3 kids ROAR

My scarey little Halloween monsters.  The photos are from 1999.

This layout is for the Scrapfriends challenge. It's a colour challenge ~ yellow and shades of black/grey. Check out their blog to see what their DT has done with the challenge.

Drippy paint and ink along with netting and Halloween stickers embellish my layout.

Kraft it Up challenge

The challenge on the Kraft It Up challenge blog is navy, orange, cream and kraft this month.

My layout is pretty photo heavy.  And for all the photos that didn't fit in my design are tucked into the Smash pocket on the right page.  I found the perfect washi tape design.  The map tape and road tape came in the same package.

I used my ray stencil again.  The shimmer makes the blue look lighter than it is in real life.

The Orange paper and banner pieces came from a Halloween paper pack.

Once Upon a Sketch challenge

I managed to stretch the sketch at Once Upon a Sketch into a two pager to accommodate these pictures of my MILs garden.  The background started off as a blank slate. Two pieces of white cardstock.  I spritzed with purple mist and then a little red and then splashed some green ink across the layout.  The edges are rubbed with blue and purple ink and stamped with a Kaiser texture stamp.

 

 

Once I was happy with my background I layered scraps of patterned paper and lace using the sketch. 

Loved this sketch! And loved checking out the Once Upon a Sketch blog to see what everyone else is doing with it.

Heather

Scrap the Girls challenge

I completed an October challenge.  For Scrap the Girls.

A puzzle challenge and you must use these pieces:

 Hexagon - check
Squiggle - check
Circle - check
Rectangle - check
Strips - check
 My friends and I in Lake Louise. 

I had fun with the background.  I started with lime green cardstock and started misting and masking and stamping. Many layers later I ended up with the perfect background for my photos.

The Color Room challenge

I used a butterfly die cut as a mask and white acrylic paint. I punched some pink vellum butterflies and decorated with some bling.  I stamped a script stamp with pink ink on the left side of each butterfly.  I really love how my butterflies turned out. 

I loved the colours in this challenge.  So fresh and summery!

The Color Room

Fancy Pants vacation page

I love this line with it's fun statues.  I used the chipboard for a simple banner and added other pieces to accent the photos and journal block.

 

Whistler Starbucks

I used a wonderful line of kraft papers printed with coffee themed designs. I spotted it at Unforgettable Memories and knew it would be perfect for our Starbuck's photos. The title is cut out of the 'word' paper.  I love the strip of cups.

Oops, the twine is across Daniel's face.  It's not glued there.

Bo Bunny and Freestyle scrapbooking

A couple more pages from last weekends Blueberry Crop with Unforgettable Memories.

 

I started off with plain green cardstock.  Drew in the brown lines with the edge of my ink pad and misted the title using my mask alpha.  The papers are BoBunny.  The tissue paper is 7 Gypsies.  And various embellishments are from my stash.  Some I've had for years.  So great to use it up :)

 

I've scrapped these photos in my Smash journal so I could afford to try some new techniques and get a little crazy on this page.  I really like how it turned out with the green mist and tree masks, the big blue splotches and all the bling.

A couple of cousin layouts

I spent the weekend out at the Blueberry,at a Scrapbook Retreat put on by Unforgettable Memories.  My goal was to finish 6 double page layouts, and I did it.  Though four of those layouts were for my sister and only two for my albums. Her photos just worked with the latest papers I had picked up from the store.

 

 Her boys love to bike. I've left room for Tan to journal on Wade's layout.  The other one I did the journaling for.

 

I love this Echo Park line.  It is called 'for the record 2' and it's perfect for boy pages.  On the page above I created a banner using the sayings and notecard paper.  Lots of stickers and chipboard come with this line.

On the page below I used up almost the entire sheet of chipboard pieces and then I used the empty chipboard sheet on the right page.

 I especially love the chipboard bike.

Misted background

I love how this background turned out.  I misted gold, pink, blue and green after wetting my white cardstock thoroughly, so it all blurred together.  Unfortunately the camera picks up the glitter and makes it look hard, but IRL the background is very soft and hazy looking.  Really gorgeous.

The photos are of my MILs garden.

So happy to see you

Lots of paint and mist on the background.  It was kind of fun, but messy, working on it.

Prom 2012 with Karen Foster and Sandy Lion

I stamped and misted on this layout.  Love how the background turned out.

Turtles, turtles and more turtles

It's finished.  Rick will be happy to get all my scrappy stuff off the dining room table...  Maybe after I finish the Prom layout :)

Lots of old (Making Memories, Creative Imaginations) and new (Teresa Collins, Karen Foster, Fancy Pants) patterned papers.
I love the wood bullrushes by Kaiser.

I managed to find places for lots of little creatures on this layout.  Punched dragon flies, Sandy Lion owl, Prima velvet rub-on bird and those neat ceramic mushrooms. I used my corner bulrush stamp with brown ink on the background and gold ink on the tags.

Off to work on my Prom layout before Rick insists I clean up the table.

Graduation 2012

My first layout of my boys' graduating ceremonies.  First of many.  We have loads of great photos thanks to Grandad and my friend Lilia.

It was so neat to walk the Grand March with a handsome graduate on each arm.  When the march was over and the dancing began Duncan left Daniel and I to dance, while he went in search of one of his Grandma's for a dance.

Vancouver

One for my sisters album.

The papers and chipboard pieces are by Fancy Pants.

Origami Baby ~ Beyond the Door challenge

This is the inspiration at Beyond the Door challenge blog this month.  Black and white and turquoise squares. Love it.

And here's my layout...

The photos are of my friends daughter in a Kimono for Halloween.  Perfect for the BoBunny 'Serenity' line.

April 123 Challenge

I played along with the April 123 Challenge.

1. COLOUR: MINT
2. WORD: BELIEVE
3. TECHNIQUE: BEADS

I did a two page layout using the Simple Stories baby line. 

I used lots of mint green colour.  The beads are in the flower centers and the word 'believe' is in my long title.  It says "I believe we have a new angel in our midst. baby Luka" 

Using my scraps ~ a two page layout

I've been working on some pages with those photos you sent me, Mum.  Here's one of Emily enjoying Angel Food cake desert.

 The big chipboard pieces are Basic Grey.  I used lots of this chipboard last year on Christmas layouts but still had lots left over for my banner and around the title.

After looking at it all week, I decided it wasn't finished.  I pulled out some blue bakers twine and outlined my doily mask so it popped a little more.  Some red snowflakes with bling centers and I think I'm going to call it finished...

MR. GRINCH

A layout for my brother's album. 



I used lots of scraps on this page.  And I love how it turned out.

I sprayed white Mr Huey's ink over a big doily for the background and then added bits and pieces of papers I've had in my scrap stash.