Monthly Crop Motivational Challenge (January)

Hi all

Today I wanted to share a scrapbook layout with you all.

As some of you know each month I attend a local Crop with my best friend wellmy best friend and the wonderful Cal who runs the crop worked together to start a Motivation Inspiration Challenge for each month as a bit of fun.

So this started in January and yes I know I am a little behind in sharing this with you so here goes.

For January we had to include the following 5 prompts in our creation, It could be a scrapbook layout, Card, Mixed Media project anything you wanted as long as it involved the following prompts.

As soon as I saw the prompts on the 1st Jan I noticed the Lilac and Autumn and you guessed it thought oh no how am I going to incorporate those together, So I got my thinking cap on and played around with a few ideas until TAADAAA!!! Light bulb moment.

And here is my scrapbook layout.

As you can see I have done a 12 x 12 layout now if you have been following my blog for some time you will know I haven't been a scrapbooker for long but have to admit I am really enjoying the journey.

To do this I used my scrumptious Distress Oxide Inks to create the background using the smooshing technique, I also die cut some leaves out on my big shot and again used my Distress Oxide inks to colour them. (Prompt Autumn)

The quote and the picture of me (Prompt Selfie) was printed out on my Canon Selphy and backed onto the some beautiful Designer Series Paper, the quote I found on google images and is a well know quote from Harry Potter (which i love) it reads " Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times. If one only remembers to turn on the light" - Albus Dumbledore (Prompts Motivational and Use a Quote)

Even though in this picture you can not see it, it does have a lilac background to it YAY lilac. (Prompt Lilac)

I also used my Crushed grape Mica Spray on the layout and on the leaves so this added more of a lilac look to it and lastly used Shaded Lilac Distress Ink on the edges on the layout. (Prompt Lilac)

I hope this gives you some inspiration also and you have enjoyed seeing what I did by incorporating the 5 prompts.

Kelly

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

Fall Is In The Air

Hi all

Today is new challenge day over at Scrapping4FunChallenges. So I have my DT Inspiration make to share with you all.

This months theme is Autumn Colours and is sponsored by Cute As A Button Stamps

Here is my creation for this months challenge 

For this month's inspiration piece I have done a Bridge Card and used the beautiful 

Painting The Harvest Digi Stamp

To do this card I have used the following products

Spectrum Noir Markers

Distress Oxide Inks - Vintage Photo and Spiced Marmalade

Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies

Painted Harvest Stamp Set (For the sentiment)

Panted Autumn Designer Series Paper 

Distress Ink - Vintage Photo

Whisper White Card Stock 

Simply Score Board

Stampin' Trimmer

Paper Snips

Big Shot

I love how this all came together with the lovely warm Autumn colours and the leaves, the sentiment from the stamp set finished this off perfectly.

I hope my card has given you some inspiration and I can not wait to see what you all create for this challenge.

Kelly

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

I would also like to enter this piece into the following challenges:
4 Crafty Chick's - Fall
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog - Use A Die Cut + A Sentiment
Crafting With An Attitude - Anything Goes
DLART - Fall Colours
Moving Along With The Times - Autumn/Fall

Autumn Watch

Hi all and welcome back :)

Today I am sharing with you all a recent piece called "Autumn Watch" which has been done on water colour card and then framed in a lovely White Frame.

I was inspired to do this piece with Autumn in mind so I wanted to show this in the background. I hope you like this piece as much as I enjoyed bringing it to life.

Items used to make this piece:

Watercolour Card

Lavinia Stamps

Distress Inks

Inkylicious Sun/Moon Mountain and Valley stencil

White Frame with mount

I would like to enter this piece into the following challenges:

Digi design challenge blog - Autumn Challenge

Fantasy Stampers Challenge - In The Fall

Creative Artiste - Anything Mixed Media Goes

Stamps and Stencils - The Colours Of Autumn
Addicted To Stamps and More - Anything Goes