Early Autumn Kit Round Up

Well, I have nearly used up all my Early Autumn kit from Noel Mignon. I have one full sheet of patterned paper and one of card and some bits and pieces. I will make something with them as I like to try and use them all up!

So here I am sharing what I have made this month with the kit. It was very 'autumnal'. However, by using the 'B' sides of the paper I have been able to use the kit for many different layouts, showing how versatile the kits can be.

This is a layout all about the trip Penny and I took on her birthday to see Pentatonix in concert. The library card holder was great for all the jouranlling.

This layout is with photos from June, on Father's Day. I used the white rub ons in a couple of places on this layout - they didn't go down particularly well and I ended up drawing bits in with a white pen!

I took LOADS of photos when we went on the Harry Potter Studio Tour for my birthday and I have hardly started to scrap them! I liked this layout by Becky Williams on the Noel Mignon blog and used it as inspiration for my layout.

I don't do much for Halloween, or have many autumnal photos these days - there were a lot more when the children were small! However, at work we celebrate Halloween with a pumpkin carving competition and dressing up, so I was able to document it and add the spider which I had had in my stash for ever and a day!

Now the next two layouts I simply LOVE! I knew when I opened the kit that I needed to find these photos of the children taken 20 odd years ago! I scanned them in and printed them out so I kept the originals. I really enjoyed scrapping these and they will go into the 'Ben and Penny when they were little' album!

I enjoyed fussy cutting the leaves out of the paper and sticking them down onto this layout. Great fun!

And then there are these two layouts which I have already shared with you!

So that is the end of this kit - well apart perhaps from a couple more with the scraps! I have already received the next kit and if you pop onto the blog you can see what I have received - the video is here. It is autumn related again, but I think I can use it all up using 'B' sides again!

Halloween at work

Yes, we dressed up again at work this year!

Brenda, Jill, Elaine, Me - the witches of Gallows Corner!

Brenda's daughter carved us the most wonderful pumpkin to complete our office decorations.

Brenda and I went around the Call Centre and gave out sweets to all the Sales Consultants up there!

We have had great fun and the next dressing up on the horizon is for Children in Need on Friday 16th November.

I have managed to do a little bit of crafting! However, I have not managed to photograph it as the light has been so awful - I will try to get it done this weekend. Last weekend Hugh and I stayed at Penny's flat on the Friday night and then spent the day in Folkestone with her on Saturday. We had a lovely day and had fish and chips sitting on a beach on the seafront! The weather was fairly kind to us - sunny but very cold! I had to go to the 99p shop and buy a wooly hat and a pair of gloves! However, it was fun and nice to spend a day with Penny by the seaside. Some photos to follow! Hugh and I have next week off, so I am hoping to do some catching up - life has been so hectic again!