Delightful

So excited to say this was featured at Sketchabilities!!

I used my yummy Scraps of Elegance June kit to make this layout for the Sketchabilities Challenge #93. It is the gorgeous photo I took of my daughter modeling the hair clip I made for the first round of the May Arts Design Team call and I knew I just had to scrap it. I saw Erin Blegen once use a photo in this way, the same photo but in two sizes layered on top of each other...I like the effect!!

Here is the gorgeous sketch I used:

I have also made this for the Prima PPP and would love to enter it into the Stencil and Paste challenge at Scrap Africa.

There is Comfort in the Words of a Good Book (and another exciting announcement!!)

I did this flowerless (shocking I know!!) layout for the Blue Fern sketch challenge. I used Blue Fern chipboard and more of my Scraps of Elegance kit...

Here is the gorgeous sketch:

I also managed to get a card done with the kit as well...believe it or not I actually have more paper left and some embellies too...I think this is the most layouts I have done with one kit and I will try to do a few more cards with the smaller scraps :)

And my exciting announcement for today....I've been invited to join another design team, The Paper Temptress!!! They specialize in specialty cardstocks and will work wonderfully with my embossing folders from Couture Creations. I can't wait to work with them, thanks Patricia for the opportunity and the invitation!

Just Be

I used my Scraps of Elegance April kit (using every last drop...and have another layout and a card or two planned!) for this layout of my daughter fishing one evening a few summers ago... I used lots of BoBunny die cuts and rub ons from the C'est la Vie line in the kit...made my own flowers...

Here is the BoBunny Sketch I used:

Guest Designing for Scrap it with a Song!

Every week at Scrap it with a Song they post a new song and you can use the title, the lyrics, something the song reminded you of...anything inspired by the song to make a layout. I played back in January and won and was invited to guest design this month. I have done a layout for this week based on

I Started a Joke by The Bee Gees

I took some lyrics from the song, "I looked up at the skies, running my hands over my eyes" and my "model" Aine posed for me and also gave me a beautiful photo of her in her ballet gear. It was fun to get her to help illustrate the lyrics!!

This layout was done entirely with the April main kit from Scraps of Elegance, featuring lots of BoBunny C'est la Vie and other gorgeous embellishments. Love those kits I get each month, always a wonderful selection of papers and goodies.

I would love to enter this into the Berry 71 Bleu flower challenge.

Scraps of Elegance March kit cards!

I love to stretch my kits as much as I can...I still have sheets of paper left and gorgeous cut outs and chippies to make many more cards, but I made three cards with smaller pieces leftover from my two layouts I made last month. I'd love to share them here...I didn't do these for any challenges, just to stock my little card rack at our local cafe...Prima Divine and G45 Secret Garden make for some pretty cards!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Garden Beauty

I always love the Scraps of Elegance kits, Mel seems to do a perfect mix of paper every time. March's kit had the gorgeous Graphic 45 Secret Garden papers and Prima Divine, yum!! This is my take on the Scraps of Elegance sketch challenge for March, lots of fussy cutting of the G45 papers here and Renea's gorgeous butterflies!

Prima Ballerina

I really enjoyed doing this layout, it is a great photo of my eldest daughter in her ballerina gear a few years back...She is very serious about ballet now and her teacher thinks she could go further, so she is starting to follow a dream of hers to be a professional ballerina! Now, I know it is a hugely competitive thing, and she is young. I have no need for her to be a prima ballerina, I won't be a pushy momma, lol, but if she loves ballet and this is a dream she wants to follow, we will support her! I think she is a graceful dancer but I might be al little biased!! I hope she achieve whatever dream she decides to follow in life!!

I made this layout as part of the Scraps of Darkness Round Robin,basing it off of this layout by Michelle Mc!  I used the Prima Almanac paper from an SOD kit, and Fairy Belle paper from the SOE kit. The door was from a kit as well as the bling and some of the flowers.

This layout is also done for the Prima PPP challenge and the Inkido black and white photo challenge (the butterflies are cut from an Inkido paper in my stash!), and I used twine for the Scrap for Help challenge.

Snow Girl

Here is my cutie Aisling a few years back with her cute little snow girl she made. We don't often get snow here in Ireland, and never a ton of it, so we had to take advantage and make some mini snow folk! I used my Scraps of Elegance December Kit and the BoBunny Powder Mountain papers in it to make this layout. I had fun trying some deep tearing and distressing and using many chipboards and stickers from the collection. 

I based the layout on the My Creative Sketches December Sketch here:

I have recuperated from my hideous stomach flu and have been trying to clean the house from top to bottom with my renewed energy...what is WRONG with me lol! OK, so I got a few things done...more on cards tomorrow... The girls are enjoying their Christmas break and are off to Harp and Art camp (only in Ireland!) tomorrow for a few hours...I plan to be crafting those few hours!

I have restarted my constant effort to lose weight and am determined to make it this time. I am ready to eat better, be healthier and get slimmer! Wish me luck!

Cardmaking Day and A Request!!

I had to replenish my stock of cards at our local cafe (I love when that happens!!) So I had a fun afternoon making cards and challenging myself to use up as much as I could of papers and scraps on my desk. I think I have used every last inch of the 12 x 12 G45 Ladies Diary papers I got from Scraps of Elegance in a kit this year, good thing I have an 8x8 pad if I need some more later!! I got a layout, an ATC and a whole bunch of cards with the paper!!

I really love that I am able to sell my cards here locally, the little bit of money I earn is always reinvested in scrappy goodies LOL!!

On an unrelated note, my husband is growing a mustache for the month of November in aid of Men's Cancer research...if you are able to help out at all Dave would really appreciate it!! Just click HERE to donate!

Summer Beauty - CSI Case 43

I have been joining in with the Scraps of Elegance CSI challenge, trying to do my layouts using a good amount of Scraps of Elegance and Scraps of Darkness items on my layouts. This is my 4th and final one I am doing for the challenge but I plan to do at least one hopefully two each month from now on...they are fun!!
Here is this weeks case file:

And here is how I solved it:

For my evidence: black and white damask, a frame, a patterned brad on my ribbon, foliage, and a rub on.
For my testimony: I did a formal letter talking about how much Aisling had changed since that photo was taken in Cornwall the summer before last.

I am also going to enter this in the Bird is the Word challenge for "Summer" and in the Scrap for Help challenge to use music paper, which is layered behind my photo.