My Sports Mad Boy

Both of our boys are just mad about sport, Mitchell especially. That child would play sport from sun up til sunset if we let him. He is keen to give anything a go but his favourite sports are swimming, tennis and soccer (football). I used photos from the past 12 months to capture his love of all things sport.

And some close ups: 

Thanks for stopping by.

S xoxo

Stuck?! Sketches

The first sketch for May is a single image layout and I found the perfect photo of my brother, sister-in-law, nieces and nephew at our sister's wedding last year. This is the sketch:

And this is my take on it:

And a close up of the photo cluster: 

I can't wait for the 15th to see what the second sketch for the month is.
Thanks for stopping by.
S xoxo 

White with One

The colour to match this month's challenge over at White with One is Gold. While I love adding touches of gold to my layouts, I had never based an entire layout around it. I loved this challenge and this would have to be one of my favourite layouts I have ever created.

And some close ups: 

I used my VersaMark ink pad to run along the outer edges of the cardstock before adding gold embossing powder. I also sprinkled embossing powder at various parts over the layout before heat setting it. One of my favourite new additions to my stash are rolls of metallic thread which I just had to use on this layout.

I loved pulling bits and pieces of my stash together for this, even some gold foil wrappers from our Easter Egg stash which I used behind the layout and to cover the 3.

Definitely a simple layout but one that I will treasure for a long time to come.
Thanks for stopping by.
S xoxoxo

Getting Messy and Grungy ...

... on my layouts is not something I am entirely comfortable with. Splatters of mist, distressing the edges of papers and a smear of gesso across the page is about as 'out there' as I get. When I found out this month's criteria for Scrap the Boys, I knew this would be my most difficult challenge. It took an attempt or two and I know, compared to creations of the other awesome DTer's, my layout is still pretty simple. At the end of the day, at least I can say I embraced the mess and grunge ... I just did it my way ;)

And some close-ups: 

So that's your challenge this month - to get messy or grungy. Remember to create a layout specifically for this challenge. Can't wait to see you over at Scrap the Boys.
Thanks for stopping by.
S xoxoxo

Scrapbooking From Scratch April Challenges

This month over at SFS, Peta and the team have set a sketch challenge and a Project Life challenge. For the PL challenge, we had to journal in our own handwriting on three cards. Here is what I created:

Close up of the Left side. I custom-made the page protector using my sewing machine. Quite easy to do.

And the right-hand side: 

The sketch challenge was based on this sketch:

And this is what I managed to come up with:

Thanks for stopping by.

S

Easter Scrapbooking

I was lucky enough to spend the Easter long weekend scrapping with some very talented ladies, who I am fortunate enough to call my friends - Donna White, Lisa Kamphuis and Lauren Bell. These three ladies challenge and inspire me in so many different ways. I love that we can sit and talk about anything and everything, not to mention all of the support and encouragement for each other's scrapping. Here are the layouts I created over the weekend:
Layout One: 2014 Badge Ceremony. Please excuse the tags on the layout - there is a third photo with people whose faces I can't show.

Layout Two: Bunya Record - a layout of Lachie receiving his certificate for breaking a record at the regional school swimming carnival. 

Layout Three - Love, Love, Love, Love - yet another wedding layout using a cut file Donna made for me. 

Layout Four: Oh So Happy - Lachie with his Age Champion trophy from the Darling Downs Trials last month. 

Layout Five: Selfies at the Dam. I will confess, this layout is lifted from Scrapbook 365 magazine. I have several sheets of the Dear Lizzy paper with the frames but always use the reverse side. The layout in the magazine used the frames so I knew I just had to use it. 

Layout Six: Warm Up Time. Mitch and his mate, Trent, heading out to the warm up pool at the State Primary School Swimming Trials. 

I also created three more layouts but I can't show them yet. I also created a Project Life style layout but you will have to check out my next blog post to see that.

Thanks for stopping by.

S xoxoxox

Scrapped by Lachlan

At the start of the school holidays, we went on a camping trip. While camping/caravaning is not my favourite thing in the world to do, I love the opportunity to take time out from the stresses of life and relax. Knowing that we were heading away for 10 days, I packed a few scrap supplies to keep me entertained. When Lachie saw my stash he begged to do as layout. Here is what he came up with and with no help from me. He simply watched what I was doing and then went on his way.

I think he shares my love of mist splatters, wood veneers, flair and foam thickers lol.

S