First Day of School - Scrap Friends January Challenge

Hello Everyone

I am so pleased it's Friday and I can finally unwind from this hectic week! I am kinda freaking out a little bit though, as I was taking photo's earlier on and my camera's shutter seems to have jammed. My hubby is taking a look at it now and I hope that he can sort something out. Yikes...this is really not what I need right now!

In anycase, I had taken some photo's and so will share my page for the Scrap Friends January sketch challenge.

I sooooo loved this sketch and so really did not alter it very much at all.

Here is my take on it.

I did some watercolouring on my background and was quite happy with how it turned out. Just to share something with you, my page did buckle a little bit and so I really did think about how to straighten it out again. Now previously I had put it under books etc and it had straightened out somewhat, but not as much as I had hoped.  But last night I had a little flash of inspiration.  I dashed to the kitchen, and got my rolling pin out the draw and got a thick blanket from the room. I turned my page around and rolled it on the soft blanket. I can honestly tell you that it worked like a charm. There was hardly a ripple left. So perhaps give that a try next time.

It was Joe's first day of school on Wednesday and even though he is looking a little anxious in the photo, he was very excited and eager to go.  The reason he was anxious is because he wanted to leave and kept telling me "Mommy we are going to be late"!!! Needless to say we got there well in time for school and he had a really super first day.

I used the really cute Simple Stories Smarty Pants collection along with some chipboard frames.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

I hope you have a super Friday!

Denise x

Wonderful - ScrapFriends Nov Sketch Challenge

Hi Everyone

Happy Monday and hope you had a super day!

We are having another African thunderstorm, with lightning, rain and thunder, but it's warm and humid, so hopefully by morning everything will be fresh and clean again.

I played along with the ScrapFriends challenge here this month and used some of my The Avenues Collection.
It really is a stunning collection.



Here's my take on it.

This photo was just perfect for these papers! We had stayed at a French little hotel, down at the coast and so these papers were just the thing.

I used a Prima stencil for the cobbled wall effect and some Prima flowers and stamens.

I also played with my gelato's and added a watercolour effect beneath the central feature.

Thanks so much for stopping by to have a look.
Hope you have a super evening!
Denise x

Messy Is Fun - Scrap Friends Sep Sketch Challenge

Hi Everyone

It is such a beautiful Saturday and I have been so busy this morning already! After the really warm weather this week, I really needed to sort out my cupboard and put all the winter woolies away and brought out all the summer clothes! I feel lighter already!!!! ;-)

I have a page to share with you for the Scrap Friends Sep Challenge here.



Here is my take on it.

These are photo's taken from last year, when Joe was still in nursery school, and so thought these Bo Bunny papers would be perfect. I can't believe that in just one year he has changed so much! Bigger, taller...soooo boy! ;-)

As I said, I used Bo Bunny "On the Go" papers and accents, as well as Bo Bunny stamps - Stained textures stamp and Detour clear stamp.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Your visits are so appreciated!
Hope you have an awesome Saturday!
Denise x

At a Stretch - Scrap Friends July Sketch Challenge

Hello Everyone

I have a page to share with you for the Scrap Friends July sketch challenge.

I really loved this sketch and so wanted to keep my page quite close to this design.

So here is my page.

I took these photo's of this ellie at the zoo last week, when we took the kids on an outing. He was really so close to us, we could almost touch him.

Here is a close-up of my journalling.

I used Fancy Pants Swagger Collection as these papers were the great earthy colours that I was looking for.

The alpha stickers are Beary Patch, the arrow chipboards are Wilpro, the brackets are Celebr8, and the washi tape 7 Gypsies.

Thanks for stopping by!

I really appreciate your visits.

Have a super evening!

Denise x