LetsGet Shabby..........Challenge #46

There is a new challenge up at Lets Get Shabby and it's a colour challenge. I always find these tricky.....to match up what you see on your computer screen to what you have in front of you is always difficult. I can get close but never EXACT and I find it really frustrating. Apart from using paper, ribbon, flowers and other embellishments, you can also use all the wonderful mixed media that is so readily available now, such as inks, stains, paints, mists, crayons, pens etc. to try and find the right colours to use on your project.

This is my little "shabby" card. For all the details on how to play along and to check out the other beautiful DT projects go HERE. We'd love to see how you can use this beautiful colour palette.

Where has this year gone ?! If you're doing fun things this week I hope it goes slowly for you. If it's all work and no play, then I hope it goes quickly.

A Peek at Paris.

When I realised that we are almost half way through this year, first I  wondered where on earth has the time gone and secondly I thought it is definitely time to add some more Paris photos. I took many, many photos of the Louvre, inside and out, but here is just a peek. 

The Louvre, viewed through the glass Louvre Pyramid which serves as the museum's main entrance and contrasts so beautifully with it's glass and steel construction.

Ceiling in the Louvre. My photos come no where near capturing the size, the richness of colour, the technical detail and the immense beauty of these ceilings, they are truly awesome.

Inside the Louvre looking out: still more beauty to be seen.

Lani and bronze street sculpture.

Me and Christmas macaroons.

Thanks for visiting me today. I hope your week is a happy, productive one.

Music-to make housework easier...........a song

I love to visit Czekoczyna ( Kasia Krzyminska ) and be inspired by her delicate, artsy pages. She,  and some of her very creative friends, visit HERE to check out who they are, get together once a month and create a work inspired by a favourite song. Music is a massive part of my life; my blog is partly named after a hip-hop, rap band, so pages influenced by music and lyrics very much appeal to me. They call their challenge "Music-to make housework easier" and their pages are of course amazing and inspirational. This month the song they chose is one that has a very personal significance for me. I tend not to share too much personal stuff on my blog, I don't like to get too 'heavy', I like to keep it bright and breezy, but we all have things go on in our lives that cause our hearts to break and our heads to be troubled.

Two and a half years ago my youngest daughter was not in a good place. Since then she has shown incredible strength and determination to overcome some personal battles and has grown and matured into a wise, empathetic, beautiful young woman with a clear focus on what she wants her future to be, and how she can achieve it. So proud of her. This song by Sia is a reminder of her lost, darker days.

Thanks for visiting today. May the music in your week be either touching or toe tapping, just as long as it's good.

A Page For Meg's Garden.

This is a page I made for Meg's Garden a few weeks ago using all her beautiful papers, and in particular this one called; "The Rose Garden Collection - Pale Blue Roses". I found it was perfect for using with other mixed media...gesso, inks and texture paste.

Other papers used from Meg's Garden are:

"Ode To A Summer's Day Collection - Summer beauty"

Elements Collection - "Old World Time" and "Old Writing"

Vintage Ornate Tags Sheet

Transparency Sheet - "Butterflies"

Also used Melissa Francis Vintage Embellishments, Prima Resist Canvas, Crafters Workshop Mask, Prima Clear Stamp.

If you would like to see this range of paper from Meg's Garden and all her other beautiful scrapbook and card making supplies, visit her online store HERE. Thanks for dropping by today. May your weekend be full of fun and colour.

Scrap Around The World........A New Challenge

Welcome to the launch of Scrap Around The World, a new, creative challenge site. Each month a different  designer will present you with a Mood Board and a Sketch. Look at them, play with them and use them any way your creative instincts tell you to and create a page.

 All the details on HOW TO PLAY, OUR SPONSORS AND PRIZES AND THE DESIGN TEAM are all here at the new blog site:

SCRAP AROUND THE WORLD

May Mood Board created by Agnieszka Bellaidea

This is the May Sketch and Mood Board combination that can be interpreted any way you like. You have the freedom to use these images as starting points and go from there, where ever your creative instincts lead you.

Here is my take on this months sketch and mood board. I have spun the sketch around so the tags are at the bottom instead of at the side, but apart from that I've remained visually accurate to the sketch right down to the placement of the circular elements, the chevrons, the tags and the splatters. 

I love the colour scheme of teal and rust, so have gone with it. I was also influenced by the slightly shabby, feminine look of the mood board, so introduced the damask patterned background, doilies and dress forms.

 The photos are of my daughters being silly, taking photos of themselves in the back or the car with my iphone.

Embossed tags

Crumpled flowers made with the Tim Holtz flower punch; the tips dipped into copper paint.

Distressed stained tag, embossed with white, splatters made with watered down Distress paint.

Our challenges are open to everyone, anywhere in the world & all this month's prizes include
FREE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING!!

This month our merit winner will receive the newest collection from
  Inkido! PaperCraft Scandinavia

2nd place will receive the brand new collection from 13 arts

3rd place will receive a $25 chipboard prize-pack from
Scrapmatts Chipboard in Australia,
containing a selection of their latest releases!

Australian Made Laser Cut Chipboard to compliment your scrapbook pages, cards & papercrafting projects. Scrapmatts has a ning site that showcases our amazing talented international design team who post daily on our blog there, a Gallery, customer challenges & an online store. 

4th place will receive two sets of flowers from
Inkido!  PaperCraft Scandinavia

Our RANDOM winner will receive this assorted pack of goodies

The deadline for this challenge is midnight EST Saturday 25th May 2013.

Please link your entries into our sidebar using our Inlinkz tool & don't forget to read our RULES OF PLAY before you begin.

Please play along - our success depends on YOU!

FOR ALL THE DETAILS VISIT "SCRAP AROUND THE WORLD" CLICK HERE.

I am really very happy and excited to be a part of this new challenge site. I hope you will be excited too by the mood boards and sketches, that they will inspire you and that each month you will make a page, your way, in your style with the creative freedom that they allow, and be a part of this new venture.