Gorgeous Girl

Hello,
We have had winter set in here, in the south-west of Australia and it's actually been very cosy with the stormy weather. Great time to stay home and do some scrapbooking☺.
I've done a page for the Jot magazine mood board.

Beautiful isn't it?

And my page of my youngest, posing once again for me☺.

 I did misting and stamping to create the background, then layered it with papers using the doily as my base. I have also put some washi tape behind the doily.

 My cluster of flowers, mainly from prima.

Another big flower from prima which is on the background packaging from some flowers. I love how prima make their packaging reusable, with cute graphics. I stamped my title using Kikki.K alphabet stamps. I am bad at getting something new and not wanting to use them. I love keeping it clean and neat for a bit. This was the case with these stamps but now I have used them, I will be using them again as they turned out nice and clear.

I have enjoyed the challenges this month.  I will be doing some relief teaching the next few weeks but hopefully I won't be too tired to scrapbook☺.

Thank you for popping by.

Awww

Hello and welcome,
I have a cute page for you today of my youngest. This Mum, first took a photo of her upset at her sister before helping them sort it out. I couldn't resist☺, sometimes kids look adorable when they are a little upset.
I've used the Scrap the Girls challenge for this page, which was to use their new blog banner for inspiration.
And here is my page:

 You do have to admit, she does look very cute when she is not impressed☺. I have used different papers for this page, picking up the pinks and greens. The background is done with texture paint and then misting using the same stencil but offsetting them from each other. This page ties in with another page I did here, that is why the journalling is written the way it is and the background is created the same.

 I used the banner from the blog to inspire my elements bordering the bottom of the photo, using rolled flowers, fabric flowers and rhinestones.

Some more bling and flowers along with a cut out of a girl which I backed to give more dimension.

I love the new look of Scrap the Girls blog and it was great inspiration for this page. 

Thanks for popping by and seeing my work, I hope you enjoyed it.

Balancing

Hello, it was a quiet weekend here at home, perfect to finish the journalling on some of my pages. I completed this page for the challenge at Show Us Your Stuff. Their challenge this month is a fun one; using the following recipe:
Handmade Item, Sprinkling of stars, Dash of sequins, Title using 2 different alphas, 3 buttons/flairs, 2 photos and 1 arrow.
Here is my page

 I have used Bo Bunny paper range as my basis for this page. I distressed all the edges, once again☺and inked them. For my stars I have punched them out of the co-ordinating papers and also inked their edges. The wooden arrow is from WOW, they are great to leave raw as they have a beautiful grain to them.

 My handmade item are these cute flowers my Mum crocheted out of fine cotton.

I fussy cut some butterflies for placing around my page. Sequins were a fun touch to this recipe, it's the first time I used them and I'm sure I'll be using them again! 

I'm enjoying being able to complete challenges this month and get through some photos waiting to be scrapped. Will be soon☺.

Imagination

Hello, I am back as promised with a layout I have completed. This one is for the challenge at Once Upon a Sketch which was based on the quote-The best things in life are not things.

I have scrapped a photo of my youngest in a place I find her often; thinking, chattering and using her amazing imagination. Her imagination is a big part of her character and gives her such pleasure in her young life.

I have used papers from a Bo Bunny paper range. I distressed and inked all the edges to give them depth.

 Flowers from Prima and computer journalling. I texture painted the dots using a stencil then spray misted using the same stencil but offsetting it to the texture paint.

 The title is a cut out from the papers and I hope it comes true for my daughter one day. 

Thanks for popping by and I will be back again with another page to share with you.

Strumming

Hello all.
We are into June and nearly halfway the year. I started the month at a scrapbook retreat which was so much fun. I got ahead of my DT work and started some challenges so you'll see the layouts I completed throughout the year. To start off this month is my DT page for ARTastic challenge for June inspired by this painting by Max Mannix titled The Jam Session.

The criteria this month is Distressing

Now for my page☺

 My eldest daughter took these beautiful photos of her brother playing his guitar. It was a joy to scrap them. The background paper is from the Kaiser craft range-base coat. The other papers are from different ranges.

A close up of my distressing, a technique I love. I have inked the distressed edges of the photo edging with brown ink to blend them into the layout. The rest of the distressed edges I have left raw.

I have upcyled these clothing tags to embellish my layout along with these old buttons.

Well, I will definitely be back very soon with one of my layouts from the retreat, till then all the best and I hope you are inspired to join us at ARTastic this month☺.

Heart of Gold

Hello, I am here with a page I did for White with One challenge using white and gold.

 This is a photo of my eldest girl who has so much time for her brother and sisters. She is a beautiful teenager and friend to me. For this page I have used a gold background and used gesso and background stamps to create the white paint areas. I've even managed to use the word Gold in my title☺.

My white homemade crochet flower with a glittery gold centre. I have also used a doily to frame the corner of the photo.

I'm enjoying my work managing the local craft shop and have resisted the temptation of coming home with lots of goodies☺. One more week to go. I hope you are all doing well and thank you to my new followers for your comments and interest in my blog.

Wishing you all well.

My Girl

Welcome to the month of May. I love May, it has a pretty name☺ and here where I live, it's the month to enjoy the last warmish days before winter. This year, May will be even more exciting as I will be looking after a local craft shop for 2 weeks while the owner goes on holidays. I better watch I don't spend more than I earn☺.
To start May, I have my DT page for ARTastic to share. I so love the inspiration painting this month. A painting by Robert Hagan titled Amarys.

The criteria for the ARTastic challenge is mother and child as May includes Mother's day☺

My page is of my beautiful girl Amy and I enjoying some time together at the park.

I love all the green in the painting and used misting by spraying and splattering to create it on my page. I also splattered red drops to show flowers amongst the grass. 

 I texture painted some flowers on both before and after misting which gives two different effects. I have created different flowers around my photo, lollipop flowers, purchased flowers and

flowers by fussy cutting them out of paper.

This page is hanging on my wall as it's one that appeals to me every time I look at it and the photo is precious to me. I love it when a page turns out like that.

I look forward to seeing everyone's pages for this months challenge.