Scrappy Canary March Sketch Challenge

This layout has to be one of my faves from the past week, I just love everything about it.  It is so clean, centred and everything looks like it is where it should be.  An awesome photo, glitter, little clusters...lots of my fave features.

You Make The World Sparkle - a photo of Cooper on New Years Eve in 2010, just one of those photos that turns out amazing and you have no idea how!

(October Afternoon alpha stickers, MME papers, American Crafts Thickers covered in gold Stickles)

(Pink Paislee Artisan chipboard, MME papers, Knot & Bow glitter twine, MME papers, foil leaf)

(Bella Chipz with gold Stickles, Flutterby Designs flair, Kaiser rhinestones, Tim Holtz distress ink)

And the sketch from which this layout was created was the March Sketch at Scrappy Canary, cool isn't it?!  Another great site that is new to me and I'm so happy I stumbled across.

Thanks for stopping in to visit my blog today!

Cheers,

Sar

March Sketchy Boards Challenge

This is the first time I've seen the challenges at Sketchy Boards, they are GREAT with a sketch as well as an inspiration photo.  I came across this site over on Lisette's blog, thanks Lisette!

Luv U 2 - a photo of my nephew Adam and his girlfriend Kassie, these two have been together since high school and now at 23 are living together, working hard and are planning a trip to Europe this year to see my sister Nic who is currently living in Denmark.  They are such good kids and I am SO proud of them!

I used the remainder of a class kit from a couple of years ago, which was made up of Jenni Bowlin papers and I've added bits & pieces to suit the colouring.  First time I've really used feathers as a feature on a layout.

My journalling on a tag, twine and a cute Love wood veneer piece from WOW.

Another piece of WOW in this flourish sitting above my feathers which I've covered in gold stickles.  A cute pom pom like Prima flower and a heart from Studio Calico.

And here is the sketch & mood board if you would like to play along too, the link for the entries is in this post here.

Thanks for visiting my blog today!

Cheers,
Sar

What do you do with your old stash?

I asked this question last night on my blog's Facebook page - Do you try to use up your old stash or just get rid of it when it is past its use by date??

Sometimes you flick past an item SO many times that you just want to throw the damn thing in the bin and be done with it.  I was feeling this way last night so decided to just start gluing some of my old journal cards on a cardstock base and make a layout out of it!

The result - Red V which is my daughter Georgia, my niece Chloe and my BFF's daughter Charlotte on Grand Final Day back in 2010 when the mighty St George Dragons took out the win.

My background is solely journal cards and one frame glue on at random on a piece of white cardstock.  I then added some texture paste through a template to create some more interest.  I did end up covering a few of the journal cards with my paper and photos, but I'm cool with that.

My title using some old Bella Blvd alphas.

A cog from A Lil Somethin together with a quote & flag banners from the Bella Blvd Making The Team range which I originally got from SFS back in 2011!  No one can say I'm worried about using old product....I am seriously overloaded with kits here that date back even before this, but I just keep adding more photos to them and using them up.  

My journaling along with another flair from A Lil Somethin, with some twine which was at the end of the flag banner.

I would love to know what you do with your old stash...do you:

a) just leave it sitting in your scrap room sad & alone until the end of time

b) donate it to a good cause like the local preschool or your kid's crafts

c) use it up...because really all scrapbooking products are equal regardless of age!

Leave me a comment and let me know your preference!!!

Anna's Craft Cupboard March Sketch Challenge

Another day, another sketch challenge!  This seems to be the easy way to get my inspiration flowing in my first week back at scrapping.

This time the sketch challenge is from Anna's Craft Cupboard and I had fun scrapping a photo of Georgia with her school friends from Kindy.  Now in Year 3, these four girls are still great friends.

Kinder Assembly using bits & pieces from my stash...

Closeup of my journalling, a cute #4 wood veneer piece from WOW and another gorgeous flair from Flutterby Designs.

My title, various tags and twine...

And the sketch in case you want to play along too!

Thanks for dropping by!

Cheers,
Sar

Kraft+ March Challenge

Thanks Mal for putting me onto the Kraft+ Challenge Blog, I hadn't even heard about it until this week but that goes to show how out of the loop I am when it comes to scrapbooking these days!  This challenge blog looks fab with lots of awesome peeps on the Design Team and so many awesome layouts being submitted.  Will definitely make this a regular challenge to play along with!

This month's challenge looked like this...

That Crazy Eye - a layout featuring my youngest daughter with that AWFUL thing she does with her left eye!  The first time she did this when she was a little girl, we panicked and I actually took her to the doctor thinking she was having a fit or something.  But nope, this kid can roll her eye into the back of her head on demand and LOVES the attention she gets when she does it.  Thankfully she doesn't do it often...however this morning on getting out of bed and seeing this layout on the breakfast bar, she immediately rolled her eye back and said LOOK MUM I CAN STILL DO IT!  Ahhhh!

A closeup of my title using some old Bella Chipz lettering and some flat alpha stickers, some WOW chevron arrows that I've sparkled up to suit the challenge criteria and of course, THAT EYE!

Cute flag banner which I think was from A Lil Somethin and another gorgeous flair from Flutterby Designs.  You can also see some of my background work here with included spraying mist over a template, painting liquid pearls and glitter glue through the same template plus random enamel dots, rhinestones and glitter glue dots to finish off.

Some journalling and gorgeous sparkly twine, I can't get enough twine!

Another shot of my background work along with a ticket & bow to the left of my photos.

Can you actually believe I've scrapped every night this week...what is going on?!

Thanks for dropping by!

Cheers,
Sar

Show Us Your Stuff March Challenge

Another one that Chloe put me onto, this month's challenge at Show Us Your Stuff was to use the following quote on your layout and  to use a handmade embellishment.

My take using an old Crate Paper kit and a background cardstock that I'd prepared earlier in one my classes last year.  I just added a bit more texture to it by painting some ink and liquid pearls.  

I have added the quote twice actually, I found this flair in my stash from Flutterby Designs so just had to add it in!  Clustered here with a Prima flower and a handmade flower from Rainbow Splendour.

And my second cluster, repeating the same elements as the top cluster but adding in a cute flair from A Lil Somethin.

Thanks for dropping by!

Cheers,
Sar

Scrapbooking Top 50 March Challenge

Thanks Chloe for sending me through this challenge, I LOVED this sketch challenge from Scrapbooking Top 50!  Looking at it the first time I thought 'oh geez, this is going to be hard!' but it really wasn't.  Chloe's sketch looks like this...

What A Pair Of Pelicans - my take on the sketch, using an old Echo Park kit on another colourful background, adding in some ribbon & twine from my stash.

My title using the Echo Park alpha stickers, together with another cute flair from Flutterby Designs...

My journalling...

And a closeup of the texture in my background.  I've layered mist, liquid pearls and texture paste again in all different colours to create some interest.  Finished off with a cute wood veneer heart from Studio Calico.

Thanks for dropping by!

Cheers,
Sar