Layout sketch challenge August

This is my page for the August Layout sketch challenge at My Creative Slice. It's another page for g.grandson Zachary's album. I love this photo of him wearing his halloween bats' ears.

Fun

Copic Challenge Card

Here's the card I made for the August Copic Challenge over at the Scrapbook Fantasies blog. I bought the digital stamp because it reminded me of my g. grandson Zachary and his love for Thomas the Tank Engine.

Boys Toys

Stamp - digital 'Thomas' by Sugar Nellie

Copics -clothes (B93, 95, 97) Train (B14, R27) Hair (E43,44,47) Skin (E50,R20)

Patterned paper - FooFaLa, basil c/stock

Challenge and a retreat

Life has been so busy lately I've been neglecting my blog. Last weekend, with my friend Marilyn, I attended a 3 day scrapbooking retreat run by Scrapbook Fantasies. We both had a fabulous time. Especially enjoyable was the pyjama party, because what could be more comfortable than cropping in your P.J's? One week later and I've just finished unpacking. I've made time to make a page for Scrapbook Fantasies weekly challenge #32. The photo is of my great g.daughter Aleara, who is definitely a precious little girl.

Precious

July Layout Sketch Challenge

This is my page for the July layout sketch challenge over at My Creative slice.

Hangin' Out

Another page done, but I still have hundreds of photos of G.GSon Zachary to scrap.

Copic Challenge

Once again real life has managed to interfere with my crafting but I have managed to do a card for the Scrapbook  Fantasies Copic challenge. This month the theme is Christmas.

Happy Holidays

Image: Heather Ellis Pure Innocence

Copics: (R24, 27), (YG25), (E43, 50), (B0000, 14), (BV00, 01), (C03).

Kaiser brads, Diamond stickles.

June Card Sketch Challenge

I've been absent from blogging for two weeks because, like everyone else, I've been laid low by various bugs that are going around. I was suffering withdrawal symptoms so I managed to make it to Super Saturday at Scrapbook Fantasies. It's five hours (7pm to midnight) of scrapping, cards or whatever you want to work on. I had a great time, and managed to almost finish my tags for the Card Club 'Christmas in July' tag swap.

 Friends Forever    

This is my card for the June card sketch challenge at My Creative Place. 

Copics : Dress (YG93, 95, 97, Y21), Shoes (Y21), Hair (E43, 44, 47), Skin (E50, 51).
Stamp : Magnolia Circus Tilda - Autumn Collection 2010
Paper : Jillibean Soup, basil cardstock. All else from my stash.

Copic Challenge June

I found a lovely step card tutorial at Cats Whiskers Tutorials and decided to use it for my Scrapbook Fantasies Copic Challenge card.  The challenge was to use blue and white in your card.

thinking of you

Stamps -Waiting Tilda from You are So Special Magnolia Collection. SU Three Little Words.

Copics - Dress & socks (B0000, 000, 00,02), Shoes C1, Skin (E50, 51, 53), Hair (E43, 44, 47)

Other - Kaiser pearls, Nestabilities Lacy Squares, SU scalloped edge punch

Everything else from my stash.

I'm glad I'm able to post again today because yesterday Blogger was really having a bad day.

Layout sketch challenge June

I have completed my page for the June layout sketch challenge at My Creative Slice. It's another page for the album I'm making about great-grandson Zachary and will be a present for my daughter. It's hard to believe how much he's changed over the last 12 months. He's a real little boy now, quite grown up. I love this photo of him with his fat baby cheeks!

Create

I have turned the sketch on it's side to suit my photo. These challenges are a great way for me to get some pages done.

miss you card

I tried to post last night but Blogger was a bit tempermental and wouldn't let me upload photos.
Using a previous Outlawz sketch challenge, I made this card for my daughter just to let her know how much I miss her. She moved back home with us three years ago to complete her university studies. At the time she needed a little extra help because she's also caring full time for her 3 year old grandson, Zachary. Last month she graduated Bachelor of Psychology. It was a very proud moment that she has worked extremely hard for.

 i miss you

 

 Zachary and Rabby

 

Jastine

 March to the Auditorium

Now that she's finished her studies she and Zach have moved back to Brisbane which has left a bit of a gap in my life.

May Card Sketch Challenge

In between starting the mystery quilt with my patchwork group, working on the last bit of my Janome block of the month quilt and making more blocks for my scrappy quilt, I've had to make time to do my card for the May sketch challenge at My Creative Slice. I really liked the colours in the sketch so I've stuck with them for my card.

May sketch challenge

The image is a stamp from Laughing Moon, and I've stamped it with Versacolor White over a grid background stamp from Kaiser. The brads are from Kaiser as well, everything else is from my stash.

Once upon a time the only stash I had was a fabric stash. Now I've had to move my sewing machines, overlocker, cutting tables etc. upstairs to one of the spare bedrooms because scrapbooking/card making has taken over my sewing room. Where it will all end I don't know, but at least it keeps me sane (reasonably) and happy.

Monthly Card Club

Thought I would post the last few cards I've made for the monthly Card Club swap at Scrapbook Fantasies. We  usually make between 15 - 18 cards with a new theme every month.

Autumn

Easter

Masculine 

It's a good opportunity to use some of my stamps that never see the light of day.

Copic Challenge Card

I've just finished my card for this months Copic challenge at Scrapbook Fantasies. I don't know why I'm always on the last minute however it's due by midnight tonight so I've just made it as usual. I probably should have been working on it today but instead I spent the day with two friends cutting our fabric for a mystery quilt workshop being run by our local patchwork group over the next couple of weeks. Great fun!

Thinking of You

It's another Easel card because I really like them. The image is a digital from Mo Manning, coloured with copics. Sorry the photos aren't the best. The light wasn't very good this afternoon.

May Layout Sketch Challenge

This is the page I created for the May Layout Sketch Challenge at My Creative Slice. The border was made with my favourite ribbon. Alas, I didn't have quite enough to go all the way around so I used two flowers to fill in the gap. I love blue and brown as a colour combination, especially for a male page.

Jaidyn 

The photos are of my grandson, Jaidyn, celebrating his 11th birthday.

April Card Sketch Challenge

It's hard to believe we're already into the fifth month of 2011. This year is just flying by, mind you at my age every year flies by, lol.
This is my card for the April sketch challenge at My Creative Slice.

Thanks So Much

Inside

Details

Stamps: Magnolia - Tilda with Bike, Sentiment - Stampin Up.

Ink: Memento Black. Paper: BoBunny, K & Co, Kaiser.

Copics: (E50,51,53)(E43,47)(YG23,25)(Y02)(C5)(YR02).

The frame was cut using my eCraft.

I've managed to finish this challenge a little earlier than I normally do, which is usually at the last minute.

UFO's

I've actually managed to finish a small project that I've been working on for about 5 years (not constantly,lol). It was a project that I could just pick up and take to my patchwork group meeting, sew a few stitches, then spend the rest of the time talking.

Work Bag

It's a small work bag, and is made from 7 large hexagons that are pre-finished with wadding and backing. Gold beads were stitched to the top to hold the cord. I really like it, especially as the fabric is printed with bird houses.

Copic Challenge

I'm definitely on a roll. Two posts today. This is the card I made for April Scrapbook Fantasies Copic Challenge. The theme was mother so naturally I made a Mothers Day card. It's a twisted easel card with the finished size of 41/4" x 51/2".

Happy Mothers Day- Front

Happy Mothers Day-Inside

Happy Mothers Day-Detail

Details

Stamp - Digital stamp from Digi Doodle- Daisy Girl, Sentiment-computer generated.

Copics- (E43, 47, 50, 51, R20), (B0000, 000, 00, 02), (Y0000, 00, 02, 08), (YG25, 93, 95)

Paper & embellishments from stash.

April Layout Sketch Challenge

What a surprise! Here I am posting my page at the last minute. This is my take on Scrapbook Fantasies April layout sketch challenge.

My Hat

It's always a pleasure to remember the fun we had while taking photos of great grandchildren.

Copic Challenge

Oops! I think I should have posted each of my challenges in separate posts.
This is my baby themed copic project.

Mini Album

I saw this while blog hopping and will post a link to the original once I track it down.

TFL.

Sketch challenge

I didn't think I would make the deadlines for Scrapbook Fantasies Layout sketch challenge this month. It closes at midnight tonight, and I have just managed to complete my project on time.
This is my March Layout sketch challenge page.

Play

This is my baby themed copic project for another challenge at Scrapbook Fantasies.

February card sketch challenge

This is the card I made for the February sketch challenge at Scrapbook Fantasies.

Dream

I used a kit that I bought last year. The stamp is a Hanglar and is coloured with copics. Unfortunately I forgot to note the colours I used. I just love these stamps, they're so cute.
Other entries can be viewed in the Scrapbook Fantasies gallery here.

Layout sketch challenge

I've just finished my interpretation of Alicia's February layout sketch challenge. It's due midnight tonight so I'm on the last minute as usual. Here's a photo of my page about my gorgeous great grandson, Zachary. You can also view the other participants here in S,F. gallery.

New Shirt

I did a copic class on Saturday at Scrapbook Fantasies, which was very interesting and covered several different techniques. It's a bit hard to switch your mind from normal hair colour to purple hair but it's great practice for colouring Sweet Pea stamps. Have a look here on Alicia's blog.

Set up my eCraft and had a little play with it on Sunday. I think I'm gradually working out my pressure settings so there were no major dramas. These are my background papers with the carrier cardstock sheet behind. It seems to cut better that way without the need for tabs.

eCraft samples

Wings'n;Things workshop

I had s lovely time today doing a workshop at Scrapbook Fantasies. It's a shabby chic/vintage style wall hanger, and I love it!

These are a couple of snaps of parts of my hanger. It looks much better in the flesh. Alicia's finished class project is in the shop.If you get the chance pop in and see it.

January Card Sketch Challenge

Just a quick entry this time as I'm off to Brisbane for a week and wanted to have it done before I left.
I'm looking forward to a week in the air conditioning with no housework to worry about.

Little Bird

The photo is a bit washed out, the ribbon is a very bright lime green. It's a very simple card with no colouring but I really like the bright colours.

Scraobook layout and Free Block Frenzy

I haven't posted for a while but I have been busy with my crafting, including monthly Saturday card club at Scrapbook Fantasies (16 themed cards to make for swapping), working on my sketch challenges and my Janome block no, 7.

This is my interpretation of Alicia's January layout sketch challenge.

January layout sketch challenge.

I never tire of scrapping pages about great grandson Zachary. Although he's a bundle of energy and a bit of a devil at times, he's just so cute it's hard to keep a straight face sometimes.

This is block no. 7 in the Janome Free Block Frenzy.

Janome block no. 7

Block 8 is almost finished, and the next session is our last. It will conclude with block 9. and the borders and sashing kit. We saw the finished product at our last session and it's gorgeous. Since it's set on point I'm not sure how long it will take me to finish. Just have to keep plugging away.

Oops

I forgot to add my black bits to my Challenge #51 layout- Double page, use red, green, white & black but not Christmas themed.

 

I think that looks better.