Famous figures

This is my take on the One Word 'FABULOUS' challenge at Soul Scrappers.  The whole experience of the underground opal mine at Lightning Ridge and the intriguing sculptures in the walls, really was fabulous, and we even saw the FAB FOUR:

Materials

Simple Stories Sn@p! Insta-page insert
Orange striped washi tape
Kraft cardstock
Small paper scraps
Alphabet cutting die (unknown brand)

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Lions Road

I've been scrapping lots of pictures of our Lions Road / Border Ranges day trip, and loving the progress on this album.

Materials

Simple Stories Sn@p! Insta-page inserts
Fancy Pants What a Wonderful Day - Wondrous solid paper
My Mind's Eye Collectable - Unforgettable decorative tape
Yellow chevron washi tape
Turquoise stripe washi tape
Filigree metal butterfly
Portacraft Mega Pack - Yellow rhinestones
Yellow paper clip
MFT Die-namics - Little Lowercase Letters alphabet dies
Baker's twine

I'm sharing this layout at:
* Simon Says Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

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Materials

Simple Stories Sn@p! Insta-page insert
Simple Stories Daily Grind - 3x4 Elements journal card
Jillibean Soup Blue Happy - Wise Words sticker
Kaisercraft Poppy paper flowers
Wooden flower button
Ribbon offcut

I'm sharing this page at the Song Lyrics challenge at Soul Scrappers, inspired by the lyrics of Nice to Be Here by Moody Blues.  I used 'nice' one one panel, and 'to be here' on the title card.

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Adventure Awaits

What a pretty colour at White.. with 1 this month:

I did my best using the blues that remain in my stash, and I used a sketch from Stuck?! Sketches:

Materials

Fancy Pants What a Wonderful Day ~ Superb patterned paper
Websters Pages Hello World - Silly patterned paper
Kaisercraft Offshore - Breaker patterned paper (fussy cutting)
Bazzill Basics Fourz - Atlantic cardstock
Green Tara 4cm Petals - White paper flowers
Buttons
Blue scallop trim
Art Wrap Mini Badge flair button

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Top of the world

Two more layouts for the Tin Can Bay weekend album:

This one is based on Rochelle's Scrappy Friends Rewind Sketch challenge and uses a colour palette inspired by the Sea Glass mood board challenge at Scrap the Girls.

Materials

Simple Stories Summer Vibes - Teal Wood patterned paper
Simple Stories Summer Vibes - Teal Grid patterned paper
Kaisercraft Jade's Garden - Jay patterned paper
Pink Paislee Expressions - Whimsies - Chocolate alphabet stickers
Satin ribbon
Painted wooden butterfly buttons

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I'm sharing this one at Soul Scrappers for the Random Word challenge, featuring letter of the month G, and the word GIRLS:

Materials

Fancy Pants Hopscotch - Classic patterned paper
Kaisercraft Jade's Garden - Jay patterned paper
Mont Marte Scrap Booker paper flowers
Best Creations Craft n Craftin' - Flower chipboard flourish
Pink Paislee Expressions - Whimsies - Chocolate alphabet stickers
Satin ribbon

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Climb the mountains

I'm slowly making progress on my Girraween album, one double page at a time...

Materials

Becky Higgins Project Life - Jade Edition patterned paper
Glitter washi tape
Green paper clip

I'm sharing this one at Soul Scrappers for the Escape to Nature challenge, where the theme is MOUNTAINS.

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Lots of stitching

This layout was inspired by sketch challenge #SC111 at Soul Scrappers:

Materials

Amy Tangerine Rise & Shine - Ava patterned paper
Kaisercraft Enchanted Garden - Charm patterned paper
Kaisercraft Enchanted Garden - Rapture patterned paper
Kaisercraft Enchanted Garden - Magic patterned paper
Kaisercraft Li'l Primrose - Fancy Dress patterned paper
Kaisercraft Elegance - Catherine patterned paper
Prima Zephyr wooden ticket
Green Tara 4cm Petals - White paper flowers
Wooden heart buttons

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Materials

Kaisercraft Esperance - Ocean Tide patterned paper
Kaisercraft Lush - Maple patterned paper
Kaisercraft Pickled Pear - Thyme patterned paper
Kraft cardstock
Echo Park Kate - Lowercase alphabet die

I'm joining in two challenges with this layout:

* Colorful Creations ~ Hello, my name is... Karen
Use only items that start with my first initial... K!  I had to ponder quite hard to make this one work (which makes for a true challenge, n'est-ce pas?)   My items are Kaisercraft patterned papers, Kraft letters and Kate font.  No embellishments, because I couldn't come up with any that started with 'K'!! and the busy papers are enough, I think.

* Archi-Scraps ~ Sewing

This is the inspiration image, which I believe is actually a clever photo manipulation (image watermarked with Worth1000) but wouldn't it be cool if it was a real building!  I used lots of machine stitching on this layout, one of my favourite techniques.



30/04/2017 Edit to add: I received a runner up prize at Archi-Scraps for this layout.

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The Pinnacle, continued

This layout was inspired by the sketch challenge at the Scrap Suite April cybercrop:

Materials

K & Co Blue Awning patterned papers
K & Co (unknown collection) patterned paper
Fancy Pants Hopscotch - Classic patterned paper
Tim Holtz Idea-ology journalling tickets
Queen & Co Felt Fusion - Fall - Brown felt border
Baker's twine
Cre8tiv Embellishments sticker
Dear Lizzy Watercolour Words title
Crafty Fox Mini Flowers - White paper flowers

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Frames

Two different challenges this month have the theme of FRAMES so I rifled through my stash to find some wood veneer frames to use on these layouts.

This one is for The Scrap Suite cyber crop:

Materials

Cosmo Cricket Social Club - Swingin' patterned paper
Simple Stories Summer Vibes - Teal Grid/Teal Wood patterned paper
My Mind's Eye Follow Your Heart - Be Amazing - Kraft Unique patterned paper
Craft Stall plywood craft frame

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This double pocket page is for the Mystical Scrapbooks April challenge. Click to enlarge:

Materials

Simple Stories Sn@p! Insta-page insert
Craft Stall plywood craft frame
Alphabet cutting dies
Crafty Fox Mini Flowers - White paper flowers
Simple Stories Daily Grind - 3x4 Elements journal card
Green Tara 4cm Petals - Daffodil paper flower
Memory Box Reed Bird cutting die
Baker's twine

I'm also sharing it at UnstampaBelles for the April To Die For theme. I used an alphabet die to make my title, and the little birdie is a Memory Box die.  (I die-cut the letters and bird from a Twinings tea box, because it was the perfect shade of not-quite-red.)

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The Pinnacle

This layout was inspired by the double page sketch challenge #DD1 at Soul Scrappers.  Click to enlarge:

Materials

K & Co Blue Awning patterned papers
K & Co (unknown collection) patterned paper
Cocoa Vanilla Sugar & Spice - Candy Stripe patterned paper (reverse)
Fancy Pants Hopscotch - Classic patterned paper
Kaisercraft Pickled Pear - Thyme patterned paper
Technique Tuesday Hometown - Lowercase alphabet dies
Funky Flair Studio Just Green windmill embellishments
Tim Holtz Idea-ology journalling tickets

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Materials

Kaisercraft Sakura Park - Kanzan patterned paper
Fancy Pants Oh Deer - Red corrugated paper
Bazzill Basics Smoothies - Blackberry Swirl cardstock
Stencil Girl Square Dancing stencil
Imagine Crafts Creative Medium - Metallic Silver texture paste
Buzz & Bloom Botanica - Flowers chipboard shapes
Kaisercraft Poppy paper flowers
Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 - Elements journalling card
Crate Paper Maggie Holmes - Shine roller stamp
Ink it Up! Cranberry pigment ink
Printed grosgrain ribbon
Merci foil photo corners

This layout was inspired by the April challenge at Scrap Boutique ~ Black, white, red

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Playing with pink

I'm playing along with Scrapping Outback again this month, inspired by this White with a Twist colour challenge:

WHITE with hot pink, light pink  
and a touch of green

This is what I created:

Materials

Cocoa Vanilla Sugar & Spice - Candy Stripe patterned paper
Cocoa Vanilla Sugar & Spice - Flutter patterned paper
Hot pink tissue paper
Green Tara 4cm Petals - White paper flowers
Green Tara 4cm Petals - Pink paper flower
Best Creations Craft n Craftin' chipboard flowers & flourish
Art Wrap Mini Badge flair button
O'Scrap I've Got Wheels buttons

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Border Ranges

Scrapping my way through some more Border Ranges photographs, from our Lions Road day trip.  I've printed up some photo montages, which I find speeds up the scrapping process a bit.

This one was inspired by the Tic Tac Toe challenge at Soul Scrappers, with the criteria of layering, butterflies and wood veneer:

Materials

Kaisercraft Esperance - Ocean Tide patterned paper
Creative Imaginations Mistletoe - Mistletoe Song patterned paper
Baker's twine
Cocoa Vanilla Sugar & Spice wood veneers
Manilla tag
Ranger Tim Holtz - Bundled Sage distress ink
Vintage book pages

I'm not entirely sure which way the butterflies should go.  I tried both ways and neither looked quite right, so in the end I just stuck them down!

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Materials

Black cardstock (upcycled from a document cover)
My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline - Dilly Dally - Best Vines patterned paper
Creative Imaginations Mistletoe - Mistletoe Song patterned paper
Crafty Fox Mini Flowers - White paper flowers
Green Tara 4cm Petals - White paper flowers
Green Tara 4cm Petals - Pale Green paper flowers
Green Tara 2.5cm Petals - Green paper flower
Baker's twine x2
D-lish Scraps wood veneer owl
MFT Die-namics - Letter Letters alphabet dies (negative)

I'm entering this one at:

* Mystical Scrapbooks ~ 1-2-4-5 challenge
    1 cardstock
    2 string/ribbons
    4 patterned papers
    5 flowers

.* UnstampaBelles ~ To Die For ~ (Twist: add a bird)
I have a die cut title (I used the negative) and a wood veneer owl:



* Stamplorations ~ Things with Wings

08/05/2017 Edit to add:  This layout was selected as a random winner at UnstampaBelles.  Yay!!

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Wings & things

Another page about our spring vacation to Lightning Ridge:

Materials

Simple Stories Sn@p! Insta-page insert
Simple Stories Homespun - Insta-squares filler cards
Red chevron washi tape
D-lish Scraps resin bird
Spellbinders Nestabilities - Classic Scalloped Circle Small cutting die
Red paper clip
Upcycled kraft/gold shopping bag
Upcycled Twinings tea packaging
Alphabet cutting die (unknown brand)

I'm sharing my page at:

* Stamplorations ~ Things with Wings

* UnstampaBelles ~ To Die For (Twist: add a bird)
I made my title with alphabet cutting dies, and added a resin bird.

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Girraween, continued

Some more pages for our Girraween mini album:

Materials

Pink Paislee Cottage Farms - Wheelbarrow patterned paper
Kaisercraft Vines cutting die
My Mind's Eye Boy Crazy - Seeing Stars patterned paper
Glitter washi tape
October Afternoon Mini Market - Gray & Cream alphabet stickers
Yellow paperclip

I'm sharing this spread at:

* Crafting When We Can ~ Animals
I never tire of seeing our Australian animals in their native environment.

* Clique Kits ~ Anything Goes

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Materials

Bazzill Basics Fourz - Turquoise Mist cardstock
Washi tape
Kaisercraft Cream paper flower
Kaisercraft Olive paper flower
Green paperclip

I'm sharing this one at Soul Scrappers for the Song Lyrics challenge, featuring lyrics from Savage Garden's Truly, Madly, Deeply (one of my favourite songs!)

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Snapshots @ Carlo

Materials

Cosmo Cricket Social Club - Swingin' patterned paper
Cocoa Vanilla Flying High - High Flyer patterned paper
Webster's Pages Hello World - Silly patterned paper
Martha Stewart Garden Trellis deep edge punch
Green Tara 4cm Petals - Daffodil paper flowers
Wooden heart buttons
Yellow paper clip

This layout was inspired by two challenges:

* Stuck?! Sketches ~ 1st April sketch
I simplified the sketch a little to suit my scrapping style, but the main elements are retained.

* Scrap Our Stash ~ Tic Tac Toe
BORDER PUNCH: I used a Martha Stewart deep edge punch
STITCHING: Machine stitched large background circle and border
YELLOW: Flowers, buttons and paperclip

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This layout was inspired by the April scraplift challenge at A2Z Scraplets:

Materials

Cocoa Vanilla Flying High - High Flyer patterned paper
Cre8tiv Designer Paper - Eco patterned paper
Amy Tangerine Rise & Shine - Ava patterned paper
Kaisercraft Loire Valley - Japonica patterned paper
Green Tara 4cm Petals - Daffodil paper flowers
A2Z Scraplets Flourish 10 chipboard
Simple Stories Carpe Diem - Bits & Pieces die cuts
Twine

This layout by Louise Turner was the inspiration for my page:

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Rockhampton album, still in progress

I added two more pages to my Rockhampton mini album.

I love photographing birds, so of course I tried to catch a few shots during my walk on the headland at Rosslyn Bay:

Materials

Want2Scrap Labels Eleven chipboard album (used as page template)
Basic Grey Knee Highs - Hopscotch patterned paper
Memento Spring Collection - Tulip patterned paper
Cre8tiv Designer Paper - Eco patterned paper (fussy cut leaves)
Value Craft plastic flower beads
Feather cutting die

I'm joining in these challenges:

* UnstampaBelles ~ To Die For (Twist: add a bird)
I used a feather cutting die, and my bird is in the photograph.

* Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper ~ Anything Goes 

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I also love homewares stores!

Materials

Want2Scrap Labels Eleven chipboard album (used as page template)
My Mind's Eye Dreamy - Daydream - Funky Flowers patterned paper
Cosmo Cricket Material Girl - Inspiration patterned paper
Vintage book paper
Flourish with a Bling Antique Gold pearls
Baker's twine

This page was inspired by the Tic Tac Toe challenge at the Scrap Suite March cybercrop. I chose the row:

BLING, JOURNALLING, BUNTING, TWINE

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Guesting at Scrap Boutique

I'm thrilled to host a challenge for Scrap Boutique this month.  Scrap Boutique Fitting Room is a public group on Facebook, and everyone is welcome to join in.

This is my layout, featuring TEXT or SCRIPT:

Materials

Simple Stories Summer Vibes - Teal Wood patterned paper
Fancy Pants Hopscotch - Classic patterned paper
K & Co Jubilee - Bright Flowers patterned paper
Vintage book paper
Leaf cutting dies
Stencil Girl Rembrandt's Words stencil
Cocoa Vanilla Wild at Heart wood veneers

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

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Life is Beautiful

Sharing some more pages from my Girraween mini album...  These ones are scenery shots from the summit climb:

Materials

My Mind's Eye Our Boy - Family Green patterned paper
Simple Stories Life Documented - Bits & Pieces die cut title
Glitter washi tape

I'm sharing this page at the One Word challenge at Soul Scrappers, inspired by the word BEAUTY.

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Materials

My Mind's Eye Our Boy - Family Green patterned paper
Glitter washi tape
Kaisercraft Vines cutting die
Twinings foil packaging

I'm sharing this page at Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper challenge for April.

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Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!  This is our cute inspiration photograph at Pixels and Paper for April.

I went on a photography expedition for this assignment.  I visited some local shops and took photographs of the Easter goodies which have started to spring up everywhere!

Materials

Kaisercraft Enchanted Garden - Charm patterned paper
Li'l Davis Crillon - Motif Pearl patterned paper
Corrugated cardboard
Basic Grey Serenade - Bowler Hat patterned paper
Memory Box Adelaide Stem cutting die
K&Co product packaging (kraft motifs)

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

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