CSI-ing lots...& I am SO chuffed!!!!!

For CSI  Challenge 77 using the fabulous palette as well as the most marvellous criteria of evidence & testimony- I worked on this LO about some of my succulents in my garden

Then for Challenge 78 the colours muted except for the glorious red added

Here is my LO for this one - lots of machine stitching, & layering - photo taken by Jade at Aanuka. I was lucky enough to make it to the 'Watch List' for this one.

Then away we go with the next weeks wonderful palette Week 79

Red & blues & green - I worked with the criteria & used a photo from the Ravers Australia Day celebrations..

And now 80....you can see I love CSI's challenges!

Pippi is just a joy to scrap....and this page says it all!! I was lucky enough to make it to the 'Watch List' for this one.

Week 81 bought these terrific colours...

And my page for this one..I took photos of my fave & loved items, & had fun with all the rubons I could find...and some of course didn't work, but that adds to the appeal I reckon!

And for Week 82...

Here we are - the 4 of us at Norn & Dirks home in Ballina @ 1989??- just found this photo buried in the files & love it!!  Fab colours & criteria to scrap.

 

AND I made it to the CSI Most Wanted with my Tall & Tan & Young & Lovely...(we all were back then)  - I am humbled & in disbelief......

 

Look here (hands clapping!)

 

Hope you will pop over & join in their fun.

Hugs xxx

WHO & Boo Hoo!!!

What a great movie poster for us at FS2S this month .....
BUT  the sad news it is the last one for a while......boo hooo! 
Shazza is hoping to re-open in 2014..I certainly hope so!!!

So to that fab movie called Hoot...

This is a FREE scrap, so anything goes.......

An extra point if you add an owl or two!!

 

So here is my page..

 

 

Here is Pippa & her Pah, playing along together when she was a little younger....I just love that little wooden owl, some flowers from krafty Karen & a lovely little rhyme....

 

Hope you can play along this month, as it is the last one....

 

Hugs xx

 

 

Birds of Paradise

Over at ARTastic this month we are playing with watercolours..following the inspiration from Alan Louis's fabulous painting 'Splash'.

Introducing  ...

Alan Louis  with Splash (watercolour on paper)

I paint mainly with watercolours on paper. Painting is my way of expressing how I appreciate life and the beauty that I see in even the most ordinary and mundane things. Whether I am painting a street scene, river scene, people, landscapes, flowers, even a single leaf, I derive joy and satisfaction from being able to freely express my own interpretations of what I perceive, guided only by my emotions and innermost feelings.

 

Criteria – Raid the kids craft cupboard or pull out those old watercolour pencils you have had forever - let’s try a little paint and water on our page! 

If you don't have specific watercolour paints then by all means use the normal variety but please water these down so the look is more wishy washy.

 

And here is my LO I created playing with some lovely watercolour pencils I bought.

 

 

 

I used the subtle colours of Alan's painting, with a bit more colour in mine & used this lovely vase of Bird of Paradise blooms - Strelitzia's - that were renewed each day at our accommodation

on Norfolk Island.

 

 

Hope you join us in playing around..

 

Hugs  xxx

 

 

 

 

 

I am Dreaming.........

How about this lovely English stone cottage as your inspiration??

Well it is just for Archi-scraps challenge blog for August.

The extra criteria is FLOWERS.

Now here is my page -

 

I have used the pinks, & the bricks for my inspiration & a lovely pinky/red cluster.  This photo is taken at the Coffs Cup, which is by chance our local horserace on today!

 

I hope you can join in, cos this is the wonderful prize this month

 

 

from Linda at Scrappers Garden

 

 

Hugs xx

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feeling Sketchy Challenge 66!

Have a look at this fabulous sketch for this fortnight at Feeling Sketchy!!

We are being sponsored this month by

 

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So I had to use some more FWAB on my page...I really love all there goodies..here is a great cheery card for a special 4 year old's birthday!

So pop over to Feeling Sketchy & join in!

Hugs xxx

 

Big Time

~ JULY CHALLENGE ~ at Scrap the Boys

 This month you need to create a layout using a black and white headshot of your boy(s) or man, everything else is up to you!


And with that great criteria & a top photo of our dear grandson Harry, I really had fun with texture paint, paints & brights!

 

 

I really love this photo, & loved playing with my stash to create this one.

 

Hugs xx

Be Yourself

 

I decided after a bit of a hiatus this year to join in with some challenge blogs I was going to just get in there & have a go.

The very first blog I ever saw when I started surfing the net for 'scrapbooking' was this one

.... White With 1.

 

So a good place to revisit.

The criteria for the  

 

***JULY CHALLENGE ***

WHITE + NAVY + ARROWS

 

 

and so here is my page using this fab photo of Harry at MovieWorld!

 

 

I really enjoyed painting & masking & stamping with a little doodling too.

 

You have til July 31 to join in, so why not?

 

Hugs xxx

 



 

Congrats at Feeling Sketchy!

Another fortnight & here is our next card sketch at Feeling Sketchy. 

This is so very versatile as you can see on our blog...each of us has produced such different cards...

And here is mine - using Flourish with A Bling products. FWAB are sponsors of Feeling Sketchy during July.

 

 

A fab card for a new home!!

 

Hope you can join us...

 

Hugs xxx

 



Man O Man!

I was lucky enough to see a gorgeous page on the wonderful  Heather Jacobs arty blog, for a new scrapping challenge run by the 'lotta wag' herself Lucy Muraca. It is called 'You Show Me Yours'...now isn't that a top title!!

Lucy emails a photo, a subject that I obviously have  had fun with!

And here is my page...about Hugh ...titled Man O Man!

 

I used some Kraft Core CS & madly sanded it, then layered the fabulous KC Pickled Pear papers, some machine stitching ( oh I love my Brother) some neat ornate embells, flower, leaf & tag that says 'Adored'! Hehhe

 

It really was fabulous to scrap this photo of Hugh...

 

Thanks for taking a look...

 

Hugs xx

 

 

 

Mood Boards...Mystical CC challenges....

 

What a wonderful time I had scrappin' with the marvellous mood boards that the gals from Mystical Scrapbooks organised...

 

Here you will find your inspiration: http://pinterest.com/neat28/mystical-july-mood-board/ that I used for the above LO of our Pippi... Fabulous challenge Anita!

 

 

 

Here you will find your inspiration: http://pinterest.com/daisydokes/2013-july-mood-board/ Here is Dale's first challenge on site...another terrific challenge.

 

Here you will find your inspiration: http://pinterest.com/neat28/mystical-july-mood-board/ using this wonderful photo of my Benni in 1980...choice hey!!

 

Hugs xx

Note...........

Introducing Rock n Roll Party (charcoal and pastel) by Lorraine Lewitzka. This is our inspiration at ARTastic for July...I just love it!

Criteria - Black and White and predominantly one other colour

A little about Lorraine Lewitzka


Lorraine and her husband Terry have been teaching oil painting and watercolours in Victor Harbour, South Australia, for many years. Both multi-award winners, Terry specializes in oil and watercolour landscape. He also teaches creative drawing techniques for life drawing and other subjects. Lorraine teaches watercolour, mixed media portraits and figurative subjects.

Lorraine Lewitzka was born in South Australia in 1952, into a family of artists and worked as a fashion and illustrative artist in the late '60's, beginning watercolour painting with Marjorie Hann in 1985. In 1988, Lorraine was accepted as a Fellow of the Royal South Australian Society of Arts and began exhibiting in private and mixed exhibitions.

A significant highlight and turning point of Lorraine's career was the inaugural study award at the Victor Harbor Rotary Art Show. As a result, she was tutored by four distinguished watercolourists in the U.S.A. being Robert Wade, Betty Lou Schlemm, Christopher Schink and Alex Powers, after which she attended a summer school at the Slade School of Art, London, discovering the new medium of oils in life painting. Adding to her traditional drawing and watercolour skills, was valuable time spent with Leonid Vasin, Professor of Fine Art from China. Over the years, Lorraine has always endeavoured to produce works of substance, giving the viewer opportunity to grow with and into the painting. At present she concentrates on figurative landscapes, portraiture and interiors in watercolour and mixed media with her intimate oil interiors finding much popularity also. With good, underlying draughtmanship Lorraine enjoys capturing the moments and snapshots of everyday life, playing with the light or solitary moods in which the subject lives.

Lorraine has continued to participate in many exhibitions and consistently wins prizes in both watercolour and oil competitions. Her articles have been published in Australian Artist Magazine. She has demonstrated at the prestigious Camberwell Art Show and worked as guest tutor on several occasions for the Australian Guild of Realist Artists (also a member), and invited as judge for their final 2006 exhibition. Having tutored regularly in South Australia , Lorraine has also been called to teach in Queensland, N.S.W., Vic, Tasmania and W.A.. She has entered the Doug Moran and Portia Geach Portrait Prizes and was a finalist in the Alice Bale Travelling Award of 2008 and The Cricket Art Prize, 2012.

You can learn more about their work by visiting their blog.

And here is my page...

I choose to use the lemon yellows scheme, to work in with this lovely photo of Jade & Pippa. Isn't it wonderful to use a black & white scheme, & adding that touch of another colour!

I have used some lovely Belle B & W paper & embellies, along with a gorgeous card from Typo & BG & KC bits & bobs.

I really hope you can join in with this criteria - you will love it!

Hugs xxx

A bit pointy - nointy, nointy...

Well, here is something completely different. This spiral building is in Cambodia. AND it is the inspiration for Archi-scraps for July.  The added criteria is to use a pin.

And here is mine, from my Norfolk Island travels. This is a photo of Lone Pine, a Norfolk Island pine that sits all by itself on Hunters Point.

I have used angled tree branch chipboard, a hat pin & diamond shaped bling using the inspiration of the spiral building. Plus I thought this photo was perfect..the sunrise & the pink CS.

I do hope you can join us, as there is so much scope with this one.

Hugs xx

Have a Wonderful day!

Isn't this sketch so versatile for a card?? Well this is the fortnight sketch at Feeling Sketchy.

And the sponsorship for our winners prize pack comes from

So here is my card, using some altered FWAB and a lovely KC paper pad that Shazza gave me for my birthday.

I loved this sketch & love playing with this gorgeous pearlie swirl was lovely.

Do join in with us, you have 2 weeks!

Hugs xx