Ellis Island - SOUS DT

 

Welcome dear scrappy friends.

 

My turn over at the

 Stuck On U Sketches Blog

 to reveal my take on

 Leah's newest sketch.

 

Ellis Island, New York Harbor.

 

Another favourite photo from

 my recent US trip.

 

Leah's fabulous sketch.

I decided to go with one large

photo instead of the three on

 the sketch. Though I did try

 cutting the photo into three sections,

 but it just didn't work with

 this photo. I wanted to

 keep it intact.

Lots of random stamping on the

 background paper, which is from

 the "Base Coat" collection

 from Kaiser.

Hinges from Tim Holtz

"Hardware Findings" die.

Embellishments from Kaiser

 "75 cents" collection.

Flowers from Petaloo.

I hope you will have time to join

us with this newest sketch over at

Stuck On U Sketches.

 

And, don't forget to visit the

 SOUS Blog daily for tons

 of inspiration from my

 SOUS Sisters.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

 

Be back soon

 

Hugs

 

SOUS Sketch Reveal

Welcome friends to this week's

 Sketch Reveal

 at

 Stuck On U Sketches!

 

A very different style for me

using the latest sketch

 from our own

 Nanne!

 

Nanne's Sketch

The papers I have used are from

 Prima

 "Lyric"

collection.

Petaloo flowers

 "Dahlias".

Indigo Blu Stamp

"Honeycomb Background".

Lace trim from stash

 and tape measure tape

 from Typo

 (in Melbourne, AUS).

Photo was taken at the

 Grosvenor Hotel in London

 last September,

 where we had High Tea

 before going to see

 Thriller at the Lyric Theatre.

Happy with the page,

 though I'm not sure about

 all that white space....

Remember, that if you participate in

ANY of the challenges

over at the

 Stuck On U Sketches Blog,

 during the month of February,

you are in with a chance

to win this awesome

 prize from

 Scraps of Darkness,

who have the most gorgeous kits.

So, hoping to see you participate

 in this challenge, and we will

 come and give you

some scrappy love.

 

Until then

 

Hugs

 

Black With 2 October Palette

Hello dear friends.

 

I'm here today with the

 October Challenge

 from

 Black With 2.

 

And, how gorgeous is this months palette -

 

Black

with

 Sunset Pink 

&

 Shimmering Gold.... 

Starting with my card this month.

 

I am so in love with this

 elegant image, but sadly

the beautiful gold hilights

 just don't show up

in a photograph...

 



The Palette...

 



The papers and image I have

used for the card are

 from Kanban.

A beautiful black silk flower

from my stash with a centre jewel

rescued from a different flower,

 it just goes so perfectly with

 the image and

 the colour palette.

The butterfly is a

 Cheery Lynn die

 "Exotic Butterfly Mini"

 cut from gold

 Mirri Board.

 

And, of course,

 black cardstock.

 From American Crafts.

*** *** *** ***

My layout this month

was just screaming

 girlie, with

 these colours.

 

And these photo's of

 eldest Granddaughter were

 a perfect choice.

The striped paper and

 glitter paper are from the

 "Posh" Collection

by

 Teresa Collins.

 

The dotty paper is

 Papermania "Confetti".

The border punch is by

 Martha Stewart

 "Daisy Fan"

Deep Edge Punch.

The flowers are a mix of

 Prima and Petaloo.

 

The gorgeous rhinestone flourish

 is from

 Creative Expressions.

The large leaf embellishment

 is the

 "Ivy"
 die from

Creative Expressions,

and the small leaves,

tucked behind the flowers,

 is a die from

Marianne Creatables

 "Leaves 255".

The monochrome frame,

top right,

 is another Marianne Creatables

 die "Eline Frame 219"

 with two layered butterflies

 from Cheery Lynn

 "Exotic Butterfly Mini".

The gold ribbon is from

 my stash, the large

rhinestones are Kaiser,

 and the black cardstock

 is American Crafts.



Totally loving this layout,

 and Rebekah loves

 it too!

 

Now, I know you are just

 dying to play with this

 month's palette too,

 the colours are just

 too gorgeous to

 pass by.

 

So, head straight over to

 Black With 2

 and see what my fellow

 DT girls have done

 with these colours -

 pure inspiration!

 

Then have a play yourself,

 either a card or a layout

or both.

 

Just remember to start

 with a black background

when you play.

 

Enjoy.

 

See you at BW2

 

Hugs

 

SOUS Sketch Reveal

Morning everyone!

 

Time for our new sketch reveal over at

Stuck On U Sketches.

 

And what a great sketch this was to

work with too! 

 

My interpretation...

The Sketch - designed by

our own Leah!

Had great fun tearing all these circles,

 and then trying to get all the

 bits back in the right place.

 

 It was like a jigsaw puzzle.

And would any of the bits stay

 put while I was trying to put it

back together, prior to sticking down!!

 

You get the picture...lol

The great photos were taken

when Hubby and I took two

 of our Granddaughters out for

a day to our local

 Country Park at Kelburn.

 

We couldn't have asked for a better day.

The sun shone brilliantly.

A rare occurrence here in Scotland!

Our Granddaughters call hubby "Grumpy"

These gorgeous blooms are from

 Petaloo

 "Darjeeling Zinnia Mix"

 

The little white flowers are also

 Petaloo

 "Mini Rose Clusters"

 

The leaves are from

Green Tara.



More older papers

- Basic Grey "Archaic" -

 they certainly are

 archaic...lol

 

The bling circlet is also

Basic Grey

 Designer Rhinestones.

The beautiful Fern stamp is from

 Hot Off The Press.

 

The pink bloom is from Prima

 "Painterly Petals Cavalier"

The tree die cut, in photo above,

has been in my stash since the

 first week I started scrapbooking

 I'm sure, way back in 2005,

glad to finally get it onto a page.

It's from EK Success.

The wee butterfly stamp is Prima.

 

The stitched brads are Basic Grey.

Whew! Did I miss anything!

 

Certainly had fun with this layout,

and managed to make another

 wee dent in my hoard!!

Really happy with this page.

 

Hope you can find time to

 play along with this one.

 

Head over to the

Stuck On U Sketches Blog

 for further amazing inspiration

 from my fellow DT girls.

 

See you over there

 

Hugs