A little bit cheeky

Materials

My Mind's Eye Boy Crazy - Nuts & Bolts patterned paper
Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm - Float Away patterned paper

Crate Paper Brook - Sunshine patterned paper

Becky Higgins Project Life - Jade Edition patterned paper

Bazzill Basics Mono - Glow cardstock

Bazzill Basics Mono - Cream Puff cardstock
American Crafts Thickers - Lullaby foam alphabets
Crate Paper Toy Box - Alpha Labels stickers
Bicycle wood veneer

Kaisercolour Red acrylic paint

This layout was inspired by the Mystery Bag challenge at Soul Scrappers.  The requirement is LARGE PAPER SUN, which I created with patterned paper offcuts.

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A bold statement

This layout was inspired by the Random Word challenge at Soul Scrappers, using the word BOLD:

Materials

Amy Tangerine Rise & Shine - Ava patterned paper
Cherry Arte Little Friends patterned paper
Upcycled corrugated coffee cup
Cocoa Vanilla Free Spirit - Woodies epoxy buttons

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Christmas in July

Scrapping some Christmas photos...

Materials

Prima Sun Kiss - Lemon Ginger patterned paper
Carolee's Creations AdornIt - Timeless stickers
Paper doiley
Victoria Spencer Christmas - Red Poinsettia velvet ribbon
Studio Calico Classic Calico - Stars wood veneers
Mont Marte Silver Series - Metallic Yellow acrylic paint
Little Birdie Home Decor - Terracotta matt chalk acrylic paint

I'm joining these challenges:

* Mystical Scrapbooks ~ Christmas in July ~ Use green, red and gold
* Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper ~ Anything Goes
* Simon Says Wednesday ~ Reach for the Stars

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Travel journal pages

I'm joining in at Sketch Challenge 146 at Soul Scrappers, and showcasing this fantastic sketch to create another travel journal page:

Materials

DCWV Watercolour patterned paper
Basic Grey Motifica patterned paper
Glitz Design Dance in Sunshine - Rain patterned paper
Kaisercraft Botanica - Collectables tag
Baker's twine
Heidi Swapp Label Holders - Jet chipboard
Studio Calico Classic Calico - Stars wood veneers

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Materials

DCWV Watercolour patterned papers
Cocoa Vanilla Hello Sunshine - Happy Days patterned paper
Heidi Swapp Daiquiri Ice Dot ribbon
White satin ribbon
Twin Seven Pretty Polka Dots masking tape
Buttons from my habby stash

I'm sharing this page at Soul Scrappers for the Tic Tac Toe challenge:

I used the left column: BUTTONS, RIBBON, TAGS

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Materials

DCWV Watercolour patterned papers
Twin Seven Spotted masking tape
Cocoa Vanilla Hello Sunshine die cut ephemera
Tickets
Sequins
Baker's twine
Painted wood veneer ship's wheel

I'm sharing this page at Soul Scrappers for the Pick 3 challenge.  I used: two patterned papers, two photos, and bling.

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And another one...

Some more pages in my art journal, this spread for the Go Vintage challenge at Scrapping Clearly.

Materials

Recycled book paper
Making Memories Scrapbook Colours - Cornflower acrylic paint
Kaisercolour Spearmint acrylic paint
Jo Sonya's Titanium White acrylic paint
AB Studio Amazing Flowers rice paper
Nylon lace

I added excerpts from Carl Sandberg's poem, I Love You

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Art journal fun

Having some fun in my little handmade art journal, using watercolour paint techniques shared by Joy Anderson for the May Guest Designer challenge at Soul Scrappers.

Materials

Recycled book paper
Micador Colourfun oil pastel crayon
LuminArte Twinkling H2O - Summer Breeze watercolour paint
LuminArte Twinkling H2O - Lemongrass watercolour paint
LuminArte Twinkling H2O - Honey Amber watercolour paint
Staedler Lumocolor - Fine - Black permanent marker
Derivan Flesh Base acrylic paint

The quote is from a piece by Canadian poet Edna Jacques ~
Go out, go out I beg of you  
And taste the beauty of the wild. 
Behold the miracle of the earth 
With all the wonder of a child.

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Seeing stars

Two more pages for my cruise travel journal...

This one was inspired by a sketch at Scrapping Clearly - 4th July American Artist cybercrop - including some Heidi Swapp products:

Materials

Cocoa Vanilla Hello Sunshine - Happy Days patterned paper
Heidi Swapp September Skies - Open Air patterned paper
Heidi Swapp Dreamy - Pink Dream (reverse side - yellow) patterned paper
Heidi Swapp Dreamy - Dreamy Dots patterned paper
Heidi Swapp Dreamy - Dreams Come True patterned paper
Heidi Swapp Lemonade Stand - Ocean Blue chipboard alphabets
Studio Calico Classic Calico - Stars wood veneers
Cocoa Vanilla Hello Sunshine accessory stickers (star negative)

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This one was inspired by the Scrapping Clearly weekly challenge ~ Red, white and blue, and use stars:

Materials

Cocoa Vanilla Make a Wish - Hip Hooray patterned paper
Cocoa Vanilla Flying High stickers
Washi tape
Baker's twine

Super simple, but I love the impact of the primary colours.

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Pocket scrapping

Sunday scrapping, and I've jumped back to our 2014 winter vacation.  I've still got so many photos left to scrap, so I'm doing some pocket pages to catch up a bit.

Materials

Simple Stories Sn@p! Studio page insert
Heidi Swapp Dreamy - Dreamy Dots patterned paper
Graphic45 Come Away with Me - Globetrotter patterned paper
Carolee's Creations Adornit patterned paper
Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Grungeboard Dots - Elements arrows
White gesso
Tsukineko Versamark - Watermark ink
Gelatin Stamps Gelly Powder - Northern Lights Blue Glitter embossing powder

Inspired by the Soul Scrappers Tic Tac Toe challenge:

I used the left column - STRIPED PAPER, ARROWS, ADD A GLOBE.

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This one is a double {click to enlarge} inspired by the grid sketch at Scrapping Clearly cybercrop, and using Heidi Swapp products:

Materials

Simple Stories Sn@p! Studio page insert
Heidi Swapp September Skies - Midnight Shadows patterned paper
Heidi Swapp September Skies - Open Air patterned paper
Heidi Swapp Dreamy - Dreamy Dots patterned paper
Heidi Swapp Dreamy - Ticket to Ride patterned paper
Heidi Swapp Honey & Spice - Happy Day patterned paper (camera)
Baker's twine
Heidi Swapp Ghost Alphabet - Rhyme Upper letters

I always love stash-busting, and using up scraps! Here's some of my oldest stash, c.2005.  I still love ghost letters!  SC = Smoky Cape

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Inspired by Heidi Swapp

I've been playing along at Scrapping Clearly today - for the 4th July American Artist cybercrop. Each of the six challenges is based on a sketch, with a basic criteria - use some Heidi Swapp products on your creation.  I didn't do the challenges in order.  Mostly I worked through my photo stash to find pics that suited each sketch.  Lots of jumping from project to project!

This one is for my cruise travel journal -

Materials

Heidi Swapp September Skies - Open Air patterned paper
Heidi Swapp September Skies - Alpine Rose patterned paper
Heidi Swapp September Skies - Midnight Shadows patterned paper
Heidi Swapp Dreamy - Pink Dream (reverse side - yellow) patterned paper
Unbranded layered flowers cutting dies
Unbranded satin flowers - lime green
Mini brads
Heidi Swapp Jewels - Martha gem
Heidi Swapp Lemonade Stand - White chipboard alphabets
Washi tape

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This one is for my Cairns trip album.  I've gone back and edited the title on this layout - it's actually Malanda Hotel.

Materials

Heidi Swapp September Skies - Meadow Bloom patterned paper
Heidi Swapp September Skies - Open Air patterned paper
Heidi Swapp Dreamy - Choose Happy patterned paper
Heidi Swapp Dreamy - Dreams Come True patterned paper
Heidi Swapp Dreamy - Pink Dream patterned paper
Heidi Swapp Dreamy - Ticket to Ride patterned paper
Heidi Swapp Label Holder - Jet chipboard
Baker's twine

I really loved the banner detail on the sketch - perfect for using up lots of small scraps and mix-matching patterns.

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SOUL SURVIVOR - July

Soul Scrappers is celebrating the site's 10th anniversary in 2020, with a SURVIVOR-themed year long challenge.  It's modelled on the reality tv show, except there will be no eliminations.  I've signed up and I will be sharing my creations on my blog.

** Participants can sign up all year - and there's also a random element so everyone has a chance to earn points and win some scrappy prizes **

The July challenge theme is TREES.  I have so many suitable photos to fit the theme, but I settled on a simple double page layout:

Materials

Basic Grey Aged & Confused - Sublime patterned papers
Basic Grey Eerie - Mummy patterned paper
Fancy Pants Childish Things - Playtime patterned paper
Becky Higgins Project Life - Jade Edition patterned paper
Bazzill Basics Fourz - Granny Smith cardstock

For the palm tree requirement, I made my own trees from patterned paper scraps.  This is where my colour-coded ziplock bags come into their own!  Reach for the 'green' bag... and rummage!!

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A little Art Deco

This is another page for my regional Queensland album.

Materials

Prima Love Clippings - Always & Forever patterned paper
Vintage book page
Ranger Dylusions - Bubblegum Pink ink spray
Mr Paper vellum journalling card
Crate Paper Farmhouse - Alpha Labels word stickers
Crate Paper Toybox - Alpha Labels letter stickers
Li'l Davis Stripped Chip chipboard journalling plaque
Derivan Flesh Base acrylic paint
Li'l Davis Journalling 1 stamp
Tsukineko Stazon - Jet Black archival ink
Unbranded leather flowers
Buttons from my habby stash

I'm sharing this layout at:

* Archi-Scraps ~ Art Deco
I'm not entirely sure about the era this shopfront was refurbished, but the shape of the glasswork suggests the Art Deco style.

* Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper ~ Anything Goes

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ARTastic in July

ARTastic Challenge has a fantastic inspiration piece this month, a woodblock print by Australian artist Thea Proctor:

The challenge is to be inspired by the artwork, and include the monthly criteria; for July - use PEN.  This is my layout:

Materials

Staedtler Triplus Fineliner 0.4mm - Dark Brown journalling pen
Unbranded alphabet stencil
Printed tissue paper
Stampology Tim Holtz - Tiles layering stencil

I took my inspiration from the heritage fashions in the photograph, and scrapped some photographs of a heritage-listed building. Lots of penwork on this layout - stencils, handwritten journalling, and the doodling was just for fun :)  I used a dark brown 0.44mm Staedtler fineliner - beautiful to write and draw with, smooth and blot-free, and dries immediately with no smudges.  Tip: A children's lettering stencil is a cheap and easy way to make a title :)

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

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Olim Periculum Nunc Salus

Olim Periculum Nunc Salus - this Latin inscription can be found on many of the lighthouses along the Australian coastline (and, I'm guessing, in other parts of the world too?) The translation: Once perilous, now safe.

Materials

Cocoa Vanilla Flying High - Sky High patterned paper
Cocoa Vanilla Flying High elements stickers
Cocoa Vanilla Made of Awesome alphabet stickers
Charms Creations Super Star felt embellishment

I'm sharing this layout at:

* Charms Creations ~ June Challenge "Every cloud has a silver lining"
Inspired by the clouds, and I featured a Charms 'Super Star'.

* Simon Says Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

* Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper ~ Anything Goes
Only one paper required to create a quick, easy background.  And happy to be stash-busting too - this is from the very first Cocoa Vanilla collection.

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Charters Towers

This week I created some more layouts for my regional Queensland trip album.

Materials

Paper Trunk Batik - Exquisite cardstock
Pink Paislee C'est la Vie patterned paper
Words or Whatever Fun Multi Word pack chipboard
Jo Sonya's Unbleached Titanium acrylic paint
Queen & Co Felt Fusion - Fall Chocolate leaves
7 Gypsies 97% Complete - Real Tags luggage tag
Vellum journal card
Flower sequins

This page was created with items gathered during a treasure hunt game at White... with 1 cybercrop:

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Materials

Glitz Design Dance in Sunshine - Rain patterned paper
Bazzill Basics Butter Cream cardstock
Bazzill Basics Classic Yellow cardstock
Paper doiley
Creative Expressions Finishing Touches - Faux Quilled Blooms cutting dies
Kaisercraft Rhinestones - Silver gems

This layout design was inspired by the Soul Scrappers sketch challenge, and includes the additional criteria - doiley and flowers.

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Materials

Prima Love Clippings - All of Me Loves All of You patterned paper
Cardboard packaging
Creative embellishments Fall Leaves wood veneers

I'm sharing this layout at:

* Mystical Scrapbooks ~ Cybercrop mood board 
I used the colour palette, and the clock theme.

* Simon Says Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

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Sweet Summer

Another colourful page for my travel journal:

Materials

DCWV Watercolour patterned paper
Cocoa Vanilla Endless Summer puffy sticker
Cocoa Vanilla Endless Summer - This & That patterned paper
Chipboard flower
Junkitz Shabby Chic - Diamonds patterned paper
Green Tara 2.5cm Petals - Batik Pink flowers
Prima Heaven Sent - Penelope flower
Kaisercraft Red pearls
Kaisercraft Ice Green pearl

The page title was inspired by the Random Word challenge at Soul Scrappers.

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Debi Clark tribute

Materials

Basic Grey Scarlet's Letter - Recognition patterned paper
Basic Grey Stella Ruby - Lady Kate's Roses patterned paper
Carolee's Creations AdornIt - Timeless stickers
Prima Say it in Pearls - Mixed Crystals - Black & Red flourish
Unbranded layered flowers cutting dies
Cre8tiv pearl brads
Resin flowers - black

This page was inspired by the Debi Clark Tribute challenge at Soul Scrappers.

June was Debi's birthday month. She was a friend and inspiration to so many in the Australian scrapping community and beyond. Her favourite colour combo was red & black, and she loved bling!

I was privileged to meet Debi on several occasions at the annual Scrap Boutique retreat. She is still missed at our Boutique Babes gatherings.

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Scrapbook Gourmet - Weeks 7 and 8

Mystical Scrapbooks is running an 8-week SCRAPBOOK GOURMET competition for Australian crafters, and I'm playing along.

Here's my submission for Week 7 - Dessert:

Materials

Paper Trunk Batik - Devine cardstock
DCWV Watercolor Garden patterned papers
Prima Say it in Pearls - Mixed Crystals Red & Black flourish
My Memories Butterfly punch
Printed kraft tissue paper
Creative Embellishments Discover Nautical flair 

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Here's my entry for Week 8 - Cheese Platter

Materials

Glitz Design Dance in Sunshine - Rain patterned paper
Crafter's Choice Rustic Christmas patterned paper
Simple Stories Summer Vibes - Yellow Grid/Wood patterned paper
Bazzill Basics Butter Cream cardstock
Pink Fresh Escape the Ordinary ephemera title
White gauze
Unbranded gold satin flowers
Unbranded Layered daisy cutting dies
Buttons from my habby stash
Making Memories Mini Flower - Pastel brads

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Double delight

A double page layout today, inspired by the Guest Designer 'Double Delight' challenge at Soul Scrappers:

Materials

Prima Love Clippings - Always & Forever patterned paper
Graphic 45 Come Away with Me - Wanderlust patterned paper
Graphic 45 Come Away with Me - Globetrotter patterned paper
Basic Grey Sugared - Beauty patterned paper (fussy cutting)
Carl Mini Daisy punch
Kaisercraft Rhinestones - Silver gems
Crate Paper Toybox - Alpha Labels letter stickers

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Happy mail

This arrived on Monday from Corbetts Creations ~  it was a prize pack for Scrap the Girls, posted months ago so I don't know where it's been hiding!  But miraculously appeared in my mailbox...

And this one arrived today ~ a prize pack from Craft Queen, who sponsored Archi-Scraps last month:

THANK YOU so much for my new goodies.

Funny Face

Today is the mid-month reveal for CSI Challenge, where I am guest designing as a Special Investigator in June:

Materials

DCWV Watercolor patterned papers
Cocoa Vanilla Hello Sunshine - Happy Days patterned paper (words)
Washi tape - pink pineapples
Washi tape - orange chevrons
Alexis Design Studio ~ Camera (Digi Chick I Love Scrapbooking collab kit)
Unbranded mulberry flowers - hot pink, white
Carl Mini Daisy punch
Kaisercraft Rhinestones - Light Green gems
Kaisercraft Rhinestones - Champagne gems

I solved the case using the traditional clues:
* Scene - I was immediately drawn to the orange/white/hot pink colours, and the image of the fruit.
* Evidence - I chose a fruit theme for my papers - I love pineapples!  I fussy cut the digital image of a camera, and I used washi tape.
* Testimony - I documented a summer memory, and I cut out some label-style words for my title. My inspiration word was 'day' - as in, Best day ever.

I'm also sharing this layout at -

* Scrap Challenge YOUrself ~ Summer Dreams
Summer for me is all about enjoying the sunshine, and cooling down when it gets too hot.  This page is for my vacation travel journal, a special summer vacation in New Caledonia.

* Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper ~ Anything Goes

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