Off The Rails - Challenge 2!

The second challenge is now up at Off the Rails, and this time the challenge is..."Free For All!" Yep, that's right, it's open to ANYTHING! You can create a card, layout, mixed media project...whatever you like! FUN!!!

I was initially going to do a mixed media canvas, but this photo kept calling me, so I HAD to use it and went with a LO instead...

I used Heidi Swapp "Sugar Chic" papers, some of which I fussy cut and layered using mounting tape, and found some old Prima flowers in my stash to include...

And what's a girly LO without butterflies, right? I just love them! This time I used a couple of chipboard ones that I painted with gesso, inked lightly and then sprayed with iridescent gold mist to give them shimmer (as always, hard to show in the pics!)...

I do hope you will let your creativity run wild and play along with this challenge at Off the Rails! There's a great prize up for grabs from Dusty Attic to be won. :)

Week 8 - Final Monopoly Challenge!

I did it!!! I managed to complete my final layout for the Scrapbooking Top 50 Monopoly Challenge! (Even if it was hard finding time to get them done over the past 2 weeks.) For my final challenge I landed on "Splatter Street" which was to use a photo larger than 6 x 4" (I used a 5 x 7"), and include washi tape and splatters.

Here is what I came up with...

I loved working with this vibrant green, it was perfect for adding some other bright colour accents. I also used one of my favourite things - transparency, and even dragged out some old rub-ons...

Love these shiny Thickers...

And of course, I HAD to include a little Lovelybug goodness...

Off the Rails - first challenge!

Just a reminder to let everyone know that the first challenge is now up at Off the Rails! If you haven't already done so, make sure you pop over and check out this BRAND NEW challenge blog & the awesome international DT representing it. Be sure to become a follower so you don't miss anything, (and check out Off the Rails on all the social media platforms too!) I will be joining in the second challenge with the rest of the DT, but in the meantime I hope you all play along with challenge one!

I am a Guest DT & Sponsor!

This month I have accepted a Guest DT spot over at Scrapbooking Top 50 to do one of the December - January monthly challenges. I will also be providing the prize - some scrappy goodies from my own Lovelybug Bits n Bobs. I took on the quote challenge, and my challenge was to come up with something a bit festive, but that could also be used for a non-Christmas LO. In the end, I decided to use a quote from one of my favourite Christmas movies...

And here is my LO...

{Published in Scrapbooking Memories Vol 17 No 4}

(As you can see, I decided to go the NON Christmas route!)

This LO was inspired by an online workshop by Gwénaëlle Scharlipp in the Pop & Colours series being run by Studio Shirel and I loved getting my hands dirty putting it together! (I am pretty happy with the result too.)

Given that Lovelybug Bits n Bobs is the sponsor for this challenge, I HAD to include a Lovelybug button. This bird one was perfect...

To create the background I adhered a doiley and small scraps of paper to my base sheet, smeared with Gesso, and then built layers over the top using stencils, mists, inks, stamps, pen, gelatos, washi tape and finally, embellishments. You can see how using the gelatos has highlighted the texture of the doiley here...

This was the perfect quote for my little man Hunter, who LOVES a camera (and makes the perfect selfie partner in crime! hehe)...

I do hope you will join in my challenge, which is open right through until January 31st (plenty of time over the silly season!). You can find the challenge HERE