Kraft+ April Challenge

It's been a long time between posts but I have finally managed to do a blog challange post - probably my first for six months. I have been doing DT work for A2Z Scraplets but don't seem to have had the time to do other scrapbooking.

This months challenge at Kraft+  was to use paint chips/swatches. I knew I wanted to use blues so raided the local hardware store for some chips. I was lucky as they had 3 types - round circles, strips of colours and just single chips.

Here's my entry. I used the circle chips, which I die cut into doilies in various places. I used the strips of colours down the side of my photo and at the side of the layout (though it is mostly covered up) and I used the big single chips at the top and bottom of my photo.

You can see one of my circle chips which I die cut into a doily peaking out here.

Thanks for looking

Judith xx

FWAB November challenge

Hi,

It was my turn this month to provide a sample for the FWAB challenge set by Tracy Fowler.

The challenge she set was :

Summer Days Challenge… Create a layout that is inspired by summer days, using summery colour combination and has at least 3 pieces of FWAB products.

Here is my sample:

I have used some of FWAB Nicky's Beach Huts and the clouds and sun are from FWAB Up in the Sky, Maddison flowers in red, yellow and baby blue, Elise flowers in yellow and mini Maddison flowers in baby blue and red.

And here are some close ups:

So don't forget all you need to do is:

Create a layout that is inspired by summer days, using summery colour combination and has at least 3 pieces of FWAB products.

Be sure to upload your entries into the FWAB Gallery for your chance to win a glorious FWAB prize pack.

You have until the end of November.

Thanks for looking 

Judith xx

I'm back

Wow, I've been a bit slack over the last six weeks. My son has had his final VCE exams and I think I have been doing all his worrying for him and that seems to have affected my creative mojo. Now the exams are finished it seems to have miraculously reappeared and I have actually scrapped 2 pages in 2 days. Anyway I thought today I'd share with you a couple of pages from last month. In fact they were the only 2 pages I did last month.
The first I did for The Scrapbook Store sketch challenge using lots of Flourish with a Bling.

Anyway, onto my layout:

I have layered some FWAB Jack Vines in green with some rhinestone flourishes which form part of FWAB Kate’s Corner Flourish in Silver

In the bottom cluster I have used two new flowers – a FWAB Elise flower in green and a small FWAB Maddison flower in lilac. I also used some more bits of Jack Vine and Kate’s Corner Flourish. They are all seated on a piece of grass out ofFWAB’s Lee’s Tree. You can also see I sprinkled a few purple adhesive pearls and silver rhinestones which also come out of the Kate’s Corner Flourish pack. I also used a rhinestone for the chipboard bunny’s eye!

In the middle cluster I used a FWAB Maddison flower in lilac together with a mix of other small flowers.

In the top cluster I have again used a FWAB Maddison flower in lilac but teamed it up with two FWAB Elise flowers in lilac. Again I added a few flowers from my own collection.

To finish off I added a few pieces of chipboard which I gessoed and coloured with a mix of Faber Castel gelatoes and stencilled some texture paste.

And this one I did for Anna's Craft Cupboard sketch challenge using the Sept cupcake kit from A Piece of Cake Designs

Thanks for looking and I hope to be a bit more regularly this month.

Judith

Challenge Yourself #10 Fall favourites

I decided to join in again this month with Challenge Yourself The challenge this time is tell them what you like about Autumn and of course include a photo of yourself. Autumn is my favourite season so this was easy. I love the changing colours, the crunchy leaves, the cooler weather and capturing it all in photos. We have an annual family photo taken in Autumn.
Here is my take:

 I used some old Basic Grey Green at Heart patterned paper and stickers and created a bit of a background with some texture paste, paint and a stencil.

Here are a few close ups:

I have used some left over pieces of FWAB Jack Vine in Green

And then layered some FWAB Chloe Pearl Flourish in Olive Green over the top.

For my tree I used a FWAB Lee’s Tree and die cut some leaves out of patterned paper and arranged them around the tree.

Thanks for looking

Judith xx

FWAB / Rainbow Splendour Product Swap

Last week over on the FWAB blog we had a week of projects using Flourish with a Bling and Rainbow Splendour products. Chloe who is on the Design Team at FWAB is the owner of Rainbow Splendour and she supplied us with some of her cute felt and die cut products to use. Be sure to go to her blog and check her work out.

Here is what I created:

For my layout I have used a FWAB black Maddison flower, a FWAB black Elise flower, some  FWAB Bella Rhinestone flourishes and a few individualFWAB black adhesive rhinestones.

Rainbow Splendour products used were a black glitter foam poloroid frame and a couple of white glitter foam feathers.

 I also created a card

For this I used the the remaing flourishes and the frame from FWAB Bella Rhinestone flourishes and I matched this with Rainbow Splendour feathers in white, black and spotty vellum and a grey felt bow. Here are a couple of close ups.

Hope to be back tomorrow to share something special.

Judithxx

Blue Fern Studio July Sketch challenge

Hi, I have a layout to share with you that I created for the Blue Fern Studios July sketch challenge. 

I am a keen gardener and have lots of photos of flowers from my garden so decided to create a layout about one of them. To create my background I have used a piece of Blue Fern Studio Ombre Dreams pattern paper which has a delicate pattern printed on it. I was impressed with how thick the paper is. To this I added some texture paste using a Crafters Workshop stencil and also stamped with a text stamp. I added a photo matted on another piece of Ombre Dreams paper and placed some Blue Fern Studio chipboard onto it. This piece of chipboard and all other pieces were first painted with gesso and then I used a mix of gelatoes and watercolour paint to create a soft colour.

Then it was time to create my clusters. Here are some close ups. The chipboard leaves are also Blue Fern Studios.

I have used a FWAB Chloe Pearl Flourish in Pearl which I cut up. Using one part on the bottom cluster and one part on the top cluster. I also used a piece of Blue Fern Studios for the title.

Both clusters include a mix of flowers but each one has a FWAB flower. For the top cluster I used a FWAB Elise flower in burnt orange.

And in the bottom cluster I have used a FWAB Maddison flower in pink.

I also used some FWAB individual adhesive pearls in pearl. You can see one used as a centre of the small pink flower in the photo above. I also scattered a few around the page.

Here is the sketch on which my layout is based.

Thanks for looking.

Judith xx

FWAB July Challenge

Good morning, I thought it was about time I shared with you FWAB's July challenge. This month Amy Prior has set a recipe challenge which is to include:

1 piece of FWAB

2 other embellishments

3 flowers

4 patterned papers

5 pieces of confetti or pearls

It was my turn to provide a sample so here is my take on the challenge

Another Mickey Mouse layout. My FWAB piece was a FWAB Elise black flourish which I cut into 2. I also used a FWAB black Maddison flower as one of my 3 flowers. The other 2 were handmade felt flowers.

I used 5 FWAB individual adhesive red pearls. 

My 2 embellishments were a red felt arrow from {scrAp this!} 

And a Rainbow Splendour felt star stick

For my patterned paper I used some paper from the Queen and Co Magic range.

Don't forget to enter your take on the challenge to the FWAB gallery by July 31st and you could be in the running to win a pack of FWAB goodies.

Good luck!

Judithxx

Berry71bleu July challenge canvas

Here is my entry for the Berry71bleu July challenge which was to include 3 different patterns on your project. Most of my scrapping is of the traditional variety so I thought I'd try something different and do a mixed media canvas and play around with a number of different mediums as well as some FWAB goodness.

To create the background I gessoed a canvas and then  painted stripes of Twinkling H20 paints and normal watercolours paints and blended them with water. I then used 3 different stencils (circles, triangles and ? not sure what to call the third shape (it is a sort of brackety shape) and 3 different mediums: – Viva Decor stone art texture paste,

Shimmerz Dazzelerz texture paste, which I then covered in gesso to tone it down,

 and gel medium

 I then set about creating a sea like scene. I painted some chipboard grasses and adhered them to the canvas. Then I overlaid them with FWAB Chloe Flourishes in blue and purple

 I added some chipboard seahorses coated in Viva Decor Inka Gold Cobalt and added some FWAB individual adhesive pearls in purple along its tail.

 Next I added my own version of the rainbow fish created with sequins.

Finally, I added a quote and my canvas was finished.

Thanks for looking

Judithxx

The Scrapbook Store June sketch challenge with some FWAB

Found time to enter the June sketch challenge over at The Scrapbook Store. I’m still milking the photos I took on Mother’s Day and have combined some FWAB goodies with Kaisercraft Dream Big patterned paper and collectables.

I created the background using a stencil and texture paste. Then I stamped around the edge with a text stamp and peach ink. Finally, I flicked some teal spray around the outside of the texture paste.

I created a base piece for my photo to sit on using a strip of punched patterned paper and a sticker from the range. Then I matted my photo and placed on this base. I used a chipboard circular frame and then added my embellishments along the bottom. I used a couple of FWAB Elise burnt orange flowers situated amongst some Peterloo botanic flowers. I added some more chipboard and overlaid it with a FWAB Elise Silver Rhinestone Flourish cut up into two pieces. Lastly, I added a few of the Collectables from the range. Here are a few closeups.

And here is the sketch that my layout is based upon:

Thanks for looking.

Judith xx

The Scrapbook Store May Sketch challenge

Today I'm sharing with you my entry for the Scrapbook Store May challenge. 

This is a layout including a photo of my daughter and I taken on Mother’s Day last weekend by my son. I created the background using watercolour paint and then stenciled the brick design on using some Viva Decor Ferro Texture Paste. I then added a few splatters of mists and added some sequins and some individual FWAB adhesive pearls in teal. I used two pieces of patterned paper from the Kaisercraft Snapshots range and one piece of base paper from Kaisercraft. 

For my cluster I used a FWAB Grace Pearl flourish in teal.

I used a couple of flowers and I also sprayed a FWAB Elise white flower with Lindy’s Stamp Gang Starburst spray in Cattail Copper Brown.

The chipboard circle frame is from Blue Fern Studio and purchased at the Scrapbook Store. It was also covered with the Cattail copper brown spray.

Here is the sketch it is based upon designed by Marelize Frisby.

Thanks for looking

Judith xx