ROCK POOL FUN

Isn't it amazing what you can do with some offcuts of DSP and a sketch?

This great sketch at Lets get sketchy is a great example of just that:

Firstly I had to spin the sketch around and then it was sorting through some scraps on my desk and ........

here is my take on a fun sketch.  I am really pleased with the results.

DREAM

The week 3 sketch at Scrap Much

helped me with some inspiration to scrap these photos of my daughter

I have flipped the sketch around (something is have been doing a lot of lately) and it all fell into place from there.

I love the vibrancy of these papers from American Crafts.

FLYIN' FOX

The colour challenge at Scrap Much

 

worked perfectly for this photo of Monique on the Flyin' fox.

 The colours in her top are basically the colour range except for the grey and to add this I used some "flicked mist", grey and white twine in the button and the lettering is a silver grey.

So simple but so effect.

SUNDAY BEST

 Sketch #89 over at Inspired Blueprints

worked really well .....

....with cute photo of my husband and his sisters all dressed up and ready to go off to church. 

I flipped the sketch as this worked better with my photo.

COCKTAILS @ 8?

For challenge #24 at My scraps and more sketches

 

I had fun......

 ....doing this layout - other than the black matting behind the photos this layout is done with two pieces of cardstock - very vanilla and the DSP Rustic Track from FabScraps which I used both sides of.  I also did the title from this paper.  The cute wee bettles co-ordinated with Monique's Jacket.

I also flipped this sketch for these photos - even if I say so myself - I am really the way it all came together.

UPON A ROCK

Week 4 sketch at Scrap Much is a great sketch with lots of elements to it .......

 

.... and was fun to create.

with a splash of paint here and flick mist there....  Then i found bit of netting and some buttons and bits 'n bobs to go on the net to look like a fishing net.

THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE....

I have been having a bit of a blitz on getting my daughters 21st album finished - I want a change of subject!.

So checked out a few of my favourite blogs - downloaded the sketches and off I went.

Scrap Much have this great double layout

 

 It was just the layout I needed for these photos of Monique taken at Eastbourne Beach - these were taken by my sister one day when she was babysitting the kids for us.

YEAR 13

The April sketch challenge at Scrappin Patch came together nicely to show case off my son and his mates at there Year 13 final Prize giving evening

 

Yes they are all stars and proud of every single one of them - most of guys have been together since Year 7 and now it is time to head off to University - but a few of them are still together and have regular "gatherings" when they are all home.

"PUBS" with PERSONALITY

Sketch #44 at Challenge Me Happy set this layout up in a very simple but effective way.

 

This is my take on the layout - the patterned DSP worked in perfectly and them I was able to embellish it a bit.  I am really pleased as to how it worked out.

Here is a close up to the journalling on this lay out.

"1975"

The sketch #90 at Inspired Blue Prints was just the inspiration at I needed for these photos of my husband "back in the day"

and this is what i put together:

All of these photos were taken about 1975-1976 - and it was a great way to show them off.