Scrapbook layout using ribbons

I love the colour combo of blue and green. So pleasing to the eye.

Here is my entry to the Mystical Scrapbook's Rainbow Comp week 4 challenge.

I loved this sculpture so much.

I have a rather large collection of ribbons. This was a great opportunity to use some. I had been thinking of doing a layout like this recently. Meant to be.

Dale x

Two mainly orange scrapbook layouts

I have made two layouts for two difference challenges over the last few days.

The first one is for Mystical Scrapbooks, week 2 of their rainbow series of challenges.





I enjoyed making this layout. Some of the squares are on foam dots so there is dimension. I have inked all of them to help them stand out as well.

The second layout is for Soul Scrappers RW29. 

All you have to do is pick one & use it somewhere on your project.

It's that simple!

The theme is month

is

COLORS

-                                                                        
                                                                       1. Blue skies
                                                                       2. Caught red handed
                                                                       3. White Christmas
                                                                       4. Green Thumb
                                                                       5. tickled pink
                                                                       6. Any title with a colour in it

I chose #6.

Orange Coloured Sky is a song title.  If you look at the layout above you will see the orange frame from the orange patterned paper on this layout has been used.  

I really wanted to highlight the wonderful photo and I think the double frame does this really well. I didn't want to add a lot of embellishment to take away the beauty of the photo.

Cards for Men - Fishing and Father's Day

M is for March and M is for men this month at Unstampabelles challenge blog where I am a Designer.

March - Makes for Men and Boys TWIST Use a Staple or a Peg

Male focused items. 

In my family I am surrounded by lots of men. I find designing for men pretty easy. I've had lots of practice and I know they like to keep it simple.

Here are two cards that I made at the same time using a similar style and components.

The men in my family like to fish so the top card will go to one of them and the bottom card will go to my hubby later in the year. He is always reading the news with his glasses on the tip of his nose.

Materials used:

• 1 sheet of 12x12 brown cardstock
• Kaisercraft Sandy Toes 6 1/2" paper pad patterned papers
• Archival Ink - Sepia
• Creative stickers - Happy Dad's Day
• buttons
• grey cardstock
• moustache washi tape
• mini pegs
• Creative Memories green sticker - fish skeleton

Hope you join in this challenge.

Cheers,

Dale x

Monochromatic layout of my kitten

A simple challenge at ARTastic challenge blog this month. Make it monochromatic. I guess some would have a problem with this. I usually like to use several colours myself.  I've gone with a light pink for my colour theme. Choose whichever one you want.





My layout is of my dear little kitten (5 years ago now) after I had tried to give her a bath. That's the one and only bath she's ever had. My arm has not forgotten the scratches.

Let's see what you do.

There are two prizes on offer. The second one gets given if there are more than 8 entries.

Dale x

Elegant thank you card

I made a card today. It's for my Chorus to give to a guest speaker at our upcoming Gala.

Our theme colours are red, silver, gold and black so I chose 3 of those colours to use.

The design is from a sketch for the CC69 challenge at Soul-scrappers.

I added some beds as embellishments as I thought they added a classy touch.

Thanks for looking.

Dale x

Denim pocket Happy birthday card

Hello,

This is the first challenge for 2019 for Unstampabelles.

It is a fun one. 

Simply Bright and Cheerful TWIST Arty Creations Appreciated

I had a birthday sticker by Bo Bunny from their Party On! range.  It inspired the whole card.

I always think of primary colours as being the most cheerful so I started with yellow cardstock.  Taking colour inspiration from the sticker I chose a red and white polka dot paper by Pebbles from their Best of range, it also had a green strip across the bottom, which worked for me.

I was about to throw out a pair of jeans and cut off the coin pocket to put on my card. It had to have something coming out of it so I decided they would be balloons. I took some Creative Memories red die cut balloons and used some yellow ribbon and white brads to jazz them up.
Finishing the front out with a clear happy birthday sticker by Creativ.

The inside of the card is where I put the sticker and a white piece of cardstock to write on.  This card will be given to my hubby as his birthday is on 5 February.

Hope you feel inspired to try this challenge.

Cheers,

Dale x

Siblings - a layout using a 5x7 photo from my childhood

This month's challenge at Artastic is one that everyone will like, I just know it.

Here is the inspiration painting.  The theme you must use is nature.



Grace Cossington-Smith - "Trees"

My Mum gave me the most adorable photo of me with my younger brother. In this pic I can see a resemblance. We don't look alike now though.  It is a sweet photo. I thought the colours in it corresponded very well with the painting and we are in a garden, so that's why I chose to use it.

The background paper is from Creative Memories and had most of the colours. I've added some paper, ribbon, buttons, pearls, lots of flowers and a sticker, plus some cream embellishments to tie in with the painting and add meaning.  

I showed my Mum and she loved it. So, I'm happy.

Happy crafting.

Dale x