This blog is closing but ...

Hi everyone

I have decided that maintaining 2 blogs is becoming hard work so I am going to merge them.

From now on all my Smashbook pages will be posted over at www.whatkatiedid2.blogspot.co.uk which is my main blog called Life in a snapshot. As its where I post my layouts and DT work it made more sense to keep one blog active.

Thanks for visiting

My mini layout i made for Make it Monday over at The Memory Nest. You can join our sketch challenge by clicking here www.thememorynest.blogspot.co.uk .

 I had a lot of photos left over from the festive season and i just hadn't had time to add them to an album. These photos were taken at The Frankfurt Xmas Market which comes to Birmingham City Center every November. i love to walk a long all the stalls and look at all the festive gifts and foreign food. I tried to capture the sense of exploring a foreign culture by using this Nordic pattered paper by Papermania. I also repeated the circle shapes in the sketch by adding rows of buttons.

My December daily pages

I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year.

Every thing was under control until the last week before Xmas when I found myself running around looking for presents, making cards and getting dragged out every where. well at least I have plenty of picture for some new layouts. I don't know about your part of the world but we've got strong winds and torrential rain not something you want while shopping in the new year sales. found out this month that the craft shop I spend most of my money in is closing down so it looks like 2014 will continue where 2013 left off. things can only get better and hopefully January will remain mild and ice free.

here are my 2 latest belated December daily pages. still have more to create and share over the coming month.

for this page I was playing around with some new Christmas papers and stamps. I was also practicing using the new xcut boarder punches which I find so easy to use  and effective.

 over the Christmas period costa coffee where producing these fun cups, so I collected a few to use as pockets. after going to the Worcester Xmas Fayer I had a lot of photo so I made a tag bool with these Sizzix frame dies. they can be used to make little pockets as well.