Stuck?! Sketches June 1st 2017 - DT layout - Beautiful You

Welcome 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. 

 "The scrumptious papers I used are  from Cocoa Vanilla, 

"Wild at Heart, collection "Grow Wild"

I added a Kaisercraft card stock border in soft pink - "Ballet" 

The butterflies were fussy cut from the Cocoa Vanilla range too, "Mariposa"

The flowers are from the die cut ephemera.

The Guipure lace flowers are from Prima, they have been in my stash for a while.

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

On this day, you had pulled all the soft toys out to inspect them and see which ones might be suitable for your new little cousin who was expected after Christmas.

You put aside two in particular, that you thought she might like.  The dog you are holding makes a "panting" noise and your second choice was the butterfly, which  jingles and rustles.  You are delighted that you are going to be her big girl cousin and you plan on teaching her the rules around Granny's home.  Most importantly she's not to go into the Scrap room without Granny, because there's too many precious things in there.  

You are going to explain to her that her that:-

 "Eyes are for looking with - not fingers!"

Love Granny, 14th December 2016

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Kraft+ June Challenge - Create

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

The challenge is to use just ONE colour on Kraft.  Black, white and neutrals as accents are OK, and different shades of the one colour are fine too.

My absolute favourite colour is blue and I loved the chance to scrap an older photo using one of my other favourite things; Maja papers. 
Do you have a favourite colour? Or one that you are not too keen on, but would like to challenge yourself with? 
Come, join us and be in the running for one of the fabulous prizes 
from our generous sponsors.

The Maja range is called "Summertime" and it reminds me of a dress I wore as a teenager which was covered in blue roses. I felt very special in that dress.

I fussy cut a lot of the roses and clustered them with Prima lace flowers and a few crystals.  The title word is by Scrapmatts.  The tags were cut with Paper Rose dies.

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Stuck?! Sketches 15th May 2017 Challenge - Beautiful

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.

The background paper is from the Kaisercraft Wildflower collection, "Floral" embossed.

I used various shades of pink, purple and apricot distress inks to reveal the flowers.

The small pieces of paper are scraps from Crate Paper, Prima and Kaisercraft.

Some are quite old, but they all played nicely together.

The metal embellishment is from Prima Vintage trinket.  

I wiped a bit of Olive coloured Viva, precious metal paint over it to tone down the shine.

The doily is a die cut by Prima - one of my all time favourites.

The vellum flowers were in a forlorn little neglected bundle in my room.  

They looked so sad that I spruced them up with a bit of orange distress ink 

and gave them a job to do. They were happy to be liberated!

The journalling is on the back of the page and it reads.

These three beautiful woman are my daughter's in law.  We are blessed that all of our Sons found their soulmate and each of the couples planned a family together.  

Our Grandchildren are supremely lucky to be Mothered by their warmth, wisdom, 

patience and good humour. I feel honoured to be included in their lives and trusted to nurture their children.  My cup overflows with love for them all.

Photo taken 1st September 2012

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They are donating a themed prize pack

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