Scrapbookit's Jan/Feb Challenge.

Hi everyone here is my entry for Scrapbookit. First off here are the requirements for this month:
 

For the Layout challenge you must follow this criteria.

• Layout Theme :- "Looking Forward, Looking Back" ( You must use these words somewhere on your layout.
• Non traditional shaped layout.
• Must have :- Buttons, Ribbon, and 1 other embellishment.

• Quote for Inspiration :- (You may or may not choose to use this on your layout) "I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." (James Dean).

Here is my LO:

I was wanting to do these photo's for a while, so once I read the requirements I knew straight away which photo's to use. I cut the shapes out from my Cricut using Scals (which I couldn't live without), I made my blue checked buttons and used this measuring tape ribbon.

Here are a few close ups of my photo's:

How they have changed and Barwon Heads is a great place to visit.

Ok bye for now. Kerry.

Friday Night Challenge!

I am quickly getting this blog up as I have the computer man coming in 20 mins to fix it and that usually means no computer for a couple of days. What did we do before computers?

Well here we are FNC over at Scraphappy Kat. and yet again a new thing for me ( I love it ). Here is what was required:

Friday Night Challenge # 5

A bit of Whimsy

you are to create a whimsical LO/card for tonight's challenge

You must include clouds animal/birds and buttons

I started creating and then thought what is whimsical? So to google I went. I didn't have any paper with animals etc, but I did have my owl stamp. Here is my LO:

I played around with my stamps, the clouds are fabric I came across, also played around with Tim Holtz distress ink, the shading tool, distress stains and the centre of the flowers are buttons. 

I hope this is whimsical and it was a blast doing this LO. Now I would like to try it again with my little neice and nephew's photo's.

Well must go that's it for today. Bye Kerry.

A 2 Z Scraplets Challenge.

I am trying to squeeze this last one in for January so here it is. It is for http://a2zscraplets.typepad.com/a_2_z_scraplets/ and here is the sketch:

 

I have used photo's of my son making a project for one of his classes in Year 12. I have tryed not to use flowers and have followed the sketch. Here is My LO:

I have also used paper that he gave me for Christmas, it is Minds Eye. The straws were left over from his project. I'm happy with the outcome and it's good to do a boy's LO. I usually do a double page and here it is:

 

That's it for today. Thanks, bye Kerry.

Friday Night Challenge!

Roll up! roll up! it's that time again. Yes FNC over at http://www.scraphappykat.blogspot.com/ Well I haven't done one of these pages before so here are the requirements: 
 

Shabby Chic

the rules for tonight's challenge are

There are no rules, you can do anything you like but you must scrap in the Shabby Chic style

If you are having trouble or don't know what Shabby Chic is Google Shabby Chic and you will find thousands of gorgeous images to inspire you, be warned you could get lost for hours looking at all the pretties

 

I did exactly that I Googled. I wasn't sure what Shabby Chic was. One of the sites I found said it was about textures eg: scrunching, inking, stamping etc. So I gave it a go and here is my LO:

I embossed, painted then inked, torn, scrunched, inked again, sewn, cut etc. etc. The plastic with the writting on was recycled it was what the white flowers came on and I thought it was too good to waste.

I made some flowers,

Here are some of the beautiful Prima flowers I brought from Kathie 

{ http://www.scraphappykat.blogspot.com/ } and it was the first time to use them. I also inked the white ones. 

A peek at some more and my lovely son's face. 

I usually do two LO's and here it is:

I found this was another change for me and I had a great time doing these LO. 

That's it for today. Bye Kerry.

Crop til you Drop!

On Saturday I hosted a crop til you drop day. It was great we all did around 10 pages each and had many laughs, plenty of  talking and heaps of fun. I taught a class in the morning and Ashlee my daughter taught a card class in the afternoon. Here are a couple of photo's of the day:

Some of the girls hard at it, only raising their head to smile.

Stopping for a bite to eat. Everyone brought a plate to share and we had a very yummy lunch and tea.

Now I can't wait to have another day maybe mid year. The last two people left at 10 to 12 that night so we made the most of our day.

Ok that's it for now. Bye Kerry.

Friday Night Challenge!

Hi guys that time again yes, Friday Night Challenge. Here is the requirements over at http://www.scraphappykat.blogspot.com/

is as easy as 1 2 3

You will need

#1 piece of cardstock

#2 pieces of Patterned Paper

#3 different types of embellishments

and a Photo of any size

Create a LO using the above supplies

Add a Tittle and Journaling (the journaling is optional)

I enjoy these types of challenges even though they are a work out for the brain and gets you scrambling through your stash to find different embellishments. Here is my LO:

I have used 1 peice of white cardstock not as my base but on top, 2 patterned peices and my 3 embellishments are # chipboard, # doiles and # paperclips. I usually use brighter colours so this is a bit different and I like the outcome.

I usually do a double layout so here it is:

As you see my journalling went on my second LO. 

Well that's it for today. Bye Kerry.

Anyone up for a give away.

I seem to stalk this great blog and I love joining in on the challenges and buying from the shop. Take a look over at: http://www.scraphappykat.blogspot.com/

Anybody up for a prize???

.........a nice product pack and 3 gorgeous Prima flowers packs???  Repost this on your blog and leave a comment with your blog address to be in the running to win an extra 4 PRIMA flowers packs for yourself....now that is a great prize!!  Make sure that you put a link back to our blog here so that everybody can find us!!! Prima prima prima......yeah!!!!!

Thanks Kathie for the great chance to win.