We all love butterflies ...

 Playing along with UnstampaBelles this month with their Believe theme and unusual card fold.

This is a Slimline Concertina card fold and is simple to make but extremely effective.  I've used gold and pale peach patterned papers with a gold cardstock base and added a really sweet butterfly motive - everyone loves butterflies don't they?

thanks for looking,

Jane xx

What's in the bickie tin for November ...

 Welcome to our November Challenge for What's in the bickie tin?

This month's requirements are:

Colours: Purple & Grey

Add a button

Use a border punch

I have very, very little purple based patterned paper so needed to resort to supplementing what I did have in scraps with solid cardstock along with using spray ink to create a purple based background on my white cardstock.  The grey I have used as border strips, two punched and two straight cut as well as as a mat for my photo.

Hope you can play along with us this month.

thanks for looking,

Jane xx

Bee Beautiful ...

 Playing along with Scrap the Girls this month with their Breast Cancer Awareness challenge.

This was really cute but I didn't have any boob related photos I could share so focused on the bees using some sweet bee patterned paper and some adorable bee embellishment stickers.

thanks for looking,

Jane xx

October - What's in the bickie tin? ...

Welcome to our October Challenge for What's in the bickie tin?

This month's requirements are:

Colours: Black and Orange

Layering

Fussy Cutting

I pulled out all the orange and black patterned paper I had in my scrap basket and layered them together.  My edges are washi tape and I fussy cut two butterflies from patterned paper and used this adorable photo of my daughter's calico kitten - how fortuitous Miss Tilly happens to be black, white and orange !!

thanks for looking,

Jane xx

Soul Scrappers ...

 Playing along with a number of Soul Scrappers challenges currently.

The first is MBC#30 - Use triangles.

Loving these sweet little guys - new additions to my daughter's household.

GDTSEPT - Use your scraps

I have a paper file filled with scraps of patterned paper and I pulled the patterned papers on this page from it - there's some Shimelle, Little Yellow Bicycle, Pink Paislee, Crate Paper and even some very old October Afternoon.

RW47 - Random words

I have used huggable.

TTT63

I have used the line - washi, group photo and circles.

Thanks for looking,

Jane xx

September What's in the bickie tin? ...

Welcome to our September Challenge for What's in the bickie tin?

This month's requirements are:

Colours: Green & White

Add splatters

Add a die-cut

This month I have had a ramble down memory lane and pulled out some left over kits items from Jillibean Soup - I've always loved their bright, happy colours which are perfect for a playful boys page.

I added green ink splatters to my white cardstock and included some very cute Monster Stew journaling sprouts also from Jillibean soup.

Hope you can play along with us this month.

thanks for looking, 

Jane xx

Soul Scrappers ...

Playing along with a number of Soul Scrappers challenges currently.

The first is GDAUG with Dale who has asked for the following criteria:

1. It should be nature based.

2. Please use a punch (you can use more than one if you'd like to)

3. Add a bee or a butterfly

4. Use more than one photo

5. Add dimension

I've used a series of photos taken at a local park which was the original pioneer cemetary for my area - some of the headstones here date back to the early 1800's.

I've punched some butterflies from patterned paper and added dimension by raising the butterfly die cut with pop dots.  I have also punched out some labels to add in between the photo rows.

second is GDJULY with Jen who has asked for a layout about Covid 19 Lockdown.  

I have used some of Pinkfresh Studio Let's stay home range and some bits from my stash to document "Testing Times".

thanks for looking,

 Jane xxx

August What's in the bickie tin? ...

Welcome to our August Challenge for What's in the bickie tin?

This month's requirements are:

Colours: Grey & Yellow

Distressing

Add a heart

A simple page this month again using up some older pieces from my stash where I happened upon a grey and yellow heart patterned paper (yay bonus!) I used along with a couple of "yet to scrap" photos from my files.

I distressed the edges of the kraft cardstock and yellow paper and lightly inked them as well then added in some enamel dots and two tiny heart stickers.

Hope to see all your layouts in our gallery.  

thanks for looking,

Jane xx

Archi-scraps for July ...

Archi-scraps has a ART DECO theme as it's challenge this month.

The Art Deco period heavily featured black and gold and strong geometrical prints.  I have used a strip of transparency behind my photo and stamped onto my background paper to enhance the gold. A few strategically placed gold brads help to lift the page.  I inked my chipboard title in black.

I have also used a time period appropriate photo of my father and his sister on the family farm in the mid 1930's when children.

thanks for looking,

Jane xx

July What's in the bickie tin ...

Welcome to our July Challenge for What's in the bickie tin?

This month's requirements are:

Colours: Black & Blue
Add a string
Add a tag

This month I pulled out my 6x6 paper pads and selected papers from amongst these. I created my tags myself from smaller pieces and used back cardstock as my base.  

TIP

If you want your paper longer and you know some of it will be covered completely by photos or other patterned paper anyway, just cut it in half and move it down like I have done with my backing paper - it is 6x6 but cut and moved it creates the illusion it is a much larger piece.

Hope to see all your layouts in our gallery.  

Happy scrapping,

Jane

Sleeping Beauty ...

Playing along with Unstampabelle's this month with their Magic theme tied to a Disney film.

I've selected Sleeping Beauty ...

thanks for looking,

Jane xx

QVB ...

Playing along with Archi-scraps this month using this photos as inspiration and the criteria of "domes".

Hmmm, domes I thought.  I've done all my vacations which featured domes and then I suddenly remembered I had some great snaps of the Queen Victoria Building (affectionately known as the QVB) in downtown Sydney.  This building is stunning both inside and out and is heritage listed.  Designed by the architect George McRae it was completed in 1898 and has undergone massive renovation in recent years to become the masterpiece it is today.

It is a beautiful building filled with amazing stained glass windows, decorative tiling, wrought iron balustrades and some outstanding architectural features.

Thanks for looking,

Jane xx