BW2 December Palette

 

Welcome!

It's the first of the month!

Reveal Day at

Black With 2

 

And what a gorgeous palette this month

Crystal Blue

Candy Apple Red

Dominant Black Background

5%White

 





My December Card.

Sadly the last card for BW2.

 

Eve has decided to discontinue

 the card challenge in

 the New Year.

This is my first ever Easel Card....

Using Spellbinders

 "Grand Decorative Ovals One" 

 

American Crafts Black cardstock.

Blue glitter paper.

The poinsettias are

Heartfelt Creations

 "Petite Poinsettia" stamps.

 

The sentiment is

 Just Rite

 "Grand Christmas Sentiments"

embossed with

 "Seafoam White"

 embossing powder.

Kaiser black Sparklets

 for the poinsettia centres.

 

Red flourishes are

 Spellbinders

"Jewel Flowers & Flourishes"

 

A wee bit white organza ribbon

 and a few pine fronds.

I have kept this months layout CAS.

I just love the pop of red

 from the candles.

The background paper

 is from the

 Bo Bunny

 "Snowfall"

collection.

The candles are

Marianne Creatables

"Candles" (243)

 

With a few pine fronds

 and wee red roses.

The photo mat is punched with

 Martha Stewart

 "Double Arches"

Deep Edge PATP.

Photo is youngest

 Granddaughter Emma

 from last year.

American Crafts black

 cardstock and red

 craft paper.

The title is from my stash.

 

So, the final palette for 2013.

 

You must join in the challenge,

 such beautiful colours.

 

And, over at the

BW2 Blog,

 Eve is announcing some great

 new ideas for 2014.

 

So, you just have to head

over there and take a look.

 

Also to see what my fellow

 DT girls have done with

this month's palette.

 

See you there.

 

Hugs

 

SOUS Sketch Reveal

 

Welcome friends to Sketch Reveal

 at

 Stuck On U Sketches.

 

A wonderful sketch from

 our Leah this week.

 

Perfect for my three

 Granddaughters!

 

Leah's Sketch...

I have used

Teresa Collins

 beautiful

"Memorabilia"

Collection.

Along with the elements

and date stickers from

the same collection.

Just a few wee splodges

of black acrylic paint

 (which didn't quite

splash the way I wanted

 it to!)

Granddaughter #1 - Rebekah.

Granddaughter #2 - Erin.

Granddaughter #3 - Emma.

Love these papers

- this certainly does matter!

Some black and white

 cardstock - happy!

Now it's your turn.

 

Head over to

 Stuck On U Sketches

to see the wonderful

 work of my fellow

 DT girls.

 

Then upload your project,

 using the sketch,

 to the SOUS Blog

 and we will all come

 by and leave you

 some scrappy love.

 

You have two weeks

to participate.

 

Can't wait to see your

 interpretation.

 

Hugs

 

Thankful Blog Hop Thank You...

Thank you for joining us on the

Whimsical Designs

 Give Thanks

 Blog Hop.

 

I hope you were able to get

lots of inspiration.

Thank you to everyone for
 their beautiful comments,
 and some lovely
 new followers.

 

 

Hugs

 

 

Whimsical Designs Blog Hop

Welcome! Welcome!
Welcome!

 

To the Whimsical Designs

"Give Thanks"
 Blog Hop!

The Hop runs from
 Friday 8th Nov 7pm EST
until
Sunday 10th Nov midnight EST.

For those of us in the UK
 that means midnight on Friday 8th
 until 5am Monday 11th.
Confusing or what....lol

(And to make it even more confusing,
 my Blog still thinks it lives in
 Perth, Western Australia!!!
 So the time and date on the post will be
 different again. I have tried to change it,
 but whichever country you set it up
 in is the country it stays in...lol)

 

You should have arrived here from
 Nanne's Blog.

  

If not, return to
 Whimsical Designs,
 where a complete list of
participating Blogs
 is given.

 

You don't want to miss any
 of the gorgeous projects
 on show.

 



I have created a layout for the Hop.

 

A recent photo of my gorgeous
 eldest Granddaughter
 from our recent trip
 to London

My background paper is from
 Webster's Designs
 "Nature's Storybook".

Title and date
Sassafras Lass
"Khaki Type"
Alphas.

The leaves are
 "Shabby Chic Autumn Leaves"
by
 Just Rite Stamps
on Vanilla
American Crafts cardstock.

And then some colouring fun with

 Distress Markers!

spiced marmalade

rusty hinge

shabby shutters

antique linen

scattered straw

crushed olive

tea dye.

I then painted a thin coating of

 KindyGlitz "Crystalina"

 over them and

 the frame.

The frame is from

Scrapmatts

 "Ornate Frames 11".

In the wee plastic bag

 is one of the leaves

 from the photograph.

And I have written the story

of the leaf on the back

 of the layout.

 

 A treasured moment with my

 Granddaughter!

 (Click on picture to enlarge

 and read - quite cute!)

Your next stop on the Hop

 is the gorgeous

 Sheila.....

 

 

And, a final photo....

 

How stunning is this!!

 

 

Enjoy the Hop

 

Hugs

 

SOUS Sketch Reveal

 

Hello dear scrappy friends!

 

It's time for the latest

 Sketch Reveal

 over at

Stuck On U Sketches!

 

I have so wanted to do a

 layout of this subject

 for a long time.

 

And this time of year

 is perfect!

 



The Sketch from our own

 Leah Schaeffer.....

This coming Sunday is

 Remembrance Sunday.

 

And Monday 11th November is

 Remembrance Day.

 

This layout features my

six great uncles.

 

My Maternal Grandmother's

 six brothers. 

 



They all fought in World War II

 - representing the three forces -

 

Royal Navy

Army

Royal Air Force.

Thankfully, all six returned

from the war.

 

However, two of them died

soon after as a result of war

 injuries - the two on the

extreme right of the photo,

 both young men in

 their late 20s.

 

Thus I never knew them.

The other four became known

as my "old Uncles".

 

They all had white hair by the

 time I knew them, and lived

 into their 70s, except the baby

 of the family, who sadly

 died at the age of 54.

 

And between these six boys

 only one of them

 had a child!

 



I wear my Poppy with pride

 every year, and this year

 I have placed my

 Poppy on this

layout.

The papers are from

 Kaiser

"Remember Me"

 Collection

and the

 Collectables

 from the same collection.

The border punch is

 Martha Stewart

 "Scallop Dot".

 

The individual frames are

 Spellbinders

 "Lattice Rectangles".

The original photo,

which I inherited and treasure,

 sat on my Great Grandmothers

 sideboard for as many

 years as I can

 remember.

 

She outlived four of her sons,

 passing at the age of 93!

I am fortunate not to have

 any family currently serving

 in any of the war zones,

 but my respect and gratitude

 goes out to those who are

 serving and

 their families.

 

Lest We Forget

*****

 

 

Don't forget the Blog Hop

 coming up in a

 few short hours.

 

Inspiration and Candy galore.

In the meantime, head on

over to

Stuck On U Sketches

 and see what the rest of

the DT have done with

 the sketch - amazing work.

 

Then have a wee play yourself.

 

Can't wait to see what you come up with.

 

See you in a few hours for the Hop...lol.

 

Hugs