A Beautiful Mess and Sweet Addiction

Thursday, 30 May 2013

It is cold and rainy out...well I think it is cold...I haven't actually left the house yet. And yes still in pj's. My my, but why not when it is just me and the dog and a big pile of paperwork. Yes I got all the to-do's done on my list that I can't concentrate on when the kids are home. They are in school and daycare today so after my 'work' was done it was time to play. With Scrapbook Steals Peridot #5 and Scrapbookin' Adventures Challenge #11 combined, I created a layout about my boys and their cousin.

Scrapbook Steals Peridot #5

Scrapbookin' Adventures Colour Challenge

My layout

Tuesday, 28 May 2013

Monday Craft Madness

Monday Craft Madness at Scrapbook Steals has a different challenge each Monday. The Challenges this month have been babies, dimension, layering, out of the box, and free crafting time. Here are my entries:

MCM #23 Babies
a cute one I finished up last night about Reece

I used Scrapbook challenges sketch

MCM #24 Dimension

I used foam Thickers, 3 D foam adhesive, crocheted hearts and feathers as my dimension.

MCM #25 Layering

I created this layout with the help of Lynn Ghahary's great video walk through of using the 24/7 collection by Simple Stories. lots of layers!

MCM #26 Out of the box

well I mainly scrapbook layouts with the odd card thrown in so this challenge was definetly out of my box. A recent project of mine was a weekly menu board using Thickers and pattern paper. I then use a white board marker to write out my menu for the week. I left off embellishments partly due to the fact it is in a high traffic area (on the way to the playroom) and would probably get bashed a few times and also because I feel sometimes less is more.

MCM #27 Free Crafting Time

well I have lots of that now since I am off work recovering from foot surgery. So here is a favourite layout of mine I did recently. I know I showcased it when I first started the blog 2 weeks ago but I love it and it was one I created myself at open crop at my LSS. It is of my cousin when she was a little girl (she's 17? now) and we were hiking outside of Canmore, Alberta with her parents.