Another quick blog

Been bogged down with uni assignment work and mid-semester quizzes so scrapping hasn't been happening.... insert sad face.... I did manage a couple of pages over Easter (made sure I had some down time!), but hadn't got to blogging anything. Popping in for a quick share of the page that I created for the Show Us Your Stuff recipe challenge.

And the page that I created:

Bright and colourful! I love how the yellow background brings the pops of yellow in my nieces shirt out. Lots of handmade goodies on this page too. RS flag, pretty pin and wood veneer (courtesy Corbet Creations), pink banners from Charms Creations and flair from D-lish Scraps.

Well, need to get back to my assignment. Exams are looming!

Thanks for stopping by,

Katie x

Scrap the Girls October

Well, I have been busy at work creating all kinds of pages, it's just that I can't share any of them yet! But I have managed another challenge. I decided to play along with Scrap the Girls this month, I was really drawn to their mood board, the colours particularly. Here is the mood board:

As I mentioned I was drawn to the colours, specifically the pink, orange and aqua. Here is the page I created (inspired by a page that I had pinned ages ago).

I love this photo of Erin. It was from the day we played laser skirmish in the bush for Liam's 10th birthday, and given Erin didn't really want to play at first you can see by the pose she embraced it in the end!

I love how one of  Charm's Creations hearts matched beautifully with this page, throw in a few Pink Fresh wood hearts from D'lish Scraps and of course a bitty paper bag and the page was just about complete!

Definitely a fun page!

Thanks for stopping by.

Katie x

Scrap the Boys October

Well, school holidays have finished and we are in the downhill run to the end of the year. It is hard to believe we are approaching the end of another year. I swear this one has gone by even faster than previous ones!

I managed to steal some time to myself at the end of the break to sit at my desk and play, and my go to place to start is one of the great challenge blogs that we have out there. Scrap the Boys caught my attention because the theme for the month is - Technology Savvy. And since my Liam bought himself an iPad mini with his birthday money and has been obsessed ever since I thought that was the perfect story!

So here is my finished page:

I have been having a great time playing with my Silhouette lately, more to come on that later, and decided to grab an apple logo and title to trace and cut for my title. Turned out pretty well, and it was a great finish to the page! There is also a little bit of D'lish goodies on there too, the flair, twine, star button and today tab. It is always easy to add a little bit of something from D'lish!!

Here are a couple of close ups too:

I also played with a new stencil, plus signs (I think it is called positive), a Kaiser Craft one. I used some pumice stone distress ink to give a subtle background and not overwhelm the papers.

Anyway, that is all for now.

Thanks for stopping by.

Katie x

Exciting News!

So, I have some exciting news that I can finally share! I have been picked to be one of the D'lish Scraps designers! Yay me! Now, you may have noticed that I am rather fond of their products, so it seems like a good fit!

You can check out all of the lovely girls who I will be working with here. I say thank you to Amanda for giving me this opportunity and also Yay! I can't wait to get started and hopefully inspire some of you with my work!

Katie x

D'lish Scraps September Inspiration Board

As soon as I saw this month's inspiration board at D'lish I knew that I had to have a go, this was further cemented when I saw the kits that went along with it!

Aren't the colours just gorgeous?! Anyway, I was quick in and managed to score myself a kit and armed with that and little else I began! This is what I finished with.

I used a new Heidi Swapp hearts stencil with some Colour Shine sprays to create the background, and used my own hand writing to create a cut file for the title. I love the way it turned out!

Katie x

Another D'lish Cyber Crop Challenge

So, I did manage to get one more challenge completed for the cyber crop. I even added a mobile phone photo to the album. But then realised I had forgotten one of the criteria! Oh well, never mind...

The challenge was from the lovely Sandra - Queen of the Cyber Crop from August, and it was to make the project photography centered and include a camera embellishment somewhere (this is what I forgot!). I did however go back and add a camera before taking a better photo!

After reading the challenge I knew exactly which photo that I wanted to use. Our Niamh has taken an interest in photography, more specifically flower photography and if we are going anywhere (and she has to be dragged along...) that gives her this opportunity she will take my old SLR and do so.

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie x

D'lish Scraps Cyber Crop

Just a quick post today, sharing one of my challenges for the September cyber crop for D'lish Scraps. Not sure if I will get any more done as I have a few bits of "secret squirrel" stuff to do!

So, I decided to go with the colour challenge set by Wendy because I just loved the colour combo!

Don't you just love the bright colour combo?! I was hanging out to play with some new stencils that I purchased and I knew I had some mists in these colours, and this is what I ended up with:

Had some fun adding some little bits and pieces from D'lish (of course!) and managed to use one of my new Rainbow Splendour goodies ( the pinwheel), which just happened to be in the right colours!

Katie x

D'Lish Scraps August Inspiration Board

I love using inspiration or mood boards for challenges. They are so open to interpretation and there are always so many different things that you can be inspired by. D'Lish do an inspiration board each month and this one is just beautiful! It is called Cotton Candy:

So many things to be inspired by. I took away the flowers, colours (sort of!) and the frames for my page:

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie x

Scrap the Boys - August

So, I have been doing a little scrapping lately, but not as much as I would have liked to. Was sick for a bit, still recovering actually, and just not inclined to do anything.... On the mend now, thank goodness!

Thought I would start with the Scrap the Boys challenge for this month, which was to profile your boy/man. I just happened to get the Teen Boy Project Life cards recently (like I need more of these!) and found the perfect one to document my Liam at almost 10.

Played with a new technique on this one, which kind of worked. The idea was to lay down some texture paste and stamp a background stamp into it to create an interesting background. The stamping didn't work as well as I was hoping. Not sure if the texture paste was too "thin" and wet or the stamp too complicated. Still a technique in progress I think!

Have also played along with the D'Lish Scrap Suite Cyber Crop that was launched last weekend. There was four challenges and I have managed to complete all four!

Challenge 1 - Use stamps

Well, to say this one excited me is probably and understatement! My next question was "which ones"?! I decided to try and create the kraft, white, black and red backgrounds that I am seeing around at the moment, loving this look (think Kaiser Craft Mix and Match collection).

I really enjoyed playing with some of my Kellie's Stamps (diamond, plus and words), also stamped the title and journalling spot.

Challenge 2 - use monochrome embellishments

This one took a little more thought. I ended picking photos first and the rest came together. Not a colour that I usually use though!

Lucky that I had some glorious purple (in the right shade and all!) embellies from D'Lish!! Love these photos of Liam and Alex too!

Well, I will leave it there for now. I will be back in a day or two with the other two challenges.

Katie x

Hello....

Hello... I Love You, is the title of the Inspiration board over at D'Lish Scraps this month and with only a day to spare I managed to get something completed! Which is just as well, since I ordered the kit to go with the board as soon as it was released! And what a gorgeous kit it is too! So here is the board:

I loved the colours especially in this board, and the theme too. So, seeing we just had a new addition to our family, I decided to scrap her...

Meet our "Little One", a name yet to be agreed upon by all members of the household! She is a sweet young thing from the Little Paws Kitten Rescue group. We have always tried to rescue an animal when we look for pets. As for the page, a little bit of this and a little bit of that, my usual style I guess!

So that is all for now. Til next time...

Katie x

Challenge 8

Well, technically we are way past the due date for this to be included in the competition, but I finished it and thought I would share it anyway!

This challenge was a technique challenge and that technique was using plastic to paint with. Now, lucky for me, this is something I have come across before, have tried and love using!

What I did do was play around with the technique! I proceeded as demonstrated in the challenge, by first wetting the background cardstock and then adding my paint (in this case a Mr Huey's mist sprayed directly onto the plastic) onto the background. Then after this dried, I sprayed some more mist onto the same plastic, which was "crumpled" in my hand and "painted" some more colour on. Without the damp background this second layer came out a little more defined and darker adding some interest and texture! I also stamped and inked a stencil onto the background for further "layers". So that's enough talking, here is the finished product:

Again I did use some D'Lish products on my page. Freckled Fawn glitter arrow, Chalkboard tab and a kraft bitty bag. I also played around with the Kal Barteski's font on my silhouette to cut the title.

Oh, and speaking of challenges, I was lucky enough to win Challenge 7, Wendy's colour challenge for my page with Liam and his lego head! Thanks Amanda and team!

Katie x

Challenge 7

So, it is a matter of hours now until the door closes for the D'Lish cyber crop challenges. I have completed challenge 7, but I am not sure I have it in me to finish of challenge 8.... But there is still time so we will see what happens!

Back to challenge 7, this was a colour challenge from Wendy, and best of all it has one of my favourite scrappy colours at the moment, yellow!

And here is my page:

I have managed to use some D'Lish goodies on this page too, and I had to chuckle when I realised most of it was Freckled Fawn! There is the flair, the wood veneer, the resin and the enamel dots.

Well, I suppose I better try and get back to it as that clock is ticking and just to prove that I have started - challenge 8 is a technique challenge of painting with plastic. Here is a picture of my background with the technique:

Til next time!

Katie x

Challenge 6

Back today with Challenge 6! This challenge was to pick a row on the bingo card and use all of those items on your creation. Other stuff could be used too, so long as all the required items were there. Here is the bingo card and Ros's sample page:

I chose to do the first row down - Journaling, Paint, Hearts, Stitching and Wood Veneer. All me, all do-able! This is the page that I finished up with:

I chose these photos because there was a great story behind it all and I thought that was important as journaling was a must have for this challenge. All the other items there, even if the stitching is "low key"! There is also some D'Lish goodies (of course!) on this page - wood veneer hearts and heart shaped brads. I also had a play with painting my title for that script look. I need some more practice but I love the result!

Well that is now 6 challenges down and two more to go and I still have about four and bit days up my sleeve! Not doing too badly even if I do say so myself!

Katie x

Challenge 5

Still at it! Monday was a bit of a right off with things on so didn't get to my desk, but today is a new and quieter day so the games have begun!

Challenge 5 was a recipe challenge:

And my page based on the recipe:

Ingredients:

1 x cardstock - check (bazzill white of course!)
4 x patterned papers - check (4 neutral Studio Calico papers)
1 x washi tape - check (blue spotty)
4 x different colours of mist/ink/paint - check (pink and blue dylusions mists, white gesso and black ink)
1 x project life card or journal spot - check (I cut mine in half and used both pieces)
1 x flair button - check (a D'Lish special!)
3 x flowers - check (3 white paper flowers)
2 x different types of stamps - check (dotty background stamp plus date stamp)
1 x paperclip - check (Freckled Fawn silver arrow paperclip)
1 x piece twine/trim - check (pink twine bow)
unlimited chipboard/wood veneer - check (flower centers and arrows - these are from D'Lish)

So I think that means this is done and dusted! You may have noticed that I am an orderly kind of girl, so no surprises I will be moving onto challenge number 6 now! But still a few days to get the last three done!

Katie x

Challenge 4

Back again! Probably  my last for today. Challenge 4 was to use the following mood board:

I had to think about this one for a while. I love the colours, but wasn't sure how to proceed, but then I found the perfect photo and it just flowed on from there! So here is my page inspired by the mood board:

So obviously the colours were a great source of inspiration, but I also had some fun painting some balloons! I made this a very whimsical kind of page to suit the photo, so much fun to make! And yes there is some D'Lish goodness in this page too! Sequins, motex and the musical notes are from some Freckled Fawn wood veneer!

Katie x

Challenge Number 3

Challenge number 3 was a little more tricky, well I thought it was going to be! This was a product challenge, and the product was flowers (I must admit, not my most favourite nor used product!). Not only was it flowers, but you needed to include at least 5 different kinds of flowers on your project! Now I wasn't even sure that I had 5 different kinds of flowers in my stash! Well it turns out that I did, and more! So here is what I ended up with:

Now, I am not great with flower clusters, but I think this turned out ok. Again plenty of D'Lish to be seen! Including - small paper blue flowers, purple ribbon flower, flower sequins, gold glitter washi and motex. I also have a great little tip (I read somewhere recently but could not tell you where!), attach your sequins with liquid pearls and you get a pretty centre for you sequin!

So that is all I have done for now, but I will be attempting some more! The final date to have them in is Monday 14th July. So I have a little time up my sleeve!

Katie x

D'Lish Challenge 2

OK, on to challenge number 2. This was a sketch created by the lovely Kylie. So here is the sketch:

And here is my interpretation:

Had lots of fun with the background with some texture paste, watercolour paint, masks and stamping. Again there is some D'Lish on this page, a bit more restrained though! Just the Freckled Fawn wood veneer frame. which just happened to be a perfect fit for this photo!

Onwards to the next challenge....

Katie x

D'Lish Scraps 5th Birthday Weekend!

Well D'Lish is celebrating their 5th birthday this weekend and there have been lots of fun and games and of course challenges a plenty! And of course, I just had to participate in some of these challenges!

First challenge was to "scraplift" this beautiful page done by Tarrah, and mention what it was that inspired your own page.

And here is my page:

When I first saw the page I was immediately in love with all the layering so that is probably the foundation of my scraplift, and the general design/layout too. But I also loved some of the little tid-bits included so had to add them to my page also! There is also plenty of D'Lish goodness on my page (a bit embarrassing how much of a D'Lish stash that I have!) including Journal It's, Freckled Fawn wood veneer, little peg, manilla tag, chevron bag and seam binding!

So that is challenge one for you. Back soon with more!

Katie x

A little "Peach Cooler".....

So, I have managed to get a challenge done for this month. Not sure if I will get to do any more, the month keeps disappearing on me! Throw in busy kids, sick me and it's not very conducive to sitting at my desk....

Anyway, enough of the "woe is me" attitude! I have completed the challenge for the May inspiration board over at D'Lish Scraps. The name of the board is Peach Cooler and it is just gorgeous!

I just love these soft colours, especially the mint, one of my favourite colours at the moment! I decided to base my page on the sketch this month, and this is what I ended up with:

I have been playing around with some different techniques too, after watching lots of videos from the new facebook page - Watch, Be Inspired and Create set up by the lovely Sandra Wallace ( a co-conspirator on the White With 1 challenge site!).

I also have another page that I finished a while ago that was a just because page. This one was all about the photos!

So, that is it from me for today. Maybe I will get back again before the month is out.....

Katie x

April Inspiration Board - D'Lish Scraps

Good Morning! What a glorious weekend it is here in sunny Brissie! The days are still a tad too hot for this time of year, but the nights and mornings are cooling nicely!

Last month I was lucky enough to be the random prize winner for the D'lish March inspiration board. This won me a "just add paper kit" for the next months board. So guess what I received in the mail during the week? A little pack of goodness just like this:

Team it up with the inspiration board for April:

And the creative juices were flowing! There was no particular rhyme or reason to my page, just inspired by the gorgeous colours and probably the bunting, which I kind of mimicked with the paperclip flags. Anyway, this is what I came up with:

If you feel inspired why don't you go and check it out here for yourself!

Thanks for stopping by.

Katie x