Fairytale Fungi using FWAB

Good morning, I've been struggling with my mojo recently. DH has been home unemployed and it has disrupted my desire to scrap. Also I think, although I have been taking lots of photos recently they have not been of the kids. As they have got older, Eleanor especially does not like me taking her photo and Robert doesn't want to come out with us any more.  Also I always find that the less I scrap the less I want to scrap or the less inspiration I have.

Anyway, I did manage to get into the scrap room and create this layout.

Did you know that besides flourishes and flowers Flourish With A Bling also produces an outdoor range, which includes a number of embellishments which complement outdoor layouts.

In this layout I have used FWAB Taylah’s Toadstools to complement my photos of toadstools that we found recently. The toadstools come in a number of different sizes and are accompanied by a piece of grass.

And here are a couple of close ups.

Thanks for looking.

Judith xx

D-Lish Scraps March Inspiration Board - Tropical Twist

Hi everyone, I thought it's about time I shared with you my sample for the March Inspiration Board over at D-Lish Scraps. A bright palette of ombre pinks, yellows and oranges! Something sure to keep those looming winter blues at bay. Lots of pretty flowers, textures and patterns make up this board and the possibilities are endless! As always, if you need a kick start, we've included the optional sketch to get you going.

And here's my take: 

I was inspired by the balloons and the cake. This is the cake I made for DH when he turned 50 last year.

Some close ups: 

Lots of circles using a Kaisercraft stencil and inks and adding dew drops and sequins to fill in the gaps.

D-Lish Products Used:

Freckled Fawn Enamel Dew Drops - Neon

Freckled Fawn Wood Chips - Speech Bubbles

Twine - Pink/Yellow

Journal Its - Note Strips - Rainbow

Sequins - Yellow

Sequins - Orange

Sequins - Pink

Muslin - Orange

Would love to see you have a go at this challenge.

Thanks for looking.

Judith xx

Stuck?! Sketches March 1 sketch

It's been a while since I shared something. I'm having a bit of a lull in my mojo at the moment. DH is unemployed again so is home all the time at the moment. Plus I've been getting into photography so we have been out and about taking photos.

Anyway, here is a layout I did for the first March sketch over at Stuck?! It took me ages to do. I ended up using a mixture of Teresa Collins He said, She said and some embellies from Glitz Designs Dapper Dan and a Greatest View Flair and a little resin moustache from The Trinket Track.

 And here are some close ups.

And here is the sketch I based my layout on.

Thanks for looking.

Judith xx

Frosted Designs Punctuation challenge

Today I have a layout to share that I completed for the Frosted Designs punctuation challenge which was to include punctuation of any kind somewhere on your project. I chose to use yellow foam brackets.  I used Kaisercraft Confetti pp and embellishments and also used  just one FWAB Grace pearl flourish in rose pink and one FWAB Jack vine in green which have been cut up into several pieces and strategically placed around my page.

And here are some close ups

Thanks for looking

Judith xx

Scrap the Boys March challenge

Back with another share today!

I love the colour combo which is the challenge over at Scrap the Boys this month - yellow, blue and green.

Here is my take. The background started life as a white sheet of cardstock that had been used to soak up excess Dylusions spray at the one of the Master's classes I did last year. So there were splotches of lemon zest, green grass and turquoise blue on it. I added some stamping using the same Dylusion sprays and London blue and some Kaisercraft background stamps. I sprayed the Dylusions onto a craft sheet and then swirled the stamps in the spray. The result was a sort of splotchy stamp. I also used some tin lids to get the circles. I then flicked some water onto it and wiped a bit with a baby wipe. I also did some stencilling with my favourite dots stencil and Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink.

There wasn't really any need for any patterned paper so I mounted the photo on some corrugated card and just added a couple of embellishments - a Charms Creations Heavenly Heart and a Lil' Something flair and some thin twine.

Finally, I added some alphas each side of a Heidi Swapp resist arrow coloured with more chipped sapphire ink.

Loved the background it all created.

Thanks for looking

Judith xx

March FWAB challenge

Hi everyone!

Linda is hosting this months challenge!  

It seems there has been a lot of purple and teal in the world of scrapbooking of late,

So she thought she would continue with these colours for this months challenge.

All you need to do is create anything using the colours below

and of course it has to contain some bling.

It was my turn this month to create a sample so here is my take: 

And here are some close ups of the FWAB products I've used.

I used purple Jasmine laser flourish

A black Elise flower

and a silver Kate's corner flourish 

You can enter your challenges in the FWAB gallery here

Exciting news

 I am excited to say I am now a member of the Autumn Creative Team over at D-lish Scraps. Love that shop. Have been a customer right since the beginning.

Also today I have a card I made for a challenge at Jillibean Soup featured on their blog. You can see it here:

http://jillibeansoup.typepad.com/my_weblog/2014/03/free-for-all-friday-designer-challenge-results.html