Challenge me happy May 1st - HE

This is my scraplifted version of Marie's Underbara Du! Her layout inspired me to follow her colour theme of turquoise - and I had this great picture to match. Unfortunately the soft colours are a little lost in my night time photography! It is my entry for Challenge me happy this month!

Just add ink #17 - Far far away

I think I am officially the self titled queen of fussy cutting..... I made this layout using the inspiration board over at Just Add Ink, I love purples and I love this photo....I used DCWVs Once upon a time stack, an entire packet of Kaisercraft paper blooms, some Kaisercraft Class of 87 children and afew other random things.

Im also linking up over at Lasting memories for "just one photo"

Kraft it up May challenge - A love story

 

I dont have a single vintage photo of my own, but whilst perusing my photos I found a few blurred shots from Mayerling, Austria. We toured there in 2009 and I became fascinated with the tragic story of the deaths which had occurred there. I really wanted to include this story in my travel album but the photos (of the memorial) just didnt do it any justice. I remembered the Kraft it up vintage challenge and thought that I could print a few pictures from the internet which would help tell the story better, as well as allow me to enter this challenge and above is the result! Photos were sourced from Wikipedia: The Mayerling incident. 

Layout was made using Kraft Funday cardstock, MME Lost and found union rd collection and Kaisercraft "check in" embellishments.

Scrap for help/ Scrap our stash May challenge - Napkin origami

When I saw this months scrap for help challenge had a 'napkins' theme I knew exactly what I was going to do. Unfortunately neutrals and double page layouts are still very much outside my comfort zone, but the only way to improve is to give a try so here is my layout! My kids have spent quite abit of time in restaurants, and they always love nicely folded napkins. A few nice waiters/resses along the way have shown them a few folding techniques so they are quite confident at origami. They have even been asked for their folding techniques and offered a job (jokingly) at a restaurant or two. These are a few photos I had captured of them folding and playing with their napkins, and my daughter folded me one just for this layout! I wanted to add an origami theme to the page but with the colours and number of photos I just couldnt make it work so I left it as it is now.
As I used 3 different paper collections (Kaisercraft check in stack, Kaisercraft class of 87, DCWV neutrals stack and MME Lost and found union square) and a rub on (Kaisercraft on the left page beside the photos) Im also entering this layout into the May Scrap our stash contest - patterned paper party!

Another freaking scrappy challenge May 1 - I wished to be a firefighter

I thought of a few different ideas for Another freaking scrappy challenge May 1st challenge - What did you want to be when you grew up... My kids have had some wacky ideas which I have intended to document for some time but eventually I decided to keep with the spirit of the challenge site and make a layout of myself. At about 13 I joined the rural fire brigade, I was sure I was going to be a firefighter..... I put on the uniform, learned the equipment and put out a raging fire or two in the brigade parking lot. But I have to admit I was only there for the cute 10th grade boys! The layout was slow to come together as I dont exactly have alot of firewoman embellishments, but a fireman words sheet and some homemade flames and ladder seemed to work ok. I originally had the layout on a black and white background and it was quite cartoony but then I had a brainwave, pulled up my sticky tape, and paired it with this photo background: Giant eucalypt by Birch craft (photographer Greg Honeyman). I like the quirky effect it gives it!

Scrapmuch May sketchy Friday 1 - The party planner

This is my latest layout, using the double page sketch over at Scrapmuch this week. I used my Kaisercraft collection, but was gluing too late at night to get things straight.... I took these cute photos a couple of years ago after stumbling upon my son putting all kinds of things all over the dining room, with a small cubby house style pile of things in the middle. When asked he told me that he was making the house ready for his party and it was all decoration. He appears very pleased with himself!

Sketch is below:

The color room #149 - Hellbrun Schloss

This colour scheme (shown below) from The color room is a hell of a long way outside my comfort zone but it matched perfectly with this set of photos I have from Hellbrun Schloss. I paired it with a sketch from Creating Keepsakes and gave it a go. Im still not happy with it but at least I had a go, plus got these pictures scrapped and out of my pile! Hoping to reduce the size of my photo pile this month with a lot of double page and multi photo layouts......

 

 

About a girl May introduction challenge - Aelira, 6

Well my last layout was all about my eldest daughter, Michelle so its only fair I make one for my middle daughter as well because its introduction time at the new About a girl blog. The May challenge is to introduce your daughters so this is my second layout for the May 1st challenge. Like the title says, her name is Aelira.

To make this layout I combined this weeks CSI colours (challenge 70) and a sketch I found on the Paperhaus website - both sketch and colour scheme shown below.

I am also entering my layout in the following two challenges: Get creative , for using lots of flowers and Lets get sketchy as the challenge as lets get sketchy is to combine a favourite colour scheme and sketch


 

About a boy May challenge - Boyz will be boyz

Im very quickly running out of photoshoots suitable for single layouts, so Ive decided to do doubles where possible this month! This is my entry for the About a boy May challenge, the theme is capturing boys doing what boys do! In this set of photos my little menace was running around hypo at the boxing gym Christmas party, wrestling, boxing, swinging and running and running and running..... The photos arent great quality but they certainly capture him in motion so I decided to use them for the challenge. I paired them with Primas engravers collection to make this double page layout.

Punky scraps #62/ About a girl May 1st - All is ok in the world today

Thanks Punky scraps for the inspiration! Im really happy with the way this has turned out! The challenge requirements were a sketch (below), which I flipped to match the background paper and to use alot of yellow and feathers/ eastery stuff. The yellow requirement led me straight to this hoarded paper. It would be probably over a year and a half old now and was just too pretty to use! Its by TPC Studio Boho blooms, lemon love and was absolutely perfect for this challenge.... I didnt have any feathers nor anything eastery, so I decided to add these circles cut from Craft concepts sweet surprises stack, to represent colourful easter eggs. Im also entering this layout over at the new challenge blog About a girl. This is one of the most gorgeous shots I have of my daughter Michelle and I think this layout is a great way to introduce her to the folks from there. Below the title Ive put 'Michelle 2010' Normally Im flat out scrapping holidays so Im glad a got a chance to do a 'pretty' layout for my daughter. Next  Ill have to make another for my other daughter!

CSI #69 - Same mold different fruit

This is my entry for CSI #69. When I saw the topic of this layout I had afew ideas, unfortunately I didnt have photos for all of them..... Eventually I chose the 'unlikely friendship' theme and picked this photo to go with it (the colours were perfect). This photo was part of the menu for my sisters wedding. She travelled to Thailand to take up her dream job as a dive instructor on a tropical island but went elsewhere after a run in with a nasty local. After taking a new job in a local gym to get by she met her soon to be husband, who spoke not a word of English and the rest is history. She married her Thai husband over in his home town with all the glitz and glamour of a Thai wedding. These fruit people are supposed to represent the happy couple, I used the title 'same mold different fruit' to capture the unlikely couple. The journalling reads:

Noone suspected shed go for a job but return with a partner and second language, but they truly have the world at their feet. A scene from their wedding tells all.

I used all 5 colours
Evidence is flowers, houses, circles, ledger paper (the circle)
Testimony: I documented an unlikely frienship (relationship)

White with one May challenge - Bell tower

I made this entry for the May White with one challenge - using black, white plus banners and badges.... I had this photo set aside, its from a castle in Slovenia, and had just the right shades with just a hint of colour to use for this challenge, and above is the final result!

Zeus and Zoe/ Paper mixing bowl/ Crafty ribbons - Carla

I made this layout in response to the similar spring themes at Zeus and Zoe and Paper mixing bowl this month. I included some inspiration ideas from both challenges including nesting material (torn paper strips), flowers and spring things (bird) from Paper mixing bowl and newspaper style banner, lace and tulle taken from the inspiration board at Zeus and Zoe. I used this ancient photo of mmy little sister when she was little as was the only photo I have that really seemed to match the colour scheme and springtime themes and I used all kinds of products including Prima ledger cardstock, MME lost and found union square paper, Kaisercraft hummingbird and pink gelato papers and embellishment, Prima leaf and alot of unknown origin from my stash. The challenge inspirations are shown below. Im also entering this into Crafty Ribbons 'Anything goes with ribbon' challenge.

 

Zeus and Zoe May inspiration board

Paper mixing bowl recipe challenge

Scrapping everyday miracles April challenge - untitled

I made this layout for the April challenge over at Scrapping everyday miracles, its about pets and pet quotes. I chose a quote from the link given and came up with this layout, using Kaisercrafts save the date collection and MME lost and found union square background.

Skissedilla #208 - winter wonderland

I fell in love with the very clean and simple sketch over at Skissedilla this week and had to give it a go as soon as I stocked up on adhesives this morning. I love the top photo, the blue of the sky over the snow was just perfect for the sketch (below)!

Scrapping everyday miracles - fun

I made this layout using the April 15th sketch over at Scrapping everyday miracles (shown below).
I found these two cute photos of my daughter and sister giggling which were just the right size to be cropped for the layout, and I wanted to convey the laughter from the photos. I used a lot of great pink and purple washi tape behind the photo, and afew odds and ends from my stash to get the feeling I wanted!

Sketch n scrap April 15 - Oliver at one

I made this layout using the April 15 sketch n scrap no. 31. I dont have very many photos from when my son was young as my hard drive broke so I want to keep even the most mundane of pictures I had stored elsewhere..... The sketch is a little unusual, but worked well with my Kaisercraft stash of Grandiose - Chevron paper, Little toot journalling diecut and Cock a doodle doo stamps. I also used Tim Holtz distress ink and Maya road mist and a Thickers letter! Sketch is below:

Happy

This layout is a last minute attempt at a couple of challenges I havent yet entered this month. The theme comes from Scrappy frogs - April spring themed  challenge and I added Go fish - make your own flowers and Use it tuesday - flowers for mum. The photos I chose are the last few I hadnt scrapped from the Floriade festival in 2011. Floriade is a spring themed festival, celebrating the flowers blooming in Canberras central park. To go with the layout and 'flowers for mum' theme I chose all these little punched out flowers, my kids love punching out small flowers and shapes from my offcuts and scraps bag, gluing them together and giving them to me to use (they also cut out some leaves for me) so they really are flowers for mum as well as hoarded supplies (The sticker I used to write the blurb is also about 2 years old, and was one of my first scrapbooking purchases). They are also homemade, so fulfill the criteria from Go fish......

My daughters next plan is to sell her punch cut flowers on ebay and save up so she can go to Thailand with my sister hahaha.

I also used a sketch from Sketch n scrap for the layout shown below:

 

The layout was made using papers from My minds eye lost and found - union square combined with a fussy cut Francheville Cranberry True love - right floral piece. The rest is mostly varied offcuts with an American crafts Amy Tangerine sketchbook camera, DCWV Once upon a time circle and a couple ofcircles cut from Kaisercrafts hummingbird collection. I also used a Kaisercraft Prickled pear stamp.

123 Challenge - Today

This is my entry for the 123 challenge - it includes whitewashing, plenty of duck egg blue (from the ultimate go to collection - MME lost and found portobello road, and the word Today (we are best of friends)

Kaisercraft April sketch week 4 - Im gunna getcha

This is my entry for the Kaisercraft Saturday sketch #4. I found a cool photo of some friends during a night playing laser tag for my birthday afew years ago. I paired it with some Kaisercraft patterned papers from the Velvet ensemble collection and my check in paper pad to make this layout. I also used prima washi tape and little greenish letters and a random arrow from my stash! Sketch is below: