It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas ... #3

Tutorial

It uses a Spellbinders diecut but I think you could make it with out one ... just a bit of cutting by hand!!

or the video ...

Sketch challenge - Sandra

Hi there Sue!!
Woot woot I have completed another challenge.
I LOVED this sketch!!!
and of course when you say misting or masking I think of none other than Lou. :-)
Love these photos of Louise at Tiff's 40th Birthday and I think this quote I found is pretty
 apt for our Lou. :-)


Thanks for a great challenge!!


Cheers
Sandra
x

Thanks Sandra for sending this gorgeous one in, i love those photos of Lou!! Love your colour combo and that misting/ masking is beautiful. I think quite a few of us think of this lady when it comes to anything to do with paints, inks etc... And what a great quote you have used too!!

thanks for joining in on this challenge!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas ... #2

Tiny notes in a jar ... created by  ... just Laura ... just so cute I reckon!!

November Colour Challenge - Judy W.

Dear Amanda
Sending you a layout for the first time for the November challenge
Cheers Judy W

and another couple of recent layouts:

Firstly Judy - a massive WELCOME! It's always nice to see some fresh e2c faces and names.


Love your green adaptation to the colour challenge - it is lovely… all these summery colours are making my mouth water… not to mention your yummo pudding in the pic!!!! Fantastic!


Super cute monkey layout - love the photostrip type effect and the adorable monkey embellishments! 


The twine additions to Lovin U is easy are brilliant. The black and white + grey is so striking!


Well done Judy. Hope to see you join in again!

November Colour Challenge - Marika

Hi Amanda, 

Here is my page for the colour challenge shock horror two pages in 2 weeks, i loved these colours together.

Thanks Marika

oh my goodness Marika - this is just WOW. Really love the paint effect and your random scallops! The white absolutely pops against the crisp yellow and the craft.


DE-LISH!!

Sue's Sketch - Karen

Hi Amanda,

Here is my attempt at Sues sketch challenge,  I have to admit I start out with good intention then when I look at the end product it looks only a little bit like the sketch!  So if you stand on your head this may look kind of like it ;)  I scrapped last night at my new scrap desk and it was awesome!!  Think I may do some more today.

Cheers

Karen D

Thanks Karen - the pink spotty paper is fabulous with the splats! Also loving the strip of photos! Makes me want to do the whole e2c retreat thing again even MORE!

I think it's fantastic how you have incorporated our 2011 retreat colours in this. Beautiful!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas ... #1

okay ... the start of my posting Christmas craft ideas ... LOL

A cute card ...

Source: Paper In Bloom

mini book project ...

Love this one ...

Source: The Creative Place

November Challenge - Tiff

Hi There.

 

I loved the idea of the Kraft and the yellow green but found finding that colour a bit tricky so I went to a more subtle orange tones.

 

I just LOVE the new chicken wire template from Crafter's Workshop. So many ways to use it!!! White paint with this LO.

 

thanks for the ideas.

 

Tiff

i really like that chicken wire work there Tiff - along with that great banner. Wish we could read your journaling hidden under your watermark!

The orange and white pops against the kraft. Lovely.

October Challenge - Marika

hi Amanda,

Sorry i am a bit late for last month finally did my first page for months just need to find some more time to get in the scrap room. Thanks for the blog for the continued inspiration.

Marika

love the splashes of green and teal with this Marika - great collage of photos too! Lots of different elements - my eyes are spying all sorts of beauties!

Great job!

Amanda's challenge - Sandra

My November challenge entry. A card using the box as a sketch. Not my most favourite card, but these colours were a lot of fun. And now when  I look at it again, those white splats look like a bird has pooped on it!!!  Oh dear!

oh pooey Sandra ... I mean phooey (;-)) ... I think it looks pooutiful!! Oh sorry ... no seriously I love it ... great colours hey!! Love your concertina flowers ... did you make them?

Thank you for joining in so quickly!!

November Sketch challenge

I've been having moments of misting & masking lately and am loving it! So this month i have put together a sketch from a page i did the other day, a simple sketch but i would love to see some masking and misting happening in the background. Embellish as little or as much as you wish.


Here is my example, i used chipoard butterflies as my masks, then repeated the butterfly theme with the punched butterflies as embellishments. And my title was a photo of the sign at the 'Day on the Green'...

So as you see, all pretty simple....i can't wait to see what you come up with....go have some fun with it!!

Suexx

Challenge from Nat May ...

Hello hello ....

So I was having a bit of a lurk around between getting pages done for classes and came across your November challenge!
This is sooo up my alley and in a matter of an hour ... I had created this page!
I LOVE the DKNY box - the colours are brilliant!
I used the papers from the Tim Holtz Resist pad for the background with Hambly Doily Rub-Ons - perfect match!

Thanks for putting up a great challenge!

Natalie May

November Challenge.

I have just treated myself to a delicious new perfume for summer… and was quite inspired by the box it came in!

(oh i just realised it is called BE DELICIOUS - how ironic!)

Kraft, White and a small splash of yellow. (it is yellow-y green on the box but it may be hard to find in paper!!)

Yum yum yum.

Be inspired by those colours. Go. Create. Now.

Sandra's twiddleybitz winner:

Thank you Sandra for your very kind offer for a twiddleybitz prize for one of our lucky blog readers and challengers for the month of October.

She has drawn a name….

Sandra will catch up with you soon, prize in hand.

Thanks again Sandra… that was a very generous offer to all e2c - ers.

registration details

October Challenge - Ali

Hiya Amanda, here is my take on the mid-October challenge. I had fun actually sitting and scrapping last night! Thanks for the inspiration, I have needed it!! Happy Tuesday!!

Ali i just LOVE that background paper? fabric? I am so envious of your whimsical style - you are fantastic at it! It looks so effortless and yet so damn good!

Clever outlining of the title, the photo is divine, and cute, cute, cute ruffle.

This is totally DE-LISH!

mid October challenge - Sue

I was inspired by Sandra's Dutchland themed page...so i headed to my pile of photos from overseas and grabbed these. With some pp, paint smearing, inking of my ampersand template, i added some scraps of paper, did some folding, sanding & even some tearing, folding paper to make the pleated flowers....this page came together to sort-of look like the mid October challenge!!

Thanks Amanda for this challenge!!

October Challenge - Tiff

Hi Amanda.

 

A lo for the mid October challenge.

 

I've simplified the inspo even further by reducing it to one rectangular element and a white with one colour scheme. The story is the important bit and as there is a lot of it, the embellishing has been kept very minimal so has to not distract from it. I've taken the layering idea and used with a different approach.

 

Thanks

Tiff

The paper edge looks so frilly! I like the white on white effect. Nice work Tiff.

October Challenge - Amanda