October "Scrap the Boys"

Hi friends. Today I'm popping in quickly to show a page inspired by this lovely mood board from Scrap the Boys:

And here it is . . .

Although I did add a touch of red for contrast, I think you can see how I was inspired by the colours, the timber and the arrows.

Thanks for visiting, I hope I'll see you back here soon!

September "Scrap the Boys" - "Matching Ouchies"

Continuing in my effort to get back into the craft room and away from the online "shopping cart", I've completed another sketch challenge, this time for "Scrap the Boys".
Here's the sketch:

I took a little bit of liberty with this sketch, but I loved the 3 clusters of tags around the photo, so that's what I tried to replicate:

This photo is about ten years old, and was taken to show the matching grazes that they had on their knees.

(Angus also had a graze on his elbow, hence the adorable pose!)

All the items except for some of the tags have come from my September Counterfeit Kit.

Thanks so much for visiting, and as always, I'd love to hear your strategies for crafting more and spending less!

One day when I was waiting for the phone to ring . . .

It was a slightly stressful day a few weeks ago, we were about to embark on making an offer on another house (we've since exchanged contracts and are aiming to move before Christmas! hysterical shriek of laughter!), and I was wandering around the house for half the day, both phones in hand, waiting for the Real Estate agent to ring me back.  I found it hard to settle into anything productive, and the one thing I really wanted to do - getting up the ladder with the power tools - was really not an option!  Eventually, I found myself in the craft room. At last! Something I could settle into.

First up I finished this page, which came together pretty quickly as the main elements had been on my desk for a week or two:

I inked the thickers to get a shade closer to the other elements on my page, which fits in nicely with Challenge #2 at the Counterfeit Kit Challenge, to alter the colour of something on your page.

Next up, I started a page for the Scrap the Boys challenge of "Man's Best Friend".  I took the literal approach and scrapped an old photo of Angus with our friend's puppy.

At the same time, I took the Kraft It Up challenge to use Wood Veneers.

Well thanks for stopping by, I don't think there'll be too much more action on this little blog over the next month or so, but I've still got plenty of goodies in my October Counterfeit Kit, "packing boxes", so you never know . . .