New Grandson

Here is a picture of my newest grandson, Cooper. Isn't he just gorgeous..not that I am biased or anything. I took this photo for the photo challenge as well under the theme of "dreams/goals" because I hope that all our family will have goals to achieve and dreams to aim for. I went for a couple of classes at the Printblocks "Creative Block" trade event. It was a lot of fun and very inspirational. I didn't have a chance to do the make & takes (too busy talking & shopping!) but soaked up the ideas & beautiful displays they had there from the visiting companies. Graphic 45 was absolutely gorgeous and I just love all their stuff. At the EK Success class I made a shadow box, some invitations with Vogue Papers and had a play with Maya mist in the Maya class(photos to follow at some stage) Dave & I have been going away in our camper on the long weekends we have had lately so I haven't had a lot of time to scrap but the relaxation has been great! We caught red claw yabbies at Borumba Dam near Imbil last weekend. The weekend before I took some lovely beach photos at Cotton Tree near Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast. Here is another photo for the challenge entitled "Nature". I'm preparing for the Greenbank Scrapbook Shop Demo Day this Saturday with show & tell about my favourite products-more on that later!

LAYOUT CHALLENGE

Here are the sketches & layouts for week 8 & 9 of the challenge. I was hoping to spend Easter catching up on some scrapbooking but instead I helped David put timber decking in our breezeway-it looks so much better & makes it into a lovely useable space. Week 8 layout is called "Good Life" & the I used alcohol ink on the clear acrylic letters to make them stand out. It was a quick layout as I used ready made embellishments. Week 9 is all about a cat I use to have (not own, as cats don't have owners, they have masters!) that whenever I sat down to do any sort of craft she would run into the room jump up onto the table & skid across my stuff...then proceed to roll around & tangle herself in whatever she could & attack me if I tried to move her! I think it was because she wasn't the center of attention!! I used twisted ribbon & tore sections of the paper to reflect her actions. I had ready made embellishments & stickers in a cat theme so I used these to keep it all together.

Photography challenge

Week 11 of the challenge is the "Human Body". This photo is of a sculpture of a plant swallowing a human & all you can see is the foot still out at the top. It is at a reception centre called "Songbirds" at Mt. Tamborine. Week 12 is "Hello Spring", even though it is Autumn at the moment with the rain & the heat my garden is blooming! This is a blossom on my passionfruit vine & the colours are gorgeous in it. This is the first year I have had lots of fruit on it. Its hard getting to them before the cockatoos or the possums! "Then & Now" is the theme for week 13. I have 2 photos for this. The photo is of My hubby & me when we started going out & the other photo is of us in 2009.

Classes for April

These are a sneak peek at the classes I am teaching in April. The layout with the flowers is called Timeless & it has lots of the new flowers that Lisa has in the shop on it. I also used Graphic45 paper on it. They are all so beautiful. The heritage gentleman LO is called Well Groomed & uses older style papers & embellishments along with cutouts & sewing.

The birthday LO is call boys2men & uses paint & ink to create a grungy look. The Autumn looking layout is called Grow. It has lots of layering & uses different techniques & mediums to create this look.

Challenge catch-up

Here is the sketch & the layout for week 6. I misplaced one of them & got out of whack of where I was up to! This was a quick & easy layout as I used pre-made journal blocks & embellishments. It is an untraditional take on Christmas with the papers I chose but they worked because of the star at the top of the tree theme & for the fact that my son & grandson are stars!!

Right now I'm up to date with the sketches for layouts 5, 6 & 7. Hopefully I haven't left any out. Sketch 5 is the round layout called "Treasures". I punched scallop circles & plain circles that were coated in dimensional magic & layered. Sketch 6 has cut out & punched patterned pieces. Sketch 7 has handmade flowers made from a template & inked & a button in the center.

Photography challenge

Here are the next photos in the challenge. Week 9 is "Time". It is of a clock edge that I painted many years ago-I still don't seem to have gained any time though! Week 10 is called "Simple Pleasures". I wasn't sure what I was going to do for this until one night I walked into our dining room & saw my grandson eating icecream & enjoying every last slurp! I took another photo of him licking the bowl!!