My Visit To Germany

I have been playing along in the Amazing Chook Race, over at Chookscraps.
This layout was for Round 9 - Europe.  I chose to go to Germany....  I love Germany, and hope very much to get there one day...
Anyway, since I picked to visit Germany, I had to use 3 colours, 1 large photo, and feature clocks/cogs on my layout.
This is what I did - using some Theresa Collins paper, I used a clock transparency, and a fabulous Steampunk chippy.....

Layout was about Connor and his gorgeous gappy grin - which he may not have for much longer, as he has his first ever loose tooth, which will probably fall out today and tomorrow....especially if he helps it along...haha!! 
My little baby boy is growing to fast...... "sigh"....
Thanks for popping by!!

Savvy Cybercrop

The other cybercrop I've been involved in this week is the one at Scrapbook Savvy
It was a "Get your Mojo Moving" cybercrop - and it sure got my mojo flowing - lol....

The first challenge I did was Anthea's.
It was to use this Pagemaps sketch:

This is what I came up with:

Used some old photos of Connor doing his "Coolest Dude Ever" impersonations, and my favourite range ever - October Afternoon Rocket Age....
Then there was the lovely Sara's challenge, it was a colour challenge - you had to use the colours frome this picture:

I have to say, the colours in this picture were right up my ally - I am loving using brights at the moments.  I did this layout of Connor in the pool at Dolphin Heads resort - our summer hang-out..lol...lucky us....

Then there was Kerryn's challenge - a puzzle challenge.  This was the challenge I found most challenging, IYKWIM....  We had to include these elements in our layout:

This is what I did.  I used a photo of Connor playing on this awesome playground in Bathurst.  I used Basic Grey Oxford range - which I love, and lots of bits and pieces from "A Lil Somethin'"

Finally, there was Renee's challenge - all we had to do was include stitching on our layout, which is pretty easy for me as I include stitching on just about everything I do anyway...lol...
This is the layout I did - I used this sweet as photo of Connor - aged about 3, on his first set of wheels - a little red tricycle his Nanny and Papa bought him. 

I used Crate Paper Toy Box for this layout - another of my favourite ranges, sadly, I've just about run out of this one - oh, well - I've done about 4 layouts from what I bought, so at least I got my money's worth...
As you can see, I have been playing around a lot with Adobe Lightroom - I am loving playing with this - and I'm enjoying experimenting with the colours and lighting of my photos......
Thanks for popping by my blog :)

Cybercrop at Chookscraps

Been keeping myself very busy participating in Cybercrops this week.  These were the layouts I did for the Chookscraps Cybercrop.
The person of interest this CC was Sandra Bullock. 
This layout was for challenge 3 - had to show a picture of "booty," diagonal lines, pearls and stickers.

This is for the 2nd Challenge - Had to use lots of distressing, rumpling and tearing, stamping.... I really enjoyed creating this layout - lots of fun......

Finally - this is for challenge number 1

My Mind's Eye Sketch Challenge

Today I have been working on Sketch Challenge 25 on the My Mind's Eye Blog.  The challenge was to use this Sketch by Anam Stubbington, and the word "Celebrate" in honour of their 2nd birthday.

This is what I came up with - photos are of Connor New Year's Eve 2010 - his first introduction to Sparklers...which, after initial hesitation, he absolutely loved.

Thank you for all your wonderful comments - I absolutely love reading all of them:)

Stuck Sketch Challenges

I have even had time to do the fabulous challenges over at the Stuck sketch Challenge site.  I love that site - and always mean to do the challenges, sadly never seem to have time - but this month it seems the mojo is flowing quite well - so I'm just going with it haha!

This is the layout I did for the July 1st Sketch.....
Used gorgeous Fancy Pants Beach Bum range - just love that range, and it's perfect for doing beachy pages:)

This layout was for the July 15th Sketch - used some more gorgeous Bo Bunny Barefoot and Bliss - another go-to range for me at the moment, as I seem to be scrapping quite a few of Connor's beach days.....

Thanks for stopping by my blog :)

Last But Not Least.....

Is my Kraft It Up Entry. The challenge is to use this image as inspiration:

Here is the layout I created.  I used the colours in the picture as inspiration, as well as using the work "Cupcake" in my title....

 used the delicious Prima Madeleine range - and lots of othere Prima Goodness, as well as the obligatory Kaisercraft flowers, which I just can't seem to live with out lately...  I punched the border using a Martha Stewart around the page set, pity I mucked it up, but Oh well...
Can you believe the new CHA is around the corner....and as usualy I seem to still have stacks left from last CHA.... better get scrapping so I can justify buying more!!!
I've finished uploading my entries now, so I'll be back in a couple of days with a few new sharseys..
Happy Scrapping peeps!!

140 Posts now......

Oh my goodness, this is post number 140......  even with being slack for a while there, it's still some sort of record for me!!
As I said, I also did the Kraft It Up and the White With One Challenges too...  this is the White With One entry.  The challenge was to use White as a base with Aqua/Teal +Chipboard.
This is what I came up with:

I tried to emulate the style of the gorgeous Stacey Young's work - I am in awe of her ability to use colour, texture and multimedia in her layouts.  They are always amazing.  Don't think I quite pulled it off - will have to practise that style a bit more, I think....it is lots of fun getting messy - I painted and sprayed glimmermist to my heart's content...lol....  The chippy I used was the chain fence and the little chippy butterflies as well.....
Thanks for having a peek and my work!!