Wednesday 30 April 2014

Last few challenges for April

I recently visited Leigh on Sea in Essex and took several snaps using Instagram (I am loving playing with Instagram now that I have a new phone and my Project Life pages are full of small instagram photos!).

I saw this sketch on My Scraps and more sketches which I knew would work perfectly

  I made this page...

The letters are large spotty chipboard transformed into blue using promarkers,blue ink and clear embossing powder.  The addition of red twine reflecting the nautical theme.  I stamped and paper pieced the boat and also stamped the anchor (and embossed with silver) and the fish.  I added the silvery coloured twine to the anchor..... a different bunch of techniques using up lots of stash.

I was inspired by Relly's post over on Shimelle's blog to 'make the most of your title' so it is big and bold.


Scrap our stash #13 calls for Spring colours, a paperclip, a journal card and at least one 3 D embellishment, which worked rather brilliantly with this sketch from Sketch N Scrap...


Combining the two I came up with a Spring based Layout using pink, blue, mauve, yellow and blue.  My journal card is behind with the bird paperclip attached to help pull it out.  My 3D embellishments are punched birds  with 3D wings and a pearl eyes to give both movement and texture.


I am totally looking forward to (Inter)National Scrapbooking Day on Saturday.... I love all the challenges, inspiration and ideas....I am so excited!  Hope to see you joining in with some of the Challenges.

12 comments:

  1. Love your first one....those colours and embellishments are perfect.

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  2. Just lovely! I love the soft color palette! Thanks for joining us at Sketch N Scrap!

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  3. Mmmmm cakes! I do so love to see baking creations combined with paper creations - two of my favourite things in one place! Such a 'sweet' page and the two challenges do work well together! Thanks for sharing your wonderful page with us at Sketch N Scrap. xx

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  4. Oh, those look yummy! Thank you for sharing with us at Sketch N Scrap!

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  5. Beautiful work! Thanks for playing at My Scraps and More!!

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  6. Wonderful! Thanks for playing along at My Scraps & More!

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  7. Lovely pages Ruth, and I especially like the photos of Old Leigh. Anything coastal gets my attention and also like large title.

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  8. great ocean page!!!! Thanks for playing at My Scraps and More!!

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  9. Love your interpretation of that first sketch - gorgeous page.

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  10. Oh, i do love to be beside the seaside ... such a great page with lots of nautical themed visual ideas - super!

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  11. Super scrapping, Ruth.
    I'm so pleased you like your prize kit - thank you for supporting my monthly challenge,
    Sue x

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  12. Great page Ruth! You've been so busy recently. Have a great week.

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