Kraft It Up - make a wish

This month's KIU challenge is to think of something you want or wish for in the future.

Here is my page - my last as a CT member with KIU!

The journalling reads

Angus I am so proud of you. I delight in your progress - with speech and language, your social skills, your sheer delight and wonder in the ordinary and everyday. You are beautiful, so funny and so curious. What I long for is to have an ordinary conversation with you, to discover your thoughts and dreams. But just keep being you and keep being happy xoxoxox Mummy

I've written my journalling like a letter to Angus. While I really do wish for that ordinary conversation, we communicate with basic key words and signs, and he is just the most gorgeous little boy. He is also amazing just as he is. This photo was taken while he sat on a steam train - his idea of perfection, I would guess!

The CT call is still going at Kraft It Up but today is the last day for entries. Give it a go, if you love Kraft as much as I do!!!

Kraft It Up - 5,4,3,2,1 challenge

I loved doing the latest challenge at Kraft It Up this month. Here is the criteria in more detail:

This month is a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 challenge and we want to see...

1 Piece of Kraft Cardstock or Patterned Paper
2 Photos of any size
A 3 word title
4 different pieces of patterned paper and
5 different embellishments

** Embellishments can but are not limited to Journal Cards/Tags, Ribbons, Stickers, Die-Cuts, Flowers, Buttons, Twine, Chipboard etc...
*** Feel free to use paints/inks/ mists etc these are not included in the above.

Any questions please email: kraft.it.up@hotmail.com
Entries must be linked no later than 11.59pm March 31st


and here is my take on the challenge:

Kraft cardstock, two photos, three word title, four patterned papers and five embellies. For the latter I went with fabric button / twine / clouds / Typo camera and word stickers. There's actually a lot on the page but it still fits my 'style' if I can call it that... I like a bit of white space on the page.

BTW one of my personal scrappy challenges this year is to use up all my old patterned paper so I have room for some lovely new ones!! I wonder if I will manage it. It'll be fun trying :-))

This photo was taken late last year when I took myself off for a solo retreat to the city. It had been 12 months since my last one, and I'd rather not wait so long for the next! I had three glorious nights to myself, and spent quite a bit of time just chillin' and readin' before I broke out the art supplies.

What do you think about taking solo retreats? Would you go on one, or do you prefer hustle and bustle? Or maybe you don't need to and live somewhere quiet?

Kraft It Up - February is LOVE

I love February - my DH and I both celebrate our birthdays in February plus the anniversary of our very first date - and this year we celebrate 10 years :-))...more coming on this soon.

The challenge this month at Kraft It Up is to incorporate LOVE into your page. It doesn't have to be romantic love, and you can scrap about friends, family, even loved objects and places! You also need to include the colour PINK there somewhere.

For my page, I have used a photo of my sister and I from Christmas and I don't remember the last time a photo was taken of just the two of us. There is usually someone else in the photo, such as children! We both are wearing red and this really symbolises love I think.

I think this page pefectly sums up our sisterly relationship...giggles and good times, and a connection to our shared childhood. I ripped a page from an old novel - so quirky! - and added some wood grain patterned paper, tickets, my home printed masking tape, some jenni bowlin letter stickers and American crafts thickers (inked to match the red and pink colours in the page), some rub on letters, vintage ticket sign, and Martha Stewart butterfly punch (punched from the photo and added back on the page).

And did you notice my latest favourite thing..?? chevron patterned paper! In red, too.

Head over to the Kraft It Up and give this challenge a red pink hot go! There are prizes on offer from Scrap Therapy, Polly Scrap Kits and Greatest View.

****and don't forget****

My $20 Imaginarium Designs chipboard giveaway - open to Australian and international residents until the 13th February. See the previous post for details. All you need to do is be (or become) a follower of this blog and add a comment to that previous post. It's too easy!

Kraft it Up - December

This month's theme is lovely - Christmas traditions. I love Christmas and two of my favourite things are giving gifts and the Christmas tree. My layout is based on my favourite photo from last Christmas, of Tasmin delighting in handing out presents. It's a tradition of Ian's family that the children hand out the gifts. I hope it demonstrates the joy of giving.

There are lots of cool scrappy product prizes up for grab. All you have to do is link up your page to Kraft It Up. Have a shot!

Kraft It Up - October challenge

THIS MONTHS KRAFT IT UP CHALLENGE...

This month you need to create a layout using one of the following styles...
* Monochromatic
* Minimalist
* Vintage/Romantic/Shabby Chic

So... I went with monochromatic which I haven't done much, since I can't resist adding colours to my pages! But this was fun and I was pleased with the overall look.

This little flower was made by punching four scallops, folding them in half, and sticking the halves together.

i love stamps. There's a whole drawer of em in my scrap room! How sweet are these three little kookas?

I bought some crepe ribbon at Cheap as Chips - and boy they're cheap! - and decided to machine stitch this to add a little gather. Pretty. Too bad you can't put them on clothes, LOL!

Imaginarium butterfly...

...and the journalling

One of my favourite things to do is a mini-digi layout and print it as a photo. I've used a Katie Pertiet frame cluster here on a background frame and it's surprising how 3D it looks. By the way, my DH, who reviews all my pages, claims he invented the term 'hybrid scrapping' tee hee!

Friday - July challange at Kraft It Up

Texture paste makes a fluffy looking cloud...

Fabric scraps, Darkroom Door Sweet Treats cupcake and word strips, Imaginarium butterfly with kindy glitz, pink gingham paper...

Layers of gesso and Glimmer Mist on kraft cardstock, with pretty pink flocked ribbon, and the journalling...

Here is the image to use as inspiration for this month's challenge at Kraft It Up:

and here's my page:

Visit Kraft It Up and play along. There's a chance to win prizes!

Kraft it up challenge

I love creating pages with Kraft. It goes with everything! Especially my bright colours and vintage stamps. I decided to do the Kraft It Up May challenge using no pattern paper - for me, easy! I do that all the time. Tim Holtz distress ink, acrylic paint and water, blown with a straw, vintage stamps, journalling pen, fabric and stickers (don't tell the kids).