Pixels and Paper and Stuck?! sketch

Gooday to you!! I hope your day is going really well... I can't believe we are in the last week of October already... my goodness!

The challenge over at Pixels and Paper is to be inspired by this picture..

I thought of birthdays and so I scrapped a photo of my youngest at her birthday last year.. She has her birthday on the 28th December and it is a busy time of the year.. last year we spent the day out shopping and so I didnt actually get to make her a cake, so I put a candle in a rum ball (no rum in it!!) and we sang happy birthday to her that way!!

Wish.

I have been digging down into my papers and stickers and things and using older things.. trying to use them up!! A few older chipboard stickers on this layout!

And the sketch for Stuck?! October 15th was another great one..
I decided to cut my photo into 3 pieces instead of using 3 photos and I am quietly happy with how this turned out..Lots of stamping in the back ground for this one..

A little bit country..

The photo was one I took in the gardens in September.. the flowers are fussy cut from an old calendar.. The papers are Pink Paislee Butterfly Garden..a bit of lace and a couple of ribbon bows!!

Well I hope this finds you well .. I do know how busy we all are, so I do appreciate the time you have taken to come by and thanks so much for any comments too!!

OUAS and Jot mini challenge - the greatest view

Good day to you! Thanks so much for coming on by!!

This months challenge for Once Upon A Sketch is to use the sketch and go with the theme of JOURNEY..
The sketch..
I like these challenges because I often spend a long time thinking about what I will scrap about.. This time I thought I would do a layout about my Dad..I have put some facts about his life on the back of the layout as there was just too many for the front...
 I titled the layout... The journey of a life time..

 The photos are of my Dad when he was about 7 years old, then just after he married Mum and then a photo taken in September this year.. and my journalling...on the back of my layout..

And I came across a challenge run by Jot Magazine which I saw on Kim's blog and it is to create a layout about your greatest view.. lots of interpretations for this I would imagine..
I have always loved horses and I reckon the one of the greatest views is when you are riding high on a horse.. I used a photo of Hannah on our horse...

The greatest view...

I have used those lovely papers by Bo Bunny Gabrielle range...

Thanks for taking the time to come by and as always I do appreciate your comments too!

New Bird Word and card challenges...

Hello there, as I type this the thunder is rolling by another storm is on its way..  So I shall try and get this all posted in case the power goes down as can sometimes happen here in storms..

The new word for BIRD IS THE WORD is a good one.. it is INSPIRE..  a word that I find I use when I think of so many things.. One thing that inspires me is the beach, I love the waves rolling in and how awesome the ocean is.. so I have used a photo of me at the beach taken a few years ago..

The beach inspires me...

and a bit closer...

I hope you feel inspired to create a layout for this challenge!

And I have been creating some cards for some challenges too..

For CARDABILITIES #85  the sketch looks like..and my cards,  i did 2 using the sketch..

And for FEELING SKETCHY #72 the sketch looks like

and I created 2 cards using the sketch and my cards ..

 and the challenge for LETS GET SHABBY is to use BUTTONS!! I have quite a few buttons so I thought I would create a card to this challenge also.. another Christmas card!
I cut a Christmas tree from a die and decorated it with buttons and string of pearls!!

Well thanks so much for coming by, the rains are falling now and I better get off here!! Thanks for your comments too!!

Kraft it up and Orange Paperie October.

Hello to you! So glad you have dropped on by!

The challenge for KRAFT IT UP this month is a color one.. to use this color combo..
My first attempt at these colors looked like a disaster, blobs of orange and navy paint that mixed and turned a yukky color, but rather then throw it out I put strips of orange and navy papers over it and then put a piece of decorative kraft paper which I got in a stack from spotlight over the top of that and cut a circle out and put my photo in and layered up the embellishments.. phew.. what a save!!  I don't have much kraft cardstock so I don't like to throw it out, even if it looks like a disaster!!hehe!

Take each day as it comes..

 The photo was taken at Mooloolaba on the school holidays..Nisha is standing on the rocks in the morning sun.. and a bit closer..another hand made flower using dies..

And another color challenge this time from ORANGE PAPERIE & CO which is to use black white and a splash of another color..
I love black and white together, the hard part was choosing a color to go with it.. I went with aqua..

Cousins..

and a bit closer..again hand made flowers from the same papers to be a perfect color  match..

and just a little reminder about the SCRAP THE GIRLS October challenge which is a fun recipe challenge to use..  hexagons,  squiggles, circles, rectangles and strips.. Would love to see your layout for it!!

Thanks for coming by and I always love reading your comments too!!

Scrap the Boys, 123 Challenge and Stuck!?

Good day to you all, I hope your day is going well where ever you are!
I have had some therapy this week, and managed to get in my scrap room and create.. I still feel so far behind in what I would have liked to have done by now, but anyway I shall just grab time here and there and create and try and support all my favourite challenges...

When I was looking for a photo for a challenge I came across this photo of my great nephew and thought that would go well for this months SCRAP THE BOYS challenge which is to use blue and green colors.. 

Mischief maker.

and a bit closer.. I have used various dies and also added some buttons...and a bit of mist with an arrow stencil.

The October challenge for 123 CHALLENGE BLOG is to use
I created this layout last night and had no idea how it would turn out.. no plan or sketch, just fussy cut the elements from the papers I was using and created this....

Even on a rainy day, you keep sunshine in your heart..

I have yellow the word heart and I used mixed fonts on my computer for the title.. I used papers from a DCWV stack called skys the limit that I got from spotlight..

and the last layout is created using the sketch from STUCK1? OCT 1st which I used like this..

and my layout..

Cherish this moment..

I love this photo of Hannah and Lucy.. lots of stamping in the back ground.. and I made the black flowers!!
a bit closer..

Well that is a round up of my week's scrapping, I hope to get some more time to do some challenges again in the week ahead.. so many challenges.... so little time!!!  I have found if I don't get in my scrap room I get a bit toey, almost like a PMS>>> perhaps it could be.....Pass Me Scrapbooking!!! Anyway I hope you get to enjoy your day!! Thanks for coming by and I do appreciate all the comments you leave me too!!xx

Delish Mood board Oct, WW1 October.

Well Hello! Yes I am still here, just been busy.. this school holidays was the busiest I have had in a long while. My dreams of sitting and scrapping just did not happen, however I did get to spend some lovely time at the coast which I will say was good but not long enough... so here I am .. I got into my scrap room yesterday and finished off one layout that had been sitting for a week and got another one done!!!

The mood board for DELISH SCRAPS is a spectacular one..

lots of color and a fabulous sketch too.. I used the sketch for inspiration and went with lots of color!!

You color my world!!

 I made all the flowers on here with dies and punches and cardstock!! and a bit closer..

and the other layout I have created is for White with One and the color for October is..

I found a cardstock from Kaiser called watermelon and went with that...

Be you!

Lots of dies, stamping, and masking. I made the pink flowers.. and a bit closer..

Thanks so much for popping on by, and thanks always for the lovely comments you leave me too.. I am off to have some lunch and hopefully get back scrapping this afternoon.. I have a lot to catch up on!! Take care!!

Scrap the Girls October challenge!

Here we are in October!! already!! and the new challenges are going up!!

The new SCRAP THE GIRLS is a recipe challenge.. You are asked to use..

Hexagon
Squiggle
Circle
Rectangle
Strips
 on your layout somewhere.. what fun that was! The Design Team have created some fabulous layouts so be sure to pop on over and have a look for some inspiration..

and my layout...

Spring!

 I have hexagons, a circle photo, a rectangle mat under my photo, strips of washi and my squiggles are in my background made by using a white crayon and then misting...

Hope you can join in this month at Scrap the Girls!!

Thanks for coming by and thanks too for any comments you leave me!!

Blooming beautiful - Delish scraps mood board

Good day to you! Can you believe it is the last day in September?? I really do not know where the days are going!!

I have created one more layout for September... and it was inspired by the challenge over at DELISH SCRAPS to be inspired by their mood board and sketch...

this is how I used the sketch... and my layout..
I had a lovely day last week with Tracey and her DD and her friend and my DD in Toowoomba where we went to 2 gardens and just enjoyed the flowers and took some beautiful photos...and I have used one of those photos in my layout.. It was perfect for the blue/green colors in the mood board...

Blooming beautiful...

I have done some stamping and used mesh tape and some modelling paste in the back ground, the little white and green flowers are delish as is the oval doiley I have used..

Thanks so much for your visit and all the wonderful comments you have left me this month.. Have a special day!

Cardabilities #83 and Stuck?! 15th sept sketch

Well hello there! I can't believe I have not posted for a whole week! Things are always busy, but I thought I may have more time on school holidays..  well it seems not !!!
I have had a bit of scrapping time over the last week.. not as much as I was hoping for!! however...

The card sketch for Cardabilities #83 was an interesting one which I turned and used it like this..

and my card...

and the sketch for Stuck ?! Sept 15th was another great one.. I used photos that were taken in July by a photographer Hannah photography..  I have used a mix of Kaiser papers..

The sketch..
 

Hold that which you love with both hands....

Thanks so much for coming by and thanks for the wonderful comments you leave me too.. Have a fabulous day!!

Life Paper Scrapbook, Orange Paperie and Pixels and Paper challenges..

Good day to you all!! It is friday here, and the last day for Miss 12 and then 2 weeks holidays.. oh so looking forward to it!

I have a few layouts for challenges so I shall stop yapping and put up the layouts!!

The sketch for LIFE PAPER SCRAPBOOK was a really lovely one with layers.. and it looks like...
and my layout using photos I took after the floods in January 2011... My DD is standing near some trees that had fallen in the floods in our creek.. I am especially sad about the huge tree in the second photo it is as round as my DD was tall.. but it was no match for the flood waters.. We were blessed to have the army come for a week or so and push the trees up out of the creek bed and they actually cut some timber and took it away with them.. we assumed they were going to cut it up to use to fix bridges or something..
Tall timbers.

 The next layout is for the challenge at ORANGE PAPERIE is to be inspired by the mood board which looks like..
Well what I saw and ran with was Paris and food so I scrapped a photo of my DD in Paris and she is eating.. guess what?? hehe can you see from the photo?? I added a couple of whimsical creatures to it!!

Bon appetit!

 Yes that is what it looks like... frogs legs.....!!

And the last layout is for the challenge at PIXELS AND PAPER is to be inspired by this picture..
I found a photo of my youngest holding some yellow flowers so I took out the colors in the photo except for the flowers and scrapped that...

Take time to smell the flowers.

 Well that is me up to date with my scrapping.. Just a little reminder of the SCRAP THE GIRLS September challenge is to use these colors for your layout....
you can use darker or lighter shades and a little black or white is ok too!! We only have 3 entries last time I looked !!

Thanks so much for coming by, have a wonderful weekend and thanks so much for all the wonderful comments you leave me too!

New Word for BITW - DANCE!

Hello there,
It is reveal time for the new word for BIRD IS THE WORD and it is DANCE.. What a fun word to use on your layout.. There is an optional sketch if you wish to help you get started on your layout too..
There are fabulous layouts that may inspire you from the design team... and my layout...(inspired by the sketch)

Just dance...

My youngest used to love to dance and twirl around when she had a swirly skirt on when she was younger!!

I hope you can join in the fun and you have until the 14th October to get it done!

Thanks for coming on by, and thanks so much for the lovely comments you leave too!!

I am not lucky - OUAS Sept

Good Day to you! It is Monday here, already, why do the weekends appear to go so fast?

The Challenge for ONCE UPON A SKETCH is to use the sketch and the theme of "LUCKY". Well I don't feel I am lucky, and before you all shoot me down let me explain..  My title for my layout is... I am not lucky, I am blessed..  I have never been one to believe in luck, because if I thought someone who got everything in life was lucky, then I would have to also believe that those who have had many trials in their lives are unlucky..and I don't think that is the case.. sometimes we are dealt difficult things in life and I think that is the way life is, and we grow through these things.. and if someone works hard and makes wise choices they are rewarded for the fruits of their labour with the life they have.. And of course I also believe that I have been blessed by God even when I don't deserve it.. My Family, my life my home.. I am not lucky, I am blessed..

the sketch...
I have hidden my journalling only because I typed it out before I started creating my layout.. So during the process of creating my layout I realised I would have to have hidden journalling, but my photos were too small and it would not fit under them... unless I cut a slit in my back ground papers and slid my journallling through that..  so this is what I did..

This is the slit and my journalling pushed through it..
Then I had to create a pocket for it at the back and I used an envelope to hold it..

my journalling at the back of my layout..

The envelope to hold the journalling card.

 and my completed layout..

I hope your day will be a good one, thanks again for coming by and as always your comments are wonderful to read!!