PAGE DRAFTS 'BE BOLD' CHALLENGE!

Em is such a talented lady and I really wanted to squeeze this one in before my trip to the USA

 

 

PAGE DRAFTS BE BOLD CHALLENGE!

Hello welcome to Page Drafts very first challenge!

This post is to say a huge big thank you to every single one of you for following Page Drafts and supporting my little page dedicated to sharing ideas in the hope to help kick start that mojo back into gear. 

Because of your support Page Drafts has almost reached 500 followers over on our FB page which is very exciting! So to celebrate I thought it would be fun to set a sketch challenge (funny that...he he) and offer some cool prizes to 3 fabulous winners.

This challenge is open to both traditional and digital scrapbookers and of course overseas participants are more than welcome to join in so tell your friends all about PD's. 

Okay so lets check out the

~CRITERIA~

-1- 

Create a project using the 'SKETCH' below as inspiration. 

You may rotate the sketch however you must stick as close to the sketch as possible. I will be looking for pages that show creative flair and a unique way to make the sketch your own with out digressing too much from the original design.

 

I rotated the sketch this way

And this is how it looks

 

I had printed off this photo of us taken on our 12th wedding anniversary and originally was going to use them for another sketch. I printed off 2 and cut us each out in a triangle shape but then the one of me went missing(in fact it's still "missing") so I just joined them all back together so to speak!

 

When the challenge said bold I remembered these old chip chatter alphas by chipchatter.com

I loved the bright bold blue colour as well.

Then literally I just grabbed scraps from my little tub and went to town lol

I found the love title that I had cut previously for another project and layered it over the US word

 

I kept with the triangle theme and it represents the stripey piece down the centre of the sketch I used just a thin border outline of a speech bubble to hold this part of my title. I cut the heart shaped background on the cameo, and added my splattering and tangled thread behind it.

 

Spot the (not so) deliberate mistake!

Yes I stamped the date upside down lol it all adds to the charm right??

I hope I stuck to the sketch enough for you to still see it (I do often tend to get a bit carried away lol)

I have done another product list, I really like this idea and am going to try and do it for all my layouts, what do you think??

 

See you when I get back. . 

Toodle Pip x

 

 

Scrap around the world

Was very excited last month to see a new challenge blog launched Scrap Around The World run by my good friend Helen Tilbury
I didn't get chance to play for the first challenge, but as soon as I saw the June challenge I had an idea in my head.
This was the mood board and the sketch for this month

 

I loved the pastel colours and so looked for papers to match those first

I had some photo's taken in a studio last month and one of them was me holding a camera perfect for the theme

I mixed up some texture paste in what looked like the pale blue but in actual fact when it dried it has more of a greeny tinge to it but I went with it and I think it looks fine

I had found this quote on the Internet a long time ago and written it on a post it note that turned up when I was cleaning the craftroom - perfect timing

"A good Snapshot stops Memories from running away"

I turned the sketch on its side and followed it in my own interminable way

A few close ups

 

here you can see the colours of the texture paste better

 

I love the geo tag trend at the moment and used a large one as a frame doubling up for the "O" in the word Snapshot

 

I used my Cameo tons on this layout and I love how it can cut such fine detail such as this "Memories" word

Instead of writing up a product list (most of it was quite old stash) I saw this idea on someones blog the other day (apologies I can't remember whose blog it was) and thought it was a neat idea!

 

It will be a fairly quiet month for me as in 17 days time I am off to the US to visit with a scrappy friend for 10 yummy days! Whoop Whoop!

Toodle Pip x

A quick share

I have a post up today on the Papermaze Blog

Just thought I would share with you

Along with the Echo Park papers this month I got sent a sheet of corrugated cardstock, I don't know about you but I just love the feel of this stuff! Is that weird? lol

I was going to use it as a base for the layout, but instead I used it to help pull just the blue colours from the papers with a small pop of red to draw the eye in.

 I simply stitched a spiral circle onto the middle of the layout and then cut the chevron paper into "arrows"

A little tip: I needed 4 P's for this layout and as I had already used 2 of the 4 that came on the sheet I cut the bottom loop from the B's to make my extra P's. Lots of different letters can be created from others if you run out of one you need

I used one of the little frames from this sheet of American Crafts 5 & Frolic for the photo mat

 

The Summer part of the title was cut from the 3 x 4 journaling card sheet, which I layered on top of a torn piece if the corrugated paper

For a final pop of interest I added a kraft tag onto which I wrote my journaling.

I really love this line of paper and how it looks quite different from This layout I made with the same collection

Hvae fun creating!

CSI case file 73 - solved

Here is how I solved the fab case file for 73
Loved it so much I got on with it right away and finished in record time for me lol Love how some layouts just come together real quickly

I had such a blast with this one and took great inspiration from the DT both from this case file and previous ones - especially Rikka who creates such wonderful pages & does the most fabulous background work. If you're not already familiar with her work go check out her blog HERE

 

I got very messy with ink paint and stamps for this one

 

Evidence

Circles 

swirls - I used tangled sewing thread

tone on tone pattern

something upside down - the owl is hanging upside down from the "record" journaling spot

birds

Testimony

I wrote my journaling directly on the page (amazed myself using my own handwriting for a change lol) in the form of directions

"Start at your favourite place along with your brand new bicycle. Be sure to be wearing the bestest jumper your have ever owned in your life. Pause for a mo for the camera. THEN. . . .Ride Like The Wind . . .Without a care in the world!

 A few close ups

 

These vinyl thickers were so old that they had lost all their stickiness so I applied some glossy accents just to the centre as I like the way they were curling at the edges slightly

 

I cut the "go green" sign from the inspiration picture as it was just so cute.

The arrow is an old SEI paper and the blue and white is from one of my notepads.

Love the arrow wood veneer by pink paislee from the Nantucket collection.

 

I didn't use a flag but was inspired to make this little kite that I tied to the front lamp of my picture. The love this speech bubble was cut on my cameo and the background paper is a shade or 2 darker than the palette and is by echo park from the dots and stripes range

 

I cut out my photo to get rid of the distracting background and as it was a really old scanned photo the colours were all off

This is a picture of me at about 11 years old. I remember this so well, I had just gotten a new bike and I was at my Nan & Granddad's house, they lived in a quiet rural area that I could explore to my hearts content. My jumper was hand knitted but was made of the softest wool with a hood and little pom poms on the end of the ties, I wore it for as long as I could and I have never owned one that I loved quite so much as that one. I loved the case file this week and when I found this picture of me it brought back such happy carefree memories of this part of my childhood

 Hope you enjoy this weeks palette as much as I did!

x Toodle Pip x

CSI - case file 71 solved

I am all behind with my case files lol

This was also a layout for papermaze see THIS post

 

These are the lovely new "Perfect Summer" collection by Echo Park

I added a little orange to this palette, & I used the sketch
Evidence
Circles
speech bubbles
twine
vellum
ink/paint splatters
Testinmony
use journaling on your speech bubble

A few close ups

 

I curled the twine to make a heart shaped frame for the center pic

 

I cut a little "puddle" from vellum and added it under my alpha stickers and although they dont show up to well on the pic I used the vellum splashes to the sides of the puddle 

 

I added some Jillibean Soup journaling spots here and there and lightly gessoed the chippie stars

Toodle pip

Sketchbook365 first reveal

My first layout for Sketchbook365 is up today

I was so excited to be chosen as a part of this team of talented ladies and couldn't wait to get started on the first sketch

Go check out the awesome talent from the rest of the design team HERE

 

This was the sketch for June 

I rotated it left and this is what I came up with

 

I used a beautiful palette from CSI

 

Evidence

Vertical strips

metal

label

Testimony

role you play - I journaled about how lucky I am to have 2 beautiful girls both on the inside and out, and how they make my role as their Mum such a happy journey

I then tucked it into the little folder behind the small pics

Some close ups

I really mixed old with new for this layout even incorporating some ancient flocked peel offs!  The little folder was originally going to lift up so you could read the journaling but that didn't work out so I sealed the bottom edge and tucked a piece of paper inside it with my message to my beautiful girls

 

Love this "Lucky Me" title that I cut on the cameo, I also used my trusty machine for the date label and the girl icons

I hope you will find time to play as there is a great prize by Pink Paislee to be won

CLOSING DATE FOR THIS CHALLENGE: 20TH June 2013 at 11pm GMT

CSI case file 69 - solved

I had a busy week this week preparing for one of my besties 50th birthdays and a photo shoot with my youngest daughter.
So my layout was done over a few days in spurts and then by the time I was finally finished it was too dark to take a picture!
Before I share my case file I just want to show you my fave pic of the shoot, it's Poppy wearing my Grandma's fur coat, I can't wait to scrap it!

 

I know I'm probably biased cos she's mine but I think she is stunning!

Back to the case file this week, another palette that I love.

 

Here's my layout

I struggled with following the journaling prompt this week because I had a clear idea of what I wanted the layout to say

For my Evidence I used

Number accents

Circle Graph

circles

stripes

ledger paper

Jewels

add something completely unexpected - the brad inside the wood veneer camera is supposed to be a leaf but I turned it to look like a fish (think that counts don't you lol)

My Testimony

Well I rather fell down on that one but I did put some word stickers in the circle graph

My journaling is a series of questions and answers about the water ride that we went on when we visited a fun park on holiday last month

Thankyou for looking

Toodle Pip x