Stuck?! Sketches! DT December 15th 2017 - Family

Welome back to my blog today where I'm sharing a DT page for

Stuck?! Sketches! 

This is a great sketch for multiple photos.

I hope you will feel inspired to join in and be eligible for one of the lovely prizes. 

As I wanted a soft and pretty look, I chose some newer papers for this challenge,

they are from Jen Hadfield, the Heart and Home collection. 

The grey paper is an older one from BoBunny; Isabella, "Savvy" 

The flowers are from my stash - Green Tara and Prima.  The die cut foliage is 

Down Under Scrapbooking.

The butterfly was fussy cut from the Bo Bunny paper and I rubbed a bit of Prima Metallic Wax on the white birdcage to soften it.

The journalling is on the back of the page and it reads:-

Because you live so far away, we don't get to see you as often as we'd like.  However, one of these photos was taken with you perched on our kitchen bench, chewing happily on some Basil.   It was wonderful to have you visit for a few days and share a picnic in the park with your Uncles, Aunties and big cousins.  You've discovered that cardboard boxes are great fun and you enjoy going to the market with Mummy and Daddy on the weekend. We are so lucky that your parents send photos almost every day and we love seeing  your latest tricks.   Looking forward to seeing you again at Christmas time.

Love Granny - November 2017

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Happy Crafting.

A Boy's page and a Christmas Card

It's Helen with you today.  How are your Christmas preparations going?

I'm still making cards and have a lever fold one to share with you.

After two years, it's time to step down from the Scrapmatts Design Team 
and this is my last post.  Sincere thanks to Sofie and Andrew for having me; 
I will be forever grateful for the opportunity and for your generosity.

First I'm sharing a Boy's layout.  The photo was taken in an industrial area, 
so that I could use the Grafitti as a background.

The Turquoise paper is from Crate Paper, Cool Kid.
The Navy polka dot, is an older scrap from October Afternoon. 
and the red is also an older scrap, from Amy Tangerine.

I like the way the black chipboard ties all the different elements together. 

The journalling is on the back of the page and it reads:- 

This photo was taken one day during the winter school holidays and we had planned a big day out.  We went to Port Adelaide to look at the "Adelaide", an old ship which is being restored.  It was used in the 1800 to bring settlers from Europe to Australia.  We came across this graffiti; which I thought was a great background for three skallywags. It was a freezing cold, rainy day, so we cut our expedition short and headed home for lunch and inside play.  20th July 2017

Scrapmatts Products used:-

CB5140 string circles 04

CB 6112 Scrap Words 31

CB1232 Film strips 05

 CB1072 Gears 01

Next up is a card to inspire you.   I challenged myself to make a lever card and it was easier than I imaged.  I'm really happy with the result.

I lined the inside with a mixture of Kaisercraft Christmas papers.  

One of the folds was left blank, to write a Christmas message. 

Scrapmatts products used:-

CB144 Layered Poinsettias 01

CB6111 Assorted Words 27

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Scrap Matix Challenge, 7 Dots Studio - Love

Welcome to my blog during this busy time of the year;

I hope your preparations are coming along according to plan.

Today I’m sharing a layout for the Scrap Matrix challenge,

which was to use 7 Dots Studio Products.  

Inspired by the colours of the teething beads,  I've chosen to scrap an older photo of one of my Grand boys. The colours of the new Paint Chips range matched well.
The background I used is called Underpaper.

I teemed it with some of the sheets from the Paint chips 6"x6" pad,

and a tag from Destination unknown collection.

The chipboard frame is from Scrap FX - I treated it with Ranger Enamel Accents

and Tattered Angels glimmerglaze.

The metal butterfly has a few Prills for the middle.

I added a cluster of circle elements.  The flair is from Graphic 45

The yellow element is a Prima Art Pebble &  the small brad is from October Afternoon.

The texture paste was applied through a 13 @rts stencil

The Stamps are by Paper Artsy.

The words strips are also from 7 Dots Studio, the Lost and Found Collection.

The journalling is on the back of the page and it reads:-
Every face tells a story and yours shows your impish nature and the way your eyes light up when you see someone you love.  I see lots of bruises and scratches on your face; testimony to your fearless nature and love of climbing and exploring.
Your face is smothered in sunscreen and your shoulders are bare,  so we must have been heading outside for some water play in the little blow up pool.
You remind me so much of your Daddy at the same age.
26th January 2013, love Granny.

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Stuck?! Sketches DT 1st Dec 2017 - Power, go get 'em

Welome back to my blog today where I'm sharing a DT page for

Stuck?! Sketches! 

I hope you will feel inspired to join in and be eligible for one of the 
lovely prizes listed below.  

This sketch had me puzzled for a while, until I came across these, fairly ordinary photos, but they have a story to tell and some of you will know, I'm always keen to tell the story behind the images and bring the people to life.  I made the strips from off cuts of patterned papers. The yellow is from Echo Park, "That's my boy" range, the grey is from Simple Stories, "DIY boutique' and the black and white stripe is a seriously ancient scrap of Basic Grey, "Black Tie"  I'll be sad when this is all used.

I chose colours to team with the football guernseys the boy's were wearing.
The turquoise splatters were made by mixing Colour Blast paste and Dylusions paint.
The enamel dots are from Doodlebug designs "Matte sprinkles"

The yellow die cuts are from Uniquely Creative and the "Go get 'em" title is by 
Pink Fresh Studio.

I've  added the Boy's favourite players next to them and the Power logo next to the Power supporter.  The other twin will have his team logo on his page.  For some reason, he's decided to barrack for Richmond and luckily for him, his team won the Grand final this year, for the first time in 37 years!

The journalling is on the back of the page and it reads:-
You Boys at 6.5 years are in love with Aussie rules football.  Your Paternal family have followed Port Power for generations and it's great to see you out side, learning skills, getting fit and taking an interest in the football code we follow here in South Australia. You played for a team in the Auskick competition during the winter and were lucky enough to be chosen to play on the Adelaide oval before one of the AFL games.   What an honour!  You were so excited to be mixing with your heros.  Love Granny 2nd April 2017

Our sponsors this time are:-

They are donating a themed prize pack.

and

Bramble Fox is also offering all of our readers 10% off in their shop with the code STUCK10, until December 31st!

As always, we want to show you how much we appreciate that you play along with us and share your designs and talent with us so we will be choosing one scrapbooker from each challenge to guest with us at a later date! For example, our chosen scrapbooker from our December 1st challenge will guest for our February 1st challenge! 

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If this is your first visit to my blog - I hope you found something to inspire you. 

Kraft+ DT December 2017 - Wonder

Hello again Scrappy Friends, welcome to December where today I'm sharing a post for Kraft+

The idea is to be inspired by anything on the mood board.

It can be anything in the photo..not just the colours.

The circles

The frames 

The wood grain

The textures

The pastel chairs

The designs on the cushions

The fruit

The cups

Just don't forget the Kraft! 

The weathered teal table and the orangey chairs jumped right out at me,
so I went with those colours.

The teal paper was of boards which I cut apart and sanded as well as adding some colour with Prima Rusting pastes.  The paper is by Websters "Painted Effect."

The flowers are from my stash and the chipboard is from 2Crafty; I embossed it with my favourite embossing powder by Stampendous, "Aged Ivory."
The flair is from Studio Fourteen40.

I added an older title from Heidi Swapp, because it was the perfect colour.
The MM was done with Tim Holtz Oxides - a blend of Broken China
and Cracked Pistachio. The triangle stamp is from Kaisercraft and the flicks of gold were done with Docrafts Artiste spritzing ink.

The orange paper is an older one from BoBunny the Madeleine range.
I love this heart chippie, but I don't know where it's from, it was painted silver and looking forlorn in the bottom of a discard pile.

The journalling is on the back of the page and it reads:-  
You were staying with us for three days and two nights during the school holidays and I took the opportunity to get some new photos of you.  You've changed so much since you've been at school; that combined with your longer hair and glasses, make you like quite grown up.  You still like crafting and baking though and we spent time making an Advent calendar, which was part of your Birthday present.  You go to sleep quickly and sleep well for five or six hours, but then, when you wake, you say you are missing Mummy and Daddy and come to sleep with me.  You are such a restless sleeper, constantly moving, thrashing around and calling out; It's like sleeping with a zebra or a unicorn! You are up with the Sparrows and ready for the next activities on your agenda. We miss you when you are at school and love having you to stay over.   I wonder if there is anything that helps Zebras and Unicorns to stay sleep?  Love Granny 4th October 2017

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Stuck?! Sketches DT, 15th November 2017 - Live every moment.

Welome back to my blog today where I'm sharing a DT page for

Stuck?! Sketches!   
If you click on the link it will take you to the projects that the rest of the Design Team have created to inspire you.  You have until the 29th November to enter and be eligible to win one of the lovely prizes listed below.

To celebrate my Grand daughter's love of purple,

I used a deep purple background and combined it some older Maja papers.

The border was created with a Martha Stewart punch, "Doily lace trim, deep edger".

The layered butterflies are from DIY invitations.  

The stencilling was created with Prima and Tim Holtz stencils.

The title is by Scrapmatts.  CB6113 Scrapwords 32

The text stickers are from Tim Holtz, "Small talk."

The large pink bloom is by Prima, the smaller white one is by Petaloo,

I added the pink centre with some glimmer mist and a small brush.

The butterfly flair is from Lemoncraft.

The journalling is on the back of the page and it reads:-

 One night, when preparing vegetables with your family for dinner, you said, "These veggies are all wavy along the edges."   When you were checked at the optometrist, you were diagnosed with quite marked visual problems.  After two weeks, when your glasses arrived, (Purple, of course), you happily put them on and now wear them all day.  Your reading has improved exponentially.   I'm so impressed with the way you've accepted the change in your life so graciously and that you wear you glasses with pride. 

Love Granny, 4th October 2017

I hope you will feel inspired to join in and be eligible for one of the lovely prizes.

Our sponsors this time are:-

They are donating a $25.00 gift certificate.

They are donating a $20.00 gift certificate

Thanks for calling in.   I love it when you leave a comment; I so enjoy reading them.

If this is your first visit to my blog - I hope you found something to inspire you.  

Scrapmatts DT November 2017 - Follow and a Christmas gift box

Hello and welcome back to Scrapmatts.

It's Helen with you today.

First I'm sharing a layout featuring a photo of one of my Grandsons 
who is now almost seven.  The years have flown by.

To begin, I used a Scrapmatts brick stencil on the back ground - ST9024 A5 
I've used a Crate Paper collection, "Cool kid" 

The chipboard circle was painted with Tim Holtz Ozide, "Fossilized amber"
CB5140 string circles 04

The title is from CB6113 Scrap Words 32

The Gears were already painted black, CB1072 
 I flipped this sketch; it's by Laura Whitaker - thank you Laura.

The journalling is on the back of the page and it reads:-

I love this photo of you taken on your first Birthday, you look quite a lot like your big brother and not at all like your twin.  Already you have a love of anything with wheels, big trucks, matchbox cars and anything else in between.  You enjoy lining them up, bonnet to bumper and creating long lines of them.  You love your tucker and sleep pretty well at night.  I wonder what the future holds for you little boy. Love Granny, Photo 26 Jan 2012 

Next up is a Christmas easel card with a drawer, which holds a few chocolates.
I think it would make a lovely Teacher's gift at the end of the year.

The chipboard garland was painted with Twinkling H2O's
CB5164 Holly 05

The chipboard pieces were embossed in gold, they are:-
CB6111 Assorted Words 27
CB6081 Christmas Stars 02
CB1229 Chains 02

ST5041Stencil Stars

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Stuck?! Sketches! - November 1st 2017 - Enjoy

Welome back to my blog today where I'm sharing a DT page for

Stuck?! Sketches! 

This is my third attempt at this sketch, having wrecked the first two by taking them one step too far.  My Mother would have said "Stop trying to gild the Lilly!"

The papers are all from Cocoa Vanilla, one of my favourite boy's ranges; 

it's called "You Rock".

The quote is by Kahil Gibran and it's on a card by Affirmations Publishing House. 

The flairs and other embellishments are from Cocoa Vanilla too.

The title is an older one by Heidi Swapp.

The journalling is on the back of the page and it reads:-

We enjoyed looking after you once a week when you were little tackers.  Here you are aged about three years, out in the garden, bare foot, as usual and happily 

watering in your tomato plants.  They grew beautifully and provided kilos of sweet cherry tomatoes.   The first thing you did, when you arrived, was to shuck off your shoes, pick up your watering cans, grab a bowl and gather up your produce to take home and share with your family.   I love seeing those bare toes connected to the good, rich earth.

Love Granny. 14th October 2014.

Our sponsors this time are:-

They are donating $25.00 Gift Certificate.

and

They are also donating $25.00 Gift Certificate.

I hope you will feel inspired to join in and be eligible for one of the lovely prizes.

Thanks for calling in.   I love it when you leave a comment; I so enjoy reading them.

If this is your first visit to my blog - welcome, I hope you found something to inspire you.