123 Challenge

Thought I'd have a go at the 123 Challenge inspiration board this month...




Here is my take...

I have used some old pink grid paper, think it came in a cheap pack from The Warehouse, but it works here.  The stamp is Stampin' Up "Off the Grid", have been using it a bit lately! The pink heart and plastic square is an old toy clipboard of the girls that I kept 'cause I thought I might use it some day, and I have!

Distracted...

Haven't been scrapping at all until last week as we have a new addition to the family...

Her name is Maisie, and she is very sweet, but also very curious.  This is a picture of her when we first got her from the SPCA at the beginning of January.  She is now much bigger, but just as interested in my scrapbooking stuff, especially my paper roses and twine...

However, I finally got a layout done, one which I have been meaning to do for a while that is part of my 8 x 8 album about me...

I've included a lot of journalling in this one, behind the doily which I've kind of hinged on the chipboard piece...

 I am quite happy with the way it has turned out!

CSI Major Case file

Here is my layout for CSI Major case file for January - unfortunately I got my timing wrong - thought today was the 31 January for some reason - too much on this weekend - anyway thought I'd put it up anyway!

My photo of the layout isn't great, it is finally raining here at the moment.  It was based on this

I used a cupcake, something fuzzy (the green ribbon), texture paste, sprinkled stars and handwritten journalling.

White...with 1/Sketchabilities January Challenge

As my girls love blue, thought I should definitely create something for the January challenge at White...with 1  combined with the lovely Sketchabilities sketch.



So here it is ... White with Placid Blue...

I used some scraps of paper, embroidery floss, AC thickers, doily, Stampin' Up stamps and punch, bling, and a Becky Higgins Project Life photo overlay.  The hearts are made from Stampin' Up pressed clay and a mould from the cake decorating section of Pete's Emporium.

Happy New Year all!

Scrap the Girls December

Well, Christmas is over and after a few days recovery I have felt inspired to get back to some me time and scrapbooking.  This is  a layout inspired by the mood board over at Scrap the Girls.  I loved the colours and the sparkly bits!



I used a very old piece of patterned paper from Urban Lily - it feels like the first time in ages that I've used patterned paper for the background, but thought it worked really well with the feel of the mood board.  Anyway, here it is..

Happy New Year to you all!

Two posts in one day... Scrap the Girls October mood board

This layout I have had sitting around for a couple of weeks, forgot to post it!

I loved the colours in the mood board at Scrap the Girls and thought they went perfectly with these pics of my girls at Torquay beach a few years ago, and the jewels went well with the story...

I really enjoyed putting the embellishment cluster together with this one - it includes sea glass from the beach, stick and twine off a wine bottle, shell from a craft collection, tulle and the hessian lollipop flower as well as some "jewels".

Back to it.. White with 1

September somehow passed by without me doing a lot of (ANY!) scrapping.  I think it was end of term, starting bathroom renovations and getting the flu that just didn't leave me with any creative energy.  So the last couple of weeks I have managed to finish a couple of layouts, this first one for the challenge at White...with 1.  The colour this month was Orchid, and at first I didn't think I had anything in my stash that would work, but found a few scraps of paper and used a Prima mask with watercolour pencils for the background.

Quite happy with the result, including using a dried pressed viola from the garden that I found a couple of weeks ago in the bookcase!