Some Layouts

Well, so far these holidays have been great! I have had a little time to do some scrapping and I feel good.... I have completed the Kraft It Up April challenge, which was a recipe of sorts:

APRIL'S CHALLENGE....

Is a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 challenge, you must create a layout based on the following...

1 piece of Kraft cardstock

2 photos smaller than 6x4

3 different Alphas

4 different patterned papers (yes you can use the reverse side of one sheet as long as the pattern is different)

5 different embellishments

So I got to it and created! This is what I finished up with...

So, Kraft is obvious, my photos are 3.5x5.5 my favourite size to scrap at the moment too :) , 3 different alphas, 4 different patterned papers, and 5 embellishments 1. crocheted doily, 2. Twine flower, 3. Brads, 4. Punched butterfly, 5. Tab phew, all there!


So what do think of my twine flower? I made this myself and even the button on the top too!! Pretty cool. I really enjoy making my own bits and pieces.


So the next layout is for the Scrap the Boys April challenge which is this:


APRIL CHALLENGE

THE CHALLENGE IS TO GET INSPIRED BY AN OUTFIT THAT YOUR SON OR HUSBAND WEARS TO CREATE A LAYOUT...

** You need to use the photo of the outfit (obviously being worn by your son or hubby) inspiration could be the colours, patterns, textures etc...

So, I was really inspired by the grungy pattern on this shirt of Liam's and thought it would be fun to create a background similar and use the same sorts of colours. I really enjoyed the "arty" side of creating this background. 

The funniest thing was when I went back to the Scrap the Boys site after I had finished and had a look through the work and found that Ebony's sample has her boy wearing the same shirt!!! What a cool shirt it is!!!


So there is paint, and dimensional metallic paint and ink and stamping and die-cutting and grunging all sorts of fun and yes my hands were pretty dirty after I finished!!


So that is all for now. I am hoping to finish another challenge or two before the month is out. But who knows, time just keeps slipping away this month.


Til next time!
Katie

April OOTH Challenge

Well, another month has rolled around. A new challenge is up over at Out of the Hat so go and check it out. It is a great challenge, here are the criteria:

Handmade flowers

3 different stamps

Kindy Glitz (or similar)

And here is my sample for this criteria. 

I had a lot of fun playing with my new Daily Junque papers from Pink Paisley. They are just beautiful!

Actually, I am really pleased with how this whole page came together! I love these photos of Niamh and her little cousin Alice too. She is such a sweet little baby and growing so much every time we see her. Niamh just loves to see her little cousins!

Talking about Niamh, can you believe we had a tour of her high school last week? I have enrollment forms to be filling out too... Time has just sailed right past, not only that she is catching up to me in height too! Now that is simply not allowed!

Til next time!

Another Great Giveaway - Lil' Red Rocket

Another fantastic giveaway happening today. Would love to win this one too! I am just loving all these buttons! This one is over at Lil' Red Rocket, so make sure you check it out!

Just follow the link to Lil' Red Rocket..... or leave it just for me!

Check this out...Purple Pumpkin Giveaway

I stumbled upon some this great Purple Pumpkin give away happening from Anne's link... I am loving the look of all of these cute buttons and bits and pieces and can't wait until they next go on sale! So do yourself a favour and go and check it out too, or maybe not so there is more for me :)

 Now all you have to do is click on the link to Purple Pumpkin!

Catch you soon.

Out of the Hat March Challenge

So, I have finished my sample for the March challenge at OOTH. If you remember from the last post the criteria was:

1. Use twine

2. Use a number in your title

3. Make your own journalling spot

So here is my result. I have made some twine buttons as well as wrapping some around my number in the title. For the journalling spots I stamped with three different stamps onto lined paper and arranged on my page to act like one bigger space.

I also have this page which was from a sketch at Stuck?! for February that I didn't get done in time. But I couldn't let the half done page go to waste could I?? So here is the sketch and then my version.

I also have a few photos to add today. A couple from the neighbourhood walk that Liam and I took a couple of weeks ago. This first one shows the tree marker in the street behind us to show how high the water came up in January. With Liam underneath it really gives it perspective. Liam is approximately 130cm tall, so you can imagine just how deep the water was here.

This next one looks down the river from the Walter Taylor bridge at Indooroopilly. You can see the marker of how high the river went just by the dead foliage on the trees that grow on the bank.

Remember my little nieces?? Well I had the pleasure of seeing two of them last weekend, so of course I took the opportunity to photograph them as well. Little Alice (who was born at the beginning of November) has grown so much. Jasmine is fast approaching 3 and is such a little character. She absolutely loves her cousin Liam though! It is sweet to see how much she dotes on him.

I also snapped a couple of my own kids, except for Niamh. Well I did get her but she was pulling such faces that I am sure she would kill me if I uploaded them! Instead I am saving them for a scrapping project, just don't tell her that!!

I cannot believe how grown up Liam looks now. Erin too is no longer a little girl. I wish they would stop this growing business, it is making me feel old.....

Anyway, more washing to hang out now. Catch you later!
Katie

News....

Well, I have some news to share. I have been selected to be on the design team for Out of the Hat! Yay! This will be the second time that I have been asked to be a part and I am thrilled! It is one of my favourite challenge blogs and probably the only one I am guaranteed to complete each month.

If you haven't ever checked it make sure you go and do it now! The March criteria are:

1. Use Twine
2. Use a number in your title
3. Make your own journalling spot (for example use stamping etc....)

I will be onto my creation very soon. So keep posted for that.

While I am here I thought I would pop up a few photos. The finished front deck looks great, and we have had many comments on how good it looks too. The only thing we have left to do now is painting and oiling the timber.

The roof and screening make a huge difference to the front room too. I can't wait to get a little setting out there so I can sit and sip cocktails and watch the world go by!

The next photo is from last Monday, just before that huge storm hit. I don't think the photo quite does it justice, it felt darker and more ominous than it looks. But it gives you an idea of how it looked just before the clouds burst and the wind and thunder began.

Well, that's it for now. Catch you soon. Thanks for dropping by.

Challenges

Thought I had better get some of the February challenges that I actually did get done up and linked before I run out of days in February!
I have managed to get one sketch challenge done for the Kaisercraft blog, two challenges for the Show Us Your Stuff blog and one for the Scrap the Girls blog.
So this first one is KaiserCrafts Saturday Sketch February #2, here is the sketch, and then my interpretation. I have used Lush papers for this one. I also played with my two new Martha Stewart punches! I must say I do love my border punches!! The zig-zag one is great for the edges of rosettes too.

So this next one is for Scrap the Girls and it too is a sketch challenge. So first I have the sketch and then my version. I used a great AC Dear Lizzy kit for this one, such pretty papers and colours. You will probably notice I rotated the sketch to suit my photos, and I loved how it turned out!

Finally we have Show Us Your Stuff. Challenge #1 was a "love" themed page/card/otp, any kind of love and must include a handmade heart. My heart was fashioned from a white paper doily that I misted and inked. I also hand cut some smaller hearts as extra accents to finish the page. I used some Crate Paper patterned papers and really love how they colours worked together. I should mention too that this started off being based on a Pencil Lines sketch #213. But as sketches often do evolved from that, but there is definitely still a resemblance and credit where credit is due I say!

The second challenge for Show Us Your Stuff was a sketch, and also include a quote and of course something handmade. My quote was: " The poetry of the Earth is never dead" by John Keats, something I thought was appropriate given the theme of the layout. My handmade items were buttons from patterned paper and dimensioned using dimensional magic and also the journalling spots that were stamped onto patterned paper and cut out.

So that's me, keeping myself occupied while Andrew has been away. I will be back soon with some final photos of the finished front deck (bar the painting and oiling). See you next time.