Scrapkits catchup

I have been plowing my way through my past Scrapkits pages and slowly putting them together.  Only just realised that I haven't shown any here since last year... so be prepared... here they all are:

This page I used my own papers to tie in with the theme... very rustic.  It's all about a weekend we spent at Mabalingwe.

This is another page where I used my own stash to put it together.... I did photos of the cousins all playing together on our Christmas holiday from 2010.

Then for Aaron's caravan holiday he had with Papa & Granny last year July, I used a few kits to record the many memories... this first one is a summary of the week away and included the things he got up too.

This page I again used my own stash and some of the printouts provided and put together a story about a day trip they took to see the different sites.

Then it's on to my birthday from last year.... using my own stash I put together this fun page.  To keep with the theme I added in some chipboard cups and cake.

In January I took Aaron to SciBono... he LOVED it... and this kit was just a perfect backdrop to showcase all his activities.... The one change I made to it was adding the dinosaur stamp to it.

This kit was one that I had wanted to do for ages... and with Aaron and Gemma going to the Bokkie Park in January I got just the right mix of "farm" pics to put it together.

Mom wanted some new updated Grandkids pics so after a very impromptu and uncooperative one... I decided to showcase them on this page... I just changed the one background paper to tie in a bit better with my colours (and because I want to use the one from the kit on a different page... hehehe).

When I saw this page in our February kit I knew straight away what pics to use for it... us doing the toboganning in Cape Town.. the page came together 1-2-3... love it!!

Last week Wednesday (the public holiday) I spent it scrapping with a dear friend and put together three different kits... this one is about a birthday party Aaron went to in 2010

On this one I changed it up and used FabScraps papers

and for this one I used mainly green patterned papers with a few yellow accents.  I also turned the one photo into a little booklet.

I still have two more kits which are just needing their journalling done on them, so they will be coming soon.  And then of course there must still be about 6/7 more that need to be done... just waiting for the perfect photos before I put them together.

Scrapbook Challenges - Sketch 285

Wow it's a new month already, and being early in the week that must mean that a new sketch is up at Scrapbook Challenges.  This week you have a great sketch, again in single or double format.

I chose to do the single layout and turned to my FabScraps papers again for this page and even created some flowers for it too.

Head over to the forum to check out the rest of the team's layouts this week.  While you are there you can also check out my Handmade challenge that is running all month.


I am also entering this layout in the FabScraps challenge over at Scrap Africa.

FabScraps Design Team application

I found out a few weeks back that FabScraps is looking for a Fabulicious Design Team.... so I went out and bought some of their papers and have been scrapping up a storm to get my application in.  I have sent it off today and am now holding thumbs.  Here is what I created:

This layout used papers from two different ranges... one was the garden paper (Range 47) which is double sided with the green stripes, and the other I just cut a blue ribbon-like stripe from.  Then I also inked the chipboard title in various shades of blue.

Next up is a slightly more adventurous layout.  For this one I used various pieces to create the "grubby" background (Range 30).  I then added in some blue strips and matted my photos in blue (Range C39).  To add to the garden/rough effect I took some old book paper and made a few flowers which I inked.  Then there are a few diecut scrolls and finally the rubon title.

Another requirement was to submit is a card.  Not wanting to create just any card (having done 50 of them earlier this month), I browsed the internet till I found something rather special.... a never-ending card.  I used various papers from ranges 38, 45 & 46 and even did some quilling on the front.

It might not look like much here, but as you open it you get a different view.  Then open it again and again and again and each time you see a different view.

The final project to submit had to be something different.  So being a paper junkie I decided to turn to one of my other loves, origami.  I had seen this flower ball a few years back and decided now was definitely the time to make one.  It is called a Kusudama ball and once you figure out the instructions it is actually very easy to make.  I made this out of four sheets of paper... some leftover from the above projects.  It is now hanging up in my scraproom.

There you have it.... all scrapped, photographed and submitted.  Now we wait!

Scapbook Challenges - By The Numbers

It's my turn this week to host a challenge at Scrapbook Challenges.  I am doing a By The Numbers challenge.  Why not check it out in the forum.  This is the layout I created for it

This picture was taken bright and early in the morning.... Aaron made me breakfast in bed for my birthday.

I used lots of lovely FabScraps papers on this page as well as digging into my stash for a variety of other goodies.  It all came together so well.

Scrap Africa - challenge 1

The first challenge at Scrap Africa is to scrap "Africa" pages... well I did two... couldn't decide which one I liked best so guess I'll enter both of them.

Both these pages use FabScrap papers.... I am just loving these truly South African papers and putting together layouts using them... have managed to do 5 different ones this weekend alone.

You have till the 23rd to enter this challenge, so why not try it yourself too?

EDITED: The Safari layout is a scraplift from Karenika.  You can see her page here