A Favourite Place

Just a quick blog. The sketch challenge at Scrapbookit by guest Tania Ridgwell was a lovely start to the month. I loved the design and was able to create a page with a photo of two of my grandchildren having fun  at the weir. Finding treasures in the sand.

Happy Scrapping.
Heather B.

Guest Artist 123 challenge Blog April

My goodness this month has really got away in a hurry. I was thrilled  and flattered to be asked  to be the guest artist  for the 123 Challenge blog for April.
I have always admired white on white scrap pages and had thought that I would like to try this colour theme at some time. This challenge arrive sooner than I thought. It really is harder than you imagine and then to photograph it is even harder. But I hope a lot of you who read my blog give it a try. Come on prove me wrong.

 Happy Scrapping.
Heather B.

Play

I have just had the most wonderful weekend at the Scrapbookit retreat in Bright. After a drama laden drive from Wodonga.....big storm, trees over the road, lots of wind and rain....my bestie Delsie and I had a relaxed meander through the interesting shops. We then found the most delightful little cafe to have a most delicious and healthy lunch. I loved it so much will go back again.
Anyway the main reason was that we were there was to scrap. One of the pages I did was the White With One blog challenge. The colour challenge was Lavender herb. This took me out of my comfort zone but that is what it is all about. The photo I chose was just perfect for the challenge and was taken at Chloe's birthday where they all dressed as Nursery Rhyme characters. Chloe was Mary Mary Quite Contrary.

I have added a few detail shots of my page.

Happy Scrapping.
Heather B.

Memories. My Story

Last month I had four pages posted by mid month but I have been a bit time poor at the beginning of this month.
For the123 Challenge Blog March challenge the word to use was Memories. The colour theme was Autumn tones and the extra challenge was leaves.Well once again a shuffle through the photo's and I came up with a perfect shot of Chloe in the Mt Lofty botanical gardens. The photo is a couple of years old but I thought it was perfect.

Happy Scrapping.
Heather B.

Cherish

What a visual feast the mood board for the Scrapbookit's March challenge offered. I was spoilt for choice and wanted to use all the colours and ideas. But I just had to settle for a lovely cross section.....the romantic sweet colours, the little bird house, lace, jewels, flowers etc. To finish  the page off I used Stampin Up Dazzling Diamonds glitter on the word Cherish. The photo I used of Chloe had been sitting in the box just waiting for the right setting. All came together perfectly.

Happy Scrapping.
Heather B.

Seriously

When I first started scrapbooking after my first grandchild was born, I was lucky enough to find an amazingly talented group of ladies at the local scrapbooking shop in Ballarat. These ladies were more than happy to share their talents and ideas with the newbies. Some of these little bits of knowledge still live with me today. A wonderful bit of knowledge that was passed onto me by the very talented Celeste was that if you didn't have embellishments in the right colour for the page, you just paint it, ink it or cover it with paper or change the colour any way to match what was needed. I know every one does this all the time now. But thirteen years ago it was a bit cutting edge.
For the White with One challenge  for February it is White with Chocolate. Chocolate is something that I looooove to eat but don't very often use in my scrapbooking. So armed with a Stampin Up Early Espresso ink pad I now have a  nice chocolate embellishment for the page and some stamping for the background all nicely co-ordinated.
This is quite a simple page but I thought the photo was so beautiful that I didn't want to lose it on the page with too much fuss around it.

 

Happy Scrapping

Heather B.

Sun Kissed

Another challenge. This one is for Let's Get Sketchy week 2. Just made it. This sketch uses three photo's and I thought that I would use a beach trio. I have tried for a sea and  sand effect. And a bit of a tropical theme.

Happy Scrapping
Heather B