Scrap Our Stash Challenge #4

Good evening from a very damp and soggy Victoria. 

I'm here to share a recent layout I have created for the current challenge at Scrap Your Stash which was to scrap a male and include at least 5 brads. I have used lots of Purple Pumpkin goodies.

I thought these photos of DS fooling around went very well with the oversized Joker card that came in one of my Purple Pumpkin goodie bags and I wanted to create a bright colourful layout to match the mood.

Here are a couple of close ups.

In this one I have put a blue bird  fabric button on top of a blue vinyl cog.

Here I have used a red/blue vinyl star round, and I have tucked a blue ticket under the card. (There is also a red ticket diagonally opposite). I have also used some strips of red zigzag washi tape.
This photo also shows 4 of my brads. I have used 2 yellow brads to hold the card in place and placed 3 red square brads and 3 blue square brads below and above the blue and red ticket.

Flourish with a Bling June sketch challenge

Hi everyone, the June sketch challenge is up on the Flourish with a Bling blog.

It was Amy's turn to set the challenge and here’s Amy’s gorgeous sketch -

**The Rules**

1) Use the above sketch to create your entry, it can be a layout, card, OTP, anything you choose just as long as the above sketch has been used for inspiration. Use it as is, turn it upside down or sideways, it’s up to you.

2) You must use FWAB on your creation

3) You must upload your entry to the FWAB gallery and into the “DT Amy Prior’s Sketch challenge 2013″ album

4) Entries close midnight Sunday 30th June and the winner will be drawn on Monday 1st July

5) You must have fun!

You could win this cool FWAB prize pack -

And here is my sample for the sketch.

I used a Flourish with a Bling Grace Pearl Flourish in Rose Pink and some pearls from the Adhesive pearls 100 pack - Pearl for the centre of my teal flower. These are great value and come with pearls in 5 different sizes.

Scrap Your Story #14 and CSI #74

I started created this layout for Challenge #74 at CSI and when I started to do my journalling the song Summer of 69 by Bryan Adams popped into my head so I thought I'd use that as my title and it went well with Challenge #14 Scrap Your Story which was to use the title or lyrics of a song on your layout.

I wanted to create a 60's feel to the page so found a retro font and some retro flowers and used my Silhouette to cut them out. Yes Lizzy Hill I did use my Silhouette!!

The photos were all taken in July 1969 when my cousin Valarie and Great Uncle Albert were visiting from the United States. I'm the little girl in the photos. I've journalled about their visit. About the moon landing and catching German Measles whilst they were here.

Here's the CSI case file.

My evidence was flowers and metal (2 metal brads in the centres of a couple of the flowers) and my testimony was to document a childhood memory.

More exciting news

I'm thrilled to say I've been selected to be a member of the Flourish with a Bling Design Team for 2013-2014. Can't quite believe it!!

You can find the announcement here

My first Trinket Track project

Today I'm sharing with you my first ever post for The Trinket Track.

For my first project I thought I'd go down the vintage lane. I have many old family photos that I want to scrap and there are lots of embellishments at The Trinket Track that scream vintage to me.

One such embellishment was the metal vintage rose which was the spark for this whole layout. I just thought it would complement the flowers in my great grandmothers bouquet and hat.

I then chose the ivory camelia. However, the ivory looked a bit too bright with patterned paper so I altered it. I didn't have any spray that matched so watered down some paint and mixed my own colour - turquoise and moss green until I got a colour that matched the teal paper. I topped it off with a half teal pearl. Gradually I built up more of a cluster until I was happy with it.

Here are some close ups of my cluster.

Here I have used a filligree metal flower and added a half pearl as a centre. This is sitting just behind a curly resin rose and some of my own Prima flowers.

The Metal vintage rose with the altered ivory camelia.

The gorgeous Kanzashi flower again with a resin curly rose and metal filligree flower and pearl.

Trinket Track Products Used

Kanzashi bloom - wheat

Loose pearls

Resin curly roses

Metal filligree flowers

8cm Camelia - ivory

Metal vintage rose

June Sketch challenge at Purple Pumpkin

SOME EXCITING CHANGES!!!!

We have decided to make a few changes in our sketch challenge rules!!! From now on (June), THE BEST ENTRY WINS and there will be one random winner too!!!The Merit Winner gets to Guest Design in a future month - once they have received their Purple Pumpkin product of course! !! NO NEED TO USE PP to be the winner!!!!However, if you DO happen to have some Purple Pumpkin products on hand we'd love to see how you use them "so spread the word, and we can't wait to see what you do with our sketch this month!!xx"

June is here already and we have a new sketch to inspire you with!!!

by: Debbie Burns

I rotated the sketch 90 degrees. The stripes to me meant only one thing - stripes of washi tape and I have used 8 different tapes all from Purple Pumpkin which can be found here.

Here are a couple of close ups

Here I have used a red crocheted doily and a black floral fabric button. 

And here I have used a ladybug fabric button layered on top of two strips of washi tape.

You have until the end of the month to complete this Sketch Challenge and link it up in our sidebar by midnight 30th of June 2013. There will be two fabulous Purple Pumpkin prizes!

$25 & 15$ to spend in the Purple Pumpkin shop - one winner will be chosen by the design team, and the second will be a random prize draw. Winner gets to Guest Design in a future month - once they have received their Purple Pumpkin product of course!

Please check out our RULES HERE!!!

Post your pages on our FACEBOOK wall whenever you use our products too!

Exciting news

It's official today. I am part of the first ever Design Team over at The Trinket Track. 

I'm pleased to say I'm joined by the incredibly talented

Lizzy Hill

Sandy Ang

The Trinket Track stocks a wide range of embellishments for scrapbooking and card making and there are also accessories to make your own embellishments.

I would like to thank Monica for choosing me and look forward to sharing my Trinket Track creations with you.