CCG#208

Color Combos Galore #208 is now live .....and lucky me is featured as the facebook fan winner :)

Here is this weeks inspiration board.....

And here is what I came up with......

(apologies for the poor pic of my layout - it was taken early morning on an overcast day, so not the best lighting!)
 I kinda struggled with the "sugared lilac" .....not alot of any lilac in my stash!  which means I obviously don't scrap in any lilac/mauve/purple colours.  But at least I had a little bit of ribbon & an old Kaisercraft crochet flower :-).   But I did enjoy working with the inspiration board & the designers challenge of pearls....thanks Janet! 

Thanks for dropping by & for your lovely comments :-)
TFL  xx

September Scrap the Girls....

This months STG challenge is a great one....to use clips, clips, clips! 
Most of us LOVE using clips on our pages, including me, so this one is right up my alley :)

I ended up using a total of 4 clips.....

 I really love the colour combo in this...the teal, pink...and a splash of black.  Turned out way better than I thought it would :)......  I've used a couple of Sue's Lovelybug Bits n Bobs buttons on this one <3

I thought I'd share a close up of the title....using Provocraft alphabet dies (Olivia) that I have had for a year or more &  never used them!!!  What the?!  I also used some REALLY old textured paper that I won in a prize pack many YEARS ago (probably 5 or more?!) at my local show, that I thought I'd probably never use - but have never tossed out or RAK'd or anything.  I can't believe how good they look...I'm really loving the texture in them, and now understand why I never got rid of it...LOL.  I think I'll be using more of it....and I think I'll be using the alpha dies more often too....plus I think I need to get some different ones as well :)

Anyways....that's it from me - for now.

Happy Fathers day to all the dads out there....not that there'd be any dad's here reading my blog (I don't think?...lol).   I'm heading out to see my dad shortly and spend the day with him having a BBQ & some relaxing.

Thanks for dropping by & TFL.....xxx

Get Picky

I finally packed all my scrapping gear away ...from last weekends retreat, so that inspired me to scrap something :)

I decided to do this months Get Pick inspiration challenge #11

I was inspired by the yellows, greens, white & orange in the picture board

So, this is what I came up with....

A fairly simple layout, using some new Authentique (I think I'm gonna love this brand!) and Echo Park papers & another Charms Creations lollipop.  Pics of the beautiful sunrise as we sailed into Sydney harbour at the end of our cruise last year.

TFL & thanks for dropping by :)
xxx

Some more retreat scrapping....

1st day of spring today....YAY, can't wait for some warmer weather!

I am back to share some of my layouts I did at last weekends retreat to Neville.  I tried to be a bit more organised this year, so decided I'd make up a few kits & printed off a few sketches :-)

This first one is using a fairly old Pagemaps sketch, that I have scrapped previously...except this time I don't think it looks too much like the original sketch...lol

 Pics are from our Broken Hill road trip....on the way home we passed through Hay & stopped off at the Shear Outback museum - very interesting place!  I have included the little pair of shears that was our entry ticket into the museum....aren't they cute!


Next one is based on an old Colour Room sketch....again, it didn't turn out looking too much like the sketch :/

The old BHP mine in Broken Hill...which has left such a dramatic scar on the surrounding landscape, yet to me it also has such a rugged beauty :-)


This one is for the August sketch at Anna's Craft Cupboard.....

 Pic is of DD on our Norfolk Island holiday a few years ago....looking like she wants to spread her wings & take on the world :-)

And the last one that I'm going to share today....is one of the Stuck?! bonus sketches for August.

Pic from our girly weekend in Sydney last year.  I love how this came together using just a few strips of scrap papers....love it <3


Speaking of Stuck?! sketches.....August was my  last month as part of the creative team there as  I decided that I wasn't going to reapply for a spot on the team.  Huge congrats to all the new & returning CT members of this wonderful sketch site.  Thanks Sara for the opportunity & all your work that you put into Stuck?! sketches :-)

August was also my last month as a DT member at Red Earth Scrapping....I decided a few months ago that I was going to step down from my position, but as we were in the middle of our Road Trip competition, I completed my commitments for the competition and my resignation was announced at the end of the comp.  I'd once again like to thank Helen for the opportunity of being on the team :-)

Well, I think I've probably bored you all enough....so I will leave the rest of my retreat layouts for now & will post again in a couple of days.  I'm going to head outside & enjoy a bit of the gorgeous sunshine.

Thanks for dropping by :-)