Scrapbook n Things - Challenge 5 (second time around)

After my previous attempt at making a layout for entry into the challenge and only after realising that it was toooooo much of a scraplift, I tried again. I luckily still had lots of stuff from the challenge pack left so could make a good page.

I added in the brown and red cardstocks and the little blue letter stickers. The rest is all from the kit. For my feathers I used a few distress oxide inks to add various colours to pick up all the paper colours. Love how variegated they are.

To finish off my page I added some stamped stitching around three edges in yellow. It didn't show up quite as well as I had hoped so then I added some gold perfect pearls powder to it too... sort of went slightly overboard and so now there are gold flecks over most of my page (and my desk!).

I would really love if you could vote for my layout... but you must like Scrapbook and Things on facebook too for your vote to count! Just find the post for Challenge 5 and then pick your top three layouts.

Everyday's An Adventure

I made this layout over the weekend using the challenge 5/19 kit from Scrapbook n Things.

This layout is based on a Jowilna original so I can't actually enter it into the competition but I must say that I really really like how it all came together. I managed to used something of everything in the kit.

Thankfully I still have goodies leftover so I am going to make another layout this weekend and see if I can enter then.... hehehe....silly me!

Finally finished 2013

I decided that last week I was going to finish all my layouts for my 2013 albums..... so I was like a man on a mission... scrap,scrap, scrap every chance I got and yesterday I did my last layout. So feast your eyes on all of these...9 doubles and 3 singles.

This first one was from a Scrapkits layout that I had planned but didn't have the paper anymore. Used some Celebr8 papers instead.

Another one using one of the new range of Celebr8 papers

The next few are all Jowilna layouts that I have adapted to suit my style (and stash)

These next two are from Let's Scrap Sketches

And this last one is one designed by Lara at Scrapbook and Things.

So there you have them all... nicely scrapped. Now for my next mission of actually getting them all filed away in the albums.

South African National Scrapbooking Day layouts

At the end of January South Africa had our first official NSD day....though I didn't go to an official event, I still did scrap with friends at Shortcut Crafts. I managed to scrap three complete layouts and another two that still needed photos, which I have now done so I can showcase all my pages.

This first layout was based on a Scrapbook Generation's sketch

This next layout is made using Lady Pattern Paper... I love the blue. These papers were perfect for my niece's wedding. This layout also has two booklets with lots more photos in them. This page was originally designed by Scrapbook n Things.

For this one, I used new Simple Stories New Year's papers for this page.... not too often I get to used this sort of themed paper.

Next up is another layout using a sketch from Scrapbook Generations.... lots of photos on this one.

An lastly was the layout we received on the day as a freebie... a gorgeous simple page with Lady Pattern Paper, designed by Jowilna.

Maybe next year I will actually go to the event, otherwise I will just scrap lots and lots.

A few more layouts from January

Remember I told you I did lots of scrapping in January....well I am still trying to blog about them all, so here are a few more:

First up are some scraplifts from my good friend Jowilna... I love stretching myself with learning the techniques she does so easily. I also enjoy making her layouts my own, by using my own stash.

These next two are from Scrapbook 'n Things... notes that I've had sitting around waiting for the perfect photos to scrap.

These layouts made a huge dent in my 2013 album which is really a good feeling.

January layouts

I had a good month of scrapping in January... managed to complete 21 layouts in total which relates to 34 pages... wow for the first time in I don't know how long I managed to meet (and exceed) my layout-a-day goal for a month. So here's some of what I did during the month:

This layout is using one of the many sketches I've saved over the years... calls for lots of photos, which is really how I like to scrap. I used some crackle paint through a brick stencil for the edge effect.

Next up is a layout based on a travel page by Lara Hanna of Scrapbook n Things. Also a page with lots of pics on it.

These few pages are all Jowilna originals with my own special twists.

At the moment I am slowing making inroads into my planned pages from my 2013 album. I have also now planned all my layouts for my 2014 album and am busy with a major photo editting project to get the pics all printed. There will be lots of happy scrapping days ahead this year.

ScrapMixers - Challenge 3

There is a new challenge up on the Scrap Mixers blog... it's all about using your stash of ribbons. Well I found a pretty layout from Sharon Coetzer (which she had designed for Scrapbook n Things a few years back) and used some gorgeous photos of my niece Veronica and her family that they had done last year.

For my ribbons, I raided my ribbon box for some different colours and used them through the middle of the page.... picking up the colours from the photos as well as the paper. I then finished my page with a few stickers.

Check out the blog for some more ribbon ideas.

Layouts created in 2014

Over December I edited and printed photos and managed to get a whole bunch of unfinished layouts finally finished... 34 in total!!. Here are some of those that I completed:

This first one is a scraplift of a Bernadette van Veyeren layout that was in ScrapAffairs Issue 44

Next up is a "project life" styled layout... I took the idea of PL but turned it into a double page instead.  This was a kit from Scrapbook and Things

I also did a few layouts from Michelle van Wyk's notes

Then there was also the boat cruise that we did in March with Bohemian Scrapsody.  Though I didn't actually scrap on the cruise, I have managed to finish one of the layouts that I received.

So this is just five of the 34 pages I managed to finish... more to come soon.

Weekend Retreat with Scrapbook 'n Things

Lara Hanna from Scrapbook 'n Things and Sharon Coetzee put together a lovely weekend retreat jam packed with scrapping.  Me and my scrap buddy Theresa booked for the whole shebang and stayed over.  We also went halvies on the kits so ordered all three and split them between us... ie we got 9 layouts each to scrap...how's that for fun!

On the actual weekend (16-19 August 2013) I managed to complete 7 doubles.  The night we got home I put photos on two of them and since then have slowly worked my way through the rest.  So feast your eyes on these beauties.

Over the weekend we received lots of goodies to eat.... red velvet cupcakes, popcorn, biltong, sweets.... and also loads of product handouts and prizes.  I even managed to win some.

We played Bingo on Saturday night and a whole bunch of us got it on the last word... so we all got lovely bright green t-shirts!  Then because I scrapped the most pages over the weekend, I received this lovely double frame

There were some lucky draws at the end... I won a bluetooth headset in one and some scrap papers in another... aren't I just the lucky one!

Theresa got a prize for making the most beautiful card in the 15 minute card challenge.  She also won two prizes in the bingo.

Overall it was a highly successful weekend... well worth every cent spent.  Can't wait to do another one!

ps - I still have two layouts that I need to put together but don't think I'll get to them this week, so thought I'd post this before 2013 is over!

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.