Us

 My one and only challenge this month is for the Stuck! Sketches challenge. I was taken by the sketch and chose some papers whose colour had really taken my eye. It is fabscraps tropical jungle and tropical flowers. The photo is Noah and Chloe gathering flowers to make a fairy circle on the lawn.(It must have worked because the fairies left them a lollypop each during the night!) Oh to be young and an innocent believer.  

Happy Scrapping. HeatherBensley.

Busy Bee

What an inspiration it is to have a late night Scrapping session with a like minded friend. The challenge that I chose was Scrapbookit's March challenge All About Boys. When I started my Scrapbooking journey it was all about girls because for the first eight years There was no grandson on the horizon. It took me a while to learn how to use the boy side of my brain and to also build up a boy related stash. The photo's that I have used are of Noah in the garden. Anything to do with water or has wheels attached and he is a very busy little boy. These photo's incorporate both. I used as my starting point paper from the Bella Rosa Collection pack from Bo Bunny and then added bits and pieces to make it a bit busy like him.  

Thank you for taking the time to look at my page. Cheers and Happy Scrapping. Heather Bensley.

Fun

The challenge for this month for the 123 Challenge Blog was Brown, Borders and the word Fun. To create an interesting depth with the colour brown I have used four different shades  and then added just a hint of aqua. Using three different border punches I then layered them length ways on the page alternating all the different papers and borders that I had chosen.  Using the same papers I then triple matted the photo. The photo was a fun photo taken of Chloe and Noah tickling Lily as we were trying to set up a photo of the three. The two littlest thought that it was great fun. I then added some flowers and twine and some bling scattered around the photo. To finish the page I then randomly border punched a few spots and mounted the page on the brown cardstock. The word fun was a plywood cut out that I inked and then glossed.

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If you enjoyed my page take the time to pop over to the 123 Challenge Blog to see what the rest of the design team have created and maybe do the challenge yourself.

 

Cheers and Happy Scrapping 

Heather Bensley.

 

 

Raindrops

I have had this page sitting on my table since early this month but have not had the time to finish it. So now is the time. The challenge at Scrapbookit this month was a song title, washi tape and a touch of gold. There was also a sketch to use as a guide. I used washi tape with gold embossing to cover two of the requirements and the song title fitted with some cute photos that I had of Chloe and Dad in the rain.  

Thank you for looking at my page. Happy Scrapping. Heather Bensley.

Friends.

Last month was such a busy month and I managed to get a few pages done. But this month the Stars have not aligned so easily and this is my first  post.  My first page was a challenge I did as a design team member for 123 Challenge Blog.  The challenge was the colour red, the word friends and the technique was flowers. Red can be a harsh colour to work with so I chose a slightly subdued red and used it sparingly. The photo that I chose was black and white so that there were no colours to clash with the red. It was a great photo of Grandpa, Chloe and Noah doing their Blues Brothers impersonation in their sunnies. Take the time to pop over to the challenge blog to see what the other team members have done with their challenge and also give it a go yourself.    

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog. Happy Scrapping. Heather Bensley. 

The 2 Of Us

A last challenge for the month. This one is for Scrap the Boys and the criteria was to use numerals. I chose a delightful photo of grandpa and Fletcher in a cute moment. The chipboard number 2 was in my stash just waiting to be used. I inked to match my background paper and then I glossed it. Some spritzing and stamping on the background gave the page depth .  

Happy Scrapping. Heather B.

Love

This blog challenge is a blog site that I haven't tried as yet but I loved their colour pallet and the sketch associated with it. This challenge was really great to work with. It is d-lishscraps. My inspiration was the corrugated doors and the colours. Also the white frame in the colour palette encouraged me to put a white frame around the photo. I turned the sketch sideways so that it worked with my portrait orientation of the photo.   

I hope you enjoyed my page. Happy Scrapping. Heather Bensley.