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.

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Kraft+ November challenge Think Big - Adventure

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

That's right.. use something BIG on your creation! 

Think BIG photos, BIG titles, BIG embellishments, a photo of something BIG
Anything.. but make it BIG!

When I first looked at this mood board, all I could think of was the talented horse "Think Big", who twice won the Melbourne cup, back in the 1970's.  However, I'm not a race goer nor do I have a lot to do with horses, so I needed to focus elsewhere.

When shuffling through my photos for inspiration, I came across this one which was taken on Loch Lomond in Scotland.  I'd met a woman from Canada that I hadn't seen for about half a century.  From opposite ends of our BIG world, we just happened to be on the same tour and she recognised me!

I used a cut file to create the BIG title and the map of the world.

The colours were created with various shades of alcohol inks.

I love they way they turned out.

The journalling is on the page, but it's a bit hard to read, 

so I've included it here, if you are interested.

If this is your first visit to my blog -  I hope you found something to inspire you and I hope you will come and play along at Kraft+ this month.