Now showing at the CISters Cinema

... musicals!!

This is my sample layout, a digi created with Tia Bennett's 'Apple Blossom' kit:

More sketch layouts

Just a few layouts that I've been working on over the last week:

This one was based on a sketch by Karen Mclaughlan at the MaDscraps cybercrop hosted by Vicki's Venue on the weekend:



Thank you Liz for the gorgeous RAK of the Crate pattterned paper, felt, and flowers.


Another sketch layout, for Scrap with V:




And another one, based on a Becky Fleck sketch hosted at Scrapbook Savvy:

Sketching with the CISters

Thank you to the lovely Liz for the opportunity to join the CISters Sketch Blog team this week and create a layout. This one is based on a sketch by Liz, and uses product from the May Stylish Pack:



The quote reads, "Beauty is a light in the heart" (from Kahlil Gibran)

Scream

Week 3 of the CISters Cinema Competition... and the theme is horror films. Not my genre at all, but it's all about the title!!

CISter Sunday

I had a fun and productive day scrapping with some of the CISters. Leone made the yummiest caramel slice, and it was fantastic to have Sara and Jody and Sara's mum Gaye join us for the first time.

I finished five layouts and one little special project that will remain a secret, just for now.

The first two were based on sketches from Sara's sketch blog, Stuck?





(Lee, if you're reading this ~ you will remember this!!)


The next two are challenge layouts for the Scrap Lounge cybercrop this weekend.

Rondelle's challenge ~ incorporate a mosaic, a Shakespeare quote, and handwriting:




Sara's challenge ~ a winter photograph scrapped with summer colours:




And the last one is a double page layout for the sketch challenge over at Chook Scraps:

The colour purple

Not really a colour I scrap with much. Actually, I avoid it!! Funny really, because I love wearing aubergine and deep purples, but I cannot get my head around scrapping with purple. So... Deb's challenge took me out of my comfort zone again:

May Stylish Pack

Over at Crafting in Style, the May Stylish Pack is now available in store. It's full of gorgeous blue and brown papers and embellishments... I've completed two layouts and there is still heaps of product for me to create with. These are the ones from the newsletter:



I found a quote from Marcia Weider and I knew it was just perfect for this layout:

"Use your precious moments to live life fully every single second of every single day."


And I knew which set of photographs I wanted to use for these papers, but I couldn't decide on a favourite one, so I used them all:

The Sweetest Thing

The CISters Cinema Competition is into Week 2... and the theme is "Romance":

Mum's the Word...

at Crafting in Style this weekend!

The cyber-crop is underway and we are having a blast. The chat-room sessions are insane and of course, we have some fun challenges too.

Challenge 1: Ally challenged us to scrap a layout about something funny our Mum used to say. I'm stuck!! I have an idea about the title and journalling but not a clue about a photograph.

Challenge 2: My challenge!! A bit trickier than usual ~ a two-part challenge involving a word puzzle to find the criteria. Here is my layout:




Challenge 3: Based on Tatum's sketch:

Lights, camera, action!!

The CISters' Cinema Competition has started over at Crafting in Style. It's a fun, six-week competition focussing on movie title inspiration. There are some fantastic prizes, and everyone is welcome to participate.

Week 1 ~ Comedy
(This is one of the layouts I did at our CISters Sunday crop day:)

A touch of digi...

I was working all weekend and not getting the scrapping time I craved! But I created a few digi layouts to keep the creative juices flowing, two of them for the Paislee Press Spotlight at oscraps this week.



I just LOVE Liz aka Paislee Press - minimalist and very elegant.

For this layout I modified the template provided:




And for this one I cropped the photograph to a 'non-traditional size' and used the new Fresh Linens kit. I also used Annelie's sketch from the Scrap with V cyber crop:




The last one uses the same kit, and I also played around with my Scrap Girls 'Curvy Mats':

May projects

The Crafting in Style May Stylish Pack is in store now. It's gorgeous, and with its blue and brown tones it is right up there with my favourite colour combinations too. Some sneak peeks of some of my creations so far:





Also in May, the CISters Cinema Competition is starting... so I am busy creating layouts for each of the six weeks of the contest, and the CIS cybercrop is coming up next week too.

For Sisterhood of Scrap, I am working on a layout for the Mystery Envelope which arrived in my mailbox this week. Busy, busy, busy...

April is almost over...

I can't believe how fast this year is flying by!

Some more layout sharing...



My first ever 'heritage style' layout, for Melanie's challenge at the Scrap Pile cybercrop last week. I don't usually "do" pink and lacy, but I had fun with this and I even won a prize... yay!
(This is the same photo I digi-scrapped last month... the only photo I have found of my christening. About time I did some baby photos for my poor, neglected Book of Me!)

Sunday cropping

I had the best time cropping with the CISters. As always it was fantastic catching up with Liz, Jolene, Vicki, Linda, and Leone. And it was lovely to finally meet the fandabbydosey Krissy face to face :) We had a fabulous time chatting and scrapping, drinking coffee, eating cake and snacks, laughing and just relaxing. Time spent with these ladies truly inspires me to get into the zone and just create.

I did five layouts today!!

This one incorporates the second of the CIS April Stylish Computer Tricks, typography technique. I also added some brushes and had a bit of fun with my embellishments:




This one is based on a sketch by Liz for the Scrap Boutique cybercrop:(I also used my new pen, which was a RAK from Krissy ~ thank you xx)




The other three layouts are for some secret squirrel projects and I will post them when the time is right.

Layout share

Just a few layouts I've done this month...

I submitted this one for a cybercrop challenge over at Scrap with V, and I used the Photoshop doodle brush technique from the April Computer Tricks challenge at Crafting in Style:



And this is one I did for a mini-weekend challenge at Scrap Pile. It had to be yellow and black. I have now officially exhausted my supply of yellow cardstock (although I am a little puzzled as to how I came to have these pieces in my stash to start with!! Yellow is not a colour I use very often.)



Thanks Mel for the challenge.

Find Joy

I had the best time time tonight, teaching a class at Crafting in Style.

This is the layout:



I loved playing with the Daisy Bucket papers and lovely mix of embellishments, and I loved the fun of the online class environment.

Blog-cropping

I've had a productive weekend, catching up on scrapping some more of last year's photos. These are some of the layouts I've created for the Sisterhood of Scrap anniversary crop so far:

~ Carla's ROOK challenge:
The little bird is a Catslife Press stamp, super cute!!





~ Sara's PAINTBALL challenge:
I painted the background with watered down acrylic paint. Hmm.. didn't photograph too well but it is a very pretty pale blue and you can see how I made it too wet and it buckled the cardstock...





~ Deanne's TABOO challenge:





~ Jean's skipping games challenge:
Three photos, fibres (the burgundy machine thread and the brown loop trim), song lyrics (from "Hit me with your best shot" by Pat Benatar - can you tell I love 80's music??)

Oh Look!

This is my entry for the April White with 1 challenge:



I've never used playing cards on my layouts before, so this was a really fun challenge.

Take a leaf...

...out of my book!! That's the theme for the April cybercrop over at Crafting in Sytle. After a slight hiccup with the start (*%#~expletive*%#~ hackers) we are are in crop mode now!

Challenge 1 - Scraplift a layout by Tatum:

This is my take:




Challenge 2 - Ally's challenge to use trees or leaves, diamonds, and hand-made journalling spot:




Challenge 3 - Based on a sketch by me, and using autumn colours:

Digital credits: paper by Katie Pertiet, ribbon by Valerie Randall, leaf brush by ?? can't find the designer, sorry.

"Come Play with Us!"

On April 6th-12th, Sisterhood of Scrap is celebrating their first anniversary with a week-long "Come Play with Us" blog-crop. There are sponsored prizes and everyone is welcome to participate by completing the challenges. Individual daily challenges will be posted on Sister blogs.

Today it's my turn:

When we were little, my brother and I used to love playing Monopoly. We didn't have a Monopoly set at home, but my grandparents had one. Whenever we went to their house, guess what got pulled out of the cupboard first!

My challenge is inspired by the game of Monopoly - only ONE.

>> Create a layout that is monochromatic - only one colour.
>> Use only one patterned paper.
>> Use only one word in your title.
>> Use only one photograph.

You can use any number of additional embellishments as long as you stick to all four of the above criteria. Your layout can be any theme you like.

Here is my layout:




Have fun! When you have completed your layout, post your link in the comments to this thread - this is where the judges will be checking out the entries. Deadline for this challenge is 18th April - that's one week from today.

Check out some of the challenges from other Sisters:

* Sara is playing Paint Ball
* Susan is playing Scrabble
* Emily is doing puzzles
* Pearl is playing with bingo cards
* Lois is playing hopscotch
* Deanne is playing Taboo
* Jean is playing skipping games
* Lisa is playing Connect 4
* Carla is playing Rook
* Carla is playing Tag too!
* Deanne is playing Follow the Leader
* Beverley is playing Pass the Parcel