Team Challenge

Yet another post today!  Just remembered I never uploaded this layout done for our team scraplift challenge a few weeks ago.

Used last months Studio Calico kit - nearly time for another kit now:-)

Final Getaway challenges

At yesterdays crop I did the final 2 sketch challenges set at gogo getaway.

This one was to do with Dream Street Papers and I found these gorgeous ones in the gogo shop.  Yet again I turned the sketch around  I think I only did one of the 7 the same way!

The final sketch challenge was set by Caroline who kindly picked us up from Luton airport.  The line to use was Rusty Pickle which I struggled with but all the painted bits are from Rusty Pickle.

The only thing not finished from my gogo weekend was the final class by Jane Dean which is a mini book which I hope to finish soon.

I also made a mini book in Shimelles class but I haven't taken any pictures plus 2 smaller make and takes too.

Gogo Getaway 2

Here are some more layouts I did last weekend at the gogo getaway.

This one was for the challenge set by Ifa.

Thanks to Monica for the idea of the lace effect around the edge and for the loan of the punch to do it.

This was another sketch challenge.

This was my layout for Fiona Beckman's class.  It was all about painting which I hadn't done much of before but I really enjoyed it.  The papers and tags etc were all black and white before I started!!

This one was Jane Deans class which was a really clever layout that opens out into a triple layout.  I didn't have enough photos last weekend so I finished it yesterday at our local crop.

Gogo Getaway

I had a great weekend at the gogo getaway retreat.  This layout was done for one of the many challenges set by the gogo design team.  The photos were taken a couple of weeks ago.

Thanks to Ifa for the flower to match the lettering.

Another layout done for one of the challenges. I love this turquoise shiny paper from chatterbox,

Another layout for one of the sketch challenges using Bazzill and Sassafras papers - thanks to Katie and Sue for the loan of the stamps.  The photos were taken on holiday in California last year.

There are more photos which I will upload later.

Peace at Last

This is another layout inspired by the UKS weekly challenge.  Trying to incorporate the theme of peace and a bird was a challenge until I found these photos.  Challenge also required lots of white and not pattern papers plus there was a sketch to follow which I turned round to suit my photos.  The flowers are from the MM noteworthy range and the owl and branch rub-ons are from October Afternoon.  The little journalling sticker is SEI and of course the card is bazzill so a real mixture.

Getting From A to B

I did this layout at our local crop on Saturday.  It was done for the weekly UKS challenge.  So I had a sketch to follow and an alphabet theme.

I did another layout but as that is for a team scraplift challenge I won't reveal it until the rest of the team have completed their layouts too.

Greve de Lecq

I did this layout for this months Gogo sketch challenge.  Obviously I used this months gogo kit!  Photos were taken last year on a trip down to the local beach - but it was October, hence the coat!

April Crop

I had a productive evening at this months crop on Tuesday almost completing 2 layouts.  Didn't finish either because I had taken no alpahabets with me and no Cricut either!  So I have just added the titles now.

For both of them I used sketches from the Triple the Sketch blog.  The first one is this weeks sketch.  NAG stands for national age group and was the name of the swimming squad - hence the title.

All the papers, chipboard and rik-rak were from last months studio calico kit.

The second layout was an older sketch I hadn't used yet.  For this one I used scenic route papers from a scrap-room kit.  The title comes from the fact I have no idea at all where this is as it was taken at a stopping point whilst driving from Paris to Spain so could be anywhere in the middle of France!

UKS weekly challenge

I did this layout on Monday for the UKS weekly challenge.  The challenge was to work to a sketch which only had one small photo on it and add ribbon, stamping and doodling.

I am not sure about this one - It was outside of my comfort zone leaving this much space.  I did like the photo of Katherine taken earlier this year - a nice natural shot.

Playing with Water

This is the second layout I did today.  This time the inspiration was this weeks challenge on UKS.  It meant I had to find a photo with me in it so I went back to 1999 the earliest digi photos I have to find one!  Used the pink paislee paper from my studio calico kit along with the journalling block and the bling on the tree.