This page is a combination of challenges from H&S and Challenge Heaven. I don't often combine challenges, but sometimes it just works. I don't have very many photos of my father either, but I managed to get this one at Christmas time last year. It's good to have this part of my father's story told in some small way.
These two cards were a challenge to use some of the flowers from a recent swap. I've spritzed smooch all over them to add a bit of glamour because they turned out a little duller than I thought they'd be. Love smooch spritz, so pretty.
A sketch challenge from Home & Scrapped. I altered the background cs with a bit of paint on a dry brush - it's such an easy technique, you wouldn't think it could change the feel so much.
Another altered background, but this time stamps and inking to give a plain white background a unique and much softer feel. I used four different stamps here. This was a H&S challenge to use the word Friend in the title, use some flowers from a recent swap and it had a bit of a recipe attached too: 1 scallop, 2 pps, 3 flowers, 4 brads. I didn't cut anything for this page, it was all already cut and in my stash. That's always satisfying.
Ah yes, Summer Breeze... this one was supposed to be the challenge above, but I got carried away with some of the criteria and forgot what I was about! Oh well, happy to have another page done and the story of my daughter's happy day told in words and pictures.
The August Sketch at H&S, and a bit of a change for me in terms of white space. I often fill my pages, so it was quite refreshing to be a little more restrained. I should do it more often perhaps.
This car is about to be sold, he's not in love with it anymore... I thought I'd better scrap it before it goes. The coin was found in the car, so I thought it appropriate to put it here. This was a Challenge Heaven challenge, use Black or White with red and pink - I got to use pink on a Boy Page! Yes, there is pink, and doesn't it go well? :-)
Oooh, the yumminess of these delightful colours, love it. A colour challenge from Challenge Heaven, and who knew I had all those turquoise flowers waiting to be loved? This was also a title challenge at Home & Scrapped. I must find some more of this yummy silver card, it looks so nice.
I participated in a couple of Twinchie swaps recently and they were so pretty. I think I need to make myself a stash of them to have on hand, it's a great little embellishment. Another page for the Swap Challenges at Home.
And here is a little canvas I made with some more of the Twinchie swaps. I couldn't resist making a little wall hanging. I love the creative variety of these little works of art, and the way they go so well together. I covered the canvas in book paper, paper doily, patterned paper and mulberry paper, stamped, inked and glimmer misted it and then mod podged the lot.
This final page is one from a personal challenge I was set by some of my cyber friends. I was challenged to use no flowers, geometric shapes for the photos (no circles or squares) and to create a scrap stash frame for the page. It was quite a challenge for me, I can tell you. I have an aversion to funny shaped photos, but in the end, I quite enjoyed this way of putting together some odd photos of my precious pets that didn't really otherwise go together. And I loved going out of my comfort zone with the scrappy frame. That's something I hope to repeat another time.
love, Heather "It's about love. You don't have to scrapbook to love but you have to love in order to scrapbook." June
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