kraft plus june challenge

thanks Sandra for this great challenge, this was my first  double layout, that i created for this challenge, then i went to the craft show in Brisbane and decided on doing my friends in jungle  clothes.  now  nearly cut off time, i best just type  quickly

i have used my circle cutting dies and have cut out  some of my photos as well as  material and patterned paper to create this layout,  and the  giraffes were bought at the craft show and cut out,

looking forward to tomorrows challenge a new month to start again .

White with One June Challenge

June here already, well, its almost half way though, Thanks  white with one, for this awesome challenge and of course,,  its my favourite colour, any sort of blue, i love and really enjoy playing with items that i have bought  in this colour,

last year, i drove to the gold coast for a class, and of course,  there was a pack of blue items some bling, metal roses, and all this this gorgeous colour, of course i had to buy them from  Tracy at my 2 Angels, Tracy  does mostly charms, and they are so lovely , its really  hard to pick  sometimes, but being blue, its easy for me.

Starting with  my white cardstock,  i looked for some lace that i bought at a show , of course, its just the right colour again, funny that. and thought ,which way, up or  sideways, umm, well ,get all the other items on the page then decide.
While sorting out my room for a upcoming market day, at the end of the month,  i came across this blue paper, i cut it into 4   pieces and used both sides,  then i   I  placed Crayola Pip Squeaks washable markers  onto the edge and sprayed  just the edge with water and started to roll it after it had soaked in a bit, ( the rolling effect  i was taught by the lovely Trina McClure)  i have done this technique before, but needed reminding again, so things you learn and maybe you don't like that the first time &  i forget, &  then its nice the next time you try it , The markers and the water, make the colour run into the paper,  you will also notice with pictures below, that i have done this to my flowers, they were a baby blue in colour, which again, i love, but not for this challenge ,so it has to be the right colour.

    so lace in place, papers are dry with the fan, ( brrr hurry and dry ) my foam lace down the middle. now the fun part, with the pens,
it doesnt matter if you dont have a steady hand as  people are not going to see  much of it, when the flower is finished, just a pretty flower.

now the water,

carefully, while wet, crunch them up, this time i used my heat gun, as i was also getting cold from the fan being on in winter, & it  dries much quicker, on the baby flowers i also added the markers, but did not wet them, now we are ready to assemble

isn't this lovely, i have placed 5 on top of each other. and then placed those tiny flowers in the centre to give it extra depth.

now i need something else, im losing my white card stock, what to use, ok, here is my stash is blue cardstock, now, i have some white rub ons, maybe this could work, maybe swirls, nah, must have used them , unable to find, i would not have got rid of them , another must have in my stash. oh well, flowers it is, but then again, i do like that swirl on the corner but its too big, cut it up and make it fit, Thats it. wheres the photo 

Now to add those little blue metal roses, They were in the pack from my 2 angels, i will have to get more of them , they are great . 

assemble the flowers and add some ribbon, that was in  the class from Trina  last week, no i dont need to iron it, it  looks good crinkled. 

dont you love those clear  embellishments, another item from Trinas class, just adds a bit of sparkle.

Of course we have to add a title, so i remember where the photos was taken, These are from Kaiser, 

i was at this years Craft  show in Brisbane, 

So now, Here is my layout. 

Kraft Plus June Challenge

Thanks very much for this great challenge,

I first created a double layout for this challenge, and I really loved it and still do, but I can only enter one layout,
Then i went to the craft show here in Brisbane, long weekend,  this, made me change my mind as to my layout to enter and thought i would make it a fun layout.

At Craft Giraffe stall, they had a photo  shoot area, where  you put on faces &  people from the craft store were dressed up of course, i got into the act in one of the photos, not  that you would recognize  me, im in the giraffe head.

Some of my other friends got into the spirit, when i asked them can i put their photo in a challenge and they all agreed, i really do hope they, like what i did

i have circle dies, that i bought from craft on line a few years ago, i haven't used much of them in the last year and was thinking of selling them, but now have  thought about it and am going to keep them for a bit longer,
After die cutting all the circles, i then got my journalling pen and drew around the outside of the circles,
some if the embellishments are from Stickers & Craft and are fabric reform sticker sheets,  I had to cut these out by hand, as they would not cut though the machine,  these can be seen in the tiger, giraffe and leopard  in the circles. &  feel , like the real fur of that animals
Some of the papers are the New Kaiser range,  into the jungle, collection and some  jungle fun is from the collectables,
so the themes is jungle and circles, here is my version.
thanks again Kraft plus for this challenge, i had fun with this  today. .

paper craft addicts - card challenge

First of the month, its a bit cool here, today,   but what better time to get creative, after the last 2 months of being busy with family commitments and not feeling like doing anything, Once I got home except sleep, i just could not think of anything,

 now  my mind is running  wild again with ideas and want to get into  creating layouts &  cards again.
I thought , that first i would create  another challenge, that they give you before the month is due, then saw, Ada Nichols  with paper craft addicts, i just knew this would be one of my first to do , well its in the process and then started another, so i have a few in the process,
 But then this morning ,I  thought, I  would do this card  and finish something , before the plummer came.  he turned up  late ,but rang to say he was running late, so  that was fine,

don't you hate it when they don't ring and you have slotted your day  to do things and nothing happens, at least the plummer  rang, so i just worked around him  while he was working out quote i did some more of the card.

I have used 3 of my embossing folders, to create my card,  i don't use these often enough,  but they are were  a delight to use them today,and will try  to get some on a layout, which i never seem to do .
so here is my version of  Event for Paper Craft Addicts · Hosted by Shirley Tait
This month I have a simple fun challenge for you... DOTS & STRIPES. Can a card anywhere, anyhow as long as they some dots and some strips. Simple as that!

With my card, I have started with the embossing folder  from Craft Concepts Stately for the edging.

then have used  Kaiser La-Di-Da 6 inch pad stripes paper, then embossed  some Close to my Heart pink paper . and  used  Cuttlebug  dots, embossing folder 

  The flower is also embossed with Craft Concepts Embossing folder, called Spotted Flowers, Very appropriate   for the occasion.

 I have then die cut some swirls, (I  did not keep the name of this brand, )I've had it for years, i love Swirls   and inked it with Versecolour green ink,  then added a white bow,

 To finish off, i  have used Ranger Glossy Accents .

I have inked around  the edge of card with hot pink ink. pad. 

hope you like this . 

until later , 

123 challenge for may

Here is my may challenge,

Gosh , the month of may  is nearly over, where  it has flown,  by next month ,half way though the year.

Tonight, i thought, i would just do a fairly simple page  as now getting close to month now feel like making some layouts, so  i can not afford them to be too complicated at this time of the month.

As I started my mind was thinking of another challenge, that starts with a white sheet of card stock, then realized, that I was not doing that one as it had too many things to add to the page,
Like Banners  for one, the word Baby and the colour Beige.

So With white card stock , i then found my patterned papers,  it wasn't til i was almost finished the layout, that the papers are really for wedding papers, so with a bit of altering , i think i have  got rid of the rings on the page.

This paper is from Porta Craft  papers, using the beige doves  and then cutting out some birds and popping them up with foam tape over the rings.
With the striped paper is from the same collection and instead of getting out my machine to cut a circle, i just used my double sided tape and hand cut it out.

The Title is OUR BABY NEPHEW Greg. done with  American Crafts Thickers Sweetie range  already made in banners with letters on, how cool is that ready made.
The small butterflies are from Studio Calico Stickers. and have attached them to  string over the page

I have added a 4 x 6  Journal card .as well.

paper craft addicts may challenge

Thanks to Ada Nichols for this great challenge of paper craft addicts.

as its getting a bit close to the end of the month, i have been busy with other things and was going to miss  the challenges this month, to have a break. but today, i realized that i have got the paper out, i might as well do them

With this  layout, i have used  card stock of Kaiser and also using scraps i have had for a while, the one with the ice creams has on back of what left its time breaking free adventure series. & Kaiser oh So Lovely 

 The Ice creams are from Kaiser Save the Date Embellishments .

  

Artaste April Challenge

What a great challenge, i just love swirls and thought that this one would be a snitch  to do, after all, i love anything with swirls in , but being so close to the end of the month  i  wanted to rush with it, so my first 2 attempts, with gesso and sprays, did not work as well as i expected and my third attempt i did not like the end result, a friend of mine once said  sometimes simple is always the nicest with out going to too much trouble. so that's what i  did. and i love it better than my previous attempts at this one.

To start off, i found some patterned paper with swirls in it and a sheet of purple card stock,  Out came my lucky 8 punch and with 8 simple punches, my design was made i then attached it to the bottom of  the page. 
I  then added  black card stock to my photo,
and in my stash i have lovely bling with swirls, so placed them on the page along with some pretty flowers that i bought to make cards with, but they did not get onto the cards.  all this was  attached to white card stock.
 I have also inked some  glittery swirls in pink and yellow to the page.