White with 1 challenge

Another October challenge completed. ~ White with watermelon.
I'm on a roll with challenges this month. And having fun with the mists and ink sprays.  I picked up the ray mask at Unforgettable Memories and have been eager to use it.  I added paper strips, washi tape, netting and stamping to my rays.

So check out the White with 1 blog.  See what their designers have done with the challenge and play along.

Scrap the Boys challenge

The challenge is Blue and Green at Scrap the Boys this month.

Here's my layout. It's Daniel getting a Papa haircut when he was 3 years old.  A long time ago.

To see some closeups check out the Unforgettable Memories blog.

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

My Kraft It Up challenge layout

I played along with Kraft It Up this month.  I always check out their blog and intend to get a layout done.  This month I actually did!

The May challenge is create a vintage inspired layout on Kraft.

• I had a black and white photo of my Dad. 
• I started with the packaging from Prima's alpha stickers.  The colours and design feel vintagy to me with the stitching around the outside and the toned down colours. I tore it in half and used it as a base for my photo matting.



• And I found some 'almost' vintage scrapbook product.  Remember when those plastic slides were so popular?  They are very easy to cut with scissors so I used one on the edge of my page.  I slid another under the photo on the right hand edge.

April Layouts

Where does the time go?  Three layoutsis all I managed in the month of April. I have groups of photos to scrap, some new, some old, some really old! All sitting on my desk in piles waiting to be put on pages.

 

This weekend is national scrapbooking day.  Maybe I'll get some time to work on my piles of photos.

 

 

 

I used a Christmas overlay on this page.  The mattes, photo, journal spot and some of the flatter embellishments are under the overlay.  The cluster of flowers, butterflies and chipboard are on top of the overlay.

 

A double pager. Yay! The black snowflakes are Maya Roads.  I love them and will be using them on future layouts.  There are lots in a package.

 

So that's it for April.  Maybe I'll get more time in May now that I'm settling into my new job and am not so swamped.