Halloween Moodboard at Off the Rails

Hi all, just sharing my Design Team project for Off the Rails this month! I was a little bit thrown when I saw the moodboard! Halloween! We don't celebrate it much here in Australia, well at least I didn't as a kid. My kids have done a bit of Trick or Treating in our small neighbourhoods, so I remembered, I do actually have a few photos to use! Here is the inspiration board!





So once I found the pics, I then decided to go with a boy layout. I had the perfect Cocoa Vanilla Studio papers I had just purchased, and some of the die cut stickers to go with it, from the MADE OF AWESOME range! I added a little stencil work with some acrylic paint and Distress Inks before I layered some Kaisercraft papers & some cute tissue paper from D-Lish Scraps!

I found these cool little spooky overlays, which came in a pocket letter, and they were the perfect Halloween addition that helped the page all fall into place!





My little piece of Heidi Swapp on this page, is a banner! There's some washi tape here and there, some Ranger, enamel accents, and my very first purchase from Charm's Creations, the gorgeous fabric heart and button!

I added my journaling with computer font and had some Basic Grey alpha stickers in my stash, which I've been wanting to use up. I mixed them with some tiny alphas from Kaszazz!

Hope you like my page!

Scrap the Girls my new DT gig!!!

Gosh, It's so hard keeping secrets in the Scrapping World. But thankfully, today I can reveal that I have a spot on the Scrap the Girls Design Team, and I am totally thrilled about it!!! Today is the BIG reveal of the new Design Team, along with our takes on the June moodboard, which I totally fell in love with!! Here it is:

The sponsor for this month's prize for this challenge is D-Lish Scraps. I love their Just add paper kits and had purchased the SUNNY DAZE KIT, which was perfect for this Moodboard. From this kit, I used Washi tape, doily, flair, journal spots, bitty bag, sequin waste and flowers!

Other products used on my layout were Dylusions sprays, (for the background), (on Kaszazz cardstock), Colour Blast, Colour paste in Sunshine...oooh so in love with this!!! A Kaisercraft stencil, patterned papers by 7 Dots, Heidi Swapp & Kaisercraft. I did a bit of stash busting which is always good and used some Basic Grey rub ons that have been in my stash for ever! (Some of them I rubbed onto a transparency sheet to make 3D embellishments with them.) I was also happy to use another chipboard frame from Heidi Swapp, love them, but always have trouble adding them to a layout!!!

My journaling is hidden in the itty bitty bag, I've pulled it out to show you, front and back!!!

TFL, and stay tuned for more DT creations from me, and why not go and have a play along with this month's moodboard challenge!

CSI COLOR STORIES INSPIRATION CASE FILE 182

Wow, can't believe I cracked 2 case files in one week. Mojo must be coming back!! Here's a pic of the latest case file no. 182, over at CSI.

I loved these colours and the cute little image. I was inspired to scrap some pics of my daughter and her friend making cupcakes.

I even used up some old papers in this layout, the Patterned papers are from Basic Grey, cardstock-Kaszazz, Die cuts & doily_The craft stall, Glimmer Mist- T. Angels, Alpha stickers- Prima, Chipboard word-Blue Fern Studios from Scrap Matrix, Computer font for journalling, Gesso, Art Markers- Kaszazz and Glossy accents to highlight the chipboard word.

CSI COLOR STORIES INSPIRATION MAJOR CASE FILE NO 181

So, feel like I finally got my mojo back after a crazy 4 days in Adelaide. I was pretty exhausted when I returned and couldn't do alot. This Case file was a bit challenging for me at first,I had already put one kit together, and then decided it just wasn't working, so after a break and some different photos of my son being a dare devil, it all came together.
here is the Case file and the sketch for no. 181..


And here is my take on the Case File:

I have used some gorgoeus AUTHENTIQUE PAPERS, courtesy of the lovely Vicki from SCRAP MATRIX!!! From Kaszazz, I have used, cardstock, stamps, inks, Alcohol Ink Art markers, twine & metal slides. Other stamps used are Basic Grey, Papercraft & Kelly Purkey. Kaisercraft rub ons, Stickers & alphas-Authentique, thickers, Bella Cork alphas. & Collected & Co. Enamel dots and triangles from Francheville and Chickaniddy. There's also some washi tape & acrylic paint included!!!
Here's a few close ups!!! Love the look on Jack's face in the bottom pick. Shows the excitement for sure!

Fast 15 minute fun!

At Big Picture Classes this week, I decided to join along with Jamie Waters' class, 15-minute pages!!! This would be a giant challenge for me as sometimes, I deliberate for days over a layout! Anyway, I am happy to say, that I got a double page spread done in around 1/2 an hour, and then this cute single page in probably around the same time frame!!! I have a few more lessons to take, so here's hoping I can get a few done in the suggested 15 minute time frame!!!

No bells and whistles here as far as technique and embellishments go, but I have alot of printed photos waiting to be scrapped!!! This was fun and I got to use a massive Basic Grey kit I've had in my stash for a long time!!! It has everything in it: papers, chipboard, stickers, brads, rub ons and more!!! So far I've used it on about 3-4 layouts, and I've decided to keep using it for more of these 15 minute beauties!!! I just added a bit of washi and some Thickers and the rest came from the kit!!! TFL...

Kraft Plus Challenge for May

Well, I've accomplished a double layout and a single so far this week. Feeling chuffed. I actually struggled with double layouts, well still do really, but am challenging myself to push through and step out of my comfort zone, thanks to my friend Vicki at Scrap Matrix. I'm teaching at the Scrap Matrix studio, and have done a few doubles now, and it's amazing how many pics you can fit on a double layout if you try!! So getting my stories told faster is a great feeling!
Today I have a single layout here, which is for the Kraft Plus month of may challenge. Here's their gorgeous mood board:

And I was inspired by the colours firstly, I love orange, and i also love the books and the beads in the bracelet, i think I have incorporated quite a few of the elements as inspiration.













The photos are from our 2012 trip from NT to SA in our camper trailer. The place was COWELL, and we loved it. Dave always makes sure the kids have fun and if there's a playground a swing or anything else to find adventure, we will go, see and do!!!