Favourite Seasons

There is a Cyber Crop happening at Mystical Scapbooks this weekend.
The theme is Favourite Seasons and I chose to do Winter.

Even though I don't really like the cold of Winter, I do love that warm and cozy feeling of snuggling into a blanket or soft knits.  I decided to scrap this photo of my youngest two, there's nothing much sweeter than a baby all snuggled up in a cuddly, fluffy suit is there?!

I tried to convey that warm, cozy feeling of Winter by using felt, and a button and doing some stitching on the page too.  So my challenge for you is to use some kind of fabric, buttons and sewing on your page.

The sentiment along the side is cut from the Eclectic paper by Cocoa Vanilla. I say something similar to my girls every night still, after all this time, so it was perfect for my page.

The paper is Seamstress from the Little Yellow Bicycle Clothesline range.  I really loved both sides and only had 1 sheet, so I had to carefully cut a strip out and reverse it where I wanted the panel to be. But it was worth it!  This paper range is especially gorgeous in real life because it has a linen type of texture on one side.

The darker yellow paper around the photo, matt and the small stars is Simple Stories Life in Colour Teal/Yellow paper.

Cardstock is Bazzill Basic White.

The fancy border and date are from the Pink Paislee Hey Kid Element Stickers.
The alphabet is Sunrise - Natural by Thickers.

I used white felt for my stars and just did a simple stitch, tied at the front, to secure them.

I also used some embossing paste and the Stars Stencil from CC Designs on the white matt behind the photo.  The scalloped rectangle die is also from CC Designs.

I hope you'll be inspired and join us for our Seasonal Challenge.

Thanks for dropping by :)

Kathy

Frame It!

I have another page for Mystical Scrapbooks to share with you today.
It's my turn to host the Challenge too and your mission this month is to :

Frame It - Use a frame over your photo.

I cut my photo to be the same size as the frame, but then tilted it so that you could see the edges of the photo beneath.  I think this made it a little more interesting.  You could also put a smaller frame over a full size photo to highlight a portion of it or you could just frame the outside of the photo normally.

My frame was from the Cocoa Vanilla - Free Spirit Die Cut Ephemera pack.  There are many packs similar to this that include frames or you could make your own using 2 square layering dies or any shape you wish.

Everything else on the page is from the Simple Stories - Life in Colour collection.
I love the hugs and kisses paper, it's called Big Memories and it works so well with the quote.
The pink paper is the B side of So Much Happiness.
The sentiment is from the 4x6 Horizontal Journal Elements paper.
The little strips of papers, flowers and clips are from the Ephemera pack.

I also used Bazzill Basic White Cardstock.

I hope you'll join in our challenge this month.  I can't wait to see your creations.

Thanks for dropping by :)

Kathy

Cute as a Bug

I have a scrap page to share with you today :)

 I have really wanted to add a copic coloured image to a layout for quite a while now, and I've finally done it :)
I thought little Elfie from CC Designs would work really well with the photo of my 2 girls being bugs (actually a butterfly and an ant)!

The toadstools are from the Make a card #13 die and I coloured them with copics too.  The clouds are from this die also.

I used the new Jumbo Alphabet die too. Ever since I saw it I have wanted to use it on a page!  It is such a great size for scrapbooking and super cute too :)

The beautiful paper is by Simple Stories - Life in Colour. It's called The good life and the Teal/Yellow papers I've used for the title are also from this range.  I actually diecut the letters from card first and then glued the paper diecut on top of that for some extra dimension.

I also used Bazzill white and the small alphabet used for the title are Sunrise Thickers.

These things are available at Mystical Scrapbooks.

I'm so glad I finally got to combine my love of stamping and colouring with my love of scrapping :)

Thanks for dropping by today.
Kathy

Pollycraft Elfie Rubber Stamp

Jumbo Alphabet Die Set

C.C. Designs Cutters Make a Card #13 Spring die

ZooDoo page

We have another Cyber Challenge over at Mystical Scrapbooks this weekend.
Each of the Design Team have provided a sketch and your challenge is to use one of them to create a page.

I have used this sketch from PageMaps for my inspiration.



I haven't stuck exactly to this sketch because some of the elements I wanted to use didn't really work with it, but I definitely got my inspiration from it. Please don't feel you have to follow sketches exactly when entering Challenges, but you still need to be able to see elements of it :)

The papers I used are from the October Afternoon Sidewalks collection and they are SO pretty.
The papers behind the photos are both sides of Hide and Seek.  I would buy a couple of sheets of it because it is so gorgeous and it was one of those times when I really didn't want to cut into the paper.
The yellow paper behind is the B side of Red Light Green Light.
The stickers on the bottom right are all from this collection too.

The "Love" title is made with the wonderful cursive alphabet from the Pink Paislee Hey Kid Elements Stickers.

I have also used some Kraft card and some Core'dinations Kraft Core #11, which is wonderful! I just distressed the edge of it, but I love the look of the kraft and green together.

I also used some lace from the Kaisercraft Natural Lace pack.

I used CC Designs Square and Rectangle dies to cut the mats behind the photos and cut and the patterned papers behind them too.

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Circle Challenge

Hi :)

I'm here with the Mystical Scrapbooks second challenge for May.
My challenge is to make Circles a feature of your page.
There are many different ways to incorporate them of course!  But I have used some fun paper and a button.

I used a lot of items from the Pink Paislee Hey Kid range on my page.
The circle paper is called Hula Hoop.  It is actually a diecut paper, which is wonderful because you can change the look of it depending on what colour cardstock you put behind it.  And it adds a bit of extra dimension to the page too.  I cut it down a little so there would be a cardstock border around it also.  I used Core'dinations Aquaduct for my base, but there were many different colours I could have used and they all looked great - just different.

The banner is from the Hey Kid range too. It's part of a set of 9 different Tags, which are all fabulous!
The Love sticker and the alphabet are from the Element Stickers.  I have used these stickers so many times now!  I love the alphabets on it and the fun elements too.

The Hey Kid papers and embellishments are wonderful for both boys and girls.  They're great quality too and I highly recommend them :)

I also added a "button" to the page, to continue the Circle theme.  It's actually a button diecut, not the real thing.  I just cut out a few, glued them together and covered it with Glossy Accents.  It looks pretty good and not as bulky on a page as a real button.

I hope you'll join in with our challenge.

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Plato Quote

Hi :)  I have another page to share today.
Mystical Scrapbooks is having a Cyber Crop this weekend and there are a number of different challenges relating to Journalling to play along with.

The challenge I decided to take on was to use a quote to enhance your page.
I wanted to scrap this photo of my daughter playing her violin and I think this quote by Plato really helps to capture her love of music.

 I used Doodlebug Hello Spring Rainbow Jellies and Baby Butterflies papers and Twiddldybitz Chipboard Cuts. The quote was created with 2 different styles of Thickers, Pink Paislee Hey Kid Element Stickers and some smaller stickers from my stash.
I added some Kaisercraft Silver Jewels and splatted on some white kraft ink among them, but it's subtle and hard to see in the photo.
I also used the rectangles die from CC Designs for the matt behind the photo.

I hope you can find some time to scrap this weekend and join in with one of our challenges :)

I'd also like to enter my page into the challenge at :
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes


Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Music challenge

It is my turn to host a challenge at Mystical Scrapbooks and I'm challenging you to add some Music to your page.

I have used a song title and some music notes on mine but there are many other ways to add music - patterned paper, stamps or embossing, for example.  But wait - it's not quite that simple! :)  As we are focusing on journalling this month I have a second part to my challenge and that is to journal in white.  I always journal in black, but I wasn't happy with how that looked on this page so I tried writing with a white gel pen on grey strips of card and I really liked it.  I'll have to remember to try white more often :)

I used the Cocoa Vanilla Free Spirit - Shabby Chic paper, Bazzill Basic white and Core'dinations Gibraltar and In the pink.

For the titles I used Grey Fabric Thickers and Basic Grey Pink Monograms.

The music notes are Twiddleybitz Chipboard Cuts that I have painted with black acrylic paint.
The arrow is from the Cocoa Vanilla Free Spirit - Die cut ephemera set.

I also used the Make a Card #4 die from CC Designs for the little rectangles around the "woofs".

I hope you'll play along with my challenge, I'd love to see your musical pages.
Oh and I do apologise if this song is stuck in your head now ha ha :)

Thanks for dropping by today

Kathy

Granda

Hi :)  I have another scrapbook page for Mystical Scrapbooks to share today.

I decided to scrap a photo of my daughter with her Granda and tried to do a bit of a mash-up of all the challenges from the Harmony Day Cyber Crop.

For Gypsy's Challenge to use a pattern from another culture, I drew the border at the bottom of the photo.  It is meant to resemble a Celtic Knot type of pattern, it is a very simple one, but it turned out quite effective anyway I think.
My Dad was Irish and so I thought that would be appropriate.
His Grandkids called him Granda, because that's what he called his Grandfather in Ireland and he wanted to continue the tradition.
So I had Granda as the title and it "kind of" fits Donna's challenge to use a non-english word.  It isn't the word most Australians use for Grandfather anyway and is from another culture, it is mainly an Irish thing I believe, although I guess technically it's still an English word.
And finally my challenge to use orange.  There is a bit of it on the page and my daughter is wearing orange again :)

So I haven't checked with Donna to see if she thinks I've used her challenge correctly and there's not heaps of orange, but I do believe I've used elements of all 3 challenges here :)

The paper is from the Free Spirit collection by Cocoa Vanilla and is called Eclectic.  One side of it is this beautiful typed sentiment and on the other are journal cards and other goodies which is where the "this was -" piece was from.  The heart, you and me, star, banner and those were the days, are all from the Free Spirit - Die Cut Ephemera pack.  I also used one of the Free Spirit Little Hearts.

The title was made using the Pink Paislee Hey Kid - Elements Stickers.

There are still a few days left to take part in one of the challenges, I hope you'll join us :)

Kathy

Gorgeous

I have another page to share for Mystical Scrapbooks today.

I wanted to scrap this photo of my youngest daughter in her pj's.  She had the cutest, curly hair when she was little and I wanted to try to capture her sweetness with a fun page!

I thought this paper from Cocoa Vanilla's  Free Spirit collection would work beautifully. It's called My Way and I love the design on the reverse of this paper too.

I also used the Free Spirit Die Cut Ephemera set.  There are just so many wonderful pieces in this collection!  All the words and the arrow on the left side are from it, plus the pink star.

I mounted the photo and embellishments onto Bazzill white cardstock and sewed around the edge for a bit of extra dimension and coziness :)

The alphabet and number stickers are from Pink Paislee's  Hey Kid - Elements Stickers.  This is a great set and a very close colour match for the blue used in the paper :)

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Four

I have another page for Mystical Scrapbooks to share today :)
I decided to scrap these cute photos of my youngest daughter turning 4.
And I kind of did a mashup of 2 of the challenges from our current CyberCrop.
One was to use red and gold and the other was to use 3 arrows.

My Ingredients :

Card and Paper : Basic Grey - Olivia - Kembrie, Bazzill basic cardstock - white, black, brushed gold (SU)
Alphabet : Thickers, Fancy Pants
Embellishments : Pink Paislee - Hey Kid - Elements Stickers, black pearls
Other : Uniball - Signo - White pen, circle die, Make a card #12 die (CC Designs)

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

You are my Happy

I have another scrapbook page for Mystical Scrapbooks to share today.
We are having a Cyber Crop this weekend and there will be challenges and games, so I hope you can join us. You can visit us here on Facebook and on our blog.

So the theme for the Cyber Crop is Chinese New Year and this year is the Year of the Monkey.
The lucky numbers for the Year of the Monkey are 1, 7 and 8.
So my challenge is to create a page that has 1 photo, 7 strips of paper and 8 words.
I hope you will play along with my challenge.

My Ingredients :

Card & Paper : pink and green Core'dinations Essentials, Hello Spring - Baby Butterflies (Doodlebug)
Alphabet : Thickers, (Kaisercraft)
Embellishments : Hello Spring Cardstock Stickers
1 gorgeous photo of my kids :)

I loved using these cute and glittery stickers on my page, they really suited the "Happy" theme :)

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Mystical Challenge

I have some exciting news to share ! :)
I am now on the Design Team at Mystical Scrapbooks!!!

I used to scrapbook many years ago but then my love of cardmaking took over.
My youngest daughter doesn't even have an album and is always asking where her photos are and why she doesn't have a book too :(
I have really wanted to get back into scrapping for her AND for me.
So I made a New Years Resolution that I was going to DO IT!
And I HAVE :)
Being on the fabulous team at Mystical Scrapbooks is really going to help me achieve my goals.

So this is my first page after taking a very long scrapbooking break :)

It was my turn to create a challenge for the Mystical Scrapbooks blog and I decided to make it about journalling.
The challenge is to make a kind of journalling border around your photos.
It can be any kind of journalling.  I decided to just write the Who and Where and then I looked in a Thesaurus for synonyms for Explore, which is my title.

I hope you'll make a page and join in with our challenge too.

I used Core'dinations Essentials cardstock and tore a strip of it to resemble (loosely :) ) rocks. I also distressed the matt around the photos.  Then I used another matt that I did the journalling around.

The gorgeous paper is Basic Grey - Olivia and I also used some Kaisercraft Pearls - Snow.
I made the title using Thickers - Hello Amy.  I love this alphabet!  The fabric adds a lot of texture and I love the stitched look and the font is so fun!

So I've made a start! I hope you'll join me on my journey and we can experiment and learn together :)

Kathy