It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

I decided to play along with Sketchy Boards again this month; here is their challenge: So, I flipped the sketch once, anti-clockwise. I used a lantern die cut and my gold accents are on my ephemera and paper, and then I also added some details to the lantern, using gold pen. Here’s what I did:…

Holidays

Hey there! I’ve been playing a little game of catch up this week and managed to get a few layouts done – both for upcoming DT commitments and also for online challenge entries. First up is the layout I created using Sketch Number 166 over at Sketch N Scrap: I flipped the sketch once, anti-clockwise:…

Twas The Night Before Christmas | The Studio DT

Hi guys! Here is another Christmas inspired post and layout – this time using the gorgeous mood board at The Studio Challenge Blog! Here is what I put together for this one. I was inspired by the woodland theme of the board, so I chose this background paper.  I also used some earthy coloured papers…

The Joy of Christmas | CSI DT

Hey Ho! Today I’m sharing with you, how I solved Case File 268 at CSI: Color Stories Inspiration. Here are the clues: And this is what I created: Colours : cream, olive, red, charcoal and tawny brown Evidence : Christmas elements, frames, greenery, Pointsettia’s Testimony : Inspiration Word – know This picture was taken when…

Believe In The Magic Of Christmas

Hey there from a rather hot Cape Town! Today I’m sharing the layout I created for the December challenge that is up on the More Than Words challenge blog: Here is what I did with this month’s challenge: I did some stamping behind my photo and layered cluster, and then I also stamped a frame…

Love This

Last week, I saw that Let’s Get Sketchy are having a Design Team call and I have decided to go ahead and apply.  The criteria is to make a layout, based on this sketch: I flipped the sketch once, anti-clockwise and made this layout of one of my favourite photographs of my precious daughter and…

It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

Second last share for today! I loved this mood board at Scrapping Clearly – there is so much on it that inspired me! Aside from the beautiful earthy colours, I was drawn to the circular shapes – the hats, the wreath and also the wreath cookies; so I wanted to emulate that in my piece. …

Merry Christmas

And the next challenge I am entering, is for Scrap The Girls. The dress that drew my eye was the third dress in the top row. I loved the dark background and the fun (edible!) Christmas elements on it.  So, here is what I created for this challenge: As you can see, I copied the…

Making Merry Memories

Hi all! I’ve been very, very busy in my scrapping room this past week – and today I have four projects I am going to share with you. First up, is the lovely challenge over at Kraft +. For this challenge, I did’t take it quite so literally.  Instead, I went with Pine Needles. Here…

This Is Us | The Studio DT

Hi all! Today I want to share with you, the latest challenge at The Studio Challenges.  It’s an easy one – just use GOLD on your layout! Here is what I created: I wanted to keep my colours subtle to make sure that the gold is very visible.  I used a gold frame tucked between…