Sweet forever

Hi there,

I have a page ready for the 123 Challenge for October. The colour is Apricot; Word is Forever; and the Technique is Swirls.

I have used the paper range Kaiser Craft-Spring Bloom, a beautiful range of bright apricots, aquas and lime greens. I used strips of paper to create a background for the photo.

I have used swirls in my tree which is surrounded with my flower cluster.

Our youngest is really our sweet girl, very easy going, and lots of fun.

It was so good to sit down and scrap again. I plan to get to my craft desk for scrapbooking a lot more.

Take care and I hope you have/had an enjoyable day.

Live, Dream

Hi there,

It's been very quiet on here on my blog because my computer charger decided to give up and I was left with a flat computer and no access to my photos or blog ☹.
I am hopefully back on track and have for you today my ARTastic DT work. This month is inspired by the beautiful painting by R. Godfrey Rivers,

the criteria this month is to use a photo over 30 years old or use a vintage layout.

I made a canvas using an olden day image and created a vintage layout,

For my canvas I have used lots of scrap paper and rub ons. For embellishments I have used a paper doily, paper flowers and wooden hearts. I couldn't do this vintage canvas without using pearls ☺.

Sorry again for disappearing for a while ☺ but all being well, I'll be back soon with another page I'm doing.

Happy scrapping

Relaxing

Hi there,

I have returned from a bush camp with yr 9 students including my daughter and so am a little bit late posting my DT page for ARTastic, which is using this artwork by Dominique Falla,

the criteria is to use string/twine.

My page,

 My youngest loves to spend time with her Dad, hanging out on or with him. I have kept this page simple using also the colours from the inspiration work. I have used paper lace and the paper topper where the two patterns meet up. 

 I have used twine behind my flowers. I use this method a lot☺. This cluster of flowers are punched or paper with a cute little love heart.

My other cluster of flowers with twine.

It has been nice seeing so many people visiting my blog, hello to you all and please feel free to leave a hello☺. Till next time, happy crafting.

Live fully

Hi there,

I couldn't help but join in the challenge at Let's Get Shabby this month. It's to be inspired by your favourite book. There is no question my favourite book is One Thousand Gifts, a book close to my heart. I have read this book but open it up every day for more encouragement in counting God's blessings all around us.

My page is of my precious girl, using the words from the book for my title,

 Along with the words from the book I have used the colours as my inspiration. I love the feeling these colours give and felt they suited this photo perfectly.

 These words have been an encouragement for me and I hope they will be for my daughter as well.

My cluster of photos and a cute little saying; and so true. Some of my flowers are from prima the others are homemade.

It was enjoyable doing this challenge and gave me a new view of this book.

Playdough fun

Welcome to August, another month for scrapbooking fun. My first page is my DT page for ARTastic Challenge Blog. The challenge is inspired by this fun fabric painting by Kristen Doran, with the criteria of using fabric in your layout.

For my page I focused on the camping side of this painting and used the colours as my inspiration.

 We had a wonderful camping trip with friends and these 2 girls had so much fun, including playing with playdough on a day of drizzle. I splatted mist around my page and then added papers and different elements.

 My fabric lollipop flower I cut using pinking shears. I found this cute love heart button at the craft shop where I help out.

I have also added some doilies and made some fabric buttons. I love making buttons, it's a quick craft but so effective.

The busy period of holidays are over and also time spent working so I'm aiming to sit behind my craft desk a lot more than I have been lately. Thanks for your patience and I hope I can inspire you this month.

Amazin

Hi all,

It's been school holidays here with a few days to go, so busy, busy. I have joined in with CSI for their latest challenge as this month they are also joined up with ARTastic for a challenge.
I have used the sketch along with the code:

My page,

 We visited a hedge maze which took 19 years to grow and was very tricky as you couldn't see through the hedges at all. The kids had lots of fun. My hexagons were cut from paper and distressed and edges inked. I kept the page simple as the photos had their own story.

I added some texture paint using a stencil to add a bit of dimension and drops of mist.

I have another page ready to photograph so I will be back soon with that one. Wishing you a happy week.

Wondering

Hello July.
 I started this month in hospital with my little girl which was not the greatest way to start the second half of the year, but we are home now and hopefully she continues to get better.
Because of this I am a little late, at posting the exciting news that ARTastic is joining up with CSI for the July challenge.

It was a lot of fun joining in and using the CSI criteria made it simple to put a page together. So for this months inspiration painting with the criteria of striped paper

and CSI case file,

I have created this page:

I went with the beach theme for my inspiration. The beach is part of our life; we live near it and we holiday near it. This time we were on holidays, enjoying fun in the dunes. 

I have used for my evidence the floral print for my background, distressing(of course), labels and stripes. For my testimony I have used the vacation theme and stripes for my journalling.

Join in for a double chance of winning or your work being admired☺.  The challenge lasts for the month of July. Thank you CSI for having us join in with you.