Crowded. Not

This is a beach outside Civitavecchia, Italy, on a sunny Saturday mid September. Not very crowded *lol* It might have to do with the fact that it was rather windy, and quite early in the day.

Patterned papers: Bo Bunny. Enamel dots: MME. Umbrella brads: Eyelet Outlet. Cutouts & alpha: AC. Washi: unknown

We were on a cruise and the ship had a stop in the said town/harbour. We didn't want to spend the day on the bus to and back from Rome - we can go there anytime, it's just a few hours flight from where I live - so we decided to go to a beach instead.

Close ups:

Overlays are so fun to work with but so hard to photo without getting reflections. Grrr

The cutest ubrella brads ever?

The design is inspired by this fun sketch at My Creative Sketches:

All materials are from the September Creative Kit from My Creative Scrapbook, except the umbrella brads, alpha, washi and enamel dots - a perfect match for my photo and thme.



Thank you for stopping by - have a lovely week!

Milk Shake Lovers United

Usually my kids don't care about which photos I scrap - they usually look at photos on the computer - but DS11 begged if I pleeeeaseee could scrap these photos of him and his friends drinking milk shake on a taverna on night in Crete, Greece.

Of course I could.

Patterned papers, stickers & green alpha: Bo Bunny. Flair: Ormolou. Rosette: Pebbles. Black Alpha: AC

Journaling says: " S and mum often took a trip to the local taverna for a milk shake. One night we brough his new found friends R & S, too"

The photos had horrible colors, so I turned them into b/w - actually it ephasize that the photos was taken while dark. I just loved how the papers from the paper collection played with the theme, and how it turned out.

Close ups/details:

Fun, colorful stickers

The rosette says "Happy birthday", but I don't think anyone will notice :-)

The design on this layout is taken from the Bo Bunny October Sketch Challenge:

I stayed pretty close to the sketch, but replaced the photos with ones in other sizes, as well as I did with the large center backround paper. My hand cut lantern top, forced me to move the title to the left, but the main design from the layout should still be obvious.

Do you "stretch" sketches as I tend to do, too?

Older Siblings....

I was browsing around to get my mojo a kick behind - I often start with a sketch, a color combo or a prompt challenge - and a photo (shown further down) at Alt Om Scrap reminded me that I had a picture of my two boys eating Oreo cake laying on my desk.

Papers: Basic Grey. Stickers: Basic Grey/Freckled Fawn. Alpha: AC: Cake buttons: unknown

I wanted to tell another story than just about them eating cake on a ship in July, so I decided to tell tthe truth about older siblings - hence the title and journaling:

Older Siblings

The only people who will pick on you for their own entertainment 

and beat up anyone else who tries.

The photo which inspired me to scrap this photo (and add cake buttons):

Details from the layout:

Layers, penwork. Strawberry button (note the berry on the kid's cake)

Ballon stickers in the right upper part to balance the design

Banner, cake button & pen work.

What do you say - do you agree with the saying about older siblings?

Towel Elephant (The Studio Challenges Mixed Media challenge)

Isn't this dude the cutest?
We were out for dinner, and when we came back to our stateroom on the cruise ship (yepp, cruising in September) he just was there :-)

I made this layout as an example for the latest challenge at The Studio Challenges:

Mixed Media - create a mixed media inspired layout, time to get messy!

For those of you that may need a little help, here's the definition of Mixed media:

A technique involving the use of two or more artistic media, such as ink and pastel or painting and collage, that are combined in a single composition.

Details/close up photos:

Gesso, masking and stamping

Pucinella, torn edges, wire, masking & stamping. 

More details

I admit I don't do much mixed media, mostly because I don't have the patiente for stuff to dry, but I always love the finished item :-)

3*3 Flower cards galore

I use lots of 3*3 cards - they are so handy for writing short greetings or messages - and a neat way to use up scraps and one of a kind embellies.

I was completely out of cards, and decided to use flowers on my next batch - very much inspired by the Floral Card challenge at Sketch-N-Scrap.


Here they are, all of them:

A closer look at each card

Flower made of sequins and pearls. Stickers I finally got to use, a piece of trim and a butterfly

A dark red flower just to add som color

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Theme: hearts. The background is an overlay.  

The same overlay background. Left over stickers.

This owl got hereslf a bow :-)

I feels great to use left overs!

Bows add so much structure.

All you need to make a cars is a piece of scrap paper, a doilie, one flower and a few chipboards

Thank you for stopping by - you know it makes a lot to me?

Do you make small sized cards, too?

Life is great (@Jameson)

We have travelled a lot this year, so many of my layouts these days are about places we have visited.
I still collect tickets, maps and other ephermas from our trips, and I include a few of them in some of my layouts - very "old school" scrapping, but it reminds me of why I scrap: to preserve the memories (Side note: I admit I love buying new scrap stuff, too).

In the layout below, the bottom "patterned paper" is a certificate from the Jameson Destillery in Dublin, Irland, a certificate which proves I'm a "Qualified Whiskey Taster". Like I need a certificate to prove it *lol*

Top paper & journaling page: unknown. Epoxy stickers, cork stickers, vellum stickers, washi & brads: Freckled Fawn.
 Bling: Prima

The design comes from this fun sketch at Sketch-N-Scrap ("Inspired by" Sketch #10)

Details:

Do you include non-scrappy items in your layouts, or have you ever done it?

The restoration project

A month ago huby finally found his dream boat: a classic  - a 13 foot Selco Select - 1970 model.
The body is in quite good shape, but the seats: oh boy!

I know where to find my hubby this winter: in the garage (no room for his car for a while), making this baby pretty before the summer season.

Background paper & buttons: unknown. Journaling cards: Becky Higgins PL. Stickers & alpha: Authentic. Anchor & wheel dies: LaLaLand

I found the design in Sketch-N-Scrap's Sketch #66:

Some close up photos:

Do you - our your better half - have any restoration projects going on?