Lets Get Shabby take two

I have had this photo of my Mum and my Grandma on Mum's wedding day for awhile. I scanned it from Mum's album some time ago and it has been sitting on my computer waiting for inspiration. Well yesterday the inspiration arrived from http://letsgetshabby.blogspot.com with their second challenge. Using gingham and florals. My first thought was Uggghhhh, however once the thinking cap went on and I checked my stash, the creative juices started flowing. The gingham paper is from Creative Memories Days, (so long ago now), but I did have gingham ribbon to match, and I have kept the Making Memories Vintage Rose Bouquet Crackle paper for just the right moment. I also dusted off the Cuttlebug and embossed the gingham paper with flowers just to give that extra "floral content". I am not one that usually scraps in this style but I am glad lets get shabby came along as I am now diversifying my styles a little. The hanging crystals just give it that yesteryear look as crystals were all the go when Mum got married.

Should be napping but.....

Could not resist using this My Mind's Eye Paper for the challenge at Scrapbooking Premiere for July. It is a free scrap this time, no guidelines just do it. The paper is beautiful and I have combined two pieces to form the base. The rub ons from this collection are so beautiful, they just had to be used, and now I only have to clean up the glitter from the craft table after using it on the Heidi Swapp letters for the title. Simple yet elegant, just like the two ladies in the photographs.......

LONG DAY AHEAD

I feel like I've been up for hours. Up at 4.30 a.m. to get outlaws to the airport for their trip to U.S. Have achieved heaps this morning from the ironing and washing to tidying etc. Off to dance practice now, might have a Nanna nap before work this arve. I managed this lo last night. Love the way action shots help the kids see whether they are achieving the correct positions in their athletic throws. Have a great Sunday!!

Tarisota classes

July Teckni from Tarisota was so great. I did two los in an afternoon and the results are great. Sometimes the mojo does not flow but you desperately want to scrap, voila, take a class and make it your own! Does wonders for the self confidence and even more for the mojo. I loved the idea of punching holes around a circle in my base cardstock and then placing black cardstock underneath. The result is amazing, and so easy to achieve. Hopefully my mojo will be back tonight so I can create one of my own!!!

Sunday Scrapping

I managed a couple more los yesterday, along with baking, washing, ironing, and going to work. These two los are very simple, as I really wanted to tell the story more than show off the picture. Kendall's victory in the 800m was his first at school and I really wanted to highlight that rather than a heap of embellishments. Both los are simple but get the message across.

Family

This photo of Wade and his Mum was taken by Kendall at a party. I love the photo and thought it deserved special attention on a lo. This paper by Little Yellow Bicycle was just great. I could cut and 3D mount the pattern at the bottom as well as add different elements to give texture, perception of depth and of course match the beautiful Bella chipboard words. The frangipanis are from Bella as well and are resin, thus the page is a little heavier than normal but well worth it to get the 3d effect.

Dare Devils

Daring to be different today, I used alcohol inks and the reverse of a Hambly overlay, then used my star stamp, firstly the wrong way up so that I got a full star and then turned it over and used it the correct way to get the two concentric stars. Amazingly the acrylic stamp stayed on the block even though I had it upside down. I now can use my stamps two different ways, that has to be a bonus!! I am not a real glitter fan, but hey I was being different so used it over some dimension magic on the stars on the background paper and also added a couple of swirls on the overlay. Not my usual lo but sometimes you have to go outside the square.....

Great paper

I have had this paper in my stash for a while now, but it always seemed too busy for me to use, until now. The show is a vibrant happy place and this paper definitely invokes this feel. So thinking cap on; use one photo and make the most of the great pattern. I folded back one corner to reveal the other side and matched the background colour with some cardstock. I have 3D some parts of the circles and then stamped and embossed the star patterns. The chipboard letters are from Bella and were exactly the right colours, just added some Dimensional Magic to the top for a little sheen. Voila....a lo. (I think this one is for me as I am the biggest kid in the photo.....bring on the "Ride Queen").

A quick and easy lo

Last night, Dana and I were home alone with the boys at the Monster Truck rally. Dana was exhausted from athletics and went to bed quite early so I had some me time and made this lo. The paper is called "Sew Crazy" and it was perfect for the kids photos on the roller coaster at the show. I just stamped and opalled some stars (to match the carriage stars) and painted around them with twinkling H2O's. The paper did the rest. I am off to a coaching course this morning which starts at 8.00 am so this will be a very short post......Happy Sunday!!

July 123 Challenge

July's 123 challenge had 3 requirements. An altered photo whether manual or digitally, polka dots and paint on stamps.

My take used a manual alteration of the photo which included sanding as well as popping the subject out of the photo using 3d dots. The letters and the border were "painted" with stamps in yellow school bus colour. The polka dots are probably larger than normal polka dots but they did need to accomodate the letters, lol!! This is a different type of style for me as I usually do not touch my photos once they are printed.

Hope you like it!!! Off to athletics, hope the wind is not blowing a gale!!!

A quick lo (very quick)

I wanted to scrap this photo but was unsure what to do, so I used the kids ties as a focal point and just went with the flow. Not an elaborate lo but gets the message across. This is probably one for Kendall's album as it is not too tizzy (you know the boy thing!!)