Nuts About Sketches - Week 243

School holidays.... yippee!!!  Aaron is with Granny for this week and I get some much need me time.  And me time involves lots of scrapping and time with friends.  Looking forward to a creative week ahead.  Of course this all started on Friday already when I managed to get some scrapping done... and continued into Saturday with a few more pages getting done.

Two of the pages are for today's reveal at Nuts About Sketches... yes you read that correctly.... two pages!

This page uses South African papers from Scrap Collections... a really lovely boy range.

This page included a tag with journaling behind the one photo

These pages are from the left and right side of this double page sketch

Remember to please check out the blog post to see what the rest of the design team did.

Scrapbook Challenges - Sketch 324

The great thing about Monday's is that's it sketch reveal day... and today's sketch from Scrapbook Challenges is one that has lots of options.

You will notice that I took some liberties with this sketch... used brackets instead of extra squares... and turned things around a little... it shows the versatility of sketches.

Check out the forum to see the variety of layouts by the Sketch Crew.

Don't forget we are also doing the 12 days of Challenges this month.

Nuts About Sketches - Week 242

Can you believe it's December already? ... counting down to school holiday and then Christmas.  Can you believe that in four weeks we will be counting down to the New Year?  But before then we need to do lots of scrapping.  What better way to kick it off than with today's reveal for Nuts About Sketches.

I loved this sketch but took a few liberties with the layout. I used a new kit from Bo Bunny that I won a few months back.

Here is today's sketch

Head over to the blog to see more layouts by the design team.

The Paper Mixing Bowl - December Recipe

Can you believe it's December already.... time to get all festive I guess.  What better way to do that than to scrap about Christmas.  Which is what we are all about at the Paper Mixing Bowl this month.

I followed the sketch quite closely... but then added a few twists!  I made a mini-album of sorts ... a bunch of tags which are inside the large stocking.  Here is a different view so that you can see them.

I then went made with some rub-ons to add in a bit of detail.  Must say that I really like how my page turned out.  Here is the recipe card for you to follow:

So join us at the Paper Mixing Bowl and you could be a guest designer in the future.

Scrapbook Challenges - 12 Days of Challenges

To kick our holiday season into high gear, we'll be bringing you 12 different challenges on the first 12 days of December! With 12 challenges, that means you can have up to 12 entries in the drawing for this month's prize package (to be announced soon!) for each challenge you complete. 

And that's not ALL!! Most of the 12 challenges (if not all of them) will have a prize of their own too!

But wait! There's still MORE!!! If you're feeling ambitious, you can also participate in our 12 Days of Challenges Progressive Challenge, where the challenge for each day is also a step in the Progressive Challenge. If you complete all 12 steps you will be entered to win our grand prize package (also to be announced soon!) 

Spread the news and be sure to check in our Forum on December 1st to get your holidays started off right!

Scrapbook Challenges - Sketch 323

This week's sketch is really a fun one from Scrapbook Challenges

You might just notice that I didn't use the "very large title" but I do like how I combined my title and journalling all in one... hehe.

Please head over to the forum to see lots more lovely layouts from our Sketch Crew.

Scrapbook Challenges - Technique Challenge

For the month of November Scrapbook Challenges has been running Gratitude themed challenges.  I have a challenge in dealing with our abundance of "stuff" ... so head over to the forum, check it out and take part.  As a bonus you will also get another tutorial from me on how I made my "recycle" layout from earlier this month.

Nuts About Sketches - Week 241

Can you believe that it is only one month to Christmas?  Wow this year has flown by.  I had a good(ish) birthday last week.  Aaron's one was a great success too.

Here is my layout for this week's sketch at Nuts About Sketches:

Look at the awesome sketch... great potential for for lots of different layouts.

Check out the blog for a lot more inspiration.

Scrapbook Challenges - Sketch 322

This week's sketch for Scrapbook Challenges went up a day late due to some other technical glitches happening on the site... the blog just up and disappeared!  But there is a whole new development coming in the new year so it's all very exciting.  But of course that doesn't mean that there won't be a reveal... the forum is still running and so here is my layout for this week:

I took some major license with this one and added in the larger circle detail too.  I must still add in all my journaling about the phenomenon that happened but I had such a spaced-out weekend (no pun intended!) that it never got done.

Here is the great sketch for you to work from:

Now head over to the forum and see the great layouts from the Sketch Crew.

It's my birthday!!

A Big Thank You to each and every one who has wished me Happy Birthday today.... you don't know how much it means to me to know that you are all thinking of me today.

and look... I even got a special wish from Google:

I made my "famous" lemon meringue pie for the folks at work... and my bosses all loved it so much they said I could take the rest of the day off.  How nice is that!  BUT, silly old me decided to stay and work as I haven't been at work much in the past week.  At least it is quiet here... something I really need.

So now on to the rest of my day... piano lesson then tea with a good friend and hopefully supper out tonight.