APRIL challenge

OUR WINNER FOR MARCH WAS Jo Tritton.
A voucher for $25 from Scrapbooking Hut will be sent her way.
We were all overwhelmed by our 21 entries this month. They were all fantastic.
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Welcome to another fun filled month at Archiscraps.
On the other side of the world, spring has sprung.
Here in Australia we are going into autumn and the days are starting to get cooler.It is a nice time of year.
I've chosen something fresh and green for this month's stimulus picture

 

and can you guess what the extra criteria is????

TRIANGLES

 

Use triangles on your layout however you like.

When you link up please describe where the triangles are.

 

Our prize this month is from SCRAPPERS GARDEN

 

 

Aren't they lovely? Linda is one talented lady :)

 

Now on to the DT's wonderful layouts

 

DEBI

I was very inspired by this amazing garden room shape, so used lots of triangular shapes as well as being inspired by the green of the woods in the photo.  So I have used lots of cool green,some fab Norfolk Island photos which I thoroughly enjoyed scrapping with.

DALE

 

I took my inspiration from all the greens and the outdoor setting, many trees. I've added a triangle in each corner, they seem to point at the photos. My banners have triangle shapes also.

 

                                                               TRISH

The arch in the top of the gate has triangles and they remind me of the rays on the unusual glass house.
                                                                                    JANE

Such an unusual piece of architecture!   I was drawn to the surrounding green of the woods in the photograph and I have tried to capture this feeling of nature with the soft green I have used in the patterned paper and my use of wood embellishments.  I have also used suspended triangles like those of the actual house.

                                                                      LIBBY

Triangles were used for the banner and to the right of the photo are larger triangles with smaller ones added on them with pop dots for dimension.  I was inspired by the colors and incorporated lots of green with white touches which represent the light bursting through the trees in the inspiration photo.

                                                                        SUSAN

 This photo is of my hubby and myself when we were in Brisbane visiting family and friends at Christmas time. I used the triangles as arrows to direct attention to the photo. I also stamped random triangles around the edge of the layout.( I don't know if they showed up very well in the photo).

NICOLE has resigned from our DT for personal reasons.
We wish you all the best for your future, and thank you for your wonderful inspiration during your time here.

                                                                     

 

CSI does the March challenge at Archiscraps.

The whole website's name is CSI: Color, Stories, Inspiration.

 Here's a link to the challenge: http://csicolorstoriesinspiration.ning.com/forum/topics/case-file-no-cc-1-special-archi-scraps-csi-collaboration-case-fil

Now look at what the talented bunch from CSI have produced in answer to our challenge.

 

With all that inspiration you should be full of good ideas.
Don't forget to upload your layouts to both websites Archiscraps and CSI.

March Archiscraps Challenge and CSI joint challenge.

Our winner for February was Wendy o' Keefe.

Here is the picture for March.

It is taken in Singapore.

 

and the added criteria is a striped border.

So let's see all those colourful layouts.

Big news this month.......
We are collaborating with CSI

So you might like to combine the 2 and enter both challenges.

Prize is from Di Chook Landers at the Scrapbooking Hut where there is currently a sale going on.

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For an unusual treat I've done a layout too, here it is.....
                                                               JULENE

Now here's the DT's wonderful creations ...


                                                                   SUSAN

I chose to "see" what is around my home. Palm trees are everywhere here and I combined the border and stripes together.

                                                                     
                                                                          JANE

I’m not sure where the inspiration picture this month is located but if I were a betting woman I’d say it’s in Little India in Singapore.  It reminds me so much of some of the architecture located there and around the Clarke Quay area along the river.  So bright and colourful and full of character which I have tried to replicate in my layout.  Ah, to be a tourist again!

                                                                        DEBI

                                                                        

I just loved this inspiration! The colours, the patterns, the windows of that tall building that looked like doors...so that I what my page is about....doors.

I have a print on my hall wall that I love, so decided I should scrap about my love of doors...

I used all the colours of the CSI palette.

Evidence - stripes, decorative border, architectural accents, clouds, zig-zag.

Testimony - I have documented my love of front doors, & used the IW, of colour & see in my journaling.

Brilliant challenge!

  

DALE

                                      

I thought of the amazing Raffles Hotel in Singapore. Click here to go to the Hotel website. We had a wander through the areas that were accessible to non-Hotel guests. The architecture is incredible. I particularly loved the fountain which you can see a picture of in my layout. I have a pine tree transparency, like the palm tree in the inspiration picture. I also have met 5 pieces of evidence and 3 items of testimony and of course I have all the colours required.

                                

                                                                         TRISH

 

 

                                                                       LIBBY

 

My layout is titled, "Look at Me!"  This is our son at the Parrot Jungle & Gardens in Miami, FL. 

For the "scene" I used all the colors from the palette.  The background was misted with different mists (the only colors not from the palette) using stencils.  For the "evidence" I used stripes (on the ribbon), trees (clear sticker behind the photo), wood (parrot embellie) and a decorative border which was punched and a strip of green cardstock weaved through the slots.  The "testimony" is in the journaling using the inspirational words "see" and "colors."  Journaling reads, "You had so much fun feeding the parrots.  It was amazing to SEE them up close and admire their bright COLORS."

The blue cardstock was embossed along the bottom as well as the leaves and small heart on the upper corner of the photo.  The flower was white... so I misted it with different colors and added a button and twine.  The negative pieces from punching the slotted border was scattered on the background around the photo.  Sketch is Page Maps (Mar 2010).
 

NICOLE

 

 

I did something a little different with my border...I used chalks to colour in the squares and then smudged them outwards towards the edge of the page to give the stripe effect. I also used the zigzag pattern from the roof on my pattern papers.

Where is everybody?

Where are you? We know you are out there reading this and hiding.

We would like some entries for Archiscraps using holiday theme and colour blocking.

Maybe you don't know what colour blocking is..................Here are some examples I found on Pinterest.




Think patchwork quilt and you are near the idea.They don't have to be squares or rectangles either!
We would love to see what you can come up with!
Here is the theme picture again.

And remember, there is a fabulous prize from Scrapbooking Delights.

Overseas visitors need to pay for postage if they win. Australia, it will be posted free.

Hope you are getting inspired now!! This month is short, you have just over a week to enter this.

Caravanning with Dale

Here is a special February post from our DT member, Dale.

I created an album for my Dad using a Kaisercraft caravan album. It was a Father's Day gift and he had just retired and started caravanning with my Mum.

 

It starts out like this.
 

 

I painted around all of the edges first as I wanted them to be coloured.

Then I chose lots of Basic Grey papers that co-ordinated and matched my theme, which was outdoors/fishing.

I mod podged on to the album to adhere my papers. I did one side first, waited til that dried, then did the other.

The first page was tricky because of all the "windows". I cut around them using the craft knife for the first side.

The second was trickier. I had to almost guess where they were.

 

I asked my Mum to secretly provide me with a selection of photos of my Dad and I have adhered these to the pages next.

One photo I had I wanted to show through the "window" on the front of the album as if my Dad were looking through it.

This photo is actually on the third page as two of the holes go through the second page as well.

I've used a variety of stickers, quotes and specialty embellishments and die-cuts to enhance each page.

Lastly I added some ribbons to the jump rings. I also added a clothing tag which I have added fish to, just for a bit of fun.

 

 

These albums are such a great keepsake and fun to craft as well.

 

 Maybe you will be inspired to make something wonderful like this as your challenge item.
What are you waiting for?

February Archiscraps challenge

OUR WINNER FOR JANUARY IS....................

.Diane Hasthorpe with her wonderful fireworks canvas (with musical notes).Congratulations!!!!

 

Now our February Challenge 

Yes, this is a proper building and not just a pile of old containers!
The challenge this month is to use COLOUR BLOCKING PLUS A HOLIDAY PHOTO.

I suggested to Libby that 4th July photos were appropriate because of the colour scheme, but you don't have to use red, white and blue.

Our prize this month is kindly brought to us by Scrapbooking Delights and the hilarious Sandra Henderson Staples.

Visit her store or online to say thank you. This package is awesome.
A reminder to Non Australian entrants, if you want this prize, you will pay the postage.
Now here's what the girls have created.............
                                                               LIBBY

Layout title, "Celebrate Independence."

 

The criteria is to use color blocking and July 4th photos.  Everything was matted (blocked) in black.  The photos were taken this past summer when everyone was home and able to march (in uniform) in the July 4th Parade. 

Red, white and blue flowers were added above the border and a sticker heart was added on the bottom photo.  The banner border is K&Co.  The gems are home made.  Swirly bling adds some "flair" to my page.  Sketch is Page Maps (Aug 2007).

                                                                       TRISH

 

 

The corrugated cardboard,reminds me of the corrugated iron on the original photo.

The Bonvoyage is also a travel theme,the tiny pictures in the arched window are from Venice.

We went to Venice in 97,I have so many lovely memories of that time.

                                                                          JANE

 

The very first thing I saw was the caravan - it just screamed out at me and I remembered a time which seems so long ago now, when I went caravaning in something that looked remarkably like this.

If you’d like to read the full story of this escapade please pop by my blog http://scrappiecesofme.blogspot.com.au/

                                                         DEBI

 

I was very inspired to create a LO about our camper trailer, after seeing this fab inspiration of the containers & caravan – what a top photo!

We have owned this camper trailer for 6 years, & it has taken us many places – but wherever we have camped it has stormed…all our friends & family would not go away when we did, cos they knew the statistics!  So to work on this SOLD LO was a thrill for me, cos I was over the ‘joys’ of camping. I used yellows, reds, blues & grey along with a ‘stacked’ styled page.
 

                                                               SUSAN

 I made a double page layout using the blocks of the protector sleeves as the blocks from the picture. The holiday part came from the photos I took when we stopped at  "The Devil's Marbles" in the Northern Territory. Making the layouts this way was a bit different from making full page ones so it was abit different to what I am use to doing. It was quicker though!

                                                                       NICOLE

 

 

 I used the grid pattern in the picture and the colours for inspiration. I cut up 7 photos to get this look with the pictures...I tend to take lots of pictures of the same thing from different angles so I end up with a huge amount of photos of the same thing...Using the grid inspiration I trimmed the photos so they only showed my son instead of all the background too and then lined them all up...a great way to use 7 photos on a page.  I then used various masks and pattern paper on the background...a simple yet effective look to copy the grid pattern.

Where's Dale???????????????
She has something special lined up a little later in the month.

 

I'm sure you will agree these are all wonderful.Let's see what you can do with COLOUR BLOCKING WITH A HOLIDAY PHOTO.

Link your entries to INLINKZ on the right hand side.