Scrapbook Challenges - Full House

This week there is a "full house" challenge up at Scrapbook Challenges... ie you get a list of stuff to incorporate on your page.... loved it. This challenge sure did stretch my mind and supplies a bit, but I had fun creating my page:

Journal card - is in the bottom left corner with my journalling on it (duh!)
Tag... little blue one along the bottom
Stamped item... the date is stamped onto my tag
Flair... I added in some circle emphera from a pack that I got a while back... hope these count (?!)
Paint... I painted the numbers 1 & 5 in green and 3 & 7 in yellow... the other numbers are stickers.

Also added in some strips of leftover papers, some washi tape, stitching and even stencilled on my background too.

Join in and stretch yourself too with this challenge.

Scrapbook Challenges - Sketch 432

I got to scrap a little last week and had fun putting today's layout together...

I started with the chipboard film diecut and then printed my photos to fit.... BUT of course I printed 4ups and then realised that they were too big to fit in my tiny film diecut.... so no problem, cut & paste and stretch.... and there you go a new filmstrip for three photos that worked perfectly.

This is the sketch that we played with.

Check out the blog for lots more ideas with this sketch.

Scrapbook Challenges - Sketch 431

Another busy week is behind me and I can breathe a little easier as the work deadline is in sight.... hopefully by Tuesday it will all be done.

For now though it's still scrapping time.... I managed to put this page together over the weekend.

Two years ago when my niece got married,we visited the Afrikaans Taal Museum in Paarl... then finished off the visit with some traditional milktart.... mmmm yummy.  The text at the bottom of my page is transcribed from the wall behind us.  It reads:

"Uit Die Mond Van Die Suigeling: Kom maak ‘n Kaapse draai, how meer siele hoe meer vreugde. Soos manna uit die hemel kan jy koffie drink soos die kan hom skink en aansit by die vleispotte van Egipte. Honger is immers die beste kok, en as dit pap reën moet jy skep! Moet net nie jou eersgebore reg vir ‘n bord lensiesopverkoop nie! Hulle sê (met ‘n padda in die keel): “’n Ou bok hou van jong blare”, maar as die muis dik is, is die koring bitter en tussen die lepel en die mond val die pap op die grond! Vinkel en koljander, die een is nes die ander – Die appel val nie ver van die boom …. Die dieselfde poeding met ‘n ander sous. (Soek jy dit met roomys of met room?) So kom ek breek vir jou die ys: as jy dit vir soetkoek opeet, kort jy Job se geduld en Jakob se wysheid, want dit is uit my duim gesuig. Vergeef my, die knolle vie sitroene, jy het self nog groen koring op die land. Ek kan nie met ‘n mond vol tande sit, want dan was hierdie mure kaal. Wat die hart van vol is loop die mond van oor: Afrikaans – jy is my oogappel-taal!"

Here is the sketch that we worked with.

Be sure to check out the blog for some more great layout ideas.

Scrapbook Challenges - Sketch 430

A new month already... wow.  Welcome to March... here's to lots more scrapping this month I hope. Today's layout is up on the blog...I really had fun with this page... I think it has more to do with the memories than anything else

mmm I'm still enjoy thinking about this breakfast... think I need to do a repeat of this, and soon!

Check out the blog for a few more layout ideas.

Scrap you Scraps - string art

Today there is a post up on the blog all about incorporating string art on a layout. I've wanted to try this for a while so jumped in with both feet so to speak and created a page.

Check out the blog for the rest of the inspiration for this and why not try it too?

Scrapbook Challenges - Sketch 429

Monday's come around so quickly and I never want to flood with all my layouts, so I try to stagger them and then I forget... opps.  So here is this week's page from me.

My layout today goes with the one that I did last week... used the same range as these two pages are next to each other in my album and the photos relate to the same day and theme.

I hope you take part in the challenges on the blog... these are lots more great pages to see, so head on over.

Scrap Your Scraps - February challenge

My post for today is up on the blog... it's all about creating layouts with title strips.... these are the pages I created for this challenge

On this page I've just added pieces of different strips at an angle and then combined them with stamped aeroplanes and some stickers. I also added one title strip as a border next to my photos.

On this next page I have stuck a variety of title strips in various shades of blue, pale yellow and green together across my page.  Added a strip of photos down the middle and then embellished with stamping, stickers, brads and diamante.

My final layout is a bit more complicated yet fun.  I dug through my pile and sorted out the colours that would best match my photos.  I then lay them in a sort diagonal basket-weave pattern.  Once happy I interwove the strips, cut them shorter where needed and eventually stuck them all down to the background cardstock.  I finished off my page with two photos, more stickers and a little bit of stamping on the edges.

See some more ideas on the blog and challenge yourself to use up some of your scraps this week.

Nuts About Sketches - Week 358

Today's layout is my last one for Nuts About Sketches.... though the blog is not closing, Shawn decided not to carry on the design team... I am sad not to be designing for her anymore. It has been an absolute privilege and pleasure to scrap with Shawn over the last 6+ years... loved every layout that I've made using her sketches.  I know that I will continue to use the NAS sketches in the future.... they are sooooooooo easy to scrap from.

This is my layout that I created for today

I used some leftover paper that I had from another layout and added in a few splats, some stitching and the stickers for the title.

Check out the last reveal for the design team on the blog.

Scrapbook Challenges - Sketch 428

Finding photos to scrap can sometime lead to all sorts of extra adventures... this week (and next week's) layout ended up being just so.... I chose the pics and then found the lovely new Bo Bunny Christmas range that I bought.... well finding this gorgeous paper I didn't want to cover it up, cut it or change too many things... so though the sketch is the starting point, I did in the end do a few of my own things.... and love the result.

This sketch can lend itself to loads of ideas including the project life cards.

The blog this week has some more fun ideas... go check it out.

Nuts About Sketches - Week 357

I really enjoyed making this layout last week... I actually got to scrap during the afternoon on Wednesday and managed to put this page together pretty quickly.

We had another great sketch to work with... I made a few adjustments on where I put some things.... added my journalling to the top circle, added a subtitle to the bottom of the photos.  The small dots around the big circle are stamped using an inkpad and the backend of a pen.

Check out the blog for some more ideas on this sketch.