CARDABILITIES #130, 123 CHALLENGE BLOG, SKETCHY BOARDS & WHITE WITH ONE September.

A big hello to you and welcome to September.. for us that means Spring.. warmer days and beautiful flowers!

I have a few challenges to post and I thought I may as well just bulk up this post and put the 4 challenges I am on design teams for!!

Ok.. lets go!!!

The latest sketch for CARDABILITIES #130 is so lovely! ( I know I say that all the time... but they are!!)
and the sponsor this time is The Stamping Boutique  which has amazing digi stamps..

The Sketch..
and my card...

 I have used a digi stamp Daisy Rope Stamp which I printed out and fussy cut for my card.. You can see all the Design Team creations and enter your card.. HERE!

The new challenge is up for The 123 CHALLENGE BLOG and it is

To use the color BURGANDY the word SUPER and colored pencils..  well I reckon with this latest craze of coloring in books for grown ups, you could use something from your book for this... but I didnt think of that when I created my layout... instead I thought.....

 water color pencils.. I lightly gessoed my page, then stencilled and then colored in over the stencilling and sprayed with water and used a brush to mix....

and my layout.. closer views..

Super star!!

My son posed like this.. so I took the photo.. and now I have scrapped it.. never tempt a scrapbooking mum!! She WILL use the photo!!!!

The September Challenge for SKETCHY BOARDS was one I enjoyed creating for..

The Board.
and the sketch..


  and my layout using the colors and the umbrella from the board and using the sketch too..

some closer views.

loads of texture.. stamping, washi, stencilling.

Moments..

And the challenge for WHITE WITH ONE is another color I mixed paints for and found a couple of pieces of paper .. and it is...
Antique Moss..

and my layout..

closer views..

Stamping and dies..

chipboard and lace..

Cherish Special Memories..

The photo seemed to suit the color too..

Thank you so much for coming by and I hope there is something here to get you creating this month..
And I really do appreciate your comments too..

FEELING SKETCHY #127 & BLUE FERN SKETCH AUGUST..

Hello there! I hope your day is going well!

I have a couple of things to put up today.. Life has been busy.. Several things keeping us busy in our family..

The card sketch for FEELING SKETCHY is a fabulous one that is great to use up scraps of paper..
The sketch..
and my card..

Best Wishes..

 I made the flowers and used punches for the butterflies and swirls.

And I created a layout for the BLUE FERN STUDIOS AUGUST SKETCH  which looks like..

I have used Blue Fern papers from the Montage range.. lots of fussy cutting, texture and washi on the back ground, and I have used the circle groups chipboard pieces which I embossed in black and then in pink and then added some beads.

Some closer views..

Life is good..

Thanks so much for coming by today, and I do appreciate all the comments you leave me too..

CARDABILITIES #129, & SCRAPPING CLEARLY SKETCH AND MOOD BOARD Aug..

Hello there,
 dont faint or rub your eyes, yes I am indeed blogging again, second time this week!!

I have a few things to put up..

I forgot to put up the lovely sketch for CARDABILITIES #129 which went up a few days ago.. (my bad!!) and it is such a sweet sketch too..  The sponsors for this sketch are DIES R US who are offering a gift certificate for a random draw winner..

The sketch..
Another lovely sketch..

and my card..

 I have used dies to make the flowers, some dies to add interest and some sequins! The design team have some inspirational creations HERE!

And I have created layouts for the challenges over at SCRAPPING CLEARLY SCRAPBOOKING where they have a lovely sketch and mood board..

The sketch ..
and my layout..

a closer view..

fussy cut flowers, liquid pearls, stamping and sequins..

Love this..

and the mood board which is absolutely fabulous, looks like..

I used the colors..

some closer views..

You are beautiful..

I loved the colors in the mood board.. and a lovely sketch.. thank you Scrapping Clearly for two wonderful challenges..

 I am so blessed to have such beautiful daughters, even if I have to nick their photos off facebook!!! hehe!

Thanks so much for coming by today.. I really do appreciate any comments you leave me too..

SCRAP THE GIRLS AND SCRAP THE BOYS August!

A big hello to you this day! I hope your day is going really well..

I have a couple of my favourite challenges to share with you that I created during last week..  Not sure where my days are disappearing to, I am sure we are all keeping busy!

The August SCRAP THE GIRLS CHALLENGE is a lovely mood board which looks like..
I was inspired to use the colors and also the golden texture in the right top photo..  and my layout...

some closer views..

 fussy cut flowers, dies..

the gold texture..

Remember..

I have used an older photo of my daughter when she was in Grade 4..  where has the time gone??

And another wonderful challenge this month is over at SCRAP THE BOYS AUGUST and it is

  Just for this month you can scrap a photo of your son and you.. I had some lovely photos taken on Mothers Day this year and one of them was with my son who turned 30 close to Mothers Day.. and I just had to scrap this photo...

some closer views.

 loads of texture..

You and Me..

My Son and I.. and not a flower in sight!! hehe!!

Two great challenges that provided me with some enjoyable scrapping time! I do appreciate your visit and thanks so much for your lovely comments too...

123 CHALLENGE BLOG and KRAFT+ August

A warm Hello to you on this friday for me..  what a week.. I hope your week has been a good one...

I have the latest challenge for the 123 CHALLENGE BLOG for August and I hope you like the criteria this month..
To use Kraft whether it be kraft cardstock or paper or tags, the word Precious and do some fussy cutting...

Some closer views of my layout..

I stamped my flowers and fussy cut them out...

Life is better with a dog..

My base is kraft and I have kraft tags as well.. This is my friends dog Rascal and he sure lives up to his name!!
You can see the other design team creations and the lovely sponsors for this month on the blog HERE..!!!


And I have created a layout for this month challenge over at KRAFT +.. and this was quite a difficult one for me to finish.. not just the criteria, but the photo that I chose to scrap...
We are to put some zentangle doodling on our back ground which must be kraft..

I used a printed kraft from American Crafts as my background and hand doodled using a sharpie pen..and some fussy cutting of pink roses from Kaisercraft papers..  and my layout...

some closer views..

fussy cut roses..

A close up of my doodling.. I put a layer of gesso down before I doodled..

Treasured moments together..

This is the first layout I have scrapped of my dear doggie since she died.. so now I feel I am really scrapping treasured memories.. and isnt that why we scrap anyway??

Thanks so much for taking a minute to visit and thank you too for your lovely comments...

 

SKETCHY BOARDS & WHITE WITH ONE August..

A big Hello to you and thank you for dropping on by..

Here we are with a new month and all the new challenges are going up, so I had better put my DT work up and share this months challenges..

The challenge for WHITE WITH ONE this month is such a pretty color I  hope you will agree...  and it is..
The Design Team have some amazing inspiration to get you started too.. And thank you to our amazing sponsor prizes!



Imaginarium Designs have supplied a $50 prize pack for our first prize!



Please check out their online spaces - Web: Blog: Facebook:

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Tinby Designs have donated a $30 prize pack as our second prize!


Please check out their online spaces – web  facebook  blog
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For 3rd place, Scrapbook Boutique have generously donated a $25 voucher!



Please check out their online spaces – web facebook blog

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Charms Creations  have provided a $10 voucher as our 4th prize!




And my layout..

some closer views.

Remember this..

The photo is when my DD had really long hair before she got it cut short to send away to make it into wigs..

And the August challenge for SKETCHY BOARDS is one I really enjoyed creating for..

The Board..

 
And the sketch..
Now you can use the sketch for inspiration if you wish and use the board for inspiration too and you can create any project or OTP for this challenge...
You can see what the Design Team have created...HERE>>>

And my layout...

some closer views..

This moment..

I have been inspired by the sketch and by the purple color...

Well I hope your month is off to a good start..

Sadly I cannot say the same.. I said goodbye to my faithful little doggie Lucy today after she died last night.. She would have turned 14 next week.. She was like my shadow, always by my side.. I miss her already...  It has been a shock even though she had not been well this last week, she always recovered.. but not this time..  Just last sunday she was in photos with my daughter.. and I will end this blog post with a photo..

Thanks so much for your lovely comments they do mean so much to me...