Stuck Sketch {Amy Tangerine - Ready Set Go}

I created this Layout earlier this month but have have not had a chance to share it here.

It's based on the November 1st Sketch for 

Stuck Sketches.

I used the lovely bright range Ready Set Go by Amy Tangerine.

Cheers,

Leonie.

Scrapbooking From Scratch & A Piece of Cake Designs

Big shout out today for 

Scrap the Girls November Challenge

Three fabulous online stores offering vouchers

as prizes so with only a few entries so far, more chance of winning ;)

The Challenge is 

teal

orange

and white

Ok on to some scrapping I did a couple of weeks ago at Crop For A Cause

First up.

Scrapbooking from Scratch - November Sketch using a 

'Charms Creations' page runner.

 and this page was a just because using the the October kit from

A Piece of Cake Designs

Nice and quick today ;)

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers. :)

Scrap The Boys - November

Here's my take on this months Scrap the Boys Challenge,

a colour challenge this month.

I used some fence wire and barbed wire chipboard from 2Crafty

the snail is also from 2Crafty.

A cool flair button from the dollar store!

Hope you're enjoying your weekend, thanks for stopping by

my blog.

November 2Crafty sneaks and KIU DT Call

Would love it if you could pop over to the 2Crafty blog and check out my November

layouts two of them created especially for 2Crafty using lots of yummy chipboard

here's some sneaks for you.

Also for lovers of Kraft nows your chance to have a go at 

the Kraft It Up Design Team.

Mel is looking for new Design Team members beginning in February 2013

This call is open to Australian and International scrappers 

all the information you need to enter can be found 

here

Cheers. 

:)

Skissedilla Sketch

I have a heap of other things I should be doing but 

I saw Monica Brady's  fab take on this Skissdilla sketch.

So I ditched the to do lists and made this layout today.

Had a bit of a play with the Faber Castell Gelatos and Donna Downey Stencil I bought from 

Artified - mixed media supplies.

the Leaf Chipboard is from 2Crafty

Hope you like and thanks inadvance for your kind comments. 

Cheers.  :)

Show Us Your Stuff - November

Show Us Your Stuff have a great challenge this month.

simply use Yellow and Washi tape on your layout!

Plus your handmade item of course. :)

My handmade item/s are the 2Crafty chipboard hexagons which I've covered in different patterned washi tape.

I also used the hexagons which come in a sheet attached to each other as a mask on the background.

I also used washi as a border around the outer edge of the layout and folded half of the tape over the edge of the page. 

Gave the page a nice finishing touch.

The fencing wire tucked behind the photos is also by 2Crafty, and I've just added a few dabs of gesso.

Another close-up of the flower flourish I used by 2Crafty Chipboard

Head over to the Show Us Your Stuff blog to see the other DT examples for November.

Scrap The Girls - November

Who's up for a colour challenge?

Scrap The Girls have one this month.

How does Teal and Orange sound?

Yes, you read right!

And it's not as hard as it sounds. ;)

Here's my sample.

The big chipboard leaf vine is from 2Crafty which I painted white.

                              I used some orange Patterned Paper by Amy Tangerine as my base then
                                              I added the teal using an acrylic paint dauber.

I also did some stamping with the paint and a script stamp.

The fussy cut flowers started out blue but I added some paint to them aswell to fit the Teal criteria.

Head over to Scrap The Girls to see all the other Design Team Samples.

I'm sure you'll be completely inspired to breakout all your orange and teal stash.

Cheers. :)

Kraft It Up - NOVEMBER

Novembers challenge at Kraft It Up is 

'MINIMALIST STYLE'.

Minimalism is any design or style in which the simplest and fewest elements are used to create the maximum effect.

Well if you know anything about my style you'll understand me when I say this 

was a real Challenge for me.  LOL.

I had to restrain myself from adding more or everything! More embellishments, more patterned paper!!

Just keeping it to two brads, the peacock feather, the studio calico bird and the October afternoon die cut shapes.

I like the look of kraft on kraft with the journalling strips.

• The background was made by spraying with Dylusions Sprays on to the 'circle explosion' Crafters Workshop stencil and then laying it down on to my Kraft base.

the Kraft It Up blog has lots of other DT layouts to inspire you with this challenge.

You can see them here.

Cheers. :)

November sneaks....

Hi, what a glorious sunny day it's been in my neck of the woods.

I've finished all my scrappy commitments for next month. Yay!!!

However with only one day left in the month it didn't leave me much time for 

any extra scrapping to share.  But I'm happy and excited with 

what I have achieved this month.

 So I thought I would show a few sneaks of what you can look forward to seeing here next month.

Chipboard and Amy Tangerine.

Stamping with stencils!

   More Amy Tangerine, more stamping and paint!!              

Washi, Mixed Media. Happy Days!

So there you go!! Hope to see you back on the first of the month.

Cheers. :)

Scrapbook Savvy October Cybercrop

October is reaching it's end but I feel like I have shared very little of 

what I've been scrapping. 

I have been doing plenty of DT and secret squirrel scrapping which

although lots of fun it hasn't allowed me to take part in many challenges 

to share here.  So you're going to have to wait for while before seeing 

all that.

Anyhow this past week I took a break from all that and 

took part in the cybercrop at Scrapbook Savvy.

This first is the colour challenge using some papers from Websters Pages.

I don't often use their papers but I got some recently and I particularly like this range

much different to what I usually envision with their ranges.

the Sketch using Basic Greys 'Clippings' range

And this last layout using My Minds Eye papers 

The criteria was to use polka dots, staples, and song lyrics and/or title

I spent ages flicking through our ITunes Library looking for 

a song to use and finally came across this one by

'The Bangles'.  It summed up what I wanted to say 

perfectly.

cheers that's it for now.

2Crafty Chipboard Share

Hi, 

just thought I'd share my post on the 2Crafty Blog from last week.

*****************

Hello 2Crafty fans and welcome to my October post, can you
 believe it's October already.

The past two months have been a bit of a blur for me and now
we're into the last term of school for the year,
 so it's only going to get busier!

My big tip for today is prime your chipboard! 

All of the chipboard I used on these layouts has first been 

given a coat of Gesso. 

If you're going to colour your chipboard in anyway
 I find that a primer of gesso prevents whatever medium you are using
 from soaking into the chipboard too much and hence
 you get much more intense colours.

OK let me show you what I've been doing with the 2Crafty chipboard.

I found that by keeping the Title black it contrasted and stood out from the pretty blues and yellows in the layout, it also provided a simple foil for the rest of the detailed embellishments.

I used the 11" Flowery Swirl Frame and added texture paste to it using my favourite method, dabbing it on with my fingers. ;) Then I used paint daubers to colour the chipboard.
For the Birds in Flight I painted them with liquid pearls and then edged them with a metallic blue ink.

They provide a nice bit of shimmer against the matt of the frame.

Being October I thought it I would provide some Halloween inspiration.

I scrapped these pictures of my daughter looking oh so wicked! ;)

I cut a small piece of the Fencing Wire chipboard and dragged it through

 a puddle of orange mist I'd sprayed onto my work surface. 

My 'Wicked' title using the EveryDay Font alphabet got a spray

 of orange mist and a sketchy black outline to finish it off.

Now onto my wicked Broomstick Witch isn't she cute?

 I love the little curled up toes! After painting her black I dabbed some

 purple mist onto her dress, outlined her in white and 

coloured her face with a green marker.  All of the bats you see in the

 layout come in the same chipboard pack as the witch.

I used one of the circles from the crazy circle chipboard sheet 

 and painted it with crackle paint to create a moon behind the Witch.

My Third and final layout today I created for the October sketch challenge at

Show Us Your Stuff.

The Pink frame is called Lucy's Flourish and it's been sprayed with Dylusions mist.

Four of the Circles from this pack have been covered in washi tape and the rest of the circles were also sprayed with Dylusions mists.

And lastly the cute little Birdcage  which I added some patterned 

paper to after colouring it to jazz it up some more.

Well that's it from me today, hope you've enjoyed seeing these chipboard

 pieces transformed, and remember my big tip

  for today next time you're playing with chipboard.

Cheers, Leonie

Kaisercraft- Butterfly Kisses

Been waiting to share these pages for ages, I did them a while ago

 for KAISERCRAFT using the lovely bright 'Butterfly Kisses'

range that has recently hit the shops.

Even a beyond the Page which is very rare for me.

Cheers for now.

2Crafty Peak

I'm sharing on the 2Crafty blog today.

If you click HERE you can see all of these layouts

rather than just this tiny peak. ;)

Cheers.

SUYS sketch and Amy Tangerine papers.

This is my sample for the October Challenge at Show Us Your Stuff.

The beautiful bright Amy Tangerine papers from the sketchbook range went perfectly 

with this photo.

Marelle at SUYS asked me to design a sketch for the October challenge

This is what I came up with.

   

The Chipboard frame is from 2Crafty as is the bird cage and the circles which i've covered with washi.

I'd love it if you could give my sketch a go during October.
Link up your entry over here

Kraft it Up - October Challenge

The challenge at Kraft It Up this month is 

'techniques with misting'

Here's my sample.

 I used this photo of my Daughter dressing up in her Granny's Wedding Dress and posing with

her Daddy. 

 Using a technique with Dylusions sprays called 'ghosting' or 'bleaching'

I sprayed my Kraft base with several different colours.

Then placed a stencil over the base and spritzed with water letting the stencil and water sit for a minute or so before removing the stencil and blotting off the water.

This is the effect you're left with. I also flicked some black mist over the Kraft as another technique.

I used some cute little 2Crafty Chipboard pieces on my layout.

This birdhouse, picket fence and the branch to the left of the photo.

Once I'd added all that misting there wasn't really any Kraft cardstock visible but it's there trust me ;)

I added another backing of Kraft and some Kraft tags either side of the photo though, just to make sure.

Hope you can join in and try some misting techniques this month with us at Kraft It Up.