Whats in the Bickie Tin & Soul Scrappers Challenges

 Hello how are you today? Since I was last on here, we have had a lot of rain, and floods in some areas, while the rain was needed, the floods are not.. It was so good to see the sunshine when the rains had stopped.. But while it was raining, I got into my scrap room and did some creating for challenges this month. 

The first layout I would like to share is for Whats in the Bickie Tin   and it is a fabulous sketch which looks like.. and we are to add some chipboard..

What a great sketch! I kept to the sketch pretty much!

a little closer view.

The chipboard title and kite is from Scrapmatts painted with gesso. 

Little man

I like male layouts pretty simple and when the photo is that cute you don't need much on the page!!  Some cute little car/plane stickers and some stencilled and die cut stars.. I have a lot of kraft cardstock from when I was on the design team, so I thought I had better try and use some up. This is my grandson photo from a little while ago now.. 

The next layouts I would like to share are from the challenges over at Soul Scrappers on Facebook  and the first one is for the One Word challenge which is to create a layout and the title has to be one word using Q,V or B and I have gone with the word Blessed.. cos when you are a grandparent you are blessed!!

a closer view.

A little cluster on my page..

Blessed

Grandkids are so much fun and I love this photo taken one afternoon when they came to visit.. 

The next layout is for the challenge to use the sketch which looks like

I stuck to the sketch pretty much and used some old papers from my stash.. 

a closer view

fussy cut flowers and die cuts.. 

My Happy Place

I am happy how this turned out, I thought it might have been too busy with those papers but the plain papers on the right side give it a bit of eye rest.. 

and the next layout I am sharing with you is for the challenge TicTacToe which looks like..

I went down the right hand side - three word title, paint and rub ons..

a closer view

For the back ground I used some blue kaisercraft paint and used a spatula and roughly spread the paint out, then I added some white paint to lighten it and then some splats in white paint.. then I used rub ons from 49&Market to cover over the paint..

Oh happy day

This was a lot of fun to create and I am happy with how the back ground and rub ons over the paint turned out.. 

Well thankyou to Whats in the Bickie Tin and Soul Scrappers for great challenges that I enjoyed created while the rain poured down last week! I will see if I can get any more layouts done this month, but I reckon the days are just flying by!

Thanks for dropping by, do take care.. until next time..

The Scrapbookers Journal Publication Issue 14

 Hello to marvellous March, February flew by so quickly.. Now we are heading into Autumn but Summer is holding on.. A drop or two of rain would be welcome here too.. 

The latest edition of The Scrapbookers Journal Issue 14  is out now and I have two layouts in it this time that I would like to share with you..

The first layout is on page 20 and I have used a beautiful photo of my Mum when she was a teenager, a long time ago  as she is now 90. This was for the twine, texture and ribbon section.

a couple closer views..

I have used some fabulous 49andMarket papers and embellishments.

Memorable moments

My Mum sure was a beauty and the papers and embellishments from 49and Market helped create this page.. I have rubons on the back ground as well as stamping, some lace and some string on the tag..

The next layout is on page 37 and it is for the Florals section. 

a couple of closer views.

One of the floral clusters.

The fussy cut flowers and leaves are actually printables I got off the internet.. the papers are Kaisercraft.

Lifes little moments.

I have used hexagon shapes in a circle with fussy cut flowers and leaves around the edge and lots of white space on this layout.. 

Make sure you check out the The Scrapbookers Journal on Facebook  which has lots of different styles and lots of inspiration, and see what the next issue's themes are, maybe you will be featured with your creating!

Thanks for coming by, and as always, do take care.. until next time..

Soul Scrappers Challenges - Mystery and Screen to Scrap

 Good day to you on this last monday of February.. Where have the days gone???  Speaking of days, the sun is taking a few moments to rise and seems to be setting a little bit earlier each day.. a sign of Autumn and I hope a bit cooler weather..

I have two layouts I would like to share today, and they are both for the SOUL SCRAPPERS ON FACEBOOK challenges. The first one I would like to share is for the Mystery challenge which is super easy and it is to use HEARTS on your layout, at least 6..

so a couple of closer views..

I have in this cluster, a Charms heart, two bling hearts and fussy cut flowers..

I have placed some cute little hearts puffy stickers around my page too.

Happy moments

I also have some hearts stenciled with texture paste, so lots of hearts on this page!! And my grandies in the photo!!!

The second page I would like to share is for the FROM SCREEN TO SCRAP which is to use pink and green colors, add something that can fly and have two photos..

a couple of closer views.

The papers had a sweet little bird so I fussy cut it out.

Fussy cutting, lace and a green and pink bow!

Happy day

I have used two favourite shapes on my page, a bracket shape and a circle. Also used lace, as I did a tidy up of my lace and thought... humm I better use some of this up!! hehe!! Again used a photo of my Grandie who is growing up so quickly!

Thanks SOUL SCRAPPERS for great challenges again this month.. will I get another one done before the finish of this month??? I dunno!!!

thanks for dropping by, and as always do take care.. until next time..

Whats in the Bickie Tin? Challenge for February

 Hello there, How is your February going? If you said 'flying by' I would have to agree! It is the last month of summer here and yes it sure is letting me know it is hot!

Well I have managed to scrap a layout for the challenge over at Whats in the Bickie Tin?  a challenge site on Facebook and it also has a blog that you can find HERE!!!  and this month it is a sketch, and I do like me a sketch! which looks like...

I have stuck to the sketch pretty closely!! 

a little closer view of my cluster..

and my layout...

Love blooms here

These are photos of my daughter and Grandchildren!! some fussy cutting, some little flowers and a bit of paint flick on the back ground! A great challenge to get my mojo going! Thanks Whats in the Bickie tin for a lovely challenge this month. This challenge is a just for fun challenge with everyone a winner for getting a layout done!! I like those sorts of challenges, it is great for any scrapping style.

Thanks for your visit, I trust you are doing well.. do take care.. until next time..

Happy New Year! Yay! I have scrapped!!

 Hello there, just a minute as I blow the dust off my blog!! yes it has been a while.. a long while, but life kinda threw me a curve ball and then I got out of the habit of creating so I have to have a deliberate making of time to create.. so I hope I can keep the momentum going and get in and create again, more regularly for the challenges out there that are great little communities of lovely creatives... so lets see how I go.. 

So the layout I have created is for the challenge over at Soul Scrappers Mystery Challenge  which is to use the words LIVE LAUGH LOVE on your layout and also some die cuts.. an easy one to get my mojo started up!!

A couple of closer views..

I have used some beautiful 49&Market papers and the die cuts that are part of the paper collection that make creating a page so easy..

Adore

I have the words LIVE LAUGH LOVE on my page which was from a Kaisercraft tag that I cut up. 

Well I had to stop and think about how to upload the pictures!! I am hoping to keep up the creating, it really is one of my happy places, the garden is the other place!!

Thanks for coming by, check out the challenges over at SOUL SCRAPPERS ON FACEBOOK  there is quite a few different challenges to try! 

Until next time, take care..