CCG 240 - Zen Harvest - Colorcombos Galore challenge over at http://colorcombosgalore.ning.com/forum/topics/color-combo-challenge-240

this layout is another for my farm market scrapbook

Inspiration from photo 1 - chalkboard effect on mat behind photo and the handwritting on the journal title on canvas.
Inspiration from photo 2 - dots on 2nd mat, and circle embellies.
Inspiration from photo 3 - canvas journal note and clustered circles.

CCG 241 - Tourist - ColorCombos Galore challenge over at http://colorcombosgalore.ning.com/forum/topics/color-combo-challenge-241

this photo was taken on our trip to Prince Edward Island and our tour of the Island's many lighthouse.

Inspiration from photo 1 - distressing on photo mat and photo 2 the red circles around the photo  and layers of mats behind the photo and the velum Tourist label.

CCG240 - Love - for ColorCombos Galore challenge over at http://colorcombosgalore.ning.com/forum/topics/color-combo-challenge-240

Here is my layout - my friend Cathy and her hubby Rick at their son's wedding

I took my inspiration from photo 1 with the resin photo corner. Photo 2 inspired the rubbed metal clock face antiqued with steel blue, the grunge painted flourish , the die cut photo frame and the handmade hydrangea flowers that resemble the lilacs.  From photo 3 I used the musical aspect in canvas ribbon and from photo 4 the metal clock and metal charm painted in the steel blue.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Magnifique - Mark's Finest Papers Scrapbook Challenge 12

 

 

This week we have a themed challenge. The theme is "April showers bring May flowers." Your challenge is to use flowers on your layout.

Remember this challenge is strictly scrapbook layouts, no cards please, and you have to use stamps on your layouts. They don't have to be Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co stamps but if you do use them you will be entered twice for a chance to win.

One blessed winner will receive our April Stamp set prize...

"Little Church Mini"

 

 

here is my layout for this week - Cathy and her granddaughter Aly after a spring shower

For this layout I used Mark's Pussy Willow stamp set.  I used Webster's Rainbow paper and placed the picture under the rainbow with a Martha Stewart around the page border punch and stamped the chickadee and pussy willows for my spring flowers.

Why don't you head on over to Mark's Finest Papers and see what the rest of the design team have created and submit a layout - it just may be your lucky week.
http://mfpspeedytv.ning.com/page/challenge-12-04-25-13

Self Serve - Here is another layout for CCG 241 ColorCombos challenge

to see the challenge see the posts below

For inspiration I used photo 2 with the stacked peanut embellishments and the row of circles on the top  and the button circles and tried to mirror the circles on the peanut shells in the moss green stamped on the background.

CCG241 - Yellow Bellied Sap Sucker

another layout for this challenge at ColorCombos Galore - challenge details in the posts below

It took me 6 years to get this photo of the woodpecker and on opening day last year at the trailer he was in the tree right in front of me so I quickly grabbed my camera. 
For inspiration I used photo 2 - Repetition and Sequence with the wood bark looking strips of cardstock that started out as cream colored. I layered many layers of paper behind my photo and distressed the photo mat. I used many different inks, including moss green which doesn't show much in the photo.
I also used inspiration from photo 1 with the word labels for my journalling.
I used stamps to distress my background with cream ink with wood grain stamps.  I also managed to score a blurred background - quite by accident.

CCG241 - Coke - It's The REAL Thing

I just finished another layout for ColorCombos Galore-see the challenge in the previous post.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

CCG 241 - Love Birds - time for another ColorCombos Galore challenge over at

http://colorcombosgalore.ning.com/forum/topics/color-combo-challenge-241




here is my layout for the challenge - a photo of some birds at the bird feeder at our trailer in the spring

For inspiration I used photo 2 with the ribbon in a linear style and shadowed and distressed edges and photo 4 - blurred images with the background of the trees and the heart.

A Bag of Sheep's Wool

This is another layout for the farm scrapbooking I'm working on and another page in the ColorCombos Galore Color Challenge 238.

The kitten is laying in the bag of wool that had just been shorn from the sheep.  The little tufts on the orange scalloped circles are some of the real wool after it had been washed.

Winter Beauty - Aly

 

 

It's time for another Scrapbook Challenge over at Mark's Finest Papers a Heindrich Company

http://mfpspeedytv.ning.com/page/challenge-11-04-25-13

 

This week's challenge is a recipe challenge. Here's the recipe...

Main Ingredients – use all 3

Stamps

Cardstock

Patterned Paper

Optional Add ins – Use at least 2

Photos

Ribbon

Brads

Buttons

Gems

Stickers

Stickles

Directions: Create a layout using your selected ingredients. Add a title and/or journaling.

Just remember this challenge is strictly scrapbook layouts, no cards please, and you have to use stamps on your layouts. They don't have to be Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co stamps but if you do use them you will be entered twice for a chance to win.

One blessed winner will receive our April Stamp set prize...

 

Here is my layout - I used 2 kinds of cardstock, 2 patterned papers, ribbon, 2 kinds of brads and 3 photos

 

 

so hop on over to the site and see wht the other designers have created/

 

 

CCG 240 - Flower Power

It's time for a new color challenge over at ColorCombos Galore at
http://colorcombosgalore.ning.com/forum/topics/color-combo-challenge-240

here is the color combination and the inspiration board

 

 and here is my entry - Emma with her great grandma D

Main inspiration is from photo 2 - with the doily frame around the photo - it photographed much lighter than it is and also some flourishes.
Additional inspiration from photo 3 - with music stamped on base page and 3 dangling chains, distressed edges and from photo 4 I used bling and fabric flowers and ric rack and metal in the little green chains.

thanks for stopping by and any comment you might leave - always appreciated.

Emma - CCG239 Color Challenge at ColorCombos Galore
http://colorcombosgalore.ning.com/forum/topics/color-combo-challenge-239
 I did another layout for this challenge as I couldn't get the image of the cake out of my mind.

 For inspiration I used photo 1- I took out a piece of white cardstock that had a diagonal embossed pattern on it, started with yellow distress ink around the centre section of the page, then went on to tattered rose and started blending the colours upward from the bottom of the page, then blended in worn lipstick upward and finished up with festive berries for the dark raspberry colour that is in the bottom of the 3rd layer of the cake. 
Then I focused on the icing dripping down from the top 2 layers of the cake and embossed with a light pink sparkle powder to keep it soft and embossed from the bottom up with a dark raspberry embossing powder.  Then I embossed some flourishes with yellow embossing powder as a base for my flowers.
I used more inspiration from the flowers cascading down the cake and made some embossed flowers and leaf die cuts in 2 shades of pink and raspberry and added some pearls.
From photo 2 I used an ornate frame behind my photo.

here again is the inspiration board we were given

 

and here is my take on it

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking.

Walking The Land

I just finished another layout for the ColorCombos Challenge CCG238 over at:

http://colorcombosgalore.ning.com/photo/photo/listForContributor?screenName=0nb8kjrg0pbtk

Here's my layout - for the farm journal I'm doing

For this layout I took inspiration from:
photo 1 - Chalkboard - stamping in white on black background and white showing behind the eyelets
photo 2 - Dots or Stripes - stamped dots, stripes in the chevrons on the PP, more inspiration with the circular stamp border, circles in eyelets and the compass.
photo 3 - Burlap or Canvas - more inspiration with stamping and clustered elements in the eyelets, feet eyelets and birds
photo 4 - more inspiration with metal in the eyelets and the page turns.
thanks for looking and enjoy your weekend

Mark's Finest Papers a Heindrich Company Scrapbook Challenge 10 -

This week's challenge is anthing goes challenge. Remember this challenge is strictly scrapbook layouts, no cards please, and you have to use stamps on your layouts. They don't have to be Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co stamps but if you do use them you will be entered twice for a chance to win.

One blessed winner will receive our April Stamp set prize...

 

 

Here is my entry using Mark's stamp sets Dogwood Blossoms.  I stamped, colored them and fussy cut them then popped them up in layers.









 

so head on over to their site and see what the other design team members have created and post a layout .  http://mfpspeedytv.ning.com/page/scrapbooking-challenge

Wonderful Willow - ColorCombos Challenge CCG239

here is another page of Willow that I did for the challenge over at http://colorcombosgalore.ning.com/forum/topics/color-combo-challenge-239

for this layout I used inspiration from photo 1 and color washing using distress inks and mists to color this white page of cardstock and then some watered down acrylic paints as well. I also used gems and other bling for my page. From photo 3 I took the look of layered flowers clustered around the page. From photo 4 I took the geometric pattern at the top from a border I misted over the yellow distressed areas, a lacy border in the raspberry and some crocheted flowers and from photo 1 I used an overlay for the word Wonderful in my title. Finally from photo 2 I took the look of an ornate frame with the word Beauty.

thanks for looking.

ColorCombos Galore challenge CCG230 - Fairy Tales in Pink

Time for another challenge over at
http://colorcombosgalore.ning.com/forum/topics/color-combo-challenge-239.  This week's challenge is these colors:

Here are 3 pages I did last night with these yummy colors.

Abbey and Willow were on an escape route from their pen and Aunt Tessa was trying to keep them in.
Inspiration from Photo 1 - Color Washing - used distress inks to add yellow thru to a deeper pink on the edges and in the scalloped centre. And the addition of pink and white pearls.
Also took inspiration from photo 2 - Overlays - in the polka dot frame and the hearts. From photo 3 - layered the canvas hearts and from photo 4 the geometric pattern with some stitchery and a canvas border and canvas hearts.

 Abbey and Pudge

This photo shows Aunt Tessa checking in on Savannah and the pups - making sure they are all okay.

I took inspiration from photo 3 with the layered flowers in clusters, photo 4 - the chevron pattern and floral flourished and from photo 1 with the bling perals

Happiness
I took inspiration from photo 1 - washed pink distress ink from the edges inward over the yellow and from photo 3 - for the box pleated fabric border.

Hope you get a chance to go on over and participate in the challenge.

Counting Sheep - ColorCombos Challenge CCG238 & a Card

I am working on a farm scrapbook for a friend who wants to take it to the local markets with her as she sells her produce, lamb, canning and flowers.  I did up this page with this weeks color challenge over at

http://colorcombosgalore.ning.com/photo

here is my layout

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Mark's Finest Papers a Heindrich Company Scrapbook Challenge 9 - YOU DID IT

This week's challenge is a color challenge. Purple is a favorite color of many of us on the scrapbook team so your challenge is to create a layout using the color purple. You can use any shade of purple that you like and the amount of purple you use and how you incorporate it on your page is entirely up to you. Remember this challenge is strictly scrapbook layouts, no cards please, and you have to use stamps on your layouts. They don't have to be Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co stamps but if you do use them you will be entered twice for a chance to win.

http://mfpspeedytv.ning.com/page/scrapbook-challenge-9-04-04-13

One blessed winner will receive our April Stamp set prize...

"Little Church Mini"

Here is my entry for the design team

 

 

 



 



Stamps Used - Hello Butterflies, Spring Joy, Blessings

 

so pop on over to the site and see what the other designers have come up with and make a layout for a chance to win these new stamps.

 



ColorCombos Galore Challenge CCG 238 - Aly ... Always a Happy Girl

here is another entry for the ColorChallenge over at http://colorcombosgalore.ning.com/forum/categories/the-challenges/listForCategory

Inspiration from photo 1 - Trend - Chalkboard - the ornate chalkboard frame with computer handwriting font, the word HAPPY, frame around photo
Inspiration from photo 2 - Dots or Stripes - dot die cut and circular elements in flower and flower border
Inspiration from photo 3 - Burlap or Canvas - cluster of elements down left side
Supplies: - MME papers - , K & Co embellies

thanks for looking and have a great day!

Same picture - 3 layouts for Emma, Aly and Olivia

I wanted the Cathy's granddaughters to remember how close they were as children so did the same photo for each of their scrapbooks.

Olivia's page

Aly's page

Emma's page

ColorCombos Galore CCG238 - Pudge Going to His New Home

It's time for a new colorchallenge over at http://colorcombosgalore.ning.com/forum/topics/color-combo-challenge-238

This week's challenge is Orange Crush and some gorgeous colors to work with



You have until April 29 to upload your layout.  Head on over and see what great layouts the designers have created.

Here is my take on the challenge

This photo is of our puppy Pudge leaving us for his new home . I used the following inspiration:
Photo 1 - Trend - Chalkboard
more inspiration - frame in the shape of a chalkboard, embossing powder, the Word Happiness is in the tag under the photo, and handwrote Pudge in chalk pencil
Photo 2 - Focus - Dots and Stripes - used a striped stamped with 2 colours of ink around the chalkboard frame and used beads for dots scattered around the page
more inspiration from the circles for buttons
Photo 3 - Focus on Burlap or Canvas
more inspiration - stamped and embossed Queen Anne's Lace around the page, clustered my flowers and buttons, and from the photo 3 I picked out the poppy flowers and made my own stacked poppies, used a beaded metal border.
Supplies: American Crafts A La Carte cardstock, misc cardstock, stamps from Poppies by Mark's Finest Papers a Heindrich company, Webster's bloomers, beaded border and lace border, buttons, little glass flowers and journalling strips. Misc beads and pop dots

Happy April

just finished a layout for Aly's scrapbook

Adrian and his friend Rob

this layout is from a visit Rob and Cathy made a few weeks ago - the guys watched a movie and Cathy and I chatted