Happy Scrappers May Challenge - anything goes

Well it's the first Saturday of the month so it's time to say welcome to the first of our monthly challenge here at Happy Scrappers. I'm delighted to have been chosen for the design team and I hope you enjoy my layouts.

Our theme this time is Anything Goes so we hope to see lots of layouts from you all.

Here's my inspiration.

This layout was done in Craft Artist Platinum using a kit available from Daisy Trail. I followed a sketch from Stuck on You Sketches. The photo is my eldest who is nearly 22 so I'm only a little behind with my scrapping!!

This is the sketch I followed.

You have a month to enter the challenge and our next one will go live on the 2nd June. Hope you can join us.

Challenges entered:

Stuck on You - sketch

Our Craft Lounge - scrap page

Carol x

Oh Boy

A good morning to you all, hope the weather is being kind to you wherever you are.

Another layout from me today.

Created in My Memories Suite using a discontinued kit called Oh Boy and a Birthday Frame from LLL Creations which was part of my winnings earlier this week. This is my middle son who's almost 20 now - I hope to catch up with my scrapping before Christmas (not sure which Christmas though!).

Challenges entered:

My Memories -  the number five

Celebrate the Occasion - male birthday + circle

Lasting Memories - treasure hunt

Rainbow Lady - memories

Carol x

Aud Sentiments #53 Anything Goes

The current challenge over at Aud Sentiments is Anything goes with any sentiment, plus we have a DT call. We're being sponsored by Wild Rose Studios. The DT were given images to work with and here is my card.

Image has been diecut with a deckled rectangle nestie and matted onto a scalloped rectangle. I've coloured with promarkers and the sentiment is from my stash. Backing papers are from Wild Rose Studio also. Card is finished with pearls, ribbon and bakers twine from my stash.

You still have a week to enter the challenge so what are you waiting for lol!

Challenges entered:

Penny's Paper Crafty - Happy Birthday

Secret Crafter - cute and fluffy

Creative Inspirations - animal antics (C10)

Simon Says Stamp - birthday

Craft us Crazy - fav stamp company (Wild Rose Studio is one of them)

Addicted to Stamps - mother's day or women

OSAAT - here comes summer

Paper Sundaes - ribbon and pearls

LEJ - anything goes

The Pink Elephant - springtime

Carol x

Crafting for all Seasons #26 Handmade Flowers

Time for a new challenge at CFAS and this time the theme is Handmade Flowers,we're  looking forward to seeing all your makes. We're being sponsored by Bugaboo.

I've used a Bugaboo image and sentiment which I've had in my stash for over six months and coloured with promarkers and highlighted with a gelly roll pen. Papers are from Pink Paislee and were a magazine freebie. Border punch is from Martha Stewart. Flowers are made with a Marianne Design die and buttons from Crafty Ribbons. Seam binding is from my stash.

Inside has been decorated with co-ordinating papers.

Do pop over to the challenge blog to see the what my team mates have created, I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

Challenges entered:

CCEE - scallops, flowers and buttons

Crafty Ribbons - yellow, pink and orange

Southern Girls - get your girly on

Victorine Originals - flowers

Lollipop Crafts - anything goes

Crafty Boots - yellow

Love to Create - flowers and buttons

Incy Wincy - mother's day or girlie

Stamp Artic - handmade flowers

Oldie but Goodie - punches and dies (image over 6 mths old)

Deep Ocean - punches and dies

Passion for Promarkers - bright and light

Shopping our Stash - Mother's day or girly

Carol x

Father's Day

Can't believe it's May already, where has the year gone to! Having a busy week trying to straighten the house out and get ahead with some DT stuff as we're hoping to get away this weekend.

I had a lovely surprise this morning when I found I'd won a $30 shopping spree for some LLL Creations kits at My Memories Suite after entering a Facebook challenge. So this afternoon I got to choosing!

Made this one a few days ago as I need a stock ready to sell in June to raise more money for the Mongol Adventurers!

Image is from Kraftyhands, I bought a few of these sheets at the Sincerely Yours show the other week. Backing papers is from We R Memory Keepers and was a magazine freebie. Punch is from Martha Stewart. Card is finished with bakers twine and a sentiment from my stash.

Challenges entered:

Paper Take Weekly - anything goes

Here come the Boys - hobbies

That Craft Place - one for the boys

Crafty Cardmakers - for the boys

Ooh La La Creations - make it manly

Carol x

Whoopsi Daisy - pile on the flowers

Gosh where did those two weeks go! It's time for another challenge at  Whoopsi Daisy  and as we now have two teams it's team A's turn to share their inspiration with you. The theme this week is to pile on the flowers.

I've used an image from sheet #343 and coloured with promarkers and highlighted with stickles and a gelly roll pen before die cutting with a nestie oval and matting onto a fancy scalloped oval. Papers are from Wild Rose Studio and were left over from another DT project. Base mat is made with a Martha Stewart PATP decor fan punch. The flourish is a Marianne Design die and all other die cuts are from my Spellbinders Lattice set. Card is finished with some gingham ribbon, a doiley, flowers and pearls from my stash. Sentiment is from Wild Rose Studio.

All the burgundy card came from my bit box - the large mat is actually two pieces joined together! 

Do pop over to the challenge blog to see the inspiration from the rest of the team and remember if you use a Whoopsi Daisy image you could win 2 image sheets, 1 sheet will be awarded to a winner using any other image.

Challenges entered:

Pixie Crafty Snippets - #18

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - Bingo (pearls, punch and flowers)

Fairy Fun Fridays - anything with flowers

House of Gilli - ribbon and sparkle

Poodles Parlour - anything goes

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Card Makin Mamas - spring photo

Crafts 4 Eternity - spring

Stampin with the Dragon - birthdays

Creative Card Crew - ribbon

Joanna Sheen - flower power

Stamptacular Sunday - spring bling

Corrosive Challenges - Tim Holz (I've used distress ink and stickles)

Hooked on Crafts - flowers

Carol x

Crafting When We Can #17 Sketch and DT call

Grrr to blogger - why is it posting scheduled posts fine one day and not the next!

It's time for a new challenge at CWWC and this time we have a fab sketch for you. We're being sponsored by Tickled Pink and the DT were given images to use. I've used Lilith for my card. I think this is my first attempt at colouring black hair - may need more practise!

• Image - Lilith from Tickled Pink
• Medium - promarkers
• Papers - from Raspberry Road (a magazine freebie)
• Dies from Spellbinders
• Buttons from Crafty Ribbons, Baker's Twine from Joanna Sheen and sentiment from Wild Rose Studio.

Here is the sketch:

Do pop over to the challenge blog to see the creations of my team mates.

Challenges entered:
Get Hippity with Ippity - rain/showers
Digi Makeover - birthday
Love to Create - anything goes
The Crazy Challenge - girly
Celebrate the Occasion - happy birthday + ribbon
Ladybug Crafts Ink - birthday
Passion for Promarkers - cut it out
Ribbon Carousel - anything goes
Art Impressions - rain or shine
Totally Papercrafts - vivid colours

Carol x

Floral Wheelbarrow

Good morning all, hope you enjoy a crafty weekend. No decorators here this weekend but we still have to finish sorting out the en-suite so everything is ready for the Monday morning when the new blinds are being fitted. Hopefully by Monday night I'll be sleeping in my own bed!

I made this the other day along with some DT stuff.

Decoupage image is from a C&C kit and is mounted to a scalloped square nestie. Backing paper is from Wild Rose Studio Bella stack. Lace and jewellers twine from my stash, button from Crafty Ribbons.

Side shot showing the dimension on the decoupage.

Challenges entered:

Just Some Lines - give the gift of flowers

My Craft Spot - things that go (wheelbarrow)

My Time to Craft - gardening gems

Shopping our Stash - things beginning with B (barrow, blooms, button, bow)

Creative Inspirations - anything goes

Scrapalicious USA - flower power

4 Crafty Chicks - no stamp zone

Moving along with the Times - garden/flowers

Willow Sketchie - things outside

Carol x

Crafty Ann's #64 Stitching

It's time for another challenge at Crafty Ann's and this time we'd like to see stitching - real or faux on your projects.

I've opted to show another layout I've made using a photo of my great grandfather. The blue papers and the steampunk elements came from Ann's Rhapsody in Blue Kit and the frames and labels from the Sweet Sage kit, both kits are available from Crafty Ann's Digi Shop. My LO is 12 x 12 and was made in My Memories Suite. The main BP and newsprint BP are from a kit called Vintage Chic. I've used sketch #38 at Frosted Designs as inspiration for the layout.

Do pop over to the challenge blog to see Ann and the teams creations, you won't be disappointed.

Challenges entered:

Scrapfit - good ole boys

The Studio Challenges - layout using a song title (Grandad)

Top Tip Tuesday - anything but a card

Polka Doodle - shabby chic/vintage

Glitter Geeks - stitches

Our Craft Lounge - vintage

Carol x

Good News

As many of you know my resolution this year was to start scrap booking with a vengeance and get my photos sorted out. Well I'm doing okay so far and have been thoroughly enjoying it. I recently saw a Design Team call for a new challenge called Happy Scrappers and decided to apply and I'm so chuffed to have been chosen for the team.

The challenge will be monthly and go live the first Saturday each month. This is a UK based challenge and just for fun but I hope those of you who dabble in scrap booking will pop over and support us.

On a different note I showed Lora her scrap page last night and she wondered how anyone could get covered in that much chocolate from one Nutella jar lol

Carol x

Template Thursday

This weeks free template from My Memories Suite,  click on the image to be taken to the download page. The templates will work in any programme so you don't need to have MMS to be able to use them.

To receive $10 off the price of My Memories Suite V3 software copy and paste this code STMMMS57827 at checkout. You'll also receive a $10 gift certificate for the online store.

I hope you enjoy your download and would love to see how you use it. Feel free to link in a comment so I can pop over and have a look.

Carol x

Aud Sentiments #53 - Anything Goes

Our next challenge over at Aud Sentiments is Anything Goes with any sentiment, plus we have a DT call - see details on the challenge blog. We're being sponsored by Wild Rose Studios.

As I'm on Team B my card won't be revealed until next Thursday, do however in the meantime pop over to see this weeks inspiration from the DT - you won't be disappointed.

Carol x

Patriotic

A very quick post from me tonight. Finally got to grips with Craft Artist again and did this layout to commemorate the Centenary of Scouting in 2007. The photos are of my Cubs and Beavers before and after our Sunrise Ceremony on the 1st of August which was held in our local park.

The kit was a freebie from Daisy Trails.

Challenges entered:

Rainbow Lady - patriotic

Carol x

Nutella Girl

This is my second post today, scroll down one to see my DT post for CCWS,

I came across this photo of Lora the other night when browsing through the albums and when I saw a Chocolate themed challenge I knew I had to scrap it!

The layout was made in My Memories Suite using a freebie kit from DSE called "Chocolate".

This is the sketch I followed:

Challenges entered:

Frosted Designs - Tuesday sketch #39

Bird is the Word - Look/See

Emma's Crafty Challenge - chocolate

Carol x

Christmas Challenges (with sketches) #25

 It's time for our next challenge over at CCWS and we hope you're playing along with us this year and stocking up on those Christmas cards and projects. Wilma has designed the sketch this time and we are being sponsored by Elphine House.
We also have a DT call this time so if you like Christmas and using sketches pop over to the challenge blog to read all about it.

Image is from Pink Cat Studios, coloured with promarkers, fussy cut and mounted to a Spellbinders circle die with glue gel. The papers are from Wild Rose Studio. Icicle die from Marianne Design. Card is finished with some snowflakes, ribbon, doiley, a sentiment and glamour dust.

You will have to pop over to the challenge blog to see the sketch for yourself, remember to check out the inspiration of the other DT members whilst you're there. 

Challenges entered:

Stamptacular Sunday - loaded with layers

Christmas Card Challenges - recipe (don't have all the ingredients this time)

Pile it on - sparkle and shine

OSAAT - anything goes

Paper Sundaes - let's get cute (C10)

Moving along with the Times - Christmas card

Paper Play - animal antics

CHNC - lots of layers

Di's Digi Designs - animal friends

52 Card Throwdown - snowflakes

Carol x

Now we are three

A quick post tonight, I made this layout last week and forgot to blog it!

Made in My Memories Suite using a kit from Dancing Princess Designs called "Serenity Garden". The pictures were taken in hospital when Lora was a day or two old.

Challenges entered:

My Memories - use quote

Lollipop Crafts - baby baby

Carol x

Mother's Day

Firstly a big Hello to my new followers, thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the time you spend here.

We've had a gorgeous afternoon here today and I've had to spend it sorting out our bedroom ready to have the carpet laid  tomorrow! I've now got two large bin bags full of stuff for the charity shop and several dozen empty hangers in the wardrobe........I was completely ruthless!!

I made this card a few weeks ago and didn't get around to blogging it.

Decoupaged image is from a C&C kit, lattice die is from Cheery Lyn, sentiment is computer generated and cut with a Spellbinders die and matted onto a scalloped circle die. Ribbon and pearls are from my stash.

Challenges entered:

Fussy and Fancy - punches and dies

Lily Pad - flowers

Squigglefly - Mother's Day

Paper Creations Ink - April Showers bring May flowers

Paper and Such - Mother's Day

Cheery Lynn - for Mom

Carol x

Let it Snow

Good morning from a dull but dry Scotland. We were out most of the day yesterday visiting the Sunday market before carrying on to support the intrepid travellers in their marathon bid by skateboard. All three completed the 26 miles the first two in three hours and the third in three and a half. Gary did have a helping hand for one lap though:

Freya had a great time although I think this lap was more one step forward then two back as she went off on a tangent sniffing everything!

Managed to do a quick layout last night.

Using My Memories Suite and a kit from LLL Creations called Snowy Day. I think this was the first real snow the boys had ever seen. I must make a matching page with the other photos, especially the one where they're pushing Grandad on the sledge!

Challenges entered:

Sketches in Thyme - #75 scrapmat

Carol x

Christmas Card Club - anything but a card

A good morning to you all. I spent a nice afternoon at the Sincerely Yours craft show at Edinburgh yesterday. Managed to buy a few bits and bobs as you do - some topper sheets from Krafty Hands, a few stamps, some Beatrix Potter decoupage sheets, pearls, a magazine and Coredinations cardstock (that I can remember lol).

We'll no doubt be off to the racetrack this afternoon to watch eldest and his friends do their skate-a-thon, the Sunday market is right next door so we may have to pop in for some fresh made donuts!

Can't believe another fortnight has passed and it's time for another Christmas Club creation. This time the lovely Clare has challenged us to make anything but a card. I've upcycled a white paper bag.

The backing papers are all from my bit box and have been matted onto gold mirri card. Image is from Whoopsi Daisy and was lying ready printed so I coloured with promarkers then die cut with a nestie before matting onto gold mirri card. I've used an edgeabilities die for the scalloped edges. Red lace and tinsel are from Costco. Sentiment and bakers twine from my stash. Snowflakes are punch waste. Card is finished with some glamour dust, stickles, highlighting with a gelly roll pen and a Christmas tree phone charm which came out of a cracker last year.

Do pop over and see what the other girls have made, you'll find their names on my sidebar.

Challenges entered:

Craft your Days Away - metal

Secret Crafter - film title (The Snowman)

ABC Christmas Challenge - H is for hardware plus a DT call

For Fun Challenges - no cards

DYSU - stripes

Shelly's Images - anything goes

Jingle Belles - peace on earth

Stampin for the Weekend - sparkle and shine

Pixie Crafty Snippets #17

Carol x

Happy Birthday Daughter

Good morning all,is it Friday 13th again...........blogger decided to upgrade me overnight and I'm not in the mood to tackle this new layout this morning!!

It's rather dreich here at the moment. I hope it fairs up over the weekend as eldest and his friends are doing a 26 mile sponsored skate-a-thon on Sunday to raise money for his Mongolian trip and hopefully I'm off to a craft show at Edinburgh tomorrow too.

Today's share is the card I made Lora for her birthday in December and forgot to post.

As she isn't a girly girl she's quite difficult to make for, however she does like dragons so this pre-coloured digi from The Paper Shelter was perfect. I printed the image several times and decoupaged it up before matting onto a nestie scalloped oval. The papers are from a very old HOTP stack which I bought from QVC many moons ago. Card is finished with some Bakers Twine, gems and a button which I recycled from one of Lora's socks.

Challenges entered:

Crafty Catz - stripes or checks

Totally Papercraft - all buttoned up

Joanna Sheen - someone special

Cuties Pies - circles

Kaboodle Doodles - recipe

Creative Mondays - yellow

Ribbon Carousel - bright colours

Top Tip Tuesday - spotty dotty

My Mum's Craft Shop - favourite song/movie (Puff the Magic Dragon)

Paper Pretties - card for girls

Tuesday Throwdown - recycling

Paper Shelter - wings and things

The Crazy Challenge - inspired by a movie (Dragonheart)

Crafter's Companion - four legged friends

Carol x