It's Winter Time!

Hello everyone,

It is most definately Winter here in Mackay!!  Cannot remember it being this cold in a while.  Which of course means that the flu bug has swept through our house and knocked me for a sixer!!!

Not feeling very flash at all!!

With all the extra time on my hands I have been trying to rest, doing a little scrapping and going to bed early!  And looking after my two little men and one big man!!

This is the June Sketch for Dusty Attic for this month:

Really love this sketch and here is my entry for this challenge:

This is a photo of my little boy Lucas.  He is on grandads farm.  As soon as I saw the sketch I knew that I wanted to do this page.  I have used Dusty Attic Chipboard Windmill - DA0061 x 2 and Paddock Fence Large - DA0401 and Paddock Fence Small - DA0402.

 

I have stamped around the edges of the page.  On the windmills I have used crackle paint and then gone over them with copper metallic ink.  The fences I have used glimmermist and then used twine to make the fencing look authentic and then used a black pen to give the fence some patterns to make it look like the grains of the wood.  The grass is Prima Hessian leaves cut in two and then layered.  I have used Jenni Bowlin corrugated lettering and Prima lettering.

Thanks for checking out my page!!

Renee

So Excited

Hey There,

Two in one day, this was so much fun.  This is my entry for this months

Dusty Attic Sketch Challenge.

This is a photo of Lucas, my youngest boy.  He gives me this look when he is up to something and then wants to get away with it.  Totally cute!!

I have used Dusty Attic Chipboard - Park Bench - DA0265 which I have painted.

I took a photo of Lucas on a similar seat we have at home and then cut around it so it looks like he is actually sitting on the chair.

The Hot Air Balloon and Clouds are from "the Chip Chop Shop" which I have been dying to use!  So many yummy embellishments to choose from!

Thanks for checking out my page!!

Renee xo

Scrapping Outback - My Scraproom Rules Competition - Challenge #1

Hi There Everyone,

Have been a very busy girl this week.  I am taking part in the Scrapping Outback - My Scraproom Rules competition.  This weeks challenge # 1 is to do the following:

Fussy cutting chop your paper
Chipboard Chopped
Garnish with Distressing
Minimum of 3 Noticeable Hand made Flowers

Here is my entry:

This is a picture of my nannna, who is just so special to us all!!  I have fussy chopped some patterned paper with roses and leaves (my nanna's favourites).  I have chopped two pieces of chipboard, there is a half of a butterfly in the top left corner and the bottom right corner, and the floral chipboard has been cut also.  I have distressed the photo mat and the outside of the page.  I have handmade three roses out of clay and painted them and used perfect pearls.

The close-ups show everything in more detail.  You can head over to the Scrapping Outback Gallery to see the other beautiful entries as well Scrapping Outback Gallery

Thanks for checking out my page.

Renee xo

Happy Days

This morning I came downstairs with my cuppa, into my scrapbooking office.  Receiving my emails I wondered how busy I was going to be today.  And there it was, on my colour room entry for this week, a comment from my two idols, Michelle Grant and Leann Pearce.  Doing a happy jig I continued through my emails to see that Leanne had left a message on my blog and she has become a follower!!!  WOW!  I really don't things could get any better!  Totally made my day if not my week!!

This weeks page is another duel entry.  I have used this week colour room palette and I am also going to enter this page into the Scrap the Boys blog competition which is all about your son or husbands collection.  Needless to say Jackson loves his dinosaurs, and what a fun page to scrap!

I have distressed the edges with my new Distrezz-it-all Tool from Zutter and Donna Salazar, and can I just say my girlfriends laughed when I pulled this out as I have become the tool queen!! Then about a minute later, Loren is using it and having so much fun she has chewed up half a page!!!

I have used heshian, gauze that is misted, real rocks from the drive-way (shhhhh don't tell my husband!) I have used some Basic Grey embellishment and dinosaurs from the Archaic Range, eyelets and twine, and some rub-ons.  I used three different mists which I sprayed really close to the page and then just let them run down.

Had loads of fun catching up with friends and heaps of fun with this page.

Thanks for checking out my page!

Renee xo

Cute

Hey There,

This week I set myself two challenges that I have worked into one layout.  Firstly, I have entered the Color Room again, with pastel colors that I loved.  Then I have entered the Dusty Attic Inspiration Challenge, inspired by Emeline's style.  This is what I have come up with:

This is a photo of my best friend Kerryn's gorgeous little girl "Imogen".  It was just the perfect photo for this color challenge.  I have used Dusty Attic chipboard - Ferns and Scroll #3.  I have used Leanne Pearce's Chip Chop Shop Little Birdy and Button.  Prima flowers and a butterfly charm.  Websters Pages trim and several different punches.

The background was achieved by using a doodling template and water color crayons.  I then whitewashed over the top. Emeline's style is about punches, flower cut outs and clusters of flowers. 

The best thing is that I had fun scrapping with friends which is what life is all about!

Thanks for checking out my blog!!

Renee Aslette

Easter Break

Well I hope everyone enjoyed some time off and hopefully got some chocolate from the Easter Bunny!!  We have had my sister-in-law home from the Navy and had lots of family time which has been so nice.

But I have had time to do some scrapbooking too!!  This weeks entry into the Color Room. 

It is a photo of my husband Adrian and his late grandad Ray.  It is a Treasured Moment in Time and a very special photo. This has been my very first Heritage page.

I have stamped, inked, masked, misted, painted.  I scrunched alot of the paper to give it an aged look. 

I used Tim Holtz photo tape and the key is also a Tim Holtz key and some 7 Gypsies tissue tape.

Thanks for checking my page out!!  Now to clean up my mess!!!

Renee xo

Happy Easter

Well I don't know about you but I am constantly asking myself at the moment "where has the time gone?".  I can just about hear the Easter Bunny hopping into my house.

This week I am all about the Colour Room Palette #54.  The colours were bright and this is what I come up with.  I am also entering it in the April "Scrap the Boys" Challenge which is all about scrapping from an outfit, which is exactly what I have done.

This is my second boy Lucas at 5 months. Just way too cute for his own good!!  I have painted, machine stitched, fringed and then quilled (which is fiddly but I love it!) and I also hand made the flower at the bottom of the page from the Tim Holtz Paper Tape.

Thanks so much for checking out my page.  Hope you all have a safe and happy Easter.  Be safe if you are on the roads. xoxo
Renee