Just Add Ink Challenge 160

Hello There,

I decided today that I should get myself together and make a birthday card for a friend, so I thought why not partake in a challenge?  And that is just what I did.  I decided to use the Inspirational Photo Challenge set by Just Add Ink.  Here are the photos from which to draw inspiration:

 

I really love autumn so I loved the photos that have been used here.  This is the card that I came up with:

 

 

 

 

I am quite chuffed with the end result.

 

 



Max

Hello There,

It is with a heavy heart that I announce that our beloved cat, Max, passed away in his sleep yesterday.  He was around 13 years old. He was such an individual, as all pets are.  He will be very much missed, but never forgotten.  He is now buried near is mate Smog, who passed away a few years ago. Max was not the same after Smog passed, I think he missed his old mate, although he would never admit it.

Beautiful Max

 

Enjoying some knee time with Mum.

Not looking at all gay on a hot pink Barbie couch.

 

 

Love you Max, you will always be in our hearts.

Birthday Cards

Hello,

I had birthday cards to make for a couple of good friends of mine.  I took inspiration from Claire Daly from one of her technique classes for reverse masking for one of the cards. I wasn't real sure of the card when I was making it, but when I added the sponging in the blue (pool party) and green (lucky limeade) it all came together beautifully.  This is a really simple technique but so effective and no need for embellishments.

Here is my card:

 

 

The other card I made was for my friend James.  James has lots of style so I thought he would like some of the houndstooth embossing folder action.  I decided to use the technique of brayering ink onto the embossing folder.  In this instance I have use tangerine tango on the embossing folder and to watercolour the fox.  I really love the Fabulous Phrases set as it provides so many options when adding words to a project.  Who doesn't love the little animals from the Storybook Friends set. I am so pleased with the way that this card has come together. 

So Tired

Hello,

Another challenge page this week.  I started this page when my good friends Sharnee and Jayne came over for our monthly scrap together.  I am really enjoying the layout challenges from Creative Scrappers.  The layout challenge this time is below:

 

I wasn't really fired up about this layout, but I saw this as a challenge and gave it a go. I am quite happy with the end result.

Here is my page:

The photo of me was taken in Vancouver, we were waiting for a bus to pick us up to go to the boat for the whale watching tour.  The jet lag and non stop activities of the past few days had caught up with me.  I could only manage to open one eye fully and the other one was only half open.

Needless to say, we slept on the bus on the way to see the whales and on the boat!

Photography

Hello There,

You might recall that I got into photography in a big way when we were on our honeymoon.  Upon returning home, the passion was still there, but unfortunately we aren't going to brand new places everyday, which makes it hard to get inspired to take photos.  However, we have endeavoured to get out and take more photos.  Here is a sample of some photos that I have taken in the past 18 months.

 

This is the village of Lower Crackpot at Tasmazia with Mount Roland in the Background.

 

 

This is the one of the views from the viewing platform at Tasmazia.

 

Tamar river, taken from the Tamar Island Board walk.

 

My two boys heading back from Tamar Island.

 

This photo was taken at Bakers Beach and is one of may favourites.

Sympathy Card

Hello,

I wanted to make a sympathy card for a friend who recently lost her mother.  I always find it hard to have the right words to say at a time this, so I went with the "thinking of you" sentiment.  I used the new cloud embossing folder, Primrose Petals core dinations cardstock,  and a scrunched up doily from the new Stampin up Seasonal Mini.  I am quite pleased with how the card has come together.

Thanks for stopping by.

Just Cruisin

Hello,

Another scrapbook challenge and more photos from the honeymoon get scrapped.  I find the challenges are really helping with the motivation for scrapping, because when I find time to scrap I am usually a little tired so these challenges help with the problem of layout design (which often requires brain power).  I took up the Creative Scrappers Challenge 246 and used a couple of photos from out whale watching tour. The photos were taking on the boat on the way back to the harbour.  Despite the noise of the outboard engines on the boat, both Colin and I managed to sleep on the way back.  Sometimes, jet lag does have it's advantages.

Here is the layout challenge:




And here are my pages:

 

 

I decided to do a double layout as the photos were a little larger than normal and I didn't want to lose and of the image.  I think it works wells as a double layout.