Silently sounding a siren.......

 

 

I have joined in with Scrap the Girls this month's challenge.

 

It is a PHOTO CHALLENGE!  You must scrap multiple photos, at least 3!

 

So I have 3 of my darling little grand daughter Pippi....silently sounding a siren....

 

When she here's a siren like a Fire Engine, she pursers her lips, & it is like she is pretending to make that sound...it is such a sweet little thing that she does...I just love it!

 

I had fun with some lovely bits & bobs to make this page.  Thank you for looking.

 

Hugs xx

 

 

Snowy Moments in Lincoln

 

 

Here is my LO for challenge 101 at CSI Scrapbooking. What a wonderful challenge....here it is

 

 

 

 

I used these most wonderful wintery photos taken when we were visiting the UK in the Christmas of 2005....are they marvellous!!

 

 

I used the Christmas tree shape for my photos, & played with all the criteria plus some more.

 

I found an old bandage in the cupboard, that I coloured & shredded & gee I liked using that!  Thanks Karen & Jeanenne for that tip!

 

Plus some lovely Heidi Swapp embellies to set it all off.

 

Thank you for looking...

 

Hugs xx

PS I am extremely chuffed to have made it to the Most Wanted list on CSI this week...yay!!!!

 

Christmas Cheer.....

 

 

Over at Archi-scraps this month we have a great Christmas challenge...

 

Work on any Christmas layout with a Christmas embellishment

 

And this gorgeous 'gingerbread house' from the US is also to inspire you.

 

 

I used fabulous coloured texture paste with a mask, lots of washi & a photo of a friends gingerbread house....I am going to make my own this year!!

 

Do join in with your Christmassy LO..

 

Hugs xx

 

Christmas = lots of happy things

 

Here is my take on Decembers' challenge at ARTastic is a bit different than usual...

 

 I used a number of the words to create this page about some homemade Christmas cards I have created.

 

 

It is based on this wordle

 

 

The idea this month is to let a word or words inspire you to create your page.  You don't have to use the actual word on your project (unless you want to) but please let us know in your post which word(s) you used as inspiration and why.

 

Pop on over & join in this stress free Christmas challenge -

you have until 11.55pm on January 5th 2014

 

 

Hugs xxx

 

 

Scraplifting - Magda Mizera

I spotted a wonderful page on Facebook the other day by the amazing Annette Gearside. 

Her page about some beautiful roses is for a new site called  Scrap-lifting, where Annette is on the Design Team.

 

This challenge this time is lifting Magda Mizera's  gorgeous page

So here is my page using the dearest little poppet that is my beloved grand daughter Pippi.

 

 

I have gone for the soft colours & textures, sweet & light...to work with pretty little Pippi.

 

I have used some lovely Kaisercraft papers from my friend Liz, a butterfly from my friend Mitzi, some bandage from the cupboard that I inks & shredded, some Prima packaging that was just waiting to be used & washi...I am really happy how this page turned out!!

 

This has been a lovely challenge - thanks Scrap-lifting girls!

 

Hugs

 

 

Christmas Cheer

Here is Sketch # 75 from Feeling Sketchy that runs til 15 December...

Here is my take on this great sketch

I used some fabbo Kaisercraft Christmas embellies, for this one...a pack of these lasts ages!! Plus some lovely twine..

Why don't you join us with a little Chritmas card making??

Hugs xx



 

Look...whoo hoo!!

 

What about Lucy Muraca's photo for December....whoo hoo!!! Ain't this Santa something else!!

 

Hehehehe

 

So I had fun with some bling & some embellies, celebrating this sexy Santa.

 

Thanks for looking!

 

Hugs xx

 

Summer of '56..

 

A wonderful photo, although not very clear of my hubby Pete & Steve in their pram when they were babies pushed around by their older sister Susan at their grandparents property in the bush up on the northern tablelands.

 

All the farm chickens are pecking away in the forefront & the shadow of their mum, is there as wll taking the photo - a box brownie I think,

 

This is a digi LO for Pixels & Paper using My Memories, & this is the inspiration

 

 

Fabulous photo...perhaps mine is about the same era??

 

Thank you for looking!

 

Hugs xx

Card Bursts....with Scrapville

 

#1 NUMBERS – RURAL THEME OF YOUR CHOICE 1X Fence/Gate
2X Layers
3X Patterned papers

 

4X Stamped images
Don’t forget your sentiment.

 

 

#2 ANIMALS/BIRDS You must use a Rural photo or stamp of either an Animal or Bird on your Card.
The card must include greenery of some kind: leaves, flowers, branches, grass, vines, tree or similar.
This must relate to the Rural theme, so pull out those chickens, dogs, horses, cows, sheep.
Or maybe the crocodiles, alpacas, ducks, camels, the Old …..rooster (little steggler..).

What about your pet donkey or go for a few of the farmers favorite birds, cockies, parrots…… or maybe an eagle, the little bush birds, the odd emu – all sorts of stuff to choose from!

 

#3 METALS/RUSTIC Use 2 different Textures on this card
(embossing, textured papers, paint, gesso, fabric, webbing etc).
Attach a Tag with the Sentiment on it.
The card must have either Red or Orange on it, or both.

Have 2 metal embellishments.

 

#4 NATURE For this challenge your card must focus on Rural Flora.
(I will also accept crop plants/seeds/grasses as well as the flowers).
It must have stamping, a doily and one decorative edge.

Hugs xx

 

 

 

 

Playing Ladies

 

I really love Lucy Muraca's YSMY each month & definitely love this photo of the Crawley sisters from Downton Abbey - what a great show it is - sometimes I would love to walk a mile in their shoes.

 

Here is the inspiration photo

 

I also cropped the Crawley sisters faces - Lady Mary, Lady Edith & Lady Sybil, plus played with a Tattered Inspirations kit plus lovely papers, & stamping. I took an autumn theme with

my page as well.

 

 

Thanks for looking..

 

Hugs xxx

 

Feeling Sketchy Blog Hop WINNER!!!

 

 

Here is my darling little granddaughter Pippa, drawing the winning name from a big glass jug from the 19 fabulous commenters for the Feeling Sketchy Blog Hop..

 

And the winner for my blog goodies is -

 

CLAIRE

 

I apologise that I have not posted this earlier, but I was away from home at a big birthday celebration, & then travelled home today.

 

Claire - please email me your address & I will post out your happy parcel of goodies.

 

 

 

And many thanks to you all for hopping by.  I will try to hop by your blog over the next week.

 

Hugs xx

 

Feeling Sketchy Christmas Blog Hop!! Woo Hoo...

Welcome to the Feeling Sketchy Design Team Christmas blog hop!

I am so very pleased you have hopped on here!

Hopefully you've found your way here from Morgyn's blog,

But if you've only started here then you might want to start back at

Feeling Sketchy .

 I'm so excited to share my scrapbooking LO using -

 

  Feeling Sketchy sketch # 73

 

 

 

I have worked on a 8.5 x 11 page using a wonderful photo of my

late mother-in-law Garland, when she was just 5 years old. I have titled it 'Treasure'.
 

Just look at those beautiful ringlets, her mum would have added the rags to her hair to get these, especially for the photo, oh they are so pretty! 

 

I have masked & inked, & added some lovely Tattered Inspirations laces & doilies, & flowers along with pretty Prima bling & buttons.

 

 

 

 

For my next project I have made a trio of gift tags....

 

I love making tags, so again I used our Feeling Sketches sketches for these 3 small Christmas gift tags. 

 

The Feeling Sketchy sketches are fabulous to keep in a file & have on hand for inspiration!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 And lastly here is Christmas LO of my two children way back in 1984...not sure if they are happy on Santa's knee here though!! :)
 

The title of my page is 'U 2 are My Best Gifts Ever'...

For this page I used some older Basic Grey Christmas paper ranges, along with some lovely Whimsy Farm twine.  I have used Sketch # 71 for this page.

Now to thank you for hopping along to my page in the Feeling Sketchy Blog Hop, here is a fairly large & happy RAK you could win!!!

If you leave a comment, I will use the Random.org to choose a winner....

now that is easy hey!!

 

The fun doesn't stop here, the next blog to hop to is Danielle's.

When all is done, be sure and check back with Feeling Sketchy
for a wonderful giveaway on our blog.



The blog will finish on November 15, 
& the winner will be announced on the November 16.

 

Isn't it just fabulous!!

Thank you for taking the time to hop over here..

Hugs..Debi Clark

 

 

 

Yourself...

 

 

Well I have to say I had a lovely play with this page I made for

ARTastic this month...using this wonderful artwork from Jenny Grant as my inspiration -

 

 

 

Criteria - Free choice, make of this what you will!

 

 

A little about Jenny Grant  Jenny is a self taught mixed media artist that creates her art based on an intuitive process. Most of her paintings evolve as she paints and when she finds her flow, magic happens!  She works with mixed media – acrylic paint, oil pastels, ink, colour pencils, fabrics, paper, photos… anything that comes her way. Her work is very rich with many layers that add depth and texture. Her work is exhibited and for sale both in Sweden and New Zealand as well as on-line.
http://www.flowbyjenny.com/en

 

So come & join us...it will enliven your soul!

 

Hugs xx

One Big Adventure...on Norfolk Island

 

 

Here is my LO for the November challenge at Archi-scraps  using this unusual & interesting inspiration photo

 

 

 

The added criteria this month is THE SEA.

 You can use any seaside picture so long as you can explain how this inspired you.

I used the 'sea' theme here on my LO using some photos of how they launch boats from the Jetty on Norfolk Island.

It really is an interesting event to watch as a car, winch & the boat is involved then off goes the boat for some recreational fishing.

I used some hessian, & woods with my photos to sure up the Jetty and give a maritime feel.

Why not join us this month...it is a fabulous challenge.

Hugs xx