The Scrapbook Store August sketch challenge

I managed to find time this weekend to do the sketch over at the newly named Scrapbook Store.

I used an old photo of us camel riding on Cable Beach at Broome, which I had printed off a while a go. I used some old Basic Grey pp from the Marrakech range which were the perfect colours for this. I also used some old Prima flowers I had and cut up a doilie.

Scrapz Olympics Part 2

As promised yesterday here is the rest of my Scrapz Olympic layouts.

Challenge 5 was weightlifting.  The added criteria was to use the word WEIGHT in your title or journalling, have numbers, include something heavier than paper. I used a charm.

Challenge 6 was Swimming. For this the added criteria was to use butterflies, use the word BREATHE in the title or journalling and to do something freestyle. I flicked some glimmermist for this.

Challenge 7 was cycling and the added criteria was to use the word RIDE, include wheels and use a chain.

The final challenge was the Closing Ceremony in which the added criteria were to use the word CELEBRATE or CELEBRATION, use something round, use lots of stickers and include flags. I had lots of fun doing this one and included a photo of DD at her party last weekend for this.

Scrapzbiz Olympics Part 1

Over the last month Scrapzbiz has been running an Olympic competition with a number of challenges based on sketches and set criteria.

To start things off there was a blog hop and a challenge to create a layout which was encouraging. 

Olympic challenge 1 was the Opening Ceremony. The added criteria were to use the word start or begin, have a banner and include something that could be opened. My something that could be opened was an umbrella on my bottle top.

Challenge 2 was Archery. For this the added criteria was to use a bullseye design, arrows and the word AIM in either the title or journalling.

Challenge 3 was the triple jump. For this we had to use 3 photos, the word hop, step or jump and include some measuring tape on our layout.

Challenge 4 was Gymnastics. For this we had to include the word Balance, ribbon, bling, strip journalling and mat the photo.

Thanks for looking. I hope to get the rest of the challenges loaded tomorrow.

Long overdue update

Oh, it has been a while since I updated my blog. Strange really, since I last updated I have been made redundant from my part time job so am at home full time now. One would think I had more time! However, I was sick for a couple of weeks and August is always a busy month as we have lots of birthdays. Speaking of which the layout below is about my DD's 14th birthday party which was last weekend. She is keen to go to France in Year 10 with her school so to get in the mood she had a French themed party where everyone had to wear red, white and blue. 

I have created this layout for the August challenge over at Purple Pumpkin. Instead of the usual sketch challenge, this month they have a Recipe challenge. The following ingredients need to be somewhere on your page...

1. Paint - blue paint
2. Use a Button - PP spotty button
3. Add some twine- red
4. Include some fussy cutting (I have fussy cut an Eiffel tower and a tag)
5. Spray ink - red in my background
6. A flower- resin flowers
7. A doiley- blue PP doiley
8. Use two different alphas for your title - yes

Challenge me Happy Challenge #26

Hi, here is my entry for Challenge No. 26 over at Challenge me Happy which was to include the word TODAY in the title. This is a photo taken at Daylesford one perfect autumn day earlier this year. I've used some Basic Grey Max and Whiskers for this one. 

Stuck! July sketch no. 1

I love sketches with circles so had to have a go at this Stuck sketch for July.  I used cogs for my circles. This is DS a couple of weeks ago at a friends birthday party. It was his first attempt at Go-Karting.

Cats galore!

I have been scrapping honestly but have just been slack uploading to here. So thought I better share some of my work as it has been a while. We have had some feral cats around since the end of last year. Mother cat had 3 kittens and one of them started hanging around in February. I nicknamed him Smudge as he had a smudge near his mouth. He is a very curious cat and is always watching me in the garden. Then he disappeared and we heard the noise of new born kittens under our bedroom floor. A couple of weeks later we spotted mother cat with 3 kittens identical in colour to the 3 she had had before Christmas - one jet black, one tabby and one tabby/white (like Smudge). She kept the kittens in the garden and I enjoyed watching them play. Then they too disappeared but a couple of weeks later Smudge reappeared looking very thin. I took pity on him (I say him because of the size of him but lately I'm not so sure) and started feeding him. He sat waiting for me in the morning and at evening. Then a couple of weeks ago his younger brother/sister appeared. The kitten that matched him. He seems to have adopted him.Now they both wait for me in the morning and evening to feed them. If I work in the garden they follow me around and sit watching me a couple of metres away. They also come and sit on the back step and look in through the French doors. After tea they always seem to have a play fight and we see them rolling around and chasing after each other. It's nice that Smudge has a friend. We have called the little kitten - Smidge. Gets a bit complicated as we also have a rabbit called Midget or Midge for short! Anyway I have done some layouts of the cats. At least I can get photos of them which is more than can be said of the kids now!

This first layout is of the kittens that were born under our house. Smidge is the grey and white kitten. I did this for the sketch comp at Anna's Craft Cupboard a couple of months ago.

This is Smudge, in his leaner days. I did this one for Scrapbook Savvy sketch comp a couple of months ago.

This layout is of Smudge and Smidge at feeding time. This one was done for one of the weekly challenges over at Scrapzbiz a couple of weeks ago. It is based on a sketch by Sheree and the added criteria was to include a card on the layout.