Only Dad

Hello,

My youngest is a true Daddy's girl and when her Dad is around no-one else is allowed to help her, she will state very firmly, "Only Dad."
I have done a page of the 2 of them for the challenge at Scrap the Girls which is a recipe challenge.

 One of the 'ingredients' was masking. I have used a doily mask with texture paint.

 Doodling had to be included on the page, I have done it in the corners and down one side of my photo.

Flowers and chipboard or wood had to be used. I love flowers on my pages so that was easy☺ and I have used a chipboard spray, which I have left raw.

I have some busy weeks coming up with doing some relief teacher aide work which I look forward to but hopefully I'll still get some time and energy to scrapbook☺.

Down at the park

Hello,
The challenge this month at Scrap the Boys is Monochramatic, Twine and Chipboard. I wasn't going to do blue but the photos lent themselves to that, so I went with it ☺.

I have used mainly plain paper but have added in some stamping, a tag and closed eyelets.

The arrows are chipboard which I have covered with some paper. This definition badge is from an etsy shop-The Greatest View. So many cute embellies.

We have had some rain every day for ages now which although doesn't help get the washing dry, is a good reason to stay inside an craft. I love sitting at my craft desk, listening to my daughter play and the rain dancing on the roof. Beautiful and cosy. I hope you are enjoying whatever season you are having☺.

Beach girls

Today has been very wintery and with my youngest and I not feeling well, we had a cosy day at home, spending time together. She loves to cut and glue and so after reading, beading and drawing we 'scrapbooked' together. Sketches with a Twist and Show us Your Stuff are combining their challenges this month. With a great sketch and the twist of using a safety pin, plus using a handmade item, I completed this page:

I machined stitched the border using a decorative stitch and misted the background. For my handmade item I used a crochet trim that I made. I have had it for a little while, waiting for the right page. The crochet pattern is actually a shell pattern which suits it also☺. I have used 2 safety pins to secure the end of my crochet trim to the page and tied twine to them for some decoration.

 This large flower is actually a paper clip. I found a pkt of them at the local discount store. 

Also from the store I found a pkt of these cute shells. I love using muslin on beach pages, to me it has a soft summer feel.

My banners using Bo Bunny-Barefoot and Bliss papers. Great beach papers. I have machined stitched borders onto the banners making them a bit more defined since they are all pattern papers.

I enjoyed using these 2 challenges together and the page came together nicely.

Little Red Riding Hood part 2

Good morning, well for us in the west of Australia. I have been busy scrapbooking; things I can't show you yet, but I have this page to share. The second page of my Little Red Riding Hood. I have done this page for the The Scrapbook Store Sketch. 

 Firstly I turned the sketch upside down. I have used the same papers as the first page, Simple Stories-Summer Fresh. For the background I cut the chevron paper into strips and angled them around my page. My photos are bigger than the sketch but I really wanted to fit these photos in together.

The basket is from the sticker sheet from this range as well as the flowers. I couldn't resist making another flower using elastic ribbon ☺.

I have just enjoyed a weekend with my parents celebrating their 51st wedding anniversary and so I have a bit of catching up to do and then hopefully I will be back with another page. 

Thank you so much for your kind comments and best wishes to you all.

Little Red Riding Hood

I have started the month on a good scrapping note, lets hope it stays that way. We are having beautiful winter weather, lots of rain, making it very cosy to scrapbook.

I decided to join in a new challenge for me at Scrap Friends. I love the sketch and it all came together nicely.

 This page is of Amy who had to dress up for book week. I have fussy cut the chevron pattern out of the papers from Simple Stories-Summer Fresh. They suited the photo well.

 This little red riding hood was in a pack of embellishments I bought. Perfect☺. I have made a flower out of elastic ribbon by twirling it and fastening it with a brad.

I have more photos of Amy's book day so there might be part 2 soon.

Hope you are all well and enjoying some crafting time☺.

Gumboots and Puddles

Hello all. I have sort of disappeared for a while because I didn't get any scrapping in last month. It was for a good reason, I could enjoy 10 days with my husband in Sydney while the kids went to their Pop and Nan's and with lots of visits to their many, many cousins. It was a real treat and so I took my time to get organised to go and also to settle back in as Mum and house keeper ☺.

But with a new month I hope to make a new start again, to kick it off is my DT page for the challenge at ARTastic this month which is to be inspired by this beautiful painting:

 and to use water colour.

I couldn't resist using a photo of my own 2 girls playing in the puddle:

 My girls love their winter walks around the vineyard especially when there is a large puddle along the way. I have water coloured the background with the kids water paints. For my papers I have used Simple Stories-Vintage Bliss. I love this range so much. The flowers are from Prima and I have done some stitching of buttons and love hearts.

 The lettering comes from the alphabet sticker page from this same range.

as well as this cute little tickets.

We would love you to pull out those water colour paints or pencils and join us for this great challenge at ARTastic this month ☺.