SBT50 "The Block" Super Challenge 2016 Week 1

I have decided to join in on the fun at Scrapbooking Top 50 2016 The Block challenge challenge this year, wonder how many I will get done. Anyway, there are 2 options to be inspired by, and I chose this one as the inspiration for my layout:

I was quite drawn to the colours, and thought about doing something heritage, but nothing was working for me, so then I found this photo of Charlie, a friends daughter, and it all came together. The triangles, flowers and the colours were my source of inspiration. 

I added texture paste to my patterned paper that I thought was quite ugly, but it worked out well, in my opinion. I added lots of flowers, plus a heavenly heart and retired diamond from Charms Creations. 

Thanks for looking at my layout, and for any comments you may leave.

Charlie

Scrapping Outback January Challenge

I am a newbie to the Scrapping Outback challenges, but the January challenge, using the image below  as inspiration, looked like a lot of fun, so I gave it a go:

Even though a photo sipping a cocktail would have suited this image nicely, I chose a photo of  Charlie, a friends daughter munching on watermelon - what else does one do in summer?

The colours of this image are what inspired me to create this layout, I really loved the green and pink, which I have replicated in my layout. I used some shaved ice, a really fun product, which I have discovered recently, this replicates the ice in the glass. 

I have used a Charms Creations (one of my other fave products at the moment)  handmade heart on the layout, the colours worked in perfectly. 

I feel my layout has met the requirements of this challenge, I had fun with it anyway.

Thanks for looking at my layout, and any comments you may leave. 

Yum

Jot Magazine November/December Mood Board Challenge

Last month I had a go at doing the Jot Magazine November/December Mood Board challenge, but didn't get it up on the challenge site in time.

This month I am determined it be uploaded.

This was an extremely fun challenge to create for, using the very delicious inspiration board:



I just love the French Provincial feel to this, but, unfortunately, I didn't quite have a French Provincial photo to use to scrap with, but did use a very cute photo of a friends daughter, Charlie. I don't normally do Christmas layouts as a rule, have dabbled, but never created anything special. However, I'm really happy with the way this layout turned out. I used inspiration for the layout, from a scraplift from a layout created by my friend Alison Callcott.

Thanks for the inspiration for this layout Jot girls, and Alison.

First Christmas

D-lish Scraps November Cybercrop challenge 4

The 3rd of the challenges that I managed to get done for this cybercrop was the colour challenge by Anna.



This was another fun challenge, nice to experiment with colours I would not ordinarily work with. I chose a photo of our friends daughter Charlie, that was bright and cheery, and it worked well with these colours. For the black of the background, I stencilled using rub on pastels and then some old rubons.

The D-lish Scraps products used were journal its, and the d-lish enamel dots.

Thanks for looking at my layout.

Little Miss Sunshine

 

D-lish Scraps November Inspiration Board Challenge

Wow, where has November gone! It's now the 23rd, and this is the first opportunity I have had to get to my blog. With my son's 21st birthday to organise and celebrate, scrapping has gone on the backburner this month. However, there was no way I was going to miss doing the D-lish Scraps Inspiration board - Coral Glitz, it is so lovely.

The colours are just beautiful. So for my layout, I had this photo of a friends daughter Charlie, aged 2, which I thought might work in well for this layout. I was lucky enough to obtain the November Just add paper kit from D-lish Scraps, and had some fun with it. Loved all the sequins, lol. Also from the JAP pack, I managed to use the lovely sequin bow, flair button, glitter border strip,  gorgeous white flower, and some washi tape. I added some sweet petites that I had in my stash.

Sweet girl



I loved playing with this board, it was just so girlie.

Thanks for looking at my layout.

D-lish Scraps September cybercrop queen of the crop challenge by ME!

At the D-lish Scraps August cybercrop, for all who completed all 4 layouts, there was the opportunity to be crowned queen of the crop. I was the lucky queen to be crowned, which meant winning a lovely prize of D-lish Scraps goodies, and getting to set a challenge at the September cybercrop. Wow, what an opportunity, and I had to think long and hard about this, many ideas going through my head.
Anyway eventually, I came up with the idea for my challenge to be based around photography - I mean isn't that what we are doing anyway, scrapbooking our photos? So guidelines for the challenge were to scrap a series of photos, a photo shoot, someone being photographed taking a photo or photo booth pics - really the ideas are endless. A camera embellishment needed to be included on the layout.
For this challenge, I decided to use a series of photos of a friends daughter, Charlie, posing with her hat, on a daddy and daughter date. She really looks like she is posing for a photo shoot in these photos.
The D-lish Scraps products used here are paper doily, sequins, wood veneers, resin shapes, sweet petites, violas and felt flowers.

Hat photo shoot

This is an example of my camera embellishment, for which I used a die cut vellum camera which I covered with embossing powder and heat set, then added a D-lish Scraps flair button to the centre.

Thanks for looking at my layout.

D'lish Scraps August Inspiration Board challenge

The D'lish Scraps August challenge is to be inspired by the Cotton Candy inspiration board as below, which I'm sure you'll agree with me is a very pretty board.

Cotton Candy Inspiration Board

So for this challenge, I chose a photo of my friend Eve and her daughter Charlie, taken on Mothers Day this year. I loved this photo, and felt it really needed something pretty, so I hope I've done justice to it.

I used glimmer glam and glimmer mist, and inks to create my own background, along with added texture paste and glitter, which added to softening the background. The stencil I have used sort of captures the texture decorating the cake. I tried to emulate the colours as close I possible, the lavender colours were the trickiest to capture. I have used some D'lish Scraps journaling tags, and some flower sequins from last months just add paper kit.  

Thanks for looking at my layout.

 Cherish

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

Show us Your Stuff June Challenge

I have finally managed to sit and do the June Show Us Your Stuff challenge, not having had much of a chance to scrap this month, and this is one of my favourite challenge sites to do. This month, there was a recipe to follow with the following requirements:

Here's a reminder of the challenge - a recipe challenge by Catie..

Ok, here's our recipe for June:

At least one hand made item.

A sprinkling of stars

A dash of sequins

A title that includes at least 2 different types of alpha stickers

3 buttons/flair

2 photos

1 arrow

Mix together and share your masterpiece!

It was a fun challenge, but did get me needing to scour my supplies, and put my thinking cap on to create a masterpiece. Not sure I managed that, but I did manage to create a cute layout of a friends daughter. I have included a couple of handmade items, the handmade stars, handmade fabric covered button, handmade fimo flower - so have certainly met that criteria. I think I NEED to get some sequins for my stash.

Thanks for looking at my layout.

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