Stuck?! Sketches! April 15 challenge

The mid month challenge has been revealed at Stuck?!Sketches!, and it's a really nice sketch:

So what do you think you could do with this sketch? The possibilities are endless. Why not scrap some photos from Easter? 

I have used a photo of a great niece, I created the background using my new favourite toy, my gelli plate. I love the random, effects you get with them. The colours in the background then allowed me to quite open to my embellishing, and I love the colours that I was able to team up to the photo. 

I added a Charms Creations DIY heavenly heart to my layout, I stamped in it with a couple of different stamps, in co-ordinating colours.

I hope you join us for the challenge. 

Chloe

CSI colour challenge #180

I am sharing the layout I have done as Charms Creations guest designer for the CSI colour challenge #180. Here is the current challenge:

For this challenge I was a bit stuck with photos/stories about reading or books (found one after I did the layout), so I kind of used my photo and the title to make the link. I chose this photo of great niece and nephew, dressing up with hats, at a baby shower afternoon tea - another link for the story reference. I am relying on a little creative licence here, so the title Mad Hatters, and afternoon tea - link to the story Alice in Wonderland. 

The evidence I used on my layout are - polka dots, banner - from Charms Creations, leaves, metal flowers, decorative border, doilies, scallops and watercolour. I have included a little bookpage "O"with hat button from Charms Creations, to top it off. 

 I did the journalling kind of "table of contents" format - I know it's a stretch.

If you haven't already tried a CSI colour challenge before, why not give it a go? Charms Creations is sponsoring again for this challenge. 

Happy scrapping.

Mad Hatters

White With 1 October challenge - Chloe

The challenge at White With 1 for October is to use peach with white:

This is such a pretty colour, so I used a photo of great-niece Chloe for this layout.

I started by colouring some texture paste with a gelato, and spread that through a stencil. I then stencilled with some Bo Bunny glitter paste, and then stamped using a Tim Holtz stamp. 

I really loved the Bo Bunny patterned paper underneath the photo, loved the little girls in the corner. 

I applied some Tinby designs embossing powder to the Scrap FX chipboard, applied this to the side of the photo, and added a smattering of clear beads.

I diecut Chloe's name with chipboard and patterned paper - remember when we used to do that all the time? LOL. More clear beads scattered around the title.

My cluster includes a doily that I hand dyed from Charms Creations, some wire thread, resin and ribbon flower and a Charms Creations heavenly heart.

I love the overall pretty effect of the layout, 

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

Chloe

Scrap the Girls June challenge

I haven't done a Scrap the Girls challenge for a while, so thought I might try it out this month. The June challenge is to be inspired by the following mood board:

I felt overwhelmed by the boldness of the board initially, but took a step back, and rethought the process. I ended up using small amounts of the colours on my layout, rather than too much boldness. The colours are gorgeous together, and I am happy with the overall softer approach to this layout. My inspiration came from the colours and the word love. 

I used a photo of niece Chloe, who was showing off her reading skills at a recent family catch up. Chloe has just turned 6. 

I used a really funky Dylusions alpha stencil, to feed into the theme of reading. I sprayed over this with Heidi Swapp mists and Prima colour bloom. I found some words from a really old tin of K & Co words to go - remember those? I managed to find some that represented words, stories and childhood., so have placed these randomly as a layer behind the photo. A few layers of patterned papers over this and then the embellishments. I added a Charms Creations spotty mini heavenly heart, plus crochet flowers and a hand dyed Green Tara tutu flower. 

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

Precious

Scrap the Grls May Challenge

I recently went on a scrapping retreat in Queensland. It's pretty tricky taking supplies for scrapbooking from Melbourne to Brisbane as well as clothing and toiletries, so I had to pack light. This meant scrapping with kits, and what better way to be inspired than by challenges. I chose amongst others to do the Scrap the Girls May Challenge, which was to be inspired by the quote: "Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue". Great challenge, and the first Scrap the Girls challenge I have joined in on.

I managed to find all the things I needed for this challenge, in my stash and packed it all up. So, what did I use? Something Old - I used vintage buttons for the flower centres, plus some vintage lace. Something new - I used a new resin flower embellisment, a new flair, and some new petite flowers. Something borrowed - I borrowed the patterned paper from one of the ladies on the retreat. Something blue - blue flowers, blue for title and patterned paper. I think I pulled it all together. The little lady in the layout is our great neice, Chloe, a very cute little 5 year old, here as a flower girl, at her uncle's wedding.

Chloe