Feeling Krafty

Hello! I'm a bit excited about the start of August - it's the beginning of the end of winter! Woohoo!

Of course, a new month means a new challenge at Kraft+. The challenge this month is to use orange, teal and copper! Now that's an interesting combo! I originally had all sorts of exotic ideas around using geli prints in those colours but I somehow got sidetracked when I found a scrap of gorgeous teal paper. I then realised I had no full sheets of kraft left which is a bit of a problem in a kraft-based challenge! I solved the problem by using lots of patterned kraft paper around my photo.

I painted my title with copper paint.

 I also used a very cool copper-coloured fibre that I've been hoarding for years.

The bar code is an airport baggage code from the trip.

I love creating my journalling with random words taken from various sources.

I hope you can give this challenge a go! You can find all the details here.

Happy scrappin'!


Heather

Little Miss Pink

Little Miss Pink

Fell down the sink.

How many miles

Did she fall?

Hello! Firstly, my apologies again to those of you that comtinue to check in to my blog when I haven't been able to do the same back to you. I've just been super-busy. More on that later.......

The new Mini Challenge is up at More Than Words and the challenge is to use the word "Miss" on your card, tag, ATC or postcard.

Here's my tag.

I was thinking about how to use the word "Miss" when an old saying popped into my head. We used to use the "Little Miss Pink" saying (see start of this post) when I was very little to choose who would be "he" in chasey or hidey (hide-and-seek). Each person would put one foot into a circle and one person would say this Little Miss Pink saying, tapping on each foot as they spoke. A number would be chosen and that number would be counted after the saying. Whoever's foot was the last one counted would go "he". It was so long ago I'm surprised I can still remember this!

Did anyone else do this or was this just a thing at my primary school?

Anyway, I hope you can join us at More Than Words this month. You can find the challenge details here.

Happy scrappin'!


Heather

Shakespeare

Welcome back! Have you seen the challenge at Kraft + this month? The challenge is to be inspired by Shakespeare. Ooohhh, now that one's got you thinking, hasn't it?

The first thing that came to my mind was the famous Romeo quote. I remembered I had a photo of my daughter on a hotel balcony and I could just picture her saying "Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?"

I added lots of balcony-themed images like windows, doors and flowers.

I hope you can join us this month. You can find all the details here.

Happy scrappin'!


Heather

Keeping it all One Colour

Hello again. The new challenge has just been revealed at More Than Words. You have to be inspired by the word "Goodbye" and use a Monochromatic colour scheme on your project. I said "Goodbye" to autumn and used a range of rich browns on my art journal page.

There are heaps of different layers on the background. I hand drew some leaves too which I thought were pretty cool!

 
This old walnut tree is in front of our house.

I hope you can join us this month. You can find more details about the challenge here.

Happy scrappin'!

Heather

Hi!

Hi! Hi! Why do I keep saying Hi? Because it's the word you have to use on your mini project this month over at More Than Words ;)

I made a card:

I hope you can join us this month! You can find the challenge here.

Happy scrappin'!


Heather

Doors & Windows

Hello! How is your June going so far?

I've had fun with this month's challenge at More Than Words. The challenge is to be inspired by the word "Hello" and to use Doors and/or Windows on your project.

I made an art journal page. Again, our current situation is the topic of my page. I think it's important to record our thoughts when there are so many unusual events happening in the world.

I truly believe that lockdown has taught us all to appreciate things more and that we shouldn't take anything for granted. I think many people discovered a new enjoyment in getting out and walking in beautiful places and I think we all missed going out and catching up with friends. People simple seem to care for each other more now.

During lockdown, my daughter and I started experimenting with designing our own images. The buildings images in this are some that we came up with with. I loved creating with them!

Can you join in the challenge this month at More Than Words? You can find the details here.

Happy scrappin'!


Heather

Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining

Hello there!

I have been thinking about how the levels of pollution had dropped world-wide due to so many people staying at home. This is such a learning opportunity for us.

Over at Kraft+ this month, the challenge is to use navy and yellow. At first I didn't know what to make as I rarely use navy, then I thought about the changes our planet had seen and knew what I wanted to do!

Here's my art journal page:

I hope you can join us this month at Kraft+. You can find the challenge here.

Happy scrappin'!


Heather