While ....

...my scrappy pals did the next two layouts I did these-or at least I started them anyway. I used Travel Girl papers from October Afternoon. Rather apt, I thought, seeing as Sarah is a travel girl at the moment. (Can't remember whose layout inspired this one but if it's yours let me know).

Then I did this one of Michael at 23. I like to record each birthday. One day we will look back through the albums to see how they have (or haven't) changed!! Might wait for the future wife so I can embarrass them suitably :-))

I used the same range of papers as the one above. It's a family tradition that we go to PX on our birthdays but this year there were only the two of us to indulge. Bonding time!!

Where was I going

when I did this? Another layout that just started and ended without any plan. Not sure about it but heh! It'll do. I seems to be saying less of that these days but it still applies sometimes!!!
Photo is of my gorgeous girl (niece) Sarah in the tube in Tokyo. I love the way hubby has captured her amongst all the other passengers.

saturday get together

On Saturday at Hazel Grove I set the class this time and with the permission of Ness at Papermaze we  lifted this from the blog:

I loved it as soon as I saw it on the blog and knew I would have to do it. I had to adapt it because a) I always do and b) not all the products were still available. It tells the story of our first day in Tokyo and meeting up with a cousin, and his beautiful daughter, who I had not seen for years as he moved out there about 40 years ago.
Because I hate wasting the leftovers I set this using all the remnants:

We could not get over the snow when we got there. Although we didn't expect bright sunshine we hoped it would at least be dry.

So whilst they were doing those I did this:

Agemaki is the courtesan heroine of a play shown at a Kabuki theatre in Tokyo. In the Edo Museum there is a replica of the theatre and the stage. I had to finish this layout  at home to go with this one:

I loved the display of wigs that were used as well as the costumes, the designs of which all tell a tale understood by the audience at that time.

There were more layouts done- watch this space.

Didn't we have a lovely day today?

I had a great day today. Some friends came round for a Cheeky Extra crafting day. Not sure we got loads done but we did have a lovely day chatting and shuffling paper. I managed to get this done for the challenge over on Punky Scrap Rebels where the theme is purple and green. theres plenty of that on this layout and I even managed to use an old but much loved range of paper Rouge Garance.

scraps

I started a layout at our get together on saturday and decided to finish it when I got home. I wasn't sure where I was going with it and didn't have a plan-nothing new there then. I ended up stamping for stamping sake and ended up with this:

I quite like it really and it fits in well with the Scrap 365 sketch

challenge here.

2 more

2 more layouts done recently. We are still in Japan for these. One of them is me with my lovely Sarah and a rare one of my on my own looking at a menu wondering what to eat. I was worried before we went about the food but it was fine. In fact so much that I worried about before we went was fine. lol.

Ive use Glitz designs for both layouts. I love the feeling of using my stash. 

Toilet humour 1.

When Steven asked me what I remember most about Japan, I enthused about the toilets there. They have what they call Japanese style toilets and Western style toilets. Fortunately there is an abundance of Western style everywhere from the smart hotels to in the trains. Anyone who knows me knows that I am very particular about the toilets I will and won't use and I have to admit that although I went in to look (curiosity getting the better of me), I am definitely a Western style gal. I was very amused to see a poster on the wall of the Japanese style loo giving instructions on how to use it. Even so, I wasn't tempted and exited quickly (not before snapping the following photos) in search for something a little more my style.

At the weekend crop we went to back in march we were given a kit to use as a challenge. I wanted to keep this layout fairly paper free so just used a bit down the sides of the layout pointing downwards for obvious reasons and some to form the tag in the envelope on which I've written the journalling. Although you cant really tell, there are droplets of stickles representing…well I'm sure you know what they represent.