Stuck Sketches October

This layout came about because of a couple of techniques I want to try out and the fact that I had this older photo of Sophie on my desk.
This picture is from 2010 and was on my desk because I had to submit some photos of Sophie for her Year 7 graduation book that they are compiling at school.
I have always loved this photo and have already scrapped it once before but I wanted to play and why not scrap it again with all new products.
The first technique I wanted to try was from Elsie Larson's book My Beautiful Mess Photo Idea Book. Elsie shows a cute idea of drawing on your photo with a paint marker (just happened to have a yellow one handy) and then outlining it in black to make it stand out. Yep that was fun.
The next technique was something I saw on Two Peas in a Bucket video of making a triangle border. I loved the rainbow scarf in Sophie's hair so I ran with the idea of using a bright pp for the triangles. I used Amy Tangerine 6x6 pad that I have been hording for a little while. So this is a just for fun layout that turned out super fun and cute.

Scrap the Girls - October

Here's my entry for the current challenge at Scrap the Girls. There is a recipe to follow which includes the use of: hexagon, squiggle, circle, rectangle and strips.

I had been watching a video recently on Two Peas in a Bucket and saw a technique I wanted to try for my background. That's where I have incorporated hexagons with a white on white background. With a bit of scrapping around the edges of the hexagons to make them pop a little.

As for the squiggle I had a little difficulty interpreting that one but went with a squiggle of twine around the "medallion" on the top right hand of the photo. The photo is on a rectangle backing and the circles are in the paper and the shape of the little clear clock. As for the strips they are on the top left had corner in the form of a mini banner.

For one reason or another I usually don't do many birthday layouts - I guess because I always feel compelled to do a themed page but this time I just used the recipe and went with the flow. I'm happy with the result.

Anna's Craft Cupboard - October Sketch Challenge

I've been feeling very half hearted about scrapbooking lately for some strange reason. I think I'm lacking in good photos but also miss the fun of actually going to a shop to buy new supplies. After all the local scrapbooking shops closed down over the last couple of years it's a matter of buying on-line. I miss the excitement of seeing all the beautiful papers and being able to pick up and touch the embellishments. I really like being able to see things in real life and seeing the actual size of the products etc.
Anyway I can't complain it has saved me a bit of money. When I'm lucky they do have some American Craft, Dear Lizzy and Amy Tan products available at Spotlight from time to time. I do love those ranges so that does pep me up a bit.
What I'm really looking forward to is the upcoming Heidi Swapp and Kim Jeffres "show" coming to town. I'm going to get the day to play with a whole heap of products and be taught techniques by these two amazing scrapbookers. That's in November - I'm so excited.
As for today I have scrapped a page on my little angel Cooper. He turned 13 a couple of months ago and he is my constant companion. He's as fit as a fiddle and insists on being walked twice a day. I love him so much. The sketch for this layout came from the October challenge on Anna's Craft Cupboard.

Jot - Mood Board 8

Edited to add: this layout has been accepted for publication at Scrapbooking Memories. Not allowed to have this up on my blog until it has been published.

The beautiful colours of the current mood board enticed me to play along with this challenge as I had just the right photo and papers to work with.

It's funny that this layout has another picture of me in it as I rarely scrap layouts about myself or even appear in front of the camera. However this pic was taken when Stephen and I took the dog to the local beach at around sunset for a walk. This also rarely happens as Stephen usually works late.
Anyway I digress, the colours in my photo looked a lot like the colours of the mood board with the pinky/orange sky and my pink complexion and Stephen's green shirt.

The papers I used were from the Dear Lizzy Neapolitan collection. I fell in love with the colour combo when I spotted the collection for sale at Spotlight. It's not often you get a chance to see scrapbooking papers in real life anymore due to the fact that there are no scrapbooking shops anywhere in Perth.  So it's nice that Spotlight now carry the American Craft range of Dear Lizzy and Amy Tan.

I had planned for a little while to put our picture in a drawn camera because it's a selfie that we took. I love all the little camera embellishments that you can get from various scrapbook brands.  So this is my handmade/drawn version. I guess it should have been black but it's a line drawing so I figure it can be on white cardstock.

I always feel weird writing long posts because a)who knows if anyone cares less about what I have to say and b)can anyone be bothered to read it. I figure however I love it when I see that someone has taken the time to write a decent amount when I visit other bloggers and also if someone visits and finds it dull - they don't have to read it.

Here's my entry: This one's a keeper.

 

Jot Mood Board - Challenge 7

I love the mood boards that have been set up on Jot Magazine. I have however, been feeling a (lot )intimidated by the amazing layouts that have been popping up on the Jot Facebook page over the last few weeks.
This week however I was really drawn to the mood board colours and textures and felt that this was the time to throw caution to the wind and make a page. I had just the right photo for the corresponding colours and went with the flow. It may not be a show stopper but I love blacks and white and sparkle and silver so I really went for it. I'm pleased with the results and have a precious memory saved. Yay! Thanks Jot.
I also had heaps of fun sifting through my stash and using new and old products that I have been hording.

Scrap the Boys - August

Monochromatic layout (one colour), twine and chipboard are the criteria for this months challenge.

I came across this photo on my computer the other day. I don't  recall seeing it before. I was drawn to scrapping it and yellow just seemed to fit the bill. I love the way the photo colours pop off the yellow page.

It was great fun searching through my stash for yellow. I was surprised by how much I found. I did find that I kept wanting to add some darker colour so I went with the darker shade of yellow in the paint around the pic.

The twine and chipboard requirements I fulfilled in one go by tying yellow twine to my deep yellow chipboard buttons.



The yellow dots I have scattered are actually nail polish which I dripped onto the page. I really like the look. I got the idea from an article I read in SMB by Georgia Heald. OK I'm fairly certain it was written by Georgia but if I'm wrong I apologise :)

Anyway here he is in all his yellow glory, my boy Ben.

 

I can't get the colours right on this layout. It is all shades of cheery yellow but looks a lot darker because it's an icky day and I took the photo by a well lit window. I could lighten it more in Photoshop but really I can't be bothered. So if you think this might be an orange monochrome layout rather than yellow, so be it. LOL

 

Stuck 15th July

Finally some freedom to scrap. My kids went back to school last week but after two weeks off school I had a lot of housework to catch up on. Hoping to catch up on some creative pursuits now that the kids are back at school.
I've started to sew a messenger bag for my daughter and would love to finish that soon. I also have an almost complete quilt to finish up too. Better get that done soon because this beautiful cold weather  we are having in Perth at the moment surely wont last too much longer.