I'm Back

Been out of action for a while.  The family has been battling the flu... pretty nasty... but we're all better now.  Have been getting scrapping withdrawal symptoms.  Got back into it with a with this LO for 1,2,3 Challenge.

The challenge for August was to use the colour: Yellow, Technique: Misting and the Word: Sunshine.  Found a lovely pic of Brittany at the beach, soaking up the sunshine.  I used a KI Memories Hula Lace Cardstock paper as a mask with Sunflower glimmermist for my background.  The title says "turn your face towards the sunshine and the shadows will disappear" made with dymo and rubon.  Basic Grey and Collage Press pp's with a Martha Stewart punches and some ribbons and lace for a bit of texture.

Challenge Heaven - Word Challenge

This challenge was done at the beginning of the month and I had quite a bit of fun with it.  The word you had to use was "Two" and you also had to add a banner/bunting somewhere on your LO.    Found this old photo of Luke and Brittany when they were little.... they were so cute!!  Used some bright October Afternoon, Scenic Route & My Little Shoebox pp's.  As the title was "two peas in a pod" I cut out the pea pods from the pp to make my banner then added a cute little cluster.

YAY!!! - Challenge Wins

Very excited to have my LO's chosen for the Kraft It Up  and 1,2,3 Challenges for July.  I love these challenge sites... the talent on these sites is absolutely amazing.  I won a $15 voucher from Scrapbooking from Scratch for the 1,2,3 challenge and a $20 voucher with free postage from Handmade by Suzanne for the Kraft It Up challenge... bring on the shopping.  

These were the LO's.

YAY - My LO Published!!!

Very excited to see my LO in this month's Scrapbooking Memories in the pets gallery.  I have another LO being published in Vol. 12 No. 11 as well.  Thanks so much to Jas and Mel for their lovely comments.

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Sweet Thing - MAS Challenge

First of 4 challenges for the month of August at Mad About Scrappin. The challenge was to use Kraft CS, 3 bright colours and some doodling. I love using bright and bold colours... for this LO the 3 colours I chose were aqua, red and yellow. I took some fab photos with the kids last year and this was one of them... there was as huge billboard advertising a lolly shop which made a fantastic background with all those different coloured jellybeans.

I find it a bit scary adding doodling to my LO's... if you make a mistake it's a real pain. I hated my first attempt so I turned my page over and started again. I love using paint at the moment, so I added a bubble wrap background in white with a touch of aqua. I doodled around the page and also doodled around some of my layered strips and flowers. The flowers have doily centres with some gorgeous fabric ladybug brads from K&Co. Used a few border punches from Martha Stewart and also some cute bee rubons from October Afternoon. The pp's used were MME, Sassafrass Lass & My Little Shoebox.

YAY!! - Runner Up Prize

So happy to be chosen as Runner Up for From Screen to Scrap for July. I had fun creating this LO. The poster for July was "Sherlock Holmes". This was my winning entry.

This is the prize... a fabulous pack from A2Z Scraplets... gorgeous aren't they!! Thanks so much Shazza :)

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The Colour Room #17

Thought I better get a move on for August Challenges.  I have become so addicted that I have to pace myself to get them all done.  First up is TCR#17.  This was a bit out of my comfort zone as I do prefer brighter colour palettes.  Had a struggle trying to find pp's, then I came across the Basic Grey Wisteria pp and I knew I had to use this on my LO.  I ended up using some older Basic Grey Porcelain & Lily Kate and the Basics for the background & a bit of Websters for the corner of the frame.  Did a bit of hand cutting on this LO as it's one of my favourite things at the moment.   The clear frame overlay and rubons are from MME.  Finished with a touch of lace and some pearls.

KIU - August Challenge

This month at KIU you had to use Kraft of course and the colours green, yellow and black.  Had fun with paint and stamps on this LO.  Decided to use the bubble wrap with black paint for background with a few random dots of green.  I then painted some chipboard numbers in yellow and stamped over the top with an Inque Boutique stamp.  The green circles are from a Prima pp which I splattered with paint, attached some Scrapmatts cogs then topped off with yellow punched circles with little Kaisercraft rubons.  I stamped around the edges of my LO  and around the  green pp with Technique Tuesday Borderline Industry stamp set.  This is a fabulous grungy male stamp set.  As they title is "You at 16" I used the same chip numbers for the 16 and covered them with Prima foiled pp then outlined in black to make them stand out.

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Scrap the Boys

15th July Challenge

Just scraped in with this challenge for Scrap the Boys in time for the end of the month.  On this challenge you had to use stamping and there was an optional sketch.  I thought  some bright October Afternoon, Crate Paper, Cosmo Cricket and Fancy Pants pp's would go well with this photo of Luke.

I stamped several circular designed stamps from 7 Gypsies, Kaisercraft, & Inque Boutique which I used in my clusters of embellies and the scalloped border was stamped with an Inque Boutique stamp.  The Martha Stewart border punch (loopy) was used to frame the photo and of course I had to ink my edges for a bit of definition. 

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So Gorgeous - TCR #16

Have missed the last 2 colour palettes for TCR... having withdrawals.  Just managed to get #16 done in time.

Loved using this colour palette and the K&Co pp's went perfectly.  Also used some Basic Grey and Crate Paper.  The crochet flowers add a lovely texture to the LO and were made by my wonderful neighbour Pat.  Had to finish off with a bit of misting, distressing and machine stitching for a bit more texture.

The journaling reads "Brittany, Sometimes when I look at you I can't believe you are almost a woman.  It seems like only yesterday you were my sweet little baby girl.  I know I always tell you how gorgeous you are, and even though you have your little moments, as most teenagers do, I want to tell you that you are gorgeous on the inside as well.  Love Mum".

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Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Challenge Heaven - July Song Challenge

Still have Luke who's not well and I'm almost back to normal... still getting headaches, so it's a little hard to concentrate, but I managed a LO today for Challenge Heaven.  This was a song challenge.  You had to use the title "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and a patterned paper for your background.

Used some Fancy Pants & MME pp's.  I love aqua blue and lime green together.  I framed the photo of Brittany and her friend with a felt frame then teared the green paper and added a lovely CI velvet flower.  I just had to use some of my punches (Martha Stewart & EK Success) & to give the LO a bit of texture I distressed & inked some of the edges.

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OUT OF ACTION!!

Been out of action for a while here as have had everyone sick with the flu.  Starting to feel a bit better, so I thought I would tackle another challenge.  This LO is for the July 15th Stuck Sketch.  Just a quick and simple one to get back into things.  

Some recent pics I took of Brittany.  I'm not sure how much longer she'll agree to photo shoots as she was a bit cranky with me as I kept telling her not to make faces and to try and smile.  I did end up getting some lovely pictures in the end.  Used Basic Grey basics for background and Prima pp's with a bit of bling and some inking.  Thanks for stopping by :)