Malta Memories

I'm sharing my latest DT page for Twilight Crafts and Jenny Wren Cut-Files today. It's a summary of our holiday in Malta last year, which will go in my annual album for 2025.

I used the frames from the Covid Memes Polaroid cut-file (cutting away the wording) and backed them with eight photos from our trip. I then made a 'MALTA' cut-file to run across the middle in place of the original wording and layered the chipboard word 'Memories' over it. I outlined both cut-files to give them some definition and added a few word stickers and enamel shapes.

This concludes my 2025 album. I have a few pages to make for my 8x8 parkrun album, and I need to make a start on 2026 (five pages on the list so far). I also have plans for a new holiday album project, so look out for that soon.

Supplies: Cardstock - Rosie's Studio; Paper - Rosie's Studio Golden Afternoon; Chipboard - 49 and Market; Stickers - Tim Holtz; Enamel Shapes - 49 and Market

Disclosure - I receive digital cut-files free of charge from Twilight Crafts as part of my DT role. All other supplies are my own.

(Page 22 for the year.)

The Great Outdoors Challenge

The Great Outdoors Challenge is an annual event with participants planning and walking their own routes from west to east coast-to-coast across Scotland. My husband has done it six times and this double page documents his most recent challenge and will go in my 2025 album.

I originally printed 16 photos and later ditched two so that I could make a 4x4 grid in the middle of the page, with title and journalling in opposite corners. I then filled in the edges with torn strips of patterned paper and created a couple of similar embellishment clusters, happily using up a few die-cut labels and heart stickers of  indeterminate age and origin.

Supplies: Paper - Simply Made Crafts?, Heidi Swapp Wanderlust; Border Sticker - atd; Laser-Cuts - 49 and Market; Stickers - Echo Park, 49 and Market, Pretty Little Studio; Die-Cut Labels - Unknown

(Pages 20 and 21 for 2026 - I count doubles as two.)

Away Nights

Another page for my 2025 album, and it's a round-up of the extra runs that our running club organised last summer, in country parks and open spaces across the area. I took part in six of them and double-matted each photo with papers from a 6x8 pad. I then butted them all up together to make a colourful panel in the centre of my page.

Supplies: Cardstock - Bazzill; Paper - Simple Stories Summer Snapshots; Letters - Rosie's Studio; Enamel Dots - Simple Stories

(Page 19 for 2026)

Fly-Cruise

Another page for my 2025 album, and this one's a double to document a short cruise we took in November. It was the final week of a 57-night Grand Mediterranean Voyage, with us flying out to Málaga in Spain and sailing back to Southampton via Gibraltar, Lisbon and Honfleur.

I turned to the leftover supplies from a previous cruise album and made a symmetrical page with photos from the four ports on a large bracket-shaped square in the middle. I flanked this with two 3x4 photos of our flight and ship on the left side and a 4x6 of our family on formal night on the right.

Supplies: Paper - Heidi Swapp Sun Chaser, Heidi Swapp Set Sail, Pebbles Seen & Noted, Bo Bunny Early Bird, My Mind's Eye Market Street; Letters - American Crafts; Stickers - Heidi Swapp; Die-Cut - Heidi Swapp; Glitter Tape - The Works; Enamel Dots - My Mind's Eye, Rosie's Studio, Craftelier

(Pages 17 and 18 for 2026 - I count doubles as two.)

Snoopy in the City

Time to share another DT page for Twilight Crafts and Jenny Wren Cut-files. This one is from a sculpture trail I did in London last December which celebrated 75 years of the Peanuts comic strip.

I've used the Covid Memes cut-file; cutting the wording away left me 11 frames which I rotated and filled with photos of 11 of the 12 statues.

I didn't initially have a colour scheme in mind, so looked at my pad of pre-made mixed media backgrounds, picking one which was a yellow/green. I then picked an orange paper that had touches of that yellow/green in the pattern for my cut-file. With eleven photos framed by the cut-file, I added the twelfth in a column on the left with my title and journalling.

Supplies: Paper - Vicki Boutin Let's Wander, K&Company Mira, My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline; Letters - Hip Kit Club, Shimelle; Journal Cards - Studio Calico; Stickers - My Mind's Eye, Studio Calico, Jen Hadfield, Latech

Disclosure - I receive digital cut-files free of charge from Twilight Crafts as part of my DT role. All other supplies are my own.

(Page 16 for 2026.)

Parkrun Tourism 2025

Having finally finished my Norwegian cruise album, I'm turning to my 2025 annual album, aiming to complete it before 2026 draws my attention instead.

This is a round-up of our parkrun tourism for last year, when we ran seven courses other than our home event. I went with a grid of photos for this month's challenge from Hey Little Magpie, and an orange and blue colour scheme taken from the name signs.

I'm really glad to have cleared some older stash here too; that background is from 2017 and the stars 2018. There's no year on the letter stickers but I'm pretty sure they are even older. Much better to have them in my album than in my stash.

Supplies: Cardstock - Payper Box; Paper - Dear Lizzy Star Gazer, Vicki Boutin Sweet Rush; Letters - Stickopotamus; Puffy Stars - Bella Boulevard

(Page 15 for the year.)

Oh Christmas Tree

It's time for another DT page for  Twilight Crafts and Jenny Wren Cut-Files, and I'm scrapping six  photos of Christmas trees from around London.

I used Oh Christmas Tree 2 as the title for my page, and took inspiration for my photo placement from another cut-file, Christmas Tree, with its tree made up of small frames.

I used a 49 and Market paper with a subtle pattern as my background and added stencilling and stamping in a rough triangle. I arranged my photos in a tree shape with a woodgrain paper as a 'trunk' and a star at the top, then nestled in my cut-file against it.

Supplies: Cardstock - Bazzill; Paper - 49 and Market Tranquillity, Basic Grey Mon Ami, Simple Stories, Stickers - Studio Calico

Disclosure - I receive digital cut-files free of charge from Twilight Crafts as part of my DT role. All other supplies are my own.

(Page 7 for 2026)

At the Hurn and Spoon

Another page for my 2025 album, and I'm combining challenges. First up was this month's sketch from For the Love of Pretty Paper, then the second week of challenges from Scrapbook Challenges UK had us scoring points for using a three word title or longer, sequins or gems, ribbon or lace, triangles, and balloons.

I started from the balloon requirement and picked a Christmas party photo, but I then struggled to actually include them. I managed the title, gems and triangles, but my ribbons are printed cardstock laser-cut pieces so I'm not sure they count.

Supplies: Paper - Elle's Studio Live Laugh Love, Pebbles Welcome Christmas; Letters - Tim Holtz; Baubles - Unknown; Laser-Cut Ribbons - 49 and Market; Stickers - Studio Calico, American Crafts; Gems - Hobbycraft, Love to Craft

(Page 6 for 2026)

Portsmouth

Over the next few weeks, I'm taking part in a series of challenges from the Scrapbook Challenges UK group on Facebook where we compete in teams to score points each week. The first week we were asked to use white (excluding white backgrounds), thread or twine, three or more layers, circles and (bizarrely) a warm drink. There were also bonus points available for using this month's Freaky Fast Formula from The Scraproom Blog with the other items.

I started from the Formula and picked a trio of photos  from Portsmouth that I thought would work with the paper sizes. This is a companion page to Great South Run so I used papers from the same collection, including an arrows print, even though I don't have any left of exactly the same papers. I picked white for the title letters, have plenty of layers, used circles with bundles of thread in my embellishment clusters, and even squeezed in a couple of warm drinks.

Supplies: Cardstock - Docrafts, Bazzill; Paper - My Mind's Eye Market Street, Pinkfresh Studio Happy Holidays; Letters - Doodlebug; Stickers - Heidi Swapp, Studio Calico, Elle's Studio, Jen Hadfield, Shimelle; Washi Tape - Unknown

(Page 3 for 2026)

Christmas is Coming

This is my final DT page of the year for Twilight Crafts and Jenny Wren Cut-Files and, since it's an open-ended role, you'll be seeing more from them next year.

I picked the JWCF601 Camera Shutter Lens 1 cut-file for my page using it as a decorative circular element rather than needing to see it as a camera shutter. I daubed the background with pink, green and yellow inks behind the cut-file and backed my photo with laser-cut pieces from 49 and Market's Rouge Cluster Kit. Finally I layered leaves from the same set mixed with bells from Christmas Spectacular following the shape of the lens to make two sections of wreath.

Most of the 49 and Market supplies for this page came from last year's Mystery Box; I haven't bought this year's as I still have plenty left, but they are available from Twilight Crafts and if you  are a fan of 49 and Market they are sure not to disappoint.

Supplies: Paper - 49 and Market Nature Study; Laser Cut Pieces - 49 and Market; Stickers - Shimelle Christmas Magic, American Crafts Very Merry; Washi Tape - Vicki Boutin

Disclosure - I receive digital cut-files free of charge from Twilight Crafts as part of my DT role. All other supplies are my own.

(Page 114 for the year.)

Great South Run

I'm flip-flopping between albums at the moment, here with a new page for my 2025 album. It's a page from October when my husband, sister and brother-in-law all did the Great South Run.

I mostly followed my husband's progress and have photos of him in a few places, only one of an back-view of my sister and nothing of my brother-in-law who I must have missed in the crowd as he passed. Therefore I decided to used the official photos, and left them in their branded frames. My brother-in-law's was poorly framed with him running out of shot but it's all I have.

I based my page on Sketch #188 from Scrap a Sketch, running my photos in a row with a square frame behind them. Taller photos meant less space for the title where indicated so I moved it onto the frame, and I tucked in a journalling card at the bottom. My embellishment is smaller too, with die-cut stars and arrows. The weather was very wet that day, so I cut the stars from a journalling card with a raindrops pattern.

Supplies: Cardstock - Papermania; Paper - My Mind's Eye Market Street; Letters - Doodlebug; Journalling Cards - Studio Calico, Elle's Studio; Phrase Sticker - Tim Holtz; Puffy Stickers - Elle's Studio

(Page 113 for the year.)

Dartmoor Selfies

Another page for the 2025 album today, and another of my husband's exploits. He walked the Dartmoor Perambulation in August, a modern recreation of a ride round the royal hunting ground made by 12 knights in July 1240 on the instructions of Henry III.

The walk goes through 33 checkpoints and he took a selfie at each one. There's an account of the walk on his blog if you are interested.

I picked 18 photos and arranged them in a circle on my page, with title and journalling in the middle. I used the Boot Tread cut-file from Twilight Crafts and Jenny Wren Cut-Files to fill the corners, cutting it in white and colouring it with three brown and green Distress Inks. 

I wanted to include a map, but I ran out of space so I cut a slit in the page and made a pocket on the back for it to sit in. The lace-printed strip is at the top of the map card, it pulls out easily and I've referenced it in my journalling. 

Supplies: Paper - 49 and Market Nature Study, 49 and Market Hike More; Letters - Tim Holtz; Washi Stickers - 49 and Market; Enamel Shapes - 49 and Market

Disclosure - I receive digital cut-files free of charge from Twilight Crafts as part of my DT role. All other supplies are my own.

(Page 105 in my count for the year.)

Grays 10k

I'm taking a short break from Norway to make a few pages for my 2025 album instead, aiming not to fall too far behind. 

First up is the Grays 10k which my husband ran in September. I printed four photos which fell into two pairs - during and after the race - so I kept them that way on the page.

My colour scheme started from the blue of my husband's vest and led to a mixture of three of Vicki Boutin's collections.

Supplies: Paper - Vicki Boutin Color Study, Vicki Boutin Fernwood, Vicki Boutin Sweet Rush; Letters - Fancy Pants; Journalling Cards - Project Life; Die-Cuts - Vicki Boutin; Washi Tape - Vicki Boutin; Puffy Stickers - Elle's Studio, Jen Hadfield

(Page 104 in my count for the year.)

Birthday Lunch

This is one of the quickest pages I've made in a while. I had a single photo from my birthday, which was taken in a restaurant with intense blue walls. I needed a paper to complement that colour and hit upon one of Vicki Boutin's mixed media pads. The printed circles were all edged with the same blue, and felt a tiny bit like birthday balloons. I double-matted my photo, positioned it on the page, added my title, a few embellishments and my journalling. The paper already had some printed ink spatters, so I added a few more then called it done.

Supplies: Paper - Vicki Boutin Let's Wander, Vicki Boutin Fernwood; Letters - Doodlebug; Stickers - Vicki Boutin, Jen Hadfield; Enamel Hearts - Prima

(Page 84 for the year.)

50 Years Young

Sharing a page from June now, when we celebrated a friend's 50th birthday with afternoon tea. I've used two fabulous cut-files from Twilight Crafts and Jenny Wren Cut-Files, making this my first DT project for September.

I cut one of 'Teapot' and three of 'Tea Cup and Saucer' from white cardstock, backed them in pastel papers to match the crockery we actually used, and overlapped them in a row across the page.

I cut my title from the same cardstock and gave it a small blue offset to help give it some presence on the page.

Supplies: Cardstock - Pioneer, Papermania; Paper - Dear Lizzy Stay Colorful, Echo Park Let's Create, Heidi Swapp Sun Chaser, Rosie's Studio This is Us, P13 Sugar & Spice; Washi Tape - Vicki Boutin, Unknown Blue; Puffy Sticker - Cocoa Vanilla Studio; Enamel Dots - Pinkfresh Studio, Violet Studio

Disclosure - I receive digital cut-files free of charge from Twilight Crafts as part of my DT role. All other supplies are my own.

(Page 83 for the year.)

Twilight Team

I'm using up one of the starting point pages that I made recently, finishing the page with photos of (some of) the Twilight Crafts Design Team at our weekend crop in May. I printed three photos, sized to fit the yellow mat in the centre of the page, and placed my fussy-cut camera in the gap.

I'd originally placed three branding strips at the bottom-left of the page to reflect the line of hearts at the top-right, but I've removed them now as it was the best place for my title which didn't quite fit on the strips. I'd kept a journalling card back when I made the starting point, and I've used half of it here.

Supplies: Cardstock - Craft UK; Paper - Cocoa Vanilla Studio Storyteller; Letters - The Robin's Nest; Puffy Hearts - Cocoa Vanilla Studio

(Page 82 for the year.)

Along the Regent's Canal

Wendy's Page

Still catching up my 2025 album, and this page is from May when I walked the length of the Regent's Canal from Limehouse to Paddington. It was inspired by one from Wendy Meffan for Hey Little Magpie, and I also entered it in a Hey Little Magpie challenge to use both stamps and stencils on a page.

I printed 10 landscape photos and ran them in four rows on my page, which is mostly made with supplies from 49 and Market. I've had those leaves for a long time and they were getting a bit battered so it's good to have them on a page at last. I used a cross-hatch stencil and stamped tickets, leaves, random dots and boot-prints among the die-cut leaves for the challenge.

Supplies: Paper - 49 and Market Nature Study; Letters - Doodlebug; Laser-Cuts - 49 and Market Vintage Artistry; Puffy Stickers - Vicki Boutin Fernwood

(Page 81 for the year.)

Norway

I'm trying to catch up my 2025 annual album before I start on the one for our recent cruise to Norway, but here's a page from Norway anyway. It's a summary of our cruise and it will go into my 2025 album; it's also my latest DT project for Twilight Crafts and Jenny Wren Cutfiles.

We visited six places in Norway and I've picked one photo from each, printed it at just less than 2x6" and lined them up across the page with six geotags from the Geocache Icons cut-file.

I wanted to cut the place names too, using a handwriting font, but I couldn't do them small enough, so I fell back on good old peel-off letter stickers as the only other way to manage all the repeats of letters without running out.

All the papers on this page apart from the background are from Simple Stories Safe Travels, and I will be adding the remainder to my Norwegian kit when I assemble it. That background is an old neglected sheet from My Mind's Eye which has 2013 on the branding strip so I am happy to have used it at last.

Supplies: Paper - My Mind's Eye Collectable, Simple Stories Safe Travels; Letters - American Crafts, Anita's; Die-Cut - Simple Stories; Sticker - Simple Stories

Disclosure - I receive digital cut-files free of charge from Twilight Crafts as part of my DT role. All other supplies are my own.

(Page 80 for the year.)

On Yer Bike

We've recently come back from a cruise to Norway, but I want to catch up on my 2025 album before I start a new one for that trip. I've scrapped everything up to the end of April, but only a couple of events after that. However we have quite a quiet life now that the children have left home, and that means my backlog is only one double page and four singles.

I'm jumping to June, when my husband took part in the Thurrock Cycle Marathon. This was a community ride with a choice of seven miles, 21 miles or two laps of the 21 mile course to make 42 miles, so not a marathon at all despite its name. 

I printed four photos from the start area, arranged them in a grid with patterned paper, and took this opportunity to use up as many bicycle stickers and die-cuts as I sensibly could.

Supplies: Paper - Cocoa Vanilla Studio These Days, Cocoa Vanilla Studio Daydream; Letters - Doodlebug, Pretty Little Studio; Stickers - 49 & Market, Maggie Holmes; Die-Cut - Rosie's Studio; Puffy Shapes - Elle's Studio

(Page 79 for the year.)

Sky Garden

It's time to share my first DT project of the month for Twilight Crafts and Jenny Wren Cut-Files. I've used the Large Scalloped Square cut-file to frame my photos from the Sky Garden in London. This is a free entry public space on the top of the 'Walkie Talkie' or 20 Fenchurch Street. I've been there before in the daytime but this was an evening visit with dinner in the Darwin Brasserie on a work night out.

I took my white cut-file and daubed it with Bundled Sage Distress Oxide ink, then stamped all over it in Mowed Lawn Distress Ink using an assortment of different-sized leafy stamps. I then arranged my photos inside the frame, using one of the Sky Garden name in the middle as my title.

Supplies: Paper - Photoplay Hush Little Baby, My Mind's Eye 29th Street Market; Gems - Unknown

Disclosure - I receive digital cut-files free of charge from Twilight Crafts as part of my DT role. All other supplies are my own.

(Page 78 for the year.)