Scrapbooking From Scratch December Challenges

I Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas, the best present I received was my little brother coming up for Christmas day & Boxing Day. I haven't had a Christmas with him for over 11 years.

Because the boys are older, and are too interested in playing on  their computer games, I have had time to scrap these past few days.

I came across Scrapbooking from Scratch thanks to a fellow DT member who designs for them too, so I thought I would have a go at the 4 challenges they had set for December.

The First Challenge -

ONE photo - Mia

TWO word title - Heaven Sent 

THREE embellishments - Scrapmatts angel wing, Zva flourish, Charms Creations Heavenly Heart 

FOUR papers - Kaisercraft papers 

Heaven Sent

 

 

This is a layout of Mia, she is so darn cute...and looks like her mother at the same age.

 

 

 

 

Second Challenge -

 

•  One word title - Auskick
• Two pieces of Washi - Pink, black & grey diagonal stripe (left side of layout)
• Three Stars - 2 x Scrapmatts stars, 1 star on flair button
• Four circle embellies - Flair button, light pink pebble, small dark pink pebble, black rhinestone

 

 

Auskick

 

 

This layout is of Fletch with his Pink gear he wanted for Auskick this year.

 

Challenge 3

• One 6x4 Project Life card - The ticket shape that says 'Dec 25th'
• Two masks/stencils - Dotty Kaisercraft mask, Prima Brick mask
• Three hand drawn doodles-Border around layout, stitch doodle around circle, doodle under title
• Four different mixed medias - acrylic paint, ink, Distress Markers, glimmer mist

Merry

 

 

This is a layout of Andrew back in 2003 his 2nd Christmas

 

 

Challenge 4

 

• ONE Flair - Top left corner of layout
• TWO mist/paint colours - Gold Paint & Brown glimmer mist splats
• THREE photos - 3 pics of Fletch and the horse
• FOUR different alphas - title usinf 4 different alpha stickers.

A Day at the Farm

 

Another layout of Fletch patting/kissing the horse at Uncle Johns Farm



Thanks for looking

xxx

 

 

 

I find myself listening to the Rock of Ages soundtrack a lot when im scrapping and

this is one of the songs on the album

**Hit me with your best shot**



Naughty or Nice - Scrap the Boys December Challenge

 

The challenge on Scrap the Boys this month was 'All I want for Christmas...'

So I thought I would create a Christmas themed layout of my boys in their 2013 Christmas photo (I take one every year and send it in Christmas cards!)

So here is my layout...

 

Naughty or Nice

 

 

There is still time for you to also join in on this challenge...Head on over to Scrap the Boys, you have until 31st of December to create, take a photo and upload it to the site.

 

Some awesome news to add...

 

As of January next year I will be joining a wonderful group of ladies on the

Scrap the Boys Design Team.

 I cant wait to share more layouts with everyone xxx

 

Thanks for looking

XXX

 

Glee's version of Mary's Boy Child



Exciting News...

I have had to keep all the excitement to myself for a little while...and it was so hard to keep it to myself...but....I can now tell you all that I am on the Summer Creative Team over at D-Lish Scraps.

 

Im so excited and honoured to be able to work alongside a great group of ladies on the team.

 

Jess Doyle

Katie Howard

Kylie Cornish

Meredith Treloar

Ros Madley

Wendy Smith

Maria Cunnington

 

 

The inspiration board for this month is..

 

 

and this is my take on it..

 

 

Head on over to the D-Lish Blog for further details and have a go.

 

Thanks for looking

xxx

 

Taylor Swift - Love Story

Yummy Sweet Strawberry - WW1 October Challenge

Final post today...I promise...lol

The colour this month for White with 1 is Watermelon...now I know Im using a photograph of a Strawberry not a watermelon...as my 9 year old son pointed out to me the other night when I was explaining what I was doing!

 

Anyway here is the layout...

 

thanks for looking

xxx

 

Nikki Webster - Strawberry Kisses

Hello Emu - Kraft it up

Hello again, 2nd post for today...

This is the layout I created for the kraft it up Challenge blog.

This month you had to create a layout using the colours...

 

 

Here is what I created...

 

 

This is a very old photo from way back in 2005 when we went to Melbourne Zoo...the Emu just happened to turn its head as I took the photo :)

 

Thanks for looking

xxx

 



All the world loves a clown - October D-lish inspiration board

This months inspiration board challenge at D-lish Scraps was called Neon Pop!

below is the inspiration board...

 

At first I was taken aback by the colours, I don't normally use suck striking bold tones all together, and had to think really hard about the photos I wanted to scrap...here is what I came up with...

 



And some close ups...

Thanks for looking

xxx

 

Britney Spears - Circus



Projects for Scrapmatts DT October 2013

The design team had a couple of challenges set this month over on Scrapmatts.

First up was a colour challenge...we had to use 'BRIGHT' colours.

I decided on Pink, Purple and Turquoise as my colour scheme and this is what I came up with...

 

 

And the next challenge was to create some Christmas ATCs...

 

 

 

Head on over to Scrapmatts for full details on what I have used...

 

Thanks for looking

xxx

 

She's a Rainbow - The Rolling Stones

Whats happening on Scraplounge in October???

I know we are well and truly over the half way mark for October but there is still time to enter the challenges on Scraplounge for this Month...

This month the theme is 'Weddings'. we had 2 challenges, a sketch challenge and a Technique challenge using Ruffles!

 

This is the Sketch..it was created by Creative team member Tracey

 

And this is my take on the sketch...

 

 

and the technique was Ruffles...

 

 

I used yellow tissue paper to create a fully ruffled background!

 

So if you want to have a go at some challenges this week head on over to Scraplounge and join in with all the fun!

 

 

Thanks for looking

xxx

 

The Beatles - Till there was you

 

No Dream is ever too big - Scrap the Boys October Challenge

Hello, hope everyone is doing well, I have a had a busy month and have neglected my poor blog.

Today I'm sharing a layout I created for the challenge on Scrap the Boys.

The challenge was to create a layout using Blue & Green.

 

This is what I came up with....

 

 

and some close ups...

 

 

Thanks for looking

xxx

 

 

Fleetwood Mac - Dreams



Ride like the wind - Scrap the boys September challenge

I cant believe how much I have been scrapping lately, Today I want to share with you a layout I created for the challenge blog 'Scrap the boys'

 

The challenge for September was to create a layout based on an Outdoor activity.

So I decided to scrapbook Fletcher (again!). One of his favourite things to do on his bike is go down hills really fast with his feet off the pedals...here is my layout...

 

Ride like the Wind

 

Thanks for looking

XXX

 

 

Christopher Cross - Ride like the Wind (an all time favourite song of mine!!!)

There's no one quite like you - Show us your stuff September challenge

I cant believe how much I have been able to scrap this month. Its amazing what happens when you organise yourself.

This layout was created for the September challenge over on Show us your stuff. The challenge was to create a layout using Red and White, and as always a handmade embellishment.

 

This is my layout...

 

There's no one quite like you

 

This is my little one, Fletch. and there is no one quite like him!

He has his strange little quirks, but if he didn't have them he would be my Fletch!

 

and a close up....

 

 

The felt circle with hearts is an embellishment I won over at Rainbow Splendour ages ago, white button with red hearts comes from my stash of Purple Pumpkin and the flag was created by me using a toothpick and washi tape (easy!)

 

 

 

Thanks for looking

XXX

 



This is Fletcher's favourite song, he sings it all the time...

Human League - Don't you want me

ScrapLounge September Cyber Crop

I have just uploaded the first challenge for this months cyber crop over on Scraplounge. This month everything is themed around Birthday Celebrations. The creative team were given a challenge set my members of Scraplounge to form a 'pot luck' challenge...

This was my criteria...

• Black Base
• Square photo mat
• Dotty PP
• Script PP
• Stamping 
• Buttons
• Torn edges

And this is the layout I created based on it...

This is an old photo of me on my 3rd birthday

 

Come on over and join in the fun, prizes are up for grabs too...

just join Scraplounge and start creating!

Entries need to be uploaded into the gallery by no later then

Midnight NSW time Monday 16th September.

 

Have fun and Good Luck

XXX

 

Kool & the Gang - Celebration

30 days of lists - days 4-9

I have been doing my lists daily...but don't complete them til the end of the day when the lighting here isn't all the best. So I thought I would save up and do 1 post every couple of days with my pages.

Im finding it really hard to photograph the pages because they are in a journal and the journal just wants to close on me...so please forgive me xxx

Day 4. Favourite time wasters

• Facebook
• Candy Crush
• YouTube
• Uploading music onto my ipod
• Reading blogs
• Looking at new craft products

Day 5. Things I tend to worry about

• My boys
• My health
• The future
• The plant
• Money

Day 6. Rules to break

• forgive quickly
• kiss slowly
• love truly
• laugh uncontrollably
• never regret what made you smile

Day 7, Today I saw...

• Polling booth
• my doctor
• shops
• ducks
• friends
• food
• tv
• flowers
• my boys having fun
• park

Day 8 - Childhood Chores

• Cleaning my room
• dry the dishes
• feed the animals
• clean animal bedding
• wash the car
• mow the grass

Day 9 - Weird stuff that makes me cry

• watching my boys receive awards or perform
• watching 'My Girl' & 'Beaches'
• Thinking about the past
• My boys driving me nuts
• Not seeing my family and best friends more

thanks for looking

xxx

 

Franz Ferdinand - Right Actions (my fav song at the moment)

Lucky - D-lish inspirational board challenge

I loved the colours for the inspirational board over at D-lish this month, and the bonus is that there was also a 'just add paper' kit available (now sold out!!! got to be in real quick for these) which could be purchased from the D-lish online store. It came with some really great embellishments which I was able to incorporate into my layout.

Here is the inspirational board -

and here is my take on it...

 

and some close ups...

 

 Everything in this cluster was in the citrus breeze 'just add paper' kit from delish.

I loved the vellum envelope with journaling card...

 



 some lyrics from the song 'Lucky' by Jason Mraz which is what the title of my layout is based on

 The white and yellow flowers come from the kit also...the blue flower was one in my stash from couture creations.

 

Thanks for looking

xxx

 

Lucky - Jason Mraz

 

You're both Amazing - White with 1 September Challenge

Today i'm sharing with you a layout I finished yesterday for the white with 1 challenge blog

The blog has gone back to its original form of using White plus 1 other colour. This months colour was Pistachio - I had no idea what it was so I looked at my paint collection and found Kaiser craft had a paint so I took inspiration from that shade of green.

 

Here is my layout..

You're both amazing, just the way you are

 

 

Here are my 2 amazing little boys, love them so much.

 

 

Thanks for looking

XXX

 

 

Bruno Mars - Just the way you are

#30 Lists Day 3

 

The 3rd List for my #30 days of list journal is

'Things me younger me would like about current me'

 

here is my page, again huge apologies for the bad photo....its extremely hard to photograph the pages when they just want to keep flipping over...

 

 

 

The list reads...

*My taste in music

*my hair
*my love for animals

*I love to create

*blue is still my favourite colour

*my husband

*my 2 boys

 

cant wait to share tomorrows list....

 

Thanks for looking

xxx

 

Youth Group - Forever Young

#30 days of Lists

I was lucky enough to win a place on the #30 days of list challenge for September.
Most of you that know me know I HATE journaling, and find it hard to put down in words what needs to be said....and also I HATE my hand writing!
I thought this challenge would be a great opportunity to start making lists as a way of journaling (im thinking baby steps....)

#30 days of lists as I said before runs throughout September giving you a list prompt for everyday of the month.

So here are the first few pages...(sorry for the bad images...its very hard to photograph the journal)

Front cover...

 

 

 

List 1

 

New this year

 

 

And the list reads...

*Moved House

*Holiday in Bundaberg

*Got my flavourstone cookware

*Joined Scrapmatts Design Team

*Got an Ipad Mini

*New Kitten

*5 female Guinea Pigs

 

 

 

List 2

 

Projects Im currently working on

 

And the list reads...

 

*#30 Lists

*Scrapmatts DT projects

*Scraplounge CT Layouts

*Vegetable Garden

*Sewing Guinea Pig pouches

 

later today List 3 will be available (its an American thing and they are behind) and I can share that hopefully tomorrow xxx

 

Thanks for looking

xxx

 

 

Whats happening on Scraplounge in September...

Wow cant believe its already hit September. I love September...why I hear you ask???

... cos its my Birthday on the 11th!!!

 

Getting back to the scrapping...

This month over on Scrap Lounge we are creating layouts based on....yep...you guessed it...BIRTHDAYS...so I was a little chuffed that it fell in the same month as my Birthday (although....I didn't scrap any pics of me for the challenges....)

 

First up as always we have our Sketch Challenge.

This months sketch was designed by the talented Jody.

 

And here is my example...

 

 

This layout is of Fletcher from his Birthday this year (he was 9)

 

and the next challenge was a colour inspired challenge based on this image...

 

 

and here is my layout...

 

 

This is my friends daughter Alyssa, she is so cute...this pic was taken at her 3rd birthday party and she was dressed up as a Princess.

 

you have to have your image uploaded into the gallery by Midnight (NSW time) 30th of September

 

And don't forget the Cyber Crop...it will be running from the 13th-16th of September.

 

Have a great day and thanks for looking

xxx

 

Birthday - The Beatles

Scrap the Girls - August Challenge

I was on a roll last weekend when joining in on a 'blog challenge catch up' which the lovely Charm from Charms Creations organised over Facebook. this is another layout I completed

 (others still works in progress)

 

The Scrap the Girls challenge for this month was to create a layout using the recipe of :-

 

                                                                          *flowers

                                                                          *masking

                                                                          *doodling

                                                                          *chipboard or veneers

 

 

And this is what I created...

 

Happy

I have used some Scrapmatts chipboard butterflies, my fav mask at the moment - hexagons, 3 different flowers from my stash and doodling around the hexagons and doily to highlight them a little better.

 

 

Thanks for looking

xxx

 



C'mon get Happy - The Partridge Family

Show us your stuff & Sketches with a Twist August challenge

This month Show us your stuff and Sketches with a twist have combined their challenge.

The challenge is to use the below sketch using a hand made embellishment (SUYS) and also using a safety pin (SWAT)

This is the sketch...

 

And this is what I created...

 

On The Endeavour

 

This layout has a picture of my boys on the 'Endeavour' at Sea World back in 2009.

I have used a handmade button from Purple Pumpkin and also a Flair Button that also comes from Purple pumpkin.

I have used a safety pin next to the knot in the tied muslin used on my layout.

 

Thanks for looking

XXX

 

Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner

Scrap Matts Creations for August

The DT were asked to create a project based around father's for Fathers day and to create 3 cards...here is what I created...

 

My Layout for Father's Day...

 

You don't raise heroes, you raise Sons...

 

I decided to create a layout of my Husband and our two boys, the quote on the paper worked really well for this layout...along with the awesome Scrapmatts chipboard I used...

I used one of the circles (CB8001 Circles 01) I embossed it with copper coloured embossing powder, after I had heat set it I quickly used a stamp to make impressions onto the circle. I then rubbed some brown ink over the circle and then rubbed over it with some paper towel to remove the excess and I got this awesome vintage/rustic look.

I also used the Simple Pleasures Tag (CB1209 Scrap Words 12)

and the Grass (CB5100 Grass 2)

 

 

And the Christmas cards...

 

Christmas Tree Joy card

This was a fun card to create. The tree is made by rolling patterned paper into little rolls and then cutting them so they gradually get smaller to the tip of the tree.

I used the word Joy (CB1101 Words 21 Joy) I also used

the pretty star (CB6081 Christmas Stars 02)

 

Merry Christmas Reindeer card 

I used the cute Reindeer (CB1093 Reindeers 01) I used red Kindy Glitz to cover the reindeer to give it the awesome sparkly finish.

 

Merry Christmas Poinsettia card

 



On this card I have used: CB1182 Snowflakes 05, CB6021 Words 07 Merry Christmas,

CB5082 Leaf Spray 02

 

 

Thanks for looking

xxx

 

Queen- Thank God its Christmas