Las Vegas

Here's my entry for this month's White with 1 challenge - White + Brown + Doodling.

I rifled through my considerable stash and pulled out some brown papers. I also found these small Collections paper squares, washi tape and the fibres. For the doodling, I wrote Las Vegas and LV up the side in brown pen, as well as drawing a couple of little stars and a heart with silver pen.

I had the photos, from our trip to the US and Canada last July, printed some time ago so they were sitting around waiting to be scrapped. While I think the colours in the photos go well with the white and brown I'm not overly happy with the result. Something is missing, but I'm not sure how to fix it. I can't even think of any journalling (which is amazing, because almost without fail I write at least one sentence, but usually more)! Anyway, I don't have any ideas so I'm leaving it there. Do you have any ideas for how to improve this (without starting again from scratch!!)?

On a more positive note - I just went to get the link to WW1 and found that I was one of the winners from last month with this layout! How exciting! Thanks so much. Now .... how to spend my voucher??? 

Till next time, happy days.

Francine

Top three!

What a lovely surprise I received today when I checked the Frosted Designs challenge site and found that I made top three for my I Love You! layout. I was so pleased with the final layout and it's heart warming to know that others thought it was worthy of a top three mention. Thanks ladies for picking me!


Francine

Always in our Heart

Oh my goodness, where did September go?! While I completed a few things I haven't posted anything, but I really wanted to show you this one!

This layout is one that I made with the August Wrapped in Paper monthly challenge kit. There was little in the way of paper in it, only one full sheet of  patterned paper (I can't remember the maker now), a half A4 sheet of gold and black striped paper and a half 12"x12" piece of Teresa Collins lace look paper. For the rest there were two flowers, a chipboard heart, two pieces of lace and a length of ribbon. The paper had a large carnival scene on one side so I used the reverse which was a deep maroon colour, although it is showing as more purple/red in this photo :(


I was inspired to make this layout by this one by Celeste Vermeend that I saw on the Scrap the Boys challenge site. I absolutely loved all the layering of papers and bits and pieces and just had to scraplift it. So thank you Celeste for the inspiration!


I ended up raiding my stash to find things to use. I found several papers and die cuts with gold to match the gold/black striped paper. I also embossed some black cardstock and then rubbed gold ink across it. I still had a few printed chipboard embellishments from an old TLC kit, and a frame that I picked up somewhere in my travels. I diecut some daisies from the papers as well as the large butterfly and doily. I stamped the "En Francais" (SU) background stamp on a label diecut and found a small printed vellum butterfly as well as a small metal key. I also added some buttons and scraps of a floral patterned paper and some gold corner stickers. The stark black and white Teresa Collins lace paper didn't go with the rest of the layout, so I used some fired brick distress ink to colour it. 

butterfly die cut from Marianne Creatables

The photograph is of my grandmother a few years before she died. The colours in the photo were all wrong with the papers so I turned it into a sepia tone picture (after much ado - but that's another story!). 


All in all I love the way this turned out, and the visitors to Wrapped in Paper obviously thought so too since I found out today that I won the September monthly challenge! Yippee!

Padlock and key - spellbinders die cut

I'll leave you with some more close-ups.

Till next time, happy days!
Francine

Another top 3 pick!

Yay, I was chosen as a top three pick for the last Southern Girls (sketch) challenge with my Our Team layout. I'm feeling proud!

I Made Top 5!!!

I entered this layout I made for my online friend's grandson in the recent Southern Girls glitter challenge, and I was a top 5 pick! I think that's not bad from 86 great entries. Now I just need to remember how to add the badge!