Small Samples...

Well, here they are... my contribution to the 6x6 swap. It's great when you know good looking subjects... It makes it easy to make a page look good! There's Ethan in the bath and Chad playing hide and seek... Again, no room for journalling, but I think that they are self explanatory.

Scrapbooking...small style

I have signed up for a 6"x6" scrapbook page swap.. I thought that I would do a few today just to warm up... It's a very different thing to try and fill a 12"x 12" page to one a quarter of the size.. It felt like no sooner had I put a picutre on, than the page was filled. Here's my first few goes... there's no journalling as there just wasn't room! I wanted to use my SU! scrapping supplies and see what I could create just with paper and stamps.. (and perhaps just a little bit of the 'Recollections' paper range...)

Ethan is such a cute little man and the rosy red cheeks inspired me to use the Cranberry Crisp paper!

Doodling seems to be big.... I tried it on the next page ...

..and last but not least.. A picture of mum that I just love... I have been wanting to do something with this forever. I still want to do a larger page, but I had a copy of this in small format and it fitted perfectly... The colours haven't scanned just quite right, and it's a bit crooked ~ but you get the idea....

And after all that.. I'm still not happy with the page that I did for the swap... I shall just have to keep playing until the inspiration hits the bulls-eye..!

It's been a week since I last posted.. not a good look, I know. I have some pictures to post but they're still on the camera! My laptop went off for open hard disc surgery earlier in the week and I have been making a list of all that I have "lost"... Nothing major.. just many hours trawling the 'net gathering ideas. Let's hope I get it back soon.

I have my first workshop/s booked for next weekend (thanks mum!) and am starting to get things ready.. How excitement..!! I want to show them SOO much stuff as there are so many wonderful SU! stamps and their products make creating so easy.

I have made the little hostess gifts, and the wee bits 'n' pieces that will be on the table for the guests.. I shall put pictures up afterwards, so as not to spoil the surprise...well for mum anyway (hi mum, if you're reading this)

I have also joined a scrapbook swap.. A 6x6 page.. It should be interesting and totally new for me.. Luckily my friends are producing gorgeous, photogenic children, so I will have some inspiring subjects to choose from!I promise some photos really, really soon!

Cybercrop

I was part of my first ever cybercrop last Friday - it was hosted by my upline Jayne. She set the challenges and we had to complete them.. It was a great experience.. This page is from the first challenge Jayne set.. it was a sketch from the SU! website (here's the sketch if you would like to see what it's based on... http://www3.stampinup.com/images/WorkshopWizardintl/30-4579925.jpg )
and here's my take on the sketch....
The backgrounds are created using SU! stamps and the papers are from the Earth Elements colour family. I've embossed the "PASTA" and cut them out with the tag punch (love it!!). Yes I know there is no jouranling.. that's what the big blue sqaure is for... When I get it done I will change the picture. I was pretty happy with this for my first 'cyber' attempt.

The second challenge was to choose a card from the catalogue that uses a set you'd never buy and make the card again using a stamp set you own. We could change the colour scheme if we didn't have the same colours but the layout must be the same. I picked a card from page 88 of the current catalogue to interpret... I didn't have any of the "hardware", so made up my embellisjment from a couple of cut out leaves from the In Full Bloom set.


I can't wait for the next team get together..!

Diaorama card..

I saw this on Jenni Oliver's blog and thought that I would give it a go.. I have stuck to one stamp set "In Full Bloom". It was great fun and it folds flat for posting, which is a bonus! I may have to make more of these...

Watercolours..

I didn't think that I would like it - but I love it!! I have discovered the fun to be had with the different ways that you can watercolour with SU!'s inks and pastels.... And going even further out of my comfort zone I played with a bit of pink last night.. here's the results....

What do you think..??

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