Mini works of art - April

These are my creations for the Scrapping Clearly - Mini Works of Art challenge ~ April weekly prompts.

Week 15 (Words/Quotes) - "To thine own self be true" 
From Shakespeares' Hamlet, spoken by King Claudius' chief minister, Polonius.

I added layers with Authentique stickers {Favorite - Details}; I love the pretty grey/blue tones.

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Week 16 (Colour) - Pastels

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Week 17 (Theme) - Easter
I cut the egg from Cadbury product packaging, and used cutting dies to make the bunnies {Impression Obsession Bunny Set}.

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Run Army

I'm sharing this page at Soul Scrappers for the April This or That challenge. I chose: striped pp {Pink Paislee Portfolio collection}, 6x4 photo, multiple people, stars, tags, washi tape {MME Collectable Unforgetable decorative tape}.

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Find me at the beach

I'm sharing this page at ~

* Life is Art ~ Inky Fingers and Green Thumbs online crop
Inspired by diamonds.

* Off the Rails ~ Beach vibes
I used Kaisercraft Coastline patterned papers and Royal Brush EZ - Blue Seashells rub-ons.

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Saturday scrapping

I'm sharing this page at ~

* Life is Art ~ Inky Fingers and Green Thumbs online crop
I used page elements - large greenery focus on left and overlapping the photos

* Inspiration Station ~ April challenge
Inspiration - pink flowers / green foliage
Products used - DCWV Bella Armoire patterned paper, Anko diecut leaf, satin flowers and buttons from my stash.

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This is another page inspired by and shared at Life is Art ~ Inky Fingers and Green Thumbs online crop.

I used the card as a sketch to create a layout, and added some plant stickers. Not the greatest photograph but it's only one with the three siblings so I want to include it in this album.  I enjoy mixing patterns but I don't think the colours work well on this page. Good enough for today but I may revisit and re-work the layout with a less busy background paper.

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Friday scrapping

I'm sharing this page at ~

* Life is Art ~ Inky Fingers and Green Thumbs online crop
Inspired by the greenery and the circles.

* Archi-Scraps ~ Use circles

* Simon Says Monday ~ Not a card

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Life is Art ~ Inky Fingers and Green Thumbs online crop
I created a grid pattern page.

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* Life is Art ~ Inky Fingers and Green Thumbs online crop
Inspired to add a large monstera leaf.

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Family photos - Coochiemudlo

I'm sharing this page at Soul Scrappers for the April Mystery Challenge: Add a large embellishment {Dusty Attic Scroll #1 chipboard}.

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* Scrap Challenge YOUrself ~ Colour palette
I used papers from Cocoa Vanilla {Heart & Home collection + Bloom & Grow collection}.

Image source: Design Seeds

* What's in the Bickie Tin? ~ Quote: "Together is our favourite place to be"
Added to the journalling card.

* Simon Says Monday ~ Not a card

08/05/2026 Edit to add - My layout was featured in the Top 5 at Scrap Challenge YOUrself!

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Mount French

I'm sharing this double journal page at The Hut Creative for the April challenge ~ with the theme AUTUMN COLOURS.

08/05/2026 Edit to add - Thrilled to be the April winner at The Hut Creative!

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Easter cybercrop, continued

I finished the remaining two challenges for the Scrapping Clearly ~ Easter cyber crop:

Challenge 3 - Eggstra creative
This is the one I found most challenging, but after I found the right photo I was happy with how it came together. The egg is hand-drawn and hand-cut, and I used four different patterned papers {My Mind's Eye Market Street + Pink Paislee C'est La Vie collections}.

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Challenge 4 - Signs of Spring

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Easter weekend scrapping

Staying home for the long weekend this year, so I'm getting my scrap on at the annual Scrapping Clearly ~ Easter cyber crop. This is what I've created so far:

Challenge 1 - Layers of joy

Hidden layer -

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Challenge 2 - Bunny Trails

My layout features an art installation at Tamborine Mountain, with poetry by Judith Wright.

I used Tim Holtz Tracks layering stencil to create the bush rate footprints. A little detail of the shimmer {Ranger Tim Holtz - Tarnished Brass distress stain}: 

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Challenge 5 - Chocolate Moments
I had fun using upcycled materials on this page -  I used a Lindt chocolate box to matt the photograph and I made the spoon from corrugated cardboard. The chocolate-coloured papers are from Kaisercraft Anthology collection and Simple Stories Color Vibes - Wood paper pad.

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Outback travels

Adding a few more pages to outback travel albums -

Cobbold Gorge 2020

This layout was inspired by Soul Scrappers April sketch challenge.

Image source: Page Maps August 2025

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Longreach 2015 -

I'm sharing this page at Soul Scrappers April Colour Board. I used all the colours, and added the required criteria - BUTTONS.

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Robyn

I'm sharing this layout at Soul Scrappers for the April One Word challenge, featuring the letter R for Robyn. I created the title from chipboard alphabet stickers {Aldi Creative Pl - Away We Go collection} 

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Love & cherish

I'm sharing this page at 123 Scrapbooking for the March challenge challenge:

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WHITE... with 1

This is my April layout share for White with 1.

Here's the mood board and challenge criteria ~

* INSPIRATION - stars and street art
* COLOUR - WHITE with ONE colour from the image (RED, BLUE or YELLOW)
* CRITERIA - FREE SCRAP.  I made a page featuring a quirky agricultural machinery sculpture seen on my travels.

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

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