A tad late....

 

Okay, that's a bit of

an understatement. I am really late

sharing the May challenge for

Scrap The Boys

There was a few issues on the blog

so the DT reveal didn't go up until last week but

the challenge has been going on all month - and you still

have a couple of weeks to get your entries in.

The May challenge is :

Create an arty/grungy/messy layout.

Here is mine....

 

 

 

I've used lots of different embellies here.

A handmade flower with this big button from

Purple Pumpkin and filigree metal flowers from

The Trinket Track

 

I went a little bit nuts with the mix of textures

here! Some chippy buttons and a handmade sculpey flower.

 

I've used some builder's mesh which I pinched from

hubby's shed ;0)

I dug out my fav Kaisercraft stencil at the moment - cogs and gears

and painted my background using some Semco puff paint.

It's a little tacky to use with a stencil, but the bonus is

that it dries super quick!

 

Oh yeah....had to use some felt in there as well....told

you I went a little nuts with this one!

Thanks for dropping by!

xoxo

CSI case file #71

 

Get your detective gear on

this one is a cracker!!

This week the super talented Em Stafrace

has created a sketch to go with the

Case file..........................

 

 

 

and here is my take on the challenge..............

 

Here are some close ups.....

Loving how quick and easy it is to slap on

some resin! I love this vintage rose

from The Trinket Track

A little bit of free hand drawing here to make the sun

and cloud then fussy cut them out.

 



 

Make sure you pop on over to

CSI  and check it out!

The gallery is looking absolutely amazing already!

 

I hope all you lovelies had a great Mother's Day

yesterday!

I certainly was spoilt rotten with lots of beautiful gifts from

the school Mother's Day stall.....even if the kids ate

all my jelly beans and chocolate before I even

realised I had any hahaha

Thanks for dropping by!

xoxo

CSI - Case file #70

 

CSI case file #70 is here!

This is my first case file on the team and I'm so

excited about it - in fact all of the upcoming ones

as well!

Check it out....

 

 

 

and here is my take on it...

 

The background is gesso and I have used a

gorgeous Kaisercraft cogs and gears

templates - I love them! They are so fabulous

and not too expensive.

Pop on over to CSI today

and check out the amazing work by the CSI detectives!

Thanks so much for dropping by!

xoxo

Girls only!

Hi everyone!

So, I had a "free" evening last night and I got

a little bit scrappy.

Talk about leaving it until the last

minute, but here is my entry into the

Scrap The Girls challenge.

The criteria was to use

*Paint/mists

*Hexagons

*Buttons

 

 

 

I've used a couple of Crafter's Workshop templates - the

chevron and diamonds.

The diamonds are actually gesso and I have tinted it with

some acrylic paint.

 

I made this little sculpey heart. I love playing with sculpey

and my metal mesh - which I have dug out from the

bottom of my stash!

 

I've got so many alpha incomplete alpha sets I have

been mixing and matching them to get through them all.

I made this flower and yep - that's a mini sculpey

heart in the middle ;0)

 

Well, I spent the whole week last week nursing a sick household.

The kids all had colds and sniffles and hubby was

down with the flu. I don't know about you, but

I know how the "man flu" goes down in this house - he's

worse than the kids!

Thanks for dropping by!

xoxo

Guess what?

 

Hello everyone!

I know I have been a slack blogger lately

but if anything throws me out of whack, it's the school holidays!

With the kids back to school, I can get a routine going

again and I am going to need it because

I am super excited about this.....

 

 

Yay!! I am on the CSI design team!!

My favourite thing about CSI is that it keeps the creative

juices flowing. Being a weekly challenge blog means lots

of time for creating and if you get stuck with some colours or elements you

can just download the awesome printables made exclusively

for CSI members!

So, if you haven't signed up make sure you check it out today!

 

I have done a little scrapping but I do feel like I am playing

catch up so I have tried to keep my layouts a little

simple this time.

I wanted to play along with Show Us Your Stuff

as I love to scrap in 8.5x11 inch format!

Here is my layout...

 

 

The flower is handmade by my talented friend

Karlene. She is very crafty and makes the most beautiful

handmade flowers out there!

 

I've made this big heart out of sculpey clay.

I am loving mixed alpha titles lately too!

 

 

Well, I better jump to it! I have a scrapping to-do

 list as long as my arm

waiting for me!

Thanks for dropping by!

xoxo

CSI Case file 65

 

 Hi everyone!

One week into the school holidays...how are all

you going?

So far, so good. The kids are not killing each other yet and

we have had a lot of fun together!

Of course having the 4 kids at home means less

time to get creative. I just feel completely zapped after

a long day running around with them so this week's CSI

layout has taken me literally all week to complete.

Here is the case file....

 

 

 

Here is my layout. I instantly thought of a school theme

when I saw those lovely primary colours.

This has to be the longest it has taken me to do a layout, it was

very slow going....one strip of paper here, one strip of grid tape there

but I got there in the end...

 

Here is a close up.

I've used some lovely star buttons and washi tape.

The clip is something I picked up from Officeworks and the

Sculpey flag is one of my creations.

 

I've used some old Carolee's creations alpha stickers

I had in my stash as embellishments....

 

Some die cut pinwheels and one of

my hessian suns.

 

Well, we have a super busy weekend planned.

I hope you all enjoy yours and thanks so much for

dropping by!

xoxo

 



 

Exciting days!!

 

Check it out!!

I am having my very first Design Team call!

 

 

If you would love to work with embellishments

for craft projects, make sure you check out the details

here

Applications close April 24th.

Hope you can all check it out!

xoxo