Sunday 26 February 2017

Pixels and Paper


Hi Everyone..........

Sorry the posts have been a little slow but life is getting in the way of art or should I say displaying my art. But here is a quick page i put together using one of the new ranges from Kaisercraft. I used the prompt from Pixels and Paper and this month it is candy Hearts........

So here is the challenge.........  


FEBRUARY inspiration

And here is the page that I made for the challenge..........


Now for some close ups of the cherry blossoms that I die cut and punched out......... 

     



Hope you all like my page......Chat Soon

Jo





Friday 24 February 2017

Scrap Africa

When finding all my challenges at the begin of the month, the first page I went to was Scrap Africa. I was sad to red that this month would be there last challenge. 

So they gave us a wonder mood board filled with colours that I like using. So here is the mood board........



And here is the page that I made from it........



Hope you like my page.......

Chat soon

Jo

Monday 20 February 2017

Sketch n Scrap



Hello all this time I have been playing around with the sketch from Sketch - n - Scrap.
I love the look of the 3 photos down the side of the page. So here is the sketch.............



And here is what I did with the sketch.........


I hope you all like my page. Feel free to leave a comment.

Chat Soon

Jo

Sunday 19 February 2017

Stuck?! - Feb

 I love looking at the challenges that everyone else is doing. This one is from Stuck?! sketches.......

So here is this months Sketch..........


And here is what I did with it............

 
Hope you like my page........

Chat soon

Jo

Friday 17 February 2017

Scrapbooking Top 50 - Feb

  Hello and welcome back to my little blog. This post is my entry in Scrapbooking Top 50. I love their sketch for the month.......... So without further to do here it is.......






And here is the page I came up with using some of the new paper from Kaisercraft. I love the blues and teals in this paper............


Here is the close up.........



Hope you like my page for Scrapbooking Top 50..........

Chat Soon

Thursday 16 February 2017

Weekly Challenge - Birthday


Hi all its weekly challenge time again and this week its birthday



Here is yet another page from my birthday so it fits right in with this week's theme......... So here is my page for this week..........

  

  


Yes it is using that great range from Coco Vanilla. I do love the colours that she uses. Anyway here are some close ups of my page.........



Well that's all for today.

Chat Soon

Jo


Wednesday 15 February 2017

Scrap The Girls - Feb

Scrap the girls is always a great challenge and this month is no exception. I know I love so many things but pages with more than 1 photo is high on that list so when I saw this months challenge I knew I had to have a go.......
   



I tried to make the page work for me the same as the sketch but my photos would have nothing of it so in the end I turned the page on its side and there it was............ It all just fell into place.

So here is my page.........




Here is a close up of the Coco Vanilla flowers that I used on the page..........




So thanks for looking at my page...........

Chat Soon

Jo

Monday 13 February 2017

Weekly Challenge - Hearts


   

Well so much for showing you all everyday what I got up to at retreat...... But that another story, needless to say it was a great weekend with great friends and lots of scrapping....... So this weeks challenge is hearts

I used some of the great Coco Vanilla Birthday range and the photo is from my birthday week..... and what a week that was.......

Anyway here is the page that I did..........



And here is a close up of the die cut flowers I used up in the top corner.......



So that's my weekly challenge for this week.......

Chat with you all soon......

Jo

Friday 10 February 2017

Summer Retreat - Day !




I Love RETREATS...........

There is nothing I love more than sitting down with a group of friends to scrapbook and chat and creating and just having fun.........



The juices have been following today and I have made some great pages that you will get to see over the coming month. Alicia has given us a lot of in house challenges as well and I have been working like mad on these......

So I cant wait to show you all what I get up to tomorrow.......

Chat Soon

Jo

Legomen.........Daddy I need........

So its time for my Scrap the Boys page, but I need to give you a little background on the photos. My Dad is a great crafter and his medium is wood. He has made some of the most wonderful things for us all from boxes to bowls. So while I was spending a little (ok a lot) of time on Pinterest I came across these........

Then the words that I have uttered for the last 40 years came out. "Daddy I Need"......so I printed him out lots of pictures and left him too it..... He took heaps of photos of the lego men around his shed. When I saw that the Scrap the boys challenge was something new I figured that my lego men were something new.............

So enough chatting and here is my page..........



And now for some close ups......

 


I hope you like my pager for Scrap The Boys

Chat soon

Jo

Thursday 9 February 2017

White With One........ Blue Jeans

What with the retreat at Scrapbook Fantasies starting tomorrow,I have been so busy helping Alicia set up the shop and pack the most wonderful kits for everyone to use. I am wondering where I found the time to work on any challenges at all. But how could I not work on White with One..........

So here is the challenge for this month.........



But to spice things up they gave us a sketch as well............



So that put a twist in the Challenge.

But this is what I came up with, I love these photos I took while I was at Queensland Venture, and when I had them printed I had a play with the collage feature. I love it, so without waffling on much more here is my page.............

 

No close ups today as it is a great clean and simple page.

Hope you like my page and don't forget to have a look at their monthly challenge.

Chat Soon

Jo 

Scrapbook Fantasies Quarterly Retreat





  


Have you heard Scrapbook Fantasies is having it Quarterly Retreat......... And what a great long weekend it is. Alicia opens the shop at 9 am on Friday morning and we all move in if we haven't done so the day before. Alicia sets her classroom at the back of the shop to fit us all in and places are limited so there is heaps of room for everyone. There we scrap until we can scrap no more. All night all day all night as much as you want for as long as you want. And the best part for a cook is the fact that Alicia's husband Quentin does all the cooking from morning tea on Friday right up to afternoon tea on Sunday. How good is that, for someone who cooks for a living the best thing is to be cooked for. Anyway how about some photos from around the shop..........

There is a great kit for everyone to use for the 3 classes that happen over the weekend. One of which I get to teach. So here is my class that happens Saturday morning.......


and here is a sneak peek at one of the wonderful classes that Alicia is going to teach.........



So if you like the look of Alicia's Retreats we would love to see you at the next one. So give the shop a ring or send a email.

Chat soon

Jo

Tuesday 7 February 2017

Denim Blue

Its that time again for the Weekly Challenge at Scrapbook Fantasies. This weeks Challenge is.........
The hardest part of this challenge was choosing the photos. After working on outback cattle stations for 15 years I have lots of photos with people in jeans that would be great for this page. 
 
So here is the page I came up with, it is an old photo from when I first moved out to Noccundra........
 

Now for the close ups...............

 
 

Hope you like my page, and don't forget to follow me so you can keep up with all the pages that I'm creating........

Chat Soon

Jo

Sunday 5 February 2017

Red Friends Flowers

So I have been busting to tell you I have been named in the Design Team over at 123 Challenge Blog. I am sooooooo happy I could burst. I have been on the design team over at Scrapbook Fantasies for the last 3 years but mainly doing pages for in house display and teaching at the most wonderful retreats that Alicia holds in store. Well what you are all here for............

So the challenge for February is



And here is the page I came up.........



I have always loved using flowers on pages. Here I have used a mix of Prima and Kaisercraft Flowers in some wonderful shades of red.

Here are the close ups.........





and the story..........



Well I hope you all like my first design team post and please join the challenge.......

Chat Soon

Jo

Friday 3 February 2017

Stamping - Weekly Challenge

Hi All

It that time again and this week the challenge was stamping.


And here is what I did with a wonderful Dark Room Door Stamp...............



Now for the close ups..........






so this is the stamp......... Being a Cub Scout leader, I do a lot of hiking so I think that I will get a lot of use out of this stamp........



So thanks for looking at my page.........

Chat soon

Jo