Stellina

My tribute to summer

Tried to get a taste of my summer holiday on this page.  It will go into the new album I have made. I ordered the new Alice in Wonderland journal from Elsie today.  I am really looking forward to getting stuck into it....... at the moment the bad weather is making me feel a little low.  I need the colors and the fun of some crazy layouts.

Etsy Goodies arrive

My Elsiecake goodies from Etsy  arrived today........Love them!  Wonderful colors.

Couldn't resist this!

My Cat in bliss enjoying the little bit of sun we have seen this summer!

 

I miss it!

I cant believe I have been back for a week.  I spent a wonderful ten days with my parents in Italy and coming back to the misery of the Dutch summer this year has been hard........I have so many suggestive shots just to remind me of what I left behind.......

granita.....

Incredible views of the Eolian Islands...

the view from my home of the sea....

Marinello beach....

mum and dad......

My Little Mouse arrived!

I am so thrilled with my last Etsy purchase!  She comes from The House of Mouse and came with a little certificate and pin. I adore mice and this little girl will take pride of place on my desk.  She is truly gorgeous! 

Magical

I started an album some time ago with pictures which I chose of myself with some sort of special meaning. I put them into this fun album which I made especially to fit the unusually shaped pages.  Most of the embelishments are from Love Elsie.  I love color and I love the effects that all the little buttons produce, it's magical.  Lets face it I am hooked on all these gorgeous bits and pieces.  Recently I bought the recipie box and it really filled me with inspiration to scrapbook late into the night and use up all the bits and pieces i had left over.

I also used some of the techniques described by Tim Holtz to make it all a little more fruity and the textures different.  I love piling things onto a page.  For me the looker has to see something different every time they look at my pages.  I cant seem to leave an empty space alone.  The more I try to create open and uncluttered layouts, the more I feel the frustrated need to fill in the blanks.  I am now making a second scrapbook.  Much the same, but smaller than this one.  I will try to cramb less onto the pages.  Dont think I will succeed though........life is full of so many fantastic things, and so, how can I not reflect that in my pages...... : )

Finally finished!

I have had this seven gypsies envelope album on the shelf for so long!  I couldnt make up my mind what to do with it till I saw this baby book by Jennifer Pebbles and was totally inspired to do something with mine.  I was able to download the pages from Two Peas and got to work straight away.  It took me forever to finish the decoration, but I now have something to put the bits and pieces in which I so love to collect when I travel.  The pictures dont do it justice, but here is a peek of the cover........

The digikit little birdie book is gorgeous! So many juicy colors!! Seriously thinking about making another one!

So many cute things!

I have just descovered Etsy and I cant believe how many cute things are out there.  Some of the adorable things I want to have...

A Place to Share

I spend hours gluing and putting pages together, never realizing how much work I put into it all till it comes to trying to fit more books on on my already packed shelves.  It's a matter of arranging and rearranging over and over again.......and I will make it all fit, come what may. Each book, no matter how primitive or silly, is a part of me and what I love. I am going to enjoy sharing my work.  I have derived so much inspiration from the fantastic creativity of others, that now I hope I will make someone out there smile with at least one of my bits and pieces.

For me, when the creative fairy lands on my shoulder and whispers in my ear, it's time to play!