November Challenge

Hello everyone, Jo here.
 It's my turn to set the challenge this month and I thought it would be fun to do a Sketch challenge. I would also like you to either use Die-cuts or do some fussy cutting (you choose!) 

 We have an amazing Guest Designer this month and I can't wait to introduce you to her.

Here is the sketch - don't forget you can interpret this anyway you wish as long as it is recognizable as this sketch e.g. turn sideways etc.

And without further ado, I'd like to introduce the wonderful Val Thorpe who resides in beautiful South Africa. Thank you Val for inspiring us with your work this month.

Hi my name is Val and I am a scrap-a-holic. I have been married to Simon for 37 years and we have two kids, Clint and Storm, a DIL Lin who is expecting twins in Feb, four very spoilt yorkies and a beautiful cat called Hansa. I am lucky enough not to have to work and to have a very well kitted out studio. I get to travel a lot and photography is my other passion and so I always have loads of material to scrap. My passion with scrapbooking is the journalling (newly discovered) and now I am going back through my layouts to add the stories.

I am on the DT at Once Upon a Sketch,  CSI, Let's Scrap and Black with 2. I am also addicted to challenges. I like the fact that they challenge me to think outside the box and to try things that ordinarily I may not have... I have a blog
 http://valbellesramblings.blogspot.com.au/  
 and you can also find me on Facebook Valerie Ann Thorpe so come and look me up and say hello.

Here is Val's inspirational take on the sketch:

{FLY}

 I'm sure you'll agree that Val has a beautiful style and her photos are always magnificent. Remember to have a look at Val's blog - it's sure to put a smile on your face :)   So next is my take on the sketch:

{Weekend Escape}

I've used the lovely Kaisercraft "Sweet Pea" collection which I thought was perfect for this photo with the die cut animals. I took ages to decide on a photo for this paper collection because the colours match so well with many different pics. The little flowers are from Craft Queen, the flair button is from A Piece of Cake Designs and for the life of me I can't remember where I obtained the chippie title from, sorry :/ There is also a few bits of pp from Stampin' Up!  For closies go to My Blog   If you visit my blog you may also have a chance to see where I'm exploring at the moment :)

Anyway I hope you can play along this month and thanks for dropping by.

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Hi there once again all you lovelies.
 Me again, Cheryl with my take on Jo's challenge, it was a cracker this month (thanks Jo) and took me a while to get my head around it, but without further ado, here it is.

{Impossible to Forget}

A big thank you to Val for joining us this month, her inspiration and talent is amazing!

We hope you are inspired and can join us with Jo's Sketch Challenge.
Looking forward to seeing your creations.

Cheers

x

WINNER OF OUR AUGUST CHALLENGE

Well here we are with the announcement of the winner of my August Challenge, which was to use chipboard and flowers, and wow how many goreous pages did we have, makes picking a winner very difficult.
Netherless we were unanimous with our decision, so a huge congrats to Tone K, her page was so pretty and we loved how she used the chippies and flowers.

Tone has won this gorgeous pack of goodies kindly donated by Nicole at Craft Queen Australia http://www.craftqueen.com.au/

So once again a huge thanks from the DT and myself to everyone who took the time to do our challenge.
Cheers
Annette

MORE BLACK WITH A SPLASH OF COLOUR FROM THE DESIGN TEAM

Hello everyone Mary here with my layout for Cheryl's Challenge . I have chosen Red as my splash of colour

The hearts are from Pink Paislee, I have used the blossom mask and coloured with a combination of Gelato's and water colour paints. The Washi Tape of the garden scene is from Craftqueen as are the metal flower embellishments. The 3 black button/Stud thingys are from my Mum's tin of treasures.The arrow Stamp is from Scrapfriends. I used lots of bits and pieces on this layout, the Music PP was a left over scrap from ages,I think it may be Kaiser
Looking forward to seeing everyone's take on the challenge and now Kim with her layout
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 Hi everyone! Kim here......

Stunning page Mary!  Love the red and what a great photo!
Here is my layout.......my splash of colour is BROWN. 

 {Thinker}

I've used a stamp that came with a magazine (that I haven't used before). Tim Holtz distress inks buttons and brass jewellery links.....tiny twine and Prima alpha's from Craft Queen. I do hope you find a little spare time to join us this month and again a HUGE thank you to Heather  for her inspiration this month, your work is just stunning!

Cheers

KIM x

 

OCTOBER CHALLENGE - BLACK & WHITE WITH A SPLASH OF COLOUR

Welcome to October!

Happy to have you here at Orange Paperie & Co and boy do we have a treat for YOU!!!!

 Cheryl has asked a very special.....super talented scrapper/artist to be our GUEST DESIGNER for October, to help us inspire you.

Without further ado.....

       We give you the amazing....       

   Heather Jacob

Hi there, my name is HEATHER  JACOB.

Firstly I am so honoured and thrilled to be here as a guest designer .Thanks so much  Cheryl for inviting me .

The theme this month is Black and White with a kiss of color. I chose  lime green as my kiss of color to blend with this divine photo of my favourite flowers.

Now a little about me : I feel blessed that my husband/soulmate Baden is incredibly supportive and interested in my art and hobbies. My beautiful family feature in my works.

To me this craft is the perfect combination of art, photography, beautiful paper, and glorious words. I especially love to choose some elements, cast a spell and see what happens, to create a dream and follow it through. Subtle shadows, light and color are all ingredients for casting the spell. I am in harmony with my garden and its inhabitants, connecting with the beauty that surrounds me. For me it is all-consuming, inspiring and a natural expression of my inner self, which I love to weave into my works.

I am inspired by colour and texture … I love to play with stitching, chipboard, journaling, muslin, fabrics, metal elements, inking, masking and texture paste. Getting messy with paint, experimenting and playing with paper ignites my creativity and connects me with my inner child.

Off the page projects and altered art are a fave of mine. I see my style as “CLASSIC” with attention to detail…I tend to lean toward monochromatic themes with a little shabby chic/grunge thrown in..

Memories are forever, Warm hugz from Heather x

My blog

www.heatherartandlife.blogspot.com 

I am lucky enough to be on a number of design teams and my work has been widely published nationally and internationally. 

 A HUGE THANK YOU to Heather and her beautiful inspiration this month.....X

  As you can see by the title of this post Cheryl's Challenge is to create a  layout using Black & White & a Splash of whatever colour you choose......easy as!!! (Cheryl is having some issue's with her computer, at the moment so I'm just posting on her behalf.....Hope it's sorted soon, Cheryl !).

Firstly here is what Heather has created and I'm sure you will agree her work is STUNNING!!!!

 {Favourite}

by Heather Jacob

 {close -up of Heather's amazing layers}

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 Here is Cheryl's beautiful layout

{Blessings}

by Cheryl

Such gorgeous layouts!!!

We do hope you will join us....just add your link to Mr.linky (top right on this page) and show us YOUR creation.

Deadline 31st October, 2013

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Annette here with my take on Cheryl's fantastic challenge and how gorgeous are her and Heathers pages, yummo.

I decided to go with red for my splash of colour, and these pics of my very handsome young nephew Logan were just perfect,

{Logan}

by Annette

I kept the page pretty simple as I wanted the main focus to be the pics.

To add a bit of pizzaz to the cog chippies I painted them and then used dimensional magic which I also coated the word tags with. Some beautiful stripped ribbon, ric rac, plasterers tape (very versatile stuff) fabric covered and normal buttons as well as some washi all combined created a page I am quite pleased with. Oooh even dragged out the dymo labeller too.

So I hope that you will all join in and have some fun with our challenge this month.

Hugs and love,

Annette

 

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Hello everyone, Jo here and welcome to October! I'm so excited to have one of my fave scrapbookers join us as our Guest Designer this month. I've been following Heather Jacob's work for a long time now and she never ceases to inspire me. Thank you Heather for sharing all your wonderful creations.  Here is my take on Cheryl's challenge - Black + White with a splash of colour. I must thank Steve Hill (DD's partner) for once again supplying me with this great photo from their travels.

I've used Kim's background technique with texture paste on black cardstock, added some stamping & ink. For my splash of colour of was inspired of course by the brilliant blue sky in the pic (I know! unusual for London right?!). Whenever I see photos of St Paul's Cathedral I'm reminded of the Mary Poppins movie and the old lady feeding the birds - it always brings a tear to my eye. There's also some lovely little embellies, washi tape & fabric from Craft Queen and the flowers & metal street lamps I've had in my stash for years so I'm not sure where I got them from, sorry. Of course the lovely bird is from prima. 

For closies go to my Blog .  I really hope you can join in on the fun this month. It's an easy challenge this month so I'd love to see what "splash" you come up with.

 

Mary and Kim will be back Mid-October to show you their takes on Cheryl's October Challenge

HAPPY SCRAPPING!!!!



More mood board inspiration

Hello loyal followers, Annette here with my take on Marys' Mood Board Challenge. I drew my inspiration from the colours throughout the board, in particular the different shades of brown which were a perfect match for this gorgeous pic of my two little great neice and nephew. 

  

I used lots of lovely Kaiser Note Worthy pp, kraft card stock,  as well as the most beautiful collection of embellies from Craft Queen (excluding the bird and mushroom brad), stamping, punches, OA Alphas, Scrapmatts words.

So what inspiration does the mood give you? We would love to see.

Cheers Annette

More inspo for Mary's Mood Board

Hello again. Yes it's the middle of the month once again & I'm here to share my take on Mary's challenge for this month. I hope you all have a go at this one. It doesn't matter how you interpret the challenge, just get something onto a page & see what you come up with.

 

I was inspired by the French feel and I've used a photo of an artist we came across while he was using Notre Dame Cathedral as his inspiration.  It was such an iconic Parisienne moment that I had to capture it for our travel album. I also liked the greenery of the trees in the mood board and have used some yummy lime green flowers on my page.

I've used a quote from a novel titled "The Paris Wife". For closies pop on over to http://mycherrypiecreations.blogspot.com.au/ I hope you find the time to play along this month.

Until next time......Jo
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 Hello all.....
 Kim here, firstly I would like to thank Sandra for joining us this month and also Mary for the September Mood Board Challenge.
 Beautiful work Jo!!!

 I drew my inspiration from the bed cover, with the pretty pink and a little from the grey knitted throw.

 

 Mary's Mood Board

 ( U Shine, My Girl )

I've used 2 CW templates from Craft Queen, a cute little flourish from Scrapmatts (which I cut in half), and some Prima goodies!

The soft brown on my layout is actually good ole COFFEE.

Hope you have a chance to join in our challenge this month & thanks girls for some beautiful work :))

Love and Hugs

Kim X
  Miss Annette will add her layout shortly.

SEPTEMBER CHALLENGE AND INTRODUCING OUR GD FOR THE MONTH

Boy the months are flying by , but with a new month brings a new GD and a new challenge. So I have the pleasure to introducing our GD for the month Sandra Scott

My name is Sandra Scott and I’m married to a wonderful man who supports my creative hobby.  Between us we have four adult children and six grandchildren.

I’ve been scrapbooking for about six years but I’ve always had some sort of craft ranging from sewing, decoupage, OTP projects, knitting and attempts at painting.

I can’t say I have a distinct style because I really like experimenting and being inspired by others.  I would say my scrapbooking is quite eclectic because some days I love simple pages and others I love to get dirty and grungy or really girly, it just depends on the task at hand

At the moment I love experimenting with the art journal techniques.

Products used:

Bo Bunny Isabella Patterned Paper

Cardstock

La La Land Crafts Eiffel Tower Die

FWAB Pearls

Green Tara Roses

Kaisercraft Pearl Flourish

American Craft Thickers Alpha

Versa Color Old Rose Ink Pad

Heart Trim, large flower, white doily and spotted bow from stash

I fussy cut the butterflies, pink doilies and tags from the paper range.

The mood board spoke of love to me so I decided to use a B/W photo of my daughter’s wedding.  The Eiffel Tower is direct from the mood board and the flowers from the bed and the colour grey from each photo on the board.

Regards

Sandra

The Moodboard that I am asking you to take your inspiration from this month

And Here is Sandra's beautiful take on the challenge

AMORE

and some close ups ~ Just beautiful and delicate

I would recommend you visit Sandra's blog  . Thank you so much Sandra for being our GD this month.

Cheryl here 

Another month flown by.... (won't be long until Christmas!!..Sorry!!) and here I am again with my take on Mary's mood board challenge. I have chosen to take my inspiration from the colours, and have used a pic of my little 3rd Cousin, the ever so sweet Georgia, who is only a few months old.
A bit strange I guess to use a baby pic with these colours but I think it worked?

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I have used paint to do the stencilling (stencil from Craft Queen) and stamping (Kaiser script stamp)  The background started off as white cardstock to which I added various glimmermists and Tim Holtz distress inks and blended all together. The flowers are from a Spellbinders template, the green flower is Green Tara and the vine template is from an unknown source ( which means... I can't remember... sorry!)
Phew!!! and after all that, thank you to Mary for another great challenge.
T.F.L Cheryl

Thanks Cheryl, beautiful layout and what a precious photo
Well I can't imagine why I picked this mood board :) But my layout is of course........ Paris !

Resting by the Seine

 Fittingly the PP is Kaiser "Bonjour" Range . The girl & Paris stamp is from a  set I brought at the Penrith Papercraft Show ( Lots of fabulous Paris stamps in the set ) from Stampinstyle . Some Satin Seam binding and trim.
Looking forward to lots of amazing entries
Mary