Scrap the Girls - March Challenge - Shady Lady

Loving this challenge from Scrap the Girls

It inspired me to have a bit of fun with this layout and I really enjoyed it.

So this is the Mood Board that was provided by Scrap the Girls.

I used the image in the top left 'Tank Girl' to create my layout.

This is what I created:

I have been trying to use up some of my many, many scraps of paper left over from other layouts; so all patterned paper used on this layout is from my scrap box.

I especially love the Bam Pop paper featuring the parachuting monsters and I will be very sad once I have used this all up.

Products I used for this layout:

Deco Art Media - Shimmer Mist - Turquoise
Cosmic Shimmer - Gilding Paste - Ocean Teal

Scraps:
Bam Pop - Parachuting Monsters
Sassafras Lass - border - Sweetly Smitten  - Dainty Sketch
Pink stripey - brand unknown
Orange die cut edge - brand unknown

Background created with Andy Skinner Stamps and Cosmic Shimmer Red Lava  (sprayed onto a baby wipe and used as a stamp pad)

Sissix Thinlets - My Life

Hobbycraft - Puffy Alpha Stickers - Green

Pink Paislee - Fancy Free - Stickers - Love This

Project Life - Kiwi - Stickers
PDQ - Chipboard - RAD - Arrow and butterfly
The two big hearts were cut of photo-paper I'd used to pick up left over cosmic shimmer.
Sequins
I punched the corners with a star punch.

I hope you enjoyed looking at my layout.

Lynn x

Scrap the Boys - Mood Board - Wandering Star

Challenge time again..I love this challenge from Scrap the Boys.

I knew just the photo I wanted to use to accompany the layout.  The star inspired to use some new stamps and to ink them up with Gelatos spritzed with water.

This is what I created:

 

After going through my stash I found these veneer shapes which I thought were perfect for the challenge.  I had also bought some narrow (3mm) masking tape from CRE8 which I wanted to use on the 1st layout I could.

This is the first layout in a good while where I haven't used patterned paper in one way or another.  This made me realise that the first thing I nearly always turn to is patterned paper.  The only pre-patterned thing on this layout is the torn washi tape I have added.

Products used:

Studio Calico - Wood veneer shapes
Gelatos
Washi tape - Paperchase
PDQ Chipboard shapes - RAD
CRE8 masking tape - 3mm
Basic Grey - small details - Oxford - decorative stickers
Thickers - Alphas - Happy Life - Blue
Random buttons and brad
Hessian string

I hope you enjoy looking at my layout.

Lynn x

Tuesday Morning Sketch - Card Challenge

Well then....I thought I would take part in a card challenge.  It's only the second card challenge I have taken part in.

I really enjoyed taking part and intend to do more!

I used a challenge from Tuesday Morning Sketches.

Here is the sketch

 

And this is what I made of it. 

I used mainly scraps from my leftover from scrap-booking, a butterfly from a pack of butterflies from the £ shop and flowers from a big pack from Hobbycraft.   I am really pleased with the outcome and would love to know your thoughts.


Bye for now

Lynn

Funny Faces - Scrap Our Stash Challenge

Well it's time for another challenge....This time it's with Scrap Our Stash 

The challenge was to create a layout based on the sketch and had to include heart patterned paper and/or 3 hearts.  See below:

 I chose to pattern my paper using a 12 x 12 stencil and cosmic shimmer and there are indeed
3 hearts on layout.  See what I made of the challenge below.

These pictures of my very amusing and cheeky faces granddaughter were perfect for the challenge and fit in with the colour scheme I wanted to use.  My granddaughter is a colourful character and I wanted that to be reflected in the layout.

I used the following in my layout:

American Crafts - Vicki Boutin - All the Good Things - Soul Food paper
Hobby House - Heart hatpin
American Craft - Cardstock pad - Tropical - Bright green
Ribbon - Yellow organza
Cork buckle
W R Memory Keepers - Fun Fetti - Brackets, buttons and photo anchors.
TCW Embroidered Heart - 12 x12 stencil
Bazill Carstock - white
Heidi Swapp paper - small heart and journaling card
Bazill - just the edge
American Crafts - Thickers - Sprinkles - Cucumber

Hope you enjoy this fun and colourful page.

Lynn

Beautiful - Scrap the Girls/Lets Get Sketchy Challenges

Another challenge, or should I say challenges.  I have put this layout together with challenges from both Lets Get Sketchy & Scrap the Girls.

I had the perfect picture in mind as it seemed to match the colours of the challenge that Scrap the Girls had set and I loved the sketch challenge from Lets Get Sketchy.

So here goes....here are the challenges I used

  

....and here is what I made of it!

This is my gorgeous grandaughter at around 6 months.  Always smiling and happy.  She is such a cutie.


Products used:

Bazill - Dotted Swiss - Pink - 12x12
Bo Bunny - Believe - Believe Grace - Paper (from my scraps box)
Random doily - sprayed orange (from my scraps box)
Carolees Creations - Girl Talk (from my scraps box)
Shimelle - Glitter Girl - Corner embellishments
Tando Creative - Star
Crate Paper - Little You embellishment - Sweet baby girl
Pebbles - Dimensional Stickers - Paper Rosette
Liquid Pearls - Hydrangea (to colour star) & White Opal (under title at bottom of page)
Fancy pants packaging (from my scraps box) bottom scalloped border
PDQ Chip Shapes - Rad - little stars
Scrap paper used to layer - girl talk/girls just wanna have fun/girly girl
MME - Lime Twist - Happy Go Lucky - Perfect - Accessory sheet - Journaling tag & Butterfly
Doodlebug Designs Inc - Icons - cardstock stickers - Sugar Plum

I would love to hear your thoughts on my layout.

Lynn x

Baby Girl Birth Card

No challenge this time, but needed to make a new baby card as two work colleagues have just had their second child - a baby girl :)

I've never made a baby girl card before so I predictably wanted to go with something traditionally girly.

I love the lacy, sparkly and girly colours I used for this card and I am pleased with the outcome.

I inked up the edges of the lacy paper with Distress Ink  - Worn Lipstick, used random bling & paper, a flower and ribbon.  I stamped the Octopus using Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black and coloured using Spectrum Noir alcohol pens.

I love this super cute card.

Lynn x

Ice Cream Face - Scrap the Boys Challenge

Challenge Time!  This time its with Scrap the Boys

The first (on the left) is the colour challenge and they second was to choose a cut file to incorporate, as you can see I chose the heart image.   I don't have a cutting machine so I just printed it out and 'very' carefully cut it out by hand.

Here is what I made of the challenge

  

I particularly like the idea of using the cut file and loved using scraps of paper to fill in the gaps in the heart.  I love this picture of my super cute grandson (I'm biased) eating an ice cream on a walk out we had one Sunday.

Products I used for this layout

Deco Art - Shimmer Mister - Turquoise
Cosmic Shimmer - Peacock Green
American Crafts - Heavy Weight Card - Tropical Blue
Scenic Route - Garden Grove - Die cut arrow
American Crafts - Thickers Happy Life - Dark blue
Dusty Attic - Industrial Barbed Stars
Random brad
Colour texture wax 
Random chipboard pieces
Random scrap piece of paper (for heart)
Random rub on (ice cream)
Alcohol ink pen used to edge photograph, blue card and arrow.
Cuttlebug folders used:   to emboss blue paper
                                        to emboss chipboard on bottom left of page


I hope you enjoy my layout and look forward to your comments.

Thanks

Lynn x

Teacher's Bothy Trip - The Studio Challenge - Recipe

Hi there 

It's time for me to another chance to take part in another challenge. This time I used a challenge from The Studio Challenges 

Recipe Challenge

Ingredients: 3 photos 2 stripes of Washi tape Sequins Paint Hearts
Method: First take 3 photos, add 2 stripes of washi tape, mix it up with a spoon of sequins, let it cook slowly with some paint and serve it with a sprinkling of hearts.

This is what I made of it!

The photos relate to a cycle trip we undertook in May/June 2018.  This involved getting a ferry (in reality a wee boat for people and bikes) from the Isle of Mull to the Isle of Ulva.  

We then cycled through the Isle of Ulva to get to the Isle of Gometra which is connected via a wee metal bridge (which sometimes gets swept away, lol) 

The whole journey from arriving on the Isle of Ulva to getting to the Teachers Bothy on the Isle of Gometra was only about 8 miles.  However the track we rode on was very uneven, very muddy and very challenging.

As you can see from the photos we enjoyed some beautiful scenery along the way though which made it worth while.

The Isle of Gometra has only a few permanent inhabitants and while it is only approx 1.64 sq mile in size you're unlikely to see a soul while you're there.  We thoroughly enjoyed the isolation.

For this layout I used:

Ingredients: 3 photos - of our island hopping trip across Ulva and Gometra 2 stripes of Washi tape - Paperchase Sequins - Random Paint - Liquid Pearls – Ruby Red Hearts -
American Crafts – Foam Hearts/Random chipboard heart

I also used the following products:

Spokes/Wheels paper – Unknown

Flower brad – Unknown

Imagination Project – Anyone, anyone? – Snooty Blue

Hobbycraft – Watercolour Dreams Paper – Orange

American Crafts – Thickers – Feliz

Pebbles Layered Embellishments  - School (altered)

Random white butterfly

I hope you enjoyed my layout.

Thanks

Lynn 

Love Layout - Color Stories Inspiration Challenge/Lets Get Sketchy - Sketch Challenge

Its time for a new challenge or in this case - 2 challenges.

A sketch challenge and a colour challenge.

This is what I made of them below - I will include both of the challenge details underneath my take on the challenges.

 

 I had used the sculpting paste and cosmic shimmer to create the chevrons and it just evolved from there.

Here is the sketch that I used to prompt my creativity.  The sketch is from Lets Get Sketchy

I used this fabulous challenge from Color Stories Inspiration

Evidence: Chevrons, stitching (on heart banner), flower, hearts, & hang something (heart banner).

Testimony: Inspiration word - Wishes, which formed my wish to you......
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Products used:

My Minds Eye -Cut and Paste  - Charm - Hey You - Journaling tag
Sassafras Lass - Serendipity - Hog Heaven - Border
Studio G - Hampton Art - Letter Stamps
American Crafts - Remarks - Robot Stickers - Zoom
Creative Expressions - Zipper Rose Flower - Red
American Crafts - Paper Garland - Flutterbys - Heart
Crate Paper - Hellow Love - LOVE (word) and heart
Blue glitter paper

I hope you like my layout.

Lynn

Gret Glen Ride - CSI Case Fie 221

Here's what I put together for Colour Stories Inspiration - Challenge CSI 221

This is the challenge I used

Evidence

Circles

Tiny Dots

Rub On

Pleats

Testimony

Journal as a recipe

Journaling reads:

Ingredients: Grit, determination and perseverance.

Method:       Combine the above to achieve your goal

Outcome:     Successful cycle tour of the Outer Hebrides and the Great Glen Way

Rub on - on white card reads: The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it but what they become by it - John Ruskin

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Big Smiles - Colour Stories Inspiration 208

Yet another layout of my beautiful grandaughter

She is a good subject to scrapbook.

Big Smiles

I used the following colour challenge and sketch to help me to put the layout together.

Evidence: Chevrons, Animals & Map Paper 

Journaling: Make a List 

Journaling on back of bunny card reads -

1. Cute as pie
2. Sweet as Sugar
3. Such a smiler
4. A cheeky money
5. Nanas little princess
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Berwick Bimble - Lets Get Sketchy

Berwicke Bimble - Lets Get Sketchy

 This super sketch is from Brenshevia @ Lets Get Sketchy

I love the simple, graphic design and adapted it for just one photo.

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This is what I made of it

 The journalling reads: 

We love taking our grandson on adventrures.  He especially loves going on the tag-a-long bike and telling grandad to 'go faster'  This trip we cycled from Pot a Doodle to Berwick.  We got a puncture along the way.

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Tobha Mor - Stuck Sketches

I loved this sketch from Stuck Sketches and couldnt resist having a go.

The photos I used I have been trying to scrap for ages and just couldn't get the right vibe.

I adapted the sketch to give the photos a more linear approach

and this is what I made of it!

The photos are of a hostel and surrounding area in Howmore (Tohba Mor in Gaelic), South Uist, Outer Hebrides.  We have stayed here a couple of times and loved it.

The journalling reads: We have been here on our cycling adventures.  A hostel small in size but big in character. 
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Ferry Fanatics - Lets Get Sketchy/CSI296

Lets Get Sketchy/Colour Stories Inspiration 206

I love this simple sketch by Lets Get Sketchy 

I found it so easy to get started

I really love the layout I have created 

I also used a colour challenge from Colours Stories Inspiration (below)

Evidence: Stars/Stripes, Flags, Circle 

Testimony: Thank you note 

Journalling reads:  To my husband - Thank you for going along with my enthusiasm for adventures, specifically to the islands of Scotland.  I has turned out to be a great love for us both and somewhere we are both drawn back to year after year.

And this is what I put together.....

The photo is of my hubby and myself on our way back to mainland Scotland from the Isle of Arran.

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Brotherly Love - Creative Scrappers #296

Brotherly Love 

Creative Scrappers #296

This is sketch #296 from Creative Scrappers and the layout below is what I made of it!

The photo is of my two grandchildren - Jacob (aged 7) and Isabelle (a few weeks old)

He is besotted with her (and still is) many months later.  I love this photo of him sharing a tender moment while holding her.

I used: 

Bazzill Basics White Cardstock 
Papermania Alphas  
Unknown Alphas 
Bo Bunny Believe paper 
Organza Flowers
Punches 
Glitter Paper 
My Minds Eye Paper 

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Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty 

I want a bit glitter crazy with this layout

I am totally loving having a grandaughter after growing up with no sisters, having a son and a grandson it is a joy to buy clothes that are pink, frilly and glittery.

 

This is my granddaughter Isabelle.

I loved the purple cast on the photo and used it as inspriation for the colour for the layout.

Kielder

I love this photo of my grandson Jacob.  He nearly always has a happy smiley face.

We'd been staying in the Youth Hostel in Keilder and had a cycle around part of the Kielder Resevior. 

My grandson was on a tag-a-long bike and the spray from the back wheel of the bike in front was pebble-dashing his face with mud.  I immediatley took a photo (18/10/14)

I used stamped gears to symbolise the bike element of the story and of course the journalling card with 'sweet ride' on it.  Arrows were used to indicate sped and the white splash to indicate the water element of the story.

Isabelle's First Day

Isabelle's First Day Layout

I used a sketch challenge from Stuck Sketches to put together the layout and a colour challenge from Colour Stories Inspiration. (see below)

This is the very first layout I have done of my brand new grandaughter Isabelle. I hope you'll all agree she is gorgeous (I know I'm biased of course) Isabelle weighed in at a whopping 9lb 8oz, so is truly a 'bouncing baby'. When my grandson was born I did a 'Jacob's first day' layout so it was only fitting I did the same for Isabelle.

This is the sketch that inspired the layout

 

Journalling on the back of the birth details tag reads:

Look at this Craftmanship - 10 perfect fingers, 10 perfect toes, beautiful eyes and a sweet little nose, cute as a button and as sweet as can be = one brand new girl in our family.

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Don't Let Go

Don't Let Go

This is a bit of a mix up for me as I've not really tried mixed media before.  I didn't really intend to do mixed media it just 'sort of' happened.  I ended up glueing my paper onto some scrap cardboard as until then it did not have the 'structural integrity' to hold up to the sewing and whatnot.

I've had lots of fun playing around with bits and pieces and slapping on paint and mist.  I just sort of went with the flow and saw what happened.  Let me know what you think!

I put the layout together with the help of Colour Stories Inspiration challenge #143 (below)
Scrap it with a Song Pop challenge - Demi Lovato's - Let it Go
I used the title of the song to inspire my title of Don't Let Go

 

Colour Scheme: All colours used

Evidence: Mixed Media, Pen Work, Cogs and Circles.

Testimony: Handwrite your story

I didn't use the sketch ahove - instead I used the one below from Show Us Your Stuff as inspiration. I rotated the sketch 90 degrees.

Here is a close up

and another

and another

and just one more!

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Products used:

Scrap Cardboard

Mambi 12 x 12 paper

TCW 6 x 6 Stencil - Coffee Splotch

TCW 6 x 6 Stencil - Metawork

Distress Ink - Faded Jean and Worn Lipstick

Cosmic Shimmer -  Lava Red and Ocean Sunlight

Craft TProducts - Lustre Rub ons - Russet

Stampers Anonymous Stamps - Classics #6

Liquid Pearls - Mint Green, Daffodil, Ruby Red and Ocean Blue

Maya Road - Mini Gears

That Special Touch - Stencil - Nuts Pattern

Adirondack - Dabber - Silver

Ranger Dylusions - Stamps - Bordering on the Edge

American Craft - Amy Tangerine - Ready Set Go - On the clock

Brand unknown - Cardboard Arrow

Dymo lettering

American Craft - chipboard dinosaur

Brads

Windsor and Newton - Gesso 

Twine

Uniball Signo - White

Magic Mesh - Red

Ain't it Fun

 Ain't it Fun

I hope everyone has had a easy week and will have a nice relaxing weekend.  I brighted up my week by creating this colourful layout with the help of Colour Stories Inspiration #142 and Scrap it with a Song - Rock Challenge song - Ain't it Fun.

Colour scheme - All colours used

Evidence: Arrows, Stars & Circles 

Testimony: Insp word - Team

I had great fun scapping this layout and reliving the memories from this photograph.

The photo is of my son and his 3 friends playing in a neighbours back garden. The four of them were 'as thick as thieves' growing up and playing together and used to get up to all sorts of mischief.

I love using masks and decided to use two on this layout and spongue ink through them. I also used something called 'Wordle' which creates 'word cloud' using the words you type in.

For the title I decided to include the little letters on the big letter of the word fun.

I plugged the holes of most of the buttons with liquid pearls in contrasting colours.

The multicoloured 'masked' bricks reflect the bricks in the photograph and the masked circles represent the sunshine they were playing in on the day.

Used - http://www.wordle.net/ to create the ‘word cloud’

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Products Used:

Wooden Star Buttons

Echo Park – A boy’s life – small orange alphas

Basic Grey – Lime Rickey – Large Alphas

Fancy Pants – About a Boy – Rub Ons

Scenic Route – Garden Grove – Die Cut Arrows

Making Memories – Boy Primary – Epoxy Shapes

That Special Touch Mask – Stone Wall

Clear Scraps Mask – Spiral Dots  

Craft Planet – Fuzzy cord – Yellow

Ink it Inkpads – Orange & Blue

Brilliance Ink Pad – Pearlescent Yellow

Washer Word – Adventure

American Crafts – Foam Arrow – Orange

Liquid Pearls – Key Lime, Daffodil, Pumpkin, Ruby Red, Ocean Blue

Embroidery Floss and loose threads

Journaling – MME – Bloom

Used - http://www.wordle.net/ to create ‘word cloud’