Nuts About Sketches - Week 150

It's hard to believe that my six month term with Nuts About Sketches ends today.... I have soooooooo enjoyed working with Shawn again and sharing each week the fantastics sketches and my layouts.  So without further nonsense.... here is this week's sketch

and my layout:

These photos were taken while on holiday in December of a Bateleur eagle.... absolutely wonderful sight to behold.

Shawn will be announcing the new design team within this week, so here's holding thumbs if you applied.

Nuts About Sketches - Week 149

This week's double page sketch is up at Nuts About Sketches....

I had fun doing this layout.... a typical South African summer treat... watermelon... yummy!

Check out the blog to see the rest of the awesome layouts by the design team.  Also remember that there is just one week left to get your application in for the new design team.

What to see something amazing....

look at this post on All Things Paper.... there is the most amazing quilling photos... the details are stunning!  While there also leave a comment and you can win a prize.

Happy dance time

This is me.... happy happy happy this morning.... I found our today that I won on the Let's Scrap Resolution blog hop... and not just once but TWICE.... soooooooooo am very happy.  I won the word scrabble challenge and also the draw for Resolution #15.  Am sooooooooooooooooo chuffed!  All my hard work over the last few weeks has paid off.

Nuts about Sketches - Week 148

I hope you all had an enjoyable Valentine's Day yesterday.  Being that it was Monday, there is another sketch posted at Nuts About Sketches

I did another layout from our December holiday for this one.... Christmas Eve.... putting cookies out for Santa

Have you seen the rest of the design team's layouts on the blog?  While there also check out the call for a new design team... I can highly recommend applying to be on this team.... sooooooooooo good.

Happy Valentines

Hope your Valentines Day is extra special and full of love and kindness.

Last of the resolutions

I spent this weekend doing my last six challenges for the Let's Scrap blog hop.... it's been lots of fun.

RESOLUTION #3 - use three patterned papers and some stitching

RESOLUTION #4 - create a layout that contains a list

RESOLUTION #5 - don't open anything new

RESOLUTION #6 - make a valentines card

RESOLUTION #14 - Use 1x lace/ribbon, 2x patterned paper, 3x flowers, 4x bling/gems

RESOLUTION #15 - Use colours teal, yellow and grey/silver and the word HAPPY

Phew now I'm all done... think I will relax a bit in the week ahead.

ps - I photographed all these pages so they are not quite as clear as normal... will only be scanning them tomorrow and might reupload them then.

Scrapping some resolutions

The Let's Scrap blog hop is on and I decided to try my hand at completing some of the resolutions (what they are calling challenges for this blog hop)... For each resolution we had to use a Let's Scrap sketch and then some form of challenge.... these are what I've managed to do so far...

RESOLUTION #1: Pick a favourite layout in the Let’s Scrap Photo Gallery and scraplift it
I picked a layout by Michelle van Wyk

Here is my scraplift

RESOLUTION #2 - colour challenge

RESOLUTION #7 - Banner Challenge

RESOLUTION #8 - Using black and white photos, blue and yellow embellishments

RESOLUTION #9 - Laughter is the Best Medicine

RESOLUTION #10 - Trash to treasure Challenge

RESOLUTION #11 - Use the colors Blue, White and Silver

RESOLUTION #12 - Use eyelets

RESOLUTION #13 - Cardstock only challenge

So that's nine done... only a few more to do.... and they must all be completed by midnight on Monday... best I get scrapping this weekend!

Nuts About Sketches - Week 147

Another week has already past.... all I seem to be doing lately is going from one Monday to the next.... life is happening in-between but just doesn't seem to reach my blog!  This week's sketch from Nuts About Sketches is a great double page.....

I love pages that use LOTS of photos...

 

But even this one didn't have enough space for me.... so I just turned the right hand two pictures into a flap and and added some more.

 

Don't forget to visit the blog to see the rest of the design teams' inspiration.

birthday giveaway

Rush over to Shoestring Scrapbooking and enter before the end of Feb to stand a chance to win this awesome prize...