Show Us Your Stuff December challenge

So Christmas is 25 days away - where has the year gone??????????
The final challenge at Show Us Your Stuff is a very cool sketch:

This one was a lot of fun to create with. I scrapped this cute photo of friends daughters from quite a few Christmas's ago. I started with a stencil and some Bo Bunny glitter texture paste, this is a cool product. Then came the addition of all of the Christmas papers and embellishments. Whatever worked that was Christmas themed, went onto this, lol. The final addition, and my handmade item,  was the Charms Creations super star in green - perfect. 

Decorating the tree

White with 1 December challenge

It's December!. Ok, I am happy to put up the Christmas decorations now, I refuse to do this before 1st December, lol. 

Anyway, the new challenge is up at White with 1. This is my last layout I will be sharing as a design team member, I have chosen to step down from the team. This months challenge screams Christmas to me. There is an accompanying sketch that is optional, but I chose not to use it: 

So I used this very cute photo of my nephews, taken with Santa, at a market. I used a star stencil, texture paste and paint to create my background. I also die cut stars to add to the layout, and added some trees, and stockings. The final addition was the Charms Creations super star. 

Santa was here

Scrapbooking Top 50 December challenge

I decided to have a go at the challenge at Scrapbooking Top 50 this month, given it is a Christmas inspired challenge.

I loved the earthiness and rustic appeal of this moodboard. I had a photo of a Santa life art statue taken in the city, that I thought might be good for this challenge. However, I didn't have much in the way of wood inspired objects that would work. I altered a piece of music patterned paper with gesso, ink, stamping and crackle texture paste. I had a sheet of Kaisercraft stickers, a few years old now, and these worked well, so I took the inspiration for my layout from the flowers. I cut the stickers in half and layered them around the photo. I then found some wood veneer baubles and a star, and that gave me the wood element I was looking for. I think it turned out ok. 

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

Santa in the city

Charms Creations guest designer at CSI

So it's December, and nearly Christmas, and everyone is crazy busy and feeling stressed. Why do we do this to ourselves for one day?
So with this in mind, those of us who are creative, and love to play with paper and other pretty stuff, need to take time out for ourselves to create.
How better to do that, then with challenges, they give you what you need to be creative with.
One of those is the challenges at CSI. Charms Creations is a sponsor for the challenges this month. So I have had a play along with the case file 219. Here is the challenge:

When it came to doing this, I had so many items I could have used for evidence, but I used burlap, ribbon, tags, metal, brads, stars and trees. One of my stars is a Charms Creations bookpage super star. My testimony is about Christmas, and I have also used the word cheer. I also used the sketch provided. 

I hope you give this challenge a go, a lot of fun. 

Christmas Cheer

Believe - D-lish Scraps DT share December

Hi everyone, back again for my final share for 2015 at D-lish Scraps.
This is the second of the Christmas layouts that I have done. I used some really fun products on this one, and am really pleased with how it turned out, it sure has the Christmas feel about it.
Underneath my photo, I have used a gold star punchinella, it's a fun product. I also used a small gold chevron paper bag, into which I inserted my journaling tag. On the top of the bag, I have place a Christmas veneer, a star flower, and a felt polka dot bow.

In my second cluster, I have added a different Christmas veneer, a Christmas flair button, and a daisy. 

I also added a journal it's strip tag, and an enamel dot.

I hope you now feel inspired to scrap those Christmas photos that you get this year. 

Believe

D-lish Scraps December DT share - Present Time

Hi everyone, back again for my second share of the month of December at D-lish Scraps, and I am sharing one of the two Christmas layouts I have done for this months shares. I'm not actually sure how I feel about this layout, I don't often scrap with multiple photos anymore, and it is a really clean layout for me. However, I wanted to try to scrap a Christmas layout with multiple photos, so this is it.
I worked with some really old Love Elsie paper, remember that? Lol.
On my layout, I used a Christmas veneer wreath, a Christmas flair button, an enamel dot and a resin polka dot button.

In my second cluster, I have used a sequin bow, and a chevron journal it's tag. My title has been done using Dusty Attic lower case alpha pack. I really love this pack of alphas, as it has multiple vowels in it - you are more likely to run out of the consonants, before the vowels. 

Maybe you can have a go at scrapping multiple Christmas photos on a layout, once the big day is over. 

Present time

Show Us Your Stuff December challenge - DT share

Welcome to December, welcome to the last challenge at Show Us Your Stuff for 2015.
This month, we have an awesome sketch to use for the challenge, something relaxing for those tired and stressed out Christmas planned brains - lol. Well mine is anyway.

I really loved this sketch, it was a lot of fun to create with. I did choose a Christmas layout, primarily because I wanted to have this layout done for my work Christmas party, a request by the Christmas party planner. 

We invited Samuel Johnson from "Love your sister" and also Aussie actor, to our party last year, to collect a donation to the cause. He was as energetic as he has appeared in interviews when he rode his unicycle around Australia to raise money. 

Anyway, for my layout, the handmade items I used were a D-lish Scraps flair button, and some fabric covered buttons, given to me by a friend some time ago. 

I hope you feel inspired, and manage to find some time to scrap over the holiday period. 

Have a happy and safe Christmas and New Year. See you again in 2016. 

Special guest

Charms Creations December Challenge - Creative Team share

So it's December! Where has this year gone? Make it stop, I'm not ready to get off this years ride.

This month at Charms Creations, the challenge is to be inspired by this gorgeous moodboard:

Isn't this simply stunning? And the good thing is you don't have to do Christmas, and you have till the end of January to get the challenge done, some holiday scrapping, perhaps? 

I did decide to go with a Christmas layout, it really bespoke that to me. 

I found this photo from 2008 of my family having Christmas lunch, , the colours in the moodboard worked really well for this photo. 

I was inspired by the baubles on the wreath, and spread some coloured gel medium through a stencil over the cardstock for this. I was also inspired by the star on the wreath - and used one of the gorgeous glitter super stars, as well as some star buttons. I also added a glitter terrific tab.

I was also inspired by the little Christmas tree in the second image, and I had one of Charms Christmas trees on hand, and I think it looks perfect on here. 

So I hope you feel inspired to give this challenge a go, it really is a lovely one to do.

Christmas lunch 2008