A contest for August

I've just been looking at a new contest on the kaisercraft scrap site.You have to do a layout about summer using the Kaisercraft Pina colada range or their offshore range.I'm off to buy some as I feel I may havea great photo to do.
Otherwise I'm busy converting the now empty 2nd bedroom to my scraproom.

Cards from Venice photos

I went overboard in Venice taking photos so I decided to use the one's I don't want to make cards. Here they are.

Two have been sent out so far and both recieved comments from their new owners.They came in handy for a birthday and a thank you.Maybe I will make some more.

Otherwise I have done 3 pages for Mad about scrapping challenge including one I'm quite proud of.

Dream of History

Here's the layout I did using 5 photos. There is a Castle(Castillo Sporzesco) in the centre of Milan which dates back to the 14th century.It isquite good condition and is fascinating to walk around and imagine what life was like back then.That is why I called it "Dream of History".

I used various lettering plus scraps of paper,ribbon and 2 tags.

Mystical scrapbooking

I've just uploaded a layout to mystical scrapbooks featuring 3 old polaroid photos of myself at around 19 years of age. It seems so long ago...it was!I used orange and lime green for the sketch as those colours were big in those days.
I've one more challenge to do this month....another sketch for A2Z scraplets.

Irish layout gone dotty

This was a layout I did for Enchanted scrapbooking. I love this paper but haven't been inspired to use it until now.The people in Ireland paint their doors bright colours and in the case of this pub where we had lunch,the whole building is bright.This layout came together well and I enjoyed using bright colours for a change.It was very cold and rainy that day and we enjoyed some yummy toasted sandwiches in this pub.

Praise plus shopping.

"Can I ask, do you mind if I draw attention to your layout on the blog? I’d love to mention your idea about the speech bubble representing a quote. I think it is such a good idea and I just love the way you thought of it – I’d like to let people know if you don’t mind." This was a quote from Nic Aspinall on Puzzle sketches who sent me an email about my Marie Antionette layout. It is nice to get feedback from one of the best scrapbookers in Australia.
Been busy doing two other layouts then today hunting both Spotlight and Lincraft for Red scrapbooking paper,there seems to be a drought on it. Finally got some plus some other goodies as well.