Ready to Play.

When my grandson Jack changed schools this year we were all a little concerned at what he was going to make of the fact that sports was a very high priority within the schools curriculum. Jack has never taken to contact sports, he hasn't shown any interest in " playing football" as most boys do,had no interest in watching it on TV and if you asked him who Wayne Rooney was I don't think he would have a clue !! Tennis, yes and for his age he's a very good player but contact sports no-way!
Having an Uncle and three cousins that live & die for Rugby, one of the cousins even playing for Wales Youth, still didn't interest him.It was them that bought him the rugby ball he's holding - notice how clean it is !!
Anyhow he had to be kitted out with the full kit to start at the beginning of term so his Mum had to document this in a series of photos! I'm pleased to say that when he came home after his first game of Tag Rugby ( apparantly they don't play proper rugby at this age)he loved it and couldn't wait to phone his cousins and tell them all about it. The next game he got punched in the eye ( not very seriously) and even that didn't put him off ! If I'm really honest I don't want my little boys to play rugby as there's a strong possibility of them getting hurt !!
I've used some of the newly released Fancy Pants Off to School papers and embelishments for this LO.
As always, click on the photo for a better view.

Challenge Time !

This is the 2nd month of the big challenge over on My Creative Sketches, you'll find them here
There's a prize every month so if you've missed the 1st of the 3 sketches for the big prize don't worry as you'll still be in with a chance for the monthly one.
This is the sketch for this month :

I've used some Pink Paislee Bayberry Cottage papers for this LO.I added a spray of feathers to my hand made flower spray. I think I need a bit more practice at making these sprays, this is my first attempt and nowhere near the standard of Gabriella Pollacco's hand made sprays ! Pop over to her blog here to view the video on how to make them if you fancy a go yourself.Her work is absolutely stunning so it's well worth a look.
The girls along with four of their friends went to Harrogate in Yorkshire in August to have a go at the Krypton Factor Assault Course and the photo was taken on the Saturday evening when they all went out for a meal after successfully finishing the course. Nothing like living it up when you're away on a girls week-end to enjoy your meal with champagne is there?
I do have some photo's of them, shall we say a bit less glamourous than this one, waiting to be scrapped too.

Click on the photo for a more detailed view

a couple of close ups of the flower vines !

Bad Blogger !

I'm getting to be a very bad blogger ! A bad scrapbooker too as I haven't scrapped for a couple of weeks until last night.Life just got in the way at the start and then last week-end something happened and I felt like giving it up altogether! Suffice to say, the incident was quickly dealt with on Monday morning by a third party but it didn't make me feel any better and it took me all week to decide whether I needed to be part of the crafting forum world and to get my paper & glue out and carry on! Forums can go their way and I'll go mine - to play with my paper & glue !

Here's a page I did last night. Sian and family had a day out at Warwick Castle during the school holidays and this is a photo of Charlie in the stocks.I've used some My Minds Eye Limited Edition 2 from the Breeze collection for this page.

My Minds Eye & October Afternoon.

No, not on the same layout I might add :)
At last I've had a few minutes to scrap, so here's a couple I put together yesterday.
First is of Sophie, who is now on the move, it's clear the decks time now!! It didn't take her long to put one knee in front of the other after getting the strength to get up on them.
I've used some leftovers from the March kit from Sarah's Cards for this one which is the October Afternoon Modern Homemaker.I also used the MME sketch from their newsletter

This one I've used the beautiful My Minds Eye Lost & Found 2 Breeze collection of the boys with their Mum taken last year.