Crazy Golf

It's the turn of the Inky Minxes to set this week's challenge at UKScrappers, and as a new member of the team, I got to do one of the example pages to go with it. We have given out a list of 10 items (including a sketch) and we are asking people to use three or more of them. Hop over here for the challenge in full.

My chosen elements were the sketch, misting, washi tape and using themed paper for another purpose. (My background paper is from a Christmas collection.) The photos are ancient ones of my son, which I cropped down from 4x6 prints to suit the sketch. 

Supplies
Cardstock - DCWV Natural Stack, Papermania Kraft (for Tickets)
Paper - Basic Grey Dasher (Snowfall Holly), Basic Grey Plumeria (Velvet Bloom)
Letters - American Crafts Thickers, Basic Grey Curio
Washi Tape 0 Trimcraft
Mist - Mister Huey's Opaque White
Brads - Papermania
Small Ticket - from Crystal @ Crystal's Garden
Ink - Ink It Up!

Tools
Kreaxions Circle Cutter
Big Shot & X-Cut Ticket Stubs Die

On the Monsal Trail

Like most scrappers, I find it harder to do double pages than single pages. In fact, I have a list of doubles that I need to do in order to fill some gaps in my albums. I'm filling one of those gaps today because of Challenge 153 at Scrap Whispers - create a two page layout with at least five photos and the title running across both pages.

My photos are from a walk along the Monsal Trail in the Peak District earlier this year and I used six of them for my double page. The trail follows an old railway line and we walked through two of the tunnels.

Supplies
Paper - K&Co Blue Awning, atd, Simple Stories Take a Hike
Letters - Simple Stories
Border Sticker - Crate Paper Restoration
Metal Embellishments - from Stash
Gems - Dovecraft
Ink - docrafts

Tools
Big Shot & X-Cut Ticket Stubs Die
Woodware Scalloped Circle Punch

In The Maze

When I got my holiday photos printed online, I added a couple of other photos to the order; they were photos of my daughter in the maze at Hever Castle and I was pretty sure that I would be scrapping them as a pair at 4x6.

I had a look through the sketches on Shimelle's blog as she frequently scraps pairs of 4x6 photos, and I picked on her Sketch 20 from June this year - a twist on patterned paper quadrants.

I chose an old collection of paper from Basic Grey. The colours in each paper are quite similar so they get lost against each other when they are layered up. However I think that laying them out in separate blocks has worked rather well.

Supplies
Cardstock - American Crafts
Paper - Basic Grey Wisteria
Letters - American Crafts Thickers, Basic Grey Curio
Brads - Papermania
Pearls & Ribbon - from Stash
Ink - docrafts

Tools
Woodware Scalloped Circle Punch
Amy Tangerine Date Stamp

Where I Work

This week's team challenge at UKScrappers was exactly that - a challenge. It was set by Team Phoenix and they asked us to scrap something we wouldn't normally scrap. This had me thinking for a while, until I decided to scrap my workplace, which I haven't done before. Their other requirements were to use Sketch 30 from Shimelle, handwritten journalling and stamping.

I did take a photo of the outside of our office earlier this year, and I pulled pictures of my colleagues off the company web-site. Then I adapted the sketch for five square photos.

Supplies
Paper - Crate Paper DIY Shop, First Edition J'Adore, Scraps
Letters - Basic Grey, My Little Shoebox
Gems - from Stash
Ink - docrafts

Tools
Woodware Flower Punch
Craft Creatives Flower Punch
Amy Tangerine Stamp

90

Challenge #154 at Scrap Whispers this week was to make a page with two focal points - two groupings (one large and one small) with 'white' space in between them. 

I'm combining this with the mid-September sketch challenge from Stuck?! Sketches as it already has the two areas mapped out.

I picked photos from my husband's grandmother's 90th birthday in January, and decided to angle my layers a little, rather than the precision of the sketch.

My favourite thing about the page is actually the small flower circles. I had some old metal rimmed embellishments with flowers set in them, two purple and one orange, which have been sitting around for far too long. I punched new flowers, backed them with cream paper and topped them with clear epoxy circles. Now they match the page, and there is a certain sense of satisfaction in throwing away empty embellishment packaging.

Supplies

Paper - First Edition J'Adore, Art & Crafts Direct

Bingo Card - Teresa Collins Timeless

Border Sticker - Crate Paper Random

Numbers - American Crafts Thickers

Label - 7Gypsies??

Metal Circles - Papermania

Gems - The Hobby House

Ink - Ink It Up!

Tools

Craft Creatives Flower Punch

A Day of Scenic Cruising

From Ålseund, we headed north again on our cruise; we had another day at sea, but this time we were close to the coast and enjoyed some great scenery. My left page is dedicated to the scenery, with photos of Torghatten, a mountain with a hole right through it, and the Seven Sisters, a series of mountains that run the length of the island of Alsten.

The right page has more of a mixture: the top part is about the 'crossing the line' ceremony that the entertainment staff held as we approached the Arctic Circle. The officers were put on trial in the Court of King Neptune, and once Neptune had been appeased we were free to continue our journey. We had our first sighting of dolphins that day, and although the photo itself is pretty poor, it deserved to be documented. The bottom row goes back to scenery, with a globe on one of the islands, and our first view of a glacier.

I've come to the end of my first batch of holiday photos now, so you can have a break from my Norwegian pages for a little while.

Supplies

Paper - October Afternoon Travel Girl, MME Lost & Found 3, Pink Paislee Portfolio

Letters - American Crafts Thickers, October Afternoon, Anita's Glitterations, Jillibean Soup

Washi Tape - October Afternoon, Trimcraft, The Range

Label Sticker - 7Gypsies

Brads - Papermania

Gems - The Hobby House

Button - from Stash

Tools

Woodware Scalloped Circle Punch

Climbing Sukkertoppen

Another double page for my Norwegian Cruise album, where I am using divided page protectors. These are photos from our day in Ålesund. In actual fact, we were just across the bay from the town, as we caught the local bus to the island of Hessa and walked up to its highest point - Sukkertoppen.

The left page is the back of my Ålesund page, and has photos of the path (such as it was) and the summit:

The right hand page has a couple of photos of the views from the top, then my daughter, another cruise ship, the traditional fire-boat that accompanied our departure, and the sunset.

One thing that is definitely bugging me about this project at the moment is the size of the pockets versus the size of my photos. Both are supposed to be 4" x 6", and 6" is 15.2cm, but the photos that I had printed are only 14.9cm wide. This means that I have had to add a 'filler' strip to most of the 4x6 photo pockets. I have only had 30 photos printed so far, so I will try another developer for my next batch of pictures and see if they are the same.

Supplies
Paper - Daisy D's Butter Polka Dot, MME Follow Your Heart, MME Lost & Found 3, MME MIss Caroline, Crate Paper DIY Shop, Pink Paislee Indigo Bleu, Pink Paislee Portfolio
Letters - October Afternoon
Washi Tape - Queen & Co, Trimcraft, The Range
Wood Veneer Circles - Studio Calico
Butterflies - Prima
Gems - Dovecraft
Ink - Ink It Up!

Tools
Fiskars Postage Stamp Border Punch
Woodware Scalloped Circle Punch
Craft Creatives Tiny Flower Punch