Lets get sketchy week 3 challenge - BMX

For this layout I decided to combine the current CSI challenge with the Sketch from Lets get sketchy 
shown below. I still have some BMX photos Ive been trying to finish scrapping and CSI is showcasing bicycle month so I gave it a go. I had one more photo than the sketch so decided to put an extra photo in the middle of the others....

Im also linking up over at XOXO Scrapbooking for using my WOW chipboard - hexagons

 

 

Kaisercraft May Saturday Sketch #3 - Junior Masterchefs page 2

I decided to adapt this weeks Kaisercraft Saturday Sketch to do a second page to my Junior Masterchefs layout. I kept the basics of the layout but adapted it to fit these favourite recipe cards my kids made. Kaisercraft products used are Kaisercard and patterned papers from the A la carte collection. Sketch is shown below:

Im also linking up at XOXO Scrapbooking for this months challenge - to use chipboard

Lets get shabby #45 - The little ones

This is my last minute entry for the Lets get shabby challenge #45. The challenge required the use of confetti! I dont have alot of photos to use with the shabby chic style but found this ancient picture of my younger sister when she was small....I fussy cut the photo, and afew bits and pieces to go with the confetti background.

Sketches in Thyme May challenge - Thai

This is my layout for this months first Sketches in Thyme challenge (sketch below). I decided to use some from photos from our favourite Thai restaurant where we used to live. There are alot of good memories at this place! My brother in law was friends with the chef so we always got freebies, friendliness and the food was awesome.....  I used Bella paper pad Oriental mixed with Kaisercraft Marrakech and  My minds eye Lost and found Union Road

Paper Stories May challenge - Goofys kitchen

Here is my entry for the Paper Stories May sketch challenge. I found this one very tough! I started with different photos but they were too big so had to change it halfway through, and then glued everything down but slightly too far to the left.... Finally finished - it took me all night to try to work this one out. Sketch by Emma Stafrace from Pagedrafts is below: 

 

Keeping the best May sketch challenge - The world is a stage

Well, what can I say... I tried to do something a little messy and arty on a black background, and it was quite an epic fail! I spilt white paint all over the corner, the sticker is an odd shape and looks wonky and I just couldnt make it work but nevertheless, its my entry for Keeping the best sketch 59 (below) so Im going to enter it anyway.

The photos are from a display at Swarovski Crystal World, Salzburg, Austria and it was one of the most bizarre nut amaing things Ive ever seen. The dummy pranced around in a circle to the music, breaking up then coming back together while trouser legs danced and kicked on a stage and business shirts flew around the room on hangers!

Im also entering this layout for
 XOXO Scrapbooking - Used WOW hexagon chipboards
 SWAT Drill #7 - tic tac toe. I used the bottom row, 3 different manufacturers (Kaisercraft, Creativ and Craft concepts), mist and paint and chipboard.

Lasting memories #139- Junior Master chefs

 This layout was inspired by the TV show 'Junior Masterchef' for the Lasting memories challenge #139. I have been meaning to do this one for awhile, and am still working on the second page (favourite recipes). My 9 year old daughter (and her brother and sister) had the bright idea of starting her own restaurant for fun. She has been cooking with me for a few years now and wanted to take things further. She drew up a menu and took notes on what everyone wanted then we went shopping for the ingredients, and she now cooks most items with the assistance of only her younger sister. I wanted to keep the menu she made, and some photos of them cooking so I got around to doing this layout when I saw the ' inspired by a TV show' challenge. Ive had the Kaisercraft papers for awhile now in my stash and its good to get this one done!

Lets get sketchy week 2 sketch challenge - Oh Boy!

 This is my entry for the week 2 sketch challenge over at  Lets Get Sketchy. The photos are of my Thai brother in law, and his extreme cuisine. It is a pig head he is holding, boiled up on the stove for several days, hours at a time, and picked clean..... He ate everything from the ears and eyeballs to the stock from the skull. It was rather disgusting, and the house stunk! I took these pictures while he was chasing the kids around the house with the skull. The layout was part sketch, part covering mistake. I had to cut out my original stencilling so I added a WOW circle frame and gray background to the area I cut out, while still keeping to the sketch as much as possible!

Im also linking up with XOXO Scrapbooking for using WOW chipboard

Stuck on you sketches May 10 Sketch challenge - Dirt

 This is my entry for the Stuck on you sketches May 10 sketch challenge, shown below. I wanted to use some scraps from my previous layout, along with another BMX photo and this was the end result.

Scrap Africa May 1st challenge - Taupo

I made this layout using the sketch from Scrap Africa this month, shown below, and some of my travel photos from The Honey Hive, NZ. So good to see my photo piles shrinking! The kids are off school today sick, and they loved helping me with this layout. My daghter did all the fussy cutting while my son cut sticky tape for me so it was a real collaboration. Now my daughter is busy trying to find a challenge of her own to enter.....

Lets get sketchy week 1 sketch challenge - together always

This is my  layout using the Lets get Sketchy Week 1 sketch below. What a great way to use a few scraps! Im quite pleased with the result. I chose these photos of my daughters getting wet together under a 'trick' fountain in Sydney and paired them with this Kaisercraft background and my scrap stash.

Scrap your story challenge #11 - Lipica Horse Stud

This is my entry for the Scrap your story challenge #11 - using the sketch above as inspiration. I decided to use these 3 photos from the Lipica horse stud as I have been trying to finish scrapping my European holiday from 2009. I stayed very true to the sketch and combined my My Minds Eye Lost and found Portobello Road with Union Square. The horseshoe background was perfect, as were the colours.

Show us your stuff May challenge - Cheeky

                               

I made this layout to enter into the Show us your stuff May challenge - requirement is to use texture paste and a handmade embellishment. I chose this cheeky photo of my daughter to use as Ive been trying to get through these skiing photos from New Zealand. I used texture paste for the small dots around the page then added paint, patterned paper, a handmade pinwheel and a Words or whatever nested circle around the photo.

Scrapfriends Sketch #13/ The color room - XOXO

I decided to combine this Scrapfriends sketch below, with the The Color rooms challenge #150 palette, also shown below. Im really running low on photos which work by themselves but I chose this cute picture of my son to base my layout on. I changed the position a litle and decided to try to make it an hourglass theme, with everything swirling around the central hourglass shape. I struggled with it quite abit, especially with the colour scheme as I dont have much in any shade of orange!

 

Kaisercraft Saturday sketch #2/ Frosted Designs challenge - Spring ski trip

I made this layout combining Frosted Designs May colour challenge  - requiring black, white and only one other colour (in my case pink) with a Saturday sketch #2 from Kaisercraft shown below, and some cute photos of my daughter learning to ski during a perfect Spring skiing trip.

 

Materials used:

Kaisercraft cardstock licorice

Kaisercraft Black and white timeless 6" paper pad

Kaisercraft Lavendar Haze 6" paper pad and die cut collectables

pink cardstock

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Once upon a sketch/ Berry71bleu May challenge - The 13th day

This is my layout for the Once upon a sketch and associated Berry71Bleu challenge, sketch below. The challenge required use of the given sketch and the use of a number somewhere on your page and something about what this number means to you. I used the number 13, as its an anniversary. I also used a chipboard circle - a brand new one that I received today as my first ever prize! Its from Words or whatever (they have awesome challenges each month to win chipboard pieces) and I was so excited to receive my package in the mail....

I used a mix of Kaisercraft background, Craft concepts vintage grunge, Prima lifetime collection, Kaisercraft Sweet nothings and vintage timeless collections and a woman cut from designsgalore.net called silk evening toilette.

Scraptherapy/ Black with 2 May challenge - State titles

For this layout I combined the sketch from Scraptherapy with the colours from Black with two. When I saw the sketch I knew I would use one of these photos from Michelles state titles as they are easily cropped. When I chose some papers to go with it I realised I was on colour scheme for BW2. I chose to journal her scores from the competition for future reference. Both challenges are shown below:

 

Scrap the boys May challenge - ""

The challenge doesnt seem to be entirely up yet, but the linky says its a grungy, messy, arty layout over at Scrap the boys this month. Im not entirely sure what that entails but this is my try at it! I bought some modelling paste for the first time and I do rather like the way it looks....

Kaisercraft May Saturday sketch #1 - Memorial to the murdered jews

This is my entry for the Kaisercraft Saturday Sketch #1 for May using the sketch below. When I saw the sketch and looked through the photos to try to find a subject requiring a few quotes I came up with a couple of photos I took of letters from the Memorial for the murdered Jews in Berlin. It was such a sad museum, and I really wanted to keep the quotes to remember just how awful history can be,but rather than put the photos on a layout, I decided to transcribe them onto the centre card and only add a tiny picture of my daughter at the museum. Instead of all the photos I used journalling cards from my "check in" paper pad, along with background papers from the collection. I really love this collection as I have a fair few layouts to finish from my trip to Europe in 2009 and it works perfectly with them.

MME May challenge - Bon voyage

The My minds eye May challenge was slightly difficult for me - mostly because, as a Southren hemisphere resident, May day does not exist for us..... so the only thing I think when I hear "mayday" is the distress call for ships and planes! For this reason I decided to base my layout on a cruise we did in 2011. The seas were fairly rough and the weather not so great, but we had a ball, and I think this picture captures it well! The caption says "Michelle tries out her sea legs, or sea bottom?"

I used Lost and found Portobello road with Union square papers to make the layout...