Playing along....

Gosh - who knew I would enjoy scrapbook challenges!  WOW, its a surprise for me!  Last Saturday we went to a family day in Clontarf and there was a long walk between the fun things to do.  So we walked the full length of the Seafront from Hollybrook Road to Vernon Avenue and along the way I got the two small girls to pose for me in the shelters, and the colour of Lea's top matched the colour in the shelter quite by accident.

On Monday morning I took delivery of a Grab Box from Handmade Hannah, and the box was stuffed to the top with lovely stash, and there was a range of papers from The Girls Paperie which I adored.  So I printed the photo, played with the TH bird cage that I had used at a crop and had cut 2 which no real plans for them but this LO just came together over a few sessions and I think it just might be the favourite of all time.

For those of you who know Lea - she is very strong willed, a little firecracker who looks so calm and beautiful but OMG has the most terrible temper and knows how to cry and scream! (but we love her to bits!)

 The journalling is quite short, but it does get to the point and uses the word ADMIRE which is part of Bird is the Word challenge.

 Kinda fun that I used a bird too!  Hey - whats a cage without a bird to put into it!

 I cut a strip of the paper and weaved it thru the cord to make it look like a vine growing up the cord.

 I gave the Birdcage some dimension and I love the effect it gives - Think this one might stay out on display, can't bare the thought if it getting squashed in my albums.

I cut some of the birdcages from the paper and mounted them on foam to give them some added dimension.

Last week I was having some Blah days, just busy with nothing nice happening, so I stood in front of the mirror and told myself that something nice was going to happen.  The two days gave me two really good reasons to smile, the first was that I got promoted in Camera Club and the second was to do with the wedding that I photographed recently!  So I guess that Power of Positive Thinking stuff does work!