Some missed projects to share

Just a post on some projects I have not shared here yet.  I have also done the other half of the Configuration box but will show that at another time as have to take it to Scotties first!

A layout I did for part four of the Aussie Scrap Source Competition:

Some Inspiration layouts for Scottie crafts:

 

 

And I have done a catch up with my mini album over at Scrappin' Patch - lucky me one the rak for October! Now there is Just the back cover and December to do...

July

August

September

 

October

 

November

Some challenge layouts

I had some scrapping time this morning and used some new Fancy pants Papers to do a couple of challenges over at Scrappin Patch.  Here they are :

Shabby Chic Challenge - This little man turns TEN in just over two weeks:

 

Colour Challenge - Blue and Brown and this little man will be EIGHT in four months time!

September PRIMA Build a page

Now when I saw the new Paisley Road collection I thought I would not buy it as it just wasn't me. When I recieved a voucher from Scrappin' Patch for participating in all the challenges in the Stars competition I decided to get the papers and some flowers and this is what I created this morning for PRIMA'S BAP for the month after the courier THREW my box of goodies at my door.

Have also just found out I came first equal for week seven over at the SBO contest - yahoo! The points are really close and we should be receiving the mystery product soon for week nine.  I wonder what it will be..... I have also completed week 8 and am really pleased with the result AND it has no patterned paper...

The Last week of Scrapping with the Stars

Well this was the most fun week of all! The star was Irene Tan and I have been following her blog for a while and have really wanted to use some of her Scrapbooking Techniques - now I have and I think my new favourite product is glossy accents.

Here is my layout - I love how it came out.

Contest layouts this week

Over at SBO the weeks challenge was to do a beach layout - I have had these Websters pages in my stash that were perfect and not been used so this is what I came up with.



Well last weeks star over at Scrappin' Patch was Ronda Palazzari and this is my layout. I have been having a few rough weeks with Katie as things have changed around at school for her a lot and this has had an adverse effect on her at home and when we are out and about. So the layout is just about how I was feeling last week - yikes it has a lot of Journalling on it!



This week I have to morph into Irene Tan - another yikes I love her layouts and creations she is amazing talented and I think this will be the most challenging week of the contest! and it is the last week...

This weeks contest

I struggled a bit with this weeks Star over at Scrapping Patch -which was Stephanie Howell - very different from my style but she chose me as her third favourite which is great.

Here is the layout



and over at SBO it was to use white space something I have don't do a lot either but have started to enjoy it.

New layouts for Competitions

Well Scrappin' patch's Star layouts have just been revealed. The star this week was Tara Orr who does amazing creations in a shabby Vintage style - right done my alley!

This is my favourite layout from the competition so far



Here is the comment I got from Tara it makes me smile:

"oh my gosh this is amazing! What is that background paper - LOVE it! Your distressing is perfect - the doily is so 'me' and the touches of browns in your title and music paper add the perfect amount of rustic. You are a scrappy queen!"

Now the next layout looks rather boring for Scrapbook Outlet's Competition which was to do a black and white layout. This weeks challenge is to use wire and I love my layout but you will have to wait til Friday for the reveal.

Competition layouts

I am currently participating in two longer competitions -

Stars in their Eyes over at Scrapping Patch and Celebrate New Zealand over at Scrapbook Outlet.

Last week over at Scrapping Patch the Star was Stacey Michaud - very different to my style - here is my layout:



and over at SBO last weeks challenge was to include a NZ icon - I chose the pohutukawa tree and hand painted it on my layout.



I have done my layout for the second week at SBO which was to create a layout using only the National colours of NZ ie Black and white and I can show you tomorrow. I have also done a layout for this weeks star Tara Orr whose style is Vintage shabby - enjoyed this heaps and will be able to show you next Wednesday.

This weeks Star layout

This weeks star was Zarah S Peterson a very talented Swedish scrapper. I love her creations. Here is my take on her style - one of my fur babies - my very first pet after getting married - Harley who will be 13 this year.

Week 3 Stars Contest - ELIZABETH KARTCHNER

This week I found it hard - bright colours not messy and white space but perfect for the Zorb photos



Another layout to share is an example of what you could do in my class tomorrow - a girly layout



I am also working on a series of classes which are more my style which starts in three weeks time on Fridays -WATCH THIS SPACE

Designers choice Challenge over at Scrappin' Patch

Heidi has a new challenge up over at Scrappin' Patch and this challenge has my last sample page as a design team member for Scrappin' Patch. You will have until midnight on the 12th July to upload your layout in the gallery to be in to win a LOVELY RAK from the shop.

The Challenge:

In this challenge "Let us celebrate the GRANDPARENTS"...... create a layout using a BLACK & WHITE PHOTO (of your grandparents or your children's grandparents), and the layout should include some CHIPBOARD, paint / glimmermist or ink.... it should be created in a VINTAGE / SHABBY CHIC feel....

Here is my layout - showing the importance of taking photos - this is the only photo I know of of Kaitlyn with her grandma.

Budget to Blitz Challenge

My final challenge as a design team member at Scrapping Patch is on the forum. Its a Budget to Blitz challenge and ends midnight the 30th of June - my last day! Upload to the gallery here to be in to win a RAK from the shop.

The criteria for this are as follows:

Create a layout with 1 sheet of double sided PP and 1 sheet of cardstock. Embellishments must either be handmade, recycled or non scrapbooking related and the same for the titles.
You are free to create with inks, paint, oddments/leftovers of paper, material, packaging materials and wrappers and anything else you can find or think of.

THE ADDED CRITERIA IN THIS CHALLENGE IS THAT YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE YOUR SHEET OF PATTERNED PAPER AS A BACKING PIECE IT HAS TO BE USED TO MAKE YOUR EMBELLISHMENTS!

This means you can cut out patterns on the paper and/or make your embellishments. You can use scraps or old book pages as backing.

Here is my example

A one page kit and other news

A couple of weeks ago Adrienne and Pauline from Scrappin' Patch sent me a kit to create a one page layout for a crop down in Christchurch - not sure if it is all sold out but here is the layout I created.



Well I decided a few weeks back to step down from the design team at Scrappin' Patch and thought it was a good time to do so as they were looking for a new design team member anyway - there are now three new design team members go check it out here. I am there until the end of June and then will have a break for a short while before starting a new direction for me ie scrapbooking. It will be a shorter break then I originally intended but an opportunity has come up that I don't want to miss out on and it is something if you asked me would/could I do it a few months ago I would probably have said no. So I just have to sort out a few details and in July I can announce it.......Keep you in suspense.....

I am still doing Sketchy Thursdays though!

NB: I have scrapped the above photos before back in 2007 after only scrapping for about a year. I did this at a crop at NZ Scrapbook and just sat quietly created and hardly said boo and I had just unsuccessfully applied to be on my first design team (at NZ Scrapbook) - I have learned so much since then and met so many lovely people and my confidence around people has increased so much. I now talk a lot more! Scrapping has definitely changed me ! Here is the old layout:

An extra challenge over at Scrappin' Patch

Well we have five Mondays in May so we can have an extra challenge for you this month over at Scrappin' Patch and I will give you three weeks to create!! This challenge ends at midnight the 21st of June.

This challenge is a little bit different no scrapbook pages or cards allowed!

So this is the challenge:

Find something you can alter ie an off the page project (OTP) and alter it using your scrapbook products.

Different places you can find something to alter are:

Around your home
At the $2 shop
At a second hand shop or at an Op shop.

Here is my example using a mini guitar from the $2 shop and adding lots of PRIMA



Products Used:

Prima papers -Pastiche range, Shabby Chic range
Prima leaves
Prima vine
Prima Can Can flower
Prima mini roses
Prima fairytale roses
Prima say it with Crystals
Prima Lace
Brown Cardstock

New Budget to blitz challenge at Scrappin' Patch and a couple more layouts

Hannah has set a new Budget to Blitz Challenge over at Scrappin' Patch. A Budget to Blitz challenge involves making a cheap layout look more expensive. You can only use one piece of Patterned paper (can be double sided) a piece of cardstock and only handmade items or non scrapping stuff as embellishments. Hannah has added that you also have to include paint or ink on your layout. I have used medical gauze on mine - something I saw on Trinas blog and thought that was an awesome idea. Here is my layout:



Here are a couple of layouts that were in the last scrappin' patch newsletter for inspiration. One using Pink Paislee,Tim Holtz alteration and a new Martha Stewart Punch and the other using Girls Paperie paper.

Watch this space.....

Badge created with Chocolate Mint kit from http://www.eidou.com by Louise Williams

Jenni Bowlin Inspiration

With my recent order Adrienne and Pauline from Scrappin' Patch sent me the Jenni Bowlin Homespun range of papers and here is what I created :

Layout one - I cut the middle flower out of the quilted floral paper and then cut out petals from the side flowers and also cut out the leaves. With these I made a layered flower which I decorated with Kindyglitz. I also cut part of the diecut label paper off and use Kraft cardstock to soften the colours a bit.



Layout two has been made from scraps of layout one. I have made lollipop flowers and used some glimmermist.



Layout three I have made my own flowers from the paper. With the title which is using American craft foam thickers I have coloured white alphas partially with a black sharpie so it still has a white frame.



These would be great papers for layouts of Easter or spring or baby girls.

October Afternoon Farm Fresh Kit from Scrappin' Patch

Well this kit has been sold out and so I can now show you the full layouts!











Awesome kit and great value - watch out for a heritage kit from me at Scrappin' Patch

Also have some other scrapping news that I can hopefully share tomorrow!

Cosmo Cricket My Boyfriend Collection Inspiration

In my kit from Scrappin' Patch this time there was papers and stickers from the Cosmo Cricket Boyfriend Collection and some journalling spots. I had so much fun doing my Poppet Page with the Karen Foster scrapbook line that I decided to do another. It is a great way to use photos with people in with busy backgrounds - Just cut the background out and you have a poppet.

Here is my layout



Products that I have used and in the shop:

Cosmo cricket Cardstock Stickers - some of which I have cut out an image from the sticker.
Cosmo cricket Fitting in paper
Cosmo cricket Study Hall Paper
Cosmo cricket Tube socks Paper
Websters alphas

Other products - October afternoon weathervane paper (clouds), Prima mom and me paper (Sun) and MM bird, twine

Prima Birthday Challenge over at Scrappin' Patch

Go check this challenge out over at Scrappin' Patch :

As you know I love love Prima goodies and I know it is a extremely popular choice for heaps of you and who can blame us when they are so BOOTIFUL. There are a few of us that would love to go into the Prima factory with unlimited times and funds. When Adrienne and Pauline load up the Prima stuff in the shop you have to be quick :CRAZY: .

So the third Birthday challenge is to create a layout, card or OTP project using at least 80% Prima products. You have until midnight Monday the 26th to upload to the gallery to be in to win a RAK from the shop.

Here is my layout - one of my most expensive!:



A few of these products can be found at the Scrappin'Patch. There are going to be more products loaded today.