100 Creativity Starters

This weeks challenge was to start your journaling with a quote. I found this great quote that blended so well with the theme of the photo, it reads:

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Don't you just love the interest in Kate's face and appearance...sheer bouts of interests...not!

100 Creativity Starters

This weeks challenge was all about using a prevalent colour in your wardrobe as inspiration. A little while ago everything Kate owned was a shade of brown and with her beautiful olive skin it was the most appropriate colour for her.

So this page celebrated her brown phase which now seems to have progressed to BLACK. Well, I suppose all girls go through the goth stage at some time.

100 Creativity Starters

This weeks challenge was to cut a landscape type photo in three and mount. As usual I took a bit of poetic license and actually used three 4x6 photos. Basically DH was the same in each shot so I chose to cut the two b&w photos to just show the changing face of my DD. Pretty effective if I say so myself.

Scrappit Pack - November

My first November Scrappit Pack was a range from Rusty Pickle. All the Holiday type phrases you could imagine and what better way than to showcase our June visit to Norfold Island.

A simple blocking method to create the base for my panoramic photo. I even got to use my new Martha Stewart border punch. How cool is that. I decided to create my journaling with a mix of tiny alpha stickers and words from the sticker pack.

These papers from Basic Grey's Xmas line are just so beautiful and so fun to use. I had these great pictures of my Great Niece Emma from last Xmas and couldn't wait to use them. It's taken me nearly a year but I just knew they would look fantastic with the little deer in the paper.

Being double sided gives you so many more options to a layout and I think I used just about them all.

Isn't it just amazing to watch small children at Christmas. They can make the basic of items into a special little game. Seeing the way Emma looked jumping out of the empty box and ignoring all the 'cool' gifts she got just makes you wonder why you spend the money.

Scrapping Challenge

Well here's my scrapping challenge for this month at Scrapbooks ETC. I know I didn't quite make a challenge for last month, I used the kit for a special In The Pink feature for Scrapapple, but I did make it this month.

Our theme - families and the special note was to show a quote about family/families. This was a great opportunity to continue creating layouts for 'My Album' and I'm really happy with the results. I couldn't help myself with the usual inking and a special treat, the scrunched flowers for this layout. Rather special I feel. Oh, and one other thing was to use this little pom pom ribbon. I decided to cut the pom poms off and use as my chimney smoke and used the lace work as a decoration for my little house.

100 Creativity Starters

This weeks challenge was to produce 30 punches of the same shape and use to frame your picture. I chose to use a grid formation of square punches and handsewing to compliment my great photos of these majestic birds.

Just another Sunday at Labrador enjoy feeding time with the Pelicans.

Scrapapple October Project

This months DT kit from Scapapple was definitely a gorgeous one. With all the papers supplied from the new Fancy Pants Christmas Magic range they really did compliment the layouts and cards and especially the cut outs that were on the reverse side of one of the papers.

I make all my cards for Christmas every year and this can be some what daunting with everything else that goes on at this time of year. Well at least I can say I've made a start :)

Oh! and did you notice the little elephants beside the cards. These were a new purchase from our recent Bryon Bay trip. Luv these little guys and the rock plate they sit on.