sketch 'n' scrap sketch

 

This is one of the May sketches at Sketch 'n' scrap.

I had these 2 photos and decided to use them despite one being landscape.

Erica always makes a game out of hiding if I take out the camera to get a photo.

This was at Easter hence the chicken on her t shirt. After doing the basic parts of the layout, I added a joker playing card and a sticker saying Wild child,

I used chevron washi tape as my dividing strip. And kept to the yellow and black combo, except for the title.

Use those scraps at CKC.

 The challenge I have this month is using those scraps.

At Paper Issues I saw this layout.

I only had small scraps, but they suited the above layout.

Here's my interpretation.

Here's the scraps I used.

Lasting memories #752

 This time there is a tic tac toe.

I went across the top row.

There are 3 patterned papers. Twine is wound around the flair button top right of photo and the tag is on the left.

I rather like grey and yellow together and enjoyed making this layout.

Krafty Chics and Neglected stuff

 The challenge at Krafty Chics is masculine.

I'm using up smaller bits and pieces and found matching tag, strip and paper. 

I constructed this card for a friend who turns 75 soon.

I'm also entering it at Neglected stuff challenge because the tag and strip are from a TLC sheet I have had for several years.

Li'l Red wagon and Cupcake inspirations.

 The challenge at Li'l red wagon is flowers

I made this card using a scrap from the previous layout. It was a tan/rust colour so I paired it with pale blue and added a neutral flower. There is a brown brad in the centre and an orange sentiment.

I have a few birthday people in June so this will be handy.

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{Cupcake Inspirations} has a challenge involving trees

I dug into my green scraps bag and found this group of palm trees. 

I used 2 other scraps to make my background. The thin strip on the right had a tropical look I thought.

This card will go to a neighbour who is heading off to far north Queensland .

Sketch 'n' scrap birthday bash.

 This morning, I worked on a sketch from Sketch n scrap. It was for their 13th birthday bash.

I drove for 2 hours each way to meet up with my daughter for Mother's Day. 

We met in a restaurant named Roses.

On this layout I used brown tones for a nice change. I was in an autumn mood. I even popped a leaf on here. I used stickers from Cocoa Vanilla " Great Escape" range.

I'm happy with how this turned out.

Freaky fast formula

 I've finished my Counterfeit kit for this month so I'm doing challenges at The scraproom. 

This one is for Freaky Fast formula.

I used pink as my theme and went with it.

I'm so pleased to use that owl paper. It was an offcut I've had for around 15 years. I layered the other 2 11-inch strips.

I added motivational words to my layout.

Scraproom throwback sketch

 

I had one full paper left from my kit and I used the B side as my background. It is from "Chit Chat Chowder" range.

While I was in hospital I was given bland unimaginitive food to start with. It was so bad that I complained and the head chef came up to see me. He wasn't aware this type of thing was happening, so he was grateful to me. 

I've used one plain cardstock and one striped paper plus washi tape and buttons as well as brads.

Travel diary Number 3

 Travel diary part 3 documented a cruise I went on with a friend in January 1978.

I had fun doing this Travel Diary this month and now all my 1970 holidays are in the one place.

More travel diary-trip to Melbourne.

 

These 6 pages feature a trip I did while at Teachers college to Melbourne. We stayed in a caravan on a budget. We still managed to tour around and see some of the sights.

Travel Diary with May kit.

 I've been using my Counterfeit kit to work on a travel diary using very old photos from holidays so long ago.

Here's some of my pages so far.

                                                                 Yes, this is me aged about 21.

I intend to continue with this so there will be more pages soon.

International scrapbooking day

 At Counterfeit Kit Challenge there is a different challenge each hour.

The first one is mine and a scraplift

Here's my version 

Instead of stars I used flowers that I fussy cut. I made one large pleated flower instead of 2 smaller ones and used twine instead of string. 

I tried to keep to the pink/black/white/grey wherever possible.

Next was Vicki's sketch

I chose pinks once again. This paper is from Jillibean Soup Chit chat chowder range. As it has paperclips, I followed that lead and used 3 more on the layout.

My next layout was for a recipe challenge. 

Recipe Challenge:

Use the ingredients below to create a layout, you can add whatever you want, but the items detailed below

must be shown on your page. Have fun!

Use 1 photo or 3 photos

Use 2 papers

Use 1 frame or film strip

Use 3 small elements such as hearts, buttons or stars

Use a ribbon or a bow

Use one Ephemera element

My ephemera item was the spoon. I picked it up from my dinner tray in the hospital.

I also added some food related brads I have had for a few years. On the filmstrip I added fine green organdie ribbon. Between the photos is some washi tape saying LOVE.

Archiscraps layout-Curves plus a bottle.

 AS the owner of Archiscraps. I like to add a layout each month as an example.

Follow this link to the blog. 

Archi-scraps

For May, it is curves plus a bottle somewhere on the layout.

I hand stitched the circles and cut the large circle from a diagonal striped paper. The title is also curved circles. I used some TLC mini tags plus a ticket that says ADORE. I like Moscato wine so it suits that theme.