Soul Scrappers Challenges

 Hi there! How are things in  your part of the world? It is Autumn here and the days have been glorious! A hint of coolness in the mornings and evenings and sunny days in between! No complaints from me about the weather! There are some bulbs popping up in their pots and I look forward to seeing them bloom some day!

I have been doing a bit of creating for the challenges over at SOUL SCRAPPERS ON FACEBOOK and so far have completed 3 layouts.. I am hoping to maybe get one or two more done by the end of the month, but sometimes life happens and the creating has to wait!

The first layout I would like to share is for the Mystery Challenge which is..

Anything Easter - and it has to have Either or an Easter Bunny, Easter eggs or Easter chicks on your creation.. Well I have used a photo of my grandies taken this last Easter with their cute Easter ears on so if you use your imagination they could be cute little Easter bunnies!! and I have some fussy cut Easter Eggs on my layout..

A closer view..

Just a view of the Easter Eggs fussy cut and layered with foam tape and fussy cut elements and die cuts in this cluster.. I have used an older range of Kaisercraft papers..

Treasure everyday

And yes Alfonzo had to be in the photo too, but he wore his own ears!! 

The next layout I would like to share is for the One Word challenge which is to use either S, R or U as the title word for your layout and also at least half a page of paper strips..

a closer view..

a view of the layered cluster, and the word I have used is Us, and I have used a photo of my family taken in February.. 

Us

It seems to be so hard to get us all together these days, so this was a perfect opportunity to grab a photo.. You can see the paper strips, and I am not sure of the papers I have used, but they are very old!!

And the third layout is for the Sketch challenge which looks like..

A closer view

Fussy cut daisy's and I have stuck to the sketch pretty much.. again, I think there is a mix of Kaisercraft papers and some other brands..

Precious moments

This is my sweet Grandie dressed up for Book Week a few years ago..

Well thanks for coming by, I do hope things are going well for you.. April seems to be flying by as have the other months this year.. Do take care.. until next time..

Soul Scrappers Challenges - Blast Off & One Word

 Hello there, I hope you are having a blessed Easter weekend.. It seems unbelievable that we are ready to go into another month tomorrow.. how the days and weeks are going by.. 

I have two layouts I would like to share that I have created for the SOUL SCRAPPERS CHALLENGES ON FACEBOOK  and I am just getting them in before the end of the month!!

The first layout is for the Blast Off challenge and it is...

So I gathered my stuff and began to create.. I have used two photos of my Granddaughters first day of school.. year one..

a closer view..

This shows 3 of the 4 papers and also the metal key which I used for something metal..

First day

I have used lots of old papers I have  had for ages!

The second layout is for the One Word challenge to use either C M or V as the title word for your layout.. I went with C for cheeky and I used a photo of my cheeky Grandson!

A closer view

Cheeky

I have used mainly Kaisercraft papers for this page..

Thank you Soul Scrappers for the great challenges you have each  month. .. I am glad I could get a couple of layouts done this month!

Thank you for coming on by, and until next time do take care..

God Bless you on this resurrection Sunday..

The Scrapbookers Journal - Publication 3 Layouts

 Good day to you! Wishing you a marvelous March! In the scrapbooking world that means new challenges and a new edition of the SCRAPBOOKERS JOURNAL  which is a digital magazine put out every two months..  I have 3 layouts in  this edition..

My first layout is on page 9 in the Mothers section. I have used a photo of my Mum and I taken a few years ago when we were out to lunch..

a closer view of the fussy cut elements.

I used AB Studio papers.. It had such lovely roses to fussy cut for my layout.

Cherish these days.

A touch of paint splatter to finish the layout.

My next layout is found on page 14 in the Family section.. I have used a photo of my daughter and my Mum and I at my Daughters baby shower aa few years ago.. 

a closer view.

I used lace and flowers and die cut leaves.

Family

And the next layout is on page 53 in the Gallery section.. I did create it originally for the Alpha call out but am happy to see it put in the magazine in the gallery section..

a closer view

Lots of texture, I have used X.s and gave them layers of gesso and paint to give a textured look.. 

Kiss

I have used Kaisercraft papers and a photo of my Grandies. I thought the X/s were appropriate as they are short for Kiss!

Do pop over and check out the Magazine HERE   there is sure to be something to inspire you!

Thanks for dropping on by today, and as always do take care. until next time..

Soul Scrappers Blast Off challenge, and Charms Mid-Monthly Challenge

 Hello there! I trust this finds you well..I am just popping up two layouts I have created for two challenges for this month..So good to have made the time for creating!

The first layout I would like to share is for the challenge over at Soul Scrappers Challenges on Facebook  which is for the Blast Off challenge.. which is..

So I gathered up some things and created.. I have used Cocoa Vanilla papers..

a couple of closer views..

The chipboard I have used was from Scrapmatts..

The camera die cut..

Happy Little Moments

There are 5 chipboard pieces, 4 puffy stickers (hearts) 3 word title (Happy Little Moments), 2 die cuts (there are more than 2) and 1 camera..  Thanks for a great challenge Soul Scrappers!!

The next layout is for the challenge over at Charms Creations Mid-Monthly Challenge which is...

I have used an old stamp,(script)  the buttons are a bird button and wooden button in the cluster, the packaging is from Prima under the photo, the book pages were used to cut leaves,  the papers are old Basic Grey papers, the chipboard pieces are the horse shoe, flower and title, and the Charms Creations is the Hessian Heart that I embellished with a hand cut heart from one of the papers I have used.. I think that covers it!!

A couple of closer views..

 A closeup of the horse shoe and packaging under the photo..

The Charms Heart, chipboard flower and buttons.

Memories

Thankyou Charms Creations for a great challenge!! I cant even guess how old the Basic Grey papers are!! It was good to dig them out and use them!

Thank you for dropping by, do take care.. until next time...

Soul Scrappers Challenges - Sketch, Monochromatic and One Word

 Hello there, How is your February going? We have had some very hot days and some wet days, all very usual for our last month of summer! 

I have been creating and have 3 layouts I would love to share with you for the challenges over at SOUL SCRAPPERS on Facebook . The first layout is for the sketch, which looks like..

I have followed the sketch pretty closely.

a closer view.

I had a bit of a tidy up and I found lots of lace so I have used lace on all 3 of my layouts. I did a little bit of stencilling for interest and fussy cut the sunflowers to match my photo..

There are so many beautiful reasons to be happy.

The next layout I would like to share is for the Monochromatic challenge where we were allocated a color, and the color I got was brown.. humm I wondered if I had any brown in my stash, I need not have worried, yes I found brown.. I kinda went with a Vintagey look..

a closer view.

I found I had brown and hessian flowers and I used them.. I found this clock face with a horse on it and as my Dad loved horses I used that in this cluster.. other things I used on my page were die cut wheat as my Dad was a Farmer and grew wheat at times for the grain for his cattle.. 

Sweet memories

I love this photo of two of my daughters and my Dad..very precious memories now..  I like how this turned out..

and the final layout is for the One Word challenge, to use either a G or D or T for the title word on your layout. and use some texture paste through a stencil... and I chose G for Grin and used a photo of my Grandie when she was so little and she had a very cheeky grin!!

a closer view.

just a view of the cluster with fussy cut flowers and again I used a clock face..

Grin.

Just a little bit of stencilling on the side of my page to compliment the softness of the page..

So there are my 3 layouts, I did enjoy creating them.. I hope to do some more creating before the month is out, but life has a way of getting busy when you least expect it! Thanks for dropping by, and do take care.. until next time..

Soul Scrappers Challenges - Sketch, TIc Tac Toe and One Word

 Hello there on this Hot Hot Summery day ..At the moment all eyes are on the north to see if a cyclone is going to be a problem, I do pray it does not do any damage. 

I am popping up three layouts for Challenges for the SOUL SCRAPPERS CHALLENGES on Facebook that have carried over from December and I am glad about that.. 

The first layout I would like to share is for the Sketch, which looks like this..

I  have kept pretty closely to the sketch and used photos of my GS playing outside a a bush Kindy he went to.. 

a close up.

I fussy cut some bush animals for embellishments and used ribbon and ric rac to add some different textures..

Adventure

That was a great sketch to follow!!

The next layout is for the Tic Tac Toe and it looked like..

I used the first row going down, Red/Green tags and stars.

a close up..

I have used red and green, stencilled stars as well as die cut stars and the tags near the photo..

Christmas.

And the last layout is for the One Word challenge which was to use either L,Y or R as the title word on your layout.. and I close R for Remember..

a close up..

Lots of fussy cutting and layering of the flowers from the papers I used.

Remember

This was taken at my GD first Christmas.. how can that be 5 years ago??

Thanks for great challenges once again Soul Scrappers.. Thanks so much for visiting my blog and as always take care.. until next time..

The Scrapbookers Journal Publication..

 Happy New Year!! It has come around so quickly! I hope you had a lovely Christmas and lets hope and pray that 2024 is a good year for us all.. 

The Scrapbookers Journal has a new issue out and I have 3 layouts in it this time.. I think this edition is the best yet with lots of inspiration from many creatives!  So I would like to share my layouts.. you can check it all out ON THIS LINK HERE!!!  

The first layout is from the Birthday section. I printed out this photo of my Grandies and my Grand-dog Alfie on his birthday! I used some dies to cut party themed embellishments! My layout is on page 8..

Celebrate

The papers are Cocoa Vanilla!

The next layout is for the Multi Photo section..  I had these photos printed off of my Grandies having a great time at the beach... and the photos tell the story of these fun times running as free as the ocean!! I used beachy themed elements and Kaisercraft papers and chipboard pieces! My layout is on page 21.

Run free

And my third layout is in the Monochrome section on page 31. I picked up the colors in my DD dress and had these papers that were a match and did lots of fussy cutting of the papers and the chipboard is from Scrapmatts..

Believe

So I am thrilled to see my layouts among so many talented scrappers and to support Louise in this magazine bringing together our scrapping community..

Thank you for coming by.. I do pray that this year will be a good year and we will see peace on earth.. 

Until next time.. take care..