What Comfort Zone?

At the very last minute (how typical of me), I decided to join the January Blog Challenge over at Glitz Design. Now all I can say is, this challenge pushed me so far out of my comfort zone, that I don't have a comfort zone left. I'm fairly certain it's gone for good, lol!

There was so much in this photo to use for inspiration. I focused on the circle element from the mirror; the soft, subtle colours; the flowers and snowflakes; and the hanging garland.

I love using my bright colours, so this challenge pushed me totally out of my groove. But I think I succeeded? I'm fairly happy with the end result. Especially since I even managed to use my Cuttlebug for embossing and die cutting. Plus I used chalks on my page - something I haven't done in years. :-) I love using my old supplies.

Titled: Love, Cherish, Adore.

Products used: Glitz Design papers, Glitz Design paper layers, Glitz Design Peek-A-Boos, Glitz Design alpha stickers, and Imaginarium Designs chipboard titles.

UPDATE: My layout made the January Blog Challenge Top 5. What an honour! Woo-hoo!

Here's a close-up of one of my favourite dies - Tim Holtz rosette.

And a new favourite die - Donna Salazar for Spellbinders.

A Little Different...

We are branching out over at Scrapbook Kits (With A Difference). I've decided we need something more than just class kits. We now have pre-made layouts and pre-made mini-albums. (And yes, we still do Limited Edition kits of all styles and themes). So I just wanted to share something a little different...

Boys Will Be Boys - a pre-made layout that I created using Creative Imaginations papers.

One of the joys of owning a store is that I get to play with papers that I would never, ever get to play with otherwise.

Udderly Cute - isn't this just adorabel and so much fun?

I'm working on a couple more with puppy dogs and monkeys. If you are interested in purchasing any of them you can find the details here (at Scrapbook Kits).

CSI Case File 2

Decided to try something new, and had a play with the Case File 2 colour challenge over at Color Stories Inspiration (CSI). Hmmmm...not sure about the purple (blah!), but loved the other colours, lol! Here's my take on the challenge:

Titled: Beautiful. I didn't feel like doing much journaling this time around (have had a stomach bug and didn't even feel like finishing this layout, but I did). The journaling reads: I have something more precious than diamonds. I have you!". Products used: Glitz Design papers, rub-ons and Peek-A-Boos. Prima flowers.

I had a great time layering the Prima flowers and doilies. (-:

Look at all those details and depth. Sigh...makes me happy.

Scrap Supplies For Sale...

I've got to get rid of some of my scrapping goodies, lol! I have too much. Here's a few things for sale. Please feel free to share with any of your friends who may be interested. I will put more up as I finish cleaning out my store and scrap room: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2979527403305.152308.1115507546&type=1

TCR #93

I love challenge sites, especially colour and sketch sites. But I just don't get enough time to play in them, as often as I would like to. But every so often, a colour combination (or sketch) comes along that I just can't say "no" to! And that was the case for this week's colour challenge over at The Color Room. So I ignored my unpacking for the day, and played instead.

Using Palette #93, this is what I created. Titled: Future.

Now, these are not colours that I would usually put together for myself, but they just called to me, and I absolutely adore the end result.

I used this opportunity to play with my Imaginarium Designs chipboard. I used a beautiful decorative border and some mini chipboard alphas. The border has been painted with Lily Pad Glimmermist, then I added a layer of Wicked Glimmer Glaze. The alphas have been inked with English Ivy from Ingvilde Bolme/Prima, then coated with Eucalyptus Stickles. Once dry, I added a further coat of Dimensional Magic.

Here's a detailed shot of the flowers I created. I used the Pink Paislee pleated trim, a few paper flowers, and some gorgeous Zva Creative pearl brads.

I'm so excited about just playing again, that I might even go and play over at CSI as well. I've heard the colour combination over there this week is quite exciting. See ya! Got to go scrap!!!