G'day from India....

This is our postcard for this weeks destination in the Postcards of the World competition over at Scrapboutique.  I just love the colours of india.....from the brights of the sari's & the elephants costume - to the earthy colours of the spices & the henna decorated hands - just gorgeous!

I didn't have alot of time this week to spend on my LO (life just got in the way of my scrapping plans each day this week...grrrrr  lol).....but this is what I came up with....

I tried to incorporate both the bright colours & the earthy tones into my LO - plus (of course) some jewels & some bling.

I am really enjoying the competition so far - each weeks destination is so different & so interesting.

I can't wait to find out what next weeks destination will be!

And here's 2 more LO's to share....

This one is my April WIOIN year in review entry.

A few weekends ago DH & I went on an impromtu drive to a tiny little village, Gundaroo - such a gorgeous little place.

LO about the ghost dinner tour we did on Norfolk Island & the ghost of Elizabeth Robertson.

There is a pull-out journal card under the photo (using the cardboard packaging from some prima bling)

That's all from me, for now - hope everyone has a top weekend :)

Thanks for dropping by!

New York, New York....

Is this weeks destination for the Scrapboutique Postcards of the world comp!

The other criteria for this week was to use a song title or lyrics as either a title or in your journaling....here is our postcard!

I drew inspiration from the obvious colours, red, white & blue....plus the yellow of the taxi cabs.

I also incorporated the stars & stripes of the star spangled banner into my LO

I chose Midnight Oil's song "Power & the Passion" for my title - & a pic of DS racing motocross - he loves the power & it's one of his biggest passions :)   This weeks destination was sooooo different to the past 2 weeks, which inspired more girly type LO's - I loved doing this weeks destination!

I wonder where we are off to next week?!?! 

I can't wait to find out!

Here are a few other LO's that I've done since my last blog post.....

This one is for the May Stylists challenge over at Scrapboutique.

To use a calendar of some sort plus 2 office supplies on your layout.

My office supplies were the 2 clips, plus pieces of a chopped up manilla folder.

And this one was just something I did at the weekly crop I go to in town.

Again using the handmade flowers of Alisa Burke's tutorial that I posted about in a previous post.

Thanks for dropping by....and please don't be too shy about leaving a comment - I would love to hear from you! :)

Kraft it Up May challenge.....

Sorry that this is going up a bit late - Mel over at KIU has been away for a few days, so I have been waiting for her to put this months challenge up on the KIU blog before putting it here.

So, for this months challenge....

You need to use KRAFT (of course) and you must create your OWN PAPER, whether it is your background paper (Kraft) or you opt to create some patterned paper to use on your page.

This must be created by stamping, misting, masking or painting and you can use any medium inks, glimmermist, texture paints, gel mediums, paints, crackle paints etc...

Check out what the CT have come up with on the KIU blog....to get some ideas to get your inspiration flowing!!

Here is my sample layout....

I used glimmermist & the leftover piece of chipboard from a used up Heidi Swapp alpha sheet as a mask to create my background on the kraft cardstock.

I'm sure we all have some of these laying around.....so easy to do too!

Lots of great prizes up for grabs again this month.....so why not give it a go!?!?!

May - Scrap the Girls....

This month we would like you to create a LO based only on the colours above

(minimal amounts of black allowed)

Remember: Girls only, no boys allowed!

(colour chart courtesy of a previous Colour Combo's challenge)

The colours shades are only a guide only - eg, you can use lighter or darker shades of the same colours

And here is my sample layout....

Credit goes to Alisa Burke for the hand made fabric flowers

You can check out Alisa's tutorial on how to make the flowers HERE

They are gorgeous & so simple to make!!!

There are so many fantastic prizes up for grabs for this months Scrap the Girls

So, head on over to the Scrap the Girls blog & check out all the prizes & sponsors....plus all the gorgeous sample LO's by the creative team!

Apparently today is National Scrapbooking Day - I hope everyone is getting some scrapping done on this wonderful day dedicated to us addicted scrappers....LOL

I'm hoping to get some done tonight :)

Cheers, & hope you're all having a good one today