Race ya!

The other afternoon, I took the boys down to one of the paddocks of wheat for an impromptu photo shoot.  It was fairly late in the day so I didn't manage to get too many good photos (really need to learn to use my camera better :o ) but I found one I was relatively happy with so decided to use it for Kellie's October Sketch Challenge over at Scrapbooking from Scratch.
Here's the sketch:

And this is what I managed to come up with.  LOVED this sketch - very me. I wanted to keep it pretty simple (like me lol) so the focus was on the photo.  I have no doubt that I will be revisiting this sketch again very soon. 

How gorgeous is this heart from Charm's Creations? I knew that I didn't want to go with shades of green on this layout so used the boys' shirts as my inspiration when hunting for embellishments. Charm's heart certainly fit the bill :-) 

Holidays are drawing to a close but I hope to get a few more layouts done before reality kicks in again.  Not long to go now and the school year will be over!
Thanks for stopping by.
S xoxo 

Just because

This is a 'just because' layout.  I originally pulled these papers out to use on a different layout altogether.  It was only after all the papers were cut that I came to the realisation that they weren't really matching the photos so I set them aside. As I was clearing away after finishing another layout (yes, I am one of those people who packs away almost everything at the end of each layout only to end up pulling it all back out a few minutes later lol), I found the papers and grabbed the closest photo and had another go.  I am reasonably pleased with how it turned out:

Not too bad for a 'just because' layout.
Thanks for stopping by.
S xoxo

Savvy Cybercrop Roundup

Yay for school holidays - no work deadlines to meet, late night scrap fests, morning sleep-ins ... the list goes on.  Speaking of scrap fests, that sums up the last few days for me as I made time to finish all of the challenges over at Scrapbook Savvy's September CyberCrop.
Layout 1: Kerryn's Sketch Challenge using this sketch:

And this is my very hay-wire take on the sketch:

I knew I wanted to use three photos on the layout but didn't want to have them placed across the page so I definitely took more than a few liberties with the sketch ;)
And a close up:

Layout 2: Tara's Colour Challenge using Pink, Grey and Kraft.

Layout 3: Sar's Recipe Challenge using a masked background, ribbon and tickets.  I dug out my texture paste to use with the mask to help add another layout of dimension to the layout ;)

Layout 4: Sara's Blind Scrap Challenge:

And some closeups:

All in all, I would say that I had a fairly successful cybercrop.  Can't wait until the end of October and the next Cybercrop to roll around.
Thanks for stopping by.
S xoxoxo

Biker Boys

This layout was created for Sara's Puzzle Challenge over at Scrapbook Savvy's Cybercrop this past weekend.  I still have a few of the challenges to go but thought I would share this one first. These were the puzzle pieces we had to include on our layout - hexagons, a number, hearts, arrows and paper tearing:

And after much deliberation, this is what I managed to come up with: 

And some close-ups of some of the details: 

 See, I told you that you would be seeing some more veneer from Studio Calico ;)

Thanks for stopping by.
S xoxoxox

Savvy Challenges

In a frantic day of scrapping yesterday, I managed to complete two of the monthly challenges over at Scrapbook Savvy.  I managed to have them uploaded in the gallery just a few hours before the end-of-the-month deadline.
Layout One - Tara's Quote Challenge using this quote:

And this is what I managed to come up with.  Feel that this layout is very Lauren Bell-ish, just not as good lol ;) 

A close up of how I incorporated the quote: 

Layout Two: Sara's Sketch with a Twist Challenge using this sketch:

And this is what I managed to come up with.  Not 100% happy with it but hey, it is another layout in the album ;) 

I decided to forgo the journalling and title on the sketch and use the vintage Heidi Swapp sticker in its place.  Totally in love with the wood veneer embellishments from Studio Calico <3 .="." nbsp="nbsp">

Whoops, just realised that I used almost identical photos for these two layouts - trust me, that was not planned.
Scrapbook Savvy had a cybercrop over the weekend.  So far I have completed two of the challenges, so two more to go so it is off to the scrapping table I go.
Thanks for stopping by.
S xoxo

Stuck?! Scrapping

Nothing like leaving things to the last minute to get your scrapbooking mojo into gear.  Despite the fact that school holidays are finally here, my scrapping over the last week or so has been limited.  Between recovering from the flu, end of term madness and swimming for the boys not a lot of time has been spent at the scrap desk.  I have, however, spent just enough time today to tackle a few challenges.  One of my favourite challenges to have a got a each month are the sketch challenges over at Stuck?! Sketches.  I was able to get both sketches done - just in the nick of time because the deadline is midnight tonight ;)
Sept 1 Sketch:

 And this is my take on it.  It has been quite a while since I have used such a large photo on a layout - so much so that I ended up trimming it down to the size that you see.  It did start out as a 12 x 8 :o 

And a close-up of the bottom right hand corner of the sketch.  I decided to forgo a word title and use the date as the title instead. 'Parkhead' is the name of the property that we live on.  Strange name which I have never found out the meaning of. 

Sept 15th Sketch:

My take on this layout didn't turn out exactly as I had planned thanks to a printing mistake on my part.  Silly me hit the wrong size when I printed it so I decided just to run with it and 'play' with positioning of the papers and embellishments. 

And some close-ups of some Greatest View flair badges ... love them (but I think you could have guessed that already ;)

and the journalling ... also loving pulling out the old typewriter these days! 

So those are my takes on the challenges this moth.  Always feels good to have more layouts ready to find homes in the albums.

Will be back tomorrow with more shares ;)

S xoxo 

Colour Challenge - Scrapbooking from Scratch

Scrapbooking from Scratch DT Member, Kel has used this picture for people to use as the inspiration for this month's colour challenge:

Who doesn't love Black, Blue and Yellow???? I don't like these colours, I LOVE them!!! I used a dodgy picture of Mitch I took on my iPad last Christmas to come up with this:

Halfway through last year, Mitchell fell in love with reading.  While he had always read his home readers without any fights, it was rare to see him read anything else.  I am not sure what changed him but all I can say is that I love it when kids read voluntarily, especially boys.  He received the Diary of a Whimpy Kid box set for his birthday at the start of December and had finished them before the end of the school holidays ... not too bad for someone who spent 3 of those 6 weeks away from home.

I hope I get to play with the SFS challenges more in future. This was fun!
S xoxo