Off the rails scrapbooking November challenge

Phew, the end of November kind of snuck up on me. Almost didn't get this layout done in time.

I joined in with the team at Off the Rails Scrapbooking for their November Challenge.

I was immediately inspired by the purple and yellow and knew I had some great colours in my stash to play with. I copied the leaves hanging on the twine and made a banner. And of course, "Your Special" but in a slightly different context.

"Your Special Day"

Materials:

Creative Memories Paper, gesso, modelling paste, Close to my heart Stamp, Versa Colour "Violet", Kaisercraft "Violet", yellow & purple cardstock, purple corrugated board, washi tape, Little Birdie burlap flower and butterfly, twine, buttons, ribbon, doillie, diamonties, 

D-Lish Scraps Novermber "Coral Glitz" - Boys layout

So many pretty mood boards lately and all very feminine. Which is a struggle for me, living in a house full of boys!! 

I love the combination of sketch and mood board and decided to participate at D-Lish Scraps this month. 

I am trying to scrap my stash rather than buying new at the moment and found this great sheet of Creative Memories paper, which had just the right colours.  I then layered with some white cardstock and added chevron using gold ink and a stencil. Combined with a hand stitched border and flowers, I titled this page "Boys" because I love the fact that the layout is very "coral glitz" and feminine but I was pregnant with two little boys.

Materials:

Creative Memories paper, White cardsotck, Versa color #91 Gold, Chevron stencil, pink cardstock, embossing folder, white chalk, paper doillie, flowers, gold leaves, gold heart sequins, black ink, black pen

Stuck?! Sketches Nov 15th Challenge - 11 Months

I'm playing with Stuck?! Sketches on their blog.

Check out the November 15 Sketch here:

http://stucksketches.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/november-15th-sketch-challenge-and-gdt.html

This is my layout "11 Months"

Materials:

Brown cardstock, Merci Antique paper pack, Merci 6 x 6 mini stack, Green Tara spray and flowers, Cricut Artiste cartridge, Thickers, Kaisercraft "Bow & Arrow" stickers, black ink

My Creative Sketches

I was struggling for inspiration early in the month, when I discovered the My Creative Sketches blog.

This is there October Sketch:

You can check it out here: http://mycreativesketches.blogspot.com.au/

My page is entitled "Heart U"

Materials:

Creative Memories Papers, Gesso, modelling paste, Kaisercraft Dream Big collection, black cardstock, black ink, Kaisercraft Sea Breeze, Bella glitter chipboard letters, twine and washi tape

Scrap Around the World - November

I absolutely love playing at Scrap Around the World. The mood board is always so inspiring and is so easy to work with. I love checking out what other scrappers around the world are doing and the ways they are inspired.

Check it out here

http://scraparoundtheworld.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/november-2014-challenge-19-rich-vintage.html

This month I went outside my comfort zone and played with some modelling paste and paint. I was immediately struck by the vibrant colours of the flowers and decided to use orange as one of my main inspirations. I love the window scene with the pretty lace, so used my Cricut to cut out some cute patterns.

I started with white embossed cardstock and used a Gelato's Double Scoop in Silver Ice over the cardstock. 

Then I mixed the modelling paste with Jo Sonja's "Orange" and used a grunge chevron stencil to apply. 

The orange was a little too vibrant so I covered with a thin layer of Gesso and proceeded to layer the felt doillies and Cricut cutouts with my flowers, paper, stamping and spray ink.

My final layout:

and a close up of the detail.

Materials:

Creative Memories "PS I Love You" Cardstock, Faber Castell Gelato's "Silver Ice", Merci 6 x 6 paper, grey cardstock, black ink, Paper Fields felt doillies, Jo Sonja's "Orange" paint, Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge, Adirondack "Espresso", Kaisercraft Flowers and "Hello Today" collectables, Little Birdie and Green Tara flowers