CSI colour, stories, inspiration June 1 DT share

So, I have been accepted onto the design team at CSI colour challenge. I have followed this challenge on and off and have been a guest designer a few times. I really enjoy these challenges, as everything that needs to be included for the layout, is laid out in the clues. So if you have never given this challenge a go, I hope you do.
Here is the first challenge for June:

So this one was a lot of fun, and the colours are great to work with. 

I chose a photo of my nephew Ethan, a cute little dude. For the evidence, I used a white background, stripes, stars. For the testimony, I used a series of exclamations for the journaling. My embellishments sent me into my old stash, even pulling out some of those old felt strips and some older chipboard embellishments. I added a Charms Creations super star to finish off the layout. 

There is also an optional sketch to use, I altered this slightly, by adding the side strip on the angle. 

I hope to see your layout in this challenge. 

Super Kid

Scrap the Boys July challenge

The challenge this month at Scrap The Boys is to be inspired by this image:

I had a couple of photos perfect for this layout, but chose this one of my nephews having some fun at the beach. 

I created the background to my layout with texture paste, a resist spray and then used the Ken Oliver Colour Bursts, (my fave mixed media product at the moment). 

I tore some papers and layered them to look like water from the ocean. I aded some prills, hand dyed muslin and shells. 

I used a Charms Creations cute cloud, that I cut in half and set to the top of the layout, and also added a Charms Creations super star. 

I had a lot of fun with this layout. 

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

Beach fun

Charms Creations May challenge

For the month of May at Charms Creations, we have a challenge to use your Charms emoji creations.
How cute are the emoji's? The challenge is a cute one too:

So for this challenge, I chose to the wink emoji, in conjunction with this cute photo of my nephew being a pirate. 

On my background, I have used a stencil, texture paste and the Norm Oliver colour bursts - my new fave product, next to my Charms Creations emojis of course :) .

I also had a pack from Studio fourteen40 of tabs and I used one of their flairs. The pirate die cut is from Pretty little studio. 

I had so much fun creating this layout, I hope you do too. 

I'm a pirate

CSI challenge - case file 196

This month at CSI colour challenge, Charms Creations is a sponsor. We are playing along, as guest designers. I didn't get this one done in time for guest designer, but played along anyway.
Here is the challenge:

I had this photo of my nephew with a moustache from a Christmas cracker. If you knew my nephew, you would understand this would have been amusing at the time. He is a bit of a crazy 6 year old. 

Anyway, for my evidence I used stripes (washi tape), moustache, googly eyes, buttons, robot and cogs. The testimony was the journaling about him doing this. 

I have used a Charms Creations arrow and O's. 

I hope you give this challenge a go, I love the CSI challenges, lots of fun. 

Crazy kid

Scrapbooking Top 50 March challenge

This month I decided to join in the challenge at Scrapbooking Top 50, is to be inspired by the word sweet:

I decided to use a photo of my nephews, when my youngest nephew Ethan was just a new baby, and his bigger brother Lachlan was enjoying a tender moment with him. I really thought this was a sweet photo to scrap. 

For my sweet word, I found an old Bella chipboard word which I painted in yellow, to pick up the bits of yellow in the patterned paper. 

I added a few embellishments from Charms Creations - an x and o and a cute cloud.

I actually had some WOW wood veneer hearts in my stash, which worked so well on this layout. 

Some other fun product I have used on this layout, are flairs and tags from Studio Fourteen40. 

Sweet

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

Scrap the Boys March challenge

This month, at Scrap the Boys, the challenge is to be inspired by this moodboard:

I really like the colours in this moodboard, so bright and fun. 

I used this photo of my nephew, who was being a bit fun this day, grabbing some 3D glasses and went up to his parents and said "you wouldn't hit a guy with glasses would you?" So random, and he's only 6 - where do they pick this stuff up? He often comes out with random things that are very amusing. 

Anyway, I thought the photo was perfect, especially with the quote, even though I haven't used it, I still felt it related to my photo, I think this kid is one day destined for big things. I was otherwise inspired by the colours, the cameras and the tag. 

I created the background with texture paste and sprays. I layered patterned papers, and added Charms Creations arrow and terrific tab. 

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

Funny kid

Stuck?! Sketches January challenge

So I've started the year with scrappers block! Not great, as I really feel like I'm struggling at the moment with my scrapping.
I found some inspiration in the Stuck?! Sketches challenge for January, the first sketch they have on their blog, for this layout.
The photos are of my nephews playing with water balloons, on a hot summer day. Firstly they were bored, but also they were hot, so what better way to entertain them and cool them down at the same time. Sadly the water balloons didn't last for long, but they had fun.
So on my layout, I used a radiant rain dauber to make the "water splats" in the background.

 I went through some of my older papers, as these ones worked really well  for the colours that I wanted to use. I cut the word "today" from a Project Life journaling card. 

I added a Charms Creations super star and terrific tab to the layout to top it all off.

 I'm quite pleased with this layout, even though I'm still missing my mojo, sure hope it returns. 

Thanks for any comments you may leave.

Water bomb fight

Cherish - D-lish Scraps Design Team share

This is is my last share for this month at D-lish Scraps, using my theme of scrapping special events. This last layout, is not a formal event, it is a truly SPECIAL event. 

My nephew Ethan was born premature, and my layout, is the moment his father, my brother Michael, got to first hold him. I can imagine how emotional this would have been for the family, having worked for a long time with premature babies and their families. 

In the first cluster you will see I have used a combination of flowers, including - Little Birdie boutique element flower, gardenia. hydrangea petal, and forget me not resin flower. I have also included in the cluster a sequin bow and monochrome journal pack journaling tag. 

The next cluster features hydrangea petal, forget me not resin flower, and monochrome journal pack journaling tag again. To the top of this cluster, you can also see a flair button and forget me not resin flower.

Under the photo and the cluster, I added a paper doily.

The end result gives a soft result for a truly special moment. 

Cherish

Happy Scrapping. 

Scrap the Boys October challenge - Smile

For the October challenge at Scrap the Boys, the challenge is to be inspired by this moodboard:

I love the colours in this moodboard, great combination. I was inspired by the colours, the arrow and the woodgrain.

I chose a photo of my nephew Ethan for this challenge. 

For the background, I put the Coredinations cardstock over the top of a woodgrain stencil, and rubbed over it, to expose a subtle woodgrain look to the cardstock. I also stamped using an arrow stamp. 

I used a variety of Project Life journaling cards and patterned paper under the photo, and then added the embellishments - which include a chipboard arrow negative, a canvas cog and a Charms Creations heavenly heart. In both of the detail photos, you can also see a scattering of beads. 

The  other cluster I created also had arrows - wood veneer, a wood veneer word, which is my title, and a sticker, along with another cog and more beads.

I really like the overall effect of the layout, and of course my nephew is so cute. 

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

Smile

Scrapping Outback August challenge

This month at Scrapping Outback, the challenge is to be inspired by this image:

I was instantly drawn to the colours in this image, so vibrant, just lovely. I wish I had a cocktail photo that would have suited, lol. I didn't so, I settled for this photo of my adorable nephew Ethan. 

I stencilled with a Heidi Swapp template, which originally was done with yellow, but didn't work for the challenge that I created that for, so waste not want not, I went back over it with the blue, so a little bit of the yellow is peeping through. I stamped and dripped paint onto the background, then stitched the project life cards onto it, over the top of some cotton thread.

The chipboard piece was a piece I had from A2Z scraplets. It originally had the word BOY in the centre of the circle, but I didn't particularly like that, so cut that out, tucked the circle under the photo and then layed the word over the top. I coloured the chipboard with Zig wink of Stella brush, and highlighted the printed words on the circle in black. Ive embellished simply with a Charms Creations heart, a wooden bead and a button flair.

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

Cute Boy

Kraft Plus July Challenge - Mustard Explosion

So this is winter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is freeeeeeeezing cold here in Melbourne, and quite miserable. There is one good thing about that, I don't have to feel guilty if I am inside scrapping on my days off :)
So that is what I did last weekend, scrapped all weekend - guilt free.
One of the layouts I did was this one for Kraft +. I took a little while to think about this one, it had me stumped for a little while. I do however love what I have created. This is the challenge:

I chose these gorgeous photos of my nephew Ethan holding some ducklings. I have been waiting for the right challenge to come along, and finally it did. I splattered yellow acrylic paint over my background, then stamped with subtle tones using a Scrap FX numbers stamp, then a Stampin up stamp with the word adorable, coz that's what these photos are. I took inspiration from the ball of twine, the heart and the circle fruit bowl. I added some string behind the photos, then used a 2Crafty chipboard piece behind the matting. Other circles on the layout include the buttons and the naught.  I added a little extra colour with the blue, which is drawn from the photos. I used some of Charms Creations latest naughts and crosses embellies, plus one of her hearts. This was another fun challenge to do, even if it did take some thinking about. 

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

Soft and Cuddly

123 Challenge for March

This month at 123 challenge blog, the challenge is to use the following:

This is one of the challenges I decided to take with me whilst on the E2C retreat in South Australia. 

I have chosen a photo of my nephews from last year, and used the word See in my title - I SEE 2 cheeky faces. I have embossed the background with a glitter embossing powder, and have splashed the aqua colour around the page elsewhere. I used a heart embellishment from Charms Creations, some old rub ons, seam binding dyed with glimmer mist, and hand dyed muslin and flair button from D-lish Scraps. I have also used some hand made paper from Sirrah Sarrah, a shop that was at the retreat - this paper is divine, and many different styles. 

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

I SEE 2 cheeky faces

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Kraft + February Challenge

There is a new challenge in town, and it's called Kraft +, and it's fun!!!!!!!!!!!
There has been much anticipation about this one, and Sandra Wallace and team have not disappointed. So the challenge is to use Kraft paper as the background, and use the colour palette as directed for the month. What a beauty to start with, loved this colour combination a lot!

These colours were so nice to work with. I chose this photo of my nephew Ethan when he was just a little baby, a few years back, the colours were perfect for this photo, in my personal opinion. I chose to use texture paste in my background and then spray over that with mists to create a soft background. Just a touch of patterned paper, quite old Kaisercraft scraps that I had , in just the perfect colours, and then to embellish, even using flowers and a hint of pink. I think it worked.

Thanks for looking, and any comments that you may leave. 

Getting Sleepy

Show us your stuff October challenge

For October the challenge at Show us your stuff, was to use the sketch designed by Chloe, as below.



So for this challenge, I started with creating a soft background for the photo of my nephew that I decided to scrap. I coloured one half of the background using a template, then added some dress pattern paper, which I scrunched up to create the other half of the background. I then painted this with glimmer glam. It has created what almost looks like a blanket.

I didnt' like my title when I applied it to the layout as in the sketch, so decided to place it as it is on my layout, and added journaling to the other area.

My handmade item includes a die cut and decorated heart, and a handmade flair.

Thanks for looking at my layout.

Tired Baby

D'lish scraps August cybercrop challenge 1

This weekend has been another cybercrop at D'lish scraps, with 4 great challenges to do. Challenge 1 was to do something with stamping.
So with this layout, of my cute nephew Ethan, I stamped on the background using Kaisercraft acrylic stamps - small dots and splats.  I then stamped my title using some Autumn Leaves acrylic alpha stamps, and used twinkling H20's to colour them.
D'lish scraps products used on this layout include journal it's, resin buttons, dew drops, and motex tape.
I think I've ended up with a fun and very cheeky layout. Thanks for looking at my layout.

Cheeky

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