Springs Sprung

There's another new challenge over at The Studio, there happened to be three challenges in March. For this one it has a Pinterest Challenge and I picked a lovely spring pin to inspire everyone. The design team did a great job with it and as I picked it I had to join in with it! Here's my take...

I took inspiration from the photo with the wheel of the bike which created the circle, the flowers and colours and the bike itself! I managed to find a great little stamp of a bike to add to my page which was prefect! It felt good to make this layout and create again, I dont seem to have the time at the moment with my course but I miss it!

Go over to The Studio to see the pin and the great design team inspiration.
Thanks for looking! xx

Fingers

I'm finally back after dusting this place off! Don't know where the time goes! Lots happening but no time to blog it! Anyway we've got some catching up to do, including my Christmas journal, which still isn't finished, but it will be! First up a couple of layouts from The Studio. 

This was my take for the challenge from 18th January which was to clear up your desks, have you got things laying on your desk that need to be scrapped? If you have, now is the time to use them! 

One of my gorgeous nephews! He doesn't stuck his thumb like most children but his two middle fingers! I've had this photo laying around waiting to be scrapped for his album to a while, it needed to be scrapped so I'm glad it now is! You have until 1st Feb to enter the challenge. We are also having a design team call for The Studio Challenges I looking for some great scrappers to join our team so please check that out if you would like to be part of a great team!

The next layout I made for The Studio ages ago and never got around to blogging, sorry for the poor photo. The was for our mixed media challenge at The Studio from 26th October.

I loved this challenge as I love mixed media, it was good to get all my stamps, paint and stencils out!

That's it for now, hopefully it wont be so long until the next time! 

Thanks for looking! xx

Scraplifts

At The Studio on 28th September our challenge was to scrap lift one of our follow design team members. It was tough as I love my design teams creations but in the end I picked Cari's Selfie challenge layout. I love Cari's style and especially loved this layout and as it was sadly her last challenge with us so it had to be her! Make sure to go to The Studio to see the rest of design teams lifts, they are great!

This was my take on it:

I used stars instead of triangles that Cari used but still raised some up, I kept the place of the triangles, the ink splatters and I used twine in place of the thread. The photo is of my two smallest nephews playing on the beach together, I love this photo it looks like they are up to mischief!

Your challenge is to scraplift one of our scraplifts, you only have until first thing Sunday so you better get busy if you want to join in!

Thanks for looking xx

Scrappy Blog Tour

Welcome to my little part of the scrappy blog tour that's been happening around blogland. I was kindly nominated by the lovely Kat. Kat is part of my great design team at The Studio, I love her clean and colourful style, do go and check her out.

1.  What am I working on right now? 

My nephews scrapbooks. I am creating scrapbooks for them as I did for my first nephew when he was born. But having two nephews just over a year ago with only 3.5 weeks between them, its hard to keep up, they are learning new things everyday! I'm doing one in 8.5 x 11" so it is a bit different from the other, here are a couple of pages from it:

2.  How long does it take me to create a project?
Longer than I would like, I'm a bit of a perfectionist! Though I do like being freer with paints. It must be over an hour. I love the creative process and trying different things out. 

3.  What are my favorite things to create with at the moment?
Its got to be white card stock, I do try to use other colours but I love using colour and they always seem to look better on white! The other things has to be paint must of my layouts usually have some paint on them, then there is Twine, and buttons too!

4.  How does my writing/creative process work?
I also take the photo first and see where it will take me!
I think it important to have some journalling on my layouts, for generations to come to read what's going on or where or who we are! I do always get near the end of my layout and then think 'where am I going to put my journalling'?! So I do find it hard sometimes to fit it in but I do!

5.  How do I become inspired and stay inspired?
There's always inspiring things around! The main way for me must be Pinterest and other scrappers blogs but also pictures, adverts and the photo itself may trigger an idea, feel or style to try out.

  6.  What is my signature style?
That's a hard one as I don't think I really have one, I just go with it! My layouts have to have lots of colour in them and I like patterns and paint and clustering embellishments to add detail but also like some white space so I would say colourful with an arty twist! These layouts are some of my favourites so you get an idea but there not always like this!

I would like to nominate 
Anastasia, shes other one of my lovely design team. I love her style and I always find her layouts inspiring and I quite often think 'I wish I created that'!

Daphne she is a previous designer from The Studio and I love her bold, colourful style with great detail.

Leanne, I always find Leanne's layouts inspiring, she great at layering and clustering.
I look forward to seeing your answers to these questions next Monday!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed reading my answers! xx

Hanging shoes

I'm back after a crazy busy month of work and other things and thought it was about time I brightened up this little corner of blog world! I have a layout to share I made while ago when I was playing around with inks. The photos are from a holiday to Spain whem I saw this bit of modern art made with lots of hanging shoes!!

I tried to get the words from the title hanging too!

I have made a lot of cakes lately for special occasions so I will make another post with them on for you can see soon.
Thanks for looking! xx

Stamped

I don't know where the time is going lately I've started a course so Ive been busy studing , first assignment in and passed so its going well!

Anyway a few weeks ago the 6th July challenge at The Studio was to use Stamps on your layouts so I painted some card and added a few mixed media details and a few stamps and then used a flower stamp to stamp flowers on to it and cut them out.

I then created a bit of a mixed media background using paint, mist and more stamps and lined up my flowers down the side of the photo. I think I used about 6 different stamps in the end. The design team did a great job with the challenge to so make sure you take a look!
This weeks challenge at The Studio was a bit special as we partnered up with Stuck?! sketches to do a joint challenge we provided a lovely bright colour palette and they provided a lovely sketch for us to use. The design team did a great job again but I didn't manage to make a layout for this one. If you use both parts of the challenge you can link up to both sites and be in for winning both prizes! This month we are sponsored by Washi Tapes you could win £15 worth of tape, how good is that?!
Thanks for looking! xx

Project life Inspired

Remember me?! Thought it was. About time I showed you this layout I made for 8th June challenge at The Studio! Don't know where that time has gone! Anyway the challenge was to create a project life inspired layout without using the pockets.

Luckily I got some Project Life cards to my normal scrapping just before this challenge so I used those for a layout about my Birthday gifts.
I've never made a Project life layout before but I have always been quite interested in them so it was good to try it out!
You still have until 6th July to join in with this challenge at The Studio!
Thanks for stopping by!
Back soon!xx