Scrap the Boys March Challenge

Hey Everyone,

There is still time to submit your layout for this months Layout Challenge.

Here is the criteria:

CREATE A LAYOUT USING THE FOLLOWING TITLE...

LIFE IS GOOD

THE COLOUR RED MUST ALSO BE ON YOUR LAYOUT SOMEWHERE AND HANDWRITTEN JOURNALING.

 

Here is my take on this months Challenge:

I would have to say that this layout has become one of my favourites.  I love the photo of my two boys, they are gorgeous (well I think so).  I got to play with my favourite Unity Stamp Company stamps.  Did some misting.

I love it when you can visualise something and it comes together just the way you imagined it.

Would love to see what you come up with.  Head on over to Scrap the Boys.  You still have until this Saturday the 31st March.

Thanks for stopping by.

Renee xo

ART Journal

Hey Everyone,

Thought I would share my latest journal page, which is a creative journey I get to experience with Tracy Weinzapfel Studios.  I purchased a kit and we get to work in our art journals via UStream.

I have blotted the background.  I used a Distress ink pad for the outside and the stamping.

This is a close up of this beautiful stamp from Unity Stamp Company.  I am not too sure of the name of this one as it was a bonus in one of the fantastic sales they have on.  The background stamp is also a Unity Stamp Company stamp called "Royal Day". 



"to create is to breathe.......live a life inspired"

Thanks for stopping by.

Renee xo

Who Doesn't Love An Owl?

Hi There,

Today I wanted to share with you a card I made using the Unity Stamp Co. - Stamp of the Week.  I love that the most amazing stamps rock up in the mail to me every week.  It is so exciting!

Had loads of fun making this card.  Used a Martha Stewart Edge Punch to add some layers along the side as my "tree trunk" and then a Dusty Attic - mini branch chipboard as my branch.

Thanks for stopping by.

Renee xoxo

Monochromatic Layout

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to share with you a page I have done only using the colours Yellow and White.  This was a little challenge set for me by a very good friend.  And boy did I have some fun!!

I started off with white cardstock, and used tissue paper and Helmar Decoupage and Craft Paste.  This created my background.  I then added textured paste and paint.

I used the Tim Holz Mini Rosettes Dies to make the white rosette and the button is from

The Chip Chop Shop.  One of my favourite places to visit.

I have handmade this twine wheel, by cutting out a circle and adding glue then following round the circle with the twine, working from the inside out, then adding a button on top.  The little circle for the journalling is also from the Chip Chop Shop.

It really does feel great to challenge yourself, and its always more fun with a little help from your friends.

Thanks for stopping by.

Renee xo

FRIENDS WITH FLAIR at Unity Stamp Co.

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to share one of my latest art journal photos using the Unity Stamp Co. - Christy Tomlinson - Brick Wall Stamp.

I had so much fun making this art journal page.  Loving the color purple at the moment too.

Thanks for stopping by.

Renee xo

Timeless Memories

Hey There Everyone,

I wanted to share with you a page I have done quite a while ago now, to enter in the Masters for Scrapbooking Memories Magazine last year.  I received an honorable mention for this page, and this page means alot to me as it was the last photo I will ever have of my mum and dad together, as my dad passed away suddenly close to a year after it was taken.

The challenge for the masters for this page was to hide your journalling somewhere on the page.  I did my journalling behind the birdcage in an open booklet.

This photo was taken on my wedding day.  I had lots of family photos taken and I look back now and think how lucky I was to have them.  You just never know what might happen in the future.

I got such a kick out of seeing my very first page published in a magazine.  Especially this one.  I bought a couple of copies to send home to my mum (she cried).  But it justifies to me why I love to create.  I think about all these timeless memories, I can pass onto my children.  We will then never forget.

Thanks for stopping by.

Renee xoxo



Unity Stamp of the Week

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to create a card today using one of my Unity Stamp Co. Stamps of the Week. 

I am new to this cardmaking side of creating, but I am loving it. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Renee xoxo



Helmar's February Monthly Challenge

Hi There,

Today I am sharing with you the layout I have done for the Helmar Monthly Sketch Challenge for February.

This is a photo from my wedding of my mum and I.  I loved using some girlie

colours for a change.

And some bling!

A little stitching.

Add some glitter for a fun girlie page!!

This is what this months sketch looks like:

 There is still time to enter as this months challenge doesn't finish until the 10th March.

Would love to see what you can do!

Thanks for stopping by.

Renee xo