April Challenge-Scrapbooking Premiere

Sandra and the girls have once again challenged us to create a lo using a minimum of elements. Colour inclusion needed to be coffee, metal and beads needed to be evident, the word remember had to be in title or journalling and the theme was a place or thing. For one who is used to scrapping people, this became a challenge in itself to find a suitable photograph. Luckily the kids had gone to Eungella with the grands over Easter and Dana had taken this magnificent tree with plaited vines on it.....problem solved!! (I do not want to see another bead for a little while either..

Special night in

Had some friends over last night for dinner. What great company and wonderful way of creating your own entertainment. Kids all got on fab and included all of us in their entertainment. It reinforced for me how lucky we are to have such wonderful friendships and how much I miss those friends who are far away and cannot join in on these evenings. So too my special ones away at the moment, enjoy every moment, make sure you have the best times, but remember those at home love you heaps and would like to see in back safe and sound when you are ready!!!!

Kraft it Up and Scrapbook Premiere Challenges

Well I had time today to manage a couple of challenges.

The first lo is from the Scrapbooking Premiere sketch challenge for April and I could not resist using these two photos of Dana on Easter morning showing just exactly which eggs she likes and which ones she does not prefer....

The second lo is for Kraft it up and they required Kraft as the background and a monochromatic colour scheme. I used a lego brick to create the background in cobalt blue then painted some chipboard letters the same colour and coated them with dimensional magic. I had a pen the same colour so just outlined the word King so it fitted in. Very simple but effective no less.

One day blogger will show me how to get the pictures the right way round....

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Special Friends

Here is a lo I have done for one of mdd special friends. She is having her room repainted and has new bed linen etc. They are all growing up too quickly. I did the lo in the colours of her room. She told me she is over fairies etc and wants a more grown up feel for her bedroom. Don't wee all!!! Happy Easter to all..

Sketch Challenge - Scrap Therapy

Just loved the March Sketch in the challenges from Scrap Therapy this month. Gave us the opportunity to delve into the scraps box and use up some left overs, (a bit like Sunday night tea really!). A really did not make a dent in the scraps but it was nice to try...I have used a lot of mechanical aids for the lo. The cuttlebug, cricut and sizzix all feature to make this lo about the pulley systems at the Science Centre at Qld Museum.

Kraft it Up March Challenge.

Kraft it up's challenge criteria for March was quite simple; kraft product and mixed alphas.

The photo of Kendall was taken at Movie World, so I decided to go a bit silly and base my lo on Batman. Na na na na na na na na .....BATMAN!!! I cut out a rectangle and put the photo in behind on the graph section of the KRAFT Graph star and then using Microsoft clip art of a bat used a transparency over the top. I traced the outline of the bat underneath and coloured it in as a shadow under to transparency. Then it was into my letter and found whatever I had to make up the words. Rather than leave the star by itself, I mounted in on Bazill C/s and used the Words from Batman's fights on the border. A little bit of silliness for Kendall's album!!

Shabby Challenge....

A very interesting challenge this month, using 5 different flowers, in a garden like theme along with a quote from Alice in Wonderland. My quote is from the king about going as far as you can, and I think it is great advice for kids. The photo was a self portrait Dana and I took just mucking around really. I have used heaps of different flowers from Prima, Kaiser, Bumble Bee Crafts, hand crocheted ones, bead flowers and button flowers. A great big chipboard swirl holds them all together as well as beautiful Prima leaves. A little lace and some beads on Basic Grey lemonade flower garden background paper. The birds are also chipboard. A little alcohol ink gives the quote a distressed look backed up by the distressed edge of the lo.