Doesn't Time Fly?

I can't believe that I've not posted here for a month! I have been so busy lately. Work and life in general (i.e. visiting Jenni, fetching Karen from Uni, and a busy period at work) has meant there hasn't been time for crafting. So, I'm back today with two quick scrapbook pages in my favourite colour - blue - to show that the photographs still need scrapping and the mojo's still there to do it! Thankfully.

The first features some photos from a sunny day spent at Shoreham-By-Sea with DD1 and her partner Tom. They met at college and have been together now for three years. Doesn't time fly?

I used Papermania and Tim Holtz papers, Graphicus stamps and some orange brads.

The second layout shows DD2 and her friend Ginny in Cannes in May. They were there for the annual Film Festival and were very lucky with the weather. It seems like a 'home from home' with the seashore and McDonald's! Karen's back home now for the summer, with her first year at Uni completed. Doesn't time fly?

Again I've used Tim Holtz papers, and stamped on them with Papermania alphabet stamps.

I'm away after today for a few days, but I will be taking part in WOYWW this week. The 'time manipulation' wonders of Blogger allow me to set the post up in advance, but I'll be back and checking everyone's workspace Wednesday evening. I hope to see you there!

Quick Post Today

Just a quick post today as it's the first Brighton Marathon and as Hubby is mad enough to take part, I need to make my way to the centre of town. Not an easy thing to do with most of the roads closed and the buses changing routes for the day! He left this morning at 6.15am and managed to hitch two lifts to get to where he needed to be for the start line.

Anyway, Jenni and Tom are moving into a new flat very soon. They will be living in Shoreham-By-Sea in West Sussex, a small town with the South Downs to the north, the Adur Valley to the west, and the River Adur and Shoreham Beach on the English Channel to the south. Their flat has a balcony looking out over the River Adur and the houseboats moored there. It's a beautiful spot and they are very lucky to get the flat.

I made this card quickly this morning to give them today as we are meeting up in Brighton at lunchtime to watch the runners and take some photos.

I used a Hero Arts stamp and Tim Holtz ink in Cranberry, dragging the colour around each clock face  with a water brush. Inside I included a quotation that I think is very true about what makes a house into a home. 

Gotta go now as I have to put away my crafting stuff and find a bus that's actually running into town!

Houseboats

On Sunday we had beautiful weather along the South Coast and I spent the day at Shoreham-By-Sea. There was a Food Festival taking place in the town along with an open day for a few of the the houseboats moored there.

Some of the boats look cobbled together out of whatever spare bits of wood, glass, mirrors and plastic their residents could find and are probably very cold to live in during winter. But they present a colourful and unusual photo-oportunity for anyone with a camera to hand. Many of the houseboats leaned precariously to one side - maybe they do that anyway whether the tide's in or out! It must be interesting living in a space where everything is at an angle. I'm sure I'd be falling out of bed each night!

I'll be making a scrapbook page focusing on the colours which abound in the houseboat photos. The people living in them spend their time in artistic, quirky, sometimes dark spaces but the cheerful colours of paint and flowerpots, wellies and washing drying on the deck make me envious of their lifestyle - but I'd definitely only be hardy enough to try it in the summertime!