Nuts About Sketches - Week 289

Here is this week's layout... I made this one in a few hours on Sunday inbetween gardening... yip I actually got mud under my nails from digging in the garden!

This is a mismatch of papers and stickers from in my stash... plus a bit of ink to make a complete page... all about making a birthday cake.

There are some real fun layouts on the blog this week to check out too.

Scrapbook Challenges - Sketch 367

Another catch up post.... last week's reveal for Scrapbook Challenges

Don't forget to check out the challenges that go along with the sketch... you can find out details on the blog.

Nuts About Sketches - Week 288

I missed posting last week's layout and sketch... so here is me playing catch up.

For my layout I used square and rectangle photos instead of circles on the sketch.  I also tried to do a technique that I learnt a few weeks ago with Jowilna... cutting little bits of the same paper and sticking them over again... just an effective tidbit.

Hope you manage to see what the rest of the team did with this sketch... check out the blog.

Scrapbook Challenges - Sketch 366

Here is today's layout that I made for Scrapbook Challenges... falls in line with seeing Christmas in the shops already!

Remember that each week besides the sketch you can also do one of two challenges.  Each time you complete a sketch or challenge you will be entered into a draw for the monthly prize.

 So head over to the blog and see what's this week's challenge.

Spur of the moment scrapping...

On Friday I ordered and paid for a kit from Michelle van Wyk... well on Saturday morning I decided that I would go to her shop (the Bonsai Huisie) and do the kit as she was teaching it then.... very spur of the moment!  And was a great kit it is....

Me being the fast scrapper that I am, was finished this page by 10:30.... so decided that I needed to do another one... and Michelle just happened to have some kits on hand in the shop.

I came home and managed to find photos there and then for both pages and so even finished them on Saturday... was a truly great scrapping day.

Nuts About Sketches - Week 287

Wow another week flown by and already it's reveal day... can hardly keep up at the moment.

As I had a few more photos than would fit in the 8x10 photo space i decided to change things up a bit again... turned the whole photo mat and top strips into a flap... so when you lift it up you get to see:

And the underneath part of the flap has some closeup pics on it.

Here is the original sketch we worked with

To see a few other ideas on this sketch, check out the blog.

My latest batch of completed kits

I've been slowly working my way through some kits and notes and have completed a few more in the last few weeks:

A page from MandM Scrapbooking Adventures - repurposed in different colours

This is a class that I did with Michelle van Wyk in December last year... eventually found an event with enough photos to fill the booklet.

The following are all from Scrapkits - some the actual kit with a few tweaks and others redone in my own papers.

This one is actually a four page layout... here is page 1&2

This is page 3&4

Turned this very girly sewing kit into a lovely unisex one... just using different papers and embellishments

This one is by Sharon Coetzee that I got as a freebie from Scrapbook 'n Things on the retreat.

So added a few more pages to my growing list of layouts done this year... still a long way off my goal of a layout a day but am making inroads into it.... done over 200 pages so far.

Nuts About Sketches - Week 286

This week's layout at Nuts About Sketches got a good workout from me... hehehe... I substituted and added extra photos and even a flap or two!  check this out:

I made a flap of the bottom middle photo and the two right-hand side ones to include lots more pics and my journalling.


And this is the original sketch:

Now to head over to the blog and see some of the other stunning pages on display this week.

Scrapbook Challenges - Sketch 365

This week's sketch and challenges are up on the blog... check them out and be inspired to scrap.

I flipped the sketch to create my layout... and sort of got inspired by the chevron challenge in that I found a chipboard chevron sticker to add to my page... doesn't really count does it?

Remember, you can also download a digital template of the sketch each week... so head over to the blog now.