Scrap the Girls Challenge

Guess what?! I have scrapped for myself! I have completed the Scrap the Girls January challenge which is a nice easy sketch! Sometimes you need to ease yourself back into the swing of things!

Here is the sketch:

And here is my take on the sketch:

I have kept this one fairly true to the sketch and clean, although I felt it was missing something without ink/mists/stamping!  I have used pretty much just things from a Studio Calico kit I picked up in the Sales in November. And the gorgeous girl in the photos is my little niece Alice, although she is not so little now, but she still has that same beautiful smile.

I also have another page to share, a sketch from back in November, from Stuck?! (I think, it was too long ago and I never finished it in time so it may have evolved!).

Pretty soft colours for a Christmas layout, but loving the gold! And I can't believe how little my two girls were in these photos. For the record, they are about to turn 15 and 13! Here is what they look like now:

Well, that is it for now. Hopefully I will be back soon with some Project Life stuff that I have been finishing off for 2013. Almost a full year complete! Yay!

Katie x

More Inspiration at D'Lish!

Another inspiration board has been loaded over at D'Lish and it is so on trend! The board is titled 'Lilac Haze' and looks like this -

The reason it is so 'on trend' is because the Pantone colour of the year for 2014 is Radiant Orchid and looks like this!

So, with that in mind I created the following page -

I took my inspiration from the straws, the flower mobile and the touches of black from the chandelier. I used the following products from the D'Lish store to help create my page:

Bitty Blooms - purple

Violas - aqua

Crocheted small blooms - sky blue

Word Sheet - Sunshine

Seam Binding - purple

Monochromatic Flair - lilac

Head over to the D'Lish blog to check out the other great pages inspired by this board and then do your own!

Katie x

New Year and New Challenge up at WW1!

Happy New Year and belated Christmas greetings! Well the holiday season certainly disappeared in a flurry of activity and events here, how about you?!

Now that the new month (and year for that matter!) has begun it is time to share some WW1 inspiration! This month at WW1 the colour is Tangerine! A nice bright but deep orange. Here is my take -

This month we partnered with Words or Whatever, I used the cute banner, paperclip and polaroid frame, covered with a little picket fence distress paint to give a white wash effect. My page ended up a sort of Project Life style which was a great way to add papers and not look too busy, and I used some old Christmas photos to boot! Who says you need traditional colours for Christmas?! Now, time for you to go and create your own tangerine masterpiece!

I hope to see your pages up soon!

Katie x

New Inspiration Board at D'Lish Scraps

First of all I would like to say thank you to Amanda for having me on for another three month stint at D'Lish with the creative team! This also means I have another sample for the new board.

This month the board is "All that Glitters", very pretty and so on trend right now!

So, for my page, I was inspired by the sketch, the iPhone case and the washi tape, and of course the gold! And here is what I came up with!

I used the following products from the D'Lish store:

Freckled Fawn woodchips - Birds (music notes in this pack too!)

Metal Photo Corners - gold (which I cut in half to sit flat on my page)

Foil Doiley - gold

Journal It's - spool top sentiments in kraft

Motex Writer and black tape

From the "Just Add Paper Kit" - flair, bow, flower, scallop glitter tape, glitter canvas tape (behind the chipboard star)

The background paper was just perfect to mimic the phone case, and the right colour too! (not quite gold but close enough!) Then splashes of gold and black around the place help to finish off. I also used my Wink of Stella gold pen to colour the music notes and the little birdie. So easy! So off you go, time to play with "all that glitters", head over to D'Lish for even more inspiration from the other creative team members!! I hope to be checking out your work very soon!

Katie x

White With One December

Can you believe it is December already?! I am trying to shield myself from it, but I don't think it is working! Oh well, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em I guess!

Good news for being a new month though! More scrappy challenges to do. WW1 this month is Banana, quite appropriate for summer in Oz! We were also lucky enough to have some "A Lil Something" flair to play with too. So here is my sample -

I had so much fun experimenting with this page! I laid down some paint and with a steady hand and a paintbrush full of white Mr Huey's I "wrote" the word family all over the background. Then to finish off I got a black pen and doodled! A few other bits and pieces and hey presto a completed page!

So, now it is your turn! Head over to WW1 to get even more inspiration and even some printable digi files to help you along!

Katie x

New Inspiration Board at D'Lish Scraps!

Well the new month means a new inspiration board at D'Lish. If the last one was a bit full on for you I am sure you will love this one! This month the board is called - Out to Sea - and it looks like this:

Lots of interesting ideas there! Rope. knots, anchors, banners, word art, not to mention the classic red/navy/white colour scheme! Here is what I came up with:

I went with the nautical theme, but in a different way. We have a park nearby to us which has a big ship to play on, and I just so happened to have some photos of my Erin playing on said boat! Perfect starting point! I also loved the colours, and started with the sketch and went from there. Be sure to check out all the other great samples here to get even more ideas.

On my page I have used the following items from D'Lish:

Sequin Grab Bag

Chevron Paper Bags

Glitter Tape - red

Journal It - date

Large Anchor charm

Red/Blue dots washi tape

Red Monochrome Flair

Wooden Bingo Numbers

Make sure you go and check it out for yourselves!

Katie x

White With 1 November is Blueberry!

Feeling in need of a scrappy challenge?! Check out WW1 this month for a double whammy challenge! This month we combined forces with Creative Scrappers and used a sketch from them to create our samples. If you use the sketch to do your WW1 page you can enter both challenges this month! How cool is that?! Oh and we also got to play with some cool bits and bobs from Charms Creations, very cool!

So here is the sketch:

The colour is Blueberry with your White, and here is my sample:

So what are you waiting for? Head on over now and check out all the other inspiration!

Katie x