Awesome ...

Sharing my page made for Off the Rails Scrapbooking this month using this moodboard and criteria of "Recycled".

I pulled out a draw I have that contained pieces f ephemera - old tickets, library cards, receipts, vouchers etc to use in place of patterned paper and then added in salvaged buttons from my button jar and a few other bits and pieces.  I used the teal, green and yellow from the moodboard.

thanks for looking,

Jane xx

Sweet Boy ...

Joining in with the challenge on Scrap the Boys this month with this rather lovely blue and pink moodboard.

I loved the whimsical feel of this colour combination and more to prove to myself that it was indeed possible to create a boys page in these colours decided to have a go.

I pulled out some papers from Shimelle's Starshine collection along with a selection of sequins, enamels dots and hearts and acrylic stars and basically went to town.  I really like what I have created.

thanks for looking,

Jane xx

Snow and wood ...

Archiscraps have based their challenge for October on this image ...

Snow and wood ... so I pulled out a series of photos of my kids experiencing snow for the very first time, teamed it with some wood veneer snow flakes I had in my stash and was beginning to think I would never get used and also used the colour scheme seen in the photo.

thanks for looking,

 Jane xx

ARTastic October ...

Our October inspiration on ARTastic comes to you from Lyn Butchart with a piece called Green Peacock.

CRITERIA -  Monochromatic (can be any colour) 

Feel free to use black, white, kraft or navy as your accent colours.

Monochromatic colours are all the colours (tones, tints and shades ) of a single hue.

I decided to do something a little different and got out my container of washi and put them to good use! 

Hope you can find time to play along.

thanks for looking, 

Jane xx

CSI 262 ...

This was so cute I just had to participate in the CSI Challenge #262 this month.

and I did something a little bit challenging ....

which involved a KI Memories die cut page I have been hoarding forever, a couple of circle punches, left over odd project life cards, glue and lots and lots of patience ...

and I truly love the result ...

Meet Miss Bella - our much loved family member.

thanks for looking,

Jane xx

I scream, you scream ....

I couldn't resist doing a page for Off the Rails Scrapbooking this month which was focusing on food.

I used a section of the colours in the moodboard to create a page about birthday celebrations at my daughter's work - gelato instead of cake, what a great way to celebrate!

thanks for looking,

Jane xx

A little fruity ...

Playing along this month with Archi-scraps using their inspiration image and criteria of fruit.

I was inspired by the colours of orange, yellow and line green as well as the circles to create a page about one of the things I really like about cruising - the fruit based cocktails!  I also used some plastic fruit embellishments that worked perfectly for this page.

thanks for looking,

Jane xx

ARTastic September ...

It is Father's Day here in Australia tomorrow and as a tribute to the males in our lives our September inspiration on ARTastic comes to you from Robert Haganand is called The mentor.

CRITERIA - Let's celebrate the males in our lives

Beach scenes and seagulls always remind me of fish and chips at the beach.  I've used the same colours of variations of blue with sand and added a splash of red for the bucket.

Hope you can join in with us this month.

thanks for looking,

Jane xx

Sweet ...

I've enjoyed playing along with Scrap the Girls this month with this really striking mood board and lovely colour palette.

 

I focused on the colours, added in a bright stripey paper that gave the feel of the zebra pattern and focused on the image of the girl with downcast eyes.

thanks for looking,
Jane xx

CSI for August ...

Playing along with both challenges on CSI this month.

For #260 I have completed a cruise vacation page using the colour palette and taking a number of items from the evidence list - stripes, anchor, gold (spray), labels, transportation embellies, travel themed elements.

For #259 I ran with the colours to help inspire me to document a day trip for my dd and her bf. 

thanks for looking,

Jane xx

Seriously wild ...

I truly wasn't sure what to do with the challenge on Scrap the Boys this month.  It really had me thinking.

Eventually I decided just to go with the basic colour scheme of teal and black (and threw in yellow and a brighter green as a bit of contrast) and went with the theme, selecting a photo of my son hamming it up at the Australian Museum and being seriously WILD :)

thanks for looking,

Jane xx

Going tribal ...

I am joining in with the challenge on Off the Rail Scrapbooking this month.  It is an unusual moodboard to say the least ...

and I wasn't at all sure how to run with this one until I focused on the top right photo which in some ways reminded me of many of the photos my daughter took when she visited Fiji for an end of school "make a difference" trip some years ago. 

I took the green from the background and went with a "going tribal" theme to match in with the obligatory braided and beaded hair ! 

This page is composed of project life cards - I have such a massive stash I just need to used them up in some way.

thanks for looking,

Jane xx