Stampamemory Challenge - January 2011

Happy New Year to everyone, I love New Year ... a time for reflection, new beginnings and dare I say it resolutions - certainly a great time for some reflective scrapbooking, but you will have to wait for another day to see what I have been up to.

Stampamemory's challenge for January 2011 is to produce a page using this sketch. I love using sketches because no matter how you interpret it - it always works.

I really struggled with the title of this layout - I wanted to write Veggie Patch but it wouldn't fit ... so Veg it is!  I chose photos that would remind us just how fast things can grow in your garden and the end result - our veggie patch is providing us with endless hours of entertainment (well Paul and I, the kids don't quite get their mother when she runs around pointing out baby cucumbers or spends hours on the net researching solutions for whitefly LOL).

This little embellishment was made using the Every Moment set, watercolour paper and a blender pen - regular viewers of my blog will remember this technique for a birthday card - very easy to do - the hardest part is the cutting out!

The colours are Wild Wasabi, So Saffron, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso and Poppy Parade.  The little strawberry is from the Tart and Tangy set - I've used Crystal Effects to give it a glossy finish.  I've also edged the designer series papers from the Subtles pack using some Linen Thread - which I simply stapled into place.

The Poppy Parade patterned paper is from the paper stack that is available as a Hostess Level One benefit when you hold a workshop - it matched perfectly with the first tomatoes of the season.  I also used the Spritzer and and Early Espresso pen to speckle the paper - I was thinking it should be a bit grubby as I always end up covered in soil when I am gardening LOL

So now its your turn to have a go - you can enter your pages at Stampamemory - the challege is open for three weeks and we would love to see your creations.

Nikki

x

NOTE:  Two posts in one day from me today ... two birthday cards coming later today :)

Lollipop Covers

From the very first time I saw the Tart and Tangy set I knew it would end up in my stamp collection!  I think it is a great set - the images are perfect.

I've used the Marker pens to colour in the images and then just punch out the image with the 1 1/4" circle punch.  Layering the images onto and 1 3/8" circle and the lovely scallop circle punch makes these little lollipop covers so quick and easy.

These were my make and takes at the recent Paperific show - and little kids and big kids loved them!  I think they are a great way to celebrate a little ones birthday or how about replacing the fruit with a snowflake from  Snow Swirled to create a little festive treat.

Quick and easy, a great gift at a party or for a whole class of kids ... and the kids can help make them too.  If you would like  the template just give me a shout - or come back in a day or two and I'll have one uploaded for you to copy.