A Crafty Sketches disaster

This layout was a disaster to do,in more ways than one!

First of all I placed the great war paper on the background crooked,tried to remove it and it tore.What is left is all I have.Then the bottom photo of me also tore when I tried to re-mat it.I covered it up with ribbon.Under the tissue paper flower is another mistake.My sewing machine refuses to work, so I had to rule the inside box instead of sewing it.My heading was so big it covers Simpson's face.The only thing that went according to plan was my journalling.

Nevertheless I guess I'm reasonably happy with the finished result.I rediscovered these Kaisercraft brads in the back of my stash.Perfect colour.

I think it is good to admit that things don't go smoothly all the time!

My great uncle was at Gallipoli which is why I was researching WW1.

White with one goes back in time

A big step back in time with this entry for White with one. They asked for navy or royal blue and pennants. I found it hard to find navy paper so did a patchwork using these small squares I already had.The lace frame and flower go with the era too.I added the stars to give the layout balance as the pennant made it "top heavy".The chipboard cupid is RWlasercut and the brads are birch

clever collage and luckily were flowers. I think this photo was at the Botanical gardens in Sydney.I'm the littlest girl.

Sketch challenge at www.stampandscrap.com.au

Here is a sketch for january on www.stampandscrap.com.au. The example was soft and feminine but I decided to try a different approach and do this earthy toned entry. Anyone can join in so why not have a go! We need 3 entries before a prize is awarded.The sketch is easy to do and lends itself to a few different samples.

Kraft it up in summer

This month's challenge on Kraft it up was to use the word summer in the title.
This was an old photo from a trip to New Zealand in 1978.I blew it up,then discovered it had an orange tinge to it. I used this to effect by glimmer misting the Kraft then incorporating the colours of orange,yellow and blue(summer) to decorate my layout.I'm still best friends with these 2 ladies, 33 years later.

A paleface layout

Here is a layout I've just completed about my daughter's pale complexion.Being a redhead her skin is fair and in the case of this photo,almost white. I picked up the colours of her dress and used them in the flowers and pleated trim.The graphics 45 paper matched the colours and theme beautifully.I handstitched the branches between the flowers and used scrapmatts chipboard birds and inked the frame gold.The spotted paper is oneheartonemind.

It is a nice bright layout and the scanner didn't show the depth of this to full effect.

A win on Artastic

The Guest DT Rak
donated by Peg Hewitt
(and picked by Peg herself)
has been won by Julene Matthews
with her entry
'I believe in Angels'

Congrat! Julene!! you have won a swag of goodies
This was a surprise and I also received favourable comments about the layout from the nursing home where I hung my layout over Christmas. The nurses and staff there appreciated my kind comments about them being angels.One even cried :)

A male in Anna's craft cupboard!

I had some scraps left over from other layouts so decided to use them in my layout for the January sketch at Anna's craft cupboard.I'm rather happy with how it turned out and the "lines" of the layout are extremely clear and precise,the way I like layouts to be.

I've used scrapmatts chipboard as my embellishments.