Kraft Plus December challenge DT share

Hi everyone, can you believe it is December? I truly can't. This year I was waiting all year to go to Italy, that came and went, and now it's nearly Christmas. 

Anyway, time marches on and we bring you another challenge at Kraft Plus.

I don't often do stitching on my pages, it is a laziness thing, yet I love the effects, it adds such a great dimension to a layout. So I added stitching to my layout, and I loved it.

Frankie

Frankie is a little deaf French Bulldog pup, who currently lives with us. He has fit into the family well, and is best friends with my sons dog, Dusty. They have so much fun together. 

Anyway, about my layout. I cut some squares of patterned papers, layed them out in a pattern, then stitched them on, creating a frame around the photo and page. I also stitched on the Charms Creations heart and XO, and the other little quote tag. 

I love how this layout turned out. 

I hope we get to see your layouts for this challenge.

Scrap the Boys December challenge DT share

Hi everyone it is December, it is nearly the end of the year, and Christmas. Wow, how did that happen.

So for December at Scrap the Boys  we are scrapping Christmas and our boys, how cute is that?

Here is the challenge: 

 

So it really is open for interpretation, it is such a fun challenge. Here is my layout: 

They are nice

I had a lot of fun with this layout, I cut some baubles from a page that was covered with baubles and these worked really well for my layout. I added a die cut tree and then a Charms Creations super star on top of the tree. Love it. A few splatters of paint around the page finished it off. 

I hope we get to see your creations over on the blog. 

Scrap the Girls December challenge DT share

Hi everyone, well that's it, it's December, not long till Christmas and the end of the year.

This month at Scrap the Girls we have a very cute challenge for you to play with:

Be inspired by one of the dresses, or maybe you could be inspired by more.

I chose the first black dress with the baubles to inspire me, and created this layout:

Merry Christmas

The colours in our dresses matched this pattern well, and I used a dark background to create on. I then made my own baubles to add to the layout and surrounded the page with them. 

This month the sponsor is Cut to You by Gwen Wruck. She has supplied the DT with awesome products to work with, and I chose one of the Christmas trees and the Merry Christmas title. They worked a treat on my layout. 

I also included a cute Christmas tree from Charms Creations.

I hope we see your pages for the December challenge.

Scrap the Boys November

Wow, it's November already, so that means there is a new challenge up for Scrap the Boys, here is the challenge:

Guess what, you get to include yourself in this layout, or another person who loves a boy. How lovely a challenge is this?

I chose this photo of myself and my husband, I love the relaxed feel of it, in amongst the autumn leaves. So I tried to recreate the feel of the colours and leaves in my layout. 

Love You

I had this gorgeous cut file from Cut to You by Gwen Wruck, a previous sponsore. I coloured this cut file with distress oxides. I added a whole load of autumn coloured flowers and a Charms Creations heavenly heart. 

I hope we get to see your creation for this challenge. 

Kraft Plus November challenge

Hi, for November at Kraft plus, we have a great challenge for you, with mosaics:

Look around, and you will see mosaic designs in many places. Take it as you see it, many different options for this challenge. 

I chose a simple mosaic design of diamond tiles. I used these photos from a chateau in France, as inspiration for my layout, the diamond tiles on the floor of this building. I could have even used the mosaic design of the gardens, at this place, so much of a mosaic design that they are. 

I stencilled a design with a diamond stencil, added some diamond shaped chipboard pieces and finished it with a diamond shape from Charms Creations. 

Opulence

I hope we get to see what you do with this challenge. 

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.

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

Scrap the Girls September DT share - Crazy Chicks

Can you believe it is September? I can't. So here is the new challenge for September at Scrap the Girls:

I have used sketches a lot as inspiration for a layout, but this one threw me, know idea why, but I pulled my big girl socks up and after discarding my first layout, I decided on this one. 

I think my problem was initally I was trying to use the 3 small photos, and it wasn't working, so when I decided to used just one photo, but keeping the sketch in mind, it came together. I have also tweeked the sketch a little, by putting the title at the bottom of the page - swapping it with the details, which I have added to the top of the page. 

I stamped a few flowers, coloured them and fussy cut them. I used some Dusty Attic chibpoard with cogs, and the grungy paper, to give the grungy feel to this layout. Given that the photo is monotone, I wanted to add some colour to the layout, and did this with the flowers, and spraying the background paper. 

I had some die cuts from Created by Gwen, to add a pop of white to the layout. They are lovely die cuts to work with.

The final touch to the layout, is the inclusion of the Charms Creations DIY star, which I have stamped on and coloured with 2 different colours. 

Crazy Chicks

Kraft plus September DT share - Smile

Wow, it is September, where has this year gone? Anyway, that means a new challenge is ready for the new month at Kraft Plus, this one should be fun:

I am amazed at how people love stationary and office supplies, I don't really get into the whole officeworks craze, just get my basics - I am a simple kind of girl, lol. So no I did not do a special trip to officeworks, I scoured the home office to see what was available to use for this challenge. It is amazing what is still in the house from when the kids were at school. 

On my layout, I started with a page divider, which was title May - perfect for the photo, taken in May. To this I applied alcohol ink, that was so much fun, and a new way for me to include alcohol ink into my scrapping projects. I used staples and brads to attach this and some notebook paper to the Kraft cardstock. I used 2 types of paper clips, and some graph paper at the top of the photo. The cluster at the bottom of the photo has some paper clips in penguin form - so cute, I added a used stamp and typed my journaling onto some graph paper. The date and the babies names I have written on some sticky note paper. All of this from our home office. I had fun with this. Looks like I need to use more office supplies in my scrapping.

To finish it, a Charms Creations chevron was the perfect scrapping item to use.

Smile

Scrap the Girls August DT share

Wow, it's August - yay only one more month of horrible winter to go. It is so cold and miserable here, the only thing one can do is to scrap. So here is the new challenge at Scrap the Girls:

I found this challenge a real challenge at first, and I had a bit of a struggle needing to redesign my ideas completely. Anyway, I eventually came up with this little layout, which I was happy with in the end. In the end I was inspired by the colour, and the stripes on the zebra. 

This month, Scrap the Girls is teaming with Charms Creations, with these wonderful charms inspired by the moodboard. They matched perfectly, I love them. so be sure to take a look and see what you can find in the shop.

Mud Pies

Scrap the Boys July DT share

Well  it's July, and the weather is terrible here, so might as well be scrapping. The new challenge at Scrap the Boys, is sure to please, and you will be seeing stars:

So let your mind go wild. I decided to scrap about a music star - Keith Urban, he is a fabulous musician, who I saw in concert back in 2016. He is a very generous man, but he is also a super star guitarist and singer. It was a great concert. 

I started with a star stencil, texture paste and colour bursts. I had some great star themed chipboard in my stash, so that and other little star themed items worked. I also added the Charms Creations super star, which was a perfect match. 

Made to Scrap - the Aussie Way - new challenge group - DT share

Hi everyone, well we have a new challenge group starting today, called Made to Scrap - the Aussie Way. This is a facebook group, so follow the link to find the group.
The group is an amalgation of Show Us Your Stuff and Australian Top 50.
Our new group showcases Australian made scrapping products, and many small home businesses. So lets get behind this and support our Australian scrapbooking industry. All you have to do, is to us something that is an Australian product on your design.
So our first challenge is this:

This one is a nice simple challenge, just use sequins and stars. 

Here is my layout:

Beautiful You

I have used a lot of wonderful products from Cocoa Vanilla Studio, an Australian business owned by Zoe Pearn. She has some beautiful designs, that are very fresh and funky.

I have also used a Charms Creations heavenly heart, made by the ever talented Charmane Koch. 

I hope you join us in the challenge, but also join us in supporting our Australian businesses. 

Kraft plus July challenge - DT share

Yes, it's my DT share, I finally made it onto the design team at Kraft plus. After being a regular contributor to the challenges, doing all but one, Sandra finally took the step to inviting me along for the ride. I am thrilled. I love this challenge site, and now it is also a community on facebook.
So anyway, the new challenge for July is set to challenge you in many ways:

So let's think about it, weaving, well it can be done many ways, and there is weaving in many things. 

I had a go at trying to weave something, but each attempt was pretty bad. So to incorporate weaving, I wove some ribbon through eyelet lace, and added hessian, which has a very dense weave on it. I also took strands from the hessian and some ribbon, and placed it horizontally across the page, to try to depict a woven design. The stencil I used also could be looked at in a woven design. The little butterfly is also a hessian with a dense weave. The Charms Creations heavenly heart also has some woven lace on it. So I think I covered the brief. 

A moment in time

Scrap the Girls July DT share

July, cold weather, nothing to do outside, so may as well be scrapping. So let's take a look at the July challenge at Scrap the Girls.

When I first looked at this one, I was stumped, I had no idea how to approach it. Taking another look at it, I was able to draw inspiration from the pleating in the images and also the tutu on the ballerina. 

I decided this photo from my daughters 21st birthday, a Burlesque theme would suit this layout. 

I used a stencil and a spray to create the background. I added lots of feathers and bling to the layout, which suited the theme of the party. 

I featured a Charms Creations DIY heart on the layout, which I stamped in and then splattered with ink. 

In the end I was happy with the result, but it did have me thinking for some time. 

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