There's a new challenge blog in town - have you seen it yet?
It's called Scrap Africa & to my knowledge is the first
challenge blog to be launched in Africa.
I was their Guest Designer there this month and got
this sketch to work with, as well as being required to
use any Fabscraps product (I used a chipboard fence
that I bought locally online as they are a South African
company).
I have copied & pasted what I submitted there for you to see.
I met the founder, Evgenia Petzer, online, she found me!
She is a Russian living in Gauteng & a talented
paper-crafter who I shall be meeting for lunch this week!
Yippee!! Meeting online friends in real life is
fantastic & she will be only the 2nd that I have
met IRL that also lives here in South Africa.
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Hi Everyone! I am so happy my friend Evgenia asked
me to Guest Design here at Scrap Africa this month!
I have been scrapbooking for the last 8 years, thanks
to my daughter, who was invited by her friend to a scrapbooking
workshop!! If it wasn't for that who knows how much longer
it would have taken me to discover scrapbooking, but boy
I am so glad I did as I eat, drink and breathe scrapbooking!!!
I am a Durban-based scrapbooker, having lived here for the
last 6 years, after escaping Zimbabwe, where I was born and
where I share my love of scrapbooking and photography and have
been lucky enough to have been published in Creating Keepsakes
magazine and Scrap Street Ezine as well as in a sketch book,
"Working with Sketches" available online from Creative Scrappers
in both e-book and print format.
I design for several websites, a wonderful Australian based
international challenge blog, Once Upon a Sketch, an
American based word challenge blog, Bird is the Word,
a well-known international sketch blog - "Sketchabilities"
and I work with products sent to me by Imaginarium Designs
(a chipboard company in Australia, who sell
their products online through "Seriously Scrapbooking".
I also work for"Scrapbook Kits with a Difference" – An
Adelaide-based online scrapbook Page kit club, designing
layouts and cards for them each month and last but not least
for a great little kit club in America called 3 Scrappy Boys,
that sends me the latest and greatest products to design with.
If you visit me at my blog you will see links in my sidebar
I loved working with Evgenia's sketch and flipped it over,
added a couple of portrait-orientation photos in place of the
3 landscape ones & used some gorgeous American Crafts
"Campy Trails" papers to create this layout about my 2 eldest
kids. I also used some Studio Calico mists and a Crafter's
Workshop Chicken Wire stencil.
Most importantly I have used a gorgeous chipboard fence from
FABSCRAPS, a South African company, that is sponsoring
Scrap Africa this month! I love to add "artiness" to my pages
by playing with paints, mists, masks and stencils & also
strive to include meaningful journaling to everything I do
as well.
I hope you play along, wherever you are in the world!!
Thank you SO much Evgenia and team for having me
on board this month!
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Here are some close-ups of all the details...
I love those tiny alphas from Making Memories and my
vowels are almost out now! I don't see anything similar
available now - I love how you can position them so
randomly and think that creates interest all on it's own.
I love these night photos of my teens. I had to
contrast edit them a lot to clear the shadows but
I like the Pop Art effect that that created.
The printed paper is a gorgeous embossed design from
American Crafts. I created my own pale green mist out
of necessity & laziness. My Calico White was almost
out (insert sobs here!) as was my Clover, so I combined
the two as the one spray bottle had ceased to "spray"
despite my best flushing efforts. Mixing mists works fab!!
I used my trusty Crafter's Workshop 12" chicken wire
stencil again, as well as shaking drops onto the layout by
taking off the lid and tapping on top of the aerosol
push-button so it drips out of the suction straw.
Supplies List for "Entering Adulthood" Layout
Printed Paper - American Crafts "Campy Trails"
Sweetwater Cabin {Floral}
Wood Grain Paper - American Crafts
"Campy Trails" - Cedar River "Trail"
Mist - Studio Calico White & Clover
Mask - Crafter's Workshop Stencil
(12" chicken wire)
Chipboard Picket Fence - Fabscraps
Brown inks - Color Box
Clear embossing stamp pad - Tsukineko
Clear embossing Powder - Ranger
Thickers - American Crafts "Sunrise"
Yellow alphas - October Afternoon Mini-Market
Tiny alphas + felt embellishments + staples
+ "Call Me" Embellishment
Thread & Buttons - Stash
16 comments:
This is a fantastic page. I love the misting and the papers you used. I love your title/journaling. It is so true. Letting go is the hardest!!!
Great page Helen..love the title and journalling!
Alison xx
I loved seeing those close-up photos--they really show off how sparkly your misting is.
I'll be playing along again with this challenge, we'll see what I come up with...
Hope you had a great lunch with Evgenia!
*sigh* this is GORGEOUS Helen! I loveeeee the masking, the little fence, the title and LOVING that wood grain!!! You are amazing!
Dude! Julie just said what I was thinking! Love it all!
This is lovely. Love your journaling and "subjects". It scares me to think my children are going to be teenagers one day....
Loving that background too.
Saw it over on Lynette's blog. I think you rocked the sketch. Great use of yellow and love the misting over the chicken wire.
Just beautiful. That journalling must have taken you ages. Enjoy your get together with your Russian blogger friend.
Hugs
Desire
Well, congrats on the guest designer gig! How exciting!
Your layout is beautiful! I love the shimmer and the photos! :)
congrats from me too Helen :) this is such a stunning LO.. love the photos and the fence
This layout is STUNNING!!! Love the photos too... And CONGRATS for GDT Stint... you well-deserved Helen... Hugs...xoxo
Such a fabulous page Helen! Great advice for your older children too. Growing up is hard! Congrats on the guest dt gig!
Congrats Helen for being features. Wooooo the chix wire stencil looks awesome! Another great page from u!! :)))
Beautiful page, Helen! Love that stencil (my fave) and the fence looks great. I like that added 'call me' on top... a mom can hope, right?
Fantastic layout Helen, I love the title and the high contrast photos! :)
CONGRATS on the GDT spot......
This Layout is WONDERFUL!!!
Another Incredible background Helen!!!!
♥
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