Friendly Challenge - Stitching Template.

I belong to a kit club (Like Forever) and there is a lot of page stitching going on lately to inspire. So when my dear friend Helen found a stitching template and asked if I would like to use it on a challenge I jumped at the chance!

The template is concentric hexagons, which is a shape that never fails to look great on a scrapbook page!

Here is the page I created for this challenge and features three year old me and my brother dancing with one of my aunts. As I was using papers from my LFE Smitten kit I chose threads that complimented the papers. 

I tried to think outside the box when it came to the design of my stitched hexagons and although the sweep of them across the page is not so inspiring I created patterns inside them with each colour having it's own pattern.

In a couple of the larger ones I added some chipboard gold hearts.

Finally a little cluster under the photo incorporating my title.

Now to Helen's dramatic page of her and her partner at a Casino Night held in January.

The black red and pinks really make for a eye catching layout and with the addition of hearts creates a LOVEly page!

Helen has used the concentric pattern of the template to her advantage and created a frame for her title from several different coloured threads.

Helen's glitter heat embossed embellishments add a beautiful touch of sparkle that the photo just can't do justice!

Ok, that's our challenge for February shared with you and the next one will be a Tic Tac Toe designed by yours truly!

Hope you were inspired by us to stitch on your page, it really does look wonderful and adds soft texture!

For those of you living in the UK I have sourced the template on Ebay HERE in case you wanted a closer look.

 Thanks for stopping by today and wish you a crafty weekend.

Hugs

Kerry. xx

Christmas Layouts.

Hi scrappy peeps!

I am rushing around today flitting from one job to another and not really achieving much! 

But as I was on the computer (checking my overdue library charges!) I thought I would share a few Christmas layouts I finished last week.

They were all created using the 'Wish List' kit from Like Forever Kit Club.

Christmas Day pics 2014.

Our new Christmas tree for 2015.

Our gorgeous boy as calm as can be!

Sorry it's such a flying visit!

Thanks for looking in on me.

Hugs

Kerry. xx

London 1967.

Big Hello to you all and sorry I have been MIA lately, I hope to get back in the saddle again with my blog and scrapbooking!

I did have a weekend crop this week and after a slow start I managed to get back into the swing of scraping and had a relaxing time with my crafty friends.

I have the new reveal at The Studio Challenges to share with you today and I was humbled when Anna decided to make a sketch based on my Hopes and Dreams layout from January's challenge (check it out Here) 

Here is the sketch and there is also an added challenge for Valentines Day to add at least one heart to your page.

I decided to change it from my original layout by turning it and adding some colour!!!!

The scruff bag in the photo is me many moons ago in my nanny's yard in London.

The page was made using the current Like Forever kit which included these great gold Thickers!

I added some ink splats around the page. 

The beautiful flower paper in the kit is perfect for fussy cutting!

We hope you can play along with us and you should really check out the Studio Challenges blog as the new DT members have their first pages up with this challenge. Lots of beautiful pages to spark your mojo!

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope to be back real soon!

Hugs

Kerry. xx

XOXO

I'm a tad late posting my DT layout for The Studio Challenges, but hey, better late than never!

This weeks challenge is TEXTURE!

We would love to see your textured up pages, so why not play along!

Here is my take on the challenge.

I started with my background idea of using white on white, the shadows creating a textured look. 

I simply punched lots of squares, cut them in half and then adhered them in rows filling the whole 12x12 background.

Although this wooden XOXO is texture by itself, I thought it would look quite effective with glitter on it too!

I also added glitter on the heart tag in the corner of the photo.

Of course you can't have texture without stitching so I created random lines of coloured stitching adding a paper heart to some of them.

Please head on over to The Studio Challenges Blog HERE to see the other designers pages and be inspired to play along with us.

Thanks for dropping by

Hugs

Kerry. xx

Snap Happy

The current challenge over at Challenge YOUrself is Anything Goes!
I liked that I could use some of an older Like Forever kit that went so well with my photos and there are no restrictions on colour or the theme.

As the point of Challenge YOURself is to have YOU in the photo/s here I am taking photo's on a mountain top in France (summer of 2014). The papers in the kit I used were perfect for my photo's and the glitter thickers have captured my heart!

This is probably the perfect title for photo's of any scrapbooker, we are always happy to take photo's but rarely feature in them!

Lots of beautiful ephemera in the kit.

Some fussy cutting of the flowers on one of the sheets of patterned paper.

If you have some photo's of YOU why don't you scrap and share them with pride at Challenge YOURself. 

The challenge runs until February 4th and you can find all the details on their blog HERE.

Thanks for stopping by 

Hugs

Kerry. xx

Fashion Faux Pax and a DT CAll.

The Studio Challenges has three challenges this month and today is the reveal of the second one - patterned paper background.

I had been hoarding this pretty butterfly paper not wanting to cut into it, so when the patterned paper background challenge was decided I thought it was the perfect opportunity to not cut into it but use it as a complete sheet for a layout.

The photo shows my middle daughter wearing some stripey tights that went with a witch dress-up outfit but she had paired them with a girly skirt and top that in no way went together! She thought it was funny though and even let me snap a photo!

I made a photo mat using more paper from the same range and some vellum. I also hand stitched around the mat to help separate it from the background and add some texture. I created the title with my Silhouette.

The felt hearts were die-cut with my Bigshot and the bows were made using a template.

I really hope you find time to play along with us at The Studio Challenges with this background challenge. All the details can be found on the blog HERE.

Also The Studio Challenges has a DT call out at the moment here are the details..

The Studio Challenges DT Call 2016

Hello and welcome to The Studio Challenges design team call for 2016!
We are looking for some lovely, friendly and super talented scrapbookers to be part of an amazing team, to create layouts to inspire others. We are a scrapbook challenge blog where we create fun and different challenges and sketches to inspire. We are looking for at least 3 new members maybe more.

If you are one of the lucky chosen few you would be responsible for:

• At least a six month term starting from February
• You would need to make a layout every two weeks, which is usually 2 a month. 
• Commenting on participants blogs and help with picking our favourite entries.
• To take good photos of your layouts to show them off!
• To blog about the challenge and promote our blog and any sponsors on your personal blog and on social media.
• To be a friendly and active part of the team which works well together to create ideas and to help to keep The Studio Challenges running well.
• It would also be helpful if you were on Facebook but not essential.

This is an international call, anyone can enter, doesn't matter where you live as long as you can speak/ write English.

All you have to do is email me, your favourite layout that best demonstrates your style, a link to your blog and a bit about yourself, the current design team's your on and why you think you would be a good edition to the team to me Anna at: thestudiochallenges@gmail.com by midnight GMT Saturday 23rd January 2015 and please put 'DT Call' in the subject box.

Sound good to you? We would love to hear from you, all styles are welcome as we are looking for a rounded team, with something for everyone!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hugs

Kerry. xx

Today was a Good Day.

I have been managing to sneak some scrapbooking in this month and as there are plenty of great challenge blogs, inspiration has been plentiful.

Today I am sharing a page I created with the challenge over at Scrap The Girls. It is a free for all but still has to be for the girls only. There is also a sketch option for the sketch fans but I had way too many photo's to use so I went with the easy option!

Here is my submission for this month's challenge and my design was based on shuffling the photo's around until I was happy with the layout! 

Using the Twenty Sixteen kit from Like Forever I added some of the wonderful ephemera and washi tape strips for my embellishing.

Part of my title was cut on the Silhouette and the rest was letter stickers.

More ephemera in the top corner.

There is plenty of beautiful scrappy yumminess to check out from the Scrap The Girls DT so why not head on over to the blog HERE and play along too!

Thanks for stopping by Today.

Hugs

Kerry. xx