Rain is just...

....confetti from the sky

Okay so here's something different...i thought I would have a go at Art Journalling.
I ended up teaching the project to a class last weekend for The Paper Teapot.
Everyone had a blast and surprisingly didn't get too dirty!!
Here are some close-ups

 

And here's the full double spread...

I think that I'll be doing more of this - so cathartic! 

Fearless

Another page of my Fearless daughter - at least she seems so to me sometimes!

I was inspired by the patterned paper to re-create it with masking fluid and inks which I think worked really well.What do you think?

Sweet & Salty

"Salty"seems to be a favourite term at the moment - especially when these two get together. They've known each other since they were very little, and are still good friends 💙

This is a DT project for the November sketch over at Scrap Our Stash, here tis...

And the word to go with it is "Thanks"....

I used 

T - Thickers, Teresa Collins (the smaller gold stars), thread

H - Hearts, Hip Kit exclusive frames and alphas

A - American Crafts, Alphas

N - Nuvo Drops

K - Kaisercraft (wood veneer)

S - Stickers, Stars

I had a lot of fun playing with inks on this one!

Enjoy 😁

Spring in the City

I pass this magnificent magnolia tree on my way to work most mornings, and in the spring when it flowers it's just glorious 💗💗💗

I used the June Hip Kit for this page, and inspiration from Terhi Koskinen, I was feeling a bit flat before I started but now have my mojo back firmly in place!

One in a Million

It's pretty darn hard to get a photo of my nephew Cohen, but it's worth persisting, because he's pretty darn cute!

 

This is for the Scrap Our Stash July Tic Tac Toe board, I was obviously influenced by Stars in the centre, but the line I actually used was the left hand column - Number, chipboard, Striped paper.

Here's the board...

 

Family

My Mum just turned 95 - Wow!

My brothers from either end of the country plus my sister and I went out with her for lunch to mark the occasion.

 The inspiration for this was the October book challenge from Scrap Our Stash, this is it...

I used the Kraft background and teal colour scheme, plus I also used a little gold key charm.

Hope you like it!

Eat Play Sleep Repeat

Hi all - today I'm sharing a layout of my great nephew Cohen - he visited us in the summer, along with his Mum and big sister. He may not have been really talking but he always made himself understood! So busy too!

Here's the page....

I love the Crate Paper Cool Kid collection, and coupled with this emoji from Charms Creations and the ink spatters I felt like it was really "him".

Thanks for looking!

Pink'd

I came across these old photos I had tucked away in a box that I hadn't scrapped yet and thought they would be great for The Paper Teapot Black+White+one challenge.

Guides were having a pink night and Bre went all out for it. So cool in the neon pink wig! And the pink Miley Cyrus t-shirt was her absolute favourite - until it wasn't lol. 

One of my friends made the cute little crocheted heart for me - doesn't it rock? The +one had to be pink of course with these photos! 

I used texture paste in a diagonal direction and then used a mica spray and Dylusions spray to bring in the pink. The paper was all Kaisercraft, and I lurrrve these Thickers! 

Everything else were bits and pieces from my stash.

Thanks for looking!

Calm

Just a quick check in with this one...

My beautiful niece Maddison again, this time at Riverton when we went to Invercargill over the Xmas holidays 2015/16.

The layout comes form a class run by Julie Best (her first!) which was great, using a lot of Blue Fern product, sprays and gelatos, all courtesy of The Paper Teapot.

Thanks for the look!