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 

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

BOO!

BOO!

Scrapbook layout put together with inspiration from Challenge 141 from Color Stories Inspiration and Sketchabilities.

This photo was taken at Alton Towers on the Haunted House ride in 1995.  I just recently rediscovered it and had a good laugh at my face.  At the point the photo was taken a huge spider dropped down from the ceiling which is why I look so scared, strangly my husband looks quite amused!

Journalling Reads: 14th Sept 1995 - We got tickets for Alton Towers, so with Jason at school we headed off to have lots fun on all of the rides.

We hopped into the 'Haunted House' car and set off through the house. The main thing I remember was the absolutely 'HUGE' spider that dropped down from the ceiling (which is when this photo was taken) hence the very scared look on my face and the amused look on my husband Pauls face. Such a fun day.

 This is the colour challenge I used

 

I used all the colours in the scheme 

For the evidence I used: Cogs/Gears, Lots of Layers, Something Unexpected (postcard)

Testimony: Tuck your story between layers

I also used this fantastic sketch

124 from Sketchabilities 

I used white tulle to give the illusion of spider web which I tore and stretched and I decided to use cardboard which I cut into letters for the title and then 'spooked them up' a bit by adding green and orange liquid pearls.

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Hebs 2014

Enjoying another challenge 

with Colour Stories Inspiration and Show us your stuff

This is what I created 

This photo is from our trip to the Outer Hebrides - We were just pulling up at Scuribhal Campsite when I looked out of the window when I saw our cyles (which were attached to the roof) casting shadows but with this lovely view in the background.  I could resist taking a quick snap.

I really enjoyed making this layout and it just sort of evolved as it went along as apposed to me know what I am going to do ahead of time.

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Colour Stories Inspiration case file that I used

 

Evidence: Text Print, Floral Pattern, Butterflies, Leaves, Wet Medium (Moulding Paste), Wings.

Testimony: Document a solitary pleasure

Scheme: All colours used

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Show us your Stuff prompt I used

 The shapes I needed to include on my layout were - a square, a rectangle, bunting, a circle, a banner, a splash of paint or ink and of course, a handmade item. (It's not as hard as it may sound!) Each one of these items must be used at least once, and must be clearly visible. 

Square = Photogrpah

Rectangle = Seaside and Wayside 

Bunting = Hebs (title)

Circle = centre of butterfly

Banner = Scuribhal (subtitle)

Paint = used on butterflies and flower detail in bottom left corner 

Handmade item = cut flower shape from tissue used to blot stencil

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Fishbowl Fun

Fishbowl Fun

I used two challenges for this layout

The layout shows a photo of myself and my family on holiday in Faliraki, Greece.  We are enjoying a Fishbowl cocktail which is essentially a big cocktail in a bowl which you share with straws.

Colour Stories Inspiration - No. 133

(I am late in completing this challenge but I still wantedto  do it as I love the colours)

and

Kreative Koncepts Sketch Challenge #28 - August 2014

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Cutie

I am currently working my way through all the layouts I put together before I started blogging and trying to get them on my blog.  So here I go with this one.

This layout is of my son aged about 1 year old at Benton Park in Newcastle.  I wanted the layout to be 'cutsey' and fun so decided to use Bam Pop paper.  Their papers stand out from the rest and I love them so much I find it hard to use them.

On the photo below you can see the title card pulls out to reveal a journaling.


I used the following products for this layout:

Papermania alphas
Bam Pop papers
Range Liquid Pears - Light Blue
Microbeads - Pink
Bazill Basics shaped paper
Transparnacy - unknown brand
Bling - unknown brand
K and Co Paper

Hope you like it.

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Lynn xXx

Life in Cartoon

This is a layout I have done for the True Xo Xo Scrapbooking design team submission.  I am sorry for the photos, but it seems that however I try to photograph them they come out too dark or two light and I cannot find any middle ground, grr.

For the DT submisson I had to show how I was inspired by or scraplifting any of the DT layouts used in challenge 27 on True Xo Xo Scrapbooking . So to I had to consider colour, design, subject or wording. 

 This is the layout I chose to scraplift which is by 

Tiffany Call   

The aspects of Tiffany's layout that inspired me where the bright, fun and funky colours she used and I tried to incorporate this is my own layout and the hand written title alongside shop bought alphas.   I also love the grid format and the random embellishments across the layout.

Take a look at her fantastic blog by clicking on her name above or her layout below!

I chose to scraplift this layout as it was a simple, interesting but graphic, which is not the style I normally go for.  I also chose to use Kraft cardstock (like Tiffany) as I knew I was going to using bright photographs.

I discovered a programme called Cartoonize which lets you import your photograph and converts it into a 'cartoon like' photograph.  I converted 3 photographs to use on this layout and chose to print them on canvas to give them a 'fabric like' look.    

I used new products from the Papermania Boofle range such as clear stamps and the self adhesive fabric.  I stamped the Boffle image but decided not to colour it in as I think it represents cartoons when they have 1st been drawn.

I used:

Sugarloaf Strokes Black Pen
Sakura Gelly Roll - Fl Green
Sakura Glaze - Black
Design Objectives- Boofle Stamp
Design Objectives - 12 x 12 Self Adhesive Fabric
American Crafts Foam Shapes
Making Memories - Just Chillin' Canvas Alphas
Ranger Liquid Pearls - Ruby Red
Papermania Kraft Cardstock

I really enjoyed putting this layout together.

Thanks for looking and remember .......

A day without scrapping is like a day without sunshine!

 Lynn

Lets Get Sketchy DT Call

This is the sketch I put together for the Lets Get Sketchy DT Call

and this is the fab sketch I used to create it.

I also used this in conjuntction with CSI - Colour, Story, Inspiration 

I used:

Bazzill Basics cardstock
Bazzill Bling cardstock
Liquid Pearls - Blue, Red & Mint Green
Cheap foam stamp (leaf)
AC Foam Thickers
Scenic Route letter stickers
Glitz Teen Alpha
White Pen
Painted Cardboard
Cuttlebug and Tim Holtz embossing folders.

I really enjoyed combining the DT call sketch and the CSI  colour palette and I think this turned out pretty well.

Lynn xXx