Challenge for Deer and Fawn Designs

This is the Queens birthday long weekend, and it has been cold and rainy here. I was up for scrapping this weekend, and even though I haven't done as much as I would have liked, I have done some. I stumbled upon a challenge on facebook, set by Connie Hatch for Deer and Fawn Designs. The challenge was to use up 5 different patterned papers from your scrap stash, and a doily.
I liked the sound of this challenge, I am really trying to use up old stuff of late, trying to give it a modern take.
So for this challenge, I chose a photo, taken at Walhalla, on a recent weekend getaway with my husband. This historic village is awesome, and we walked and walked all weekend, just exploring on foot, this amazing place.
I certainly had no problems finding patterned papers in my stash that was scrap, I don't throw much out, it will come in handy sometime.
I used a piece of cardstock that I had prepared earlier that was a "negative" of  a stencil I had used on another piece of paper with Ken Oliver colour bursts (my fave product at the moment). I stamped around the edge of this as well.
I embellished simply with a Charms Creations lollipop, flowers and a handmade paper clip (made by me).
Thanks for looking at my layout, and for any comments you may leave.

 Historic Walhalla

Deer and Fawn Designs mini challenge by Amanda-Jayne

The lovely Amanda-Jayne Baldwin from Deer and Fawn Designs, has set a mini challenge this month, to use Christmas papers and products for a non-Christmas themed photo. Cool challenge, so I thought I would give it a go.
I chose this photo of my friends son, daughter in law and grandson, a selfie they took of their little family. It is such a cute photo, and I've been waiting to scrap it for a little while.
I used some My Minds Eye patterned paper, with die cuts form one of the older collections, as well as some Basic Grey paper. I added a patterned paper bag, Therese Collins die cuts, sequin bow, beads and Charms Creations lush lollipop.

I think my layout, actually looks a little like Christmas, but then again doesn't , if that makes sense, lol. Anyway, I had fun with it. Thanks for the challenge Amanda-Jayne.

Family Photo

Deer and Fawn November challenge

This month at Deer and Fawn Designs, the challenge is to be inspired by this sweet picture:

This one has had me stumped, even though the image is so lovely, and the colours are lovely, I just wasn't sure how to go about this one. Anyway, I chose this photo of niece Kathryn, with her new baby, who was about 10 days old in this photo. 

I am not still not sure where I headed with this, but think it went down the shabby chic road, especially with the Websters Pages patterned paper, the doilies and the Charms Creations heavenly heart and terrific tab in the silver. I added some little feathers, as well as the wood veneer birds, to tie in the birdie theme. I loved the Kaisercraft title for this layout, I thought it worked well. 

Anyway, I suppose it looks alright. Maybe it will grow on me.

Thanks for looking and for any comments you may leave.

Love is Sweet

Deer and Fawn September challenge

This month at Deer and Fawn designs, the challenge is to use orange in a layout. Orange is my new favourite colour, I love it, it's so bright and cheery.
I had this photo of my nephew Lachlan, taken nearly 4 years ago at Christmas, and used it for this challenge. He was happily eating his Christmas lunch, I was an interrupting aunty and asked him for his photo, he was obliging  - love this little guy.
For my layout, I was inspired by a sketch designed by Ana Castro, I love her designs, they are awesome. I chose Websters Pages patterned paper, as well as Basic Grey for the orange. I spattered some orange paint onto the background. I backed the photo with Project Life journaling cards, added washi tape. I embellished with Charms Creations starsand mini tab, and Scrap Fx chipboard which I embossed with Lindy's stamp gang embossing powders to make them look a little rusty. I also added the button from Birdies embellies and resin stars from Cocoa Vanilla.
I'm just a little pleased with this layout.
Thanks for looking and for any comments you may leave.

Smile

Deer and Fawn August Challenge

This month at Deer and Fawn, the challenge is  to create a layout about something you are thankful for, and using the image as inspiration, use flowers on the layout.

I decided to scrap about being thankful for such little things such as sunshine, spending time with a loved one, and coffee.

My husband and I recently celebrated our 27th anniversary, so we went away for it to a small town called Queenscliff - it is one of Victoria's historical towns. My husband took this photo of me, enjoying my coffee in the glorious winter sunshine. There is nothing better than sunshine in winter, and on this particular weekend, it was sunny the whole time, and it was wonderful to feel the sun on my face - I am very thankful for it, as a respite to the awful winter we have had. 

I chose some Basic Grey patterned papers, I inked around the edge of the cardstock with Kaisercraft stamps, added some texture paste, and embellished with a bunch of Prima flowers and some others that are layered under the Prima ones, Also a scattering of wood veneer and to top it off a Charms Creations butterfly heart. 

Thanks for looking at my layout and for any comments you may leave. 

Enjoy This

Deer and Fawn July challenge

Well I surprised myself this weekend, I went to a wedding, did a whole load of chores and scrapped 2 layouts - yay me. One of those layouts was this one for the July challenge at Deer and Fawn. I really liked the sound of this challenge, which was to use the items from each letter from the word FAWN.
I had this photo of my nephews taken back in 2010, which I thought could work well for this challenge.
The items I have used are:
F - flair, flag
A - arrows, alphas
W - wood veneers, words
N - numbers
I started by die cutting some the number 4 - being that there are 4 little boys in the photo. I then spattered with some colours for the background. I layered co-ordinating papers, and added my embellishments including my arrow from Charms Creations, which worked well. The flair is from Funky Flairs Studio. I cut some words out of some really old scrap paper which told the story of family and children. I added some die cut arrows, and wood veneers. And the flag from D-lish Scraps.
I love the end result of this layout.
Thanks for looking at my layout, and any comments you may leave.

These 4 boys

Deer and Fawn June challenge

I decided to have a go at the June challenge at Deer and Fawn, it's a sketch, and I love a sketch when I am feeling in a rut, and this sketch is awesome:

I had a lot of fun with this one. I actually did it twice, but one of them was accepted by Scrapbooking Memories magazine, so can't share that one. 

I loved the simplicity of this sketch, it allows a lot of scope, and perfect for boy layouts.

In this version, I chose a photo of my nephew Lachlan, with a repeat in the smaller size. I used a stencil and paint to create the red spots in the background, then used some paint to spatter colour around the page. Loved doing this in the primary colours - having the black and white photos meant I could use any colour range.  

I used a plate to trace around to get the large circle. I then used some Stampin up punches to punch my circles. I sewed around the border with my machine - using some straight stitch and zigzag together - pretty cool effect I think, and I then doodled this onto my punched circles. 

I kept the circular theme going with my embellishments - some old brads, that I removed the posts from on the back - and mounted on foam, buttons, D-lish Scraps flair, and a sticker which I glued to a bottle cap - remember those? I also have some  Charms Creations embellishments - one of which is a DIY circle - which I added resist paint to and then coloured with glimmermist - it didn't work as well as I wanted, but it's kind of cute. Anyway, I am pleased with the end result. 

Thanks for looking at my layout, and for any comments you may leave. 

All that awesome

Deer and Fawn Designs April challenge

I have found a new blog site and challenge, thanks to a friend. It's called Deer and Fawn Designs, which also has an online shop, which can be found here. (So far I haven't gone shopping, but I am going to have to - lol).
Anyway, the challenge is a mixed media challenge, to use - sprays, stencil, at least one paint colour and a household item as a stamp.
Now I do like a bit of mixed media (lol - that's an understatement). So I just had to have a go at it.
I was actually challenged to find a household item to use as a stamp, and now that I've finished my layout, I can think of a few items. I did try my potato masher, but it just didn't cut it. In the end I used a cardboard tube and a plastic tube - I had saved them for something just like this. I had this photo of my nephew Lachlan blowing bubbles, and I thought the tubes would work well for stamping with - to represent bubbles, so this is how it all came about. I am quite pleases with the end result.
I used a Kaisercraft stencil with texture paste, then sprayed over that with Heidi Swapp colour shine, and Tattered Angels glimmermist. I stamped using the tubes with some colour shine and acrylic paint, and added some splatters of paint.
I have embellished using some journaling spots, flair button and enamel dots from D-lish Scraps and star embellishment from Charms Creations.
I had fun with this challenge, so thanks Deer and Fawn Designs.
Thanks for looking at my layout and any comments you may leave.  

Super Bubble