Linville, again

A few more pages for our girls' 2020 road trip journal:

I'm sharing this page at Soul Scrappers for the October Sketch challenge. I did quite a bit of fussy cutting on this one. A detail shot that shows the shiny metallic paper:

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And other one ~

I'm sharing this page at:

* Simon Says Wednesday ~ Not a card
* Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper ~ Anything Goes

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Milkshakes

A few more pages for the road trip journal:



I'm joining in these challenges:

* Scrap Challenge YOUrself ~ Black and white and one other colour
Couldn't resist a bit of pink!

* Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper ~ Anything Goes

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I'm sharing this page at Soul Scrappers for the One Word challenge. This month it's a title starting with M, U or W.  M is for Milkshake :)

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Together is the best place

Materials

Crate Paper/Maggie Holmes Gather - Kindred patterned paper
Crate Paper/Maggie Holmes Gather - Beautiful patterned paper
Crate Paper/Maggie Holmes Garden Party - Garden Greens patterned paper
Pink gingham ribbon
Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Small Talk word sticker
Green Tara 2cm Gerbera - Pink flowers
Portacraft Pearls - Pink gems
Painted wooden flower buttons - pale pink
DMC embroidery thread

This page was inspired by these challenges:

* Lasting Memories ~ #LM568 Famous designers - Maggie Holmes
I used papers from two Maggie Holmes collections.

* Mystical Scrapbooks ~ Torn paper

Journalling on the back of the tag, tucked behind the photo: The old billy cart. They used to push the cart (with the kids in it) the full length of Hastings Street, up the hill and across to Sunshine Beach. Clarry and the kids (Peter and John), Mavis, Aunty Desley, and an unknown friend/neighbour.

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Vita Tan

Materials

Dress My Craft Dream Door patterned paper
Simple Stories Summer Vibes - Teal Wood patterned paper
Vintage book page
Die cut tag (RAK gift)
Seam binding
Crate Paper Farmhouse - Alpha Labels stickers
Unbranded wood veneer cogs

This page was inspired by:

* Archi-scraps ~ Sketch challenge

* UnstampaBelles ~ Everyone has a story
I used a vintage book page, and I hand-wrote my journalling on a tag. The 'story' is one of my Mum's memories from her family vacations at Noosa (Qld) in the 1940's:



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Linville back road

A page for our girls' 2020 road trip journal:

I'm sharing this page at Soul Scrappers for the October Pick 3 challenge. I picked ~ Autumn colours, faux stitching, two patterned papers, journalling.  My journalling is on the back of the photo flip:

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And other one ~

I'm sharing this page at Soul Scrappers for the October Scraplift challenge. I lifted the design elements of the autumn colour palette and fence along the bottom. I've had that fence in my stash for a very long time - it's from an old Flourish with a Bling set called 'Trent's Fence'.

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Another vintage page

Materials

Heidi Swapp Make Pretty Stuff paper pad
Upcycled coffee cup sleeve
Crate Paper Toy Box - Alpha Labels sticker
Painted wooden clock button
Nylon lace

I'm sharing this page at Soul Scrappers for the October Tic Tac Toe challenge. I used the bottom row ~ CLOCK, 3 PATTERNED PAPERS, DISTRESSED EDGES

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A little bit vintage

Materials

Heidi Swapp Emerson Lane - Easy Peasy patterned paper
Heidi Swapp Emerson Lane - Sweet Nothings patterned paper
Heidi Swapp Emerson Lane - True Stories patterned paper
Basic Grey June Bug - Admiral patterned paper
Note paper
Crocheted lace
Baker's twine
Vintage dressmaking pattern
Vintage book paper
Kaisercraft Rhinestones - Champagne gems

I'm sharing this page at Soul Scrappers for the Mystery Bag challenge ~ Use five or more tags.

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Tropical Teal

At White With 1 this month the colour focus is TROPICAL TEAL combined with this Page Maps sketch:

This is my layout:

Materials

Pink Paislee/Paige Evans Turn the Page - Paper 13 patterned paper
Simple Stories Summer Vibes - Teal Grid patterned paper
Tattered Tags (Etsy) journalling stickers
Crocheted lace trim
American Crafts Thickers - Playroom felt alphabets
Unbranded satin flowers - white
Green Tara 4cm Petals - Liquid paper flowers
Black paperclip
Buttons from my habby stash

I'm sharing my layout at:

* Simon Says Monday _ Touchy Feely
I have added lace and felt for texture.

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ARTastic in October

ARTastic Challenge has another fabulous challenge this month.  This is the beautiful inspiration piece by Australian artist Lyn Butchart:

The challenge criteria this month is MIXED MEDIA + INK.  

I created a collage background and added some spray ink.  I took my inspiration from the colour palette. After a semi-disastrous beginning (not happy with my first choice of bubblegum pink) I ended up having a lot of fun layering and layering and layering! Ink spray, tissue paper, gesso, acrylic paint, modelling paste. Sometimes you just have to let it happen.

Materials

Ranger Dylusions - Bubblegum Pink ink spray
Kaisercolour Spearmint acrylic paint
Tissue paper
Kaisercraft Quarters stencil
Little Birdie Mixed Media modelling paste
PortaCraft Hot Pink alphabet stickers

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

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Tadine - an amazing view

I've been guest designing at Lasting Memories in September, where's there's a focus on PATTERNED PAPER this month. This is my final September layout ~ LM #567 Use 5 different patterned papers on your layout.

Materials

DCWV Palms & Ferns patterned papers
Basic Grey June Bug - Admiral patterned paper
Carolee's Creations Soccer - Grass Stains patterned paper
Kaisercraft Lime cardstock
Vicki Boutin Let's Wander die cut ephemera
The Craft Stall Pearls & Stone acrylic pearls

I'm sharing my layout at:

* Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper ~ Anything Goes

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Round up the usual suspects

Materials

Kaisercraft Stargazer patterned papers
Li'l Davis Away We Go journalling sticker
Unbranded mulberry paper flowers
Flourish with a Bling Adhesive Pearls - Blue
Cutting die - Smile (borrowed this at a retreat - unknown maker)

I'm sharing my layout at:

* Mystical Scrapbooks ~ September cyber crop ~ Use a quote from a movie
"Round up the usual suspects" - Casablanca (1942)

* Simon Says Wednesday ~ Layers
I used two layers of paper, photo, journal sticker, cutting die, with stitching for added texture.

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Lasting Memories - Stripes

I'm guest designing at Lasting Memories in September, where's there's a focus on PATTERNED PAPER this month. This is my layout for LM #566 - Stripes

Materials

DCWV Watercolour foil patterned paper
Scrap FX Tropical Frame chipboard
Kaisercolour Gold acrylic paint
Simple Stories Vintage Coastal - Bits & Pieces die cuts
Kaisercraft Paradise Found - Collectables die cut title
The Craft Stall Pearls & Stone acrylic pearls

I'm sharing my layout at:

* Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper ~ Anything Goes

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This Rocks!

Materials

Authentique Journey - Scroll patterned paper
Authentique Classique - Elegant One patterned paper
Recollections Collage Art chipboard sticker
Upcycled packaging - acrylic transparency
Martha Stewart Arch Lattice decorative edge punch
The Craft Stall Pearls & Stone acrylic pearls

I'm sharing my layout at:

* Mystical Scrapbooks ~ September cyber crop ~ Use colours from movie poster (Frozen)
I featured the pale blue and white, with touch of silver.

* Simon Says Wednesday ~ Layers
I used two layers of paper, transparency and stitching, with embellishments layered on top.

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Lasting Memories - Florals

I'm guest designing at Lasting Memories in September, where's there's a focus on PATTERNED PAPER this month. This is my layout for LM#565 Florals ~

Materials

Crate Paper/Maggie Holmes Gather - Favourite patterned paper
DCWV Peri & Peach patterned paper
Pink Paislee Pop Fashion patterned paper
Heidi Swapp Dreamy - Ticket to Ride patterned paper
Prima Luna mulberry flowers
Unbranded satin flowers
Unbranded buttercup flower - pink
Unbranded paper flower - white
Paper doiley
Metallic sewing machine thread - silver
Prima Luna mulberry flowers
Pink velvet ribbon
Carolee's Creations Adorn-It - Timeless sticker
Unbranded Leaf Sprig cutting dies

I'm sharing my layout at:

* Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper ~ Anything Goes
* Word Art Wednesday~ Anything Goes #507-508

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Movies

Materials

Basic Grey Scarlet's Letter - Recognition patterned paper
Glitz Design Happy Travels - Polka patterned paper
American Crafts/Shimelle Starshine - Pathfinder patterned paper
Kaisercraft Kraft cardstock
Kaisercraft Rhinestones - Champagne Pink gems
Passtime Crafts Jewel Vine Borders gems
Carl Mini Daisy punch
Unbranded paper flowers

I'm sharing my layout at:

* Mystical Scrapbooks ~ Favourite Movie
I love the old movie-musicals from the 1930s. This is one of my favourite Shirley Temple dance numbers ~ Magic Wooden Shoes.  I also included film strip patterned paper as a nod to the movie reference.

* Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper ~ Anything Goes

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Another one for my Mum's memory album ~

Materials

Crate Paper/Maggie Holmes Gather - Details patterned paper
Basic Grey Lucille chipboard tag
EK Success Jolee's Boutique - Vanilla Flowers dimensional stickers
Webster's Pages Make a Wish alphabet stickers
Vintage dressmaking pattern
Crocheted lace
Seam binding

I'm sharing my layout at:

* Mystical Scrapbooks ~ Favourite Movie
One of my favourite movies of the 1990's was PRETTY WOMAN... I swiped the title :)

* Word Art Wednesday~ Anything Goes #507-508

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Lasting Memories - Plaid/Gingham/Checks

I'm guest designing at Lasting Memories in September, where's there's a focus on PATTERNED PAPER this month. This is my layout for LM#564 - Plaid/Gingham/Checks. 

I'm not such a big fan of plaid - so I challenged myself to use some plaid paper which snuck its way into my stash. Perfect for a vintage page!

Materials

Piatek Trzynastego Sweet & Sour - Banana Cocktail patterned paper
Delish High Tea paper stack
Frankie magazine - designer patterned paper
Making Memories Noteworthy - Spiral Journal journalling page
Memory Maze Corner Flourish chipboard
Therm-o-web iCraft Decofoil - Gold transfer paper

I'm sharing my layout at Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper for the Anything Goes theme.

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Three generations

Another page for Mum's memory album:

Materials

Dress My Craft Dream Door patterned paper
Crocheted lace
Vintage dressmaking paper
Tissue paper
WRMK Sew Easy - Coral Reef baker's twine
Prima Luna mulberry flowers
Kraft tag {RAK gift}
Webster's Pages Make a Wish alphabet stickers

I'm sharing my layout at:

* Scrap it with Attitude~ September challenge
I used the sketch and the colour pallette, with some lace, and some hand journalling (strips, and also directly onto the page.

* Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper~ Anything Goes 
This is the first time I've used Dress My Craft papers, and I must say I am very impressed with the quality. So beautiful to work with.

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Lost in Translation

The never-ending travel journal has another new page! Slowly getting around to filling some of the gaps...

Materials

DCWV Watercolour patterned paper
DCWV Palms & Ferns patterned paper
Core'dinations Bermuda cardstock
Glitz Design Happy Travels - Polka patterned paper
Pink Paislee/Paige Evans Turn the Page - Paper 13 patterned paper
Washi tape - pink pineapples
Vicki Boutin Let's Wander die cut ephemera
PortaCraft Metallic Gold alphabet stickers

This page was inspired by the September sketch challenge at Soul Scrappers.

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ARTastic in September

ARTastic Challenge has another fantastic challenge this month.  This is the inspiration painting by Australian artist Robert Hagan.

The challenge criteria this month is BOYS ONLY and this PAGEMAPS SKETCH:

I noticed a dog in the foreground of the painting, so my layout features both the man (and dog) in my life:

Materials

Dream Street Romantique - Simplicity patterned paper
Basic Grey Infuse - Instill patterned paper
Basic Grey Blush - Girlfriend patterned paper
Basic Grey Blush - Milk Chocolate patterned paper
Prima Fairy Flora journalling note card
Crate Paper Farmhouse - Alpha Labels sticker

I'm sharing my page at: 

* Simon Says Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

* Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper ~ September challenge
I dug into my large stash of Basic Grey papers for this layout.

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Lilac Lullabye

At White With 1 this month the colour focus is LILAC LULLABYE with this fabulous moodboard:

I used FLOWERS from the moodboard and created this layout:

Materials

DCWV Peri & Peach patterned papers
DCWV Peri & Peach journal card
Silver brads
My Favorite Things Die-namics - Little Letters cutting dies
My Favorite Things Die-namics - Little Letters Lower case cutting dies
Unbranded cutting dies - flowers
Unbranded cutting dies - sprigs

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

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