Scrapbook Challenges - Sketch 486

Last week we had a public holiday on Thursday, and I turned it into a long weekend by taking Friday off too... it was really good to have a weekend of nothing planned. I caught up on some washing and also managed to finish some layouts and make some new ones. All in all it was a good creative weekend. More on those projects in posts to come, for now it's all about sketches and layout reveals. This one was actually for last week, but there was a glitch in posting, so here it is now:

I almost feel like I cheated on this page... hehehe but really it's just shortcut scrapping. The background paper is pre-printed with all those gorgeous stars on it.... it's by Simple Stories. So I just cut a slit at the top and tucked my photo under it. I added a few buttons, some strips and then two embossed stars with a few extra star stickers. A nice and quick page.

Check out this blog post for some more inspiration.

Remembrance Day

Okay so I know it's not November or anything, but I have been seeing a lot on Instagram from the Royal Family all about different World War I and II remembrance functions.... and last week I actually created a layout about one of the first event's that Aaron took part in as an invested scout... a Remembrance Day parade at the local Moth Hall.

This day brought back lots of childhood memories for me of doing something similar when I was a Girl Guide. Also reminds me of both my Grandpa's who each served in one of the wars.

This page is another Jowilna inspired one but with quite a few twists and variations of my own.

Scrapbook Challenges - Sketch 485

It's been an interesting Monday... good news (see previous post) plus finishing off of four pages that I scrapped over the weekend, and grocery shopping. Oh and not to forget work of course....I do utility billing and this week is my busy week... chaotic! and I did a visit to our work storeroom today just as an added extra....talk about a full day.

At least for my sanity I do get to scrap... even if sometimes it's only blogging about it.

Here is my layout for today's reveal:

This is such a cute and versatile sketch.... I sort of did my own thing with the arrangement, but also stuck with the plan. Nice to do something simple every now and then.

Check out the blog for some more amazing takes on the sketch plus some news on June's scrapping schedule.

Scrapbook Generation feedback

Remember a few posts back I showed my layouts for the Island Crop at Scrapbook Generations?...

well I had one layout picked in the lucky draw and I won some shopping dollars.

Then today I see that one of my other layouts is up on the blog as a spotlight pick.... so honoured to be included in the list of 60+ ladies picked ... this is out of out of the over 1400 projects posted during the crop!

May was indeed a jolly good scrapping month for me!

It's official - Couture Creations

I am soooooooooo excited to tell my loyal blog followers and friends that the Design Team for Couture Creations has been announced.... you can read all about it on their blog.

As much as that is exciting... nope I didn't make the team (sad face!) ..... BUT.... I have been chosen to be a guest designer and for me that is just as exciting.

I will get to meet Kerrie Gurney next week at the Secret Scrapbook Studio Event.

Well done to all the ladies who were selected.Look I also get to serve with my best buddy Jowilna

There are definitely squeals and giggles of delight are happening here.

A scraplift

There are days when I find a layout that just speaks to me and I know I have the perfect photo to do a scraplift... well this page was one such.

I saw it on instagram and saved it to pinterest for a later date... well on Sunday I felt like scrapping a quick page and so hauled out this one... the longest part was doing all the stitching... which I dithered about doing but felt that the page need something.

The best part about this page is I got to use up a whole bunch of letter stickers that would otherwise just gather dust... I don't tend to use to many z's as a rule... hehe.

Scrapbook Generation - Island Crop Layouts

For National Scrapbook Day celebration, the website Scrapbook Generation hosted an online crop event on Facebook called Island Crop ... all about a tropical holiday. I decided that this year I would take part... especially as it was a week long event and we have till the end of the month to make pages for these.

I did 9 of the challenges ...yippee a few more pages off my to do list. Most of these pages are also based on layouts by Jowilna.

This is a scraplift of a gorgeous Prima layout Jow made for The Wholesaler.

This next page is a scraplift of a Bo Bunny travel page that Jow had made a few years back... I loved this page so much that I have been waiting for the perfect pics to do this page... these are from Keith's trip to Canada last year.

Another scraplift ... I used this one of Jow's

These next few are all from classes that Jow has done over the past few years that I have piling up and needing to do.... I even cut titles on my Curio machine!

This last one is based on a Scrapbook Generation sketch. I used project life cards as the base for my page and added a few gears for embellishments.

I really had fun creating all these pages. Some of the challenges were fairly simple, eg create a double or single page of any theme. Others were for specific themes, eg holiday or food. And then there were the sketch challenges or use a list of products. I don't hold much hope of winning any prizes in these challenges, but I count it a win in that I completed 9 pages.

Scrapbook Challenges - Sketch 484

It's amazing how each Monday feels like the last one was just here, yet it's another week later and time for another sketch reveal.

I took a fairly simple route with the layout but added a bit of pazzazz on the background.... stamped the scout emblem in watermark ink then brushed perfect pearls copper dust on top and sealed with a mist of water... just a subtle addition to the page. Also added a bit of stitching.

Remember to check out the blog for lots more ideas with this week's sketch.

Scrapbook Challenges - Sketch 483

It's been a crazy week so far... yip already Wednesday before I get to post this reveal... but hey it's up!

Work has been busy, yet frustrating in that our phones and electricity have been on/off for a few days. Traffic getting to work has also been a nightmare. Yesterday Mom was affected by a huge power outage, so eventually I brought her to our house to use our electricity for charging her tablets and then fed her supper. Her power only came on around 7:30pm. Makes life interesting and also makes us appreciate the little things we have that we take for granted.

Scrapping is for me a stress relief as well as a creative output... so I definitely think Iwill be needing to find a bit more time this week to get some done. At least I can show you stuff I have already made.... like this layout:  

I got out my trusty coffee stain stamp to do the side embellishing... even did some reverse inking over letters for the title.

Check out the blog for a few more ideas with this sketch.

Scrapbook Challenges - Flashback Friday Sketch 204

It's Friday.... yippee.... and hopefully a weekend of scrapping ahead for me.

I had fun creating this page... and just using cardstock and then adding speckles of paint... which I ended up getting on myself at the same time... hehe.

Remember you can upload your creation using this sketch on the blog to stand a chance at winning the monthly prize.