Halloween Fun

Flashback to Halloween 2014... and our first ever Halloween parade:



I used the sketch at Scrapbookit for this layout, and used an assortment of paper scraps for the four background panels.

I included the additional criteria of a song title {Thriller} and stamping (I used a raven from a journalling stamp):



Materials:
October Afternoon Sasparilla - Gold Rush patterned paper
Black Market Paper Society Letters from Paradise - Desert Palm Shores patterned paper
Bella! Happy Holidays patterned paper 
Upcycled coffee carton (silver card)
Bazzill Bling - Mint cardstock
Bella! Flowerz - Black satin flower
Kaisercraft 2cm white paper flower
Kaisercraft Olive paper flower
American Crafts Thickers - Subway foam alphabet & asterisks
Houndstooth washi tape
Autumn Leaves Stampology - Round and Round stamp set

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More watery fun

Another challenge completed for the Mystical Scrapbooks Water Fun cybercrop... this one required use of the following technique:

Grab some paper towel or a face wipe, moisten with water so it is wet but not totally saturated.  Spray your ink directly onto the towel or wipe and then blot this onto your cardstock (white or light kraft works best).

Here is my layout:



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

Materials
Fancy Pants What a Wonderful Day - This Way patterned paper
Fancy Pants What a Wonderful Day - Reminder patterned paper
American Crafts Thickers - Marquise chipboard alphabets
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist - Denim Blue spray

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Finishing Barcaldine

This layout finishes the Barcaldine chapter of our 2015 road trip album:



I used lots of scraps to complete this layout, and included some book paper and another 'informational sign' photograph for my third entry at Unruly Paper Arts.  The November theme is The Written Word - in honor of International Family Literacy Month, World Communication Week, National Young Readers Day, National Book Awards Month.

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

Materials
Vintage book page
Upcycled Zarraffa's bag 
Bo Bunny Vicki B - Loverly patterned paper
Junkitz Swatchz - Home fabric
Kaisercraft Home for Christmas - Kris Kringle patterned paper (fussy cut birds)
Gin-X patterned paper (fussy cut circle)

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A double layout

Getting back into double layouts again... this one was inspired by the Faces, Flourishes and Flowers theme at Mystical Scrapbooks.  {Click to view full size.}

I'm also submitting at Simon Says Wednesday for the Anything Goes theme.

Materials:
Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 - Gable patterned paper
Cosmo Cricket Material Girl - Measuring Up patterned paper
FWAB Grace - Mango pearl flourish
Bella! black satin flowers
Prima Essentials printed paper flowers
Kaisercraft 2cm white paper flowers

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WOW Challenge #1

I'm joining in a moodboard challenge at Words or Whatever:

This is my layout:



Materials
Words or Whatever Owl Pack chipboard owl
Washi tape (x4)
Twine
Doiley
Vintage book pages
Kaisercraft 2cm white flowers
Kaisercraft rhinestones 
Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type alphabet stickers

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Water's edge

A spot of cybercropping this weekend... inspired by the 'watery colours + one' challenge at the  Mystical Scrapbooks Fun with Water cybercrop:



Also joining in at the November Scrap our Stash challenge: 
A - Alphabet stickers
L - Lace
B - Book pages
U - Uniball pen (journalling)
M - Maggie Holmes papers
S - Sequins

Materials:
Vintage book pages 
LuminArte Twinkling H2Os - Bolivian Blue watercolour paint
Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Shine - Dreamy patterned paper
Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Shine - Devine patterned paper
Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Shine - Cherish patterned paper  
Prima Welcome to Paris textured canvas alphabet stickers
Sequins
Lace

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Today's favourite

Another layout for our holiday album; this one is a double.  Click to enlarge:



I'm submitting this one at Unruly Paper Arts for the Written Word prompt.  I've included a photograph of the entrance sign at the spa, and the chalkboard sign which recorded some interesting facts about the Great Artesian Basin.

Also submitting at Mixed Media Monthly for the texture theme.

I used modelling paste (white) and metallic texture paste:



Materials:
Ranger Dylusions - Vibrant Turquoise spray ink
Imagine Crafts Creative Medium - Gold Metallic texture paste
Dusty Attic Mini Captions 2 chipboard title
TCW Mini Impressions 6x6 stencil
Fiskars 1.5" circle punch
Organza flowers
Studio Calico patterned paper

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Travel layouts

On the weekend I scrapped a few more layouts to add to our Longreach trip album.

This one was inspired by the sketch challenge at Anna's Craft Cupboard:



Materials:
Bo Bunny Vicki B - Loverly patterned paper
Studio Calico Classic Calico - Geometry patterned paper
Somitape Continuous Loop washi tape
TCW Mini Winged Exploration 6x6 stencil
Tim Holtz Tarnished Brass distress stain
Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz - Here & There arrow stamps
FWAB Antique Gold pearls 

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This one was inspired by the creative prompt at Unruly Paper Arts ~ the written word.  On our travels, I take LOTS of photographs of signs - sometimes as a memory prompt for the location, sometimes to recall interesting facts about a place, and sometimes just because the sign itself is appealing.





Materials:
Crate Paper Maggie Holmes - Shine - Devine patterned paper
Heidi Swapp Metallic Gold texture paste
TCW Mini Impressions 6x6 stencil
My Minds Eye Jubilee Mint Julep - Wild flair

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Another beach skate layout

I've started quite a few layouts at the Scrap Boutique this weekend.  Amongst all the chat and frivolity, I've even managed to finish some layouts!  This one is my favourite so far:



I used the November sketch from Scrap the Girls, and I was inspired by the texture challenge at Mixed Media Monthly.

I added texture with plaster tape, stitching and metallic texture paste:

I'm sharing my layout at Clique Kits for the Anything Goes theme.

Materials:
Studio Calico Classic Calico - Geometry patterned paper
Prima Teal Damask ink
Simple Stories Sn@p! Bits & Pieces - Carpe Diem die cuts
Heidi Swapp Metallic - Gold texture paste 
TCW Ronda Palazzari - Mini Impressions 6x6 stencil
Washi tape
Hessian twine

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RFS visit

I've got a bunch of 'miscellaneous' or 'blah' photos in an envelope- they are part of a story or event or memory that I want to scrap, but I've been stuck for inspiration about how to scrap them.  I made sure to bring them to the Scrap Boutique weekend retreat, so I would make myself do something with them.

As a warm-up, I decided to tackle the November challenge at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge - blindly grab 3 items from your stash and incorporate it into a layout.  



To be honest, I don't think I really like the layout, but it's done now, and I am moving on to the next one...

Materials:
Bo Bunny Jazmyne - Twilight patterned paper
Bakers twine
Carolee's Creations AdornIt - Etched Natural alphabet stickers

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Jazi & Santa

December is not too far away, and the challenge blogs have started the Christmas themes already!  I don't have many Christmas photographs left, but I found an older (not so great) one that has escaped my attention till now.

This layout was inspired by the Scrapbook Boutique November challenge:



I used shades of red and green, with touches of gold.

Materials:
Bella! Happy Holidays patterned paper
Bella! Happy Holidays diecut tags
My Memories Chevrons - Gold patterned paper
Green Tara Herringbone - Red ribbon
Kaisercraft 5cm Lime paper flowers
Kaisercraft 2cm White paper flower
Kaisercraft rhinestone
Carolee's Creations Adornit - Tiny Whoopsy Red alphabet stickers 
Prima lime green flower
Gold star sequins

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Dragon boats

I took some photos of the dragon boat racing at Manly Harbour last month, and didn't really think I'd be scrapping them any time soon... but then a challenge popped up at Archi-Scraps, so I thought, why not?

This is my layout:



Super simple.  And hopefully suitable for the TRANSPORT theme.

Materials
October Afternoon Sasparilla - Cattle Drive patterned paper
Texture paste (using pizza mesh as a mask)
Kaisercraft 2cm white paper flowers
Kaisercraft rhinestones
My Memories Chevrons - Gold patterned paper 
Green Tara Herringbone - Red ribbon

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Black and white

Joining in with this November inspiration board challenge at D-lish Scraps:

This is my layout:



I used only black and white, and I took inspiration from the Roald Dahl quote in the picture, and the mix of patternes in the stacked cushions. I designed and printed my own quote card for the layout.

Materials:
Washi tape x2
Lace flowers
My Memories butterfly punch
Kaisercraft rhinestones 

Digital credits:
* KG Somebody That I Used to Know (by Kimberly Geswein)
* Simon Script (by Dievz)
* Return to Sender (by Tom Kolter dafont.com)

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Imagine

This layout was inspired by the November sketch challenge at Blue Fern Studios:



I used paper from the inaugural BFS paper collection.

I'm sharing my layout at Clique Kits for the Anything Goes theme.

Materials:
Blue Fern Studios Blue Fern Garden - Picnic patterned paper
Bo Bunny VickiB - Loverly patterned paper
Kaisercraft Paper Blooms - Olive paper flower
Ribtex Vivaldi - Pearl Stamen blossoms
Martha Stewart Arch Lattice edge punch
TCW Rebekah Meier - Mini Inspired Words 6x6 stencil
Ribbons (RAK giveaway from Lizzy Hill)
Drywall tape 

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Halloween

I think the colours at the November Scrapping Outback White with a Twist challenge are perfect for a Halloween layout:

This is what I created:



The title is a chipboard from Ruby-Rockit.

Materials:
Bazzill Basics Dotted Swiss - White cardstock
Core'dinations Black Tie - Black cardstock
Bo Bunny Jazmyne - Terrace embossed patterned paper
Black Market Paper Society Letters from Paradise - Desert Palms Shores patterned paper
Ruby Rock-it Le Jardin chip title

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Not all who wander...

I love the travel theme at Show Us Your Stuff this month, and this is my layout:



* Travel themed photograph:  I never tire of taking scenery shots on our road trips.
* Map paper: I used patterned map paper from Basic Grey.
* Travel themed title/words:  I used Photoshop Elements to make my own quote card, printed on photo paper.
* Hand made item:  My own quote card produced digitally, and also a Funky Flairs flair.

This is what my title card looks like close-up:

* Please do not copy - this is my own work. *  If you want to make your own, I have listed everything below. 

Materials:
Basic Grey Serenade - Dowager patterned paper
Funky Flair Studios Boy Map Markers flair 
TCW Gabrielle Pollacco - Mini Moving Vines 6x6 stencil
Molding paste

Digital credits:
Globe image - Public domain 
LT Nutshell Library (by Lauren Thompson)
Grutch Shaded (by Steeve Gruson)
Gabriola (free with Microsoft Office)

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Half way point

I love the autumn-y tones in this layout!  I was inspired by the November challenge at Creative Embellishments, particularly the orange tones, flowers and dragonfly.



I used a Creative Embellishments chipboard from the Flourish Dragonflies set of three.

I used the November sketch from C'est Magnifique to create my layout.

Other materials
Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 - Gable patterned papaer
EK Success Retro Flower - Medium punch
EK Success Retro Flower - Small punch
Micador Collected & Co - Text Type Black alphabet stickers
TCW Balzer Designs - Mini Leaf Frame 6x6 stencil
Tim Holtz Tarnished Brass distress stain
FWAB Antique Gold pearls 
Tattered Angels Glimmermist - Terracotta Gold spray
Vintage music paper

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Inspired by Pink

 Over at Kraft + the November challenge is to "be inspired by Pink ~ the artist, not the colour".   This was a super-fun challenge to do!



The title is taken from a quote attributed to Pink, which in full is: "It's about being alive and feisty and not sitting down and shutting up, even if people would like you to."  I don't know the context, but for me, the sentiment is representative of the Pink persona.

I added the title to my photograph with Photoshop Elements, prior to printing.

Material:
Sullivans Crafty Bits fabric pin wheels
Sullivans Crafty Bits cotton circle
Kaisercolour White acrylic paint
Kaisercolour Candy acrylic paint
Houndstooth washi tape
My Memories butterfly punch
Kaisercraft Hot Pink rhinestones

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Blind scrapping

This is a "blind scrap" layout that I completed by following the instructions at Mystical Scrapbooks for the November challenge:



I rescaled the instuctions to suit 8x8 format, so I hope it turned out as expected!
 
Materials:
Coredinations Black Tie cardstock
Cosmo Cricket Earth Love - Recycle patterned paper
Cosmo Cricket Material Girl - Inspiration patterned paper
Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 - Ginger patterned paper 
Cosmo Cricket Material Girl - Calico patterned paper
My Minds Eye Jubilee Mint Julep - Wild flair button
Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type alphabet stickers
Carolee's Creations AdornIt - Etched Natural alphabet stickers
Fiskars 1.5" circle punch
Kaisercraft Hearts - Silver rhinestones
Kaisercraft Silver rhinestones
Buttons from my habby stash

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Another Ekka layout

This layout was inspired by the November challenge at Funky Flair Studio:



A little detail shot of the flair:



I used the sketch from Stuck?! Sketches.

I'm joining in over at Mixed Media Monthly for the texture challenge:

I added texture with doily, lace and lots of layers.

Materials:
Becky Higgins Project Life - Jade Collection patterned paper
Creative Imaginations Narratives - Blue Bell Noir patterned paper
Chevron washi tape
Houndstooth washi tape
Martha Stewart Arch Lattice edge punch
Micador Collected & Co - Text Type Black alphabet letters
Tim Holtz Ideology - Postale tissue wrap
Ribtex Vivaldi - Pearl Stamen blossoms
Kaisercraft Silver Heart rhinestones
Funky Flair Studio Funky Feathers flair

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Where's the Food?

This is my entry for the November challenge at Scrap the Boys.  The theme is Where's the Food?



Materials:
Bazzill Basics cardstock
Max Brenner napkin
Echo Park A Walk in the Park - Flutter patterned paper
Echo Park A Walk in the Park - Playground patterned paper
Echo Park Sweet Summertime - Sunny Spots patterned paper
Echo Park Sweet Summertime - Flower Garden patterned paper
Becky Higgins Project Life - Jade Collection patterned paper
Washi tape

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Pixels and Paper - November DT Reveal

How fun is this inspiration picture?

At Pixels and Paper this month, we challenge you to take inspiration from the above prompt and create something... anything you like!  This is my layout for November:



I had a lot of fun with this double page layout, using up lots of bits and pieces from my stash. {Click to enlarge.}  The 'tree' in my layout is the Tree of Knowledge memorial at Barcaldine, Queensland.

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

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