07 July 2025

Stay Wild


Inspired by, and sharing at::

* Life is Art ~ Explore Japan Online Crop


* Park Hopping My Happy Place ~ Jungle
I scrapped a forest theme, using lots of green tones.


* Creative Chaos ~ Fun in the Sun #1
My take on the starburst design - dimensions were scaled to suit my 8x8 layout size (and the size of my paper scraps)



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06 July 2025

More of Lake Dunn Sculpture Trail


I'm sharing this at Life is Art Explore Japan Online Crop, using the colour palette prompt.


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This layout was created using required items for two challenges - 

* Life is Art ~ Explore Japan Online Crop
Create a layout using the scavenger hunt items



* What's in the Bickie Tin? ~ July challenge


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05 July 2025

Christmas in July


I'm sharing this page at Soul Scrappers for the July Mystery Challenge - Christmas in July. I used papers from the Kaisercraft Sparkle collection, and included hidden journalling on the back of the tag tucked behind the photos.

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I used some of the offcuts to make a Christmas card.


Sharing at:

* Life is Art ~ Explore Japan Online Crop


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04 July 2025

Thirsty Cockatoos

Making more progress on the LDST album, with another two pages done. Not exactly a double layout because they are quite different designs, but more like companion pages with the same theme and similar elements.

This is the left hand page -


This layout was inspired by the Soul Scrappers July Tic Tac Toe challenge.  I used prompts from the diagonal column:

PEN {Doodled borders with my trusty Staedler Triplus Fineliner - Chocolate Brown}
KRAFT 
WASHI {wide washi tape Tags strip}

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This is the right hand page -


The page design was inspired by the Soul Scrappers July sketch challenge.

Image source: Page Maps April 2023

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03 July 2025

A land of sweeping plains


Sharing at:

* Scrap Challenge YOUrself ~ Patriotic mood board

Photo taken in outback Queensland - on a bush track somewhere between Winton and Old Cork. Non-Australian friends may not recognise the title reference - it is a line from Dorothea Mackellar's beautiful and iconic poem, My Country. The second stanza in particular, is the most well-known, and most quoted. I used mostly Australian scrapbooking papers to make my layout {Cocoa Vanilla and Kaisercraft}.


* Simon Says Monday ~ Red, white and blue

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02 July 2025

Piggies



I'm sharing this layout at Soul Scrappers for the July One Word challenge, featuring the letter P for Piggies. I rummaged through my old alphas to make the title {American Crafts Thickers - Marquise pearl letter stickers}.

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01 July 2025

White with ANIMALS

Today I'm sharing my design team layout for the White with 1 July challenge.


Here's the mood board and challenge criteria ~


Colour: On a WHITE cardstock background, use ONE colour from the image - pink/grey/brown 
Theme: Cats or dogs {I chose DOGS - featuring our beloved Jess-dog. I have an endless supply of doggie pics to scrap!}

I'm also sharing my page at Simon Says Wednesday for the Anything Goes theme.

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28 June 2025

ATC Challenge - June, part 2

Two more creations for the June Scrapping Clearly 2025 ATC Challenges: 

Week 25 ~ Floral Fantasy


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Week 26 ~ Urban Vibes
I used patterned paper {Simple Stories Travel Notes - Off the Grid}, watercolour paint {Tattered Angels - Twinkling H2Os} and some old letter stickers {Making Memories Tiny Alpha - White on Black}.




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27 June 2025

Art Journal

I played in my little art journal today.


Inspired by:

* Charms Creations ~ Art journal challenge


Not sure if I satisfied the brief correctly, however I used what I had: tissue paper from my stash, stencilling (inspired by Rachel's creations), a face {Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring diecut from Graphic 45 Renaissance Faire collection}.  I used a quote from Tracy Chevalier’s book, Girl with a Pearl Earring.


Also sharing at:

* Simon Says Wednesday ~ Anything goes

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12 June 2025

Camping


Sharing at:

* Kraft Plus ~ Favourite hobby besides scrapbooking
I love camping and 4WDing!

* Let's Craft & Create ~ Add buttons

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10 June 2025

New Year's Eve


Sharing at:

* Charms Creations ~ Vivid Moodboard


* Park Hopping My Happy Place ~ Inspiration page
Fireworks, seen at theme parks worldwide

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09 June 2025

ATC Challenge - June, part 1

I'm continuing with my mission to join all of the Scrapping Clearly 2025 ATC Challenges. These are the ones I've completed in June so far.

Week 22 ~ Geometrics
This was the last challenge in May, which I didn't complete before the end of the month. I chose triangles for the geometric shape {Pink Paislee Memorandum - Memo patterned paper} and added a sentiment with Dina Wakley Collage Words.


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Week 23 ~ Whimsical Creatures
I built my ATC around a cute mermaid {Miss Kate’s Cuttables}.


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Week 24 ~ Celestial
I used {Kaisercraft Stargazer patterned paper}, metallic silver card {upcycled product packaging} and two star punches.


The metallic card is very shiny and pretty, but tricky to photograph from directly above - much easier to see from an angle:


I'm sharing this ATC at Park Hopping My Happy Place ~ June challenge, Celestial Park theme.


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08 June 2025

City and country

City


Sharing at:

* Scrapping Clearly ~ June mood board
Inspired by the dark blues {Kaisercraft Stargazer patterned papers} and neon elements {Echo Park Kate alphabet cutting dies}.


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Country


Sharing at:

* Charms Creations ~ Tina's Layout Cluster Challenge


* Photo - Farm
* Layers - {Prima Love Clippings patterned papers, sticker, and cut-aparts}
* Embellishment - Charms Creations Terrific Tab

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07 June 2025

Family


I'm sharing this page at Soul Scrappers for the June One Word challenge, featuring F for Family. {Dusty Attic Our Family Memories chipboard set, painted with Illusions Glitzee - Silver glitter glue}.

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06 June 2025

A double page



The page design was inspired by the Soul Scrappers June sketch challenge.  Patterned papers are all from Heidi Swapp Dreamy collection.

Image source: Page Maps Jan 2021

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05 June 2025

Flowing


I'm sharing this page at Scrapbook Fantasies for the June Mood Board Challenge.  Inspired by word FLOW.

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04 June 2025

Cake!


This page was inspired by the Soul Scrappers June Colour Board {49 & Market Spectrum Sherbert - Tidal Wave and WRMK White Out - Frenzy - Rapture patterned papers} with added criteria - TREATS. {Rosie's Studio Cupcakes mirrored embellishments}. 


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03 June 2025

Wild & free


This page was inspired by the Soul Scrappers June Screen 2 Scrap challenge, using design prompts from this movie poster:


I included these criteria - 
* Green background {Webster’s Pages Allison Kraft - Recorded patterned paper}
* Use the word WILD {Dusty Attic Mini Tabs #5 chipboard}
* Enamel dots

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02 June 2025

Lake Dunn Sculpture Trail


Sharing at:

* What's in the Bickie Tin? ~ Moodboard
I took inspiration from the gears and clocks. {Hobbylicious Steampunk Background wood veneer}


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I'm sharing this layout at Soul Scrappers for the June Mystery challenge ~ Use 12x12 map paper for the base of your scrapbook page. My base paper is Kaisercraft Open Road - Atlas patterned paper.

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