Cool Girl

Hello again,

I am enjoying some different challenges this month and one of them is from Colorful Creations, which had a colour combo with the extra twist of using ink.

My page,

I kept this page simple as I wanted the photo to shine. I love the blue/greens and how they came up on my page. I used ink to splatter on the background and I've also water-coloured circles using a stencil. 

This colour combo gave me a good excuse to go and buy some flowers☺︎. These ones are from Kaiser craft, put together with a die-cut.

Thank you Colorful Creations for a great challenge.

You are Beautiful

Hello,

I enjoyed some scrapbooking time, outside, this afternoon on the patio, making most of the Autumn sun☺︎.
I've been meaning to join in the challenge blog White with One for a while now. So I committed myself this month to join in.  This month the colour is Orange Peel.

 I splattered water colour paint to create a subtle background and a small amount of gesso at the corners of the photo. I also water painted paper doilies, a technique I might use more often now I see how effective they end up☺︎. My title is a stamp from Heidi Swapp, a little purchase I made today! I think it will become my favourite stamp set.

A close up of my doilies and some embellishments I used.

I hardly ever work with orange and so it was a bit of a challenge for me, but one I'm pleased to have done. I think I might use orange more often☺︎.

Hugs and Kisses

Hello,
Doing a page seems to take me longer now I have teenagers and I've become their taxi! Feels like I'm always out and about and don't have long stints of time. But I managed to do a page for the challenge at Off the Rails Scrapbooking which have a beautiful moodboard, one after my own heart as I also love to sew☺︎.

I went with the colours of the threads for my page,

 My background was created by first spraying my paper with water and then I sprayed it with mist ink. Holding the paper up, I let it run down my page. The more water you use, the more it will run. I also then added some splatters of ink. I hand stitched the love hearts on the side and also added some coloured doilies and pink lace to add to the sewing theme.

Close up of my cluster of flowers, perfect for a pretty girl's page☺︎.

Thank you for popping by.

Selfie

Hello☺︎,
It finally feels like we've settled into the new year and things are slowing down. Yay for that.
I've had time to do a page this month for the challenge at Scrap the Girls which is to scrap a selfie photo. I've had a photo of my daughter and I, for a while on my photos to scrap pile, so it was a perfect challenge.
My page,

My background was created using stamping, water colour and rub ons. I used a paper pad to add layers behind my photo. They are so handy, cause all the papers are nicely co-ordinated. My embellishments are from a kit from D-lish Scraps.

I enjoyed putting this page together and thankful for the close bond I have with my daughter.

XX

Brother and Sister

Hello and welcome to March.
It's been a very warm and humid start here to the month, so not much energy to do anything except scrapbooking☺︎.
Today I've got my DT page for you for the challenge at ARTastic.

Use this painting as your inspiration along with the criteria of using a stencil.

My page is of my Eldest daughter and son in a rare embrace, well sort off!

I have used stencils with texture paint, gesso and pen to create my background along with water colour. I followed a vertical line, inspired by the painting. My embellishments are from a D-lish Scraps embellishment pack.

Last month we had some beautiful entries for the ARTastic challenge but we would love to see more. If you have time this month, please feel free to join in☺︎.

Proud moment

Hello,
I actually managed to do another scrapbook page this month☺︎.
I have joined in with the challenge over at Scrap The Boys, which had the theme of something new.
My page is of my son who was honoured to hold our friend's baby for baptism. He got a new outfit for the day and was a proud boy.

I have got my sketch off pinterest, yay for pinterest☺︎. I used a paper collection I've had for a while which worked perfectly for the colours. I love being able to use something I've been waiting to use for a while.

Thank you Scrap The Boys for a fun challenge☺︎.

Snap shot

Hello,
The house is quiet again, there is a routine back in place; our summer break is over and the kids are back at school. As much as I love holidays, I do love my routine back in place☺︎.
I start this month off with my DT page for ARTastic with this pretty painting as the challenge inspiration, with the criteria of using butterflies.

I love using butterflies on my pages so the criteria was easy☺︎,

I loved the colours in the painting and knew I wanted to use them, I also wanted to bring in the joyful but mystical feel that I get from the painting. I kept my page simple with a lot of white space and 'quiet' embellishments. For my background paper, I used a page out of a paper pad and kept it whole.

I hope you enjoyed my page and please hop over to ARTastic to see the other team's take on this challenge. We would love to see your creations♡.