky and personal touches. Most of all I love the meaning behind the day.
This picture of my brother-in-law's wedding last year sums up why I love weddings really - happiness.
Not to forget of course, wedding photos are an excuse to go all out pretty pretty pretty on a layout!!