Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is just around the corner and From Screen to Scrap have a fantastic challenge this month that I couldn't resist!
I had a little time to scrap last night, so pulled out a Tattered Inspirations kit to play with. This is what I came up with! This is a photo of my gorgeous hubby when we celebrated our ten year wedding anniversary. Thanks for stopping by! xxx

ARTastic Challenge

It is a new month and over at ARTastic there is wonderful new inspiration! This month the painting is "Venus at her Toilet" by Rubens. It is a classical painting with deep, rich colours.

The extra criteria are as follows;

For an extra 6 bonus points, try and work the following into your layout;

Layout must be about you - 1 pt

Add wings somewhere on your layout - 2 pts

Use a mirror image or same picture of you multiple times - 3 pts

I have included an image of the painting and my DT submission...

Thanks for stopping by! xxx

New Cards!

Here are a couple of Christmas cards that I have made with some goodies from Tattered Inspirations. Carol's kits are divine and I have been lucky enough to have had a little time to create and have a play with the flowers and embellishments I have purchased over the past few weeks. Thanks for stopping by! xxx

Love

I wanted to pop in and share a layout I finished this week called "Love". I had so much fun getting to my craft desk and having a really good play with all of my scrapping goodies!
Thanks for stopping by! xxx

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everybody! I just love the beginning of a new year! It is fresh, sparkly and new and brimming with wonderful opportunities. It is a special time where we can reflect on and be grateful for the year that has passed and look forward to beautiful experiences ahead!

Over at ARTastic, there is a new scrappy challenge to enjoy! This month, our inspiration will come from "Luncheon of the Boating Party" by Renoir.

Here are the details...

For an extra 6 bonus points try and work the following into your layout;

1. Scrap a celebration - 1pt

2. Three or more people in the layout - 2pts

3. Food somewhere on the layout - 3pts

My layout is called "Sweet". This was a lovely challenge and I thought the extra criteria were fantastic! I scrapped a photo of my girls and my Mum while we celebrated Caitlyn's birthday... she is the one without the crown. I have all of the criteria covered - three people, a celebration and I have food (cupcakes) on the gorgeous Webster's paper. I added some pretty flowers too. I really enjoyed having some time to scrap again! Thanks for stopping by! xxx

Christmas Is Just Around The Corner...

A new month means a new challenge over at ARTastic. December's inspiration will come from the painting 'The Mystical Nativity' by Botticelli. Here are the extra details...
Diva Demand for an extra 6 bonus points try and work the following into your layout;
1. Angel/s - 1pt
2. Gold embossing (somewhere on the page) - 2pts
3. A stable - 3 pts

I found this month to be challenging, but once I got the stable and embossing sorted, it was all systems go with the flowers and papers! Here is an image of the Botticelli and my take on the challenge. Thanks for stopping by! xxx

November ARTastic Inspiration

A new month has rolled around so quickly! Over at ARTastic, there is a fabulous challenge happening this month. November's inspiration will come from the painting 'The Beach' by Chris Wake, so it is time to get those family beach holiday photos out!

Diva Demand - For an extra 6 bonus points try and work the following into your layout;
1 pt - Either a sandcastle, bucket and spade or beach towel
2 pts - A few seagulls
3 pts - A family beach photo or similar

Here is my DT example for the month. I used a photo of my girls at our local beach - such a pretty photo of sisterly love! I kept the layout in soft white and off white tones like the background of the painting. I included a scalloped arch as the painting background had a hint of this shape too. I have also used the colours of the swimming costumes of the people in the painting for the main flower - white, red and black. Hope to see you over at ARTastic this month! xxx