So excited

I'm so excited I was the Spotlight Feature over at Once Upon a Sketch with my layout '80 Years Old'  My Beautiful Mother-in-Law.
Thanks to Nadia and the team.

Dusty Attic

I submitted this one for the February Sketch challenge over at Dusty Attic today.  
The sketch is from Michelle Grant.

I actually really like this one of my mother in the early 1950's and my journaling says that I can't believe they were allowed to wear shorts in the era this photo was taken.

I've used some beautiful pieces I received from Belinda and the little gem stone looking star flower is from Monica.

Scrap the Girls

This one's of my work colleagues, we were having a catch-up lunch after we'd all resigned or retired from work.

I have a little hidden tag that gives the names of everyone - for future reference.
I set my own task to use some older papers and flourished I had in my stash, task accomplished.

Products Used.

Grace Taylor - Vintage Elegance

Kaisercraft Flourishes treated with 

Tattered Angels Glimmemist, Dylusions and Mr Huey ink.

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Liquid Pearls

Kaisercraft Die-cut Bird and tag

American Craft Amy Tangerine Alpha

D-Lish Leaves

Green Tara Flowers

Quiet Time

I did this page recently for a competition and wasn't successful this time but I'd love to share it with you.  It's of three of my grandson's nearly ready for bed.

Products Used:

 Cardstock - Cre8tiv

Cosmo Cricket - Love Notes

D-Lish Scraps Twine

Washi Tape made into circles

Crotchet Doily from Belinda Scott

Cuttlebug Embossing Foler

Spellbinders Star Die

American Craft Thickers Alpha

Sharpie Pen

Brilliance Ink

February at Ranger and A2Z

This layout is heading over to two challenges, firstly the Ranger Ink colour challenge because I would love these products to add to my small collection and secondly over it goes to A2Z   Sketch Challenge supporting Belinda Scott who designs for them. 

My granddaughter and I had a movie night and watched The Secret Garden and Return to the Secret Garden, her choice, and it was really nice not having to watch a boys movie.

Products Used:

Kaisercraft Paper and Flower Bling

Stampin Up Paper

American Craft Thickers

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

DieNamics Banner Die

QuicKutz Nesting Doily Dies

Ranger Liquid Pearls and Distress Ink

Staz On Purple Ink

Tim Holtz Distressing Tool

Ribbon Embellishment from Stash

Saturday Night Tag

I felt like creating something last night but didn't want to start a page so picked up a few things that were on my table and made a little tag.

Trying a Canvas

I thought I'd give a small canvas a go, firstly I used gesso then Dylusions ink sprays and Tattered Angels Glimmerists and Mr Huey's white coloured mist.  I just kept adding, blowing and splatting the inks until I was happy.
The colours look so different here as I took the first photo inside and toward evening and the finished one outside and it was very sunny even though I was on the verandah.

This is the name of my grandson's screamo band, I made the name my own by putting the'B' back to front - no really I made a mistake -oooooops!!!

Rescuing a Wombat

This post has nothing to do with scrapping (well not yet anyway, I might just have to do a layout with this photo).

As you may have read earlier on my posts my son and his family were evacuated from their camp site during the recent bushfires.  They had seven of their children, their dogs, cats and birds with them and made it home safely with nothing left behind.

Recently they returned to the general area to see the aftermath of where they’d been camping and they came across this huge wombat.  Scott approached carefully but the poor creature was so ill it didn’t move.  Scott’s wife dribbled water across the wombat’s nose and it drank slowly from the drips.  They realised the poor thing was no danger to them so Scott picked it up and drove it to the nearest vet, it turned out that there was a baby in the pouch and surprisingly it was alive.  The vet rang a wildlife carer and the wombat was collected to be cared for until it was re-hydrated and a satisfactory release area was found for it.

My son is looking a bit surprised or maybe the weight of the wombat was becoming a bit heavy.  I think they said it was about 40kg.

My Beautiful Mother-in-Law

I'm entering this in two challenges one over at C'est Magnifique and the other at  Once Upon a Sketch 

This layout didn't come together easily for me, I think I was feeling like many others at the moment and didn't have much motivation or creative thought.  

I'm happy with it now as I lifted the hexagonal background with a thin piece of cardboard to give it some dimension.  I've also fussy cut some of the patterned paper and layered them along with a few extra hexagons.  The little jewels you see are a cheap pair of earrings I bought on sale.  I used some texture paste and a stencil for the little flourishes around the edge of the page before I painted them with JoSonja's pearl paint. I also used a Dusty Attic chipboard frame embossed with Opals embossing powder.

Products Used:

Patterned Paper from Lincraft Stores

Prima Shabby Chic TreasuresBirds

American Craft Thickers

Kaisercraft Flowers

Handmade by me Flower

Purple Pumpkin Button http://purplepumpkincrafts.blogspot.com.au/

Seam Binding from The Craft Queen

JoSonja's Paint and Texture Paste

Urban Artist Stencil

Fiskars Border Punch

Sheer Ribbon from Stash

Dusty Attic Chipboard Frame (cut in two)

Opals Embossing Powder

Purple Pumpkin

This is my take on the sketch over at Purple Pumpkin and it's off my grandfather and his mother during the war years.

In the close-up above you will see the mixed media on this layout, I've used very old book pages that were scrunched and glued before spraying them with ink and stamping.  I've also fussy cut some of the flowers from the paper range.

Products Used:

Graphic 45 Bird Song Paper Collection

American Craft Thickers Alpha

Kaisercraft Clock Stamp

Scrap Fx Chipboard

Prima Flower and Vine and Bird

Dylusions Ink

Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Green Tara Flowers

D-Lish Cameo

Washi Tape

First Layout for Scrap Friends

This is my 'FIRST' born grandchild's 'FIRST' photo/image so how appropriate I have somewhere to enter it in a 'FIRST" page challenge.

I can't even remember where I got the papers but the alpha and yellow border were from KMart as was the mat of cork.

I used to have a small table set up in the lounge room but that has now grown into a whole room just for my crafting, I'm very lucky to have the space to spread out and gather more products.  This hobby really keeps me occupied and in touch with other ladies who constantly give me inspiration. 

Sketches with a Twist

This is my take on the challenge over at sketches with a twist , this was a fun layout to do because the twist was to use texture paste.  I used a template and texture paste before spraying with Dylusions Ink.  I also machine stitched the edges of the page and added washi tape through the layout.  This is my youngest grandson at Kindergarten last year and the colours of his clothing went so well with the colours I'd chosen for this layout.

Products Used:

Bo Bunny Paper

Dylusions Spray Ink

ScrapFx Cogs Template

Spellbinders Sprockets Die

Eye Candy Magic Little Bird

American Craft Thickers Alpha

Hearts from Amy

Liquid Pearls

Felt

Washi Tape

Brads

Machine Stitching