BW2 September Mood Board

Totally gorgeous colour palette

 this month from

 Black With 2.

 

Certainly a Mood Board

 to go out with

 a bang on!

 

Yes, this is my last

 Design Team

 project for

BW2!




Eve is the wonderful owner/designer

 of Black With 2, and it

 has been a pleasure to design

 for her using the

Monthly Mood Boards,

 and certainly a challenge!

 

I can't believe that has

 been a year!

 

My first BW2 layout was

 in September 2013.

 

Time sure flies past.

 

So with that,

 here is my final layout

 for

 Black With 2.




Sadly, on translation to Blogger,

 the shocking pink I

 have used looks

 red!!




The background stencil is from

 Crafters Workshop

 "Mini Snakeskin".




Scraps of paper from

 Sassafrass Lass

 (really old!).




The Prima flowers were not

 quite the right colour,

so I painted them!

 Hee hee.

With bright pink

 acrylic paint.




Yellow leafy swirls cut from

 Heartfelt Creations

 "Belle Rose",

then run through

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

 "Herringbone".




Certainly one of the brightest

 layouts I've made!




So, it's goodbye to

 Black With 2

 from me.

 

Have enjoyed the journey Eve.

 

Hugs

 

August Mood Board Reveal at Black With 2

Welcome friends.

 

It's the 1st of the month.

 

That means a new

 Mood Board Reveal

 at

Black With 2.

 

Such a stunning palette this month,

 and beautiful against the

 required black background.

 

Ice Blue & Grey.

 

The word prompt is

 now optional.

 

Here is this month's

Mood Board.

 

You just have to play along

with this one!

Here is my interpretation.

A too cute photo of me

when I was 2!

 

Flowers from Prima.

 

Grey sparklets from Kaiser.

 

Ribbon from stash.

I have tried some stencil work

 with this one. Totally

 out of my

 comfort zone!

 

The stencil is from a company

called Dutch Doobadoo

 "Burlap".

 

Some blue acrylic paint,

covered the whole stencil,

and voila!

 

I like it.

The frame around the photo

 is from Spellbinders

 "Mystical Embrace"

die cut from black

 American Crafts

 cardstock.

The grey trellis pieces are

 Heartfelt Creations

 "Ornamental Add On"

die.

A reasonable attempt at

mixed media....Lol!

 

Nah! Just not my style.

 

But, I do like it.

 

Now there's a contradiction.....

 

It will run its course this craze.

 Everything does!



OK. Now head on over to the

 Black With 2 Blog,

 and see what my fellow DT

 have done with this gorgeous

Mood Board.

 

Now, most of my team mates

 fully embrace this craze for

Mixed Media.

And, boy, do they rock

 the boat with it!

 

Well, half of the team anyway.

 

Eve has decided to post half

our layouts today and the

other half of the team

 will have their layouts

 posted on the

15th of the month.

 

So you will just have to wait

 for the full amazing reveal.

 

Remember we have fantastic

 sponsors every month.

This month we have three.

So lots of prizes up for grabs.

 You just have to take part.

Good luck!

 

See you soon.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

 

Hugs



 

April Mood Board Reveal at Black With 2!

 

Happy April Fool's Day

 everyone!

 

Reveal Day

 at

 Black With 2.

 

What a luscious Mood Board

 we have for you to play

 with this month.

 

 

A great sketch.

The word "inspiration"

The colours - Mulberry & Lime

All on a black background.

 

My interpretation.....

A stunning photo I took in

my front garden last

August.

 

A Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly

 on a stunning

 Buddleia Bush

 - true inspiration for my layout!

 

I hand cut all the little flowers

 after stamping them with a

 Heartfelt Creations stamp

 "Posy Patch Flowers"

 

The butterfly and verse are

 from an

 Inque Boutique stamp set

 "Flutter By, Butterfly" - perfect!

 

The frame around the photo is from

Spellbinders

"Branching Out".

Their centres are

 KindyGlitz

"Crystalina".

The wide lime organza ribbon

 has been in my stash forever.

 

 Never thought I would actually

use it! But everything has

 its time - if you wait

 long enough!

 

A Kaiser Sparklet

 "Princess"

 to the centre of the bow.

The papers are from Fancy Pants "Crush" (2007)

and Daisy D's "Maybe Baby" ( 2008).

 

Everything has its time....lol!

Lace from stash.

Quite delighted with this layout.

 I usually only scrap family

 photo's. Everything just came

 together with this one.

 

Happy scrapper!

 

Now, head on over to the

 Black With 2 Blog

 and see what my fellow DT

girls have done with

this stunning

Mood Board.

 

Remember, there are prizes

 every month for the winners

 of our monthly challenge.

 

See you over there.

 

Hugs

 

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

 

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