Craft Queen Guest DT Spot

Ribbon Club - Guest DT Spot

I was so excited to be asked by the lovely Nicole over at Craft Queen if I would like a guest DT spot for her Ribbon Club, and of course I said yes!! Can finally share these LO's and cards which I had a lot of fun creating. I received a gorgeous pack of ribbons and yummy bits to work with... just LOVED the colours... right up my alley. Nicole asked if I would like to create a few more LO's, so I have something to share with you next month as well.

Pop on over and check out her online store as there are so many gorgeous ribbons, lace and embellishments to drool over.

The Colour Room #42

Almost didn't used this palette, but decided to push myself. I struggled a little at first, but once I decided to use a Pink Paislee resist paper it came together beautifully. Had fun misting with lemon meringue and timeless lilac. I also misted the lace and butterflies with demin. I used a white crayon to resist the butterflies for a softer look and finished off with some Websters lace, a few blossoms, some K&Co embellies and a SL alpha title.

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February CT LO's

This is post is a bit long-winded as I have a few CT LO's to show... so bear with me!!

White With 1 - Count Your Blessings

This month at WW1 the colours are White + Brown and vintage items - vintage could mean anything from bookpaper, crocheted doiles, vintage photos, buttons, lace/ribbon, vintage brooches and any other ephemera.

This is what I came up with... used some Glitz Design, Websters & Shabby Green Door pp's. The circular cut out was made on my Cricut with the Paper Lace cartridge and then misted. The lamp chippie is Dusty Attic... this was misted also and I added some pearls & a brad for a bit of dimension. Other embellies are Graphic 45 b'flies, Prima flower & pearl centre, Bo Bunny rubons & K&Co dimensional word stickers.

Pop on over to WW1 and check out all the gorgeous creations from the CT for inspiration. As usual there are some fab prizes up for grabs. You have until 11.59pm February 28th.

Challenge Heaven

Challenge Heaven has a new lot of fabulous challenges to inspire some wonderful creations this month, so go and check it out and while you're there you can see the gorgeous LO's created by Jess, Kylene and guest DT Karen Grose. There are some great prizes to win for each challenge.

Here are my DT LO's for this month.

Colour Challenge: Summer colours - fresh and bright Criteria: Paint

Loved using yellow and blue for my bright Summery colours on this LO. I love this old photo of Luke at the beach... typifies Summer to a T. Used some Cosmo Cricket for the background and painted over with blue then used bubble wrap with a metallic navy paint... the metallic paint doesn't show very well in pics but looks fab. Added a various strips of pp's and embossed & punched the yellow c/s for a bit more texture.

Number Challenge – 3 pics, 2 leaves, 1 button Criteria: Use an arrow on your layout

Went way out of my comfort zone for this LO and chose neutrals. Pics are of Luke looking handsome for his semi formal last year. Cut the Crate Paper Die Cut paper used some Kaisercraft for the background. Tucked some hand cut Crate Paper cards underneath and inked them for a bit of dimension. To tie in with the distressed vintage look I added some Mamma Razzi Bo Bunny rubons. The arrow, 2, leaves and button are all on the cluster. Of course I couldn't help myself and had to add some yummy chocolate glimmer mist splotches to finish it off. I know you must all be sick of seeing my splotches, but I love the effect.. lol!!

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KIU Feb Challenge

CT LO - Free Spirit

Hi girls, well it's the start of another month, which means new challenges!! This month at Kraft It Up is a colour challenge (orange, aqua and black) and to use Kraft of course.

Really loved playing with these vibrant colours. Pop on over and check out all the gorgeous CT LO's... they are absolutely amazing!! Can't wait to see everyones creations this month. Also I must add that the LO's created for the challenge last month were out of this world... really don't know how I'm going to choose as they are all so fabulous!!!

Had to use these recent pics of Brittany as they went perfectly with the palette. Chose some BG, Kaisercraft and Pink Paislee papers with some gorgeous K&Co chipboard accents. Embellished the LO with punching, stamping, machine stitching and a bit of bling and paint.

Had a bit of a mishap with the page and thought I would have to start over. I had just finished adding my paint splatters and had put it out on the verandah to dry out a little. Left it for 10 minutes and came out to find the cat had walked through my LO and smeared my splatters... GRRRR. I really didn't feel like starting over, so I cut some kraft and put it over the smears and repainted. Annoys me that I can see a flaw but what can you do! I fixed it in photo shop so you can't see the joins.

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A Few Challenges

We went out to a party 2 weeks ago and as I was feeling pretty I decided to let hubby take some pics of Brittany and I. You all know I hate having my photo taken as I always end up thinking they look awful and I can't pose and look natural, anyway on this rare occasion I love how the photos came out so I have done 2 challenge LO's with them!!

Show Us Your Stuff - Together

This is my 1st time creating a LO for SUYS. I'm always checking out the beautiful hand made embellishments on all the gorgeous LO's here, so I finally decided to have a go.

The criteria was to include:

stiching (hand, machine or faux), misting, buttons, 4 or more patterned papers and something handmade.

Used some Ruby Rock It, 2x Crate Paper and Jenni Bowlin pp's with some Scrapmatts butterflies with I painted and stamped with smooch ink. The title is an old Daisy D rubon... so love these!! I hand dyed the doily lace and made some hand made flowers with black lace and corduroy brads. I misted with scarlet glimmermist around the photos and added some black machine stitching. There are buttons in the centre of my hand cut flowers on the bottom left.

Bon's Jan Sketch Challenge - Love

Here is the sketch for this month sketch challenge over at Bon's . You must pop on over and check them out. The gallery is so inspiring with all that amazing talent. The challenge is this sketch by the lovely Tara. The extra criteria are:

Use 2 photos, matted & both smaller than 6x4, hand written journaling direct onto cardstock and some stripes.

I purchased quite of few of these gorgeous MME Lost & Found pp's and decided to use one for this LO. In case you were wondering my stripes are on the pleated pp ruffle. I'm not terribly keen on my hand writing, but I'm glad these challenges are pushing me to get over my phobia. My journaling reads "Brittany, when I was pregnant with you, I wished so very hard for a girl, and my wish came true. I am so very blessed to have you in my life. Love you."

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Flutterby

The Colour Room #42

This week at TCR you were able to lift your fav DT artist and I chose Leeann Pearce as I love her funky designs and playful details. I lifted her use of layered strips and her cool string frames. I recently took these pics of some gorgeous blue butterflies in my garden and thought they would be perfect for this palette.

Used a mix of pp's with lots of punches and doily trim. The large butterfly is from a paper napkin. I misted and splattered glimmer mist & some blue metallic paint and hand made some rolled flowers, then finished off with some grungy machine stitching.

Challenge Reminders!!!

Don't forget you only have 4 days left to get your challenges in for:

Kraft It Up - Use Kraft with a summertime theme and a Summertime word in your title.

White With One - White and Navy or Royal Blue with a banner

Challenge Heaven - Check out this link for the various challenges. There should be plenty to inspire you here!!

There are some fabulous prizes up for grabs... so get in quick for your chance to win!!

Sneaky Peek

Here is another upcoming sneak.

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My 1st Bons Scrap Challenge

Jan Paper of the Month - Pretty as a Picture

Decided to have a go at my 1st challenge over at Bon's Scraps and chose The Paper of the Month Challenge as I had this Sassafras Lass paper in my stash.

Used the SL pp with some Pink Paislee Sweetness as I thought they went really well together. Had to add some Prima flowers of course and some hand dyed lace & twine. The gorgeous yellow butterflies were purchased from a discount store for $2!! I decided to add some hand written journaling which is something I don't do very often as I hate my hand writing.. it reads "Brittany, you are my beautiful muse".

Sneaky Peeks

Here are some sneaky peeks for some upcoming CT work.

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Stuck Sketches - Jan 1

I Adore You

I have been very busy and have not had too much time for scrapping, but I managed a quick one for Stuck Sketches which was a nice and simple sketch.

Snapped these very recent pics of Brittany which I adore and decided to scrap them. Used BG Figgy Pudding for background which I glimmer misted with scarlet and stamped over with a Fontwerks clear stamp. The strips are some hand cut MME Lush flocked pp & Carolees Creations pp which was punched with an EK Success Acanthus border punch. I gathered some vintage organza lace and tucked it underneath the punched border. Finished with some MME Lost and Found diecut embellishments & Prima flowers.

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