Saturday, July 26, 2014

Show Us Your Stuff July Challenge

The Show Us Your Stuff July Challenge was a colour challenge, to use the colours inspired in the photograph below:


The colours being charcoal, mid blue, cream, light grey, teal. Very wintery looking board for inspiration, but I chose to go away from winter, it's already been too cold here in Melbourne.
I chose some photos of my mother and my nephew Lachlan, taken quite a few years ago now. Lachlan being a little 2 year old, and still learning his words, but to say Grandma, he would say Gamma - this has stuck, and now we all call her Gamma (Sorry Mum).
I have met all the criteria including all the colours, and of course the handmade items, which I have a handmade felt bracket, and 2 handmade fimo buttons.
Thanks for looking at my layout.
Love You Gamma




Sunday, July 13, 2014

D-lish Scraps July inspiration board challenge

The challenge for D-lish Scraps July inspiration board is a beauty, with a really cute kit that was available for sale, but sold out really quickly because it was so cute. I was lucky enough that a friend of mine ordered one for me at the same time as getting one for herself, knowing that I would love it. Thank goodness for friends who know us well. lol. The inspiration board with sketch is as below:

I really loved the colours in this inspiration board, and the sketch was also fun to use, as well as the kit. I used this photo of my sister and her two adult children, taken on Mothers' Day this year. My sister doesn't normally celebrate Mothers' Day, but this year, I was able to travel interstate to be with my family for Mothers' Day, so she had to, lol. So glad I got this photo of the 3 of them, along with another couple of kooky photos that they did for me. Thanks D-lish Scraps for the inspiration. Thanks for looking at my layout.
Luv u Mum


White with 1 July challenge

The colour for the White with 1 July challenge is duck egg blue, such a pretty and soft colour to play with. For this challenge, I had chose a photo of my mother in law and sister in law, and I think this challenge worked well for the photo. I have also recently bought some Theresa Collins patterned paper which worked well for this challenge. Thanks White with 1 for the inspiration. Thanks for looking at my layout.
Forever

Sunday, July 6, 2014

D-lish Scraps cybercrop challenge 8 by Karyn

The last of the 8 challenges, and I managed to get all of them done over the weekend - mega impressed with myself. This one was fun - such a free and easy way of scrapping, the technique challenge by Karyn. I loved this, and was so quick to do, am going to have to use this technique again.
So for this challenge, I chose a very old photo of my two kids, (back to 1997) but a photo that makes me smile so much - the cheeky looks on such young faces. I chose the colours to blend with the colours in the photo, and just threw it all on the page.
The D-lish scraps products I used for the layout are a handmade bottle cap, flair, journal it's and motex tape and Freckled Fawn wood veneers supplied by D-lish Scraps.
Thanks Karyn, I've learned a new technique this weekend, and it was fun!
Lollipops



D-lish Scraps cybercrop challenge 6 by Ros

Challenge number 6 for the D-lish Scraps cybercrop was a puzzle by Ros. This meant using inspiration for your layout from the bingo board as below:
I chose the bottom line to use wood veneer, banner, more than one photo, twine and polka dots. I initially did not want to give this challenge a go, I was struggling to choose a row that appealed to me, but I started thinking outside the square - often a much better way to think than thinking how difficult something is going to be.
So I put together this layout of our friends daughter Charlie, washing her little car, obviously she was having fun with lots of suds, so I tried to emulate this in my layout, and it kind of gives me my polka dots - lol. I have met all of the criteria for the line I chose, to create a bit of a fun layout.
The D-lish Scraps products I have used are bakers twine, and Freckled Fawn wood veneers supplied by D-lish Scraps.
Thanks Ros for making me push my boundaries.
At the car wash



D-lish Scraps Cybercrop Challenge 7 by Wendy

The colour challenge by Wendy, challenge number 7 for the D-lish Scraps Cybercrop, was a fun challenge to do late last night. The colours to use were inspired as below, such fun and bright colours:
I think my tiredness was kicking in though when I created this very whimsical layout of my nephew playing in the rain, not how I had thought this layout would turn out at all, but looking at it with fresh eyes this morning, I like it's touch of whimsy.
The D-lish Scraps products used in this layout are- umbrella wood veneer, bitty bags, flair and journaling card.
Thanks Wendy for the challenge.
Playing in the rain


D-lish Scraps Cybercrop Challenge 5 by Leanne

Challenge 5 for the D-lish Scraps cybercrop was a recipe challenge by Leanne. Now ordinarily I don't like recipes to follow for layouts, I sometimes feel a bit restricted. However, this recipe was awesome to play with, and this is my favourite layout that I have done this weekend.
The recipe is as follows:
I used this photo of myself, my mother and my sister, from my mother's 70th birthday. We don't get together much as a family, as we live in different states, so it's really nice when I do get to see my family, this photo means a lot to me.
The D-lish Scraps products I have used are the 3 flowers - FWAB Elise,  resin and cosmos daisy. I have also used a D-lish Scraps flair and Freckled Fawn wood veneers supplied by D-lish Scraps.
Thankyou Leanne for giving me the inspiration to create this layout, and allow me to not feel too afraid of recipes.
Together


D-lish Scraps Cybercrop challenge 4 by Agnus

Challenge 4 for the D-lish Scraps Cybercrop was a real challenge - I'm just lucky I've got photos to play with from my recent 50th birthday party, which was a wacky 60's themed party, lol. The mood board by Agnus, is a very colourful inspiration board,  as below:
So for my layout I was inspired by the balloons and the colours to create another vibrant layout of my party. 
The D-lish Scraps products I have used on my layout are a fabric flower, resin flowers and a flair. 
I used a couple of cellophane lolly bags, (left-overs from my party), as part of the background. 
Thanks for the inspiration Agnus. 
50th Birthday Speeches


D-lish Scraps Cybercrop Challenge 3 by Alz

This is another one of the challenges from the D-lish Scraps Cybercrop from this weekend, a product challenge by Alz, to use 5 different flowers on a layout. Now I have no issue with using flowers, or varieties of flowers on a layout, so this one was right up my alley, and flowers go so well with wedding photos, lol.
I used a variety of D-lish scraps flowers  - mini heirloom, cosmos daisy, aster, rosebuds, forget me nots, azalea, FWAB Elise, sweet petites, and sweetheart blooms. Other D-lish scraps products used on the layout include a resin cabochon and dove.
I used this vintage photo of my grandparents wedding, to create a not so vintage layout, with lots of other technique as well - using the glitter and ferrous paint.
Thanks Alz for the challenge.
Carl and Ivy


Saturday, July 5, 2014

D'Lish Scraps Cybercrop Challenge 2 - sketch challenge

Challenge 2 at the 5th birthday cypercrop for D'lish Scraps is a sketch challenge by Kylie, which was a lot of fun. The sketch as below was to be used for inspiration for the layout:

I had some really cute photos of my nephew Ethan, doing what babies do best, make a mess with food, lol. Thanks for the challenge Kylie, I did enjoy it.
The D'Lish Scraps products I have used on the layout are flair buttons, and bakers twine, and the Fresh Studio Instaframe.
Baby Led Weaning



D'Lish scraps cybercrop scraplift challenge 1

This weekend is the 5th birthday for D'lish Scraps, so a cybercrop was in order. Love a good cybercrop. The first challenge was the Tarrah's scraplift challenge, in which the challenge was to find some inspiration in her layout that is inspires our own.

I loved Tarrah's use of the chevron background and this is part of what inspired my layout, but also the natural hues and colours that Tarrah has used.
For my layout I have used the following D'lish Scraps products - journal its - tabs, wood veneers, button flair.
I love the way this layout of my daughter and one of her longtime school friends came together. Thanks Tarrah for the challenge.

Friendship

Friday, July 4, 2014

Lets Get Shabby Challenge #56

So the Let's Get Shabby challenge # 56 is to use transparency. I love using transparency, but do not use it often. I love how it adds detail, but without covering over too much of the layout. With the variety of transparent embellishments available now, we are spoilt for choice.
For my layout, I chose to use some detail from a Kaisercraft sheet of transparency that depicts travel, which I have used behind my layout and also in the top left hand part of the layout, along with a Heidi Swapp transparent heart on the photo. I also used some Hambly transparency to highlight the words Notre Dame under my photo, along with a bit of washi tape that is semi-transparent.
Thanks for looking at my layout.

 Notre Dame