Let's Draw!

I am subscribing to this great scrappy magazine Scrap365 a new Uk scrappy magazine. At a time when scrappy magazines and companies are closing down I felt relieved and excited to see a new magazine being published in the UK! We needed it!!!!
I love the layouts published and they have a great online competition
Last month I did one but did not submit it in time
This month I am submitting one in the last day before closing!!

For this I used bits from one of my Studio Calico kits but most came from my stash. I also used some really really old Crate Paper here (the orange one). I feel so much better when I make use of papers which have been feeling unloved in my stash for years. As the paper supply is never ending, I really enjoy mixing in older papers sometimes.

The challenge called for 4 pictures, however; I used a SMASH pocket and a little drawing my daughter did of a mommy pig and  a baby pig. She loves to draw so I wanted to include a pocket with some of her drawings and this one of the little piggies as I love it.  I did a confetti style rainbow at the top since my daughters favourite thing to draw are rainbows. I used a mix of brads, sequins and pearls. I love playing with this sketch! I found it a really fun sketch so I will most likely be using it again

thanks for looking!

Journey of a Lifetime - Brincadeira #19

Layout que fiz para o blog Scrap Playground com o tema deste mes sendo uma viagem especial. A minha viagem especial foi para o Japao em 2007 com o meu marido. Ela foi especial por varios motivos. A primeira porque sempre quis conhecer este pais lindo e conhecer tb a cultura que me interesa muito! A comida e uma outra razao!!! Adoro comida japonesa! Esta viagem e muito especial tambem porque foi a nossa ultima viagem antes dos nossos 3 filhotes aparecerem nas nossas vidas. Foi tipo uma despedida de solteiro!!!!!!! Agora e so Disney, Disney!!!!!!!

Share

Still no baby....so I made this layout last night. My layouts are getting more simple as I get more overdue! I wanted to enter into the word challenge over at Bird is the Word because I love their challenges. This time it was the word SHARE and as my girls are going through a "non sharing phase" which I wanted to document I jumped at doing this one
I followed a sketch from a recent layout at Scrapbook Trends where they had punched circles and the Imaginesce brad maker punch. However, I changed it adding two half circles for added dimension and added some stamping. I really wanted to use this Jenni Bowlin butterfly stamp I got the other day. I love this stamp!!!!

Piecing it all together

So today is my due date but since I am always late I am still scrapping away. I made this one for a sketch challenge over at Sarah's Cards. It is a great sketch calling for a large circle and some stars. I always print out ALL my pictures and organize them by category so that I am ready to go if I feel like scrapping a certain picture. I have been known to get 900 pictures from Photobox which was a real pain to organize!
My daughter loves puzzles and since this sketch called for stars I thought it would be appropriate here. I used papers from Studio Calico and BG Hopscotch line which matched the Sleeping Beauty puzzle she was making. I just got my GLEE CLUB Studio Calico kit which had this adorable camera stamp which I used here. I can see myself using this stamp loads!!! I also used a tag from Elle's Studio which came from my Magpie Kit last mont. What I enjoyed most about doing this layout is at the very end I wanted to use some washi tape but did not know where to put it. I then crumpled and pleated some at the edges of the circle. I have not tried doing this before but because of the circle shape I had to and know I think I am going to be doing this technique loads! I am loving washi tape!!!! I have stamped on it before which I enjoyed as well, but the pleating just added a girly touch which I loved (you can see it in the detailed picture)

Our Home is where you are

Last night I made this layout for a challenge blog called Challenge me Happy. Their design team is really talented and all the examples on there were amazing! The prizes are really good too so worth having a look at their blog. The challenge was to make a layout with the word HOME on the title and having a feel of home throughout.
I then finally opened my Crate Paper collection pack (it was so gorgeous I did not want to open it yet but with all the new Crate Paper collections out I finally got round to opening it!) I also had this picture of the girls which I LOVE but did not know what to do with. I thought it was perfect for the HOME theme
I then die cut some grass and a fence. Stamped a few houses and clouds on an envelope using Maya Road stamps. The corrugated chipboard house and brand is from Jillibean and I went over some detail with a white gel pen. I also added a fabric brad to give it a more "homey" feel. I also painted with the new Pink Paislee mask using a mixture of paint colors. At the top I also added some blue thread to add to the blue cloud sky feel.
I also recently got this wide washi tape with some squirrels and trees which I love!
I really enjoyed this challenge!