Scrapgran's Scraps

Got Sketch Express2 - Sketch #5

2011-10-17T21:07:00.003+10:00

The fifth sketch from Got Sketch Express2 was a bit tricky trying to get all the hanging banners to fit in equally. But I was quite happy with the finished product.

Rhys was having fun playing with mum's hairbrush. I used mostly Kaiser products - PP % Brads, with the Fiskars Threading WAter edge punch.

Challenge #5 - China

2011-10-16T07:58:00.003+10:00

Travelling on over at AD ( http://www.artisticdocument.com/index.php?topic=3600.0 ) we have now arrived in China.
Inspiration comes from the great Wall and beautiful colours.
Technique: Colour blocking.
Criteria:
1.. compass & maps
2.. must use some red
3.. THE STAMP
4.. landscape photo(s)
5.. a Chinese/oriental element somewhere (charm, coin etc)

Challenge #4 - New Dehli, India

2011-10-16T07:39:00.004+10:00

As well as doing my Sketches I have still been travelling around the world over at Artistic Document
Before arriving at our fourth destination, we had another mini challenge to complete - a tag. We had to doodle on a tag that must then be used on one of our journey LO's

Our 4th stop over was new Dehli India.
The inspiration for this one is BRIGHT COLOURS.
Technique: Doodling
Criteria:
1.. ON Black, White or Kraft CS + ONE PP only {if double sided you may use both sides}
2.. Tickets
3.. Bling of some description
4.. Group Photo 4 or more people/animals
5.. Don't forget your STAMP

I inked my PP to get the various colours. I used Marvy pens to colour my doodling that I copied from my PP. My stamp is just underneath the photo across the top of the 2 pieces of PP. I doodled on the white background before placing the main LO.

Got Sketch Express2 - Sketch #4

2011-10-16T07:33:00.002+10:00

Slowly catching up with the sketches. The Got Sketch Express2 class has actually finished but I am only halfway with the LO's. This is my take on Sketch #4. When we visited Las Vegas it was great to see The Strip by day compared to all the flashy lights at night.

Got Sketch Express2 - Sketch #3

2011-10-09T19:32:00.003+10:00

Here is my third sketch from Got Sketch Express2

It is so much fun to use a sketch to plan a LO. And these are great sketches.

Got Sketch Expres2 - Sketch #2

2011-10-09T07:23:00.005+10:00

Finished this one last night. I am loving the sketches from Got Sketch Express2

This is Alistair feeding the goats at a petting farm in 2009.

Got Sketch Express2 - Sketch #1

2011-10-08T17:21:00.004+10:00

I was lucky enough to win a place in the Got Sketch Express2 workshop hosted by Valerie Salmon over at Got Sketch. Here is my take on the first LO.

I am a bit behind but will try to catch up a few this weekend.

Cricut Cartridge Storage

2011-09-26T13:34:00.006+10:00

I have been wanting to organise my Cricut Cartridges for some time now so they are easy to access without having to go through piles of boxes looking for the one I wanted. After searching the web & U-Tube I finally found a way to store them.
Previously they were stored one on top of each other in 2 piles in a very narrow place. I would have to pull out the front pile to access the back pile or to even read the side of the case.
So I have gone from this:

To this, a neat & compact way to store and carry:

I will arrange the books in alphabetical order with a small tag attached to the spine for ease of identification. The overlays are stored in the book.

The cartridges are held in place by velcro dots applied ot the back of the cartridge & the lid of the box.

The box measures approximately 13 1/2" x 9" x 6 1/2". There is room for more books and an extra layer of cartridges could easily be added.

September Cyber Crop

2011-09-22T19:39:00.004+10:00

All things floral.....Oh no!! not a flower themed CC. I just don't do flowers very well on LO's.

The revenge of the DT - Buy an A4 folder (the one with the plastic on the front/back and side where you can insert a decorative cover) OR make a mini.

Each of the DT has tutotials or instructions for 2 flowers. By the time we had completed this challenge we would have a book of tutorials on flowers. We had to make each of the flowers and then use one on a LO.

I chose to make a mini folder to store the tutorials:

These were my completed flowers:

I used one of the flowers by Kym on my blog hop challenge.
Criteria - inking, chipboard, handmade flower, a postage stamp, a bird, a birdcage, sanding, sparkle, a handmade tag for journaling or title and buttons.
And the finished product -

The window frame around the photo is from ScrapGirls Garden View collection.

Challenge #3 - Istanbul, Turkey

2011-09-22T18:36:00.005+10:00

The third leg of our journey is to Istanbul, Turkey
http://www.artisticdocument.com/index.php?topic=3526.0
The inspiration for this challenge is the beautiful tiles of Turkey and all the beautiful repeat patterns in them.
Technique: Embossing of the stamped variety. I have painted the tiles in bright colours then stamped the ferris wheel on top. I heat embossed this with black embossing powder.
Criteria:
1.. In this LO we had to use a chipboard shape { circle,square diamond etc } in a repeat pattern to form a type of tile effect. I chose a rectangle.
2.. Flourishes. I have stamped these at the top & bottom of the LO.
3.. at least 5 different colours in your PPS and embellies, PLUS whatever amounts of black and white you need to use.

We also had to use our chosen stamp. Mine is under the photo in the top left of the LO. I have used the banners to create the effect of a Turkish Bazaar.
This is my take on the challenge:

Challenge #2 Paris - France

2011-09-17T13:41:00.006+10:00

The trip around the world continues at Artistic Document http://www.artisticdocument.com/index.php?topic=3473.0
Well we are one round and one mini down so lets hop a steamer to Paris a city rich in culture and the home of many many famous painters ..........................................
So in this challenge we had to choose our favourite Impressionist Painter and our favourite painting done by him/her..

I chose Springtime by Monet:

Technique:Sewing/Frivolity either machine of hand but NO faux sewing and it can be on a the page or on an embellishment .. I have done this on the butterfly
Don't forget to use your chosen stamp ! ! ! ! ! - along the bottom of the frame

Criteria :
* String - the body of the butterfly
* Paint,Ink or Mist - inked edges of page, misted frame around photo
* Canvas - butterfly
*Must have a visible hot air balloon - stamped

This is my take on the challenge:

I have used the colours as my inspiration.

Artistic Document Cyber Crop Blog Hop

2011-09-13T21:24:00.005+10:00

My criteria for the

Artistic Document Blog Hop challenge

is to use

chipboard

Mini Challenge #1

2011-09-11T06:47:00.005+10:00

For our first mini challenge in the comp we had to make an embellishment. http://www.artisticdocument.com/index.php?topic=3467.0 Easy you say - hmmm!
* you can ONLY make it from chippie
* you must decorate it in steampunk style
* you must use ONLY metal on it -- watch parts, brads, chain, jewellery, beads, charms etc -- but they MUST be metal
* you must use your stamp somewhere
* you can't use ANYTHING else on it apart from ink, paint etc on the background.

So here is my chippie embellishment. I cut it on the Cricut using the Street Sign cartridge. I used Vintage Photo Distress Powder & ink to give it a rusty look then pulled apart an old watch to get all the workings to stick on it.

I decide I would make this as part of the title on the cover of my mini album. For the comp we could choose to do 12 x 12 LOs or an 8 x 8 mini album. I chose the latter.

Father's Day Mini Album

2011-09-05T16:29:00.005+10:00

As part of our Cyber Crop Kym's challenge to us was to create a mini album for our dad, hubby or man in our life. This is what I made for my dad.

Around the World in 80 Days - Challenge 1 London England

2011-09-03T09:37:00.009+10:00

Over at Artistic Document we are just beginning our journey around the world in 80 days. Who knows what surprises are in store for us (except the DT of course). Throughout this competition we will be doing a challenge every 8 days over 10 weeks. http://www.artisticdocument.com/index.php?topic=3376.0 There will also be mini challenges thrown in as well.

This is the first: The connection to London England is the photo of my grandfather who came to Australia from England as a young boy of 7.

Inspiration : Vintage - dawn of the Mechanical Age
Technique : Steampunk
1. Pick a stamp and use on every project through the comp.
2. Grunge
3. metal
4. distress
5. clockface or timepiece

My stamp is one of Tim Holtz birds on a wire.(Just above the title)
I have distressed and inked the edges of the photo & the paper.
The cogs were done using Tim Holtz distress ink & distress powder (Vintage Photo) to give a rusty look.
The clock/timepiece was cut from Bo Bunny Timepiece paper. The background PP is also from the same Bo Bunny range.

More monthly challenges for August

2011-08-28T08:27:00.004+10:00

Miss Kym set the colour challenge to use cream, green, orange and brown - preferable the softer tones. I did a digi LO.

Megan's challenge was to make a LO without using any flowers - not a hard task for me as I don't often use flowers. We had to follow our theme and use transparencies with a red, white & blue colour scheme.

Terri set us a Denim & Lace challenge with no other criteria. I did a digi LO for this one too.

August Blind SCrap

2011-08-28T08:23:00.003+10:00

This is the end product of our Blind Scrap. We had to use masking and glimmermist to create the frames, a swag (banner) at least 12inches long for the title & journaling in the border. We also had to make clusters with the clouds & juse 4 small embellishments.

August Cyber Crop

2011-08-28T08:04:00.010+10:00

Last Friday we had our Cyber Crop over at AD. This month's theme was Man o' Man as it is nearing Father's Day. Challenges included making a Father's Day card, a mini album for our Dad/Hubby/Man in our life, a wallet, something for our man specifically for his man cave or office, a LO the size of a Credit Card with a family photo, laminated for His wallet and an ATC of a famous man. Here are my takes on these challenges:

My Father's Day Card set by Terri:

The wallet challenge set by Toni:

The poster for the office:

Credit card LO by Marie - Front & Back:

ATC of a famous man - Capt james Cook - set by Ann(GDT)

Another great night of fun & games was had by all.

GDT challenges

2011-08-21T08:14:00.005+10:00

With the introduction of Guest Design Team members drawn from our ranks we saw some wonderful challenges emerging. This mini album challenge was set by Maree.

Next it was my turn to set the GDT challenges. The monthly challenge was to use B/W or sepia photos, cut work, 'Remember when' somewhere in the title & bling.

And for the Cyber Crop I did a digi challenge - surprise, surprise. However the LO could be totally digi, a hybrid or a fully paper LO. Requirements: 3 or more PP, layers, multiple photos, tearing & an overlay/transparency. All my digi elements were from ScrapGirls.

A bit of catch-up

2011-08-21T07:49:00.005+10:00

I have been very slack lately when it comes ot up-dating my blog so here are a few of my latest creations.

For this challenge we were presented with a Bingo card and had to create a layout using a "line" of criteria. Mine included - a sepia photo, one brand, subtitle, an edge punch & a sketch. The LO also had to include a title & journaling. This was the sketch by Becky Fleck from Page Maps that I used.

The lovely Ann set an Inspiration challenge. We had to use paint, ink or misting. I used inking on the flowers.

Our fearless leader set us a lyric challenge using the lyrics from Angel's Lullaby by Reba McIntyre. The criteria included a photo of our beautiful children as babies, pastel colours & shabby style.

The lovely Kym set us up with another sketch challenge. This is my resulting LO. At this rate I will have a completed wedding album in no time.

Steampunk ATC Swap

2011-08-21T07:39:00.004+10:00

At Artistic Document we recently held a Steampunk ATC swap. Not being familiar with this style of scrapping I was a bit reluctant to join in. After googling what it was all about I decided to leap outside my safe little square & have a go. This was the result. Although it has turned out okay I don't really think this is my style of scrapping but at least I had a go.

ScrapGirls ScrapFest Carnival

2011-07-31T08:07:00.005+10:00

ScrapGirls is having a ScrapFest Carnival. Here are some of my favourite products from ScrapGirls:

I also love all the styles that add so much more to the layouts.

Paper Layerz

2011-06-08T07:20:00.003+10:00

Just thought I'd let you all know about the fantastic new product over at Above Rubies http://www.aboverubiesstudio.com/ Paper Layerz is a new paper product designe to be used in all die cutting machines. They have great 12 x 12 sheets with coordinating 4x4 squares on one side & solid colour on the other side. Great for layered cut-outs.

You can check it out here: http://www.paperlayerz.com/ You'll love it as much as I do.

Can't wait till it's available for purchase.

February Cyber Crop

2011-05-25T21:23:00.006+10:00

To make things interesting, this CC had a 'postal' theme.

Terri set us the challenge to make an envelope card.

Kym's Challenge was to create layout with:
Something postal
An envelope for hidden journaling
Flowers
Heart/s

Marie's challenge was to use 'all things postal' -

Postmarks, Postage Stamps, Postcards, Envelopes, Stationary, Paperclips, Tape,
Etc..........

The LO MUST contain: An envelope .. A Postal Cluster.. Book pages

I didn't manage to get all the challenges done this month.

February Blind Scrap

2011-05-25T21:20:00.002+10:00

This photo is of the Murrumbidgee River in flood.

February Challenges

2011-05-25T21:05:00.003+10:00

Over at AD we are having a Guest DT each month who sets one monthly challenge & one challenge for the Cyber Crop. Our February GDT was the lovely Maree.

For this challenge we had to do a LO about ourself with the following critera:
Base colour of either kraft, black or white
2 peices of PP 1 to be our favourite colour
Some sewing on the LO
A cluster of embellies that represent you.

The lovely Kym presented us with another fabulous sketch.

Our fearless leader has started setting us a Lyric Challenge where we have to incorporate some of the words of a given song in our title or journalling. This month's song was Emma Townsend's 'We can Fly Away'. I thought this photo fit the bill perfectly.

The colour challenge was to use red, brown, blue, black & white. I did a digi LO for this challenge.

Terri's challenge was a white + one challenge.
White + 1 other colour of your choice
PP ONLY to be used to make your embellishments - NO purchased embellishments!
Series of photos to tell the story - 2 or more
1 word title

Playing Catch-Up

2011-05-25T20:46:00.006+10:00

I have been very remiss in not updating my blog of late. I must admit my mojo has been missing in action. I have not been completely idle. I have made a few more tags for the 52 Questions challenge. I still have a few to catch up on here.

Question 6: What are you most grateful for NOW? One side of the tag can only be masked and stamped with a very understated embellishment. Make a feature of the word 'GRATEFUL'.

Question 11: Who is the most colourful person you know? Both sides of the tag had to be digitally manipulated and then printed ..

Tags 3, 4 & 5.

2011-02-06T16:52:00.006+10:00

Well I have finally caught up with the next 3 tags just in time for Number 6 to come along.
Question 3: What do you never want to forget? For this tag we had to use something see through (acetate) and sparkle.

Question 4: What 3 words would describe you? For this one we had to use sticthing & metal (or our interpretation of both).

Question 5: What would you write on your wall? (Not your Facebook wall) We had to use buttons 7 bows for this one.

52 Questions

2011-01-16T18:41:00.005+10:00

Over at AD we are doing a tag challenge - 52 questions, 1 per week so byt the end of the year we will have a tag book containing 52 tags.
The first question asked 'What are your wishes for 2011?' - not resolutions. Here is my first tag of the year.

Question 2 - 'How do you feather your nest?'

Looking forward to doing Question 3 this week.

Our Adventure

2011-01-15T07:50:00.008+10:00

Oh my goodness! It has been so long since I have been here. Time certainly gets away.
Christmas & New Years have been & gone. I didn't get to do any of the AD challenges for December as we headed off on an adventure on Dec 12. We bought ourselves a little 'home away from home' - our new Caravan.

We headed down to Melbourne to collect it on our way across to Western Australia for a surprise family visit.
It was amazing to see where flood waters had receded along our route. The Murray & Murrumbidge rivers were right up to the road level. Dubbo was cleaning up after being inundated.
We visited with the lovely Marie from AD where we spent the night and caught up with some other memberes of our AD family.

L to R: Laraine, Lara, Sim & Marie in front of Marie's upside-down Christmas tree.

After collecting the van on Dec 17 we headed off on our adventure. All went well until we reached Ceduna. We needed a new alternator for the car so had to stay an extra day so it could be freighted up from Adelaide. All fixed and we continued on our merry way.

We travelled all the way to Kalgoorlie without any more problems. We fuelled up and headed off after ringing our daughter to let her know a parcel should be arriving that afternoon between 4:00pm & 6:00pm.

126km out of Kalgoorlie the car decided it was going to stop. We were stranded on the side of the road between Kalgoorlie & the next nearest town, Southern Cross, 110km further on with no mobile phone coverage. Some lovely mining people stopped & let us use the phone to call the RAC. 4 hours later someone turned up. By this time the car had cooled down & we had no trouble following the RAC back to Kalgoorlie where we spent the night before setting out again the next day.

We rang our daughter to see if the parcel had arrived knowing full well it hadn't. We had to tell her we were stuck in Kalgoorlie. She was gob-smacked to say the least.

On Dec 23 we continued on our way only to be faced with the same problem as the previous day. The RAC arrived & said we had a cooling problem so just let the car cool & then continue. We did this for a while but finally it gave up the ghost. We were stranded once again.

Our Saviours, in the form of Trish & Toby from Kalgoorlie, saved the day. They followed us for 50km before Toby hitched us up behind his car & trailer and towed us 2km into Yellowdine Roadhouse. We contacted RAC & RACQ before finally leaving the car & van there. Trish & Toby, angels that they are, drove us into Perth with most of our gear on their way to Mandurah which was their destination. We arrived in Perth at the Motel at 1:30am. They then continued on to their destination.

Our car arrived at our daughter's place on the back of a truck with the van hitched behind at 3:30pm on Christmas Eve, after a 5 hour drive from Southern Cross. My brother lent us one of their cars to use while ours was being repaired. We stayed another night at the Motel before transferring all our goods to the van on Christmas Day. Our eldest grandson enjoyed sleeping in the van with Grandda. It was an adventure for him.

We spent a lovely Christmas Day at my brother's place at Yanchep, north of Perth. New Years Eve we dined at the Yanchep Inn.

Our trip home was very uneventful. It is so sad to see the devastation of the floods in Queensland and also in the southern states. Many of the places now under flood are places we passed through.

We are so happy to be home & safe.

Cyber Crop Blog Challenge

2010-11-24T06:02:00.006+10:00

Oh my goodness. It has been ages since I posted. Not that I haven't been busy working on challenges for AD.

It is Cybercrop night tonight and we are doing a blog challenge.

For this challenge we need to come up with ONE criteria, do a sample and post it on our blog on CC day/night.

Then over the course of the following week we will need to visit all the registered players blogs to collect all the criteria (as well as the criteria thread for the non bloggers criterias).
With all the criteria gathered, we then put our LO together - What fun eh?

MY CRITERIA IS:......
Stamp an image onto acetate using acrylic paint, cut around it & use it on your layout.

2010-09-13T17:03:00.003+10:00

This is my entry for the Scrapbook City Kaiser competition. I have used Secret Bird Society Collection. The flowers wer made using the directions given on Tuesday Tips on the Kaiser website. I used the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder & inked over the paper with Brilliance ink.

Card Class

2010-09-12T08:55:00.002+10:00

Yesterday I attended a Cuttlebug techniques class at Stamp & Scrapbook Madness. These were the cards we made.

Father's Day Card

2010-09-04T10:14:00.002+10:00

This is the Father's Day Card I made up for my dear Dad using the Kaiser Secret Bird Society Collection.

Blind Scrap - August

2010-09-04T10:11:00.002+10:00

The lovely Toni put us through our paces for the blind scrap this month. It is always amazing to see how differently we all interpret the instructions. Here is my take on this month's blind scrap.

August Cyber Crop - We're going places....

2010-09-04T09:56:00.004+10:00

Another fun night was had by all. Loads of fun & games as well as lots of fantastic challenges set by our fabulous DT. Our lone male member also set us a challenge this month - a photographic challenge of an animal or insect.

For Terri's challenge we had to create a LO on a Travel Tradition using
1. a map somewhere somehow on your LO
2. metal embellishment
3. some journalling

Kym set us another fabulous sketch this month.

The lovel Megan set us a recipe challenge - a LO using the following ingredients:
fabric, buttons, rubons, stamps, chipboard and lace.We also had to include photo/photos of our travels!

For Marie's challenge we had to use:
1 - A photo of friends
2 - Shades of blue, Green and can use black white cream or craft
3 - A cut out black silhoutte image
4 - A map

For the 30 minute challenge we had to make a Travel Embellished Journal tag and have it uploaded in 30 mins. This then had to be used on one of our challenge LO's.

August Mid-Month Mystery Challenge

2010-08-22T20:22:00.002+10:00

This month all the DT's ganged up on us, each having some input into the criteria:

This is a 2 part challenge :

Part ONE
So get counting girls - every individual stamp ...
A rak for the person with most stamps
A rak for the person with the least Stamps

Part TWO
And a LO stamp orientated ..Criteria as Follows No swaps allowed must be all your own work

Terri - alter an embellishment by stamping on it
Toni - use at least one stamp in the title
Kym - make a stamped journal block
Megan - use masking technique
Marie - One of your PP has to be a stamped background made by you ..

I have managed to amass a whopping 1091 stamps (including individual alphabet stamps) but was not the one with the most so did not feel so bad after all. I won't mention who had the most Marie and Irene or who had the least Sim and Kym.

More August Challenges

2010-08-22T20:16:00.005+10:00

This month Toni asked us to make a LO using CIRCLES - polka dots, a round shaped base, circle embellies etc etc.

For Terri's challenge we had to use the following:
1. Use a large portrait style photo 5x7 or larger
2. Journalling about your chosen subject - at this moment.
3. Chipboard title plus at least two other types of chippy embellishments eg stars, numbers or bookplates etc.
4. Use alcohol inks to colour your chippy embellishments. If you dont have alcohol inks use paint.
5. I want to see masking or stencilling.
6. Use a Cuttlebug or similar to emboss CS/PP or chipboard - if you dont have a CB add some texture with some textured/lace or flocked cardstock.

Kym set us another fantastic sketch challenge.

Relaxing Sunday

2010-08-22T20:12:00.002+10:00

Well it's been a while since I last posted. Today was beautiful 22C - not bad for a winter's day. We took my dear Dad out for a picnic to Nobby's Beach on the Gold Coast. The weather was beautiful albeit a little windy. After a lovely picnic lunch we sat & watched the world go by - surf, sunshine, families swimming, bike riding & roller skating. It was very pleasant & relaxing sitting with the wind in our hair.

August Colour Challenge

2010-08-08T11:51:00.003+10:00

The lovely Kym set the colour challenge this month. We had to use teal/aqua, pink & white. A little black or brown could be used for stamping/journalling.

July Cyber Crop - Christmas in July

2010-08-06T21:00:00.005+10:00

We had another fun night over at AD on 30th July. Lots of games & new challenges.

Toni's challenge - make a LO with NO DECORATIONS! Yep, that's right -- absolutely NO embellies at all. You can use as much patterned paper as you like, but it must be only cut into blocks or strips - no shapes, no flowers fashioned from paper, etc etc.
You CAN use whatever title you like, as big as you want.

Terri's card challenge - 4 Card Challenge using
2 x pp - double sided pp allowed, 50cms ribbon - one type only, minimum 15 buttons, rubons, bling, alphas, chipboard
Remember this is a use your stash challenge DO NOT open any new stuff!!

Megan's OTP challenge - an OTP decoration. It must be christmas themed and use a two toned colour scheme.

Megan's challenge - Create one layout. The rules are: you must only use
from your stash, no new stock!, plus you must include
distressing, inking, chipboard, punching and rubons.

Kym's challenge - Make a RED "Mono-chromatic" layout with a touch of GREEN using your stash, no new stuff allowed (except a cs base if you want!) Also make a handmade embellie with RED and GREEN, can have black and/or white as well!!!

Blind Scrap run by the lovely Kym.

More July Challenges

2010-07-10T13:54:00.006+10:00

Terri gave us pieces of the puzzle - we had to use, leaves, flowers, scalloped edges, stitching (real or fake), rectangles and our own handwriting. I was very pleased with the way my cluster of cut work flowers & Prima Autumn leaves turned out.

The Scraplift

The Original:
Toni's challenge for July was to scraplift one of our own layouts - not as easy as you might think. It really made me look at the layouts I had done previously.

For Megan's challenge we had to create a card or a layout using the 'serviette technique'. I used a Domestic Goddess serviette & the cling wrap technique to adhere it to my card stock. It is featured in the lower right corner of the LO.

July Sketch Challenge

2010-07-05T21:21:00.003+10:00

This is my take on the sketch challenge set by the lovely Kym over at Artistic Document. I have used a sequence of birthday photos of my son.

July Colour Challenge

2010-07-05T08:18:00.003+10:00

This month's colour challenge - black, green, white and blue.

I have done another digi lo using 'Tag This collection from Kaiser.

Christmas in July

2010-07-05T08:13:00.001+10:00

This is my embellishment for the Christmas in July swap we are having at Artistic Document.

Shaped ATC

2010-07-05T08:10:00.003+10:00

Over at Art we are having a 'shaped' ATC swap. The card can be any shape at all as long as the measurements from point to point are 2.5in x 3.5in. This is my shaped ATC - birdhouse.

June Blind Scrap

2010-06-27T09:49:00.002+10:00

This was a part of our June cyber crop. Blind scraps are so much fun.
I have used Kaiser Off Shore papers for this LO of my father & my husband overlooking the ocean at Point Danger.

June Cyber Crop

2010-06-27T09:24:00.005+10:00

Last Friday we had another fantastic night of cyber cropping, fun & lots of games over at Artistic Document. The theme for the night was "Games". We played Bingo, had a treasure hunt, a guessing game & lucky numbers. Loads of laughs as usual. The challenges flowed.

Toni's challenge was based on the Game of Life.
-- use the word LIFE in your title
-- use a series of photos that show a progression
-- use either pink or blue as your main colour (you can use any other colours you like)
This is what I came up with. It is a digital LO using Kaiser Tag This papers. Here is my take on the challenge - my grandson learning to climb the equipment at the park.

Terri's challenge was based on Snakes and Ladders a game based on ups and downs!
1. at least 3 arrows - representing ups and downs
2. 6 squares - the maximum spaces that you can move
3. Number/s in the title
My grandson was fascinated with the stairs at the back of our house when he came to visit. he lives in a lowset home with no stairs.

Kym's challenge:
*take inspiration from a game or puzzle
(i have used puzzle pieces)
ie: scrabble (letters on blocks)
crossword puzzles
checkers (checkered pp)
playing cards, ETC!!!
*and/or use bits and pieces from an old
board game, etc...
*use three or more colours...
So for this one I used a large playing card that I had in my stash (thanks Marie it came in handy) and a photo of aone of the showgirls encountered on our trip to Las Vegas

Megan challenged us to remember -
So just how far back can you remember? Or what is your favourite memory as a child?
To complete the challenge you need to include pictures, or photos, journaling, distressing and inking - the last two can be optional!
My memories go way back to spending time at the Gold Coast where my grandparents lived. We spent weekends & holidays at their home.

June Challenges

2010-06-16T20:27:00.008+10:00

Well I have managed to get a couple more of the June challenges done. Then we have Cybercrop on Friday night. Yay. Can't wait! We always have so much fun on these nights.

Terri's challenge was to to create a LO made using predominately patterened paper.
MINIMAL other embellishment are allowed. The title must be from PP also.

Marie set an inspirational challenge - an all white picture depicting and using the words 'a new leaf'. This is my inspired layout.

Just one more to go and that is Megan's challenge. I have started working on this one but just have to refine it a bit before sticking it down.

Friends from Artistic Document

2010-06-12T20:45:00.005+10:00

Last month I was honoured to meet some of the fabulous DT and members from Artistic Document. We had a lovely Scrappy Day at Kym's lovely home.

Kym demonstrating the art of Smooching

Toni, Katie, Annie, Me, Marie, Sim & Kym

The lovely Marie

Marie with her haul from Print Blocks

Kym, Marie, me & Sim

Queen's Birthday Weekend

2010-06-12T20:34:00.005+10:00

I must apologise for being so slack of late.I have been snowed under with work. It's that time of the year again - student reporting. I have been off to several PD's in the last month and have another to go to next week. So it has been difficult to get everything done.
I have managed to do three LO's this week and am happy with the results. They all centre around the gorgeous grandbabies.
Toni's "Warm & Fuzzy" Challenge

Tabitha's Challenge

Kym's Sketch Challenge

More April Challenges

2010-04-25T11:12:00.006+10:00

Toni's challenge for us this month: use foliage, flowers & animals on it. They are to be the predominant theme - you can use whatever photo you like, one word title,some journalling. This was the day in 2002 that our daughter moved to Western Australia to commence her Vet career.

The delightful Terri set a toughie this month. She enjoys experimenting with great techniques. So her challenge to us this month was to create a shaped LO using a minimum of 25 squares measuring approx 3.5cms/1.5"

Magical Musical Tour - Country

2010-04-25T11:00:00.003+10:00

Another great musical challenge set for us to do. The Country Criteria: Kraft CS, fabric, sewing (hand OR machine -- NOT fake), habadashery (buttons, pins, tape, trims etc), wire, chipboard, stamping, inking, and rusting (inks, paints, pre-made embellies, or T!m's fab rust technique)

Magical Musical Tour - Tango

2010-04-25T10:51:00.004+10:00

The Criteria: predominantly red and black, two photos (cos it takes two to tango), no journalling, 2 different kinds of embellies (as many of each as you wish), 2 word title and 2 techniques.
This was another difficult challenge. I used 2 photos from my son's 18th birthday party, 2 types of embellise - words & rub ons, 2 techniques - masking & inking.

Blind Scrap

2010-04-25T10:45:00.004+10:00

I have been pretty slack with updating my blog in the last couple of weeks but I started back at work on 12th April. It is so hard to take after having 17 weeks off on long service leave. I really miss being able to scrap wheever the mood takes me. I have been finding it hard to find the time now with all the planning, etc that has to be done for school.
A couple of weeks ago we took Dad out for a picnic lunch at Fingal and I was able to use the photos in the Blind Scrap we had over at Art as part of the monthly cyber crop. I changed the colour to chocolate using an action in PSE7 to fit in with the colour scheme.

Magical Musical Tour - Charleston

2010-04-11T17:41:00.005+10:00

This was an extremely difficult subject to scrap. Many of the girls said how difficult it was but then what's the sense of an easy challenge. It took me quite a while to come up with an idea but I was really happy with the completed layout. I used the musical Chicago for my subject. The criteria for this challenge were - use fringing/tassels, sequins, a film strip and rich colours.
I cut the film strip using a sizzix die and glued som small photos into it, attached fringing to the bottom of the photo added red sparkly ricrac braid and star confetti. For the title I used the Cricut Cartridge Lyrical Letters to cut out the basic word. I then glued the letters onto white CS & cut around them. The difficult part was getting the sequins to stick on the black lettering. I also used my ticket from the show.

Picnic At Fingal

2010-04-11T17:26:00.005+10:00

We had a fabulous day out. We packed up a picnic lunch & headed down the Gold Coast. After collecting Dad we went for a drive down to Fingal in Northern NSW. We picnicked on the banks of the Tweed River.

It was very relaxing watching all the boats & jet-skis going up & down the River.

April Challenges

2010-04-04T08:51:00.012+10:00

For this colour challenge we had to use grey based pastels & white. We were allowed to do digi for this one so I chose that option. I have extracted the faces of my 2 grandsons gazing at each other and applied ScrapGirls action Sketch It to give a painted look. The blues are all grey based with the white on the word 'adore'.

For Tabitha's card challenge the only criteria was to use gathered ribbon or patterned paper.

This is my take on the Marie Antoin-ette's Revenge challenge - Journaling with stickers:
1 CS / PP back-ground
2 CS / PP photo matts
Stickers - to tell your journaling
Title - as you wish
NO EMBELLISHMENTS
Wicked Twist - Now Girls You Are On Your HONOUR - you can take as much time to sort and gather your stash
BUT when you start your LO you MUST DOWN TOOLS AT 30 MINUTES and upload your LO.

I managed to complete this LO in 27 minutes.

Magical Musical Tour - Mini Challenge

2010-04-04T08:15:00.002+10:00

This mini challenge involved creating a bookmark to reflect the Glam-Rock era. I have used photos of David Bowie, glitter & KindyGlitz.

Embellishmetn Swap

2010-04-03T12:34:00.001+10:00

I am taking part in an embellishment swap over at Artistic Document. These are my contribution. It is great fun to take part in swaps and even more fun when you receive your parcel in the post.

Magical Musical Tour - Punk

2010-04-03T07:54:00.005+10:00

Another great challenge to get us thinking outside the box. A ripping good time was had by all who part-icipated as one of the criteria was ripping/tearing/distressing. These are not techniques that I usually use but I did have fun tearing. Such different criteria every time. I honestly don't know how the DT digs up all these different techniques. This time we had to use 'moody' colours, ripping and distressing, pins and/or staples, messy stitching and tartan. The photo is of my two sons when they both decided to blonde their hair. The younger (taller) of my boys often blondes his hair but my older boy has very dark hair and this definitely did not suit him.

Magical Musical Tour - Disney Tunes

2010-04-03T07:46:00.005+10:00

And the musical adventure continues. Sorry I'm a bit late adding this one. For our Week 4 challenge we had to create an animation-inspired LO using the following criteria: cartoon/comicbook style, cutwork, layers, bright colours and doodling. The photos I used are of my Grandson having a great old chasing game at the park during one of our visits to Perth. I altered the photos using a comic action to give the effect of a comic book page.

Surprise Surgery

2010-03-30T09:54:00.003+10:00

What a busy time I've had of late. Paid a visit to an orthopaedic surgeon on Wednesday last week only to be told I was to have surgery on Friday. Now that all came around too quickly. With our hospital waiting lists the way they are I definitely wasn't meant to get in that soon. It was all too quick for my liking. With my husband in the States, I had to wait for him to ring me the following day. He told me to go ahead with it. A very busy Friday for me as I had to pick him up from the Station after he caught the air train from the airport, complete and submit an submission for work and then be at the hospital by 11:00am.
All went well and I am home recouperating now. In 8 to 12 weeks I should be pain-free and able to scrap up a storm.

Blind Scrap

2010-03-25T05:47:00.004+10:00

What a fun night we had on Sunday putting Terri through the hoops running her first blind scrap as a member of Art's DT. She did a fabulous job even though Kym tried her darndest to distract us all with pictures of hot firemen.

I used Crate Papers from the Brook Collection and co-ordinating sticker range. I made the lollipop flowers from the pp used in the LO and used Prima leaves to finish it off. The photo is of my daughter enjoying her brother's birthday dinner at the golf club.

March Cyber Crop

2010-03-25T05:15:00.012+10:00

Sorry I haven't been here for while. I've been flat out like a lizard on a log but I have been working quietly behind the scenes and managed to get the challenges done for the recent Cyber Crop at Artistic Document.

For Terri's challenge we had to make a card using Autumn tones, distressing and flowers/ foliage.

The criteria for the challenge set by our lovely DT member Kym included Autunm tones, Leaves, 1 matted photo, Buttons and Chipboard alphas.

Our fearless leader Marie, set us the challenge to scrap Easter in Autumn as that when it falls in the Land of Oz. The criteria: Only Autumn Tones {and i don't mean get Toni to do it for you}, Must be about Easter - you can do a LO for this years photos and leave the photo's off if you need to, or add some photos from previous years .... I chose to use photos from last year as my gorgeous grandson followed the Bunny Trail.

One of our new DT members (from across the Tasman) set us an OTP challenge. "For all those people that have Easter Egg hunts for their children, you need something to collect your stash in, so that's my challenge - to create something to collect all your Easter Eggs in."

Another OTP (also set by Kym) - this time a book mark.

Magical Musical Tour - Rock'n'Roll

2010-03-15T20:09:00.003+10:00

Over at Artistic Document we are into the third week of our Magical Mystery Tour the theme of which is Rock'n'Roll.

This is my take on the challenge using photos taken at Williams on the historic Route 66 enroute to the Grand Canyon in September 2009.

For this challenge our LOs have to be inspired by the 1950s and good ol' rock and roll.
The criteria are:
* black with one colour but you can use as many shades of that colour as you wish
* small amounts of white are allowed if necessary
* brads
* retro font
* some plastic/vinyl embellies

The layout did not need to be 1950s style, or use 1950s photos.

Terri's March Challenge

2010-03-13T17:32:00.002+10:00

One of our Monthly challenges over at Art was to whitewash our paper. This is a new technique for me and I baulked at using it. But it is really quite simple to do. I have used the Peachy Keen collection by Kaiser for this layout. The flowers were cut from patterned paper and mounted on 3D tape. We also had to use ribbon/lace/fiber and stitching (real/fake/rubon)

St Patrick's Day ATC's - Take 2

2010-03-13T12:07:00.001+10:00

I decided to do a second lot of cards for this swap. I think I like these ones better than the first lot. He is such a cute little Leprechaun.

Manually Dgitised Lace

2010-03-13T07:45:00.002+10:00

I finally got on with the next module for my Cert III in Digitising - Module 8 (Creating manually digitised lace). This is very time consuming & hard on the eyes & neck as each stitch for the mesh part of the lace has to be created individually. But I finally finished it ready for assessment. I had made lots of notes ready to answer the theory side of the assessment and scanned front and back images of the sewn piece ready to upload to the College Website only to find they have disabled the upload area.
Not happy at all. Must investigate further.

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2010-03-12T06:50:00.001+10:00

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She's having a giveaway at the moment as a celebration for hitting 75+ followers - so go check it out!

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Magical Musical Tour - CLASSICAL

2010-03-11T15:58:00.002+10:00

Week 2 challenge for the Magical Musical Tour is Classical. For this challenge we had to use black & white/cream, music - sheet/stamp/mask, rubons, pearls and flourishes/chandeliers/damask.

Patterned Paper is by Anna Griffin
Pink Paislee Vintage Moon rubons
Stampendous Cling Rubber music stamp
Stampendous Jumbo Damask Rose Velvet Black
Arbee Stick on Jewels - Pearl hearts

St Patrick's Day ATC's

2010-03-11T07:58:00.003+10:00

Over at Artistic Document we are having a St Patrick's Day ATC swap. This is my effort. The pictures are from a Google search. I have used KindyGlitz to add some sparkle and cut the sun using Carl CP1 sun punch.

Cuttlebug Cards

2010-03-05T14:17:00.002+10:00

Today I went to a class at the local scrapbook shop and learned a few more techniques to use with the Cuttlebug. We made three lovely cards using embossing folders and butterfly die cuts.

March Challenges

2010-03-05T14:01:00.006+10:00

I have been busy the last couple of days working on the challenges for the month from Artistic Document.

The sketch challenge for this month was set by our fabulous DT member, Kym. I had fun with this one as I was able to utilise some of the photos from our trip to the Grand Canyon last September. I have used Creative Memories Travel paper for the background, strips and photo mats. The bird and other embellishments are from the Kaiser Peachy Keen collection while the journalling block is from the Kaiser Road Trip collection.

The colour challenge (also set by Kym) was to work with Cream & Black so this is my layout. I used Anna Griffin floral patterned paper. The flowers are by Prima. I also used some cream ricrac braid.

This challenge was set by our wonderful DT member and fearless leader, Marie. We had to use tone-on-tone cardstock and a slightly darker toned cardstock. Embellishments could only be punched for this challenge. We also had to use a stamped image and colour it using the colours from the photo.

Magical Musical Tour - SALSA

2010-03-03T16:29:00.006+10:00

The Magical Musical Tour has begun over at Artistic Document. The first challenge was 'the SALSA' The criteria were bright colours, paint, ruffled ribbon/paper and glitz. This is my take on the challenge.
I painted the chipboard letters then used Fire Cracker Red Glitter & Jewelled Gold Transparent embossing powder to give them some sparkle. The frangipani flowers (courtesy of Scrapbook Flair) were printed on card, cut out & then embossed with Jewelled Gold and a Kaiser Rhinestone placed in the centre. The Chippie tag was painted & decorated. I used yellow material to create the ruffle.

T!m Challenge

2010-02-19T14:03:00.005+10:00

This is a layout I did for one of the challenges at Artistic Document. We had to use 3 different techniques (similar to those used by Tim Holtz)- masking, stamping an image & mounting it on 3D tape, stamping a title directly onto the layout. The emus are done using a mask. The flag and farmer are stamped onto chipboard & coloured using a water pen & chalks.

Magical Musical Tour - Competition

2010-02-19T12:00:00.001+10:00

Another exciting event over at Artistic Document is our Magical Musical Tour. This is a 9 week competition with a major challenge to be completed every week and some mini-challenges to be completed in a 48 hour window. If you are interested in joining in, pop on over to AD (click on the blinkie) and check it out..

Cyber Crop Night

2010-02-19T07:37:00.004+10:00

Hello everyone. I had a lovely day scrapping with my friends yesterday and actually got 2 layouts almost finished amongst all the chatter.

Tonight is our night of madcap mayhem over at Artistic Document. It's Cyber Crop night - fun, games, challenges and a blind scrap. So pop on over and have a look. The chat starts at 7:00pm Sydney time.

Have a great day everyone.

Chipboard Embellishments

2010-02-17T14:41:00.005+10:00

Hi everyone. I have been to a chipboard masterclass today at the LSS. We had lots of fun learning new techniques to use on chipboard. There are some fabulous ideas to use up all those things you just had to have but have never used. Hopefully now I will be able to tizzy up my layouts with lots of home made embellishments.

Paper Bin

2010-02-16T14:00:00.004+10:00

This is a paper bin I have been working on over the last couple of weeks. It is from Kaisercraft.
I have used Kaiser Burgundy paint and papers from the La Di Da range. Also, I used ribbon & embellishments from the same range.

January Mid-Month Mystery Challenge

2010-02-16T06:27:00.004+10:00

I thought I would share with you my take on the January Mid Month Mystery Challenge - Australia Day - over at Artistic Document. The woden map is from Kaisercraft. I painted it to look like the flag. The jornalling is the poem 'My Country' by Dorathea McKellar.

Baby Steps - My first day

2010-02-15T14:05:00.000+10:00

Hi girls, welcome to my Blog. It may take me a while to set up properly but "from little things, big things grow". Please bear with me as I begin with baby steps.