Scrap the Boys July Challenge

Scrap the Boys July Challenge is Ocean themed.  I discovered I am rather lacking on Beach, Nautical or Ocean themed supplies.

Appologies for the different set out today but for some reason Blogger isn't letting me edit my post so that text is beside photos or to have photo clusters as I would prefer.

After I selected some papers from these paper pads I grabbed out some beads from a broken necklace, hessian ribbon and a cloud, sun and grass chipboard.

I started playing around with my papers, chipboard and hessian ribbon to work out how I wanted to lay things out before adding colour or other embellishments.

Then it was time for Distress Stains, I decided to go with more basic techniques this time, just swiping and then doing some splats with Tumbled Glass on my light grey cardstock.

I used Pealed Paint to colour the grass chipboard by putting some on my craft sheet and rubbing the chipboard in it and just dabbing on any spots that didn't take colour, I then inked the edges with New England Ivy CTMH ink and a ink dabber.

For the Sun I mixed some yellow, white and light brown Acrylic paints on my craft sheet and painted it on, once dry I dabbed some Mustard Seed Distress Stain on it.  I was trying to get a shade close to the shade in the striped paper I was using on my layout.

For the cloud I just dabbed white paint with a sponge on it to get a textured effect that felt like a cloud.

I chose not to base coat any of my chipboard as I wanted the different effect that the raw chipboard directly under the cover gives.

I had everything ready to adhere down when the oppurtunity to go to Spotlight and spend my voucher occured, so I grabbed a pack of charms that included fish and turtles and then I spoted a beautiful Mermaid Bookmark.  I had already decided to go with a overall ocean theme and use a photo of my son having Icecream at the beach on a day out with Dad.

In addition to my already selected embellishments I added some embroidery floss to represent seaweed.

I inked the edges of the papers with Pacifica ink from CTMH.

The die cut title is from that pack of Dear Lizzy die cuts I scored at the destash market, that pack is so useful.

I love the subtle colour from the Distress stain swipes and splats.

I also selectively cut some wording from one of the papers in one of the paper pads.

Scrap The Boys June Challenge

I first laid out supplies and rough layout for what I wanted to create shortly after my exam and Today I found the time to stick things down while the kids played with their friend who is visiting for the day.
The Scrap The Boys June Challenge was a fun challenge as I used metal buttons I got in a jar from the op-shop and parts of the broken necklace I used on my Altered Book.  I also used 2 of the view finder dies cuts from the July 2015 Just Add Paper Kit from D'lish Scraps.
I grabbed out a assortment of black papers and grey papers to play with.

I attached the metal components with Glossy Accents and then finished them off with a coat of Glossy Accents to seal them.
 

The chain wound up going down differently to how I wanted but I still really like the results.

So will you be joining in the fun of Scrapbooking Challenges?  I look forward to seeing your results.

Scrap The Boys Challenge and a Colour Challenge from Scrapping Good Time

I promised myself I would participate in a Scrapbooking Challenge this month and with 2 days to spare I did it.
I loved the Colour Challenge from Scrapping Good Times use Yellow, Black and Light Blue.

I had this paper pad from Studio Calico that had a black paper covered in constellations so when I thought of it in the middle of the night last night I knew I wanted to use this paper for the boys and my trip to the Planetarium.

I have been promising myself I will get involved with Scrap the Boys challenges as there is so little in the scrapbooking world for those of us who scrapbook the boys in our lives and I love that this blog encourages this, I really liked the Sketch for this month so I have combined the 2.

 I have used some die cuts from Kaisercraft Garage Days Collectables, some Kaisercraft Enamel Shapes, the last of my chipboard stars, some old Creative Memories alphas and dug out some of my old punches to punch some stars out of yellow cardstock and the background blue paper.
All papers are from the Studio Calico paper pad.
I like how it turned out, it was a quick scrap once I knew what I wanted to use and pulled out coordinating supplies so perfect for someone as time poor as I am that needs to get some crafting in their day.