Black With 2 February Mood Board Reveal

How gorgeous is our

February Mood Board

 over at

 Black With 2!

 



Aqua and Hot Pink!!

A great sketch
 and the word
 "Dream"

All on a black background.

Just had to use these photo's

 of Darling Granddaughter Emma,

 from her 4th Birthday Party,

last year.

A Little Girl's DREAM Cake!

 

She loves everything Minnie!

 

A very good friend of Daughter's

 made the cake!

The hot pink papers are from

DCWV "Street Lace"

 and the aqua from

Teresa Collins "Memorabilia"

 collection - including the title word

 "Moment".

Martha Stewart

double edge punch

 "Heart Loops Trim"

I have scattered some of the

 wee hearts from the punch

 work at the top and

 bottom of the page.

A Minnie Moment Captured

and into her album

 - Happy!

Now, head on over to

 Black With 2,

and see what my fellow DT girls

 have done with this month's

Mood Board, and then we

 would love for you to

 have a play too!

 

Hoping to see you soon

 

Hugs

 

SOUS Sketch Reveal Day

Welcome everybody.

 

It's Sketch Reveal Day

 over at

 Stuck On U Sketches.

 

The second sketch from

 our former co-leader

Sandi Clarkson.

 

My take on her

 wonderful sketch...

 

Sandi's Sketch...

 



 

This is the first layout

 (of many, I'm sure),

of my recent London trip

with daughter and

Granddaughter.

The papers I have used are

DCWV "Garden Party",

which were the perfect

 palette of colours for the

Buckingham Palace Garden Café,

and the title of the collection

 was so perfect too!

Loving the wee crown

 embedded in the

 pleated ribbon.

 

 In a former life it was

 an earring!

Now, there was far too much

 white space on this sketch.

 I don't do white space

 too well. So I

 made it turquoise...lol.

 

And I did some masking too

 - about as mixed media as

 you're gonna get from me!

 

Not my style I'm afraid.

 But, I can handle this.

 

The masks are

 Tattered Angels Glimmer Screens

 "Fanciful"

 

Which I have spritzed with

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist

 "Bahama Blue"

The flowers have been in

 my possession for years!

 They are from a company

 called

 Crafty Horizons?

The brown pearl flourish

 is from Kaiser,

as are the long

 strips of pearls.

Certainly different.

 

Hope you like it.

 

Now, head over to the

 Stuck On U Sketches Blog

for further inspiration from

 my fellow DT girls.

 

Hope you can find the

 time to join us this time.

 

We love to visit your blogs

 and leave some scrappy love.

 

See you over at SOUS

 

Hugs for now

 

BW2 September Palette

Whoo Hoo

I'm here today with my

 first reveal as a

 Design Team member

 at

Black with 2

 

I am so thrilled to be part of

 this team, and had great fun

 putting my first

 DT project together.

 

However, this month,

 the girls decided to change 

the challenge up a bit,

and instead of just two colours

 along with the black,

 they went with a multitude!

 

So, my first DT project

is not actually BW2,

 it's BW5...lol 

Here is the gorgeous

 September Palette

 

Dominant Black with

Teal

Plum

Green

Purple

Pink

Yellow

Blue

Orange

and an allowance of 5% white.

Using any or all of the colours.

My page is mostly cardstock,

with a wee bit of patterned paper

 from We R Memory Keepers.

 

Bazzill cardstock colours used

Yellow = "Desert Sun"

Green = "Hillary"

Blue = "Pauly Poo"

Pink = "Pink Fairy"

The gorgeous blooms are from

 Prima

 "Petticoat Colours Bon Bon"

The eye catching yellow corner

 flourishes are a die from

 Cheery Lynn

"Victorian Romance Flourish"

The leaves are a

 Heartfelt Creations stamp

 "Distressed Leaves"

The blue c/s has been punched

with Martha Stewart PATP

 "Wild Flower"

The pink flourish flowers

are a die from

Marianne Creatables

 "Tiny Flowers 3"

The title was cut directly from

 the WRMK paper

- love it when you can do that -

 takes the hard work out of

 thinking up a title!! 

Really happy with the

vibrancy of this page

 - quite different from my

 usual style.

 

But, isn't that what a

challenge is all about...

I hope I have inspired you

 to try this unique challenge,

 and with inspiration from

the rest of the team over at the

 Black with 2 Blog

 - you have to give this a try.

 

*****

 

Now, I am also on the card team

 at BW2 and here is my

first card with the

 same September

colour palette.

The black ornate frame is

 Spellbinders

"Adorning Squares"

The topper is a gorgeous

 Le Suh design

 which I have layered up

 a wee bit and added

a wee tiny lilac

 bow to.

 

The celebrate frame is from

 Spellbinders

"5x7 Detailed Scallops"

 and the word Celebrate

 is a stamp from

 Just Rite Stamps.

I am so loving these sunflowers,

 and the

 Kaiser "Ebony" Sparklets

 were just made for the middle

 of these gorgeous flowers,

 which I have highlighted

 with black.

The green background paper

 is from the DCWV stack

 "Garden Party"

A wee bit ribbon from

 my stash and some

 black Kaiser pearls

 to finish. 



Whew, pretty photo heavy,

 but such fun!!

 

Now, head on over to the

 Black With 2 Blog,

 and meet my fellow DT girls

 and be inspired by their

 beautiful work.

 

We also have sponsors for the

 winners of the layout

 and card categories.

 

So, give yourself a new challenge,

 and join us at BW2

 

Hope to see you there

 

Hugs

 

The LAST SOUS Card Sketch Reveal

Oh Dear!!!!

 

This is such a sad post for me today.

 

Yes, the title is correct.

 

This is the very last

 Card Sketch Reveal

 from

 Stuck On U Sketches!!

 

There are so many new and

 wonderful things coming up

 over at SOUS,

 that something had to give,

 and sadly it is the

 Card Team.

 

I have had fun dabbling

 with these little

 creations, and

will miss them.

 

And just when I have found

 the perfect place to take

 their photo's - the view of

 my new front garden,

all nice and green

- something to do with the fact

 that it rains here

 - EVERY day!!!!!!

 

And, my gorgeous little cherub

 will now be redundant....

 

So sad....

 

However, I am remaining on the

 Layout Sketch Team.

 

We are losing some of

our Design Team, and I

 wish them well, it has been

 a pleasure designing with them.

 

But, there are some new

 girls joining the team,

and their introductions and

further details of the new

 adventures will be appearing

 on the SOUS Blog

 pretty soon.

 

So stay tuned for all the details....

 

In the meantime,

here is my final card

 using the final card sketch

 at

Stuck On U Sketches

 (so sad....)

 



Leah's sketch...

I have opted for a sympathy card,

in view of the circumstances,

and felt the sentiment

was perfect...

The paper is from the

DCWV

 "Immortal Love"

matstack.

The sentiment is from

 Just Rite stamps

Spellbinders

 "Lattice Motifs"

 and

 "Classic Ovals"

The pretty little blooms and leaves

 are from Petaloo

 "Mini Roses Clusters - All White"

So, now you must head

 over to

Stuck On U Sketches

 and see the final card

 creations from the

 rest of the

 Card Sketch Team.....

 

And you simply must

 take part in this

 final card sketch

 challenge.

 

See you over at SOUS

 

Hugs

 

Fab @ 40

Hello again friends....

Now that I have settled into being fifty I thought I would pull out the photo's from my 40th (was that really ten years ago??)

I had completely forgotten about that pink dress (wouldn't fit into it now....Lol) and remembered these beautiful papers from the DCWV Street Lace Stack and decided to do a layout.....


I chose a sketch from Sketch Savvy - #69 from November 2011....




The alpha's are American Crafts Thickers "Tinsel"


The rhinestone numbers are from PortaCraft....

Martha Stewart Punch "Cherish"....

Nestabilities "Classic Scallop Rectangles


Bazzill cardstock....

Striped ribbon and pink roses from my stash.....




Will scrap some photo's from my fiftieth soon......

Hugs