Tissue Paper Backgrounds...

I've been experiementing... I thought I might have been onto something really cool, unique and one of a kind.... until I was told that it's already been done **doh** LOL Anyways it's tissue papered backgrounds!

Kahi received a present wrapped in tissue paper and it fell over a dark fabric and the effect was really nice - I thought then "why not use it for scrapping?" So I had a play and LOVED the effect!!!

I've done 2 LO's recently using tissue papered backgrounds... I LOVE how they're turned out!! They're for recent challenges on LSBS and SBT50 . Hope you like too :)

LSBS - Seasoned Scrapper - Spring Week 3


Presented by: Kerryn

challenge requirements:
Include handmade 'springs' into your LO

Aaliyah

My springs are nestled into my flower clusters. They are little tendrils that Tracy from My2Angels taught us how to make whilst at Scraphappy Kat's retreat this year :) Super easy to do once you now how ;)

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SBT50 - We Dare You!!

challenge requirements:
1. Embellishment cluster - Linda
2. String / twine - Treens
3. Flocking - jjw
4. Colour combo of cherry red, teal & chocolate brown - Joy

Single Blue Flower

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SBT50 Monthly Challenge September 2010

Yay!! I made the deadline - just ;) I don't know why but a few of the challenges really threw me, so I sat here procrastinating the month away!!! But then at the last minute with the deadline looming it all clicked (thankfully) oh and this was all on the LAST day of the month!! Yes I churned out 3 LO's in one evening!!! how I did it and have respectable work (well one I'm not happy with but that's always me anyway haha) I have nooooo idea!!! Let's just say that this month they will all be done early as it's a HUGE month for us (4 birthdays, 2 being my kids, Christmas pudding and cake baking, Christmas panic setting in and school holidays to start the month of with!!) So without further ado - here are my monthly challenges for SBT50 for the month of September!!!

Challenge #1 - Sue's Scraplift Challenge

Well.. not only was I guest DT for the CC, but the gorgeous Sue did a scraplift challenge and she chose MY LO "One" to scraplift!!!!

Challenge Requirements

* Scraplift the LO "One"
* Kraft cardstock or neutral base
* smeared paint
* a quote

I discovered it's awfully difficult to scraplift your own LO without making it look tooooo much alike!! So what I did was make a sketch of my original and then pack the original away. I then flipped the sketch and kept away from some of the materials and techniques I used in the original such as sewing and my little alpha's etc.... This is what I came up with....

Dom

I love the natural textures that compliment the tree branch that Dom is sitting in (that really doesn't shop up that well here. I also received a parcel yesterday with a prize in it for a previous LO win - it was some gorgeous embie from the Chip Chop Shop - they are soooooo cute and I couldn't resist adding the little bird and leaf in the tree - I think they look extra cute!!


Challenge #2 - Vicki's Style Challenge

Challenge Requirements:

* minimalist/white space style - yep, even though I've glimmered my background I think it still coveres the white space rule.
* use 2 photos the same - My kids with our first visit to the Blue Lake; the day after we landed in Mount Gambier
* stamping - The background up the top third has the new Kaiser script stamped on it, I've used a copper ink for the stamping to keep in with the gold sheen of the black glimmer mist.
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* buttons - I made some with air dry clay. I shaped it using the lid off a glimmer mist bottle and then stamping some acrylic stamps in to give texture and definition. I then used some walnut stain distress ink to bring out the details and then glimmered over the top to give more colour and a nice sheen.

The Lake

Challenge #3 - Anthea's Non-Journalling Challenge

And now we get to the challenge I had the most trouble with!!! Why?? Well check this out....

Challenge Requirements:

* A LO based on a male figure in your life - my grandfather. He had to go into a nursing home not long after this photo was taken because his Alzheimers took him back to the war and he often became violent He was a battler my pop - Several times we were called to the hospital to say goodbye - in the end it was the Alzheimers that took him... I love this photo - I forgot I had it actually.... he looks so happy with his new great granddaughter
* An old LO rescrapped OR a new technique - I made the button/plaque which was a new technique for me... I'd used air dry clay before but never to make buttons and never stamping into them - love it!
* Use a photo or photos that tells the story (you are NOT allowed to journal other than a title and a date) - Check
* A "non-traditional" male colour scheme - Last time I checked purple/lilac was not a recognised male colour :P It's mostly "popsicle" glimmermist. I've glimmered both the paper doily background and the lace under the title strip. The little plaque I made is a lot more purple in real life but I'm wishing I glimmered it with 'popsicle' too before I stuck it down - the things one does when in a rush!!!

1st Cuddles with Grandpop

Challenge #4 - We Dare You


Challenge Requirements:

1. Dry embossing - Treens: Matting under photo - bothe white, misted and purple.
2. Leaves - Missymoo: Lots of artificial fern leaves
3. Purple and green as main colours - Joy: Check! The large alpha's are purple and green as well - it's a bit hard to tell from the main piccie as the DM has darkened the cardstock.
4. Black and white or Sepia photo - Nikki: Photo is sepia of Domenik playing with Sunglasses - I Love this pic

Here Comes The Sun








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So that's another month of challenges completed - 9 LO's/Projects in 30 days - not bad eh ;) And October is shaping up to be anopther great month - check it out over HERE

I Won!!! And a Scrappy Share :)

I can't believe I've done it again!!! I won one of the monthly challenged for July on SBT50!!! I didn't think any of my LO's would be good enough last month to be in the running for a prize, let alone win!!! I also won (as preciously mentioned) a product giveaway for the cyber crop so things looking good there :)

The LO that won was Challenge 1, Antheas Colour Challenge, you can find my blog link to it HERE....

Yaayy!! I win a gorgeous Vintage Blue pack from Wicked Princess - it looks sooo delish and right up my alley :)

they are still purchasable from Wicked Princess HERE if you like the look of the prize :)

Now for a scrappy share I've been holding on to as it was part of a monthly challenge pack for Scraphappy Kat. Others have started sharing and lodgement date is well and truly over so I'm comfortable with sharing even though the winner hasn't been announced yet...

Soooo This months challenge was to use ONLY what was provided in the pack the only allowance was to use adhesives... no ink or anything - which ruled out journalling other than using the alpha's provided - definitely one for thinking outside of the square!!!. It was a gorgeous pack to use!! Lots of blues and yellows and I believe suited the photo of Kahli that I used to a 'T' :)

Baby Blue Eyes

Handmade flower from PP

Flowers and Tags

The flowers I cut from one of the PP's included. I used a distressing technique to shape the petals and then mounted the flowers from the centre with mounting tape. I'm kind of addicted to cutting and distressing at the moment :P

The tag was included in the pack, I've cut a thin bit of paper to use as a 'ribbon' to thread through the hole that was punched.

The background 'doily' looking paper was made using my smallest punch for my eyelet setter - some of them aren't that great but I think I was able to hide most of the wonky ones LOL and

The buckle on the 'ribbon' is a square sticker that was in the pack that I've cut to allow a ribbon of paper to be threaded through - I thought it was quite effective to finish off and frame the image.

Finally, I know the punched border isn't the best, I wanted a beautiful flourish up in the top right hand corner, but wasn't quite able to pull it off... It definitely needed the border to complete the page, I just wish i had another sheet of paper to re-do the flourish again....

SBT50 Monthly Challenge July 2010

Challenge 1: Anthea's Colour Challenge

Scrapbooking top 50 Australia Challenge requirements:

* Black, white and Red
* Flourish - sewn into the back card to make the 'wind'
* Bling - on the border and the wind flourish
* Long Title - Be Careful Should the Wind Change Direction - long enough??? LOL
* Broken Border - check

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Challenge 2: Vicki's Scraplift Challenge

Scrapbooking top 50 Australia Challenge requirements:

'Scraplift' the layout provided here (http://scrapbookingtop50.forumotion.net/july-2010-f118/ch-2-vicki-s-scraplift-ch-t2354.htm) for my "scraplift" I used the layout as a sketch...

* A random button in negative space,
* Both a title and subtitle
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* Use a handmade diecut

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Challenge 3: Sue's Style Challenge

Scrapbooking top 50 Australia Challenge requirements:

* Girl pic - yeps, it's a girl, it's my Kahli (note the red hair, dead giveaway there ROFL)
* Girly Grunge - lots of fun that I didn't expect!!! if it's not distressed, torn, sewn over then it's not on this layout!!! (well except for the alpha's!!! Even the flowers have been glitzed and painted!!! LOL
* Non Scrap Item... Well besides the knitting wool and machine sewing (which are pretty run of the mill nowadays) I've got plasterers tape as part of the framing for the photo.
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*Song title somewhere on the LO - the title of the page is a song my Teen Idols (yes I had to google it!!!) I've not heard of them, nor this song, but it's the title I wanted hahaha

SBT50 Monthly Challenge June 2010

Challenge 1: Sue's Challenge

It may not look like it but I've spent hours on this LO!!! I started by drawing up a sketch of what I wanted to try and fit everything in LOL.

Scrapbooking top 50 Australia Challenge requirements:

* Have more than 2 bows (on the flower buttons),
* Something green (brads, title, green grass and green algae stuff on the bark - yes it's real bark too)
* Use the word Happy and
* Use a Transparancy

For the main challenge of the transparency I used some clear plastic packaging. The poem is on transparency (BTW it's to be read/sung to the tune of I'm a little teapot) It's all hand written (a bit obvious haha) and has a sticker on it. Also the bee wings are transparent plastic as well. They are the textured plastic trays that you get your veggies on from the supermarket. I've cut them to shape and inked the texture and edges with gold stamp ink.

For what it's worth, the beads that go with the bees are all hand sewn on and I made the beaded bees myself !

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Challenge 2: Bec's Challenge

Scrapbooking top 50 Australia Challenge requirements:

* Use the provided sketch
* use bright autumnal colours - reds and greens mostly.
* Use foam dots and
* have a 1 word title

the Autumn poem reads -
The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter. ~Carol Bishop Hipps

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Challenge 3: Vicki's Challenge

Scrapbooking top 50 Australia Challenge requirements:

* Use telstra add for inspiration - I used it as a sketch outline for the photo's and pinwheels to follow...
* lots of journalling - there's a poem, a little journalling spot of details for the pics and explanation on why I put the poem in there - I remember it from back when I was 9 years old!! Wow!!! scary hehehe
* rub-ons - there's quite a few there, as well as little rose type flourishes and individual daisy rub-on's scattered around and
* a pinwheel - My pinwheels are meant to be daffodils - they kinda failed but at least they resemble something floral-ish LOL

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We Dare You Monthly Challenge

Scrapbooking top 50 Australia Challenge requirements:

* Multi Photo (I've got 3)
* an Envelope (I've pulled one apart, cut the front out of one, put in some transparency plastic and made mine a window envelope for the lock of hair)
* a foreign object (Scissors in the top right hand corner) and
* flowers and leaves (in the background print and the red PP in the envelope and under the title)

SBT50 Monthly Challenges May 2010

Challenge 1: Judith's Challenge

Scrapbooking top 50 Australia Challenge requirements:

Multi-alpha title,
chipboards and
have a pennant/banner

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Challenge 2: Vicki's Challenge

Scrapbooking top 50 Australia Challenge requirements:

use decorated masking tape
staples and
a form of 'measurement'




This is about when my daughter was placed in a pavlik harness a week before Christmas due to undiagnosed congenital hip dysplasia she had from birth - it was picked up on a ultrasound using the angles in her hips (measurement criteria)

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Challenge 3: Sue's Challenge

Scrapbooking top 50 Australia Challenge requirements:

* Use the sketch provided,

* include playing cards and

* lace

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We Dare You Monthly Challenge

Ok disclaimer first - I really am not that happy with this LO, but thought I'd at least get it uploaded...

Scrapbooking top 50 Australia Challenge requirements:

Use only 1 piece of card,
doodled border,
use at least 2 colour of buttons (on the tree - red and green) and
have an embellishment cluster (the Christmas tree).