Kraft + Plus March Challenge

Happy Tuesday and welcome back to my blog. As I've said before, the beginning of the month is always a busy one for we of the papercrafting world. Last month I joined in on the very first challenge for a brand new Challenge Blog - Kraft Plus.  The very talented Sandra Wallace and her amazing design team are back again this month for another fun challenge.

The reason why I'm enjoying the Kraft Plus challenges is because they don't set too many rules. I like the inspiration to get my mojo flowing and then I can follow my own style. Even though this is a sketch challenge, I decided to turn it on its side to accommodate the photos that I wanted to use.

And what girl doesn't love a chance to add some bling/glitter to her pages?! My title #happydays is from Dusty Attic and the XOXO (which I've added gold glitter to) is from WOW. Doilies, spotty bag, Flair, black cabochons, sequined bow, gold arrow & black sequins are from D-lish Scraps. the gold Flair & ribbon are from Studio Fourteen40. I also used a couple of Kaisercraft Kraft tags to add a bit more layering.

These photos were taken in a photo booth at a recent wedding that my DD and partner attended.  I love them and couldn't wait to use them on a project.

Thanks for looking and feel free to leave a comment if you wish :)

Scrap Africa Sketch Challenge #46

Just popping back in to share my DT layout for the new sketch challenge over at SCRAP AFRICA . I love this sketch because it was so easy to interpret. I hope you'll love it too:

And here is my take + closies:

In case you haven't noticed, I'm a bit in love with these colours and all things "beachy". The Kaisercraft collection "Sandy Toes" makes life so easy :)

I'd love to see your interpretation on this sketch, so please play along if you can. Thanks for dropping by again xx

ARTastic March Challenge...

WFT?! Where did February get to? Surely it cannot be March already?  And sadly it is also the beginning of Autumn here in Oz, despite the 35 degree heat today.  I've just arrived back from a fun weekend away with some lovely girls. We all celebrated our birthdays recently and thought it'd be a good idea to have an over-nighter in the spectacular Blue Mountains - only a 2 hour drive away. I'm sure you'll be seeing some of my pages created using the photos in the near future.

In the mean time here is this month's challenge over at ARTastic. Criteria: Use a quote or saying on your creation.

This is a pretty cool piece of artwork by Barbara Hanrahan (you can read all about Barbara on the ARTastic blog) and I also love using quotes on my layouts. For this challenge I chose to use a quote by Lucy Maude Montgomery - a Canadian Author most famous for her "Anne of Green Gables" novels. I also took some inspo from the colours in the picture.

There are lots of bits & pieces from D-lish Scraps on this page - flowers, sequined bow, doily, flair button, spotty mini bag.  I do hope you can play along this month at ARTastic. Thanks for calling in :)

Scrap Africa Challenge #45

Hello everyone! Welcome back for another fun challenge over at SCRAP AFRICA. Denise has come up with a challenge to use Die Cuts. If you are anything like me I have hundreds of Die Cuts sitting around waiting for the appropriate project, some that have been included in kits and many individual Die Cuts. Most of the time I forget to pull them out of my stash. So I couldn't wait to explore once more what I had accumulated. Here is the Challenge:

Use Die-Cuts on your project....and show us how creative you can get with your die-cuts, whether cardboard, paper or chipboard.

After much consideration I decided to go with a new Kaisercraft kit "Sandy Toes". Don't you just love Kaisercraft "Collectables"?!  I've used 15 Die Cuts on this project - a record for me I must say! :D

This kit is perfect for our Summer holiday photos. The little wood veneer "2015" (which I altered slightly) and Flair button are from STUDIO FOURTEEN40

                            

It's so quick and easy using Die Cuts especially if they are part of a Kit.  So I challenge you to pull out your Die Cuts and have some fun with this Challenge. Pop on over to the Scrap Africa Blog and check the wonderful inspo from all the other DT members.

Until next time xx

SCRAP AFRICA #44

I was so excited when I saw Denise's amazing sketch for this new challenge at SCRAP AFRICA, I couldn't wait to use it for some photos I took whilst on our Summer holiday. Here is the wonderful sketch & I'm sure you'd agree that it is quite lovely:

I started with some sea-foam coloured paper from Authentique and added some texture paste with a stencil. The heart is hand-drawn then sprayed and splashed some glimmer mist all over the place. I cut a heart from some fabric and inked, sprayed and distressed it to add more texture to the background.

Behind the photos as well is some paper offcuts in the same sea-foam/pale aqua tones which I also inked. The flowers are Prima and the title is from Words or Whatever. I also used some Kaisercraft rubons on the background and a script stamp. The flair button is from StudioFourteen40.

I really hope that you get a chance to have a go at this sketch challenge. I'd love to see what you can come up with :) TFL xx

Kraft+ February Challenge

There is a terrific new kid on the block! Kraft+ is a brand new Challenge site and as it suggests, it's all about using Kraft as a base, which I just love doing. The Design Team Inspo totally inspired me with this challenge:

Now this isn't a Mood Board but a colour challenge. The use of all the colours isn't required, although I think I've pretty much covered them all except the pink. And lovely bright, Summery colours they are too :)

I chose to use a photo my DS took while he and his Sister were mucking around at the beach on our recent holiday. I love seeing the two of them having fun together. They hadn't seen each other for almost 2 years so they have had a lot of catching up to do and when they are on holidays together they revert back to their childhood comraderie, which is a real hoot sometimes.

I embossed the title, which is a chippie from WOW as well as embossing some water splotches. The lovely vibrant bags, wood veneer frame and yellow tags are from D-lish Scraps and the Kraft paper & tags are Kaisercraft. I had so much fun doing this and finished it in under 2 hours - a major accomplishment for me.

I hope you can have a look at this all Aussie challenge site and give them your support. Thanks for looking xx

ARTastic's February Challenge

Hello again. Well February is here already and I seem to have a full calendar this month, which means I'll have lots of new photos to work with to keep my mojo flowing for the winter months. This month's challenge at ARTASTIC is a colour challenge.  I must admit that when I first looked at these colours I was quite stumped as to what to do with them. However I have this lovely photo of our Son walking along the beach at sunset on our recent holiday. The colours for this challenge reminded me of the sunset in this photo.

                         

I'm pretty sure that this is the first time I've ever incorporated the colour Pink into a masculine page, so hopefully I've pulled it off :D

I love working with white cardstock and as you can see there is lots of stamping, misting and texturing on the background. Here is the list of Products used:

Chipboard "Sketchy" frame: ScrapFX

Chipboard title: 2Crafty

Wood veneer year embellie & flair button: Studio Fourteen40

Lighthouse: Scrapmatts

Wood veneers cogs: Prima

PP: Stampin' Up!

Muslin, Glimmer Mist, Kaisercraft stamps and circle stencil.

Thanks for dropping by and please call over to the ARTastic Blog and check out all the inspiration.