Comfort Zones....

 Talk about comfort zones... sheesh... I've been nudged well out of my comfort zone with some challenges this week! It's been fun to see if I can meet the challenge though... and I think I might have :D

First up I will share The Color Room palette #4. I nearly died when I saw this one! OMG... boy colours! And ones I don't really have in my stash! Eeek!!! Here is the palette...

 I had a few problems like absolutely no cream or even white cardstock or papers left in my stash!!! So I got creative and ripped up a pizza box for the base hehhe. The reds and autumn colours straight away made me think of the beautiful scenery around here so I chose this photo of Sleeping Buddha near Kununurra. Yeah, I know I spelt Buddha wrong on the layout.... has been fixed now but all the photos and uploads are wrong. Doh!! Anyway, here is my take on it...

Paper: Pizza box hehe, Kaisercraft, Basic Grey

Other: Basic Grey rubons, Basic Grey Cardstock Stickers, Basic Grey Alphas, Bo Bunny Cardstock sticker, Fancy Pants Rubon, Basic Grey Chip Stickers, Kaiser rhinestones, dimensional magic, Crafty Notions Copper spray

As if that wasn't enough of a challenge... then there was this one for Challenge Heaven! The colour challenge called for orange, grey and black with ribbon!! So while I had the orangey stash out I made this layout...

Paper: Bazzill Cardstock, Basic Grey

Other: Basic Grey Chip Stickers, Basic Grey Cardstock Stickers, Basic Grey Bling It On rubon, Kaiser rhinestones, dimensional magic, unknown ribbon, Crafty Notions Copper Spray

But wait... there was more to challenge me! I found the oranges and reds hard... but the yellow nearly killed me!! This layout is for the ebony and ivory challenge also at Challenge Heaven. Black or white with yellow and with polka dots! Phew... love how it turned out but OMG how painful was this!!!

Paper: Scribble Scrabble

Other: GlimmerMist Screen thingy, Prima ribbon, Prima flowers, Narratives swatch book rubons, Basic Grey brads, unknown spotty brads, buttons, Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paint, Tim Holtz Distress Ink

The journalling reads: "I wonder if you knew when this photo was taken that you would have such a full life together? Your love lasted the trials and tribulations of a life that wasn't always easy. You made four beautiful babies who grew to give you seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Even when death separated you, I know your love never even wavered. At last you are re-united and the legacy of your love lives on in us. Thankyou for showing me what love is. xx"

I'm still playing along with the Postcards comp at Scrap Boutique so here is the last two weeks entries for there.... first up is the Week 2 entry for the France trip. Beautiful inspiration for me to work with!!

Paper: 7 Gypsies, Basic Grey, old book

Other: Prima notepage, Prima flowers, Kaiser wood flourish, American Crafts Thickers, Dimensional magic, Makig Memories Tiny Alphas, Kaiser border punch, unknown rosebuds, Grant Archival epoxy sticker, unknown brooch thingy, Kindyglitz

Week 3 was off to America and I was stumped at first! We also had to use a song title or lyrics in the title or journalling of our layout. American music and my first thought goes to The Boss Bruce Springsteen but his lyrics really didn't suit this photo of my gorgeous nephew Jake. I ended up going with 'Smile' by Nat King Cole. That song is so beautiful and brings back so many memories of my childhood. Anyway... after the first two destinations being so pretty and girly I should have expected the boyish theme but it threw me! I raided my whole stash and realised I am seriously limited when it comes to blue or red! LOL But I did it... and I like it :D

Paper: Bazzill Cardstock, Basic Grey, Little Yellow Bicycle

Other: Prima ribbon, Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paint, Autumn Leaves stamps, Tim Holtz Distress Ink, American Crafts Thickers, Carolee's Creations Tiny Alphas, Making Memories ribbon, unknown ribbon

Oh and I must give credit to my gorgeous sister Nat for the photo of Jake... isn't it just stunning!?!

So that's what I have been working on the last week while I should really be sorting out the horrid mess that is my daughter's bedroom. Some huge challenges there for me but I loved the end result. Plus, it is good to push our limits every now and then ;)

Hope you liked, have a great day!

Luv Kirsti xoxo

A few challenge layouts

Just a few challenge layouts to share today. First up I have my layout for The Color Room Color Palette #3.

I tipped the sketch on it's side and created a little window cut-out. This made it really hard to photograph though! LOL

Paper: Basic Grey, Kaisercraft
Other: DCWV chipboard, Basic Grey alphabet stickers, Carolee's Creations Adorn-It alphas

I had actually made another layout for this challenge but then I went and messed it all up with a black pen :( When will I learn lol Just imagine it without the black scribble and it looks much much nicer :D

Paper: Bazzill Cardstock, Lace cardstock for masking ( I think it was KI Memories?)

Other: Glimmermist, Fancy Pants rubon, Prima Flowers, Basic Grey Chip Alphas, Dimensional Magic, Making Memories Noteworthy Diecut, Kaiser Rhinestones and Pearls, unknown ribbons

This last layout was soooo quick. I guess you can tell that though just by looking at it LOL Still, I do quite like the simple-ness of it (is that even a word?!) Again though, I had trouble getting a good photo of the layout. It looks kind of washed out here where in real life the black is very black and the green is very green if you know what I mean?!! The April Ebony & Ivory challenge at Challenge Heaven was black or white with lime green and circles...

Paper: Bazzill Cardstock

Other: Prima Flowers, Kaiser rhinestones, Basic Grey Cardstock Alphas, Scenic Route Cardstock stickers, Kaiser Paint

Now that I have updated here I am off to clean this house (again) Have a wonderful weekend everyone and I will be back next week with more scrappy shares.

Luv Kirsti xoxo

Wahooo... mojo is in the house :D

 I've been scrapping my little heart out this week and I am soooo happy about it. I have missed this. The relaxation... the time to just sit and be quiet while I create something that is just me. I love putting my heart on a page. It's great therapy ;) But like so many people, when I am stressed or things are not going so well my mojo runs away. This time I think it packed a bag and went on a round the world trip... it was gone that long! Mojo... I missed you!

I finally used these 7 Gypsies papers I have had for soooo long. And I used this gorgeous photo my sister Nat took of her son Jake that I have had for a year. I've always wanted to scrap it but never had the layout for it. Until now.... andI must say I'm pretty pleased with it. I normally don't do boy layouts. In fact, I am a wee bit scared of them so the feeling of accomplishment I got from this layout is pretty darned good.

Paper: Bazzill Cardstock, 7 Gypsies

Other: Tim Holtz Distress Inks, unknown velvet ribbon, American Crafts Thickers, Dimensional Magic, Making Memories Tiny Alphas, Collections Ornamental Transparency

So that was a 'just cos' layout. These next couple are challenge layouts for Challenge Heaven. The first one is a scraplift challenge. We had to choose a layout from the CH gallery to lift and after hours of searching for 'the one' I settled on Ann-Marie's 'A Special Love' layout. I love her digi work and have wanted to paper-ise one of her layouts for so long.

Paper: Basic Grey

Other: Basic Grey Cardstock stickers, Prima Vine, Prima Flowers, Kaiser Pearls, Kaiser Rhinestones, Prima Ribbon, Dimensional Magic, lace trim

This next one I am not sure if I like. It was for the Cybercrop Puzzle Pieces Challenge. It certainly looks nothing like I imagined it...

Paper: American Crafts

Other: Fancy Pants Felt, Heidi Grace Transparent thingies, Cherry charms

And then we have what has kept me busy today... and caused me to create a big mess!! ScrapBoutique have a HUGE competition going at the moment so go check out the forum for info. The first weeks postcard is from Italy and we drew inspiration from the 'letter' on the postcard aswell as the photos. As soon as I saw the pics I knew the layout had to be elegant with rich colours and touches of gold and black. Now when I say I made a mess... I mean it. I decided to try gold leafing for the first time. Hmm... would help if I turned off the ceiling fans in future! The leafing is so super light and fragile that the fans blew it all over the place!!! Ooops! But I had fun and I like the final result :D

Paper: Bella, DCWV, old music page

Other: Petaloo Flowers, Prima Leaves, Prima Flowers, Prima Crystal Glitter Spray, Tim Holtz Grungeboard, Making Memories Ribbon, Bella Paper Ribbon, K&Co key and clock charms, Basic Grey Brads, Basic Grey Rubon, Delish Rubons, Tim Holtz Distress Inks, gold leafing

Ok well that is it from me for now. I am going to go and finish tidying up a bit before hubby gets home for the weekend. I do a good job of pretending to be a good housewife LOL Have a great weekend everyone and for those Aussies out there, I hope you have a great Anzac day filled with pride at being Australian. I know I will.

Luv Kirsti xoxo

Good To Be Scrapping!

After so long without scrapping it feels simply glorious to finally be getting back into it. It helps that there are some great challenges out there at the moment to inspire me too. So instead of boring you with my ramblings, I will just share a couple of layouts I've made the last few days.

First we have Palette #2 up on The Color Room. OMG... what a challenge this one was! I went through my 3cropper hoppers and 4 pizza boxes of papers and had not one single patterned paper with the right shade of blue... or anything close to it! I had resigned myself to trying to do a digi layout when I remembered the blue flowers. Saved! Phew... so here is the second palette and my take on it. 

 

 

 Papers: Basic Grey, SEI, Making Memories

Other: Making Memories Journalling Book, Basic Grey Micro-Chip Alphas, Carolee's Creations Adorn-It Alphas, Prima Flowers, Prima Butterfly, Basic Grey Rubon, Kaiser Pearls, Dimensional Magic, Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Glimmermist

 

It's a bit hard to tell but I had some fun adding the dimensional magic to the rose to try and make it look like dewdrops. I think it kinda worked LOL :)

These next challenges are all for Challenge Heaven. 

This first one is my second attempt at the Word Challenge. Criteria was to use the word 'Relax' in the title and some paint effects.

Paper: Bazzill Swiss Dot Cardstock, MME, Basic Grey

Other: Prima Flowers, Making Memories Diecut, Kaiser Rhinestones, Hambly Overlay, MME Diecut, American Crafts Thickers, Kaiser Paint, cheapie stickers

The flourishes on here are actually some cheapie gold laser cut stickers that I came across a while back. Don't they look just like the Basic Grey Heart Swashes!?! Anyway, I simply coloured them with a black permanent marker because I didn't like them gold.

Next we have the sketch challenge for Challenge Heaven... a great sketch from Inspired Blueprints. And I have also used some more of one of the kits from Scrapbooking From Scratch :D

Paper: Bazzill Swiss Dots Cardstock, Scribble Scrabble

Other: Carolee's Creations Adorn-It Alphas, American Crafts Thickers Alpha, Pink Paislee Alpha Stickers, K&Co Ribbon, Fiskars Border Punch

And the last layout is for one of the CyberCrop challenges at Challenge Heaven. This was a photo/colour inspiration challenge. We had to use chocolate brown with one other colour from the photo.

 Papers: Basic Grey, K&Co

Other: Prima Flowers, Making Memories Brads, Basic Grey Alpha Stickers, Making Memories Journaling Book, Tim Holtz Distress Ink

 

 And that's about it for now. I am going to pry myself off my computer chair and get all this housework out of the way so I can get stuck into a few other challenges :D 

Luv Kirsti xoxo

Scrappity-doo-dah Day

Well I've had a very scrappy day today. I scanned some old photos last night and had a play with editing them a little because they weren't exactly the nicest quality and I've just had the urge to get stuck into scrapping them! This first layout is for the April Theme Challenge at Challenge Heaven. The challenge criteria were to use handcutting and the theme learning. I handcut the butterflies, the fairy and some of the flowers from the gorgeous Websters Paper.

The photos are of me with Rachelle back in 2001 when she was just a teeny tiny bubba. I miss those baby days with both my girls. :( It was such a steep learning curve for me back then. I thought I was so grown up having a baby at 20 but in reality, I was still so young myself. I've made mistakes along the way but I think what matters most is that I love her with everything I am. It will be my love she remembers later in life, not the mistakes.Websters Pages Paper, Making Memories Notebook, Prima Flowers, Kaiser rhinestones, Prima Decorative Tape, American Crafts Thickers, Glimmermist, lace trim, $2 shop flower sprig thingy
The next two layouts are using some more of the kits from Scrapbooking From Scratch. The count for this kit is 4 layouts, 3 cards and still more product left! :-0

This layout is another one I have made for the challenges over at Challenge Heaven. The word challenge for April was to use the word 'relax' in your title... and I have just realised the criteria was to use paint effects too!! Ooops... forgot that part. Oh well, now this layout is a just-because layout :D LOL

Thanks for popping by! I do have a favour to ask though of anyone who has actually read this far... apparently I had problems with the comment box last week. Would someone please be able to leave a comment so I know if it is working? And no... it's not some ploy to get comments, I promise ;)

Bye for now... I'm off to ignore my housework and pretend my kids aren't trying to kill eachother and scrap some more. ;)
Luv Kirsti xx