Scrapbook challenge

Well this is definitely a record for me.....I never post twice in  week and yet here I am, two posts in one day.
The following layouts are for the Scrapbook Sisters layout challenge

The first is a momento from my trip to Berlin, my first trip back in about 20 years.  The background flag consists of Bazzill strips to which I added various tickets from my trip and finished with various travel ribbons, brads and embellishments.

The second was an introduction page for my Come Dine with Me album.  I used papers from my My Minds Eye paper pad from a Limited Edition class.  The photos were mounted on white Bazzill with a punched EK Success bubble border punch.  The black border is K & Co from a previous class, and the letters were Papermania and American Crafts.
I'm finding too that song titles are becoming a good source of inspiration for scrapping titles.

Autumn Leaves

This is a card I made using my Tim Holtz Sissix leave die.  The necklace and earrings are cut from shrink plastic and coloured using distress inks.  The leaves on the card are cut from the same die and then embossed in a T.H. embossing folder and distressed with the same inks.  The lettering is also a T.H. die called Marketplace.  The backing paper is Sandylion from my stash.

I would like to enter this in the following Challenges:-

Alter it monthly - September...Tree, Leaf, Branch, Twig
Scrapbook Sisters Card challenge...Indian Summer

card making

I have been busy the last week making cards (something I haven't done for quite a while).  The main reason to enter in a magazine competition.  I have always looked but never really had the time with working full-time. This year however, having been made redundant at Easter, I didn't really have an excuse to have a go....and as they say nothing ventured, nothing gained.
I have managed to make cards for 8 out of the 20 categories....these will be packaged up and posted in the morning.  If there are any late bursts of inspiration, they will have to follow on afterwards.
The card I have made for the Lili of the Valley category fits in the Scrapbook Sisters challenge for this week.

Wall Mural

I'm normally used to working on a 12 by 12" page but while Adam was away this jumped in size to a 10 by 8 ft wall.  As my middle son has moved in with his dad now, Adam has moved into his bedroom.  While he spent time with my parents in Somerset it was the ideal time for me to decorate the bedroom ready for his return.
 So after papering with heavy lining paper I drew out and then painted a Scooby-Doo mural for him.

As I was unable to get any Scooby-Doo borders I created my own using my Eclipse cutter and a Martha Stewart fence border punch.

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flags and banners

After spending the day at Scrapbook sisters on an all day Tim Holtz day which we all thoroughly enjoyed, I am now updating my blog with my layout for the scrapbook challenge.


The papers and chipboard embellishments are Cosmo Cricket - Joy Ride range which I bought at Scrapbook Sisters last year.  The letters are Papermania foam alphabet in black, also from the shop.  The pictures were taken last weekend at the Hop Farm, Paddock Wood.

Book Challenge

Tonight I had my first taker for a book title from my challenge list.
24. Paddington Bear by Michael Bond has been taken.......Thank you.  As soon as I have mine completed I will post pictures.  I know what I want to do, I just need the time to do so.

Crafting Challenge

For all you crafting/scrap-booking friends who may be getting crafting withdrawal symptoms over the Christmas/New Year period with spare time on your hands or who fancy a challenge......here we go!

Create a 12 x 12" scrapbook page on one  the following Well known Children's Books.
Pages must be 12 x 12" and contain the title and author of the book somewhere on the page.  It can be designed as a cover or contain parts of the story, using any techniques you like....altered art, stamping, die-cuts, etc. it's up to you and your imagination.
Please leave at Scrapbook Sisters for me to pick up....hopefully I can make an album of the pages.

Here is a list of titles (please let me know what you have chosen so I can delete those chosen)

1.  Peter Pan - J.M.Barrie
2.  The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling
3.  Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
4.  Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
5.  The Hobbit - J.R.R.Tolkien
6.  Pippi Longstocking - Astrid Lindgren
7.  Black Beauty - Anna Sewell
8.  Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson
9.  Heidi - Johanna Spyri
10. Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe
11. Robin Hood - Roger Lancelyn Green
12. The Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum
13. The Railway Children - E. Nesbit
14. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
15. 101 Dalmatians - Dodie Smith
16. Doctor Dolittle - Hugh Lofting
17. The Magic Faraway Tree - Enid Blyton
18. Around The World in 80 Days - Jules Verne
19. Winnie the Pooh - A.A.Milne
20. The Adventures of the Moomins - Tove Jansson
21. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne
22. Stories of Beatrix Potter
23. Stories of Roald Dahl
24. Paddington Bear - Michael Bond
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