Nostalgia upcycled

Hi everyone, welcome again to another Lets Scrap sketches challenge.   Now for the first challenge for the month of April sketch for  'Lets Scrap Sketches'   Now although a double layout sketch I have used just the left hand side as my inspiration.  Remember you have 15 days. In this layout I stencilled and inked before embellishing and adding my photo.  Here are a couple of close ups.    Hope you like it.  I look forward to seeing your creations Happy Crafting J  

Winter is on its way to New Zealand definitely feeling the change in temp over the last week.  So here is the second for March,   from  'If you give a crafter a cookie'   here is the inspiration for challenge #65 Now come play along... Remember to use the COOKIE picture as inspiration! (the theme, the color combos, the patterns...) ~You can create ANYTHING your heart desires, as long as it's clear how you were inspired by the cookies! And here is my creation. I love the mini milk cartons as treat boxes. Now I don't have the quick and easy die so all cut, and folded by hand.  Here are the very easy  instructions to make the boxes. Happy crafting J

Let's Craft and Create - Challenge #123 enTWINEd  Thanks to those who took part in our  last challenge... #122 Love is in the air Team 2's inspirational creations are now available to check out for Challenge 123. . And another chance to win a fabulous prize, simply enter your creations at the link provided at Lets Craft and Create.  And here is my creation for this challenge. This time I choose to complete a layout. I used graphic 45 papers and of course some twine. Here area couple of close ups       Hope you like the layout and it inspires you to create.  Would love to what you come up with. Happy crafting J

Hi everyone, welcome again to another Lets Scrap sketches challenge.   Now for this month's sketch for  'Lets Scrap Sketches'   Remember you have 15 days.  Now to create my layout I started with the back ground before I chose the photos.  This is a little unusual for me.  Anyway I stencilled, inked and stamps the paper.  And then I picked the photos and embellishments:    I used some glossy accent and beads over the layout as well.  I love the transparencies as they don't detract from the stencilling  Hope you like it.  Remember to go have a look at my teamies inspiration.  And I would love to see creations so remember to leave me a comments and I will come visit. Happy crafting J

March and it is autumn here in New Zealand but it actually feels like Summer is just arrived. So for the first challenge, for March,   from  'If you give a crafter a cookie'   here is the inspiration for challenge #64 Now come play along... Remember to use the COOKIE picture as inspiration! (the theme, the color combos, the patterns...) ~You can create ANYTHING your heart desires, as long as it's clear how you were inspired by the cookies!  Now to my here creation - my inspiration was the little bird and the tree branches and the nest hence the farewell card.   I created the background with inks (pad and spray) and then used a stencil.   I coloured the stamp using chalk paints and glossy accents.     hope you like it and I hope to see your creations. Happy crafting J

ARTastic challenge Blog - March Challenge. Love this blog and this months inspiration is from artist -William Rose. Here is my creation, inspired by the horizontal and vertical flow of Rose's work. And here is the work from William Rose . An image of November. The background of my layout is stencilled , inked and painted.  With touches of glitter and some bling. here are a couple of close up photos. Hope you like it. Happy crafting J

Home with the kids for a couple of days which means a little more time to scrap. And here is one of the results. See below for further photos but in the meantime  here are the blogs I used as inspiration: Scrap our stash: I used the Mini alpha, Gold and Washi tape Lasting Memories Layout Blog: Create a "Birthday" layout using the following sketch by the talented.   Picture this:  And the ARTastic Challenge blog,  (but not eligible as I have combined with more than just a sketch) but great inspiration. And now for a couple of close ups. Happy crafting. J

Hi everyone, welcome to another Lets Scrap sketches challenge.  But first a news flash, we have a new Design team.  Angie -  Let's Get Scrappy  ~ New DT Cathy S . -  What's Up With Cathy  ~ New DT Esther - Essies  ~ New DT Fiona -  Scrappin up a Storm  ~Returning DT Jamie -  Scrap Queen  ~ Former DT Returning Jonnece -  A day in the life of Jonnece  ~ Me Kristine -  Life Documented...  ~ Returning DT Katy -  An inside to my Heart...  ~ Returning DT Savanna -  Savanna Scraps  ~ Former DT Returning Stephanie -  The Paper Trail  ~ Returning DT  Welcome to our new team members.  I look forward to working together over the next 6 months. Now for this month's sketch for  'Lets Scrap Sketches'   My layout is of my beautiful niece Grace.   and the sketch. I completed the sketch as two separate layouts so I could ...