Another Freaking Scrapping Challenge Design Team

Found out the other day that I got on the design team for the new Another Freaking Scrapping Challenge blog and it has briefly being announced over on the blog today.  There are a couple of other Kiwis on the DT . Looking forward to being part of another challenge site can't wait! 

I did the first assignment for it today but can't show it yet as I had a lovely scrapping afternoon with Hannah, Annelie, Megan and Michelle. Also did two other layouts today for the Prima monthly contests will post about them tomorrow.

See you later!

Another Freaking Scrapping Challenge blog and a layout with NO flowers

I am back again with another layout I have done for a new Challenge site - called 

"Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge ". 

This layout has no flowers and is a bit different for me  and it is for my BOM.  It came together very quickly.  I have used a technique Wendy from Scottie Crafts shows you here on youtube for my matt under the photo very cool technique thanks Wendy!

My Minds Eye Blog layout Challenge No 26

I have been needing to get my mojo going I found that My Minds Eye blog had a challenge on this morning - PERFECT - just bought some of the new collections from Scotties yesterday! The new collections are gorgeous and I love the brads! The sketch fitted  a Christmas photo from last year and the layout came together very quickly.  I have also used the two Tim Holtz rosette dies to create the flowers.

Here is the layout:

Prima July BAP

This months Prima's BAP included a circle feature, tags and two photos.  I decided to utilise my Cricut and the Paper Lace 2 cartridge. My two tags are prima packaging and a prima notecard. The photos are of newborn Kaitlyn who is now seven. A bit of older Prima used on the layout!

Prima product pick for July

This months Prima product pick is celebrating the colours of America (which are the same colours on New Zalands Flag) because of Independance day. 

I didn't have a lot of red and Blue Prima stuff so I coloured their canvas mistable flowers and flourish with colour wash and a snow pen. The base of the layout is also a canvas. I think I might try this colour combo some more!

July Challenge at Scotties Finally!!

 The new challenge at Scotties can be found here.

  

And here it is too ;)

Well you are probably wondering what happened with the July Challenge seen it is nearly halfway through July - well here it is! Sorry it's late! You have until Midnight the 7th of August to upload your take to Mr Linky in the sidebar.

The big Craft show - CHA is about to happen in the States so we will be seeing and selling new Scrapbooking releases next month - very exciting (not so much for the credit card!). I am sure most of you like me have a pile of older papers that you have not used so my challenge to you is to use up some older papers and embellishments (not any released this year). You can make a layout, card or off the page project.  New Scrappers you can join in too just use your oldest papers - there are still a lot around that are not "new". You can create more then one project to go in the draw for the RAK - the more you create the better your chance!

For my sample I have some not so old Bo Bunny papers from July CHA 2010 - a release called midnight frost.  They are great for those wintery photos even with no snow. I have also used two of my new Cricut cartridges as my Cricut has been gathering dust. I have used Paper Lace 2  for the background lace and Flower Shoppe for the paper flowers.  These are both amazing cartridges. On my Prima flower I have used a Snow Pen (you need a heat gun to puff the snow) to make it look more wintery and the little branches are using this punch. I have dabbed picket fence crackle paint on the photos and the paper lace.

So go on and create so you can make some space for the new releases COMING SOON!

My Senz creations

My classes went alright very full on but had lots of great comments even though nobody completed the projects in the class. Was a bit nerve wracking having my biggest classes I have ever had (16) - don't know how others can do more then 50! But considering a year and a half ago I said I would never teach classes it went alright. 

This month I will have been teaching at Scotties for a whole year! I am having a limited number class next Friday (15th of July) to create a off the page Birdcage (there is an option for a double layout) as a celebration of teaching for a year and to use Scrapware in a class.  You can find the details here.

Here is a sample of the birdcage - will post more images after the class:

and here are my Senz creations

Treasure Trove of Intrigue

 

Tim Holtz Vagabond Vintage Album