In the nick of time.

I finally finished my September challenge, not sure how I feel about this one, I know I don't love it and I'm not even sure if I like it but it's going to do because I am out of time,lol. I took a few liberties with it, the photo is horizontal instead of vertical and the title is to the left of the journaling block instead of on top but other than that I think pretty much everything else was done to the instructions. Now I am looking forward to what Kathryn's challenge is for October.

Papers by MM, diecut bird and branch by quickutz

SPRING!

This is my monthly challenge page. I've titled it - 'Spring'. These are flowers in my garden. They are nothing special really but are - o - so gorgeous!!! These are cute 'smiley face' beads that matched my page in colour & feeling. Cute hey!!

This is my touch of humour for this challenge, hee hee hee. The question is - is it true???? lol

Another view of my page.

I really enjoyed doing this challenge as I felt like I didn't have to 'think', just follow the instructions.

Thanks for popping along to see my challenge page this month.

Cheers

Sandie xxxxx

Jane's September challenge via Sue.

I recieved this email from Jane to put up here, she is having computer troubles.

Bloomin Spring Challenge



Having travelled to Nelson earlier this year with Sandie and Maria for a day of Scrapping we were asked to complete a blind challenge. It was amazing to see how everyone interpreted the instructions and to see the different combinations of paper the participants came up with. So this month your very slack friend and scrapper thought we could help celebrate spring with a Bloomin Spring Challenge(flowers). Below is a list of requirements and instructions for you to use. And yes you can add more finishing touches if you desire. Good Luck.



Requirements



4” X 6” portrait photo in a spring theme

Cardstock for base

Pattern Paper (PP) #1 cut to 10” X 6”

PP #2 10” X 1”

PP #3 6 1/2” X 4 1/2” to be used as a frame for photo

PP #4 10 3/4 “ X 1 ½”

Large Journaling Block

1 spring embellishment or bling

Ribbon

Corner Rounder

Ink



Step 1 Use corner rounder to round corners on you base cardstock, then ink around edges.

Step 2. Round top right hand corner of PP#1 (10 X 6) piece. Ink top and right hand sides of PP#1.

Step 3. Scallop one edge of PP#2 with corner rounder or a decorative border punch.

Step 4 . PP# 1Stick vertical, right hand edge only on to base card ¾” down from top and ½” from the right hand edge.

Step 5. Stick PP#2 under left side of PP#1 so ½” of scallops are facing left edge of base card.

Step6. Round corners of photo and stick on to PP#3 leaving a border around photo. Ink edges of border.

Step 7. Tie a bow in your ribbon and place so that bow sits just under photo and just to the right of the middle. Stick framed photo onto PP#1 1 ½ “ from top and ½ “from right hand side.

Step 8. Scallop or decorate with border punch along top of PP#4 and round other 2 corners which will be the bottom once paper is stuck down.

Step 9. Stick PP#4 horizontally across bottom of page ½ “ from bottom of base and overlapping PP#1 and so it is even on right hand side with PP#1.

Step 10. Journal on to your journaling block and mount with magic mount. Stick on bottom left hand side of photo so it overlaps photo, PP#1 and PP#4 and touch base card.

Step 11. stick embellishment, bling next to journaling block on right hand side.

Step 12. Place title above journaling block.

Step 13. Your done unless you want to add more finishing touches (which I know you girls will).

I hope this comes up ok, I have copied and pasted it directly from Jane's email.

cheers and have fun,

sue.

a bit of a close up...

This was an afterthought, it probably should have been part of my first post anyway hopefully it is clear...

better late than never!!

HI there my fellow Gentlewomen, I have finally finished and photographed my "all About Me " page. It started small and neat an turned into a busy mess, however it definately has a lot about me and is now two pages. Sorry.

Sharon's Winter Wonderland Layout...

I am VERY sorry this is so late but hey took a while to get creative again after our holiday, then I was having technical difficulties, then some tragedy, then more technical difficulties - hence e-mail it to Donna and she got the pleasure of doing it for me!

Anyway my page... I really had to Ponder 'Winter Wonderland' ... Many ideas but nothing I liked... So I resorted to the photo albums and came across this one of Emma in her 'Snow Suit' not that we ever went to the snow but I used to walk everywhere when she was little and she had to be toasty warm... Loved her little face peeking out of her suit so I decided that was the photo! Not my most technically challenging page but I liked the effect...

Very Pink Bazzill (have no idea on what colour) and White quite striking I think! I made a stencil with a snowflake punch... Then using white acrylic paint stencilled on snow-flakes which went blurry so I then punched out snowflakes and painstakingly glued on every little piece to accentuate a few of the flakes! Then I painted a chipboard 'W' white and then went mental with the end of a paintbrush and white paint and did dot letters for the 'inter' bit of 'winter' and did some 'flurries' around the snowflakes... Pleated up white ribbon across the page to represent snow drifts... Using my white gel pen I journelled around the edge of the page then added some Pink bling to finish it off! The white paint as it dried turned a soft pink but I like it! A little basic but at least I finally got it finished! I like the over all effect!

Sharon

Pretty in Pink!!

Hi girls!!
Layout number 2 for me. I had soooooo much fun doing this one too. I really like it, which is a bit of a surprise for me as I don't usually like pics of me!!!
So thank you Donna for making me have a look at myself.
I used pinks with this page as the photo lent that way & I didn't want to end up using blues again as I tend to, being my fav colour!! This is a close up of the top corner with this 'so right for the page' pink & black button!

Materials used are:

Bazzill - pink

Basic Grey patterned paper - Urban Prairie/Bonnet

Butterfly Stickers & feather - Trevs

Random buttons

Bella Chipz - alphabet

Kaiser Colour paint - pretty Pink

Celebrations of Australia - glitter

VersaFine Ink - 24 Opera Pink

RW Cuts - felt flower

Pearl ribbon & mini alphabet letters- Trevs

Thanks for looking!!

cheers Sandie xxxxx