Beautiful Inside & Out - SID August Sketch

 My daughter recently competed in her school beauty pageant.

Part of the pageant is a free photoshoot, so that they can make a slideshow for the evening show.  

This year they did the photoshoot in a popular coffee shop in Swakopmund.

I used some of the photos for the August sketch. 

 Some close ups:

 I used Celebr8 flowers, which I colored with 

All-Purose Ink Thistle and Versamagic Pumpkin Spice Chalk. 

The title I colored with All-Purose Ink Thistle and Versamagic Pumpkin Spice Chalk.

I then added glitter and dimensional glaze.

Paper used is from the Celebr8 Daydream Collection.

To see some more layouts using this sketch pop on over to the Stick It Down Blogspot.

Happy Scrapping

Carol

Captured Memories

Recently I realised that I scrapbook alot of my photos two or three times, so I decided to go through all my albums and make a list of what is missing, and what still needs to be scrapbooked.

In my nieces album, I was missing a single page.  As I am not a huge fan of singles, I decided to look on facebook what sketches I could find.....and I came across this Sketchabilities sketch for July.

 Needing some inspiration to get me going, I browsed through there design team projects, and noticed a second challenge on one of their design team members walls...Kraft +Plus Challenges.

I decided to combine these two challenges to create a page for my niece.

These photos were taken in 2015 during a photoshoot.  While they were standing on the train tracks, a train just happened to come past.  The driver was so friendly and offered to stop so that they could take some photos with the train.

The Kraft+Plus Challenge required me to add some weaving.  I copied the blue/yellow "weave" on the train, and added it in under the title.  I weaved yellow cardstock with blue ribbon.

The background Kraft cardstock I added stencilling, stamping and ink splats, just to give it a more rustic feel.

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Scrapping

Carol

Friends for Life Printers Tray

I love making off the page projects, and once a year I make a printers tray!

This year I created a printers tray using the Kaisercraft Fly Free Collection.

FRIENDS FOR LIFE

Some close ups of each of the little blocks:

Thanks for popping by!

Happy Scrapping

Carol

10th Birthday - SID July Sketch

This sketch was a challenge for me as I felt it works better as two single page layouts and not a double, but I made it work for me.

I used photos from my nieces 10th birthday party. 

She had a photoshoot party with a few of her friends. 

Some close ups:

The paper I chose to work with is from the Celebr8 Simple Life collection.

The edges of the paper already had paint splats on, however I used a stencil and some colored texture paste to give it a little bit of dimension.

The chipboard elements are also from Celebr8.

To see some more layouts using this sketch pop on over to the Stick It Down Blogspot.

Hapy Scrapping

Carol 

Twin Kitties - SID June Sketch

 I am a bit late in posting my layout for the June Sketch, but here it is.

My daughter recently adopted two kittens, Pepsi and Cola.  They are both pitch black.  One is male and the other female.  According to the SPCA they are twins.

I used paper from Kaisercraft for this layout.  

Some close ups:

 I made a collar border across the page, with a little bell attached to it too!!

To see some more layouts using this sketch pop on over to the Stick It Down Blogspot.

Happy Scrapping

Carol

Matriek Afskeid - SID May Sketch

My niece matriculated end of 2017, and asked me if I would make her something special with her matric farewell photos. 

With this in mind, and her 21st birthday fast approaching I decide to make her a special frame. 

The SID May sketch worked perfectly with her photos.

 

Instead of using hearts, I decided to use feathers, as the paper collection is inspired by peacocks.

  I struggled to find silver cardstock to go with my layout, so I heat embossed some white cardstock with silver embossing powder! (flower border punch strip and silver piece on chipboard title)

The glitter embellishments on her dress inspired me to add in purple, turquoise and silver sequins to the layout!

I added in a metal charm and silver, purple and turquoise thread around one of my large landscape photos!

Paper used is Celebr8 Glamorous Collection.

The chipboard elements are from Scrap Collections.

To see some more inspiration using this layout, please pop on over to the Stick It Down Blogspot!

Happy Scrapping

Carol

Captured Memory - SID April Sketch

The SID April Sketch was once again a bit of a challenge. 

I like my double page layouts to have loads of photos, but however, I think I managed to convey the story behind the photos,

 My family are very keen fisherman, with my father being a Springbok and Namibian angler, my husband a Namibian angler and my eldest son (now following in his grandfather and fathers footsteps) also a Namibian angler.

Needless to say we spend a lot of time on the beach fishing.  The photos I used for this layout, were of my eldest son, Corne, helping his sister, Anneke, to catch her first shark.  It was tough going....as you can see by her facial expressions....but she managed to get it out. 

Definitely a memory worth capturing.

Some close-ups:

I used the Kaisercraft Beach Shack collection's paper and collectables, and a chipboard title from Celebr8.

To add a little more 3D effect I raised some of my elements and include some blue sand.  I also glazed some of the collectables!

To see some more inspiration using this sketch, please pop on over to the Stick It Down Blogspot.

Happy Scrapping

Carol