UnstampaBellas: Sept2019

Here is a pretty spring card perfect for this time of year:

This month's challenge is: Time for Recess (Apertures)
The twist to the challenge is: Luscious Layering

I saw a similar design to this on pinterest and used it for my inspiration. Things went along from there.... I made all the flower petals and then decided to do hexagons for my aperture shapes. Trying to get them to lineup is not quite so easy... I see they're not perfect but that is me!!!  -Nothing is ever perfect, straight or symmetrical in my life.

Remember to link you entry to the first post of the month.

See more great inspiration from the team on the blog.

Sketch n Scrap - Sept Card

Our newest challenges are running on the facebook group... come and join us for some fun. Here is my card that I've created for my challenge today:

My twist to this challenge is for you to use SCALLOPS. I used a border sticker which had scallops on for my twist. Also, the sentiment sticker has a few scallops on it.

As an added bonus, I only used scraps and leftovers on my card and everything is from different manufacturers. Another great way to mix and match your stash to use it up.

Come play along and have some fun in our monthly challenge group.

IQCG - Sept 2019 - Minions

It's time again to share our moodboard and inspiration this month... it's a fun one:

I love making minions (did a few for a layout earlier this year), and so I was really looking forward to doing this one and trying something a little different. I took my inspiration for my design from some Perler Bead designs and worked out how to translate that into coils. I then made lots and lots and lots of little coils which I glued together in sequence and then glued each sequence together to shape the little guy. I attached a few magnet strips to the back and he is now happily clinging to my filing cabinet.

Come play along on the blog and be inspired by the rest of the team. Link your creation to this post.

Stick It Down - Double Layout - Sept 2019

Spring is slowly making it's way this year... last week we had glorious weather and then this weekend it got chilly again. I am truly thankful that we're not sweltering yet like some years have been. Friday also saw us have our first shower of rain for the season... it was a gentle drizzle for a few hours before the sun came up... was a great way to wake up. Praying that we get some decent rains this year too.

So back to the business on hand...scrapping! Here is my layout for this month's double sketch at Stick It Down:

I've been keeping these photos aside for a while now waiting to scrap them and then along came this sketch which was just perfect. I also got to add in little bits of cherry paper to tie it all together. Loved that I could add some inky bits too. Oh and did you see, I've even used ribbon on my page (dug that out the box of stash too!)

This is the fabulous sketch we worked with.

Be sure to check out the blog for lots more inspiration.

Sketch n Scrap - Sept layout

It's time to share my layout using the first sketch for this month.

My layout is about the end of my 100 days of coffee that I did back in 2016... I had the perfect coffee themed papers from Fabscraps for this page so it really came together quite quickly. I also added in some chipboard words and coffee cup as well as the fussy cut design.

Be sure to check out the blog and facebook for lots more inspiration.

Simply Project Life - Bingo

This whole month there has been a bingo challenge on the Simply Project Life facebook group and I've managed to do most of the rows and columns:

Column 1

Diagonal R

Row C

Diagonal L

Column 3

Column 4

Column 5

Row A

Row B

Row D

There are only two that I didn't get done, Column 2 and Row E as I don't own the kit that was required. I really enjoy stretching my brain to come up with layouts that match the challenge. However, some of these layouts might still get tweaked and edited quite a bit before they are printed. But for now they are done.

Let's see what the new month brings with some creativity.

UnstampaBellas: Aug2019

It's time to share again my inspiration for our monthly theme at Unstampabelles:

This month's challenge is: Tea in the Garden
The twist to the challenge is: Watercolour Wonders

I had a few ideas running around in  my head for weeks until I finally settled on making this basket of flowers. I kept thinking of "an English Country Garden" and how you would stroll through it and pick a basket of flowers before enjoying tea outside.... okay maybe I just read too many old English romance novels.... hehehehe. Anyways this is where I got my inspiration from.

I made all types and size flowers and tried a few new ones. Also figured out how to do the weaving for the basket. This piece is about 27cm square. I used an old cardboard box for my backing... applied a layer of white gesso and then some distress inks in three shades of greens and blues to do the background.

Remember to link you entry to the post and you can win a prize.

See more great inspiration from the team on the blog.

Off The Rails - Aug2019 moodboard

Today I am sharing my layout to give a little inspiration from our moodboard for this month:

The moodboard and challenge is all about black and white... this is sooooooooo not an easy one for me as I really do love colour. I found these cute bunny photos from one of my trips to Wyndford and decided to make this page predominantly black and white. I used various papers from my stash that had patterns in it and then also added white stitching and the flowers. Then I dug out some brads, a flair and even some leftover stamped bits. Lastly was using some stickers to make my title. It's amazing actually how much black and white stash I found once I started looking. This page only made a small dent into that stash.

Here is the moodboard to inspire you too:

Be sure to check out our facebook group for lots more DT inspiration and come share your creations too.

The Digital Press - Summer Camp 2019

Yikes it seems that I forgot to post these pages at the end of July.... I had such a fun month scrapping digitally that I somehow got a bit sidetracked from blogging, and August has been hectic that today is the first chance I'm getting to do scrapping admin.

So here's the rest of the pages I made for the Summer Camp challenges at The Digital Press:

Week 1 - Wildlife layout for Bonfire Gathering

Week 2 - Orienteering

Week 4 - Bonfire

I had planned another page but never got it finished in time. Hopefully it will get done within this month still.

Let's Scrap Sketches - 15 Aug

It's been a rough week here... busy beyond note with work, long school days for Aaron (extra physics till 4pm every day and loads of homework!) and then I heard yesterday morning that a dear scrapping friend (CathyV) died... still battling to comprehend this.

A good part of this week was taking Aaron shopping yesterday for his suit for the matric farewell happening next month. We managed to get all the bits except for a tie but my feet were rather sore after two hours of walking the mall from one end to the other. Our biggest score of the day was his jacket. He particularly wanted a cream/beige colour and not too many shops stock them. We popped into the Polo store just for a look see and on their discounted rack found the only jacket that was in the that colour and it was his size.... plus marked down from the original R5000 to R1250. It was obviously just waiting for us! hehe. It might have been more that we actually wanted to spend but considering that the other shops were more than that (and one shop had shirts for that price!) it seemed like a great deal. At least I can cross that item off the to-do list.

I haven't managed to do much scrapping this week with all the running around and stuff, so thankfully I did finish this page last weekend in time for the reveal.

I really enjoy making these sunburst type pages as you get to use a combination of colours and patterns... though sometimes the maths of cutting is a bit much! Thankfully this one came together pretty easily and the layout was really quick to make. I used some bits from a sheet of Simple Stories which I fussy cut to embellish my page and then added the silver word diecut for my title.

Visit the blog for lots more inspiration.

This is sadly my last layout for Let's Scrap Sketches...I am stepping down as of the end of this month as I have been feeling less and less motivated to "paper" scrap and more and more inclined to digi scrap... so no I'm not giving up my hobby, just changing focus... plus my pile of printed pics is coming to an end (have a few more pages to do so this is not totally the end yet!).

Here's to a calmer week ahead.