123 Challenge blog March challenge

The  challenge at 123 Challenge blog is to be inspired by this:

I loved the sound of this challenge, as autumn is my favourite time of the year and I love the colours of autumn. I initially thought of doing a heritage layout for this one, but I couldn't get it to work for me. In the end, I chose this photo of myself and my new friend Tammy, who I met at E2C retreat last year. It was an awesome retreat, and Tammy and I "clicked". So this is the memory that I have scrapped. 

I decided the colours I used from autumn would be the brown, red, orange, and the remainder of the green. 

I used skeleton leaves, leaves from a Kaisercraft collectibles pack. other paper leaves and some metal leaves. 

I also added a Charms Creations terrific tab.
I was inspired by a layout I saw on Pinterest, with the torn papers, which kind of reminded me of old fallen leaves. 

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

Memories 

Scrap The Girls March Challenge

This month at Scrap The Girls, there is this awesome sketch to inspire your girly layout:

I really liked this sketch, it is a lot of fun. 

This month, Charms Creations is sponsoring the challenge. So being on the Charms Creative Team, we have each designed a layout using this sketch. Here is my version.

On my layout, I have used some of the Charms x's

and a terrific tab. 

This layout photo is of my friend Alz Callcott and I, having a relax at the airport before heading off to E2C retreat last year. We had an awesome time, this was just the beginning of it. 

Pure Bliss

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

D-lish Scraps November-December cybercrop - challenge1 by Amanda Hartmann

This month, the D-lish Scraps cybercrop is on in the Scrap Suite found on facebook.

Amanda Hartmann has set challenge #1, which I had a go at:

This is a cool challenge, we often use geometric shapes, but don't deliberately think about it. 

Anyway, I used this photo from the E2C retreat I attended back in March for this challenge. The theme for the retreat was gold, with triangles, so this challenge was perfect for my photo. 

On my layout, I have used a sequin bow, Monochrome journaling pack tags, flair button, wood veneer, Freckled Fawn arrow paper clip, printed wooden button, and Pinkfresh Studio wooden beads.

I've been wanting to scrap this photo for a while, so this challenge was perfect. The geometric shapes I have used are triangles, circles, diamonds and rectangles.

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

E2C group

D-lish Scraps August-September cybercrop - challenge 3 by Katie

This is another one of the challenges that I have managed to get done for the August-September cybercrop at D-lish Scraps. It is a challenge set by the talented Katie Howard. The challenge is to be inspired by another layout, in the scrap suite. I chose to be inspired by this one by another talented scrapper Emma Zappone - here is Emma's layout. I love how she scrapped about the jetty.

I chose a photo that I had taken whilst on the E2C retreat at North Shields (Port Lincoln) on the Eyre Peninsula in SA, back in March (it was also my birthday weekend). 

A couple of my new friends and I went for a walk this particular morning, as the sun was rising over the water in the bay - it was a stunning sunrise, and a beautiful walk along the water. I snapped this photo of some locals fishing on the jetty. Ahh, just looking at the photo, brings back some lovely memories of the most fabulous weekend. 

For my layout, I stamped using a Prima and Kaisercraft stamp. Splattered some ink on the background as well. I wanted to keep in line with the colours in the photo, hence the orange cardstock as my background. I then layered Kaisercraft collectibles and journaling cards under my photo. The products I have used from D-lish Scraps are the wood veneers, the bakers twine, the wood veneer alphas and the flair button. 

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

Thanks Katie for the challenge. 

Sunrise

Kim Price class

The other class I did at E2C retreat was one by Kim Price. Kim has such a gentle and relaxed nature, but her style is really cool.
I loved the technique I used to do the background on this layout, and then the very relaxed way of adding the papers and the embellishments. I normally procrastinate for ages on my layouts, with placement of embellishments etc, but this was fun and really relaxed to do.
The photos are of my nephew Lachlan, quite a few years ago.
The kit that was used for this layout is from Basic Grey, and includes Vivienne, Grand Bazaar and 2nd city.
Thanks for the class Kim, it was fabulous.
Thanks for looking at my layout and any comments you may leave.

Super Cute

Fiona Paltridge class

At the E2C retreat, there were 4 teachers, all well known and experienced in their field. All varying styles, which were amazing. I chose to do 2 classes, one was by Fiona Paltridge, current SBM master, and one really cool lady.
I have been a fan of Fiona's for a while now, so really did want to give this a go.
The layout was designed to use a "moody" black and white photo, I didn't have any that were working of people, so I chose this one, which was taken about 3 months after the Black Saturday fires in Victoria.
Firstly we created the background with texture paste, and then added gelatos. We then built up the papers using a variety of papers to add the strips and the backing for the photo, along with some corrugated cardboard. We also had some burlap which was painted and cut into an arrow.
This was a terrific learning experience, thank you so much Fiona.
Thanks for looking at my layout, and any comments you may leave.

Devastation, loss and grief

D-lish Scraps March cybercrop challenge by Anna Allen

So at the recent E2C retreat I attended, I scrapped 13 layouts. This challenge set by Anna Allen, who I got to meet at the retreat, was a lovely challenge, from the current D-lish Scraps cybercrop on facebook, found in the Scrap Suite.

I chose this recent photo of my daughter Melanie, and my father, taken on their recent visit to Melbourne. It worked well for the 3 x 3 inch size. 

I included a D-lish Scraps button flair, and flowers and wood veneer heart  -all available online at the D-lish Scraps online shop. The chipboard embellishment is from Scrap FX, and the butterflies and leaf shapes were punched from Maggie Holmes patterned paper. 

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

Mel and Pop

Off The Rails March Challlenge

This is the first Off The Rails challenge that I have done, but I don't think it will be the last. The challenge was to be inspired by the following sketch and colour scheme, designed by Fiona Paltridge:

I recently went to the E2C retreat in South Australia, where I met a lot of lovely women, including Fiona, although we've been facebook friends for some time - I think I need to admit I might have been a little star struck - lol - (but it truly was an honour to meet you Fiona).
Anyway, this is one of the challenges I did at the retreat, and I loved it. The colours and the sketch worked well for one of the photos from my recent hot air balloon ride (a 50th birthday present).
I used a TCW stencil and ink to create the hexagon background, then layered a heap of patterned paper together, in a technique I learned at the retreat in a class with Kim Price, and a technique I now call "just stick it down". I have then added a few different embellishments and rubons to my page with some cotton. I think this layout took me about 2 hours to create - a far cry from my usual 7-8 hours of procrastination, lol.
Thanks for looking at my layout and any comments you may leave.

Fly, Be Free