I've Managed One LO

What on earth's happened this week? I've managed the grand total of one LO and here it is:

On UKS, the weekly challenge set by the Lavender Lovelies is this:

1. Since 1967, on or around Hans Christian Andersen's birthday, 2 April, International Children's Book Day (ICBD) is celebrated to inspire a love of reading and to call attention to children's books, therefore we would like you to use a fairytale / fantasy / or children’s book title theme for your layout.
2. Its April Fools day on April 1st so please 'fool us’, you could include some hidden journalling or maybe use something surprising on your Layout that wouldn’t normally be used for scrapping.
3. Also in relation to April 1st..... in 1891 the Wrigley’s Company was started , As a bit of a giggle please use something 'wriggly ' on your layout , this could be ric-rac or wavy lines maybe.
4. As it is hopefully going to become more spring like please use spring colours on your layout, these do NOT have to be pastel, but we are thinking along the lines of blues, pinks, greens, yellows, white etc.
5. To celebrate the clocks changing this past weekend to British Summertime please use a clock or time on your layout, the time can be within the journalling.

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So to summarise:

1. Fairytale / fantasy / or children’s bok title theme - 10 points
2. April Fools element - something not as it seems or hidden etc - 5 points
   
3. To celebrate Wrigley’s company starting on 1st April 1891 use wavy lines on your layout - 5 points
4. Spring colours (do not have to be pastel) - 5 points
5. Use a clock or time on your layout - 5 point

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1. I've used one of my favourite books from my youth - The Famous Five
2. The white in the bottom right is actually the wire mesh used to repair cars, which I inked and heat embossed in white. There is also some journalling behind the photo
3. I cut the wire mesh wavy
4. I've used pinks, whites and blues with some red thrown in
5. I hand-cut the clock and set the hands to the year of the photo ('87)

Full marks to me for my team The Ruby Snippers. I just can't believe my family and I went to that wedding wearing so many colours between us, even matching the colour of our tights to our tops!! I cringe in shame!!! LOL

Crafting for Crafting Sake

I've tried a new tecnique today. On C&C ages ago they had some craft mesh that they inked and heat embossed. Well, David had given me some off-cuts of some mesh they sell to repair bits on cars and I came across it today, so thought I'd give it a bash. I inked in red and embossed with clear powder, then repeated the process. I'm quite chuffed with the results and as this mesh is cheaper than the crafting alternative I'm off to Halford's on Saturday to get some more. Whoever said that almost anything and everything can be used in crafting wasn't wrong! To use it on a card I added a metal embellishment and fixed it all using red metallic brads (they look 2 shades, but it's only one). The greeting is stamped in red and heat embossed, then mounted onto chipboard with the edges inked in black.