North Queensland, continued

I'm still working on my Cairns travel album... a few pages at a time.

This double page layout was inspired by the September Community Mini Challenge at Anna's Craft Cupboard. The requirement is BUTTERFLIES - I used 3 wooden butterfly buttons:

Other materials

Core'dinations Core Couture - Apple Martini cardstock
Bo Bunny Country Garden - Charm patterned paper
Petaloo Flora Doodles - Lime Green Daisy flowers
DMC embroidery thread

& & & & & & & &

And another:

Materials

Glitz Design Dance in Sunshine - Damask patterned paper
Bo Bunny Country Garden - Charm patterned paper
Lily Bee Picket Fence - Cottage Garden patterned paper
Collections Elements - Large Flower chipboard
Petaloo Colour Me Crazy - Mantis Green paper flowers
Buttons
From a Mother's Art Die Cut Butterflies stickers
Photo corner

I'm sharing this one at:
* Mystical Scrapbooks ~ September challenge ~ Use journalling strips
* Simon Says Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

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Cyber cropping at D-lish Scraps

I love D-lish Scraps / The Scrap Suite cyber crops - always a good mix of challenges to choose from and to push me along on my "I-really-must-get around-to-scrapping-those-photos" quest.  So far I've done two of the September challenges.

First, another page for my Cairns travel album, for the Blue & Green challenge:

Materials

Glitz Design Dance in Sunshine - Damask patterned paper
Bo Bunny Country Garden - Charm patterned paper
Collections Elements - Large Flower chipboards
Unbranded satin flowers
Buttons
From a Mother's Art Die Cut Butterflies stickers

& & & &

Next, a double page layout about Jess-dog, for the Pet-itude challenge {click to enlarge}:

Materials

Studio Calico Heyday - Tangerines patterned paper
Kaisercraft The Looking Glass - White Rabbit patterned paper
My Mind's Eye My Girl - Fancy Free patterned paper
Cocoa Vanilla You Rock! wood veneer stars
Cocoa Vanilla Fancy Free woodies
Corrugated cardboard
Kaisercolour White acrylic paint

& & & &

Next, for the No White Backgrounds challenge, I created a layout with kraft background for J-girl's Cadet Games album:

Materials

Bazzill Basics Kraft cardstock
Echo Park For the Record 2 - Doily patterned paper
Crate Paper The Pier - Poolside patterned paper
Studio Calico Classic Calico 2 - Stars wood veneers
Buzz & Bloom Pointers - Wiggly Worms chipboard
Lindy's Stamp Gang Angel Wings Peacock embossing powder
Kaisercraft Mini Alpha - Cream letter stickers

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Cadet Games - Rake Hoe

This is my take on the Soul Scrappers September Tic Tac Toe challenge:

Materials

Bazzill Basics Kraft cardstock
Basic Grey Lily Kate - Chocolate patterned paper
Crate Paper Emma's Shoppe - Fabric patterned paper
Scrap FX Steampunk Corner B - Clock Hands chipboard
Lindy's Stamp Gang Angel Wings Peacock embossing powder
Bella! chipboard alphabets
Kaisercolour White acrylic paint
Kaisercraft Mini Alpha - Cream letter stickers
Orange chevron washi tape
Baker's twine - yellow

I used the criteria: DOODLING, STICKERS, NEUTRAL COLOURS.

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Moorland Cottage

This layout was inspired by the September challenge at Off the Rails Scrapbooking - with the theme of FOOD:

Materials

K&Company Classic K - McKenna - Pink Swirl patterned paper
RW Laser Cuts product packaging
Bazzill Basics Bitty Blossoms - Arroyo flowers
Kaisercraft Poppy paper flowers
Buttons
DMC embroidery thread
Heart punch
PortaCraft Eva foam glitter alphabet stickers

I take lots of food/drink photographs on our holidays and day trips; cafe stops are one of our little indulgences!

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Ex-TC Debbie

A layout inspired by the Escape to Nature challenge at Soul Scrappers - with the theme of SUMMER STORMS:

Materials

Bazzill Basics Smoothies - Blackberry Swirl cardstock
Webster's Pages For the Record - Today patterned paper
Cocoa Vanilla You Rock! wood veneers
Washi tape
PortaCraft Eva foam glitter alphabet stickers

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Mt Cordeaux, again

Another Mt Cordeaux layout... this one inspired by the Mystery Bag challenge at Soul Scrappers:

Materials

Fancy Pants Oh! Deer - Festive patterned paper
DCWV Watercolour Garden patterned paper
Unbranded satin flowers
Buttons

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Mt Cordeaux

I scrapped some photographs of our recent hike up Mt Cordeaux. First, a super simple design, inspired by this month's colour at White... with 1:

Materials

DCWV Watercolour Garden patterned paper
Simple Stories Carpe Diem - Bits & Pieces die cut title
Unbranded satin flower

27/09/2018 Edit to add: My layout was featured in the September highlights at White...with 1.

15/10/2018 Edit again:  My layout was selected as a winner at White... with 1.

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Next, a layout inspired by the September sketch challenge at Scrap the Girls:

Materials

Fancy Pants Oh! Deer - Festive patterned paper
DCWV Watercolour Garden patterned paper
Simple Stories Carpe Diem - Bits & Pieces die cut title
Simple Stories Sn@p! Studio paper scraps
Kaisercolour White acrylic paint
Printed tag (RAK gift)
Paper clip
Jute twine

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ARTastic - September

September already, and with Father's Day just around the corner in Australia, this is the ARTastic Challenge artwork prompt:

The theme is Manly Things.

I took my inspiration from the beach scene, and I chose a photograph featuring the man in our family:

Materials

October Afternoon Sasparilla - Dash Dalton patterned paper
Printed fabric
Buttons
Flourish with a Bling Chloe - Antique Gold pearl flourish
Words or Whatever Today Circle wood veneer
White photo corners

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

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