Monday 31 March 2014

A weekend of scrapbooking.....

I got back last night from a weekend away with some amazingly talented crafty ladies.  So inspiring to watch people express themselves artistically though various mediums..... there were scrappers, cardmakers, origami makers, quilters, minibook makers, mixed media, gelly plate users..... so many new and exciting crafts.

I learnt some new things and some tried some new things that I will share another time but today I just wanted to show you some scrapbook pages completed for challenges closing today.....

Over on UKS Mini Owner is a well known scrapper and she has a blog and runs a monthly sketch challenge as I shared before.  This is the March sketch.....


and this is the page I made


Over at SJ Crafts Blog there is another challenge to be inspired by .....


I took my ideas from the colour palette....shades of brown,  blue and cream, using several photos, using square photos and images of water.  I really love the page I made of my hubby and son when we all went on a local walk.....

                                      

I turned this image from Sketch N Scrap......


into this layout that doubled up nicely as my weekly UKS page using the photo from 1 photo 20 words (we had to use numbers as part of the challenge, feature yourself, pic of yourself and visible journalling)


I loved being away for the weekend and can't wait to do it again (sadly not for several months I suspect!).  I will be back to share more pages and something else I made soon.

18 comments:

  1. Glad you had a lovely time, Ruth! I was supposed to have gone to a scrapping weekend too, but life had other ideas... I hope they all had fun (maybe that is where you were).
    Three great scrap pages. I think the second is my favourite - I especially like how you used the photos and found inspiration in the colours. It worked really well.

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  2. I thought it was this weekend - glad you had a fabulous time.
    Great pages - I especially love the SJCrafts inspired one - such lovely colours and page design and LOTS of journalling. Super!

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  3. Sounds like my kind of weekend Ruth! Lovely pages, the natural colours and textures give a real outdoorsy feel. Thanks for playing with us at SJ Crafts :o)

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  4. Love these..in particular I love the middle one...well done on a great selection.

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  5. Such wonderful layouts! Thanks for sharing with Sketch-N-Scrap

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  6. Oh Ruth they're fabulous. Sounds like you had an amazing time and you certainly were creative

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  7. Love all these pages. Glad you had a good scrappy weekend and looks like you were super productive too! Thanks for joining in with this month's challenge at S J Crafts xx

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  8. Thanks so much for joining in my sketch challenge again, Ruth. Your page is great - I love the neutral colours and the chevron feature, too.
    Sue @ Me&Mine x

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  9. I love weekend crops too, there is something so wonderful when crafty gals get together! You did a great job with the sketch and the background paper is awesome! Thanks for playing along with us at Sketch N Scrap. xx

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  10. Great layouts! Thanks for joining us at Sketch N Scrap.
    Surama

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  11. Weekends away are the best! You did some fantastic work! Thanks for joining us at Sketch N Scrap!

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  12. these are brilliant Ruth...you must be up to date with all the layouts you are creating x x

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  13. Thanks for joining in the SJ Crafts challenge! I love the vintage-effect on your photos and the doilies cut in half on your challenge page! x

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  14. It was just splendid to be able to catch up again and I can tell everyone that the page about your walk with your hubby and son is even more impressive in real life :).

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  15. Wonderful work with all those neutrals - well done!

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  16. How do you manage to live a life so full of things to scrap and find the time to scrap them? Love your interpretations of the challenges - go you! x

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  17. You have been a busy scrapper. I particularly like the SJCrafts page.

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