Black and Orange.....but not Spooky!

Hi all!

Today my project is another lay-out, using traditional Halloween colours....but it's not about Halloween! I've used this great colour combo to scrap about my daughter's love for all things bouncy, she is just happy as a clam sitting on the see-saw in the playground or on my old rocking horse at home. I'm pretty happy with how this came out, combining one large photo and several smaller ones.

The black and white background paper was a little damaged in the upper right corner. I tried to fix it by adding layers, but it looked messy and distracting to me. Then I just tore the corner off and put a little yellow paper scrap behind that and liked it much better :)

My project fits well with our new challenge over at the Pinspirational Challenge, where we have this inspirational photo to work with:



It suits Halloween projects, but also projects about cats or scrappy pages about making pumpkin pie, or.....well, I'm sure you can come up with even better ideas! I used the colour scheme and the outside theme.

Our sponsor this fortnight is Digital Delights.

Hope you can join us! Remember, you can share any crafty project, it doesn't have to be a scrappy page or a card.

I am submitting to these challenges:
* Craft Your Passion (Always Anything Goes)
* Dream Valley (One for the Girls)
* Get Creative (Black and Orange)
* Love to Scrap (Anything Goes)
* Simon Says Stamp (Autumn)

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Ebony & Ivory

Good Morning All!

Did you all have a good weekend? We had great weather all throughout Saturday and Sunday and we took full advantage. We had a great bike ride on Saturday and we had dinner in our back garden under the cherry tree, which is full of ripe cherries at the moment. I'd better come up with a couple of ideas to use those cherries up, as hubby isn't much of a fan of fresh cherries and I seem to have a slight allergy for stoned fruits. Cooked is okay though, so perhaps I will be making some cherry sauce or pie filling to stash in the freezer. 

Anyway, let's get back to paper craft: I have a vintage make to share with you. Our Challenge theme this fortnight @ Ooh La La is "Ebony and Ivory". When I was preparing for this challenge, I realised I really don't have that much black and/or white items in my paper stash, so I cheated a little and also used greys. I tried using more layers & embellishments this time than I usually do and I'm pretty happy with the result.

Inside/Bottom:

Materials:
* Ooh La La Wedding Day from the Yesterday's Memories CD
* Echo Park For the Record & Kars Wedding DPs
* EMP Die Cut Paper (used for the base)
* Memories Direct & Prima Flowers
* K&Co Smitten Chipboard heart
* Eline Vintage sentiment stamp
* Pearls & Brads from stash

Challenges:
* CRAFT (Here Comes the Bride/Wedding/Anniversary)
* Fashionista (Wedding or Birthday)
* A Gem of a Challenge (Lots of Layers)
* Hobby House (Vintage)
* One Stitch at a Time (More than 1 Fold)
* ABC Challenge (Lots of Layers)
* Card Makin' Mamas (Monochrome)

* Crafts Too Challenge You (Choose a decade or an era + twist Anything Goes) I am guessing this image is from the twenties?

* It's All About Vintage (Black & White)
* Bearly Mine (Anything Goes)

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It's Not that Black & White

Back again :)

This time with my card for PCD Challenges, with the theme "Black & White plus One Other Colour". In my case I used red as my additional colour. I love the Oriental theme of this card, it's my first one ever. I'd love to see what you can do with this challenge!

Materials:
* Platypus Creek Digitals Hana digi, coloured with Promarkers & Spectrum Noirs
* Romak Pretty Papers Oriental 2 DPs & Making Memories Rouge & Mocha assorted scraps
* Dovecraft Back to Basics Christmas Vintage Buttons
* Starform peel offs
* Personal Impressions Sentiment Stamp
* Ribbon from stash

Challenges:
* Gingerloft (Red)
* Forever Friends (Anything Goes)
* Deep Ocean (The Letter B) Buttons, Best Wishes, Black
* Scrapbooking Queen (Anything Goes)
* My Grafico (Anything Goes)
* Crafty Bloggers Network (Anything Goes)
* By the Cute and Girly (Roses are Red) Using Red as one of my main colours
* Pretty Little Ribbon Shop (Anything Goes)
* Charisma Cardz (Anything Goes)
* Crafty Ribbons (Button Up)

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Your Choice of Orange and Black

Good morning all!

Today I have a sweet card to share with you, made for a colleague who is currently on bed rest and can use a little pick-me-up right about now. Here's sweet fairy Lily, isn't she a cutie?

Materials:
* Scalloped base card
* Pink Cat Studio digi "Fairy Lily on a Swing", coloured with Promarkers & Spectrum Noirs
* First Edition Hideaway & Art Talent DP
* Black Ink
* Clear Stardust Glitter Glue
* Eline Vintage Sentiment Stamp Set
* Hunkydory The Cat's Meow Sentiment (inside the card)
* Gems from stash

I made this card with the new challenge @ Fab 'n Funky in mind, this week the theme's "Orange, Black & Another Colour of Your Choice". We are being sponsored by Pink Cat Studio, who is offering 5 digi images for the winner.

However, I did get a little carried away with adding more than one additional colour, so even though I'm actually really happy with the end result, it doesn't really match the challenge theme. Let's see if you can do better! I'd love for you to join us :)

Challenges:
* Paper Pretties (Orange, Black and one other colour) I've chosen purple as my additional colour
* Paper Cupcakes (Orange & Purple)
* Paper Crafting Journey (Add Some Bling) Gems and Glitter Glue on the Fairie's wings
* Whimsy Stamps (All Things Sparkly)
* Top Tip Tuesday (Things with Wings)
* Fashionista Challenge (Anything Goes)
* Cards Galore (Anything Goes)
* The Cupboard Trilogy (Things with Wings)
* Hot Shot Craft (Bling It On)
* Paper Play Challenges (Simply Cute)

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