Kraft plus October challenge

This October at Kraft Plus, it's all about friends. How nice is that, and leaves you free range for your design:

I had this photo, taken of our group of friends, friends my husband has known since his childhood. We often take vacations with these people, and we celebrate all the big events in our lives together. You couldn't ask for a better group of people, who also know how to have a good time. 

I have kept this layout reasonably simple, it didn't need to be too overdone. I added a Charms Creations super star to the layout, it seemed to work. The addition of the string is symbolic of tying us all together in our friendship. 

My Tribe

Scrap the Boys October

We are well and truly on our way to the end of the year, how it has flown. For the October challenge at Scrap the Boys, we have this moodboard to play with:

I normally struggle with adding pink to a male themed layout, flowers as well, they are not regular items on my boy layouts. So this month probably was a struggle for me. I used the colours as closely as I could for this layout, and kept it simple. 

Groom

Lol, wedding photos make it easy to add flowers, and as you can see I have both pink and flowers on this layout. Also featured is a Charms Creations heavenly heart, perfect for a wedding layout.

I hope we get to see how you are inspired by this moodboard.

Scrap the Girls October

Wow how the year is flying, October already. This month at Scrap the Girls, we are paying tribute to Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Here is the moodboard:

I don't know of anyone personally that has had breast cancer, I guess that is a good thing. However, the story of Connie Johnson, the founder of Love Your Sister, was one to touch my heart, and the heart of many others here in Australia. She fought a brave fight, and was gracious and beautiful throughout. Her brother Samuel Johnson, fought the fight alongside of Connie through to the end. A story of enduring love and courage for both of them. 

Yes, my layout has Samuel Johnson - a male - on a female related page. However, this photo was not all about Samuel. It was about the money we raised through our work, to donate to the Love Your Sister Foundation, a charity raising money for breast cancer research. We asked Samuel to attend our work Christmas party, which he did, and we were able to personally give him the donation. In return, he told us about Connie, her fight, and the foundation. It was a privilege for all of us. So it was right to have this photo on this page. 

Love Your Sister

As you can see this is a very pink layout, no apologies for that, it's the theme. It is simple in nature, no apologies again for that, it didn't need to be fussy. The flowers add to the softness of it all, and to finish it all off, a gorgeous Charms Creations heavenly heart, which has really helped to depict love. 

I hope we get to see your layout this month.

D-lish Scraps DT share 3 September

Hi everyone, I am back with my last share for the month. This layout was inspired this months inspiration board, I loved it that much, lol.

I was inspired by the handmade flowers in the second picture, plus the colours. I made my own handmade flowers to replicate those in the board. I did this using wet tissue paper and a rubber stamp and moulded the paper over the stamp. I then added some paint to the ridges. 

It's a calling

In the first cluster, you can see I have used a white 5 inch paper doily, flair, date strip, cabachon from the JAP kit - Flights of Fantasy.

In the second cluster I have used a creative cut that I coloured with gelato, magnolia flower, Green Tara jasmine flower, pastel petals, wood veneer leaves, resin heart and cabachon from Flights of Fantasy JAP kit.

D-lish Scraps DT share 2 - September - All you need is love and a dog

Hi everyone, I am back with my second share for September. This layout is my challenge layout for the cybercrop at  The Scrap Suite. I hope you have managed to take a look at the challenges.
So my challenge is to scrap a family pet. This puppy in the layout is my sons dog, Dusty, who we just adore so much. He has such a beautiful nature and a fun personality, and is extremely clever and handsome - yes I do love him, lol.
Anyway, these photos are from his first birthday, I just had to cook him a cake - carrot and peanut butter, he loved it.

All you need is love and a dog

It's a pretty busy layout, but it suited the photos well, I think. 

This first cluster features a 5 x 7 paper bag to mat the photos, Creative Cuts die cuts, paint chips tab word, JAP kit bits, wood veneer star.

The second cluster features punchinella, JAP past kit bit wood veneer star, flair button, carnation, and enamel dots.

D-lish Scraps DT share 1 September

Hi everyone, Spring has sprung. Here at D-lish Scraps, we are celebrating spring with a new inspiration board:

How pretty is this? I hope you feel inspired to have a play with this.

So today I would like to share the layout I have created with this inspiration board in mind.

Precious

I was inspired by the colours and the flowers from the board.

There is a gorgeous JAP kit to match this board, however I used products from the Flights of Fantasy JAP kit - heart cabachons, flair, sequins and butterfly. You can see in the first cluster the sequins and butterfly, along with Little Birdie flowers - pearl petities - blush and tie dye gypsies - blush, as well as a white paper doily.

In the second cluster the flair and heart cabacahon appear along with Little Birdie flowers, wood veneer leaves and Memory Maze lasercut chipboard title. 

I hope we get to see your creations using this lovely combination.

Scrap the Boys September DT share

Well, there you go, it is September already. Could someone kindly tell me where August went, lol.
So the new challenge is ready at Scrap the Boys. I am sure you will love this:

Who could not resist doing this challenge?

I have used a photo of a great nephew, Hendrix. This was him as a little baby, he is now 2. 

I love how he is looking at the camera, just like the image in the challenge. 

I created a mixed media background, which was a lot of fun, and it really went well with what he was wearing. 

I included a Charms Creations denim super star, which was also a perfect match to what he was wearing in the photo.

Hendrix