october at scrap the boys...

This month's challenge at Scrap the Boys is to create a layout about your child's favourite book or book series, if your child is too young to have a favourite book, what is your favourite book to read to him?
Here's what I came up with inspired by one of my little guy's favourites - Little Monkey.

Cayden loves the story of the Little Monkey who goes out looking for someone to play with and rather than using a pic of him 'reading' the book I decided to use the story itself as my main inspiration.

He loves peeking through the cut-out pages and I tried to recreate this look by making some chipboard tree trunks to go over the top of the book paper background and I like that each page has the writing up in the tree tops which inspired me to create my own leafy tree top for my title. 

here's a detail pic of some the cute handmade embellies I used to help tell the story...

Rainbow Splendour Felt Pinwheels 

 Purple Pumpkin Monkey Fabric Button 

Burdy's Handmade Fabric Yoyo flowers

You have until 31st October to get your entries in for a chance to win some great prizes!

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Basic Grey, Crate Paper and Echo park...

Hi, I'm getting back to blogging and thought I'd share a few more layouts I created for Scrapz.Biz. First up using Basic Grey's awesome 'Clippings' Collection.

I haven't used Basic Grey ranges for a long time but really loved this new collection and can see myself playing with more and more of their new releases.

 I created loads of layers and added a couple of hidden journal tags to tell the story of our road trip form Sydney to Queensland a few years ago.

Next up I got out my July Cuddlez Cardmaking Kit filled with the sweet Crate Paper Little Boy Blue collection to create this layout.

Even though the Cuddlez kits are designed for card making, they are always filled with more than enough goodies to create layouts too :)

as you can see the kit has lots of cute embellies as well as a fun mix of alphas too and at just $19.95 it's great value too!

I also had a play with some Echo Park Paradise Beach Collection to create a layout of my little guy exploring the beach.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a great weekend :)

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scrap the boys...

 I really enjoyed having a go at this month's Scrap the Boys challenge  

The challenge is to create a layout in your own style using the image below as your base, or starting off point...

 I went with a photo of my little guy at the beach, totally fascinated with the seagulls which he spent most of the day following around on the sand

I used mists, paint and inks to add some detail to the background

and check out these cute fabric covered buttons I picked up from Bit's and Pieces Created by Marg :)

You've got until the end of the month to get creating and upload your entries and go into the draw to win some great prizes! 

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do or die...

In September/October Scrapz Biz will be running a new fun competition called Do or Die!
It is mandatory that you will sign up for this one.

Every week you will be given one challenge to complete plus a number (eg #4). You have to upload by a specific date, however the gallery will not be public. You will not be able to view it until after the closing date and you will not know how many people have uploaded before you. If your entry is that week's particular upload number (eg #4), you will be out of the comp. However, should someone not upload by the due date, they will be automatically disqualified and there will be no sudden death for any of the other contestants that week.

You may enter two layouts per week to avoid sudden death, however, you only have one extra life. This means that if you have to rely on your second entry one week to survive, you cannot use that life line again.

The prize for the last scrapper standing will be a $100 prize pack!

Here's a little peek of what I came up with for the first challenge which will be revealed tonight...

Don't forget that you need to sign up before starting so that you don't miss out on the chance to win the prize.

 

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the amazing race - scrapbook style!

Have you heard about the awesome new comp over at Scrapbooking Top 50 Australia. A scrapbook version of the The Amazing Race is kicking off in a few days time and I'm very excited to be part of the fun as a Guest Designer for the comp!!

here's a little peek at what I've created for one of the stops along the race.

There are loads of wonderful prizes up for grabs as well as these fabulous major prizes!!!

I'm also a Kit Sponsor for the race and have been busy making loads of these {scrAp this!} felt flags that are included in the Race Survival Kits.

Be sure you check your passports in HERE to ensure that you don't miss out on the fun!

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artwork at scrap the boys...

The theme for Scrap the Boys this month is to create a layout inspired by and including your child's artwork and this is what I came up with...

I was inspired by Cameron's awesome hot air balloon artwork and even managed to get a few pics of him drawing it too :)

You've still got until the end of the month to get your entries in for the chance to win some awesome prizes...check out the details here. Also Mel is looking for 3-4 girls to join the STB team so if you have boys and want to share your layouts about them be sure to check it out!!!

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catching up part 3...

Hi again, I'm still trying to get things up to date and have another 'catch up' post to share :)  this time to with some layouts I created back in June over at Scrapz Biz. I started the month with a Step by Step Tutorial to create some folded paper accents for my layout

using Crate Paper Story Teller range from the store

they were very easy to make and you can find all of the instructions over in the forum if you'd like to have a go at making some of your own

Our challenges for the month took us into a few different rooms of the house and have a look who I found waking up from a nap in my bedroom...

This page started off as a Base Jump challenge

using this base as my starting point

I used a mix of American Crafts Dear Lizzy Neapolitan from the June Cuddlez Cardmaking Kit to create the page

... I'm pretty sure there are still a couple of kits available and at just $19.95 these kits are fantastic value!

Next up we headed into the Living Room for a

 Scrap a Rainbow challenge

 where I used the above colour palette to create this page of all my boys

 using Little Yellow Bicycle's Saturdays Collection

 

 

I couldn't resist using a pic of little Cayden for the bathroom challenge :)

 and because this was a Fetch a Sketch challenge 

I also created a sketch to match 

and used a few cardstock squares to created a tiled effect or the background

 and in the kitchen I found some dessert with a Note Worthy challenge ;)

 Thanks for sticking around while I try to catch up. I think I'll need one more catch up post and then I'll finally be up to date... YAY :)

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