Scraptastic Club 3rd November Challenge

The 3rd challenge at Scraptastic Club this month was a recipe challenge... arguably one of my favourite kinds of challenges because they can be so difficult or so easy!

From the blog:

This month's recipe is... use any three of the following:

• Use a fall photo
• Dig out those embossing folders. Try using them on a chipboard piece!
• Use two colors of cardstock
• Use rub-ons. I think that sometimes can be one of those items we tend to forget to use.
• Punch a border
• Use teal, orange and brown
• Mist somewhere on your page, be it the whole page or a mask or an item adhered to your page.

Right away I knew the teal was out! I have been using lots of teal for challenges lately and I am kind of fed up of it! Also I couldn't mist or emboss, as I don't have mists or embossing folders (sigh)

So that left me:

• Use a fall photo
• Dig out those embossing folders. Try using them on a chipboard piece!
• Use two colors of cardstock
• Use rub-ons. I think that sometimes can be one of those items we tend to forget to use.
• Punch a border
• Use teal, orange and brown
• Mist somewhere on your page, be it the whole page or a mask or an item adhered to your page.

I decided to skip on the fall photo, and this is what I came up with:

Two colors of cardstock - cream for the background (inked with Wild Honey... loving that color) and brown textured for matting (this is the same cardstock used here, which will be the double to this page)

Rub-ons - two of them - the blue sentiment and the matching birdies, both from a set I just picked up

Punch a border - I kind of cheated here. I used the Creative Memories border punch to make the orange strip which is the "Frame Chain" punch. So its more of a chain but since it uses a border punch system... I think it counts. Paper is CosmoCricket Everafter. The matching hearts were also punched using Creative Memories punches and inked on the edges with more Wild Honey.

These are probably my favourite portraits done by the photographer at the wedding. She is on an outdoor staircase and hence got the angle from above. Love it!

Thanks for looking!!

Thanks eighteen25!

I won a great Elmer's glue giveaway!! Can't wait for it to show up!

Check out eighteen25 yourself... its a great blog!!

Sketchabilities Sketch #59 - Babies

Sketchabilites brought us a great multi-photo sketch for their Sketch #59.

I was stuck on this one as I don't really have many photos that can be cut down that small. Flipping through the kittens seemed perfect for this one....

All the accent papers are DCWV Petz Stack... I need someone to trade me their cat themed papers for my dog themed papers!! 

This was the first weekend we met our little babies. They are sooo tiny here compared to now and it was only a month ago!! I can't wait for a few months when I look back and these are the itty bittiest cats ever.... A new litter was born and I saw the 3 week old kittens... now that's small. Too bad I don't have any photos of them then :) 

Scraptastic Club 1st November Challenge - Ride Warriors

Scraptastic Club gives you 4 varied challenges each month, the first one for November was to use banners on your layout.

This photo is from the summer when we took my brothers-in-law to Canada's Wonderland for their birthdays. It was their first visit ever. This is the photo taken by the roller coaster cameras on Behemoth, which is the tallest coaster there. The empty seat next to Cam is supposed to be me.... but no way was I going on that thing!! My sister came along and she did go on...

The striped paper is from a scrapbook a day desk calendar that has frames and cut outs and plain pages to use as mats. The rest are random items I had.

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CR84FN3 and Paper Secrets Scraplift Challenge

Paper Secrets hosts a monthly scraplift challenge. Head on over to the forum to check it out as I don't have the permission to republish Steph's work!

What caught me was the clocks she used to make a strip on the page. I paired this challenge with the CR84FN3 as I envisioned the clocks on brown.

Here is the color image:

And here is my scraplift and color challenge:

I used Tim Holtz masks and Wild Honey Distress Ink to do the base coat. Then I added stamps of clocks in Walnut Stain and of suns in Versamark Champagne. I inked the edges of the paper in Walnut stain and a bit of white chalk. I cut out around the clock strip to insert the tan paper into the page. I tore one edge and used a bit more Wild Honey. Finally, to tone down the white mat under the photo, I used Peeled Paint Distress Ink. The scallop trim is Cosmo Cricket EverAfter.

Below are some detail photos of the masking and stamping: 

I hope you enjoy!

Paper Secrets November Sketch Challenge - In the Rain

Paper Secrets is another great challenge forum you should check out. Below is the November sketch. I love how intricate it is and all the little details.

I decided to rotate this sketch to fit the portait oriented photo I had.

I used my Creative Memories Hummingbird letters to make the title, as well as a Creative Memories corner punch to jazz up the title block.

I used a heart punch to make the background flower petals behind my fabric flower.

Papers are Cosmo Cricket Everafter, and I used the Creative Memories Picket Fence border punch. 

Sketch Along Tuesdays #28 - Kiss the Bride

Trust Frosted Designs to come up with another amazing sketch for their Sketch Along Tuesdays:

This was a complicated sketch with a lot of elements. I chose to use a background paper with a lot of elements and so eliminated some of the other elements from the sketch.

I had a lot of find with this one... didn't even plan it out. The paper is Creative Memories Reminisce collection - I love this collection and you will see it more and more from me. Chipboard is Cosmo Cricket Ever After, flowers Recollections, and the rest is random. The black paper and vellum are Deja Views.

Hope you enjoy this one, please comment and follow my blog :)