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.

A bit of Sunshine in the Rain

First let me apologise for the quality of the photo, but it is pelting outside and the light is no better than inside....Getting a little bit tired of the rain now so thought I would make myself a little brighter by doing a layout that was summery..."Fun in the Sun". The photographs were taken in my cousins backyard on our holidays. The kids had a great time in the pool and for kids that don't see each other very often they got on famously....

Kids on a Platter

This is a fun lo I did with photos from Qld Museum, where the kids could put their heads on the fruit platter without the rest of their body showing. (Optical illusions etc...) The Shabby Green Door paper was great as it head all the food words on it, so I could kind of collage the lo. A few acrylic pieces of fruit and some dimensional magic on the letters made this a fun lo, just like the fun the kids had at the museum..

Therapy Challenge

The February technique challenge at Scrap Therapy this month is Glimmer Mist. I used a plain piece of white card stock as by drop sheet for spraying the flowers with glimmer mist. This created the perfect piece of patterned paper to use for the layout. The colours matched perfectly and there was no need to look further. (just needed to wait for everything to dry). The flowers were sprayed a couple of times as was the chipboard word. (I inked it first to give a base and then sprayed twice.) A Fiskars border punch added interest to the outside of the layout and a few kaiser pearls finished the flowers off. Voila one layout...

Scrap the Girls Challenge

this month is from the inspiration, Dance like no one can see you, sing like no one can hear you etc and we had to throw some hearts in as well. The photograph on this lo is of the kids dance teachers from last year and the quote seems so appropriate, as without their guidance my kids would not be able to move as they do.....Let's just say it is a bit of a tribute lo...